An: I feel sooo bad for not updating for so long. But I'm swamped with schoolwork...my finals are coming up and I have a huge projekt that needs to be done. And sadly this is the rate that I will continue updating in, until I'v managed my Finalprojekts and exams...and all the extra homework the teachers from hell seems fit to dump on us...and then whine about how important out are and how we should work on those...sry for the rant...im under huge stress right now and everything seems to go too fast and theres too much to do.
Any way...Im really excited over the coming chapter so when I have time...im going to work to get it out this month...not promising anything but....im hoping and wishing...Thank you reviewers and readers that stick by me! You are awesome and I owe you guys for making me smile on very stressful days.

Disclaimer:The flying monkey army with neon green feathered wings destroyed my room because I stood by the fact that I dont own Harry Potter or JK's other characters.

Chapter 41-Summer Holiday

Death. That's the word that comes to mind. When this is the first thing in your mind when you wake up, you just know that things aren't good. Marlene …three aurors that where really close to Sirius and James. All of them, dead. The last couple of months have been hell. Everyone we knew…people all around where scared to death, pardon the pun. And people seemed to be dropping like flies.

The same night as the huge attack…the one I was hurt in, the one Marlene was killed in…her whole family was killed as well. She didn't know that they had been killed…maybe that was a good thing.

Speaking of the fight I was hurt in…Sirius refused to let me get out of bed for two weeks strait. His reason? Well apparently a healer had told him that I needed rest. And according to him rest meant that I was to stay in bed for two weeks. He wouldn't even let me walk to the kitchen! He insisted on carrying me bridal style, claiming to be practising for after our wedding when we decided to have that. I just rolled my eyes and went along with it. It was amusing the first two days…then it got really annoying…I eventually got so annoyed that we got into a huge screaming match about it. He kept trying to calm me down and kept saying things about this not being good for my health…it ended with me throwing a pillow into his face and refusing to talk to him for a whole day…he let me walk after that.

But back to the depressing stuff…No one really knew how to act anymore…but then Dumbledore collected the remaining order and told us this;

"Death is a terrible thing…but we must keep our spirits high, and hope. There's always hope" a very Dumbledore thing to say eh? Yeah figures…I have been a lot more sceptic against the man since I started to remember the books a bit more lately. Sirius wondered what was wrong with me when I sometimes mumbled about some of Dumbledore's supposed "brilliant plans". They weren't really that brilliant if you truly looked into them.

On a happier note Reggie and Izzy had gotten engaged and planned to get married in a month…quietly. Sirius grumbled about his little brother marrying before him but we both knew that we didn't want nor had the time to get married at the time. Sirius had been swamped with work thanks to Voldemort's minor killing-sprees. Yes I say minor because nothing that could be counted as big had really happened lately, well in the last two weeks that is. That and he really were climbing up, he already had his own office that he shared with James…And me? Well I was swamped as well but thankfully not because of a self-destructive dark lord…no spring was coming and new designs were in demand even with a war going on. But keep in mind that this war is mostly situated here…in the UK…not out in the rest of Europe or in the states…ooh no they had no clue. Well I guess they knew about it…but they didn't really know how bad it actually was sometimes. So they demanded, yes demanded, fashion and since Damien and I worked for the biggest fashion mogul, we had a lot to do.

Spring went by and we all attended Reggie's and Izzy's small but very beautiful wedding.

Suddenly summer was here. Voldemort had taken a break again and that was making everyone nervous. What was he doing during these breaks? Sirius and James have a theory…they think that he just has these breaks to make us nervous. I'm sceptic though. He's probably scheming something utterly terrible. But enough about that.

As I said before, summer was here and since Voldy thought it was appropriate to take a break we decided to take one too.

Apparently Damien thought that renting a beach house would be an amazing idea, who could honestly not agree to this? So here we are packing our bags…or well Damien is packing our bags for us…oh yes our stuff weren't good enough to join his own marvellous creations…his words not mine. Never mind that most of those creations where created by the both of us…

When the bags where filled to the top we all apparated to a small town near the coast and to the beach house Damien had rented for us.

