Time had passed in a blur since my talk with Remus. I found my classes super easy lately and I hardly have to study anymore, also getting all my homework done before the end of the class it was assigned in.
I barely got enough sleep at night, though, since I kept having similar dreams every night. They were almost exactly the same as the one I had that day I fell asleep on the couch, the only difference being that there was a different weapon each time. From baseball bats to knives, I had seen and felt it all, wakeing up each time without a scratch.
Hogsmead visits had started, but since they were on weekends, I never wanted to get up early enough to go. My friends were getting increasingly annoyed with my weekend-lazyness, and attempted to wake me up cleverly on a saturday in December.
" No we can't do that, Sirius! She could get hurt!" Lily whispered. I kept my eyes closed so they wouldn't know I was awake.
"The key word in that sentence would be could, Lily dearest. She might not." I heard the muffled slap of Lily's hand meeting with the fabric of whatever shirt Sirius was wearing.
"Guys, focus." Remus- The voice of reason. "We have to be quiet and quick. She could wake up any second."
"Your the smart one! Why don't you make the plan?" I heard James grumble. Remus sighed and I could picture him rolling his eyes.
"This is stupid. I say we just levitate her matress and dump her on the floor." Alice said. Oh Alice... Always the clever one. Not.
"Why don't we increase then intensity a bit." James said, " We should dump her in the lake."
I heard mumbles of agreement, and then a small screech from Lily.
"Crap! I droped my wand. It rolled under her bed." I heard a flurry of cuss words from almost everyone.
"I think Moony should get it. He's the smallest." James said.
"Are you kinding? I'm about a whole inch taller then you!" I heard Remus retort.
"Come on guys! Obviously Lily or Alice should go-" I stopped listening, since I knew they were all distracted. I slowly moved my hand towards my night stand, hoping I remembered exactly where I put it.
Bingo. My finger tips bumped into it, causing a small noise, but no one seemed to notice since they were all still fighting over who should climb under my bed. I opened my left eye just a small amount so I could peek out at what was happening. They were all standing in a semi-circle at the foot of my bed, all of them deep in their arguement- except for Remus. Remus was staring right at me. I tried to get myself to find that extremely creepy, but I couldn't do it. He was leaning against the bed post with his arms crossed, looking right at me. I did my best not to squirm, I was feeling super self-concious. I shut my eye just as Sirius turned to Moon-Bug.
"Would you focus, Moony!" Sirius said, "We have a real problem here!"
"I'm sure your old enough to handle it by yourself, Padfoot."
"Oh come on! You can stare at Ellie later! Right now we need to dump her in a lake!"
"Sorry..." I heard Remus sigh, "She's just so-"
Everyone ealse in the room cut him off.
"Darn cute!" They yelled, then got really quiet, making sure I didn't stur.
"Sorry, but I can't help it!" I heard Remus whisper. I can't believe what just happened. I brushed it off quicky though. He must mean it like when your friends say 'you look nice today' or 'Hey, I like your hair.' I'm sure thats all it meant.
I tightned my grip on my wand, trying hard to focus on the task at hand.
They sat in silence, so I opened my eye again to peek at them. They were still standing in the same semi-circle as before, to more then one foot away from each other. Perfect. I counted to three in my head.
1
2
3
I sat up quickly and shouted "Auguementi!" pointing my wand at them as water shot through the air, drenching each of them one at a time.
I heard screams from Lily, Alice and suprisingly James. Sirius stumbled backwards, slipping on a sock and landing on the floor with a thud. Remus just stood there, no reaction at all, just wide eyed and seemingly confussed. I looked at him, meeting his eyes. It was like a silent conversation happened between us. He knew I heard what he said, and I knew he meant it.
James started laughing loudly, quickly joined by everyone ealse, including me and Remus, shaking off our connection.
I pushed the sheets of my bed off of me and swung my legs over the side, standing up. I reached towards the ceiling, and then down to the floor. Everyone was still laughing over what had happened, and Sirius was complaining and laughing at the same time. Apparently he scraped his knee on the floor when he fell.
"You baby!" Remus chuckled and threw a stuffed turtle at him from my bed.
I rolled my eyes and reached into one of my clothing drawers for a dress. It was black, with a red belt and a red coller.
"You guys should really clean this mess up." I said, walking towards the screen Lily, Alice and I set up at the beginning of the year. "Theres towels in the cabinet." I laughed at their faces as I pointed to the small cabinet across the room on the wall.
After I was done changing, I came out from behind the screen to see all of them wiping at the floor, each with a towel in hand. Well, everyone except for Sirius. He was sitting by the window nursing his injury.
James and Lily were working next to each other, laughing at something James had said and flicking water at one another. Lily said that she hated James, but in time like these you could really see how much they cared about eachother. It was just a matter of time before they got together.
"Um, guys." I said, getting their attention. "You do know your wizards, right?" I waved my wand at the floor, watching as steam rose into the air. I was making it evaporate.
"Oh, right... We just... Decided to do it the muggle way, I guess." Lily said, tossing her towel into James' faces.
"Can we go already!" Alice stood and wiped her hands on her jeans.
"Yeah, just wait one more minute." I picked up a small mirror and a tube of bright red lipstick. I applyed it quickly and perfectly.
"I don't wanna go anymore!" Sirius whined, "I'm in too much pain!"
I sighed and trotted over to him. I snapped my fingers in front of his face saying, "Hello! Wizard!?" I pointed my wand at his knee and watched the skin heal over.
