A/N: Hey, sorry this took so long, going back to school was not fun and i had a lot of things i had to get done but i guess now is as good as any time, i hope you guys enjoy. If any of you guys have any ideas or anything, feel free to hit me up. Thanks!
Rebecca woke to the sound of tapping on glass and she cracked open an eye towards where the tapping was coming from and her eyes landed on an owl. She rolled back over but the tapping continued.
"Someone get that." Tessa groaned her words barely decipherable.
"Not me." Jenny groaned as she sighed.
"Becky, you get it, you're closer." Lily said and Rebecca groaned and buried herself under the covers as the tapping continued.
"Becky!" Tessa groaned and Rebecca got up and threw the covers off.
"I am going to murder this bird and use it as a broom ornament for the front of my broom." She muttered as she walked to the window and threw it open as the owl flew in and dropped the letter on her bed and flew out before Rebecca could catch it and she glared after the owl and shut the window before walking back to her bed. She picked up the letter and rubbed her eyes as she looked at the handwriting and frowned as she looked at Kimba stretching on the bed before taking up his spot on the pillow where her head had been.
"It's from Katie. What would she want?" Rebecca asked bitterly as she opened the letter and sat down as she read over the letter.
Dearest sister,
I am writing you to tell you the most incredible thing has happened. You would never guess so I am just going to tell you, Ryan proposed to me! Can you believe it?
Rebecca closed her eyes and smacked her forehead and shook her head.
"No I can't believe it, Ryan is a stupid asshole, why the hell would you want to marry him?" She muttered and continued to read.
It was so romantic, we were out on the beach and he had set up a candlelit dinner and then he proposed. We decided we wanted to have a spring wedding and I wanted to invite you to the wedding. If you weren't all the way in Europe I would ask you to be my maid of honor but since you are Stacy is going to be my maid of honor, also you remember Ryan's little brother Scott? He has been asking about you lately, perhaps when you come home for Christmas you guys can meet up, I know you guys really hit it off last time you met.
"No we didn't, he was just as much of an asshole as his brother, and I hate him." Rebecca muttered as she continued.
So I just wanted to share the good news with you, mom and dad said we can have the wedding right in the backyard, it looks so wonderful in the Spring. I can't tell you how happy I am, I can not imagine things being more perfect right now.
Lots of love,
Katie.
"I can't believe it, she is actually going to marry him." Rebecca spat as she crumbled up the letter and threw it in to the trashcan by her bed.
"Everything alright?" Lily asked as she sat up in her bed.
"No, my sister is getting married." Rebecca muttered bitterly and went to her trunk and got out her uniform and walked to the bathroom for a shower.
She finished showering and got dressed and walked out and grabbed her bag.
"I'll see you down at breakfast." Rebecca said briskly as she walked out leaving Lily and Jenny to exchange looks as she closed the door behind her.
She rushed downstairs and as she reached the bottom of the stairs she saw Remus sitting at one of the chairs reading and he looked up at her and she paused in step.
"Good morning." He said with a gentle smile as he put his book down.
"Hi, are you always up this early?" She asked and he shrugged. "Padfoot was snoring really loud and I couldn't go back to sleep so I got up and decided to read."
"Right, uh I'll see you at breakfast." She said and took a deep breath. She needed to talk to Andrew; he always knew what to say in times of agitation like these.
"Would you like for me to walk with you?" He asked and she chewed her lip.
"You don't have to."
"I don't mind, I am a little hungry." He said and she shrugged.
"Alright, come on." She said and headed to the portrait and walked out and waited for him. He came through seconds later and they headed down to the Great Hall.
"I don't mean to pry but you seem agitated, is everything alright?"
"Yes I am just over reacting." She said with a frustrated sigh as she looked at the floor.
"May I ask why?"
"My sister, she is getting married."
"That's great." He said with a smile.
"No it isn't, not for me at least, I hate her fiancé."
"Oh, sorry then."
