It takes courage to grow up,
And be who you really are.
Saturday, 1st September, 1973
Platform 9 3/4 , King's Cross, London, Great-Britain
Summer had gone way too rapidly for Eleonore's liking. She had spent the entire two weeks in mid-July with Lily at Freefolk house swimming, laughing and shopping in the most nearby town. Her mother actually had grown quite accustomed to the red head and liked to tease the girls by joking that she might have invited the Potters for dinner.
Gisila actually liked the idea of more people at the house. She would never tell her daughter but as much as she enjoyed her solo time with her husband, she had missed Eleonore terribly. It didn't help that every time she arrived back at the platform, her daughter had grown half a foot.
Gisila and Casius Darensbourg had to face the consequences. Their girl was not a little girl anymore, she was a young woman now. Her long hair had grown darker- almost midnight black and it nearly passed her waist. She passed her mother's shoulders in length. Her baby fat had disappeared and instead, her curves had arrived. She had a shapely figure and a wasp-waist.
Her high cheekbones could cut flesh, which made her eyes only more intense. Her piercing green orbs underneath those long, fluffy eyelashes were the reason she could stare so intensely. Her eyebrows were thick but perfectly shaped. She wasn't just flawless in her bone structure, her skin was like silk over glass and she radiated an intelligent beauty.
She was a teenager turning into the kind of girl women would love to hate. She was nearly an adult, but so young that she still had the exuberance of youth.
Her father would tell her every day how much she was turning into the beauty of her mother. Her mother's only response was that she was never as beautiful as Eleonore was.
Horror had stretched upon her father's face when Lily and her went shopping and arrived back home in -he had to think what his daughter called them- high wasted skiffy jeans. Skiffy jeans, yes that was the term. The kind that stuck onto her lower area like a second skin. Even he knew how many eyes both girls would attract and his stomach knotted in response when they asked how he liked the new clothes.
Casius Darensbourg knew that the giggles of his daughter and her friend did not have anything to do anymore with school or music, they were past that age- he knew they talked about boys now. He had heard them mention a certain Quidditch Captain named David Hamblin and when Eleonore told him she would apply for the Quidditch team, he almost send a letter to Albus Dumbledore demanding him to invite him to watch every practice and solid game.
"Was it really necessary to wear those jeans?" Casius Darensbourg mumbled, looking at his daughter who had a mischief smile upon her full lips.
"What's wrong with these jeans?" She answered, placing her hands in her waist. "They're comfortable."
She noticed her mother holding back a grin, tugging on her father's sleeve, hoping to actually relieve him from his troubled expression. "I bet they are." She heard her father mumble.
"Oh! I see Lils! Ha, we're wearing the same jeans!" Ellie grinned, waving enthusiastically to her friend. "Lily!" She shouted, hoping that the red head would see her.
Lily immediately recognized the voice of her best friend, watching how Ellie managed to run towards her. The red head saw Eleonore's parents coming closer in the background. "Nice outfit, Lils." Eleonore grinned, pointing at the same jeans. "Great minds think alike."
The red head immediately pulled her friend into a hug, a big beam plastered on her face. She heard both their parents speak in the background and couldn't help but giggle at Ellie's father's troubled expression. "Your father looks happy with your clothing choice, did you show him the spaghetti band dress?"
"Are you mental? He would never allow me to leave the house in that!" Eleonore whispered, receiving laughter from Lily.
"With good reason." Lily joked, throwing her hand in front of her mouth to not snort.
"Sshh." Ellie giggled, "Let's get on the train. Let me just say goodbye to my parents real quick."
Eleonore managed to turn around, waiting patiently until her parents and Lily's stopped talking to turn to both their daughters. Ellie noticed that Petunia wasn't around and was secretively glad for that. Lily's sister was probably still a little shocked about Minnie asking if she could take her coat during the summer. "We're going to get on the train." Ellie pointed with her thumb towards the red, glistering Hogwarts' Express in the background.
"Okay, sweety. Give me a hug." Her mother quickly swiped Lily into her arms, pressing her lips upon her daughter's forehead a couple of times.
"Okay okay, mother. Please." Ellie scrunched her nose, hoping no one actually saw it. When she turned towards her father and he scooped her into his arms in a big bear hug, she heard Lily laugh in the background. "Daddy, come on."
"You'll be careful, alright?" His hot breath mumbled into her ear.
"Of course." Ellie looked at him with a silly expression.
"No boyfriends."
