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Now, on with the show!
Chapter 18 A Hundred and One Emotions
The light! It was so bright! She wished it would just turn off. Tears stung her eyes because of the burning.
'Make it stop!' she begged. Her head felt like it was going to burst. Was she being tortured? 'Just go away!' There was a pounding in her head and her throat was dry...So incredible dry...
Pain...So much pain...
"Make it STOP!" she screamed, sitting up. The world spun. Her chest heaved oxygen into her aching lungs. Movement, it was her greatest enemy...Her greatest enemy.
"About time you woke up."
Her head snapped up and her eyes widened. "Lily." she whispered, although it felt like she screamed it, and winced. Lily shook her head.
"Here, Sani, drink this." she said gently. Dasani did as she was told and immediately felt like a leaden piano was lifted from her head. Lily smiled as she saw Dasani's tense form relax and some of the sparkle in her eyes return. "That's better, isn't it?" Lily asked as she flicked her wand to put the potion ingredients away. "That's what you get when you drink out of a cup that you left unattended for a while. Tristan drugged you." Dasani noticed how she said it, but did ask it. "Did he get any farther?" she asked.
Dasani shook her head. "No, he didn't. I may have been drugged, but I was still able to beat him up enough to make sure he got the sense to leave me alone. Last thing I remember was apparating home." she said. Lily nodded.
"Does Sirius know you were drugged?" Lily asked her. Dasani stiffened.
"I don't know." she answered truthfully. "I haven't seen him since he broke up with...Oh my God...He broke up with me...And I probably deserved it...What did I say? What did I do on the dance floor with Tristan?" Dasani pondered. She looked miserable. Lily sighed.
"Dasani Fay Bradford! Don't you DARE feel sorry for yourself! If you want him back, you're not going to get him back that way. You never let me feel sorry for myself since I met you and I'm not about to let you feel sorry for yourself." Lily began. She saw pride return to Dasani's eyes. 'Bull's eye!' she thought, grinning inwardly.
"Who said I was feeling sorry for myself?" Dasani asked, denial in her tone. "I WILL get him back, and it'll be ny greatest feat!" she vowed. Lily laughed and hugged Dasani as she got out of bed, which Lily had levitated her onto, to shower. "Thanks, Lil."
Lily grinned. "Go get him, Stripes." she winked as her friend disappeared into the bathroom.
When Dasani came into the kitchen, she grabbed a bagel and placed it in the toaster. "Hey, Lil? How did you know Tristan drugged me? Sirius doesn't even know, and he was there! You're not telling me something. Spill!" she ordered with narrowed eyes. Lily sighed and began explaining.
"...met him. He had ideas. He wanted ot get me in bed and, I quote here, 'have his way with me,'. Just don't tell James about that part, I kind of smoothed it over when I told them." Lily mumbled. Dasani looked astonished.
"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked. Lily shrugged.
"You seemed to be such good friends with him, I didn't have the heart to tell you." she admitted.
"That's selfish." Dasani scoffed. Lily looked surprised.
"Selfish?" she asked. "How's not wanting to hurt your feeling selfish?" she questioned.
"Not telling me was selfish. You should have. I was friends with a lie. And you knew." she explained. Lily looked remorseful.
"I'm sorry." she said sincerely.
"It's okay, it's done and over with."
Lily nodded. "Enough about this anyways, are you feeling better?"
"Good enough to go play a little Man Hunt!" Dasani laughed. Lily laughed at the joke.
"Good."
"Hey, where's Ally?" Dasani asked suddenly.
The air immediately grew tense and the laughter ceased. Dasani waited as Lily finally began to answer.
"Last night, as you well know, was the full moon." she started. "Ally still went over for the night. Remus took the potion, but the potion did the opposite of what it was intended to do. Remus kept his body, but lost his mind. I mean- he took up the instincts and mind of the werewolf." Lily corrected when she realized how that sounded. She heard Dasani's sharp intake of breath and finished the story.
"Let's go. Remus needs us." Dasani said, all thoughts of going man hunting pushed back for the time being. Lily nodded and the two of them disapparated.
With Remus and Ally 12 PM (Give/Take a few minutes)
His eyes were bloodshot. He'd been crying...All morning...SHe had yet to wake up. But admitted to himself that she did look more at ease than she had a few hours ago.
His hopes soared when she stirred once again. Her hand was clasped in his tightly, almost desperately.
"Ally?" he asked hoarsely. To his happiness, her eyes fluttered open. "AL!" Remus cried happily. She looked at him, confused.
Remus froze. Lily had told him about many occurrances-many of which he was DEFENITELY hoping did not happen. Though it put a crack through his heart, he asked her a shattering question with an unsteady voice.
"Allison, Do you- Do you know me?"
