Charlottes Story

Chapter 7

Ok so obliviously I'm not finishing this today. I still need one more chapter. That chapter should be posted by either tomorrow, or more likely the day after tomorrow. Sorry. I blame life.

Gets in the way all the time.

I stormed out of the house, ready to commit murder, if necessary.

I hoped it wasn't necessary though. I was way too girly for Azkaban.

"Hey Charlotte." Remus said, looking up from his resting spot against our big oak tree. He was reading. The scum was reading. James was sitting to the left of him. Strangely enough he was reading and drinking a glass of lemonade.

"James you hate lemonade." I said, he looked up with a pinched mouth, and a grimace of sour disgust. Then he grinned. "Ahhh" I understood now.

"What?"

"Lily's favorite drink is lemonade." I sniggered at him.

"Shut up."

"But why? Its so much fun to tease you about your obsession." Remus laughed.

Ah! In my mockery I had forgotten my rage at dear 'ld Lupin.

I went and sat on his right. James then went to the swing on the branch, giving up on his lemonade, perhaps too embarrassed. I leaned my shoulder against the alleged stalker.

"What are you reading?"

"Oh just the requirements for next years charms class."

"Right. N.E.T.W.S this year. Fun stuff."

"Yep" he went back into his book.

I was quiet for a moment.

"You know something."

"I know many things."

"Don't be cute."

He looked up, a look of annoyance playing on his face. "What are you talking about Charlotte."

I threw down his book, took his neck in one hand. "My stalker."

I always had an aggressive side.

"And how I found out it was all a prank from one of my brothers idiotic, loser friends." I had rounded on him now. His eyes wide with shock as my hand tightened around his neck.

"Charlotte!" James was running off his swing, knocking down the lemonade as he came toward us. I put my other hand out, palm toward him to make his approach halt.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

"Sirius suspects Lupin."

"And how do you know that your stalker isn't just some weirdo on the street?!"

"Lily looked at it logically and all the facts lead to—"

"You talked to Lily?"

"Yes—and she thinks its someone in the house."

"Great, now she'll think it was me."

"No, she doesn't."

"Really??" The excitement in his voice really was pathetic.

"Eugh!" Remus was apparently having trouble breathing,

My hand around his neck had nothing to do with it….

I let him go. "Its not James. Its not Sirius. What do you know?" I asked again.

"Why the hell would Sirius say it was me?!"

"WAIT!" Sirius came running at us. "I didn't finish my sentence. Damn your fast., You shot off that bed like a bat outa hell!"

"What the hell where you doing on my little sisters bed?!"

"14 seconds really doesn't give you the right to call me your little sister James. I'm just as old as you are!"

"I wanted to say," Sirius ignored James and I "That Remus thinks its Shane."

"Why did it take so bloody long to get out here?! I could have been killed!" Remus loudly complained.

"Charlotte left me in the middle of n amazing snogg, that I seriously thought was going somewhere. So I couldn't came running after her with a raging erec—"

"Woah! That's enough!" Remus intervened, but not early enough.

"YOU WERE WHAT?!"

Oh boy.

"James calm down."

"I am not going to calm down! My little sister gave my best friend—"

"You know what James? It doesn't matter because, remember someone is trying to hurt me. And I need to find that guy."

He was quiet for a minute.

"Alright, I'll let it go. For now." He turned to Sirius, who was hiding behind the tree Lupin had been resting on while reading (and being strangled.)

"Don't think for a second this is over. I wont forget Padfoot."

He stepped out. Looking hesitant he put his hand out to James.

"Don't treat her like the others. She's better than that."

Sometimes my brother was stupid, but deep down there was a sweet caring man. I hoped Lily saw that one day.

"I wont James. And I know how special she is."

He does?! Since when?! Am I dreaming?

Sirius put his hand out, now to me, to hold. I took it intertwining our fingers.

"We'll figure it out, love. Nothing will happen to you. I promise.

Uhhhhhhh. Swoon.

"So do we really think it was Shane?" James asked, sending death glares at Sirius.

"He's a pureblood. I don't think he even knows what cell phones are."