"Its whatever, I mean I don't see her that often anyways, she is 7 years older than me." She said and sighed. "Look its early; please don't be disturbed by my craziness."
"Oh believe me, nothing you say or do would probably ever disturb me, I have seen and heard far more than anyone my age should hear to be disturbed anymore." He said and she laughed.
"Thanks Remus." She said and he smiled and looked down at his shoes.
They reached the hall and Rebecca looked around for Andrew but he was no where in sight.
"Mind if I sit with you?" He asked and she looked back at him.
"Oh not at all." She said and they took their seats across from each other.
"So." She said as she got herself a glass of orange juice and brought it up to her lips as she looked at him and he bit his lip.
"How was detention?" He asked quickly and put his head down and she chuckled and put her glass down.
"Not the first topic on my mind but alright, it was detention, I don't think there is much to say about that." She said amused and he looked back up at her.
"Sorry I didn't mean to bring that up-."
"Remus its fine." She said with a laugh as she saw a small blush across his cheeks.
"What would you like to talk about?" He asked as he got himself some tea and took a drink.
"What are you comfortable talking about?" She asked and he looked at her strangely.
"What?"
"Nevermind, um, do you like quidditch?"
"I suppose I like it just fine, I usually go to the games, but that's because Prongs and Padfoot always drag me to them, not that I don't like going. Sometimes though I would much rather just sit with a good book; do you know what I mean?"
"Yes I do." She said with a smile.
"Do you ever join in on the mischief that James and Sirius always seem to get in to?"
"Occasionally I suppose, I'm no angel." He said and took a sip of his tea.
"Andy calls me the devil in disguise, people look at me and think I'm an angel but man can I reek hell, but we all have our disguises I suppose that hide who we truly are inside, clawing at our insides trying to get free." She said and paused and sighed. "Its way too early to start using my brain, otherwise I start babbling nonsense. Moving on. Did you do anything interesting over the summer?"
"Not really, spent time with my family, stayed at Prong's house-."
"Remus, for my peace of mind could you not refer to James, Sirius and Peter by their nicknames?" She asked as she laid a hand on his and he froze up as he looked down at her hand and his eyes looked back at her and he stared at her for a moment and nodded and she sighed and slid her hand away.
"Sorry, I'm just a little touchy this morning, believe me I am not usually this wound up."
"I understand, sorry."
"Nothing to be sorry about, please continue."
"Went to James' house for 2 weeks, nothing too exciting though. What about you?"
"I went to work at the summer camp that Andy's brother works at, bunch of little kids, I near bout lost my mind. But it was fun; they all thought we were totally awesome because we were older and cool so it wasn't that bad, I did get in to a little argument with one of the kids over the difference between alligators and crocodiles. I can't believe I sunk down to his level when we got in to name calling." She said with a laugh as she buried her face in her hands and he laughed.
"How old was this kid?"
"Don't judge me but he was 10 years old and he was correct in the argument, alligators have a fatter snout." She said and he smiled.
"Easy mistake, anyone could have made it."
"I suppose, but it's sad that I got in to an argument with a 10 year old over something so juvenile." She said and sighed as she tilted her head down and ran a hand through her hair and looked up at him. "Thanks for sitting with me despite my scary craziness."
"No problem, I have yet to see scary though." He said and she laughed.
"Stick around and you will see plenty of it."
"You're taking ancient ruins right?" He asked and she nodded.
"What about ancient ruins made you want to take the class?"
"I like puzzles, different languages. I know three fluently. Spanish, English and sign language, a bit of French and some Mandarin but very little."
"Sign language?"
"Yeah, my grandfather was pretty much deaf the last 10 years of his life and I decided to learn it so I could have somewhat of a conversation without having to yell at the top of my lungs. Andy is pretty sufficient; we would use it to communicate in class sometimes."
"I can see how that might be useful."
"Yeah but I like all that translating and stuff like that, as difficult as it may be, it's challenging and fun."