Her eyes veered to his as she opened her mouth to whisper back.
"Why wouldn't I know the man I love?" she asked, wincing slightly as she tried to sit up. He was up from his seat instantaneously, letting out a sigh of relief, and gently pushing her back down.
"Don't, Ally, love. You need to heal. The potion I fed you should kick in in a few minutes. You shouldn't feel any pain then." Remus informed. Allison looked puzzled.
"When did I take a potion?" she asked as she gripped the arms Remus had placed on her waist to put her ina more comfortable position, propped against the pillows.
"I...um..I fed it to you, through my mouth." Remus mumbled. "I didn't want you to be in any pain, but Lily couldn't give it to you. She said to give it to you when you woke up." Remus explained. Allison smiled.
"You don't have to give me any excuses or reasons. I appreciate it." she said. "Did it taste aweful?" she asked, remembering that the Forgetfulness Potion wasn't the best tasting potion around. She didn't think it was fair that he had to taste it, but the potion was helping her. She was unconscious so she didn't remember tasting it.
He smiled back at her. "Vile." he admitted, before guilt ran through his eyes. Allison saw this and sighed.
"Remus, it's not your fault."
"How many times have I heard that phrase in the past 7 hours?" Remus spoke to himself.
"Sorry?" Allison asked, not catching what he said.
"Nothing." he shook his head. "I'll go get you some food. You must be hungry." he said. If he was going to go through with it, he needed to distance himself fer her now. As he stood up, Ally grabbed his wrist before he walked away. She smiled at him as he looked back.
"Can I have a kiss?" she asked randomly. Remus hesitated momentarily.
'Maybe one last one. One more before I..." his thoughts trailed off and he complied to her wishes.
Bending down, Remus covered her mouth fully with his own. He was going to keep it a simple, chaste kiss, but all thoughts flew out of his head as Allison's slender fingers combed through his hair. So, the kiss went on. Ally felt his tongue beg for entrance to her mouth. She instantly granted it. Remus' tongue explored the already familiar territory as twin moans erupted from the two of them. Remus' senses returned to him. (A/N: sorry guys, this is as far as they go! ;-) lolz.)
He pulled away. The two of them looked at each other, chests heaving air into their lungs. Remus looked away and stood up. "I'll get one of the guys to bring in a tray of food. Goodbye, Allison." he said, well aware that he was walking away from the best thing in his life. The smile he had put on Allsion's face vanished, not that he could see that. Remus started towards the door, but didn't see an unhappy figure stand up on the bed, soundlessly.
"OOMPH!" Allison had tackled Remus to the ground and was now straddling his waist, sitting on top of him.
A Few Minutes Earlier In The Kitchen of the Boys' Flat
"He hasn't come out at all?" Lily asked James. James shook his head.
"He didn't come to breakfast. He didn't even touch the tray we left outside his room." Sirius indicated to the tray now sitting on the kitchen counter, purposefully avoiding eye contact with Dasani.
Quiet…And then a THUD was heard from Remus' room. The four quickly went over there and opened the door.
With All Six Of Them
Allison began pounding on Remus' chest. She was mad as heck and she wasn't calming down any time soon. Remus took the beating silently.
"How DARE you kiss me with such PASSION, such EMOTION, such FEELING!" Allison hit him again and again, but not as hard as the last each time, grief getting the better of her emotions. "And then try and break up with me after it. You JERK!" Allison cried out, angry tears falling down her cheeks.
The four spectators stiffened, but knew Allison had to do this alone.
"Allison, I-" Remus started.
"Don't 'Allison' me!" Allison interrupted. Furious tears became tears of sorrow.
Remus' heart broke as her tears made their way down her cheeks to land on his chest. 'You're doing this for her.' He reminded himself. His conscience replied.
'You're doing this so you don't hurt her further, BUT your doing this IS hurting her further. Can't you see just how much she loves you?' Remus tried to ignore it…But the DARN thing had a point!
"Look at me!" Allison ordered. "Look me in the eye and tell me you don't want to be with me anymore; that you don't love me anymore!" she challenged. Remus looked into her eyes and suddenly-it was just the two of them. Blue stared into blue. Then it became very clear to Remus-he would die without her.
"NO!" he shouted. In one swift movement, he pulled Allison down into a knee-weakening kiss.
At least it would've been if they were standing up…
Lily, James, Sirius and Dasani left the room and closed the door silently. Outside, they all let out a breath they weren't aware they were holding.
"That was so nerve-wracking!" Lily said into James' shoulder as she hugged him close to her. James nodded, hugging her just as tightly as she was him.
Sirius and Dasani stood around awkwardly.
