Rebecca wasn't sure how she would take this new found information about her friend. On one hand he was a werewolf, on the other he was her friend even before she found he was a werewolf. There was also the possibility that she could be wrong as well and that her imagination was getting the best of her. Remus couldn't be a werewolf that was preposterous. Dumbledore wouldn't allow a werewolf in the school, it was dangerous to all students, no, it had to be some other reason that Remus was gone so much that just happened to fall on the full moon.
She looked at Remus across the table and Lily next to her working on homework and she tapped her fingers lightly on the desk as she stared at the text in front of her that she had been staring at for the past 10 minutes.
"Something wrong Becky?" Lily asked and Rebecca glanced at her.
"No, I'm fine." She said and looked back down at her book.
"Becky you haven't even started on your homework." Remus said lightly and she looked up at him. He had a new scar along his jaw, where would he get the scar from?
"Just a bit tired." She said with a sigh.
"Oh by the way you got a package, its on your bed."
"It's probably the stupid dress." She muttered.
"For what?" Remus asked curiously.
"My sister's wedding, it's in two weeks, I am not looking forward to it at all."
"Why? Don't like weddings?" Remus asked with a small smile.
"Well its not that, my soon to be brother in law, oh that doesn't sound good, well him and his brother are complete creeps and I hate them, no doubt my sister will try to set up something with Scott."
"Well its only for a day, I am sure you will be able to manage." Lily said encouragingly.
"That is if he keeps his hands to himself. I know Andy is coming so perhaps I will be able to stick with him and stay away from Scott. I think I am going to get an early dinner and work on this later." She said and got up and got her stuff together. "I'll see you guys later." She said and walked out of the library.
"Moony." Sirius said as he approached him on the couch. He looked around at the students by the window that were probably too far away to hear what he had to tell his friend.
"Something wrong Pads?" Remus asked, pausing in his essay.
"I think that Walcott suspects something."
"What do you mean?"
"Well she suspects something. I think she is catching on to you being gone on the full moons."
"Well she has been a little off but I think it was just about the wedding."
"As much as I hate to admit this, Walcott isn't stupid, she always notices when you aren't here."
"Maybe I should tell her." Remus said as he looked down at his folded hands in his lap.
"Are you crazy Moony?"
"I trust her, she doesn't seem like someone that would you know…judge me like that."
"Moony as your friend I am advising you not to say anything to Walcott, she cant be trusted."
"Why not? Has she ever given reason not to? She hasn't said anything about the map or the cloak or anything. I was uh- thinking of telling her." He said and took a deep breath.
"Moony I think it's a really bad idea. No good can come from telling her, she can't be trusted, she would say something. What happens if she can't accept it?"
"Well we only have a few more months left of school; I think at best she would hold out until we leave."
"I think she would open her big fat mouth."
"Pads you're not being fair, Becky isn't that bad, if you guys could get along you might see that." Remus said and picked up his quill. "I'm going to tell her."
"Alright Moony but I tried to warn you." He said as he got up and walked away.
"That's a nice dress." Andrew said as they stood in Dumbledore's office and she gave him a bland look.
"I'm just saying it's a nice dress, the color isn't that great but…" he said and stopped.
"She knows I hate pink." She said as she adjusted the top to the pink halter dress.
"Well it's her wedding; give her a little bit of slack."
"I just want to get this over and done with as soon as possible." She said with a sigh.
"Alright are you two ready to go?" Dumbledore asked as he stepped in to the room.
"As ready as we will ever be." Andrew said with a smile and picked up Rebecca's bag for her and slung it over her shoulder.
"Thanks." She said with a smile as they walked over to the fireplace and Rebecca slipped on her cloak over her dress to keep it from getting completely dirty in the fireplace.
"Here you go." Dumbledore said holding out a jar of Floo Powder.
"Have a good time at the wedding." He said with a smile and Rebecca forced a smile.
"I'm sure." She said and stepped into the fireplace.
"Walcott townhouse Residence, New York City." She said and threw the floo powder down and everything started to spin for a good 30 seconds before she stumbled out of the fireplace and saw everyone rushing around the house and she glanced back as she saw the flames grow green and Andrew stepped out and dusted himself off.
"Always so graceful huh?" She asked and he shrugged with a smile and held out her bag to her and she took it.
"I'm going to go home and see everyone; I'll be back in a little while." He said not wanting to get caught in the mad rush that was going around in the house.
