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CHAPTER 23

Remus had helped Audrey heave her trunk upstairs, though Mr. Potter insisted he could send it up there with a flick of his wand, Audrey declined. She really needed to speak with Remus badly otherwise she felt that she was going to explode and bring the entire house down with her.

"Oh Remus, you know where her guest room is right?" Mrs. Potter called.

"Of course, Elly." Remus smiled, taking one side of Audrey's trunk with ease as Audrey took the other. Remus lead them from the kitchen and up a dark oak staircase.

The upstairs hallway branched out into ten bedrooms, Audrey's eyes widened. How much money did the Potter's have?

Remus went to the end of the hallway, and opened the tenth door. The room Audrey was staying in was a light lilac color, it had a queen sized bed in it, and silvery white curtains.

"Wow…" Audrey said, as the put her trunk down at the foot of the bed.

"Yeah, Elly and Henry really go all out with their guest rooms. And such big beds in every room. It's quite lovely really." Remus grinned, pulling up a chair that was near the window as Audrey sat on the bed. He then became serious.

"Go ahead, rant away…"

"I don't even know where to begin, Remus! I mean, I come into the house and everything's all fine and for once I'm not annoyed with him then he turns into a prat because I have a boyfriend for once. He's worse than my father!" Audrey flopped back onto the bed, sighing.

"Well, Audrey. I think it's a bit of a shock because James and Sirius have always viewed you as that girl."

"That girl? Remus, what are you talking about?" Audrey got up, cocking her head.

"Well, James sees you as his little sister and Sirius is madly in love with you but he's too much of a git to say it and he acts like a jackass around you." Remus thought to himself, but instead said.

"Well, James and Sirius both see you as a little sister, and I think Sirius was just so defensive because he doesn't want you to get hurt by this guy. From what I've heard from you, Karl seems to be a great guy. But Sirius doesn't know that, and maybe he's worried that-"

"That I'll get played by Karl just like Sirius plays every girl he's ever dated?" Audrey asked, raising an eyebrow.

Remus nodded, deciding to himself. "Okay, let's just go with that then."

It worked, one of the main reasons he was up here talking to Audrey right now was to save Sirius' ass. He'd be howling like a dog for again if Audrey gave him the cold shoulder like she did at least once a year for the last three years when he would relentlessly bully Severus. Of course, the other main reason was that Audrey was one of his best friends, and it killed him watching his two friends fight.

Audrey sighed, looking at the floor. "I don't know if I'll be able to deal with him for the rest of the day, Remus."

"Oh, you'll be fine, Audrey. You just need to get back into the swing of things. Just stick by me and Peter, James will handle Sirius. He's best at that." Remus mused, Audrey gave him a small smile.

"I was deeply considering putting him in his place later this evening." She said, getting up from the bed and pacing. "When I show Mr. Potter some of my tricks."

"How so?" Remus asked, a little frightened but amused.

"I don't know. I may or may not do something...depends on how I feel." Audrey smirked and then added. "Don't worry, Remus. I wont cause him much bodily harm…"

Remus looked frightened for a moment, but Audrey laughed and then he joined her.

Audrey spent the rest of the afternoon watching the boys play Quidditch in the field behind James' house. James had ever so kindly asked her to ref and Audrey couldn't refuse.

Tweeeeeeeee

"Penalty!" Audrey yelled, putting down her whistle and pointing at Sirius.

"Bullshit!" Sirius yelled. "I'd like to call in another less gender biased ref!"

"I'm not gender biased, Sirius. I just hate you." Audrey said maliciously, giving him a look.

That did hurt a bit, I'm not going to lie.

"Penalty shot for Peter." Audrey said, turning her back to Sirius.

James whispered in Sirius' ear. "Don't argue back, then she'll get madder and she'll blow up the bloody field."

Sirius sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I guess you're right, mate."

"We'll talk about her later." James mumbled in his ear. The four boys have always been known to have conversations in the middle of the night.

Dinner was a strange affair, it was awkward and tense. Not the greatest of combinations…

Mr. Potter was chattering away with the boys about Quidditch, while Mrs. Potter and Audrey exchanged looks of mock annoyance.

"Can we talk about something other than Quidditch?" Elly asked, looking from Henry to the boys.

She looked at Sirius, Remus, and Peter as if they were her own, she was a very loving woman.

"Why? Bored, Elly?" Henry asked, a sly smile on his face that reminded Audrey too much of James.

"Yes, incredibly." Elly drawled, smiling. "Audrey and I enjoy Quidditch but we'd rather talk about things that we like as well."

"Alright…" Sirius piped up. "Well for one thing, I personally think Dalio's wearing too much mascara."

Peter's mouth popped open in shock, Remus shot Sirius an incredulous look. Was he really going to go there?

Audrey laughed, genuinely laughed at this. "Sirius, that's hilarious that you think you know about cosmetics. However, I'm not wearing make up. These are my eye lashes. You can even ask Mrs. Potter, she'd know."

"She's not wearing any, Sirius." Mrs. Potter said, a small smile on her face.

"Well, now that this situation has been made awkward…" James began. "Audrey, can you show us some of your stuff? It's dark enough and everyones done eating…."

Audrey shrugged getting up. "Alright, what do you want to see?"

