Lisa: (not going to bother you with pointless drabble)

Father and Son

Sirius was sitting in his apartment flipping through a magazine admiring new additions he could put on his bike when the door burst open. He looked up completely startled dropping the magazine and almost jumping two feet in the air. Lucky for him it was only Andy, he sighed and furrowed his brow at her appearance. She was no longer in her pj's but now in black jeans with her belt buckle not yet buckled, the same tank top she wore with her pajamas but with her leather coat shrugged on over it, her prescription sunglasses on her forehead, and she was stepping deeper into her cowboy boots which it looked like she had just put on seconds before.

"A – Andy..." Sirius said confused as she stormed through his apartment walking to the back counter. "What are you doing here? What's wrong?"

"I'm taking your bike out." She said stubbornly as she grabbed the keys and the biker gloves that Sirius always wore when he went out on the bike.

"What? No, I'm going too; wait, no, my bike, why?" Sirius asked. He knew she could drive it but he still hated it when other people drove his 'baby'.

She stopped at the doorframe before she left and looked back at Sirius. "Why don't ya ask Remus that? Oh and maybe the man who just popped in, I believe Remus called him dad." Andy snarled sliding the sunglasses down onto her nose and walked out the door.

Sirius stood their dumfounded for a few seconds with his mouth open. Soon he heard the familiar noise of his bike start up, he ran and looked out the window just in time to see Andy rev the engine and speed out of the parking lot.

"Okay..." He said to himself. "I'm confused." He walked out of his apartment and looked into the room across and down the hall from his. The door was still open and there was a man standing in the doorway, the man closed the door behind him and Sirius stared for a few more seconds before looking away. "Oh Merlin." He whispered.

Remus's father had abandoned him, his mother and his sister when he was a small child at only five years old, and he took with him Remus's older sister of three years and only friend at the time with him. Remus hadn't heard anything of his father or his sister since that day, his other sister, Daina, the one that was left behind with his mother and him. She worked at the ministry now at twenty nine years old, and when she begun working their nine years ago she tried to use her connections to try and find Charlotte, the sister that was taken, but she had no luck in locating them and had most likely given up in finding her.

A few minutes earlier

Remus stared at his father standing in the doorway, it was over ten years later, why would he be here now? He tore his gaze away from him and looked at Andy still standing at the door, her hand still on the knob and walked over to her. He knew she knew who he was, he did after all say 'dad'. Andy had every reason to hate him, he abandoned her boyfriend and she was one to hold grudges and with her temper Remus was worried.

"What the fuck is this, Remus?" Andy asked turning her head and looking at Remus with acid in her gaze.

He shook his head. "No, Andy love it's –"

"Did you know he was comin'?" She asked as she turned to face him completely crossing her arms across her chest.

"No, well kinda but no, I didn't know it was him." Remus stuttered.

Andy mumbled something incoherently under her breath and walked out to the bedroom, Remus followed her. His father remained in the doorway but with their raised voices he was able to hear every word.

"You knew he was coming?" Andy asked as she threw off her flannel pants and began pulling on her jeans, not bothering to buckle the belt that was already through the loops on them.

"No, I didn't, I knew I knew kinda. Just listen, okay, James was at the ministry the other day and he said someone was poking around the in werewolf registry files looking up addresses. He said just to be careful and not to draw attention to myself or you, that's it."

"Ya didn't bother to tell me any of this?" She asked taking her leather coat out of the closet and putting it on.

"I didn't want to worry you."

"Since when the hell am I worried, Remus! You get more worried then me!" She took her glasses off and threw them on the bed, replacing them with her sunglasses which for now she rested on her head.

"Andy, please, calm down." Remus said running his fingers through his hair in old habit.

"NO! I will not calm down!" She screamed taking her boots out of the closet and stepping into them. She stormed out of the bedroom and into the living room where the front door was. "You can stay here and work somethin' out, but I'm leavin'!" She said and was about to leave but stopped short. "And by the way, my guns are in the bedroom, just in case." She hissed and then left.

Remus and his father were standing their in dead silence, they heard a conversation go on down the hall form the open doors and in a minute they saw Andy stomp by, sunglasses pulled down and keys in her mouth as she pulled the gloves on. Remus fought every urge to go and run after her down the hall but he was able to stay back, he knew what she did she took Sirius's keys she usually did this when she got really upset or frustrated, but Sirius usually went with her, it being a two person bike. Now he wasn't, it was rare that she was this upset that even Sirius wouldn't go.

