JULIET {remus lupin}

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN

Juliet couldn't help but feel nervous for the Quidditch World cup, being around Harry and his friends outside of school would feel odd, she suspected, particularly now that they knew she was his Godmother. Nonetheless, she was looking forward to being able to spend more time with him, and was incredibly grateful for Mr and Mrs Weasley's invitation.

The witch had to stifle a laugh when Harry and Ron slumped down the stairs, yawning, followed by a stern looking Hermione who seemed to have been awake for hours. Fred and George Weasley were already downstairs, avoiding their professor, laughing with their dad. Molly stayed glued to Juliet, talking to her softly and touching her arm gently, making her feel utterly welcome. Harry stopped suddenly when he noticed the witch, a smile breaking onto his face at the sight of her. Ron and Hermione smiled too, looking a little nervous at the sight of their professor. Juliet smiled back at the three slightly.

"Juliet? Do you know where we're going?"

"Can we call you Juliet too?" George Weasley called out with a grin, finally acknowledging that a woman who taught them was in the house.

"That's Professor Blair to you," Molly said, shaking her head at her son.

"Of course you can," the witch laughed, addressing the twins, she then looked to Harry and innocently said, "I've no idea where we're going."

Ron yawned and muttered, "better be bloody good" under his breath.

The group left the burrow, beginning to walk through the fields surrounding their house for a while, Harry fell into step with Juliet, which she was secretly pleased about.

"Have you heard from Sirius?" He asked her eagerly. "I wrote to him a few times."

Juliet smiled and nodded, "yes, I've spoken- written to him a few times as well. We're working hard on getting him somewhere that you can visit, Remus has been talking to Dumbledore about it."

Harry nodded, "has professor Lupin- I mean Remus spoken to him?"

"Yeah, he has," she smiled. "He's very happy to have him back, I think. Sirius has not changed anywhere near as much as either of us would have expected."

Harry grinned at that, pleased to know someone who his dad knew so well.

"I bet he's really happy," Harry began, "to get out and still have two of his best friends with him."

Juliet smiled at the thoughtful boy, "yeah. We're pleased to have him back, Sirius and I weren't always so close though," she laughed. "In fact, in school I'd say we had a very similar relationship to you and Draco."

Harry scrunched his nose, "I'll never be friends with Malfoy."

"Ah, I said the same thing about Sirius and Remus, yet here I am."

"Sirius said you were scary in school," he laughed.

"I was just very Slytherin," she smiled. "And Sirius very Gryffindor. Natural enemies," she joked.

"Did you stop being friends with the other Slytherins after? Once you became close with my dad and his friends?"

Juliet shook her head, "I stayed close with a few," she said, thinking of Arabella, Persephone and Regulus. "It was hard, though."

"Do you see any?"

"No, I lost most of them in the war," she sighed. "I suppose the only one still alive is Narcissa Malfoy, but I'm not sure that we would be friends now. Her husband can't stand me, never could."

"Why?"

She shrugged, "too opinionated and loud for him, I think. I always expressed my disgust at their views, he questioned my loyalty for years."