"You know I think boys are gross." She joked, laughing when she noticed her father raising his eyebrows in non believe.
"Right, off you go." He nodded his head, watching how both girls helped each other with their trunks. He immediately turned towards Alfred Evans. "Now Alfred, those jeans…"
When Lily and Ellie were finally finished pushing their trunks together, they straightened out. Eleonore looked through the compartments with her head held high. "I think it's smarter if we move to the back, there's less people there." She unconsciously sought out her wand with her right hand one last time, noticing that it edged itself out of her jeans around her waist.
"You're right, let's go." Lily agreed, taking the lead. Ellie followed her through the train's corridors. They gently moved through a couple of wagons, the first one held some smaller students, whom Ellie had not seen before. She could only guess they were first years. The other wagon held some of the older ones, she recognized some last years. Her eyes were still searching through the glass of some compartments when her front suddenly crashed with Lily. She felt her best friend steady her with one hand, her face still turned away from Ellie. "Hi!" Eleonore heard Lily say with a bright chipper voice.
"Hey Lily, hey…" She noticed the familiar blonde popping his head next to the red head to get a better view as of who was behind her. "Ellie!" A bright smile covered the quidditch captain his face.
"Hello David." Ellie gave him a small wave, trying not to get lost in his bright blue eyes. Lily already did that for the two of them.
"You girls look…" She noticed his eyes roaming over the skin tight jeans. "Summer definitely treated you well." He kindly smiled. He then turned towards the dark haired girl, "Ellie- remember quidditch tryouts next week on friday. I already put your name on there." He pointed at her.
She shook her head at him, holding back a teasing smile, "What if I suddenly changed my mind?"
"Then I will have to come up with something to change it back. I want you in my team."
She didn't dare to lose eye-contact with him, but she couldn't help but raise one eye brow at him, a grin spread on her face. "Maybe I'll have to think of something to change my mind then. Just to see what you come up with."
He laughed at her, the twinkle in his eye evident. "I'm very convincing."
Meanwhile Lily's eyes were going from one to another. Ellie shook her head, "We should probably get a move on before every compartment is full. I'll definitely try out. See you at school?"
"Yeah, I'll see you at school…" He slowly nodded his head, "Bye Ellie, bye Lily."
With that Ellie took the lead, snapping Lily out of her dreaming gaze when the quidditch captain looked over his shoulder at the girls one final time before he walked further away. "Tell me how do you do that?" Lily tugged on Ellie's arm.
"Do what?" She mumbled, moving further towards the back of the train.
"THAT! You weren't a blubbering mess. Look at him! Did you see the slight stumble of the beard? Did you see those arms?!" Lily spoke, following Ellie hastily.
"Why should I be a blubbering mess? He's just a boy." Ellie shook her head, trying to ignore Lily's enthusiasm in her ear.
"You were full on flirting!" She stated.
"I was not."
"Oh please, 'Maybe I'll have to think of something to change my mind then. Just to see what you come up with.'" Lily reenacted Ellie's voice. "You could cut the heat wit-"
"That wasn't flirting." Ellie rolled her eyes. "It was merely…" She tried to think of another word.
"Flirting. You were flirting and he liked it."
"Who was flirting?" Ellie heard a voice speak and she suddenly came to a halt. She immediately recognized it, although this voice was a little heavier than the annoying one she had gotten used to these past years.
"Black." Eleonore spoke, raising her eyebrows at the way he now was taller than her. They had always been the same height in the past.
"Darensbourg. Lily." Sirius spoke, trying not to let his eyes linger too long on the two girls in front of him. They were not the little girls that said goodbye to him last July. They had… Assets now. Good ones, none the less. He breathed heavily and couldn't help but think that Remus and James were now in an even bigger mess. They both looked… Impressive. "Who was flirting and who liked it? Help a guy out here."
"Why would we tell you?" Eleonore raised her eyebrows at him, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"David Hamblin had a massive flirt off with Eleonore." Lily grinned, enjoying the situation.
"Lily!" Ellie couldn't help but slap her friends arm.
Sirius raised his eyebrows. For a moment he didn't really know what to say. Of course the quidditch captain liked her, he liked every pair of great legs and a pretty face. He tried pushing his thoughts away, ignoring the need to actually roam his eyes over her ongoing pair of limbs.
"It's none of his business." Ellie continued.
"It isn't and I could care less, honestly." Sirius spoke, "I'm looking for the rest of the guys, you haven't seen them?"