Another minute later they heard the engine of a motorcycle start up and drive away. Remus sighed and covered his face with his hand, leaving the other on his hip.

His father, John, jutted his thumb toward the hallway. "She seems nice, that your girlfriend?" he asked.

"Why are you here?" Remus said behind his hand.

"I can't come by and see my only son?" He asked stepping further into the room and shutting the door.

"Not after what you did!" Remus yelled walking further into his apartment and running his hand through his hair once again.

"I see you picked up that habit from me." Remus glared at him for a second and let his hand drop down to his side. "Look, Remy – " John started but was cut off.

"Don't call me that." Remus said sharply and turned around to face him. "You're not my father, I don't need one, you're not my friend, I already have plenty, you have no right to call me that."

"Okay, I'm sorry, Remus, you don't understand what was happening when I left." Remus scoffed. "I'm serious, Remus." John said trying to get through to him.

"No, Sirius lives down the hall." Remus said pointing in the direction of Sirius's flat.

"Look, I left, I was scared I didn't know what to do, I tried to find a cure with your mother, but as you know there isn't one. And I –"

"You were scared? You?" Remus said laughing. "I was five! I was bitten by a werewolf a year earlier! You were not the one going through bloody painful transformations every night not knowing what the hell was happening! You were not the one screaming and begging for it all to stop! You were not the one shunned for half your life!"

"I know, and I'm sorry."

"Sorry does not make up for what you did."

"I know, I know, but I just had to come here and make things right. You're a man now, a grown man. I wish I could have seen you grown up. I mean, last time I saw you, you came up to my waist, now you're pretty much taller then me." John said with a sad smile.

"Sorry you missed out on all that." Remus said sarcastically.

"So am I." John said and after a pause he spoke again. "I um, I read your file in the werewolf registry. It said you graduated form Hogwarts, third of your class. I'm proud of you."

"Would have been top if those damn Ravenclaws weren't there," Remus mumbled.

"Remus, I know you must really hate me and I'd like to try and make it up to you. I wanted to go back but there was wasn't anything I could do. It was all so weird. I couldn't just show up."

"Yes you could have, it would have been better if you just showed up then and not now." Remus said swallowing a lump in his throat and then spoke again. "Where's Charlotte... How come she's not here?" He asked slowly.

"She's..." John seemed to get choked up. "She's at St. Mungos. A couple months ago a store was attacked in a wizarding community in France, that's where we've been, she worked their while she was trying to get a teaching position at Beauxbatons, Charms... It was by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, he and his followers attacked the store."

Remus rolled his eyes for a moment at the sound of the nickname for Voldemort, people had begun calling him this because of all the horrible things he had done over the years. Some thought it was foolish but others saw it as a relief. But Remus was not focused on this for long his face soon was etched into worry because of his sister.

"Sh – she's going to be okay... right?" Remus asked trying to get the words out.

"They don't know, she's stable now but their not sure there's much more they can do for her." John replied.

"Did you tell mom and Daina?" Remus asked quietly.

"Yeah, just before I came here." John said.

"What room is she in?" Remus asked.

"I'll take you there... and your girlfriend...?"

"What about her?"

"Does she really have guns?"

"Merlin... I hope not... but that's Andy for you... crazy colonial." Remus said as he went into the bedroom to chenge out of his pj's and head to the hospital.

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They arrived at the room about fifteen minutes later, with Remus now fully clothed. Remus never like hospitals, probably because of his frequent visits at them when he was a chills. He always found they too clean, a little creepy because of all the white and how the halls echoed when you walked alone. But now all the worried he had of them were gone, he had to see his sister, he hadn't seen her in thirteen years, he had to see her now. Especially not that she was hurt.

They arrived at the door and Remus looked up at his father for a moment. He nodded and allowed Remus in, he would wait outside, he knew they needed a private moment.

He walked up to the bed; a woman was lying on it. She looked about twenty, she had curly brown hair falling around her shoulders and Remus didn't even need her to open her eyes but he knew that if she did bright blue orbs would be shinning back at him. Her arms were resting on her stomach and she had a bandage around her head and some small ones on her arms. Her light skin was covered with a thin layer of perspiration and dark circles were under her eyes.

Remus sat down next to her, he knew she was awake but he didn't know what to say. Or even if she would recognize him, it had been so many years.

After a few more seconds she moved and her eyes opened into small slits, he saw them then. The bright blue eyes. Her brow furrowed for a few seconds and she sat up a little more reaching up with her one hand to rub her eyes.

