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Two Weeks Before Halloween

"What's wrong with you?" Sirius asked, as he sat down beside his best friend of four years. It was the full moon that night and while the other two Marauders seemed to know to not push Remus' buttons but the Black was ignorant as ever. So when he saw him sitting there looked pissed off he wanted to know what was up.

"Prewett." Was he managed to say through his gritted teeth.

"What happened?" Before Remus could respond there was a high pitched shriek from the boy's dormitories and then in a flash of brown hair a pretty girl ran down the stairs laughing. As she reached the bottom of the stairs, the door opened again and a redhead sprinted down after her. Laughing the girl threw herself on top of Remus and Sirius, the latter wrapping his arms around her legs. Remus very nearly turned bright red as he realized her head was in his lap but Fabian Prewett quickly put an end to that thought.

"Lina, c'mon we really did have something to show you."

"I swear if its your dick..." Shaking her head the fifth year climbed off the Marauders' laps and flashing them each a grin followed the boy up the stairs obediently. James and Peter were coming down and glared at the older boy who merely smirked at them as he led the girl up the stairs.

"Why is she even with them? They're arrogant dicks." Remus snarled and threw his book across the room where it hit the wall, loose papers floating down from it.

"And we're not Moony?" James attempted to soothe the werewolf even though he actually sorta enjoyed the company of the older pranksters but he did not need his friend to know that.

"They're not dating Moony, you've still got a chance." Peter told them, his watery eyes looking around the room nervously.

"That's it!" Sirius cried already hatching a plan to get the girl to actually look at them. "We'll pay the house elves to-"

He stopped when the other three groaned and shook their heads. "I don't see anyone else coming up with anything." He murmured.

"Well it's the Halloween Ball in a few weeks, ask her to that." James said giving Sirius a pointed look.

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"Hey Lina can I-" Remus began nervously but Fabian Prewett (the only way to tell the difference was that he was wearing a red jumper with an F on it) hurried into the room just as Remus began.

"Oi Lina! I've got something to ask you!" She murmured 'one second' to Remus turned to the red head who had come in much more boisterous and excited. She raised her eyebrow and had a smirk on her face.

"Oh and what's that?"

"Go to the Halloween Ball with me?"

"Of course, you are the better looking twin after all." She laughed and turned to face Remus as Fabian turned around and ran back out the Common Room. "What were you saying Remus?"

"Nothing, forget about it." He mumbled and walked away his hands in his pockets, head down completely unaware that she was gazing after with a concerned look on her face.

Halloween

Remus had, in the end, asked Mary McDonald to the dance-as friends of course. He and the other Marauders were waiting in the common room for Mary and Peter was nervously fidgeting. He had finally gotten a date, a short blonde Hufflepuff named Lucy and she was sitting beside Peter on the the couch talking to Lily Evans and Marlene McKinnon.

Fabian Prewett was draped across a chair trying not to look over at where his brother and his date were sticking their tongues down the other's throat. Messalina was, as always, late and he was going to give up waiting and go up and get her if she took any longer. Just as he got up to do just that, Lina exited her dorm and ran down the stairs.

Her brunette hair was curled down her back and her floor length strapless red dress and black heels made her look infinitely tall. She grinned at Fabian and took his arm, walking past the group of cat calling Marauders-well just Sirius and James.

"Gid, get up. You'll have plenty of time for that later." Fabian called, hitting his brother on the top of the head.

"Down...in a bit...Fabe...fun." Messalina rolled her eyes and walked past, the Marauders getting up and following them. Fabian slowed down to walk with them, him and James instantly starting a conversation about Slytherins and robes.

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Mary had gone to dance with a sixth year Ravenclaw and Fabian had left ages ago with a Hufflepuff who was very 'friendly'. Messalina threw herself down in a seat beside Remus and gazed over the mounds of people. About half of them were kissing and the rest were dirty dancing.

"I had been wondering why the two of them were so excited to come here." Lina stated a small smile on her lips.

"Sirius has already left with numerous girls and James is well...yeah. Peter even got a kiss."

"Jealous?" Remus snorted and stood up, offering her his hand. Grinning she took it and followed him onto the dance floor as a slower song started. She rested her head on his shoulder and her arms around his neck while he put his on her waist.

"How're your parents? Still upset with you for getting into Gryffindor?" Remus could nearly slap himself. Why did he have to bring the people he knew Lina hated up? He worried about himself sometimes. "Sorry to bring it up-"

"It's fine. I wouldn't know, I got disowned that Christmas. I've been with the Prewetts the whole time. But, I did hear my darling cousin talking about how the Ministry is looking into my father's Gringotts account. That could end very badly." Remus watched as her mouth twisted into a small pleased smile and the look in her eyes. Remus craned his neck to see the tall brunette Slytherin Antonin Dolohov glaring at the pair of them. "Don't mind him, he's a prude."

Remus had to stop himself from bursting out into laughter and allowed himself to smile. "So how's Molly and Arthur?"

"Good, great really. Bill, their eldest, is six, he has to watch over everyone else. Charlie, my godson who you got to meet on the first day, is four. He likes it outside and with animals. And Percy, he's a git already."

"How old is he?"

"Just turned two, tells on us every chance he gets."

"Sounds like someone I know." Remus gestured to Nicholas Edgecomb, not Nick, Nicholas as he reminded everyone. Messalina laughed and as she went to respond there was a loud shriek. All eyes turned to see Lily Evans yelling at James, having returned from whatever empty classroom he and the girl had found.

"I will NEVER go out with you! You are the biggest prat I know! And fix your tie for Merlin's sakes!" The offending tie had been wrapped around his head and the front of his shirt was open. He staggered around the room drunken and Remus rushed forward followed by Lina.

Together they each put his arms around their shoulders and began to stagger out, Messalina waving at the crowd of gawkers.