The place was awesome! One of the walls, the one facing the beach, was completely made of glass. And it had obviously been magically improved…since it was a lot bigger on the inside. It was very modern and really light. Everything went in tones of white, beige and light brown. Simple, yet so nice. When we dumped our entire luggage in our respective rooms Damien exclaimed;

"Well I think that the girls and I should go to the beach for a girl's day and you lads can do whatever you want" he made a dismissive motion with his hand and the rest of us laughed, and agreed. So the boys were practically forced away to do…something…and judging by James and Sirius grins I didn't even want to know.

The girls and I…and our faithful companion Damien all dressed in swimsuits and headed for the beach. We sat down and started to talk about different things…it felt like we hadn't actually talked in ages.

"Can I ask you guys something?" Alice said suddenly looking a bit awkward. I wondered what could be so awkward for her, but I didn't have to wait long.

"What would you guys say if…if Frank and I have been talking about having…a baby?" she was met by blank stares and I could see how nervous she was feeling. Suddenly we all erupted in squeals a screams of joy.

"Really Alice!?" Amelia said smiling.

"Since when?" Jas said looking stunned but happy. She told us that they only talked about it once or twice but they definitely wanted a child.

"And I said that I wanted to hear what you guys thought first…" she said and blushed slightly.

"That's great Alice" I said grinning and then I noticed that Lily was squirming.

"James and I have thought about it too!" she blurted out and we all stared at her. The same reaction erupted again.

"What is it with you married people and babies?" Jas said laughing, which made all of us laugh.

"So what about you Char?" Damien said peering at me. I made a surprised sound and said;

"What about me?"

"Have you and Sirius discussed the baby topic yet?" Lily said grinning. I started giggling and said;
"No…come on guys we can't even decide when we want to tie the knot yet!" Amelia gave me a small grin and said;

"That doesn't mean that you can't talk babies" everyone else agreed and I sighed and said;

"Well…not exactly…I mean yeah we both agreed that we definitely want kids…just not now" the other ones nodded and we started talking babies.

"So…have you discussed which gender you want yet?" Jas said to Alice and she smiled and said;

"Yeah…I want a boy and Frank doesn't really mind which one…but I know that he wants a girl" she smiled dreamingly and Damien said;

"What about names?" Alice smiled and said;

"If we get a boy I want to name him Neville, Basil or Landon…for a girl I would like April, Layla or Moon" I stared at her and said;

"Moon, Alice? You want to name you daughter Moon?" she shrugged and said;

"I want original names"

"No kidding" Jas said scrunching up her nose. We all just laughed and Lily said;

"What about Frank? What does he think?"

"He hasn't thought of anything…I mean we haven't even tried to have a baby yet…we just talked about it…I'm just…getting over excited" I smiled and said;

"That's okay…Lily's been thinking of baby names since her wedding day" I smirked at Lily and she turned red when everyone laughed.

"You're kidding!" Amelia gasped out and I proudly shook my head and snickered. Lily then started to throw food at me and soon we were all having a huge food fight. It felt good to do something like this for once.

"You are ruining my hair and my outfit! Now I have to change!" Damien screamed suddenly and then got hit with a pie…yeah, this was awesome.

Remus POV

So the girls practically forced us to go out on our own. We ended up in a small muggle bar drinking beer and throwing darts. It was actually kind of amusing…never thought I'd say that…

"So…Moonykins…How are things going with Amelia?" Sirius said suddenly while throwing a dart. I shook my head at the completely random question…just a minute ago; he was discussing the difference between normal muggle brands of whiskey and fire whiskey.

"Um…good I guess…why do you ask?"

"Are you asking her the question yet?" James said suddenly, scaring Frank a bit since he was staring strait forward seemingly completely concentrated on a fly on the wall. Apparently he wasn't…

"What question?" Frank asked looking confused. Sirius grinned and answered;

"The question" Frank looked confused at first but then he smiled and his eyes lit up when he got it. I rolled my eyes and said;

"I don't know…"

"You know I always thought that Padfoot would be the last one to be engaged…ouch!" James still hadn't stopped staring at the fly when he said this but suddenly he jumped and stared at the dart that was stuck in his shoe…apparently it had gone the whole way through. Frank and I shared a look and sniggered at Sirius proud facial expression and James angry one. It didn't last long, and soon we were all laughing.

