3 A.M. (Oliver Wood) *ON HOLD*

Chapter Eight: Order of the Phoenix

For a week, Celeste stayed in the room that was hers and Oliver's. She refused to come out, unless it was to go to work. Lupin had already left to go on his mission, so he wasn't there to work with her at the shop. Oliver had decided to work with her, instead of staying at Grimmauld place with Sirius around. He absolutely hated the man, and he didn't want to be around him.

Celeste's shop wasn't as busy anymore, since people were starting to hide because of the attacks and disappearances that had been mentioned in the newspaper. She was still making plenty of money, but most of the people that regularly came into the shop and would buy extra chocolate and desserts because they were in the place, now were ordering by owl to stay safe. Not everyone believed You-Know-Who was back, but they still wanted to be safe.

"It's been a week, Celeste, I think you should come downstairs to eat supper. Mum is getting upset over it, and she's starting to think she's another reason you're not coming down to eat with everyone else." Fred commented, and Celeste sighed.

"I can't, she needs to understand that I'm angry at my father, and I don't want to be around him in fear of hurting someone." Celeste replied, making George sigh as well.

"He's been quiet all week. He barely even speaks to Harry, and I thought Harry was the reason you and him didn't have a good relationship." George said, causing Celeste to shrug.

"It's not my problem that he's not talking to anyone." She answered, and the twins frowned.

Instead of saying anymore, in fear of causing an argument, the twins quickly left the room. As soon as the twins left, Celeste laid down in bed, and Oliver came into the room to lay next to her. Celeste laid her head on his chest, as he wrapped his arms around her.

"I wish things weren't so bad," Celeste commented,"If we never would've came here, we never would've had to deal with him." She added, but he sighed.

"Angel, if we wouldn't have came here, there's a chance we wouldn't be alive right now." Oliver said, making Celeste frown.

"I know, but I can't help but wonder what our lives would've been like if we hadn't joined the Order." She murmured, and he simply kissed the top of her head.

"I promise we'll go back to the manor soon, and all of this will be like a fever dream." He replied, making her chuckle quietly.

"I'm sorry I couldn't give you that corset top surprise I was meant to give you the night after our first Order meeting." She commented, causing Oliver to smirk.

"Y'know, we could always have a little rendezvous here; we just have to use a silencing charm." He said, and she snorted.

"Maybe after the kids go to Hogwarts; don't want to get caught." She replied, making him nod.

"Thank god they go to school meet week." He joked, causing her to laugh.

Celeste and Oliver soon fell asleep, deciding a nap wouldn't hurt anything before supper. As the two slept, the others sat in the kitchen talking.

"Should we prank them?" Fred asked, causing Mrs. Weasley to scowl.

"Absolutely not," She retorted,"if any of you prank them, you'll be cleaning every room in this place from top to bottom." She said, causing everyone to frown.

"I think her shop is getting a little slower. With more attacks and disappearances, less people are coming in to browse new chocolate." Hermione commented, and everyone frowned again.

"Maybe we should send out individual big orders. Make her feel happy, and we'd get chocolate out of it." Harry suggested, and Mrs. Weasley smiled.

"That's a good idea, Harry. Let me go grab an order form from the other room. I'll make us all duplicates, and we'll order some chocolate." She said, causing everyone to nod.

Mrs. Weasley quickly left the room, and when she came back, she had quite a few duplicates in her hand.

"I'm ordering some for Arthur, Charlie, Percy, and Bill as well, that way she gets more orders." Mrs. Weasley commented, handing out forms to each person at the table.

"I'll fill another one out for Lupin." Harry told Mrs. Weasley, and the matriarch nodded.

Everyone quickly filled out their forms, even Sirius, though he didn't know if he wanted to give Celeste a reason to believe he was changing because of what she said. Celeste's words had hurt him, and somewhat made his mind start thinking, but he didn't know if he'd ever be able to fix things with Celeste—not when Harry was always in danger, and needed his help.

Though Sirius was still upset with his daughter, he decided he was going to pay for everyone's chocolate. He hadn't even offered it outloud, he simply slipped galleons into each envelope as Mrs. Weasley closed them and gave them to Pig. Pigwidgeon, best known as Pig, was given to Ron by Sirius and named by Ginny. When Ron wasn't in Hogwarts, the Weasleys used him to send their own letters and other things.

"Pig is going to send them through the mail slot, so she won't question anything. Obviously, she may figure it out a bit fast, but by then, hopefully she'll already have the orders ready to send out." Mrs. Weasley said, as she stood to start making supper.

"I hope this cheers her up. I don't like when she doesn't come down to supper with us. Sometimes she has some of the best stories, especially about quidditch." Harry commented, and Hermione and the Weasley children agreed.

Sirius frowned hearing that Harry missed Celeste's presence. He wondered if he'd be able to talk the girl into coming out of her room for Harry. Obviously he knew it may be a challenge, but he would do anything for Harry, even if that meant arguing with his daughter that he had ignored for many years...

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A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter. I'll be trying to update eight chapters per day. That means it'll hopefully be ten days before this story is completely finished. The more votes and comments I get, the more inspired I feel.

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