"Yeah that's what kind of drew me to it as well. James, Sirius and Peter think its rubbish, but I like it."
"You know what I would like right now?" She asked as she picked up a piece of toast and put some butter on it.
"What's that?"
"A carton of chocolate ice cream. Its my fail safe way of decompressing."
"Chocolate ice cream is good, you should go to Honeydukes some time, and they have a lot of chocolate there, all kinds of candy." He said as he stared down at his tea.
"Why don't you take me sometime?"
"Huh?" He asked as he looked at her.
"This Honeydukes place sounds good."
"It's at Hogsmead, we only get to go every few weeks."
"Alright the next trip we will go, you can show me around."
"Uh." He said and rubbed the back of his neck.
"It's alright if you don't want to, I could just have Lily show me around."
"Good morning sunshine." Andrew said as he sat down next to her and took her toast and shoved the rest in his mouth.
"I was eating that dearest." She said sarcastically as she slapped him behind the head and he laughed.
"Morning Remus." Andrew said with a smile at him. "Did I interrupt something?" He asked and Remus shook his head and took a drink of his tea.
"I'm going to go." He said as he stood up.
"You don't have to go."
"I uh actually need to go talk to Gusty about something; I'll see you in class." He said as he motioned to a boy down the table.
"Alright, see you later. Thanks for coming with me."
"No problem, have a good breakfast." He said with a nod and walked down the table and Andrew made kissy noises at her and she frowned at him.
"I have seen that look. You like him." He said and she rolled her eyes.
"I hardly know him." She said shortly and got herself some more toast. "Touch my food and I will stab you will my knife." She said as she buttered it and he held his hands up.
"Alright point taken. You seem tense this morning, everything alright?"
"I got a letter from Katie this morning." She said with an annoyed tone as she brought the toast to her mouth and put it down.
"What did it say?"
"She is getting married." She said and then took a bite of the toast.
"Please tell me it is not to Rapist Ryan." He said and she rolled her eyes.
"Please don't call him that it creeps me out."
"He is creepy, so is his brother, he stares at you like a rabid squirrel looking at a pile of acorns."
"Disturbing image by the way and yes she is now engaged to Ryan, her maid of honor is Stacy and they are getting married in the spring."
"Why would she marry Ryan? Didn't he cheat on her with Christy? Also I don't like Stacy, she is a bitch."
"Yes and apparently he has changed his ways, aside from that he has money and as much as I hate to admit this, he is good looking. Everything that Katie feels that she needs in a man. She insists that he has changed. Also, as usual her letters were all about herself, she didn't even ask me how I was, typical of her, stupid of me to think any different. I hate Stacy too but since I am all the way out here I guess it is more convenient to have Stacy be her maid of honor."
"Sorry Becca, you don't need her, Amy loves you like a sister you know that? And since when was Kate all about convenience?"
"You're telling me." She said with a sigh and then took a bite of toast.
"Look Becca, don't let it get to you, it's their loss if they can't appreciate you. You are a wonderful person and I am proud and happy to call you by best friend." He said and she smiled and he wrapped an arm around her shoulders and pulled her in to a hug.
"Thanks Andy."
"No problem." He said and gave her a sly smile. "So back to you and Remus, you guys seemed to be getting along very well." He said as he looked down the table at Remus talking with a boy.
"He is nice." She said with a smile and looked back at him. "But that does not mean I like him." She said and he laughed under his breath as he grabbed a piece of toast and buttered it and put jam on it and munched on it. She looked around the hall and spotted the guy she had hit the previous day and saw him glare at her and she gave him a smile and a thumbs up and he gave her a disgusted look and said something to his friend who looked at her and raised an eyebrow and then spoke to his friend who looked at her.
"I don't like they way they are looking at me Andy." She said and he looked up and followed her gaze.
"It's probably nothing; hey you want to go down to the lake today?"
"When would we have time to do that?"
"Before dinner."
"Lily is probably going to drag me to the library to work on homework."
"Well finish your homework quickly."