"But seriously though Moony…how are things going?" Sirius asked. I sighed and said;

"Pretty good…I guess…I just don't want to pressure her into anything she doesn't want to do…I mean she can still change her mind about me, she might realize what kind of monster I really am sooner or later…" I saw Sirius and James share a look and then James said;

"Moony, Moony, Moony…when are you going to understand, that none of your friends…especially your girlfriend cares about your monthly issue?" I sighed and said;

"But what if…" Sirius started to wave his hands around and said;

"No "what ifs" Moony! Come on…just take on day at a time…like me and Char…speaking of, she should be here any minute, promised that I would take her for a ride on Emily." I rolled my eyes and smiled gratefully at the same time. Sirius can be really…well serious when he wants to and then in the same sentence change into something else. I mean…who actually names their bike?

But it got me thinking about that small, not very expensive ring that I had been carrying around for weeks now. Would I really have the courage to ask Amelia…? In that moment my thoughts were interrupted when someone stepped into the pub. Sirius turned and grinned while reaching for his leather jacket. I turned as well and there stood Char grinning. She came up to us and kissed everyone on the cheek…well Sirius demanded "special treatment" and got a peck on the mouth and a cheeky grin. She smiled at the rest of us and sat down.

"Char." James greeted her and nodded looking very serious.

"Idiot" she said back with a strait face. He just frowned at her and the rest of us laughed. Sirius rolled his eyes and said;

"Char lets go" she grinned at him and said;

"Yeah, let's do that" they stood up and went out waving at us. James soon mumbled something about Lily and we all decided to leave…we didn't get far before we met up with the rest of the girls. Apparently Char had dragged them with her and Damien had left to do something. Lily and James soon departed as did frank and Alice and jasmine apparently saw someone she knew. That left me and Amelia alone…for once.

She smiled shyly at me when I grabbed her hand and asked:

"Would you like to take a walk along the beach?" she just smiled and nodded. So there we were…walking down the beach in silence. But it wasn't an awkward silence…I was thinking about what Sirius and James asked me about while I fingered on the ring…could I really do this? Where we ready for it? Well I guess there was only one way to find out…

"Amelia…we have been together for quite some time haven't we?" I said suddenly looking at her. She turned to me surprised, I barely noticed that we had stopped and were now facing each other.

"Yes Remus…" she said looking slightly confused but her eyes shown from…was that hope and excitement?

"I was wondering if…if you would like to take it to the next step?" I was fidgeting and couldn't stop beating myself up for asking her in such an unromantic and stupid way. Just because of my damn nerves.

"Remus…are you?" now I was certain that she looked hopeful and tears had started to shine in her blue eyes. I smiled gently and went down on one knee…it's now or never…

"Amelia…I love you…will you marry me?" now she actually started to cry and she nodded mutely, unable to utter a single word. I silently took out the diamond ring I had purchased and presented it to her. She kept crying but a huge smile played on her lips.

"Oh Remus...I thought you'd never ask…of course my answer is yes" the happiness I felt when these words came out of her mouth can't even be described. And at the same time I was slightly beating myself up for not listening to my friends…but most of all for not trusting Amelia, for not believing that she actually loved me. A monster. But here she was, accepting my proposal, accepting me. Then, I kissed her.

Chars POV

When we arrived back at the beach house I knew something was up. The fact that Damien was standing silently watching something in the kitchen, from behind a wall was a huge give-away. I motioned for Sirius to silently follow me, and we snuck up n me eccentric partner in crime. The poor guy never had a chance.

When I picked him on the shoulder he leapt a foot into the air but somehow managed to stay quiet.

"What are you doing?" I whispered trying to keep my amused giggles at bay. He glared at me and mockingly said;

"What if I don't feel like telling you after that little stunt?" I just pouted and he rolled his answer,

"Our dear Mr. Lupin has finally proposed to his soon to be blushing bride" I could actually feel the squeal building up in my throat and apparently Damien could see it because he clapped his hand over my mouth and gave the grinning Sirius a "how do we put up with this one" look. I somehow managed to keep quiet and then the three of us peered out behind the wall and saw Remus and Amelia standing there talking. A bright diamond ring glittering on her left ring-finger.

Three weeks later, right outside on the beach, Amelia became Mrs. Remus Lupin. After that the summer flew by and soon it was once again autumn and we were all back at our different jobs. Voldemort had stayed somewhat quiet and life was just quiet and even slightly normal for a change. Then came November and everything turned again…