"Moony come on you can't still be hung up on Walcott." Sirius said as he drank back a beer and looked at Remus sitting in his chair staring at the ground.

"I need her Pads."

"She is the last thing you need." Sirius said with a roll of his eyes. "I'm telling this as your mate, she was bad news."

"She made me happy Pads."

"You were happy before you met her."

"Not like I was when I was with her." He said and stared at his beer. "Pads Becky made me feel…human, I-I- I love her."

"Mate-."

"I don't think you would understand Pads, have you ever just been with a girl, who just makes you feel…amazing? She doesn't have to do or say anything, she just has to be and it makes you feel on top of the world, that's how Becky makes me feel."

"You were miserable-."

"I was jealous and stupid and I let that get in the way and I pushed her away, I think it was the wrong thing to do. I need to talk to her." He said and got up.

"Mate-."

"I'll see you later Padfoot." He said and walked back in to the house and out the front door, heading down the street wondering what he was going to say to Rebecca, of course if she was home.

He thought he had more time to think but as he came to her door he felt unprepared and had no idea what he was going to say to her. He raised his hand to the door and knocked. He took a step backwards and almost took off down the hall but the door cracked open and Rebecca looked at him.

"Becky-."

"I am not too keen on talking to you Remus." She said and he took a deep breath, here went nothing.

"Becky, I'm sorry. I was stupid and jealous and I'm sorry."

"Right well I have to leave soon." She said and turned to close the door and he pressed his hand against the door to keep it from closing and she turned and looked at him.

"Becky can I please come inside?"

"Why should I let you?"

"Because I need to talk to you."

"I think you said enough when you said you were done Remus."

"Please." He said, his voice straining and she stared at him and pursed her lips and turned and walked back in to the apartment and he followed her and closed the door behind him.

"I have to go to work soon so you need to make it quick."

"Becky I can't tell you how sorry I am, you were right, I can't tell you who you can and can't talk to, it was wrong of me and I feel like the world's biggest idiot. I hate the way things are right now. I can't stand it. I was jealous of Randall, I mean look at the guy-."

"Remus." She said and stopped him. "Shut up."

"But-."

"Shut up." She said and turned away from him and he stared at her. "Randy, means nothing to me, I already told you, you are the one I care about, you are the one I want, you could never see that because you are always so busy trying to figure out why I shouldn't be with you, why I should be with someone else. If you wanted me to be with you, then you should have asked me, it's that simple. I will admit I over reacted a little, I shouldn't have blown up like I did, I once had a guy go around telling everyone I was his girlfriend and I didn't like it, I felt like I didn't even have a choice in the matter. I just don't understand you." She said and leaned against the couch.

"What don't you understand?"

"If you wanted me, why did you fight so hard to not? Relationships aren't supposed to be so complicated, if you like someone, you tell them Remus, it has always been so vague with you, I was never really sure."

"Becky." He said and she looked at him. He felt his mouth go dry as he searched for words. How come he couldn't just tell her how he felt?

"Don't you have anything to say?"

"Becky it's just." He said and stopped. "What if you are better off without me?"

"What?" She asked confused.

"My lycanthropy-."

"THAT'S what this is all about? Your lycanthropy?" She asked as she walked up to him.

"I don't think you understand what it means."

"Remus I like you just the way you are, that means everything."

"But you don't-."

"Everything Remus, what are you so worried about?"

"That you will change your mind." He said softly and she wrapped her arms around his middle and buried her face in to his chest.

"I wouldn't have stayed if I thought I was going to change my mind." She said softly and she heard his heart pound hard.

"You said you were staying because of St. Mungos."

"Well that too, but that wasn't the only reason I decided to stay, the Order, for my friends, for you." She said and buried her face in to his chest and he slowly wrapped his arms around her tight. They stayed that way for a while until she pulled away from him and wiped a tear from her eyes.

"Do you get it now?" She asked and he stared at her.

"Be my girlfriend." He said as he took her hands.

"Are you sure?" She asked and he nodded. "And you're alright with my flaws?"

"Yes, I like you just the way you are." He said with a small smile and she grinned at him and kissed him.

"Alright."

"Yes?" He asked with a smile and she nodded with a smile and he grabbed her around the waist and picked her up.

"You are amazing." He said with a grin and set her down.

"I need to go to work now Remus." She said as she looked at the clock.

"Can I walk you to work?"

"Sure." She said and grabbed her purse and keys and headed out with Remus following.

They stood outside the store and he kissed her with a smile.

"I'll see you tomorrow." He said and she nodded and pecked his lips again before walking inside and giving him a wave before he continued down the street happy as could be.

"Hey Lily.' Rebecca said as she walked over to Lily brewing a few potions.