"Why don't we go on Saturday? We can walk around the entire grounds that way."
"Alright Saturday." He said and looked up as Lily came in and sat down on the other side of her.
"Everything alright?" Lily asked as she poured herself some tea.
"Yeah, thanks."
"Good morning by the way." She said and got herself some food.
"Yeah you too." Rebecca said and got herself some bacon and eggs.
"Oi Drew, come here." Someone called from the Ravenclaw table and Andrew and Andrew turned around.
"Chase." He said and got up and looked at her.
"I'll see you during lunch yeah?" He asked and she nodded and he squeezed her shoulder and walked over to the Ravenclaw table and sat down with Chase and Malcolm.
"You know I don't think he has ever really had any guy friends." Rebecca said as she looked at Andrew laughing with Chase and Malcolm. "It's always kind of just been us since we were little." Rebecca said as she turned back to her food.
"You make it sound like he is going to forget about you or something."
"I know that, I've never really had any girl friends, what do girls do?" Rebecca asked as she looked at Lily.
"I don't know, Jen, Tess and I talk you know, I guess just girl stuff, I've never really thought about it." Lily said and Rebecca glanced back at Andrew and then went back to her food.
Soon Tessa and Jenny walked in to the Great Hall, looking much more rested than they had the previous day as they sat down across from Lily and Rebecca. Jenny got her large cup full of coffee as Tessa got a cup of tea and some food.
"Morning guys." Lily said and Jenny gave a small grunt and Tessa gave a nod.
"You guys act like you haven't been getting up at the same time for 6 years." Lily commented as she sipped her tea.
"Well during the summer we tend to sleep in. We don't normally get up at 7 in the morning like you Lily." Tessa snapped as she rubbed her face and Lily bit her lip and looked down at her food.
"Lily I'm sorry I'm just tired." Tessa said and Lily nodded.
"Post is here." Jenny said as she looked up at the owls flooding in.
A Tawny owl swooped down as Rebecca looked up and dropped a letter on her lap and she picked it up and looked at the handwriting and smiled as she looked at it as she opened it quickly.
Becky,
How is school? I sure hope you haven't gotten in to any trouble or gotten in to any other kinds of shenanigans. Are the British guys hot? We once had a foreign exchange guy from Scotland one year and he was so adorable with his little accent, I can't imagine being surrounded by all those wonderful accents. We heard your sister is getting married. I can't believe she is going to marry that creep. He tried hitting on me at the New Years party, who the hell does he think he is? Well I hope you aren't stressing over the wedding too much, mom says we all need to be happy for Katie even if we don't like who she is marrying. Hope school is fun, you have to write and tell me all about it, maybe possibly send me back a cute Brit.
Hugs and Kisses,
Amy
Rebecca smiled at the letter and turned around and looked at Andrew who was reading his letter with a smile on his face. Amy was Andrew's older sister who used to be Kate's best friend before Kate started to date Ryan and everyone seemed to not matter after that.
Kate and Rebecca used to be close, like actual sisters, that was years ago before she met Ryan, they dated for 2 years and the entire time Ryan had treated her like crap, he had cheated on her and hit her once or twice and then they finally broke up and Rebecca helped Kate build herself back together and they started to build a relationship. That had only lasted for a year before Ryan came back to her and begged on his knees to take her back and that he was a changed man and of course Kate had fell for it and the little relationship and trust they had established was broken in an instant.
"What do we have first today Lily?" Jenny asked as she stared in to her mug of coffee.
"Transfiguration." Lily said as she looked through the newspaper. Rebecca paused and quickly opened her bag and groaned as she zipped it closed.
"I left my book on my nightstand. I will be right back." Rebecca said as she got up and threw her bag over her shoulder.
"Don't be late, McGonagall isn't kind to those who are late, you don't need another detention or more points taken away." Lily said and Rebecca rolled her eyes.
"Thanks Lily, don't worry." She said and shoved the last of her toast in to her mouth and hurried out of the Hall, nearly running into James and Peter on their way in to the hall.