"Would I be here if I had seen Remus?" Ellie snapped.
"I don't know, you were pretty busy flirting with the quidditch captain." He simply stated, happy when Ellie actually didn't know what to say for a minute so she just stared at him wide mouthed. "Don't do that in front of him, by the way. I see bad news written all over this."
"I-" Ellie squinted her eyes. "Don't talk to me like that and don't tell me what to do."
"I'm just saying." Sirius raised both his hands in defeat.
"Of course you are." Ellie grunted, "Let's go, Lils." She managed to snatch Lily's wrist and dragged her further away from Sirius Black. Hating the smirk upon his face when they moved further along and left him behind. "I can't believe him."
"Well… He kind of does have a point." Lily mumbled, "I mean about Remus. You guys have been writing to one another the whole summer."
"What?" Ellie looked a little confused, finally opening an empty compartment door.
"Come on, Ellie… You can no longer deny it… The boy has feelings for you." Lily softly spoke, turning around to close the door. Silence immediately hit the small cubicle as the Hogwarts Express roamed underneath their feet.
"Remus is my friend." Ellie repeated the same words she had spoken over and over again for the last year.
"Do you want him to just be your friend…" Lily raised her eyebrows, looking at Ellie with expectation.
"I don't know. I've never given it a thought. I've never thought that he might you know, look at me that way."
"Okay." Lily nodded her head. "Do you think he's handsome? Because I actually think he's pretty cute…" Lily spoke, looking at her finger beds.
"I see through you, I know what you're trying to do." Ellie squinted her eyes. "I'm not buying it."
"I'm just saying I heard Maria, you know from Hufflepuff, speak about him when we left before summer. Telling her friends how she thought he was adorable and when they were allowed to go on these Hogsmeade trips, she might ask him along. I'm not lying about that."
"What?! Maria?! Maria Finklestone?! That-"
Lily raised her eyebrows at her best friend, holding back a cheeky grin.
"Fine! Fine! You've made your point. I rest my case." Ellie mumbled, brushing her off.
"Don't rest your case, do something about it!" Lily ushered. "You guys are practically attached at the hip."
"I'm not going to do anything about it, are you going to do anything about Potter?" Eleonore threw back at her friend, a sly grin upon her face.
"I hate Potter. It would be the same as asking you do date Black." Lily rolled her eyes.
"Want me to put a good word out for you to Hamblin?" Ellie grinned.
"No!" Lily's eyes widened, "I want you to just register Remus' reactions. You don't have to do anything but just stop being blind, okay? The boy blushes every time you touch him for merlin's sake. I didn't say go out him and snog him, just keep your eyes open, alright?"
"Fin-" Ellie was interrupted by the compartment door opening, she could only see Christina and Marlene's face grinning at the both of them. "Hey! Step in! Welcome to our luxurious compartment." Ellie spoke in a posh voice, immediately dropping it when she noticed James Potter and her writing companion behind the girls.
"Merlin!" James grinned, always being his cheery self. His hand ruffled through his already messed up hair. "Look at you! I don't see you one summer and you're a total different person! You look good, Ellie! If my dad sees you now, he'll totally nag on my case!"
"What? Why?" Ellie chuckled, laughing when James threw his arms around her in a brotherly hug.
"James, Eleonore Darensbourg is a sophisticated well mannered, beautiful young woman. It would do no harm for us families to come together."
"EW!" Ellie grinned, pushing James off her.
"I know, I know." James laughed, placing himself to Lily in a quick rush. "Evans, you look beautiful."
"Don't touch me, Potter." Ellie heard Lily snap, holding back a grin herself. Her eyes finally turned towards the boy in front of her, who seemed to have a massive bright smile on his face by just seeing her.
"So what I get a hug from Potter but not from you?" Ellie crooked her head, raising her eyebrow at him. He immediately shook his head at her, stepping closer.
"I'm trying not to take that one too personal, Ellie." She heard James point out in the background.
She rolled her eyes at him, watching how Remus actually did give her a hug. His embrace was warm as her head rested against his chest for a minute. "Seems I'm not the only one who had a growing spurt, eh?" She grinned, trying to make it a little less awkward. This was not the same hug she had received from James, this one was the total opposite and after Lily's talk, she could only think on why.
"I told you." Remus grinned, a little disappointed when she stepped back.
"You look good though." She nodded her head, noticing how his hair got a little longer and his green eyes didn't look so tired. "Not sure if we could manage to fit all in here but we can try."