"Hi Becky.' Lily said in an offhanded manner.

"Look, I'm sorry about the way I acted towards you, it was completely uncalled for and very mean of me to treat you like that, you had nothing but good intentions and I'm sorry." Rebecca said and Lily glanced up from the cauldron she was attending to.

"Becky I just wanted to help, I don't like seeing you all upset like that, I wish there had been something I could have done."

"I can totally understand if you are mad at me and don't want to talk-."

"No I am just relieved that everything is alright."

"You have to be the most forgiving person I know Lily." Rebecca said and Lily smiled and shrugged. "And to put up with me of all people, I don't deserve a friend like you."

"That's not true Becky, you are a wonderful friend you know that? You are a wonderful person and I know you don't think it but you really are, I'm glad we're friends and I am very glad that you decided to stay here."

"Aw thanks Lily." Rebecca said with a smile.

"Do you want to go get lunch down the street after this?"

"Yeah sure, that sounds great." Rebecca said and walked back over to her station and glanced at her potions that were simmering and she smiled as she remembered her and Remus had a date that night, he was taking her to the movies, wanting to try and fit in some muggle experiences, besides it being much safer to go out in muggle communities.

"Prewett why are you late?" Moody yelled as Fabian and Gideon walked in and looked like two deer caught in the headlights. They looked at each other and Gideon gave Fabian a little push and Fabian pushed him back.

"Well?" Moody snapped.

"I had to rearrange my sock drawer." Fabian said with a straight face.

"I had to tickle my llama to keep it alive." Gideon said with the same straight face.

"You." He said pointing to Gideon. "You are with Walcott." He said and Gideon looked over at Rebecca twirling his wand in her fingers with a smile on her face.

"Come on, she is brutal." He groaned.

"You." He said pointing to Fabian "Are with Longbottom." He said and pairing him with Frank.

"Oh, alright, sucks to be you Gid." Fabian said with a chuckle and bounded over to Frank.

"Come on Becky, go easy." Gideon said as he got out his wand and Rebecca looked at Moody who had his back turned.

"Rictusempra." Rebecca said as she flicked her wand at Gideon who crumbled to the ground laughing and holding his stomach.

"What is the meaning of this Walcott?" Moody said as he walked over.

"Did you know that tickling is a form of torture?" She asked innocently and Moody glared at her.

"You are supposed to be dueling."

"He looked so scared."

"Not half as scared as he is going to be when there is a death eater on the other end, now stop this nonsense." He said and turned to go back to Caradoc and she stuck her tongue out at Moody and lifted the spell off of Gideon who laid on the ground panting hard.

"Sorry Gid." Rebecca said and with a flick of her wand he was flying through the air and slammed hard in to the wall and he crumbled to the ground in a heap and she walked up and kicked his wand away.

"Good fight Gid." She said as she pat him on the back and he slowly sat up with a groan and Rebecca walked over to Lily who was talking with Emmeline, and Alice.

"Hey Becky." Alice said with a smile and Rebecca gave her a nod.

"I don't know, James has just been disappearing lately I have no idea where he goes and when I ask him about it he just gives me some excuse, I know he is lying." Lily said as she looked across the room at James.

"I'm sure its nothing." Rebecca said as she looked at James and he gave a small wave to Lily.

"What is he is seeing someone else?" Lily asked worried and Rebecca started to laugh and Alice and Emmeline looked at Rebecca.

"Lily I have never seen any guy so in love with a girl, James is not seeing anyone else except you." Rebecca said and pat Lily's shoulder.

"Well what could he be doing?"

"I don't know but he is not seeing any one else, if he was he would be dead, got it?" Rebecca said and gave Lily an assuring smile.

"James you look nervous." Lily said as she looked across the table at James who halfway jumped at her voice and he looked at her and took a drink of water quickly.

"What do you mean nervous? I'm not nervous. Where did you get nervous from?" He asked quickly and she raised her eyebrows at him.

"Alright, Lily I have been trying to talk to you the past few days-."

"Is this why you have been disappearing?" She asked and he bit his lip and nodded and he rubbed his face. He could hear his heart pounding in his ears and his palms sweated more than he could ever remember.

"Lily." He said and took her hand across the table.

"Yes James." She said nervously, waiting for him to tell her some awful news.

"I love you and you are such an amazing person." He said and she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "There is no one I would rather be with, there is no one I have ever wanted than you and I love you with all my heart." He said and got out of his seat and knelt down next to her and fumbled with something in his pocket and pulled out a ring and held it up to her.

"Lillian Rachel Evans, will you marry me and make me the happiest man in the entire world." He said and she gasped as she looked at the ring and back at him and her eyes started to tear up.

