Ash sat on the couch in the Gryffindor common room. Remus was lying on her lap as she played with his hair. They were both reading with two blankets covering them.
James, Sirius, and Peter burst into the common room.
"Where were you last night?" James asks frantically.
Last night was the full moon.
"What do you mean?" Ash asks, Remus was too stunned to speak.
"He never came back to the dorm. We thought it was a girl then remembered it was Remus," Sirius explains.
"We were worried," Peter whispers.
"WORRIED SICK! Where were you? We spent all day searching for you," James says.
"Clearly you didn't look hard enough," Remus calms down, he could never be stressed around Ash.
"We did!"
"Rem and I have been in the library all day. Did you check there?" Ash asks.
"Of course we- Did we?"
"I'm sure we must have."
"No we didn't."
"No surely we did?"
"Nope."
"Are you done now?" Ash asks annoyed.
"That doesn't explain last month. Or the time before that. He always disappears without warning once a month. Where do you go???" Sirius pressures.
Ash feels Remus tense. Her hand rests on his head for a moment, hoping to reassure him.
"He stays with me," Ash shrugs.
"What?!" James and Sirius yell.
"That's exactly why I didn' want to tell you. Besides, it's really your fault for not noticing I would always be gone those nights as well," Ash says nonchalantly.
"He stays with you!? Explain dear sister who he can't date," James asks discreetly implying Remus shouldn't be hanging around Ash.
"Yeah. Just, in the Ravenclaw common room. It's really beautiful. You can see the stars, it's like an observatory," Ash describes.
"Why on the full moons?" Peter asks.
Now Ash can really feel the stress radiating off Remus.
"Rem likes the moon (A blatant lie) and I like the stars."
"I am a star," Sirius rolls his eyes.
"Well just because you like the majority... I guess there's always bad beans."
"You should've just told us," James says, "I know you like stars. We could've come along."
"We hang out as the marauders enough. Sometimes I want to spend time with my friends. Like stargazing with Remus, Potter Polo with James, Chess with Regulus, Gossiping with Marlene. What I'm trying to say is, I don't want to see all of you more than I have to."
"That is entirely unfair."
"Unjust."
"PLEASE JUST LET US TAG ALONG."
"No. I don't like you all very much right now. Come on Remus, we'll just stargaze twice this month," Ash grabs his hand when he gets up and heads out of the room.
"Accio a change of clothes," Remus follows Ash.
"What just happened?"
"They better not be shagging."
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FanfictionAsh Potter was always close to James and so it was only natural for her to be a marauder. Just like it was only natural for her to fall in love with Remus. But when her brother is as protective as James it'll be anything but easy. Especially with Re...