Marlene immediately took a seat next to James, her eyes locking with Christina's in a silent conversation. She immediately understood. Christina took the seat closest to the window, leaving only a small spot open for Ellie and Remus. "Move a little will you?" Ellie questioned, "How will we manage to sit there, scoop closer to the window."
"My body is literally crushed against it. It's not my fault I gained five pounds over the summer." Christina fake pouted, staring at the table in front of her.
"Please you did not gain five pounds over the summer." Ellie scoffed, finally placing her ass in the middle of the seat. She turned her head towards the blonde, "Don't think I know what you're trying to accomplish here." Eleonore muttered in the blonde her ear, ignoring the way she felt Remus taking a seat next to her. His thighs pushed against her skinny jeans.
"I ate too much apple strudel." Christina shrugged, still sadly shaking her head out of the window, avoiding all contact. She sighed one last time and then turned towards Lily, who wasn't quite happy with her seating place either. In a cheery voice, Christina spoke, "So Lils, I saw David Hamblin in the hallway earlier."
James immediately turned his attention towards the girls their conversation. Ellie couldn't help but roll her eyes, turning towards her other best friend sitting next to her. "So…"
"So…" He raised his eyebrows at her, trying to ignore the heat coming from her body. Remus wasn't blind, he too, like probably the rest male population of this train, had seen the jeans. He too had noticed her… Attributes. "How was Summer?"
"Like I told you about it in those 25 letters I wrote you." She cheekily grinned at him, her green eyes smiling.
"I did promise to write you a lot." He answered, nodding his head at her.
"You did. You kept your promise quite well." She nodded. "How was… You know?"
"Sucked a little without you, to be honest." He gave her a shy smile, his eyes adverting to the way she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Yeah… Well I'm back for the rest of the year." Ellie grinned, pushing his shoulder with her elbow. "Chocolate frog?" She questioned.
"Like you have to ask." Remus happily accepted the one she offered him.
Friday, 7th of September, 1973
Hogwarts Quidditch Pitch, Hogwarts Grounds, Hogwarts
It was seven o'clock in the evening when Ellie marched towards the quidditch field. Having David Hamblin remind her of the try-outs nearly five times each day this week made it quite hard to forget. She had already changed into the gear that was placed in the locker rooms. She noticed the rest of the team already standing out there, including James Potter.
Her eyes quickly shifted towards the stands noticing all the girls from the dorms cheering her on. She noticed a couple of other girls from other houses too. A confused expression took over her face when she finally realized the reason for their giggles. Her eyebrows raised at the way Sirius Black carried himself over the field. His hair was pushed back and he had a smug grin upon his face.
"Hello Darensbourg." He grinned in her ear.
"I see you've brought your cheerleading squad." Her eyes travelled towards the giggling Hufflepuffs. Was that Maria Finklestone?! That little…
"Apart from everybody's gossip, I had nothing to do with that. Although… They do look nice, don't they?"
Ellie rolled her eyes at him, turning her attention towards David Hamblin. "The contesters for the position of chaser, need to be on the left side. The one for the open spot of beater, go right." Eleonore ignored Sirius and stepped towards the left. Noticing that only one second year went along with her.
He was a boy with auburn hair, who seemed a little smug. "Right, since there are less people to try out for the place of chaser. I will do this first. The task is easy. The rest of the team except Potter here will try to take away the quaffle. It is your job to work as best as possible along with Potter to score." David spoke, his eyes resting a little longer on Ellie's.
She slowly nodded her head, swallowing the nervous lump in her throat when she noticed Remus and Peter entering the stands. Her eyes locked with both of the boys as they gave her an encouraging smile. She knew Remus was only doing this to support her, but it did not help her nerves whatsoever.
Great, now I can't even focus anymore. What's wrong with me?
"Ladies first." David smiled kindly at her, his eyes twinkling.
She nodded her head, stepping onto the school broom. Her eyes locked with James as she flew towards the poles. "Don't play too much in my advantage, will you?" She shouted, knowing fully well that James would have loved to have her on the team.
"Of course not, the best one wins." He grinned back at her. "It's not my fault you're the best."
She rolled her eyes at him but couldn't help but smile. She noticed the quaffle being shot up in the air and immediately flew towards it, lowering her body onto the broom to catch more speed. It was a beautiful day and the wind blew her hair back without any trouble. She quickly grabbed the quaffle underneath her arm, making a short curve right in front of Ian Willow, he was the other chaser, so he wouldn't be able to take it from her.
