A/N: Here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

New Teacher

"Hello boys," Charlie greeted cheerfully, wrapping an arm around the redheaded twins at the Gryffindor table as she came up behind them. Both smiled brightly when they turned to look at her.

"Well, good morning to you!"

"There's our favorite Ravenclaw!" Charlie chuckled.

"You two crack me up."

"We aim to please," the one on the left said.

"Well, Fred, your goal is achieved." She leaned in, stealing a piece of sausage from Fred's plate. "So, you two gonna kick arse in Quidditch again this year?"

"Of course! What else would we do?" the one on the right said.

"Right you are, George," Fred agreed. Charlie laughed. "You are going to be cheering us on, aren't you?"

"You'd better," George added. Charlie grinned.

"As long as you're not playing Ravenclaw, I will happily scream in your favour." Fred smirked.

"So, does this mean you're finally saying 'yes' to that date?" he inquired suggestively. Charlie smiled, and leaned in closer to him.

"Well, I was...until you said that. Now, you're just going to have to wait," she teased. George chuckled, and Fred pouted.

"Miss Timmins, shouldn't you be over with your house getting your timetable?" Professor McGonagall questioned as she came over. Charlie stood up and smiled at the professor.

"Good morning, professor!" Charlie told her brightly. "I just wanted to come say hello to my favorite Gryffindors, besides yourself of course. And Sidney is getting my schedule for me." Professor McGonagall maintained her stern face, even with Charlie's bouncy behavior. "See." Charlie pointed over to the Ravenclaw table where Sidney held up two pieces of parchment, and gave McGonagall a wave. Professor McGonagall turned back to Charlie.

"Well, then I suggest you go see what class you have first, you wouldn't want to be late, would you?" Charlie smirked.

"I'm never late Professor, Sidney makes sure of that." Charlie was still smiling brightly, and McGonagall just gave her a slight nod before continuing to pass out timetables to Gryffindors. "See you guys later," Charlie told the twins, before returning to the Ravenclaw table.

"Still can't sweet talk McGonagall, huh?" Sidney asked as Charlie sat down by her, grabbing some toast and sausage.

"Nope. I swear she hates me!" Sidney laughed as Charlie took a swig of coffee.

"She doesn't hate you Charlie, she just thinks you don't take anything seriously," Sidney told her. Charlie shrugged.

"But I do!" she replied defensively.

"I know that, but not many other people do. It's just your personality, you're so lively and carefree that people think you just don't -"

"Take anything seriously?"

"Exactly."

"So, how do they explain my grades?"

"You're in Ravenclaw, you're bound to be smart. But being smart doesn't mean you take school seriously."

Charlie sighed, scarfing down some more food before asking, "So, what classes do we have today?" Sidney shook her head at Charlie, who was draining her coffee cup.

"Um...First we have History of Magic-"

"Boring!"

"- then we have Charms-"

"Yay!"

"- After lunch we have Defense -"

"Maybe we can -"

"Charlie!"

"Right, sorry."

"And after Defense we have Ancient Runes."

"Sounds like an interesting day." Sidney smiled.

"Well, let's get to it," she said cheerfully, picking up her knapsack and tugging on Charlie's robes as she stood. Charlie rolled her eyes, eating another piece of sausage before grabbing her knapsack and following Sidney.

-X-

"Could Binns get ANY more boring?" Charlie complained as they came out of History of Magic.

"No," Sidney agreed. "I hate his class. And I love history!"

"At least we have Charms next."

"You really love Charms."

"I can't help it, I just do!"

"I didn't say it was a bad thing! I think it's great."

-X-

"Come on Sid," Charlie whined as Sidney pulled her along to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom.

"Oh come on! I wanna get there early, and you yourself should be happy! Aren't you the one who's trying to figure out how he's familiar?"

"Yeah, but still..."

"But still nothing. Quit complaining, and come on," Sidney said firmly as they entered the classroom.

"You know, you don't have to be such a bookworm all the time Sid." Charlie paused and looked around, noticing the emptiness. "Oh you've gotta be kidding me! We're the first ones here!" Sidney rolled her eyes as she sat down and pulled out her textbook, quill, ink, and parchment.

Charlie sighed, but sat down by Sidney and pulled out her supplies too. After a couple minutes, Charlie pulled a couple of pencils out of her pocket and started drumming on the desk. Sidney sighed, but just pulled out one of her books and began reading.

"Oh. You two are early," Professor Lupin commented surprisedly as he came into the classroom a few minutes later. Charlie rolled her eyes.