"Rebecca dear there you are, go in to the bathroom and get your hair done, we are taking a portkey to the church in an hour." Her mother said and pushed her off towards the bathroom and Rebecca sighed and walked by her room and threw her bag in and leaned against the doorway of the bathroom at Stacy fixing her sisters hair and Kate smiled as she caught sight of Rebecca and got up and hugged her.
"Oh thank goodness you are here; I need you to do something for me." She said and went to a bag and pulled out a clipboard and handed it to Rebecca.
"Go give this to mom and go give this to Aunt Millie." She said and put a box in to her hand and pushed Rebecca out of the bathroom and Rebecca sighed and went over to her aunt and handed her the box and went in search of her mother.
"Rebecca I told you to go get your hair done, we don't have time to waste." Her mother scolded as she walked over.
"Yes I know mom." Rebecca said frustrated and held out the clipboard.
"Oh good the seating arrangements." She said and took the clipboard and walked off.
"Yeah you're welcome." She muttered sarcastically and walked back to the bathroom to get her hair done.
"Becky did you see Scott by any chance?" Kate asked as she walked in to the bathroom.
"No I didn't." She said and leaned against the doorway.
"He has been asking about you." Kate said with a smile as she looked in to the mirror.
"Yeah so?"
"I do remember you guys were rather close the last time you saw each other, you two were glued at the hip."
"That's because he wouldn't leave me alone." Rebecca said under her breath as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Well you two will be sitting next to each other at dinner, I am sure you two will have plenty to talk about, its been such a long time since you last saw each other."
"Yeah, what a thrill that will be." Rebecca said sarcastically and twisted a piece of hair in her fingers.
"Hey guys. Wow Katie you look beautiful." Someone said and Rebecca turned and saw Scott standing next to her and he looked at her and his eyes got wide.
"Rebecca is that really you?" He asked as he looked her up and down and she rolled her eyes at him.
"You get more beautiful every time I see you." He said with a cheeky smile and she narrowed her eyes at him. "I hear you are in Scotland now, how is that going?"
"Its going fine, thanks for asking." She said quickly and turned away from him.
"Well I just stopped in to tell you that the flowers have arrived as well as the cake." Scott said to Kate and she gave a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness, thanks for stopping by." Kate said with a smile and Scott looked at Rebecca again.
"I'll see you later.' He said standing a little too close for comfort.
"Yeah whatever." She said and he walked out and she gave a small sigh of relief.
"Alright Becky your turn." Stacy said and Rebecca sat down on the chair and Stacy started to comb through her hair.
"Ouch, watch it." Rebecca snapped.
"Don't be a baby." Stacy said and continued to pull on her hair.
"Keep pulling on my hair and I will pull yours out." Rebecca said snappily as she looked in the mirror at Stacy. They had never quite gotten along well ever, Stacy and Kate met through Ryan, Stacy was Ryan's cousin and upon meeting they hit it off and Amy had been left behind to make room for Stacy who was about as much of a bitch as her cousin was an asshole. Stacy always had something to complain about, she was rude, self absorbed and generally rather stupid.
"You should be grateful that I am doing your hair for you, you wouldn't know what to do with it." She said with a roll of her eyes.
"Well if I had it my way I would have just thrown it up in to a ponytail."
"I have no idea how you and Katie are related, she is so sweet and nice." She said and Rebecca crossed her arms over her chest.
"Are you almost done?"
"Don't worry I don't want to be around you any more than I have to, if you hold still and shut up this will go faster. The only reason I am doing this is a favor to Katie."
Rebecca rolled her eyes and picked up on of the magazines and started to flip through it as Stacy continued with her hair.
"What are you trying to do? Suffocate me with hairspray?" Rebecca asked as she coughed from all the hairspray.
"Perhaps." Stacy said snottily and put the can down.
"Alright go." She said and Rebecca got up and walked out of the bathroom and went to her room. She flipped on the light and saw boxes in her room. What the hell was this?
"Mom, why are there boxes in my room?" Rebecca asked as she went out to the living room and saw her mom and aunt discussing something over the clipboard she had given her.
"Rebecca why isn't your make up done? We have to leave in 20 minutes."
"Why are there boxes in my room?"
"Go get ready; your father will be home any minute." Her mom said and Rebecca groaned and went back to her room and pushed some boxes around to get to her dresser and pulled out her make up bag that she had gotten from Amy a few years ago that she had never used. She walked out of the house and went next door and knocked on the door and walked inside.