"Where are you going in a hurry?" James asked.
"I forgot my book."
"Well tell Padfoot to hurry up if you see him." He called after her and she nodded and hurried up the stairs.
She ended up getting lost on her way up to the tower and had to stop and ask a portrait for directions which she could hardly follow and eventually made her way to the tower and hurried towards the staircase and saw Sirius off to the corner with a girl kissing and she nodded to herself and went up the stairs and grabbed her book and came back downstairs and saw Sirius about to walk out the portrait.
"Hey." He said with a smile and she raised an eyebrow at him.
"You have lipstick on your collar." She said and he tried to tug on his collar to get a look at it.
"Do I really?" He asked and she pursed her lips as she pulled out her wand and vanished the stain from his collar. She looked up at him and he smiled at her and she felt a moment of butterflies fluttering in her stomach. She could smell his cologne which smelled rather good and she had to admit, he was very handsome. The way his hair fell over his eyes so slightly and how soft his hair looked. He was clean shaven and oozed of class, the small he gave her revealed perfectly straight white teeth and his breath smelled of mint.
"Thanks." He said and she took a step back and nodded.
"Yeah no problem." She said slowly as she turned towards the portrait as the bell rang.
"Shit." She muttered as she hurried out and Sirius followed her.
"Relax; we have ten minutes until we have to be in class." He said, his voice was soft and silky and deep, almost angelic if it could be said. He laid a hand on her arm lightly and gave her a reassuring smile.
"Besides, if we walk, it gives us time to you know talk." He said as he slid his hand slowly down her arm with his fingers as he gave a small chuckle.
"Let's just hurry, I can't really afford to be late, Lily will have my head and I don't need another detention."
"Don't worry we have plenty of time." He said as they walked down the hall. "We haven't actually talked have we?"
"No I don't think we have." She said offhandedly.
"So how do you like Hogwarts?"
"Its pretty nice I suppose." She said and glanced at him as he walked rather close to her.
"Would you mind taking a step back? You're a bit too close for comfort." She said and he laughed.
"Does it make you nervous?" He asked and she stopped and looked at him as he cocked his head to the side with that small smile that seemed to be plastered on his face.
"No it does not make me nervous, I like my space, so if you don't mind, would you take a step back? I would appreciate it." She said with a false smile.
"Are you sure that I don't make you nervous?" He asked as he inched forward slightly so his face was inches away from her and she narrowed her eyes at him and took a deep breath as his cheeks rose up in a full smile.
"I am positive, and if you don't take a step back, I will be making sure that you wont be sucking face with anyone any time soon." She said as she poked a finger in to his chest and pushed him back and he laughed.
"Oooh, why so cold?"
"Because I know exactly the kind of guy you are and believe me, this cute little charade of the little Casanova doesn't work on me, so back the fuck up and stay out of my space." She said and continued to walk down the hall and Sirius sighed as he watched her go and ran a hand through his hair knowing that she was going to be a tough case to crack, but in the end, they all gave in to Sirius Black, always, this pretty little American was not going to be any different.
Sirius hurried along behind Rebecca and she glanced over her shoulder a few times at him and slowed at turned to him.
"Would you hurry up? We're going to be late." She said and he shrugged.
"I am not stopping you." He said smartly and she ran her tongue over her teeth and narrowed her eyes at him.
"Fine." She said and turned on her heel and walked up the stairs and he shortly followed after her.
She got in to the classroom as the bell rang and saw that Remus was sitting with Lily, James was sitting behind them with a sulking look on his face as he looked at the back of Remus' head while Peter sat staring in to space. Jenny and Tessa seemed to be talking in hushed tones and immediately shut up when the bell rang and Rebecca sat down in one of the last two open seats and got out her book. Someone sat down next to her and she glanced over and chewed the inside of her cheek as Sirius smiled at her.