"Blame her," she sighed, nodding to Sidney, who just shook her head exasperatedly behind her book. Lupin chuckled, and smiled, but went on to what he was doing. Charlie began watching him curiously.

After a couple minutes, Lupin finished stacking some papers on the desk, and looked up at the girls. Charlie looked down quickly, pretending to be reading a page in her textbook. Lupin smirked.

"So, what are your names?" he inquired politely.

"I'm Charlie." Sidney finally put her book down and looked up.

"And I'm Sidney."

Lupin seemed to stare at Sidney for a second, but then took a deep breath, and shook himself out of his seemingly stunned state. Sidney and Charlie shared a quick curious glance.

"Nice to meet you both," Lupin told them sincerely.

Charlie broke the silence that followed by bluntly asking, "So, do we know you?" Lupin looked at her oddly.

"Uh...I don't believe so. Why?" Charlie shrugged.

"You just seem familiar." He nodded slowly, before shrugging nonchalantly.

"Well, I'm not sure why that would be." Lupin turned back and started flipping through a book.

Sidney turned to Charlie and gave her a 'what was that about' look. Charlie cast a quick glance at Lupin before leaning in closer.

"I think he knows you," she whispered. Sidney gave Charlie a bewildered look. "Didn't you see his face when he saw you? It was like he recognized you or something." Sidney glanced at Lupin quickly before turning back to Charlie.

"Who knows, maybe he knew Mum? They could've went to school together, and I do look like her," Sidney reasoned in a whisper. Charlie shrugged.

"Maybe. But didn't she say you look more like your dad?" Sidney stared at Charlie for a minute before swallowing.

"Maybe he knew my dad," she said slowly. Charlie made a skeptic face, but shrugged.

"Maybe..."

They both looked up when other students started coming in, Greg and Martin among them.

"Hey Sidney, hey Charlie," Martin greeted as he took the seat behind Sidney.

"Hey Martin," they replied cheerfully.

"What, I don't get a 'hello'?" Greg pouted as he sat his stuff down in the seat behind Charlie. Charlie smiled, jumped up quickly and wrapped her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.

"Hello Greggie!" she greeted brightly. Martin and Sidney snickered, as did half of the students who'd just walked in. Greg smiled.

"See, now I feel loved," he stated as he and Charlie took their seats.

"Yes, we love you Greg," Charlie affirmed, turning around in her chair to face the boys.

"They're crazy," Martin remarked quietly to Sidney, who smirked.

"Yeah, but we're the best friends who love them. What does that make us?" Martin raised his eyebrows for a second before nodding appreciatively.

"Touché." Sidney smiled, and turned back around to face the front of the class. Martin grinned as he pulled out his supplies.

"Welcome class!" Professor Lupin greeted, seeing all the students had arrived. Charlie turned back around in her chair to face the front.

"So, broom closet, 9:30 Saturday night?" Greg whispered in Charlie's ear. Charlie grinned slightly.

"Maybe," she whispered back.

"Please..."

"I said maybe."

"Is that a yes?"

"No."

"Is that a no?"

"No."

"I'll take that as a yes." Charlie grinned, but didn't comment as Greg sat back in his chair, and they both turned their attention back to Professor Lupin.

"Now, this year you will be taking your OWLs. As your teacher it is my job to prepare you. So...This year we will be studying -"

-X-

"You know, I think Lupin'll be a good teacher," Martin commented as they were heading down the corridor.

"Yeah, he seems pretty cool," Greg agreed, walking with his arm around Charlie's waist.

"He seems like he actually knows what he's talking about," Sidney added. Charlie chuckled.

"Yeah, not like Lockhart. Merlin, that guy got on my nerves!" Sidney smirked, and Greg and Martin laughed.

"Well, we've gotta head to Divination," Martin said as they came to a halt when they reached the divide in the corridor.

"Yeah, we've got Ancient Runes," Sidney told him. They were glancing at each other nervously, causing Charlie to roll her eyes.

"We'll see you guys later," she told the boys, pulling Greg's arm off of her and linking her arm with Sidney's as they headed off in the opposite direction of Greg and Martin.

"Don't say it," Sidney pleaded when they were out of sight of the boys. Charlie smirked.

"Fine."

"Don't think it either!"

"Too late," Charlie shrugged, taking off at a run. Sidney made a playfully aghast face and chased after her.

-X-

"So...do you really think Professor Lupin knows me somehow?" Sidney asked Charlie quietly. Charlie looked up from her books.

"I dunno Sidney... He did look like he recognized you," she answered gently.