"Oh James. Yes, yes I will marry you." She said with a laugh as she wiped away tears as he slipped on the ring and he got up and kissed her.

"You have no idea how happy you have made me." He said shakily and kissed her again.

"And then he got down on his knee and proposed." Lily said as she held out her hand. Jenny, Tessa, Alice and Emmeline all screamed as Rebecca covered her ears with a smile. "It was so romantic, he set up candles and everything, oh it was wonderful, it was everything I hoped it would be." Lily said as the girls started talking animatedly and Rebecca leaned her back against the couch as she listened to them talk quickly and Lily looked at Rebecca questioningly and Rebecca have her a smile.

"Told ya." She said with a chuckle and stood up and looked at the clock. "I have to go; I have work in half an hour." Rebecca said and hugged Lily. "Congrats."

"Thanks Becky, I'll see you later." She said and Rebecca nodded and gave everyone a wave and headed out of Alice's house and apparated back to her apartment to get ready for work.

After work Rebecca rushed home to get changed to start her training with Moody, which she had gotten rather good at, she was almost able to completely block him from her mind, yet he still saw many things she didn't want him to see which motivated her to clear her mind and keep him out.

She arrived at the headquarters and looked around. She poked her head in to one of the rooms and saw Sirius sitting on one of the couches looking out the window.

"What are you doing here so early?" She asked and he jumped as he looked over at her.

"What's it to you?" He asked smartly and she shrugged.

"Not a whole lot."

"Why are you here?" he asked.

"What's it to you?" She shot back and he sighed and looked back out the window.

"I've been working with Moody the past few weeks on Occlumency." She said as she walked to the couch and sat down.

"Why?"

"I don't know, Dumbledore put me up to it, I assume it's for something of value for the war." She said and he nodded and they sat in silence.

"Why did you try so hard to keep Remus and I apart?" She asked and he looked at her.

"Because you're not good enough." He said simply.

"Why not?"

"You're just not."

"Oh so there isn't actually a reason, you just hate me so you think that Remus should as well?"

"They obviously don't see you, they see this act."

"What act are you talking about?"

"You're a bitch."

"Sirius it's not an act, I am a bitch, and everyone knows that, but I'm also that that bad of a person. The only reason I am a complete bitch to you all the time is because you were a fucking asshole to me. I don't like the way you treat women, I don't like how you think you can do anything you want and I certainly don't like the way you tried to manipulate Remus and my relationship, it was immature and you need to get over it. I care about Remus and I think as his friend that should be enough for you because as his friend you should want him to be happy instead of satisfying your own selfish needs. Now I figure that since we are in the Order together and we are now working together that we should probably put all this childish fighting aside because we are no longer in school and there are bigger things now than hating each other. So truce?" She asked as she held her hand out to him and he looked at her hand and back up to her and sighed and took it.

"You're still a bitch." He said and she smiled.

"You're still an asshole." She said with a chuckle and dropped his hand as she heard someone walking down the hall.

"I'll see you later, glad we had this talk." She said and got up and walked out of the room and caught Moody in the hall.

Sirius stared after her and shook his head to himself, he had never foreseen a truce with Rebecca, he had pretty much planned on hating her forever but she did have a point, perhaps if Remus was happy with her he could be happy for Remus, even if he didn't like the idea of Remus and Rebecca together. This war was bigger than either of them; perhaps he could put hating her aside for the time being.

Rebecca walked up to a house and stood in front of the door and raised her hand and knocked. She heard footsteps before the door opened and revealed a tall man with graying hair.

"Hello?" He said and she glanced at the paper in her hand.

"Is this the Evans residence?" Rebecca asked and he nodded.

"Is that Becky?" Rebecca heard Lily call from up the stairs.

"Hey Lily." Rebecca said before Lily came down the stairs.

"Hey Becky." She said as she walked up. "Daddy this is Becky, she went to school with me." Lily said as she turned to her father and he held out his hand to her.

"Ben Evans." He said and she took his hand.

"Rebecca Walcott, nice to meet you." Rebecca said with a smile and he stepped aside.

"Please come in." He said and Rebecca walked inside.

"We're actually leaving Daddy." Lily said as she kissed his cheek.

"Oh alright then, have fun you two, be safe." He said and Lily stepped out and closed the door behind her.

"So what do you want to do?" Rebecca asked Lily as they walked down the street.

"I don't know, what do you want to do?" Lily asked and Rebecca shrugged.

"So have you and James set a date for the wedding?"

"We are thinking next spring, James' parents want to pay for the whole thing and they want to go all out. They wouldn't take no for an answer." Lily said and Rebecca laughed.