"How about flying?" Sirius asked, putting on a sexy smirk, his eyes were alight. Audrey was trying to read him…

Audrey gave a nod and made her way for the back door, the others followed. Mr. Potter was chattering excitedly.

Audrey looked around the field, and found a nice sized boulder. She walked over to it, jumped on top of it, and levitated into the air with ease. Her eyes shone bright yellow in the darkness, and Mr. Potter was oohing and ahhing. Audrey sighed contentedly when she was about twenty five feet off of the ground.

"So you mock us for flying brooms but you're flying a boulder? Isn't that a bit...primitive?" Sirius called, looking up at her.

And that was the first time I had considered dropping a large boulder on Sirius Black, there would be many more times to come afterwards…

Audrey flew a few feet away from them, let the boulder drop from under her feet and floated there.

I always hated flying without a rock, it was incredibly uncomfortable to me.

"Okay, fine. Fine. I see your point." Sirius called, Audrey smirked.

I would never admit it out loud, but damn she was beautiful up there. And when she smiled I melted…Yes, yes. The infamous player Sirius Black has a heart, contrary to popular belief.

"What else can you do?" James asked.

Audrey decided to get interesting, she sent a gust of in James' direction and lifted him from the ground.

"Wooah." James said, tumbling around as the air was pulling him upward. Audrey laughed, gently putting him back on the ground.

"My way of flying is better." She grinned, now floating only two feet above the ground.

"Can you show us anything else?" Mrs. Potter asked, intrigued.

"I don't want to blow up your yard, m'am." Audrey replied.

It wasn't only that though, I felt so weird with everyone staring at me.

"Alright, that's fine." Mr. Potter said. "We're putting you out like a circus animal right now. I apologize, Audrey."

"It's alright, Mr. Potter. It's natural for people to be a bit curious about my…er…abilities." Audrey replied, still hovering.

In the dark, I noticed Sirius giving me the strangest of looks. I was a little creeped out actually.

After everyone headed inside, Mr. and Mrs. Potter bid the kids good night and headed off to bed. Which left the five sitting in James' living room.

Remus and James were versing each other in a long game of Wizards Chess and Peter was watching intently. Sirius and Audrey sat on the couch, Audrey purposely sat as far as she could from Sirius.

I noticed how intently my friends were into this game of chess, and how Audrey was tiring out. She had told us earlier, after we had all changed into our night clothes, that she was still getting used to the time changes.

As she began to doze off on the couch, I slowly inched my way over to her side of the sofa. James was of course the only one who had noticed. His eyes flickered in my direction for a brief second and he smirked.

Sirius inched closer and closer, he knew how careful he had to be. Though she didn't look like it, Audrey had brilliant reflexes…of course, because she was different. Her reaction times were speedy, and that made it incredibly difficult for the four to prank her over the last few years.

He lifted her gently without her going into "ninja mode" as Peter and James had put it, in her half- sleeping state she was much more cooperative and it surprised Sirius greatly. She rested her head on his chest without argument, letting him wrap his arms around her.

"She's going to kill you if she wakes up, mate." Remus mouthed.

I was willing to take the chance.

She sighed in her sleep. His heart fluttered.

"You should probably take her upstairs." James whispered, still intently watching the chest board.

"You'd actually trust him with that task, James?" Remus snorted.

I may have looked like it, but I did not have any dishonorable intentions.
...Okay, that's a lie. I really did, my intentions were beyond dishonorable, but she wasn't like all of the other girls I've encountered. She wasn't dispensable.

"I can do it!" Sirius whined quietly. Remus shot him a skeptical look.

"Alright, Sirius. But if I hear Audrey scream…" Remus began.

"You won't, Moony." Sirius shot back quickly.

"And should you try to suppress it, I will hear." Remus gave him a knowing look.

For a fourteen year old, he was such an old man…and he acted as if I were a rapist!

Sirius scooped her up into his arms, her head still resting on his chest and began walked out of the living room. He made his way through the front hallway and began to climb the stairs.

"Where are we going?" Audrey mumbled, still somewhat asleep. Her eyelids were to heavy to bother opening.

"To your room." Sirius replied softly, opening the door at the end of the hallway. He set her down on the bed gently.

"Thanks Sirius." Audrey mumbled, adjusting herself slightly and turning on her side.

"Anytime, Audrey." Sirius smirked. He figured himself lucky that she couldn't see him smirking.

He was about to leave and close the door when he turned back to the bed, tip toeing over.

"Audrey?"

"Mhmmm?"

"Do you really hate me?" Sirius asked, genuinely curious. He ran his fingers through her hair, something she seldom let him do. She hadn't trusted him much since the spider web incident during their first year.

"No, of course not." She replied, there was a long pause and she spoke again. "You're an amazing friend, it's just that sometimes you get a little too far under my skin."

"How so?" Sirius asked, still curious.

"I don't know…" said Audrey, sleepily. Sirius assumed that he should just leave but then she spoke again. "…the Karl thing, I thought you'd be happy for me."

I really wanted to say. "BLOODY HELL NO, WHY ARE YOU WITH THAT WANKER WHEN I'VE LOVED YOU FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS?"
But instead I said…

"Of course I am, love. I'm just over protective."

"Like I said before, you're a good friend, Sirius." Audrey mumbled, stretching a bit in her sleep.

"Glad to hear it, love." Sirius whispered, kissing her on the forehead and exiting the room.