Remus sat alone in his room at the Leaky Cauldron reading, though not absorbing a single word in the book as his mind was taking him on a journey back to his seventh year at Hogwarts. He saw Kim's twelve-year-old smiling face and couldn't help but smile back. He asked her what she was doing out this early and she told him she was in the library. They then walked together toward the common room and when she went up to her dormitory he couldn't help but feel that he wanted her to stay and talk with him. Though she was only twelve he had always thought she was easy to talk to.

Remus awoke with a start that morning when his book fell to the floor with a loud thump. He rubbed his eyes and soon he found himself wandering down for some breakfast. He was greeted with a smile from Tom who handed him The Daily Prophet and took his order.

"You okay?" Tom asked.

"Yea Tom. I'm fine what makes you ask?" Remus replied casually.

"Well you've been readin' the same page for an hour and you haven't touched yer food."

"Oh, well I'm just a little distracted that's all Tom. But thanks for asking."

"Right. Well finish up, I suspect we'll start gettin' busy anytime now. You might want to be outa here before the morning crowd comes in."

"Thanks Tom." Remus put down the paper of which he had only read the first sentence, something about an auror losing their memory. He turned to his meal and just as he picked up the fork an owl fluttered down on the table on top of the table and came to rest on top of the newspaper he had just set down. He saw it was his own owl that he positioned at his place to bring him any letter that came by muggle mail. As he lived mostly in the muggle world as that was about the only place he got work. No one else would hire him because he was a werewolf. He pulled the letter out of its beak and gave it some bacon and it flew off again with its reward in beak. He opened the envelope and read the letter within. He realized it was from a friend of his (a muggle) from his job.

Remus,
Hey lad! Well it looks like Cindy and I are finally getting
married. It's going to be a small ceremony and we decided to cut
the cost on the invitations. But you're invited! And I would feel
honored if you would be my best man. I sent this while you took
your vacation because I figured you'd get it when you came back.
But the wedding is Sunday the 21st at Cindy's parents house in
Scotland. Her and I will already be down there by the time you get
this letter. But you can come down anytime you wish. The address is
on the back of the paper along with the time of the wedding. Oh I
almost forgot. Cindy wanted you to ask your girlfriend if she'd be
a brides made. She wants five because it's her lucky number. Send
me a reply when you get this boy. I'll be glad to hear from you.
Hope your vacation was nice.
Bert

Remus smiled and set the letter aside. Great! They even invited my make- believe girlfriend. Now what am I going to do? He pushed thought out of his mind and quickly ate his breakfast and went back up to his room where he disappeared in an instant.

When morning came Kim was awoken by a knock on her door. She opened her eyes and sat up. She rubbed her eyes and though she felt groggy she stood up and covered herself in her robe and went downstairs to the door expecting it to be one of the kids, but when she opened it she found Remus.

"Oh, I'm sorry! Did I wake you?" he questioned nervously.

"No." she answered quickly tying her robe. "Well, yes, but don't worry I don't usually sleep this late. So it's not your fault. I was having trouble sleeping last night so I took some dreamless sleep potion to help. Don't worry. Come in. I'll make some coffee. She led him in the door and took his coat. "That was some rainstorm last night eh?" she asked shyly trying to make small talk.

"Yea, it came down pretty hard. Sorry to wake you. Really I didn't mean to."

"I told you not to worry about it. Its nothing." She said as she led him into her small kitchen. "Do you want coffee or tea?"

"Coffee is fine." He replied happily.

"Okay. Have a seat." She requested as she gestured to her small kitchen table. "I'm really sorry if I've cause and inconvenience with this potion thing."

"Oh god no! If this thing works it will be worth any 'inconvenience' that you may have caused with adding an extra day to my vacation." He laughed.

"Day? Oh, I didn't tell you did I? The potion has to be brewed fresh everyday in order for it to work. Is there any way you can get another four days of vacation? "Probably not."

"Oh no. I don't know how we're going to do this. I guess I could send Aphrodite to your place every morning with a new mixture." Remus rubbed his face with his hands in stressed thought. "Look, this might sound a bit forward but - I have this wedding I have to go to next Sunday I mean the groom, he's a friend from my job back at home, a muggle, he wants me to come down early, the wedding is the twenty first. That is why I can't stay any longer. I just got the letter at breakfast earlier. The stupid muggle mail is really slow. And the thing these two are the type of people that keep trying to hook me up with girl's right? So I told them a while ago that I have this girlfriend and they want me to bring her because Cindy, the bride needs another brides made. The wedding is Sunday and like I said he wants me their early..."

"But the full moon is on Friday. If you go you'll be dangerous!"

"I know. That is why I want you to come with me. As my fake girlfriend."

She laughed. "Now I see what you mean about being forward."

"Look I didn't mean-"

"I'll go." She interrupted. "But only to protect those poor unsuspecting muggles." She said jokingly.

"Thank you. Would you mind being a brides made?"

"I don't even know the woman!" "Oh, but she knows you. She knows that you have black hair and green eyes. She knows your favorite color is blue and your favorite roses are the ones that start out white on the bottom and turn pink at the top of the petals. She knows that our first date was dinner and then a walk by the pond. She knows that your mother hooked us up because our parents were friends from the country club. She knows you have a dog named Max even though it's a girl and she knows that you live in London. And she also knows that we've been together for three months."

"Ah, I see she knows a lot about me then. I'm hoping she doesn't know my name."

"Actually. I've always dodged the question. I'm not sure how."

"Right. So when are we leaving?"

"Well. I was going to leave tonight. After I got the potion."

"Ah, well. I'll have to tell Aunt Molly." She said pouring the finished coffee into a mug. "How do you like your coffee?"

"If you'll get me the creamer and sugar I'll prepare it myself." She passed him what he needed and turned to prepare her own cup.

They then sat and Kim explained more about the potion. After they finished their coffee she ran up and changed into something easier to work in. Then began the finishing touches on the potion.

When finished she separated the potion into two separate glasses and brought one to Remus. He looked at her with a puzzled look.

"What are you doing?"

"Testing it."

"You don't need to. I'm testing it."

"I guess I just kind of feel I have to. Its kind of weird."

"But if you turn into a werewolf you'll be dangerous to them and I can't protect them from you because I'll be inside a werewolves body."

Kim thought it over. "I hate it when you're right." She took his glass from him and poured what was in hers into it and handed it back. "Its better if you drink more anyway. Stronger that way. It stays in your system longer. You can drink that up. It might knock you on your ass though. You can go sit on the couch if you'd like. Do you mind if I get in the shower?"

"No not at all." He stood and she walked him to the couch then went upstairs to get in the shower.