"Like you guys would have anything but a giant wedding huh? I mean you are marrying James, he is like the king of overdoing it."

"Aw Lily is growing up." Rebecca teased and Lily rolled her eyes.

"How is Andy doing?"

"Well he has started school and should be getting his license in a few months, he is in California with his uncle right now, and he loves it there."

"That's great."

"Yeah, he always wanted to go live in California. How about we go shopping in Muggle London?" Rebecca asked and Lily shrugged.

"Sounds good to me." Lily said and Rebecca glanced around briefly.

"Alright." Rebecca said and held out her arm and closed her eyes as Lily took it and suddenly they were spinning and their feet landed hard on the pavement and Rebecca fell over and hit a dumpster and Lily gasped and giggled as Rebecca pulled herself up and cleaned herself off.

"Yes it's hilarious that I am so clumsy when I apparate, it's not natural process, that's all." Rebecca muttered and headed down the alley with Lily following.

"You know what I have noticed Becky." Lily said as they walked through a clothing store.

"Hmm?"

"You and Sirius don't fight any more."

"Oh we called a truce." Rebecca said simply and Lily chuckled and Rebecca raised an eyebrow.

"Oh you're serious."

"Yeah, it doesn't mean I like him or anything, I still think he is an asshole but I guess we are going to stop bickering like we used to and hexing each other." She said as she flipped through a few summer dresses and pulled a white one out.

"Lily what do you think of this one?" Rebecca said as she held out the white dress and Lily looked at it.

"I'm getting married Becky." Lily said as a smile came over her face and Rebecca looked at the dress.

"Oh gotcha, wedding dress but what do you think of this one?"

"Its nice, you should try it on." She said and Rebecca took it to the changing rooms.

"Do you want to come with me to help me pick out my dress?" Lily asked.

"Yeah I would be more than happy to." Rebecca said and stepped out in the white deep V neck empire waist dress with short sleeves that fell to mid thigh.

"What do you think of this?" Rebecca asked as she spun around.

"That looks great."

"Remus and I are going out tomorrow night." Rebecca said with a grin as she looked in the mirror.

"You know it's about time you guys got together, for a moment I thought it was never going to happen."

"Yeah I will admit it was a bit complicated but things I don't know… seem better now, he brought me flowers the other day." Rebecca said as she turned to Lily.

"I would never peg you as someone who melts for flowers." Lily said with a chuckle.

"Oh be quiet, I sometimes enjoy being pampered like that." Rebecca said and went back in to the changing room and got back in to her clothes and stepped out with the dress.

"Did you want to get anything?"

"Naw, lets go get some lunch." Lily said as they walked up to the front of the store and Rebecca paid for her dress and they headed down the street and Rebecca peered in to a café and pulled Lily back behind a bush and Lily looked at her confused.

"Is something wrong Becky?"

"It's Randy." Rebecca whispered as she peered around the bush.

"Which one?"

"The one in the blue polo shirt." Rebecca said and Lily searched the café and her eyes landed on Randy.

"THAT'S Randy?" Lily asked shocked and looked at Rebecca before looking back at Rebecca.

"He's-."

"Yeah pretty gorgeous." Rebecca sighed and pulled Lily back. "For the longest time he kept asking me out, and wouldn't take no for an answer, he still sometimes asks me out, he lives above me."

"He is pretty handsome Becky."

"I know, he is kind of full of himself though, I see him looking at himself in his reflection all the time." She said with a chuckle.

"So what do we do now?"

"We try and walk by without him seeing me, come on.' Rebecca said and started down the sidewalk without looking over at Randy.

"Whew." Rebecca said as they made it without Randall spotting them and they turned down a street and walked in to a small restaurant and sat down.

Rebecca walked down the hall with Remus and they stopped in front of her apartment and she unlocked the door and turned to him and wrapped her arms around him.

"I had a wonderful time." She said and lightly kissed him and he smiled and pecked her lips.

"Me too, you look beautiful." He said and she planted small kisses along his jaw and lightly nipped at his neck earning a small twitch.

"Do you want to stay tonight?" She whispered in his ear as she pushed his collar aside and kissed his collar lightly.

"I should be getting home." He said in a strangled voice and she sighed. "It's getting late."

"Alright then." She said with a sigh and pecked his lips lightly. "I'll see you later." She said and he gave her hand a squeeze and she walked in to her apartment and closed the door and leaned against it as she listened to Remus walk down the hall. She threw her purse on the couch and flopped down on it. She couldn't understand why he wouldn't stay with her, they had officially been dating for about a month now and had done nothing but kiss, every time she tried to take it further he always made up some excuse to leave or stop. Perhaps he was insecure, whatever it was it was driving her crazy.

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