"Mr. Black, detention for being late." McGonagall said as she appeared in the front of the room and Rebecca stared at her amazed, she hadn't even seen McGonagall.
"Don't look so surprised, she is an animagus." He whispered to her as he leaned over and she leaned away from him.
"Welcome to NEWT Transfiguration." McGonagall said as she looked at everyone. "This year you will be taking your final exams-."
"Do you have an extra quill?" Sirius whispered to her and she looked at him.
"I don't use quills, pay attention." She said and he chuckled.
"Like we really need another lecture about the importance of NEWTs. We do you have something to write with?"
"Of course I do."
"Well can I borrow it?" He asked and she gave a slightly aggravated sigh as she reached in to her bag and pulled out a pen.
"Why don't you use a quill?" He asked as he looked at the pen and pulled out a piece of parchment.
"I don't like them, now can you please be quiet and let me pay attention?"
"Do I distract you?" He asked and she gave him a scoff and McGonagall looked at her and she looked down at her book.
"Well?" He asked with a smirk and she glared at him. "I'm flattered really."
"You do not distract me."
"Well I am obviously a distraction." He said as he brushed his fingers against her arm and she shoved him hard by the shoulder and he fell out of his chair making everyone turn around and look.
"What is the meaning of this?" McGonagall asked as she looked from Sirius to Rebecca and she scooted her chair over.
"He fell out of his chair." She said as she looked down at him and he got back in to his seat as a few kids laughed.
"Try to stay in your seat from now on Mr. Black." McGonagall said and gave him a stern look and he pushed his disheveled hair back with his hand and looked at Rebecca who stared straight ahead.
"Very funny." He muttered and leaned back in his seat.
"I thought it was." She said quietly with a small smirk and looked at him as she raised an eyebrow at him and leaned slightly towards him. "Touch me again and I will castrate you, understand?" She said and he smiled.
"You know you want me." He said and she turned around and faced the front of the room as he chuckled under his breath and she kicked him in the shin and he let out a gasp and grabbed his shin.
"That hurt." He hissed and she shrugged and started to take notes.
"What went on with you and Black?" Lily asked as they walked out of Transfiguration.
"Cheeky bastard." She muttered as she glanced back at him walking out with James, Remus and Peter.
"What happened?"
"Tried to make a move on me, thinking he is so suave and cute, he is just like my ex boyfriend. Biggest mistake I ever made." She muttered as they headed down the hall.
"Sounds like Black, he is kind of known as a ladies man around here with his charm, girls love him apparently."
"You don't?"
"No, him and Tess dated last year for a week and then dumped her for another girl. He doesn't have girlfriends for very long."
"Yes, just like Zack." Rebecca said with a roll of her eyes as they walked in to the classroom and Lily's eyes flitted over to a good looking Hufflepuff sitting alone.
"Hey uh do you mind?" Lily asked as she smiled and Rebecca smiled and motioned for her to go.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I think I can manage." She said with a smile as she took her seat.
"Hey." Someone said and she looked up and saw Michael. He motioned to the seat next to her and she nodded.
"Thanks, so what happened in Transfiguration?" He asked and she glanced over as Sirius walked in with James.
"Black doesn't know how to keep his hands to himself." She muttered bitterly and Michael laughed and she looked at him and he shut his mouth.
"Black is kind of…notorious with the ladies."
"So I have heard. I don't see why." She said as she looked at Sirius as he sat down. "He isn't that good looking."
"A majority of the girls here would have to disagree."
"He is so cocky and immature, what do girls see in him?"
"They think he is charming, he just steals all the good looking girls though."
"Charming, right." She muttered sarcastically.
"Hello class, welcome to Defense NEWT." The teacher said as he walked in and went to the front of the classroom.
"Now I am supposed to give you a big long lecture on the importance of NEWTs which I am sure you are all tired of and have heard quite enough of it to recite it in your sleep so I will spare you the lecture." He said and the class gave a sigh of relief. "Which means we will immediately launch in to our lesson. We are going to be working on Patronus charms, now not all of you will be able to produce one, don't worry, there are very few people who can, but I want you all to give it a try any ways. Everyone get in to pairs." He said and Rebecca looked to Michael.