"I'm glad he didn't go through with it. He would have regretted it later." Sirius sighed. Discreetly, he sent a glance toward Dasani and then headed towards his room. (A/N: I was going to end it here, but then I figured I'd made you guys wait long enough, and that you're too good to me to make you guys suffer with a cliff hanger, so, onward march! Lolz!)
Back In Remus' Room
"I love you, Ally! Always!" Remus panted in between kisses, Allison smiled.
"I love you, too, Remus." Pecking his lips, she leaned against his chest, seeing as they were still on the floor. "You scared me there. Why were you going to do it?" she didn't let him answer right away. Instead, she kissed him deeply.
"Because I didn't want to hurt you anymore." He said as they broke apart for air again. With a move Allison missed, Remus switched their positions with him on top of her, straddling her waist. "But now I'm going to be selfish and keep you with me." Remus informed, with a half grin, half smile. Swooping down, he kissed her senseless. His tongue danced with hers as her arms wrapped around his neck.
They say a picture's worth a thousand words.
Well, that kiss, and that love, is worth A THOUSAND AND MORE times more.
Back in the Common Room
"Well, I'll see you lovebirds later.
Back in the Common Room
"Well, I'll see you lovebirds later." Dasani said. She disapparated home to watch movies and eat popcorn and think…
About Sirius.
Lily and James looked at each other. They were still held in a tight embrace. James leaned down and kissed her until she forgot her name.
"Wow." She breathed when they broke apart. "What was that for?" she asked, smirking.
James grinned. "You're beautiful." (A/N: what girl doesn't want to hear that after being kissed senseless?)
"Thank you. You're not half bad yourself." She claimed. The two of them laughed. "Jay, we need to talk about our wedding."
"And the wedding night?" he asked. Lily laughed.
"Are you really that bad that we need to plan that out too?" she asked. They had already decided to wait until after marriage to go there in their relationship, but they often joked about it. James got a feral glint in his eyes.
"I don't know about that…"James advanced on the girl who had pushed herself out of his arms. She backed away.
"James…James…" Lily said. She shrieked in laughter when he threw her over his shoulder. "Jay, put me down." She demanded, laughing as he walked to his room, closed the door behind him, tossed her unceremoniously on the bed and…
I'll just let you guys fill in the gaps, now shall I…?
…Just kidding…He walked over to his desk to take out his Quick Quill and some parchment. Setting it on the desk, he sat down next to Lily and they began to plan.
In Sirius' Room
Sirius was fast asleep ion his room, dreaming of a certain tall brunette with silver/green eyes.
In Remus' Room 30 Minutes Later
Allison had fallen asleep in Remus' arms. They had been talking after their rather teenage, even though they still are teenagers, make out session. Once she had, Remus had carried her to his bed, and fallen asleep next to her.
Lily and James in James' Room
Lily and James didn't talk about the wedding long. Five minutes after getting inside the room, the Quick Quill was sitting idly on the parchment waiting to be used and Lily and James were fast asleep on his bed; all thoughts of their wedding forgotten for the time being.
In The Girls' Flat- Living Room
Dasani watched The Lord of the Rings trilogy (A/N: I know it wasn't out then, but work with me…I can't very well say Harry Potter!), while doing some major thinking…
…About "Tall, Dark and Handsome"-who happened to be dreaming about her.
In An Empty Living Room In the Boys Flat
Could you blame them? All of them had not an ounce of sleep (unless you count Allison passing out) since the night before the last, and they'd had a pretty trying night indeed…
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Hey, Hey, Hey!
First of all, I hope everybody had a great holiday! Anyways, I just wanted to apologize about how long it's taking me to get this next chapter up! I have very logical reasons.
I'll list them:
1) My computer crashed so I didn't have one for months! Solution: got a new one last week!
2) I had the entire chapter typed, and then I lost it when my computer crashed. So I had to re-write it. Did that this week.
3) I'm in my Junior year in highschool so I have AP exams coming up, my SATs, exams and chorus concerts, on top of all my schoolwork.
4) I wanted to update so badly over winter holidays, but I went to India for the entire two weeks...And I'd go online once a week there, for only ten minutes before the power would go out again. (It wasn't cool because the first time, I had started typing up my chapter, and half way through it, the power goes out and I lost everything!)
Please don't be mad at me! And please consider this a really late Christmas and New Year's Present! You guys probably want to flame me right now! Ducks away from rotten tomatoes and raw eggs "EEK! I hate eggs!" runs off of stage and back to computer to start typing up chapter 19 for everybody!
Love always!
Lily
P.S. I have an idea for a new story and I don't want to start it yet, unless anybody is interested in it, so please tell me if you want me to write out a summary of it after chapter 19, I'll write it in my author's note there, and then I can take a poll of whether or not I should start it. Tell me in a review! Thanks!
