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"You, Me, Ron, and Hermione, we could all buy houses in the same neighborhood."
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Every pair of eyes turned to Y/N, who was standing near Ron, staring at Lupin without blinking.
"So- so I was right?" she said, without taking her eyes off Lupin. "Your name- Lupin, as in- as in, Lyall and Hope Lupin?"
Lupin merely nodded, smiling faintly at her. Hermione looked at Y/N with a knowing look on her face. Ron and Harry, however, were shocked to their very core.
"Y/N- what do you mean-"
"What does he mean- "
"When Dumbledore said his name in the Great Hall on our first day, I- I immediately recognized it," Y/N said, looking at Ron and Harry. "Lupin. It's- it's my mother's maiden name."
Ron and Harry gasped, eyes widening even more.
"She was Rebekah Lupin before she became a Diggory. I told Hermione about it right away, and I was planning to ask you," Y/N turned to Lupin. "But- but I couldn't and as days went by with Buckbeak, the dementors and the Quidditch matches, It- It kind of slipped my mind."
"Harmonica thought you two could be distantly related- like, cousins or something," she shrugged, "and that's why I kind of stopped caring...but- but I didn't know you were siblings."
She paused. "Ceddy didn't know either because- because mum's never told us about you," she said quietly, almost like a whisper.
"Yes..." Lupin said sadly, looking down at the floor. "I am afraid that's my fault, Y/N..."
"Why- what happened?"
"It was thirteen years ago....Amos had just gotten a promotion when Bekah was pregnant with you, Y/N. He couldn't be at home often to take care of you and Bekah. So I stayed with her, took care of her, you, and Cedric, of course- he was only two years old at that time, that is why he couldn't recognize me.... A part of me hoped he would."
"And one day- I'd never forget that day-" he paused, his voice slightly shaking. "I was at her place as usual and we were making invites for her baby shower but- but I- I forgot- that day, see-"
Lupin closed his eyes, struggling to continue. Sirius put his hand on his shoulder as Lupin slowly opened his eyes and continued,
"I turned, Y/N," he said, his voice laced with pain. "And I- I almost bit her. It was a really close call. Bekah had invited Sirius over, he came there just in time, pulled me away from her and locked me in the basement. She still has the scar on her shoulder, I believe, where I tried to bite her...with you inside her...."
"It- it didn't turn her?" Y/N asked hesitantly.
"No, it didn't. Sirius pulled me away before I could sink my teeth deep in, so it didn't turn her into a werewolf. But I couldn't let it happen again...I was scared. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if- if something had ever happened to her because of me....so I left. I disappeared, planning to go far away from Bekah and her family but of course, being the stubborn person she is, threatened Sirius into telling me where I was... She'd send me letters every single day through Sirius, telling him to make sure I'd read them because I wasn't sending her any reply."