"Wanna be partners in crime?" She asked and he smiled.
"I would love to." He said and they got up and walked to the front of the room and Professor Warner pushed all the desks back with a flick of his want.
"In order to perform a patronus, you need to think of something happy, like a memory, and grasp that memory and think of nothing but that memory. The incantation is Expecto Patronum, everyone say it with me." He said and looked at everyone. "Expecto Patronum." Everyone said and he nodded. "Try to find the happiest memory and use that." He said as everyone paired off from the center of the room to work.
"So what's your happy memory?" Michael asked as they walked towards the window.
"That is for me to know and you to not find out." She said with a smirk. "How about you go first?" She asked as she leaned back on a desk and he got his wand out.
"Alright, let's try this." He said as he held out his wand and closed his eyes and took a breath.
"Expecto Patronum." He said and nothing happened and he opened his eyes.
"Nothing happened." She said blandly as she twirled her wand around in her fingers.
"I'll try again, something else." He said and closed his eyes again and a smile came over his lips as he opened his eyes.
"Ecpecto Patronm." He said and a silvery wisp came out of the end of his wand and disappeared in to thin air.
"Very good Mr. Baley." Professor Warner said with an approving smile and Michael smiled and gave him a nod and looked to Rebecca and motioned her to go.
"Alright." She said as she got off the desk and gripped her wand and took a deep breath as she closed her eyes and searched for a happy memory.
Rebecca and Andrew were 14 and at the park near their houses. They were sitting on the roundabout, it was getting close to getting dark and they were spinning slowly and watching the sun set, eating a pile of candy they had bought at the store down the street sitting next to each other.
"Becca." Andrew said and she looked at him and he smiled at her.
"Hmmm?" She asked.
"You have something on your face." He said and she raised her hand to her mouth to wipe whatever was on her face.
"No, let me get it." He said as he leaned in towards her and his lips met hers. He pulled away from her and searched her face as she stared at him.
"Did you get it?" She asked with a whisper and he stared at her.
"I think so." He said with a whisper.
"You might want to make sure." She said with a small smile as a smile broke out across his face and he leaned in again and kissed her again.
"I love you Becca." He whispered as he broke away and looked in to her eyes.
"Expecto Patronum." She said and opened her eyes as a silver panther shot out of the end of her wand and ran around the room before disappearing in to nothing. The class stopped and stared at it before looking back at her.
"Very good Miss Walcott." Professor Warner said looking awestruck. "10 points to Gryffindor." He said as he recovered and Rebecca looked back at Michael.
"How did you do that?"
"Just think happy thoughts." She said as she sat back down on the desk and he continued to try and make a Patronus. The closest anyone got in the class was Sirius who near the end of class made a shapeless form that vaguely resembled an animal.
"Very good everyone. I want a 12 inch essay on the Patronus charm, what it does, how it is used, your experience and the origin." He said before the bell rang and everyone gathered their things and exited the room to head to lunch.
"What do you have next?" Michael asked.
"I have a free block."
"Oh, lucky, I have Arithmancy." He said deflated and she shrugged.
"I always hated math."
"Its not so bad if you get the hang of it, the only reason I am taking it is because me parents made me, I would love a free block. Well I'm going to go get lunch, would you like to join me?"
"I am going to wait for Lily." She said as she motioned to the classroom and he nodded.
"Alright, well if you change your mind, you are more than welcome."
"Thanks Michael."
"No problem, have a nice free block."
"Oh believe me I will." She said with a smile as he walked down the hall and out of sight.
Rebecca waited for Lily and soon she emerged from the classroom talking with the boy she had gone to sit next to.
"Alright well I guess I will see you later." He said and she smiled and nodded.
"See you later Amos." She said and he smiled at her and nodded.