"Thanks." He mumbled, clearly wishing he thought of that himself.
"Well, lets go!" I sang, skipping towards the door.

We stood in a line, facing the small town of store in front of us, talking about where we should go next. It was snowing and cold, all of us dressed in coats, mittens and hats.
"I say we just talk about this a the Three Broomsticks. Kill two birds with one stone." James suggested, causing a small cloud to come from his mouth.
"But I don't want to kill any birds!" I whimpered, playing dumb. He just rolled his eyes and shouted 'Lets go!' and took of runing with Sirius. They got a few creeped out looks from some strangers when they put their arms out at their sides and pretended to be airplanes. They are so weird. Good thing I was too!
I started running after them, raising my arms, but was pulled back by Alice and Lily.
"What?" I asked, completely confussed by what just happned.
"Oh, Ellie, you forgetful person you!" Remus said, clearly supporting the 'holding me against my will' thing.
"You do remember what happened last time you ran in public, right?" He asked, waiting for an answer before he would tell Alice and Lily to let me go. I sighed and thought about what happened.
I was running in Diagon Alley, playing tag with James and Sirius like the big 15-year old loser we were. I was certain I was about to lose whoever was it, finding the best hiding spot ever- A big crowd of people. They were standing in front of a store, admiring the display behind the glass. I started sprinting towards them, probably using a bit more werewolf speed then I should have. When I was about to stop so I could casually nudge my way through the people, I realized it was too late. I tumbled through the people, pushing some to the ground, before coming to a stop- AFTER I hit the display window and caused a crack in the corner of the glass. I had to pay for it to be fixed, and personally apologize to the owner.
I nodded my head and looked at the ground, walking towards the Three Broomsticks feeling ashamed.
James and Sirius were leaning against the wall next to the door looking bored. James was inspecting his nails like they did something other then just sit there, attached to his skin. Sirius was playing with a small piece of messy black hair that had fallen into his eyes.
"Godric, took you guys long enough." Sirius grunted, pushing himself away from the wall.
"Sorry, we just didn't want Ellie to hurt anyone." Alice said, making Lily laugh hysterically.
I rolled my eyes and bit my lip, trying hard not to laugh. Pulling open the door, I tried to ignore my friends.
Finally I just said, "Oh come on! It's not like I'll make the same mistake twice!"
"No, your right." Remus said, and was happy he was taking my side. For awhile. "You would just run into a different store window." He added, causing everyone ealse to laugh.
I bristled and slumped into the nearest booth to our left, next to the window that looked out into the busy street.
Sirius, James and Moonbug sat on one side while Lily, Alice and I sat on the other.
"I'm going to get us something to drink." Remus volunteered, "Butterbeer for everyone?"
We all nodded and turned to talk to eachother. Sirius and James started talking about quiditch, so Alice, Lily and I started our own conversation.
"Does Remus seem to be acting weird to you guys, too?" I asked. All morning, I've been catching him looking at me with an odd expression on his face.
"No, why?" Alice asked, looking like she was about to smile.
"No reason..." I said, squinting my eyes at her, officialy suspicious.
"Oh really?" She grinned, "It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that he completely and totally l-" Lily slapped her hand over Alice's mouth, cutting her off mid-sentence. Lily whispered something in her ear as Remus sat back down at our booth.
"I won't forget about this, ladies." I muttered, giving them one of my famous death glares. I was honestly curious to find out what Alice was going to say.
"Woah, what did I just walk into?" Remus smiled at us, showing his sparkling white teeth.
"A paralel universe where pandas are in charge and pineapples are the national food." I answered, wearing my best serious- or cereal- expression.
"...Kay. So what else are we going to do today?"
"Honeydukes!" I screeched, causing multiple people from around the room to turn and look at me.
"What! Most of you know me! What else do expect me to do instead of yelling in public?" Most people turned away at that, but one person caught my eye.
There was a man sitting across the room at a table, all by himself. He was wearing dark sunglasses, even though it was winter. His outfit was entirely black, including a fedora hat and leather gloves. And he was looking right at me.
"Does anyone ealse discreetly notice the creeper guy over there?" I put alot of emphasis on discreetly so they wouldn't draw attention to us. I opened my drink and took a swig, hopeing the stranger didn't see that I noticed him.
Everyone followed my advice, casualy glancing over their shoulders and moving their eyes throughout the whole entire room. Well, everyone until Sirius sat up straight in his chair and loudly said, "That guy?" pointing right at the Person-Of-Interest.
"Padfoot!" James said, smacking him in the arm.
The man suddenly stood up, walking straight toward our table. Lily looked at me wide eyed, and Alice looked like she was about to scream. He kept walking, one confident step at a time.
"Elektra..." Remus said, looking a little less colected the usual. The man was looking right at me. At least, I think he was. He dark glasses kind of drew a barrier.
The stranger pulled off his hat and placed it on the side of his face, using it like a curtain to hide his face. When he was about to walk past our table, he paused, standing completely still before walking at a brisker pace out the door.
We all let out a collective breath that moved and blew some of the napkins on our table out of place.
"Ok, that was scary." Lily said. She was actually shaking, and Alice had her arm around her, trying to calm her down even though she looked just as panicked.
"Maybe we should leave..." I said, noticing that some of the othe customers were looking over at our tale, probably wondering why we all looked shaken up.
Everyone nodded in agreement, and we left our drinks abandoned at our table as we walked out the door.