"Was he lying when he said he didn't know us?"

"No. But he was lying when he said he didn't know why he might seem familiar." Sidney nodded slowly, and opened her mouth, but was cut off from saying anything when Greg plopped down on the couch by Charlie, and Martin sat down in the armchair next to hers.

"Hey guys, working on homework I see," Greg noted, wrapping an arm around Charlie's shoulder.

"Yeah, I can't believe we got so much homework on our first day!" Charlie complained. Sidney smirked.

"Well, it is OWLs year," Martin pointed out. Charlie made a face, sighing exasperatedly, and buried her head against Greg's chest. "Oh come on Charlie, they won't be that bad."

"No, but everyone is gonna make a huge deal out of 'em! That's the bad part," she mumbled. Greg chuckled, petting Charlie's hair.

-X-

"YES!"

Several other people in the common room gave Charlie strange looks at her outburst. She just grinned innocently, shrugging.

"I'm done too," Sidney informed her.

"Looks like Greg is asleep," Martin commented, motioning to Greg, who's head was laying on the back of the couch with an open book laying in his lap, resting against his chest. Charlie smirked.

"Not for long." Charlie put her books back into her knapsack, and turned toward Greg. Leaning over top of him, she grabbed his face and started kissing him, more intensely as the seconds passed. Within less than thirty seconds he was kissing back. "See," she stated when she pulled away, looking back at Martin and Sidney, who both had their eyebrows raised. "What?"

"That's the best wake-up I've ever had," Greg remarked. Charlie chuckled, patting his shoulder.

"Don't get used to it, sweetie." Sidney smirked at the sad, pouty face Greg made.

"Come on Charlie, let's get to bed." Charlie stood and followed Sidney.

"Night boys," she called back.

"Night."

-X-

"I'm beat," Charlie stated as she pulled the covers back on her bed.

"Me too. I forgot how exhausting classes can be," Sidney agreed as they crawled into their beds.

"Goodnight Sidney," Charlie mumbled sleepily.

"Goodnight Charlie." Sidney grinned to herself as she noticed Charlie was asleep within a minute.

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Dear Diary...

First day of classes...wow...I forgot how tiring they could be. Not that I don't love school, and my classes, but after a summer of no classes getting thrown back into them is exhausting. The day was good though.

This morning was nice. I LOVE Hogwarts' food. Mum is a great cook, but the house elves here have her beat by a long shot. Of course, at home, Mum rarely cooks breakfast, we usually just have cereal or toast. Me and Charlie have huge appetites too, so we love how much food they have here! (We also like to sneak down to the kitchens for snacks, but don't tell anyone.). Of course, Charlie had to rush eat her breakfast because she spent half of it teasing the Weasley twins. And of course, McGonagall still isn't deterred by Charlie's bouncy personality. I'm curious if whether one day we'll finally be able to get McGonagall to crack a smile. That's our goal before we leave school (wish us luck).

Classes were pretty good too. History of Magic was BORING! I personally love history, but Binns just makes me wanna take a nap. Even Charlie, who'd had ten cups of coffee, was fighting to keep her eyes open. Charms was fun though! I'm not too big on it, though I see the usefulness. Charlie loves Charms though, and always finds a way to make me enjoy it too, which is why we're the top of the class. Ancient Runes was interesting as always. Me and Charlie aren't the best in that class, but we're still good at it.

Defense though...Professor Lupin seems like a great teacher, but...Was Charlie right? Did he recognize me? Maybe he went to school with Mum? But she says I look more like my father. So, maybe he went to school with my dad?...If he did...I really want to know. Yes, I have a great life, and I love my family, but...I still would like to at least meet my dad, even if it was only once... Charlie says he wasn't lying about not knowing us (she can always tell when someone's lying, bloody brilliant skill if you ask me), but she said he was lying about not knowing why he'd seem familiar. So, the question is WHY in the world would he seem familiar??? If he knew one or both of my parents, that explains why he would seem to recognize me, but why would me and Charlie would seem to recognize him? Personally, I think maybe Charlie's right, maybe he is hiding something...

I like being around Martin again though. And of course Charlie is trying to push us together. I still can't believe how she woke Greg up. I know she's crazy and will do practically anything, but still...

Oh well. All in all...I'm pretty sure this is going to be an interesting year. But to find out what is in store I need to get some sleep, so goodnight!

Sidney

A/N: Well, I hope you liked this chapter! I'll try to update relatively soon. But work and life might not accommodate me. As always, reviews are GREATLY appreciated! I love getting feedback!