"You too Lily." He said and walked down the hall and Lily sighed and turned around to face Rebecca who raised an eyebrow at Lily.
"He is so handsome." She said as they walked down the hall.
"He is decent looking I suppose." Rebecca said with a shrug.
"I think he gives Black a run for his money." Lily said with a laugh.
"He is better looking than Black any day." Rebecca said bitterly.
"Amos asked me to Hogsmead, there is a trip coming up next Saturday. I can't wait, Amos is one of the best looking guys at Hogwarts and he is very sweet." Lily said with a sigh.
"I don't know how long he is going to last the way James was glaring at him all during class."
"Ugh Potter always goes after any guy I so much speak to, its so annoying." She said bitterly as they headed to the Great Hall.
Rebecca sat outside in the courtyard with her Defense and Transfiguration homework in her lap and her books by her side. A shadow covered her and she looked up and saw the boy she had punched.
"Hello, can I help you?" She asked as she looked back at his two friends behind him.
"Do you know who I am?" He asked as he stepped forward so he stood above her.
"Should I?" She asked carelessly as she glanced down at her homework and he kicked a book and pointed his wand at her.
"You should know not to mess with me." He said and she looked from his wand up at him.
"Mind getting that wand out of my face?" She asked.
"Apologize." He spat and her eyebrows shot up.
"Apologize? You want me to apologize to you?" She asked and he glared at her and she just stared at him.
"Apologize or pay the consequences."
"I don't really think you came here for an apology, otherwise you wouldn't have brought your body guards to defend you incase I punch you again, must have stung, getting beaten by a girl." She said and he grabbed her by the front of her robes and pulled her up as he shoved his wand in to her neck.
"Let go of me." She hissed at him and he raised an eyebrow.
"Apologize then." He said and she grabbed his wrist and in one quick motion she had it twisted behind his back and she grabbed his wand.
"Do not touch me, I don't like being touched, do you understand me?" She asked as she twisted it behind him further and he cried out as his friends pointed their wands at her but she used him as a shield.
"Don't just stand there- OW- do something." He said and they each looked at each other.
"Leave me alone alright?" She hissed as he tried to get away but she continued to twist his wrist.
"You're going to break my arm." He yelled and she pushed him forward on to the grass and got out her wand and pointed it at him as he turned over and rubbed his wrist and looked at her with a glare.
"I am not scared of you, don't try using fear against me because it doesn't work, if you try something like this again, I wont hesitate to break a lot of other things, you got it?" She asked as she threw his wand and he got up and his friends tried to help him but he pushed them away and brushed himself off.
"Leave me alone." He said with a snap as he pushed them away.
"You will regret this." He hissed and walked off to retrieve his wand and she glared after him until he was out of sight and she retrieved her book and frowned at the broken spine.
"Reparo." She said as she tapped her wand against it and it fixed itself back up and she sat back down and continued with her work.
Later that night Rebecca sat in the common room by the fire with a book in hand and she felt someone sit down next to her and she looked up and saw Remus.
"Hey." She said with a smile.
"Hi." He said and looked around for a moment and rubbed the back of his head.
"Did you need something?" She asked after a moment of silence and he looked at her and cleared his throat.
"Actually yeah." He said and paused as she waited for him to speak.
"This morning when we were talking about Hogsmead, you asked if I would go with you and I hope you didn't get the impression that I didn't want to go with you or anything because I left rather quickly."
"Its alright, if you don't want to-."
"No I would love to, I just hadn't really expected you to ask or anything, that's all, its not that I wouldn't want to go with you."
"So you want to?"
"If its alright with you. I mean just as friends right?" He asked and she smiled at him and nodded.
"Sure. Lily said the first Hogsmead trip is next Saturday, are you game?"
"Pardon? Game what?"
"It means like are you up for it?"
"Oh, yeah." He said and she smiled.
"Alright, you have to show me everything, tell me what's good because I have no idea about anything." She said.
"I'll be sure to do that." He said as he smiled.
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