Four.
A/N: Just a quick note, sorry that I haven't updated for ages! I was on holiday for two weeks, so I could only get access to to write this when I'm down at the restaurant/cafe where I was staying, so it took ages to write. On another note, this fic is named after the song by Coldplay, as I'm just getting into some of their older stuff and as soon as I heard it on Parachutes, it reminded me of this! So yeah, it then gave me a name for this fic! This isn't related in any way to the book with the same name.. This chapter's a bit of a gapfiller though, as I've got some ideas planned for the next two! Anyways, thank you so, so much for the story alerts, adding it to favourites and of course, the reviewers! I really appreciate it, I honestly didn't think anyone would read this! This chapter's for all of you guys!
Professor Lupin took his hand away from mine and we both stood up. He retreated back to his desk, whereas I headed towards the door, stopping in front of Kate. 'Come on, then,' Kate said, grinning like the cat that had the cream. I just nodded, the pair of us beginning to walk down the corridors towards our common room. My head was swimming as I went over what had happened back in the classroom. I had almost kissed my teacher, for God's sake! ..No, wait. He'd leaned in to kiss me.. I felt my head beginning to throb with pain and I wrung my hands together, worrying. 'Rels, are you alright? You look a bit ill..' Kate said, sounding concerned. 'Yeah, I'm fine. I'm tired, that's all,' I replied, lifting my hand up and pushing my hair out of my eyes. I'd be more than happy to talk to her about this at some point, but not right now. I'd need to sort things out in my head first, to at least understand what all of this meant. We walked the rest of the way to the Hufflepuff common room in a comfortable silence. We gave the statue the password and stepped inside. It was fairly empty, seeing as only Sixth and Seventh Years got free periods, so all of the younger students in our house were in lessons.
Kate and I made our way up the stairs and into our dormitory, where Nat was laid on her bed, waiting for us. 'You two took your time!' She laughed. 'Well, Miss Flynn here had a bit of an encounter with a certain somebody, didn't you?' Kate grinned again, nudging me playfully in the ribs. Nat's eyes widened and she sat up, leaning forwards. 'What happened?' I felt my already bad mood worsening and I sat cross-legged on the floor. It was pretty obvious that they'd been talking about what had happened last night while I was asleep. I gave Kate a look as if to say 'you explain all of this', then folded my arms and looked down at the floor.
Kate launched into a detailed explanation of what happened, causing both her and Nat to have massive, smug smiles on their faces. '..And then, he just gave her this adorablelook, closed his eyes and leaned in to kiss her!' She concluded. By this point, my face was the colour of a ripened tomato and I was absent-mindedly playing with the hem of my skirt, feeling extremely awkward and embarrassed. 'So we were right!' Nat laughed. 'Oh, and by the way, you totally owe me two Galleons.' I looked up, slightly annoyed. 'Wait a minute, you two placed a bet on this?' 'Yep!' Nat grinned. 'And I won!' Much to my own surprise, I laughed along with them. 'I can't believe you two! I thought we said no more betting on stuff like this!' 'Well, we just couldn't resist, could we?' Kate smirked. I looked up at the pair of them and shook my head mock-disapprovingly, laughing even more.
The three of us just sat there laughing for a few moments, until something crossed my mind. 'So d'you think he fancies me, then?' I asked, frowning. Kate and Nat looked at me as if I was mental, and I took this as a no, until – 'Merlin's beard, Rels! The bloke went to snog you, of bloody course he fancies you!' 'Well he might not do, some guys snog girls just for the hell of it..' Kate and Nat gave me yet another look and I raised my eyebrows. 'He really doesn't seem the type for that.. He's a grown man for Merlin's sake! Plus he kept staring at you when we were writing down some stuff on Boggarts..' Kate replied, smiling at me. I didn't say anything back and instead sat there in silence, trying to take in what Kate had just said. I now felt even more confused than before, so I decided to change the subject. 'I s'pose we'd better get unpacking, hadn't we?' I mumbled, pulling my trunk out from underneath my four-poster. Kate and Nat clearly caught onto the fact that I didn't want to talk about what had happened with Professor Lupin anymore, as they both sighed and I could hear them pulling out their trunks, too. 'Rels, have you got your E-Pod or whatever it's called?' Nat asked me. 'Course I have!' I grinned. 'We need some kind of music to listen to while we unpack, even if it is my absolutely fabulous taste in Muggle stuff.. Oh, and it's called an iPod, Natty,' I giggled, pulling out my iPod Touch from my trunk.
Despite the fact that electrical stuff wasn't supposed to work inside Hogwarts, Nat, Kate and I had bewitched my iPod in our first year to provide us with some entertainment if we needed it. I placed the iPod on my bed, pulled out the earphones and plonked myself down on the bed beside it. I scanned through my music and looked up, smiling at Nat and Kate. 'Coldplay?' I asked then, knowing exactly what their answers would be. 'Of course!' They exclaimed in perfect unison, making me smile even more. It had taken me quite a whole to get them used to the idea of Muggle music, but we seemed to fall into a routine of blasting Coldplay whever we were unpacking. 'Hey, they bought out a fantastic new song in the summer, I'll play that..' I said, touching the screen. Kate had cast the usual charms around the room already which ensures that it was only us three who could hear the music. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall began to play and I slid off my bed, quietly singing along to myself as we began to unpack.
Once the song had finished, I hauled myself back up onto my bed for a moment. 'Right, which album d'you want to listen to?' I asked, glancing towards Nat and Kate, who were sprawled out on the dormitory floor. 'Parachutes!' Nat exclaimed. 'I love that album.' 'Parachutes it is, then!' I grinned. I selected the album and hit play. Don't Panic started to play and I slid back onto the floor, smiling. 'Aah, now that's more like it,' I said, carrying on with my unpacking. Time flew by, as the three of us sung our hearts out to every single one of the tracks as we unpacked, and thankfully, we finished with some songs left to spare. We all lay back on our beds, still singing. I paused for a moment, absent-mindedly playing with my robes. 'What've you guys got next?' 'Transfiguration with you,' Kate replied, sighing. 'I bet McGonagall will give us a pile of homework at the end of it!' 'Herbology,' Nat said, grinning. It was her favourite subject, and she'd passed the OWL with flying colours last year. 'Right..' I frowned, checking my watch. 'We've got ten more minutes left, wanna go down to the common room for a bit?' 'Nah, I've still got more unpacking to do,' Nat said, gesturing to the small pile left still in her trunk. 'I'll come,' Kate grinned, giving me a look which I instantly knew meant that she was bursting to talk about what had happened between me and Professor Lupin. 'Alright, see you later then Nat!' I shouted over my shoulder as we made our way down the dormitory stairs and into the common room.