"Hey Becky, how are you?" Melanie, Andrew's mom said as she embraced her in a hug. Melanie was a warm kind of person, always smiling and so sweet, always made Rebecca feel welcome.
"Pretty good, how about you? Oh my goodness you're huge, you look like you're ready to pop any second." She said as she looked at Melanie's large belly.
"I'm pretty good I suppose, as well as I can be doing for being due next week, we can hardly wait though." She said with a sigh as she laid her hands over her belly. "Ted is in the other room if you want to go say hello."
"Alright, good to see you." Rebecca said with a smile as she walked in to the living room and saw Andrew's father Ted sitting on the couch reading the newspaper.
"Hey Ted." Rebecca said with a smile and he turned and looked at her and a smile broke out over his face.
"My goodness Becky is that really you? You must have grown a foot at least." He said as he got up and hugged her. "How is school treating you?"
"Pretty good, I have managed to not get in to too much trouble." She said with a laugh and he rolled his eyes.
"Ever the trouble maker." He said with a laugh.
"Please tell me Amy is here."
"Yes she is upstairs." He said and sat back down.
"Thanks, I'll see you in a bit." She said and headed upstairs to Amy's room.
"Amy?" Rebecca said as she peered in to the girly looking room with pictures of muggle models on the walls.
"Becky." Amy said as she grabbed her from behind and squeezed her tight.
"Cant breathe." Rebecca gasped and Amy laughed and let her go.
"It's good to see you." She said and walked in to the room, her make up and hair already done for the wedding.
"I need my make up done and its too crazy over at my place." She said and handed Amy the make up bag.
"Still not a make up person huh?" Amy asked and motioned to the chair and Rebecca shrugged and sat down.
"I would prefer not to look like a clown."
"You were pretty good at that, I don't think that stuff came off Andy's face for a week." She said with a laugh and got started on the make up.
Once she was done Rebecca hurried back to the house where everyone was waiting for her.
"Where on earth have you been? We almost left without you." Her mother said and grabbed her by the arm and pulled her over.
"Watch it." Rebecca said as she nearly tripped.
She touched the portkey and everything spun and they landed inside the church and everyone rushed off to do the things they needed to do. Rebecca followed the other bridesmaids to the back room where her sister got changed in to her wedding dress and Rebecca waited for everything to start.
Rebecca was never one to stand still for a long time with nothing to do, and it didn't help that Scott wouldn't stop staring at her or the fact that she hated the person that was now marrying her sister.
Rebecca stared across the room where Andrew was sitting and she glanced next to her where Scott was sitting next to her. He had tried two times to grab her thigh but on the third try she stabbed him under the table with her fork and since then he had not tried but that did not stop him from sitting unusually close to her.
"Scott, I swear to god if you do not move away, I will seriously hurt you." She growled as she looked at him with a glare and he rolled his eyes and scooted a little away.
"You know you want me though." He said as he leaned towards her and she kicked him under the table and he pulled away from her.
"Come near me again and I will castrate you." She said with a forced smile at him and turned back to her food. She caught eye contact with Andrew and he motioned to the dance floor and she gave him a relieved look and got up and walked over to him.
"Thank you.' She said as they came together on the dance floor.
"You looked ready to kick his ass." He said with a smile and she rolled her eyes.
"I already stabbed him with my fork." She said as she laid her head on his shoulder as they slowly danced to the music. She felt him sigh in to her neck and she pulled back and looked at him as she raised a questioning eyebrow.
"I'm just thinking about what's going to happen once we finish up at school. I mean we will be back here looking for jobs and all, we probably wont see any one again. I don't know I think its going to be hard."
"I hadn't really thought of it to be honest." She said as she laid her head back on his shoulder.
"I've been thinking about it for the past few days, I mean I really like Jen and I like that you like her too. I didn't like not seeing you when I was with Claire." He said and kissed the side of her head.
"Yeah me either." She said as she thought of all the people she would be leaving behind at the end of the year which was only mere months away. Lily, had become a very good friend to her, Jenny and Tessa as annoying as they were at times we fun to be around, James had been like a brother, Sirius she just hated, and Remus…she wasn't sure about Remus. For so long it had only been her and Andrew and now she had all these other friends that were just as wonderful in their own way, it wasn't going to be easy to leave them behind at the end of the school year.