She tugged on her broom, flying over the sixth year with speed. She finally passed the ball towards James who caught it smoothly, ducking underneath Vincent Clarence, a beater. She followed every movement James made and when he finally passed the quaffle in one straight line, she focused on the goal in front of her. Mary- Gane McGonagall was defending the goal with much willpower but when Ellie made a sudden shot, she could not defend.
She heard a cheering noise from her audience and couldn't help but smile, gently still floating in the air. "Impressive Ellie." The keeper spoke, her brown hair tied into a knot. "It will be nice to have another girl on the time. We have too much testosterone."
"I'm not even there yet." Ellie smiled appreciatively.
"Oh but I think you are." Mary-Gane spoke, laughing a little. "Hamblin has been bragging about you all week. Let's go down." She friendly patted Ellie's shoulder and ducked back towards the grounds.
Ellie grinned, following the keeper. When her feet finally touched ground she couldn't ignore the pride in David his eye. "Right. That was really impressive. If I would have known you were such a great flyer from the start…"
"Potter wouldn't be on the team?" Ellie teased, looking at James his ruffled hair.
"Now now, don't get too conceited." James grinned.
"I'll try not to." She stuck out her tongue, laughing when James tried to pull it out of her mouth.
"Right guys-" David turned his head towards the second year. "You're up next. Good luck." He spoke in a professional way.
Ellie watched how the whole team pushed themselves up in the air once again. "I'm going to sit with my friends now, if you don't mind. Just let me know later on, okay?" She spoke towards the quidditch captain.
"Will do, Ellie." He nodded his head, not keeping his eyes off the team in the air.
Her eyes locked on to Sirius his one more time. He was still waiting for the try-out part for the beaters. "Good luck, Black." She mumbled.
"Yeah, thanks." He nodded his head, "You did well, Darensbourg."
She smiled, for once not taking the mock out of him and marched towards the stands. When she finally reached the top of the stands, she placed herself next to Peter, eyeing the rest of the group. "So… What did you think?" She smiled at the chubby boy.
"You did really well, Ellie." He grinned at her, pleased that she sat next to him.
"Thank you." She nudged him with her elbow in a friendly matter.
"Might have a shot at the Quidditch cup after all." Lily grinned, poking her head at her friend from the side. "Do you want some water? I brought a bottle."
"Thanks, Lils." Ellie nodded appreciatively, taking the bottle from her hands and opening the lit. Swallowing it, she turned her eyes towards the second year in front of her. Mary-Gane seemed to defend well because she just stopped the quaffle from entering the ring.
"Guess I have to congratulate the new chaser on the Gryffindor team." Remus spoke, a big grin on his face.
"Oh well, you never kno-"
"You have the spot, Ellie, don't be ridiculous. Look at David, he can hardly contain his excitement." Alice spoke, laughing at the Quidditch captain, who cheered a little when M.G. had defended positively.
She noticed Lily locking eyes with her. The red head could hardly contain her laughter when Ellie raised an eyebrow at her. "Let us now watch the beaters." Ellie spoke, hoping to avert the conversation from David Hamblin.
"Of course." Christina cheekily spoke.
Eleonore didn't know how to feel when Sirius Black actually performed immensely well. Everybody, apart from her, seemed to have expected this. She didn't know if she had to be happy for him or just annoyed for herself. Whether she wanted to or not, she would have to work together with Black and actually form a team. They were on the same side after all.
In the end Gryffindor had two new players: Eleonore Darensbourg as chaser and Sirius Black as a beater.
David Hamblin could not contain his excitement, he was sure they would win the Quidditch Cup this year.
Friday, 7th of September, 1973
Gryffindor Common Room, Gryffindor Tower, Hogwarts
"Let's have a toast to our excellent addition to the Gryffindor Quidditch Team." The quidditch captain spoke, raising his glass in the air. "For I am certain that we will win the Quidditch Cup this year! To Ellie and Sirius!"
The whole common room seemed to chant the words 'to Ellie and Sirius' and Remus couldn't contain his laughter when Ellie looked a little annoyed that her name was put together with his. "Moony! Come sit with us!" Sirius happily chanted from the sofa.
"I'll be right there in a minute." Remus answered, shrugging off their coos when he walked up towards Ellie. "So you're officially a quidditch player, eh?" He teased, placing him next to her on the floor.
"So you're officially Moony, eh?" She grinned back at him, raising her cup towards her mouth and taking a sip of her pumpkin juice. "Very original."