"Um... who, who exactly are you and what are you doing in my room?" She asked and Remus winced at the fact she didn't recognize him. But he wasn't expecting anything else.

"Charlotte... It's... well it's me... your baby brother... Remus." He said choking on his words.

He saw her eyes widen and sit sat up in her bed more. "Remy? Oh my God, Remy!" She cried and leaned over to hug him, he did as well and they embraced. "I never thought I'd see you again." She whispered.

"You didn't?" Remus almost laughed. "You were everything to me."

They held one another for a few more minutes until they broke apart and Charlotte looked Remus up and down holding his hands. "Oh my... Rem... you at you. You're grown up."

"Not the first time I heard that today."

"Oh God, dad, he got you?" Remus nodded. "Oh no, I know that had to be hard on you. I know you must be angry with him and when I think about I still am too, but I've forgave him years ago. I hope you can too, you have to admit Remy, it was hard on everyone."

"But it wasn't my fault." Remus said his voice suddenly becoming cold.

"I know, I know everything, I know what dad did to Grayback, but that's why he left, that's what he told me. He told me that he thought it was all his fault, he said that he couldn't stay there anymore knowing it was his fault."

Remus scoffed. "I'm sorry, Char, but I can't believe that. He left me when I was five, when I needed my dad. I can't forgive him for that." Remus said softly.

"I know, but let's just forget all that now." Charlotte said and sighed. "Let's catch up, I know zilch about my baby brother and I'd kinda of like to know more. So, um this may be a little mean but... were you able to go to school?"

Remus laughed and looked down to hide his face. "Yes, I did in fact go to school. I went to Hogwarts actually, Dumbledore became headmaster and he let me come."

"Really!" She exclaimed. "That's great! Um how did you do? You always did like books, even when you were little."

"Very well in all my classes, save for Potions, Defense I did really good in. You know darks arts and all, I am in that category. I was the keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team for four years and I graduated really well, and while I was there I met the greatest friends in the world, and my current girlfriend."

"Awwww," She said with a smile. "My little brother has a girlfriend; I can't wait to meet her."

"That may be hard; when dad showed up she got really mad, took Sirius's motorcycle and kind of ran off." Charlotte looked horrified. "Oh but don't worry, she always comes back, she's done this before, but normally she rides with Sirius. She must have been really mad... but I really don't blame her, I didn't exactly paint the best picture of dad."

"Sirius is one of your friends?" She asked.

"Oh yes, pardon me, um, Sirius Black, James Potter, Peter Pettigrew and I, we call ourselves the Marauders, bit of trouble makers we are." He laughed. "They were my first friends, and when they found out what I am they didn't run. They accepted me as me and helped me out and now we can even joke about it and it doesn't do anything."

"They sound great," Charlotte smiled. "What your girlfriend's name?"

"Andromeda Volk or Andy, I don't think I've called her Andromeda in, well forever. But we met at Hogwarts, she's a werewolf too, born and raised in America but at the death of her father they moved here, her father was English." Remus explained. "She's so amazing, I love her."

"She sounds wonderful."

"She is, well what about you, Char? What have you been up too?"

"Well I graduated form Beauxbatons, top of my class in charms. But that's about all I was top in anything for. After that I got a job at a shop that sells potions, it was fun. I was trying to get a job at the school, they were interviewing one other person and if they didn't get it then I would. I guess they got it now." Charlotte laughed softly.

"Oh I'm sure you'll find something to do, so why are you still here? You look pretty good, talking fine and acting fine and everything. They just leaving you here over night?" Remus asked.

"No, um, Remus they say that I was hit with some kind of curse. They don't know what it is and its messing with my heart a little." She saw the worry across his face and gave him a reassuring smile. "Don't worry, I'll pull through, I'm sure they'll find the problem and I'll be out of here in a couple days. No worries."

"I hope, I lost you once, I don't want to do it again." Remus said.

"I know, Rem, and trust me, I'm not going anywhere." She smiled and took his hand. "So, that little summary you gave me can't be all that's happened in your life. Let me hear some stuff. You said you and your friends caused trouble, exactly what kind of trouble?"

Lisa: Aw, now that was sweet and a little Remy angsty in the beginning which is always good.

Heather: For you, not all of us are weird.

Lisa: Yeah... I'm weird... but everyone please review and tell me what 'cha think!

Heather: YES!