"Mind if I cut in?" Someone asked and Rebecca and Andrew looked at Ryan.
"Rather you didn't." Rebecca said firmly and Ryan gave her a smile.
"I would love to have a dance with my sister." He said and Andrew looked at Rebecca.
"Keep your hands to yourself otherwise you wont ever produce any offspring." Rebecca said and Ryan gave Andrew a small laugh and a chuckle.
"If you need me don't hesitate." Andrew said to Rebecca and Ryan took her up in his arms as they started to dance.
"I am sensing some hostility." Ryan said shook his head. "I don't know why, I have been nothing but kind to you."
"Oh cut the crap, my opinion of you being a cheating, lying, asshole has not changed."
"Oh come on, that was years ago."
"Get it through your head, I hate you, I have no idea what my sister sees in you or why she took you back, you don't deserve her."
"I got her because I wanted her, I get whatever I want Rebecca, you should know that." He said with a smile as his hand slid down her back and she grabbed his hand and pulled it back up.
"You better watch it Ryan, just because you are married to my sister doesn't mean I wont hesitate to kick your ass."
"You cant do anything, it would break your sister's heart, you wouldn't want to do that would you?"
"She would get over it. Now if you dont mind, i would prefer if you left me alone." She said and broke away from him and went in search of Andrew.
"Rebecca." Her mother Elena said impatiently and she looked up from her glass of champagne she had stolen from a table and raised a questioning eyebrow at her.
"Its time to go." She said pulling on her coat and Rebecca pulled herself up and drank back the rest of the champagne as her mother gave her a disapproving look and motioned for her to hurry up.
"Your father and I want to get home." She said and ushered Rebecca along who gave her a scowl.
"Hold your horses the house isn't going anywhere." She said as she continued along out of the hotel.
"Speaking of houses, your head of house contacted us about your behavior." She said and Rebecca sighed and rolled her eyes. She really didn't want this right now, a lecture about her behavior, she had not drank half enough to stand this entirely.
"It's no big deal." She muttered and Elena turned her head to her.
"Rebecca why can't you just behave yourself? You sister never got in to any trouble."
"Well good for her." She said as they walked to the coat check in. She walked past the young man at the counter and grabbed her coat despite the attempts to tell her she wasn't allowed behind the desk.
"This is what I mean, Rebecca you have no consideration for the rules or other people, these things just don't matter to you." She scolded and Rebecca slipped her coat on and faced her mom.
"Mom I am not Katie, alright? I am never going to be like Katie."
"God forbid you take up a few good qualities." Elena said with a roll of her eyes and looked around. "Where is your father?" She said checking her watch.
"So you rushed me just so we could wait?"
"He was supposed to meet us here- oh there he is." She said as her father Adam came over.
"Are you guys ready to go?" he asked in a quiet tone. He was never one to raise his voice except when he was angry or working, other than that he was generally a quiet person, much favored over her yelling bitchy mother.
"Rebecca you got your dress dirty." Elena said looking down at the stain where she had accidently spilled some food on her lap.
"Yes because I meant to get this god awful dress dirty, just for you mom." Rebecca said sarcastically with a mock smile.
"Does everything have to be sarcastic with you Rebecca? Come on Adam." She said and they walked outside.
"Rebecca take your father's arm." She said and Rebecca sighed and took her fathers arm and they apparated back to the house.
Rebecca immediately headed to her room to get changed out of the dress and threw it in to the corner and got dressed in some sweats and a t- shirt and threw her hair up in to a ponytail and sat on her bed looking around her room at the boxes.
"Mom why are there boxes in my room?"
"We are using it for storage until Katie and Ryan buy the house."
"Why couldn't you use Katie's room?"
"Well you weren't using your room were you?"
"Well it would have been nice to come back to my room, not filled with boxes."
"If they are bothering you then move them aside." She said as she disappeared in to her room. Rebecca looked at the clock and saw it was nearly one o'clock. Her and Andrew were supposed to be going back soon, they were only permitted to leave for the wedding. She grabbed her backpack and threw it over her shoulder, debating on whether or not to say good bye to her parents. She should probably leave a note, not that they would be terribly concerned. She left the note on the table and headed to Andrew's house to floo to Dumbledore's office with him.
Thank you for reading. I never actually thought i would get this far but everyone has been so supporting and i really appreciate it. Thank you for your reviews and input on the story. Keep it up =) Next chapter will be up shortly