"Well, you know how they can get." Remus grinned, leaning his head against the cold wall and looking up to the air. "You did well today." He mumbled, investigating the ceiling a little too much.
Her green eyes turned towards the side of his face, noticing his sharp jawline and the slight stubble of his beard coming through. She crooked her head. He had a small mold underneath his right ear that she never noticed before. There was also a new scar, she could tell that he tried to hide it underneath his brown hair but it was evident now that he didn't pay attention to it. "Thank you." She nodded her head.
"Am I going to lose my study buddy now?" He held back a grin, his eyes turning towards her. He noticed how she immediately adverted her eyes from her investigating gaze to her bare knees .
"No. No. You won't lose your study buddy. I'll make time for you." Ellie grinned, "Shouldn't you be over with- what do they call themselves again?"
"The Marauders." Remus chuckled.
"Right. The Marauders." Ellie laughed, balancing the red cup on her knees.
A silence overtook the both of them. "I shoul- I should probably see what they're up to." Remus mumbled, trying to break it.
Ellie nodded her head, she wanted to reply but she heard some cheering in the background and the sound of her name, "ELLIE! MY NEW STAR! COME HERE!" David Hamblin waved at her, mentioning to come sit with him and his friends.
"I shoul- probably, you know." Ellie answered a little baffled, pointing her finger at the blonde calling her.
"Yeah, you probably should." Remus nodded his head slowly. He was not blind to the way the quidditch captain preferred his friend.
"I'll speak to you sometime tonight, alright? We still have to come together this weekend to do that first Arithmancy assignment." She spoke, with a glint of hope in her eyes.
"Of course." The corner of Remus his mouth lifted. He watched how she nodded and stretched her legs in front of him, his eyes carefully adverting from them. He was sitting on the floor, he could easily take advantage of the situation and let his eyes wonder.
She gave him a small wave and then turned around, moving towards the laughing group that contained almost every male quidditch player except for Sirius and James. He heard David speak to her, "So, quidditch practice starts on Monday and I need you to be ready for that."
"Of course, I'll be read-"
Remus didn't wait around to listen anymore but stretched his legs and made his own way towards his friends. They were sitting in front of the fireplace, trying to look as innocent as possible. He knew all too well that they noticed how Ellie and him spoke privately for a while. James his eyes turned from David Hamblin towards Remus, "Just tell her already."
"There's nothing to tell." Remus answered, a little annoyed. "She's one of my best friends."
"Still going with the friend path, right?" Sirius smirked. "Come on, we have eyes. Even I can't deny that Darensbourg stepped off the Hogwarts Express looking…"
"Looking what Sirius?" Remus raised his eyebrows at him. "Watch your words."
"I'm just saying if you don't step up, Hamblin might. That's all I'm saying." Sirius raised his hands.
"Right." The werewolf mumbled, watching Ellie laughing at a joke David just made. "She's better off with him anyways."
"Prongs, please talk some sense into this guy." Sirius rolled his eyes. "You're -I'm feeling sorry for myself- act is getting a little old now."
James nodded his head, edging closer to where Remus was sitting. "Ellie likes you. She does! Come on, you have to trust us. Look, I think the first Hogsmeade weekend is in a month or so, ask her to go with you. Even if it's just as friends, you can talk to her privately alone there, tell her how you feel."
"I don't want her to settle for anything less than she deserves."
"You're right! That's why she needs you and not Hamblin!" James ushered, "Come on, do it for me. At least you have a chance! I'll have grey hair before Lily even falls for me."
"I'll think about it, alright?" Remus mumbled, trying to ignore Ellie's laughter in the background as best as possible.
James nodded his head, "Hey, I think we're all ready to join you on the first… You know." James averted his eyes towards the window.
"Really?" Remus answered.
"Even Wormtail got it right this time, took him long enough." Sirius laughed, patting the red cheeked chubby boy's shoulders.
Author's note: Urgh, I love this already. Thank you Blissangel91494 for your review, it was very kind. Thank you bellaphant, Thank you Noface as well. About the animagus form, I have decided that if she were to become one, it will not be a wolf. This still is a Sirius/OC story even if it might not look like one and even though Remus is one of Ellie's best friends, Nymphadora Tonks will excist in the story later on. Try thinking something related to a dog that isn't a dog. Anyways, thank you for reading, leave me a message. I honestly feel that this was quite an exciting chapter. Xo Eva