I Will Follow You Into The Dark || Jegulus

77. Deadlines (Hostile)

Sirius was going to talk to Remus. He was. But then he got summoned by the order and sent on a top-secret mission. He wasn't allowed to tell anyone. He wasn't allowed to let them know where he was going, or for how long. It was horrible.

And the entire time, all he could think about was how Remus probably felt after how Sirius had been acting. But for now, there was nothing he could do about it. All he could do was focus on his mission and hope Remus was willing to talk when he got back.

That never happened.

When he got back from his mission, Remus was already gone on one, as well as Peter and James. According to Regulus, they were all separate missions.

Three days later, Sirius got sent on another mission.

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"I miss him. But at the same time, I am still so mad at him." Remus sat on the couch in the Potter's living room, sipping some tea that Effie had made. Effie wad sitting next to him, crocheting something.

"I know you two aren't having the best circumstances right now, but you have to be patient with each other, especially with these missions. There are things bigger than yourself happening."

Remus nodded. He knew she was right. It wasn't Sirius's fault that they hadn't been able to see each other. Effie told Remus that Sirius wanted to talk to him. Sirius finally stopped shutting himself in his room, but the second he came out, he got sent on a mission by the order. Remus wondered if Sirius even thought of him anymore. Does he still love Remus? If he did, why would he be doing this? As much as others told him to wait it out, it was starting to get hard. 

For now, Remus tried to stay positive. He started visiting with Effie once or twice a week, they would drink tea together and talk. Sometimes Regulus or Monty would join, but for the most part, they were left alone.

Regulus and Monty were working on a potion, or that was what Effie told him. Getting the supplies for it wasn't easy, even for Monty, and Remus couldn't help but wonder what they were making.

"That's what happens when you put two potions nerds in a room together." Effie laughed.

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"Isn't this a little fast?" Mary asked, "Regulus, you still have another term of Hogwarts." She frowned.

"And by the time I get home, Lily will be most of the way along. Trust me, it's what we both want. I just - I guess I'm impatient, but I want to just get as far away from the dark lord as possible as soon as possible and settle down with James." Regulus replied.

"I mean I'm not opposed to it but- Lily is your ex James. Don't you find it weird?" Mary asked.

"Yeah, I guess so, but she's my best friend. I don't want some stranger to birth my baby. That's even weirder. Plus, Lily is already a part of my life, and we can all be there for the baby. Two sets of parents" James grinned.

"One set of parents and their two lesbian friends." Regulus said.

"Hey, I still wanna be considered a parent if I'm gonna be literally creating this thing inside of myself" Lily argued.

"Okay, three parents, and their mother's gay lover." James said, "Now that that's settled, back to the matter at hands." He tried to get them back on topic.

"Alright." Mary crossed her arms. She looked at Regulus warily. "If this is what you all completely want, then that's your choice, but I am not having my girlfriend roped up into your plans if you are not one hundred percent committed. If you guys decide you don't want the kid, and I have to raise it, I will literally kill you.

"You have nothing to worry about Mary. Pinky promise" James held put his little finger, but got nothing in return. "Fine then" He frowned and hooked his own pinkies together.

"You're adorable." Regulus said.

"Only for you, my love" James kissed him on the cheek with a smile.

"You two make me sick. Stop flirting" Mary said.

"Back on topic. You two are lucky you have me, because I know how to navigate the muggle world and you don't" Lily grinned and the group began researching.

"Whatever would we do without you" James swooned dramatically. Then the group got to planning. They wanted everything to be mapped out before Regulus left for Hogwarts- which was way too soon - and they did.

They found a few trusted programs, and eventually made an appointment with one.

"This will mean no more Order of the Phoenix, Lily" Mary reminded her.

"I'm okay with that. There's only so many things we can do before Dumbledore decides to try to finally kill He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named." Lily said.

"He's unkillable That's why Dumbledore won't try. It's not worth it"

Regulus spoke up. "Well, during the last year or so, me, Remus and Pandora have hunted down and destroyed what we think is all the horcruxes that were keeping him from being killed." He said.

"Excuse me! And why hasn't anyone told Dumbledore!?" Mary exclaimed

"We have. He doesn't believe us. Or he doesn't want to do anything. I don't know" James said. 

"Seriously!? Oh when I'm done with him, he won't know what hit him" Mary scowled.

"Mary, no. You can't do anything. It could divide the order, and we will lose the war. I don't know what his plan is, but Dumbledore is our only hope, so we have to go along with it." James said, and unfortunately, Lily nodded in agreement.

"I hate that he's right Mary, but we need Dumbledore. He's done a lot of shit things to us, but we need him. The best we can do is help however we can." She said.

Mary nodded reluctantly. "I hate him. When this was is over I am going to rip that overgrown beard clean off his wrinkly face."

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chat, idk why I am so freezing wtf. I also have a splitting headache and i think I might be sick, its so weird bc I am freezing but my head is on fire. Anyway, tomorrow is my brothers birthday and he's driving down here from College. Ik hes only been gone for a few weeks, but I missed him. He's the only person I could talk to about certain things, and my tempter is really short with my other brother and his wife now. I dont know why. I love my brother and he is a really good person, and my sister in law is fun to hang out with alone, but when theyre together, they bother me, and she is so mean to him sometimes. I genuinely hate it, because I can tell he has a hard time with it, and I wish she would stop making mean comments to him like that, especially when he goes out of his way to try to please her sometimes. 

Update: (the next day, I didnt upload last night like I thought I would) My brother drove to our house for his birthday, but IM FUCKING SICK (this is so sick and twisted)