"Why don't you go owl him, tell him a load of rubbish about how you cant stop thinking about him since he came over. And you were wondering if he had a cell phone so you can hear his voice or something." Lupin suggested.

"Good idea Remus! I'll go to the kitchen now. Where's Merlin?" Merlin was our very cranky owl. I hoped he would bite off one of Shane's fingers.

I didn't want to leave the warmth of Sirius's hand, and was thankful when he said he'd come too.

"Charlotte?" He said once we were on our way to the house. We were far away enough from the others for them not to hear us.

"Yes Sirius?"

"I don't know how to say this…"

"What? Are you the stalker?" I joked.

That threw him. "No. Of course not. How could you think that?"

"I was just kidding you Sirius. Stop being so serious." I had to use the pun.

"Oh right. Well I just wanted to say…"He put his hand up to his mouth, our fingers still holding each other. "I really like you."

"Are you playing me?"

He looking into my eyes. "No. I'm actually not. I—I mean what I wanted to say was—" He searched my eyes, seemingly struggling with what words to expressive what he needed to say. We had stopped moving and he kissed the ends of each of my fingers.

"You're different."

Was this good?

"You make me—you make me want things I never have before. When I'm with you I want to be the kind of guy you can bring home."

"Sirius, you live with us."

He laughed. "I know. But what I'm trying to say is, you make me want to be the 'boyfriend' type." He adjusted his hand a bit and kissed my palm. "I don't want a fling. I want you for a long time."

"I refuse to be another girl you use then throw away."

I wont? Where was all this strong and resisting personality coming from? Surely not from me. I was ready to say 'take me I'm yours." To hell if he's playing me.

He now took both of my hands, lowering the one resting against his cheek. "First of all, your brother would brain me if I –intentionally—hurt you. And secondly, I don't want to use you and throw you away. I want to keep you." I stared at him. "Indefinitely." Then an amazing grin spread on my face.

"So does this mean we're going steady?" He laughed.

"Man that was all too serious. I'm glad you love to laugh." We had began to walk towards the house again, holding hands.

"Then I'm glad you're funny."

When we got inside I rounded on him, pushing him into the wall. "You know what?"

"What?"

"Serious side is really sexy."

"Oh yea?"

"Definitely. I wanna see more of him."

"Now is this literally or figuratively?"

"Mmmm….still deciding."

"I hope its literally."

"Me too." I grinned. I went to go write the letter. That was the most rubbish I had ever written. "Oh Shane I cant stop thinking of you. I miss you and your touches. The sound of your masculine voice. I overreacted, I'm so sorry."

Yuck.

Sirius went back to the group, screaming parts of my letter in an overly girly voice.

"Shut up" I said, smacking his arm.

James made a whipping notion with his arm.

We went inside and ate some sandwiches. Then we heard the fire roar to life. Shanes head was peaking through the flames.

"Shane?!" I ran over, "what are you doing here?!"

He wasted no time.

"I had to see your beautiful face after that exquisite letter you wrote me. You really have a knack for writing of your love. I love you too, Charlotte."

"You wrote you loved him?!" Sirius yelled from the kitchen.

"Of course not, he's delusional remember?"

"What?" Shane asked, really confused now.

"Do you have a cell phone Shane?"

"No. Whats that?"

Great.

"Are you sure you don't?"

"Is that what those muggles are always hunched over?"

Damn.

I gave the signal and Sirius came over and put his arm over me.

"Look Shane leave her the hell alone. She is dating me now. And she was lying to you when she wrote that letter. Never contact her again. Or I'll break more than your wand."

Poor guy. He'd already had that done to him once by us.

He deserved it though.

Mahaha.

Shane left our fire with a huff.

We went back to the kitchen.

"Its not Shane."

They all cursed.

"Well, what now?" We all sat thinking. Then something hit me.

"Um, has anyone seen Peter today?"

ONE MORE CHAPTER!

I'm so excited to finish this story!

I'm going to have an amazing Charlotte/Sirius scene the next chapter which im really excited for.

Please review!

-Jenna