Her Single Rose (Remus Lupin)

One-Hundred & Thirteen

In the next few months, Aries had opened 12 Grimmauld Place to the Order, Dumbledore finding the new arrangements to be rather perfect for their growing numbers. With Ben no longer able to be of service and living in America, the wizard had recruited more people from various places of high intel, like the ministry and the hospital.

Having a few meetings already taking place, Aries was more than happy to have Walburga's portrait on the wall to witness all the non pure-blood strangers to enter.

Sirius also seemed rather content with that. With her bellows of anguish and Kreachers now unforgiving anger, Aries felt that the house had never been better. No harm but so much entertainment.

Well, that and having a baby bump.

Aries didn't realize when her and Remus told everyone they were expecting that there would be so much attention. Hope and Lyall got into and argument with Euphemia and Fleamont about where Aries would stay during and after the baby.

That was a long conversation neither Aries nor Remus were interested in having.

Aries had jumped in when they tried to split her four and a half months at each place. She had no interest in apparating or using the Floo Network while pregnant. Getting from one place to another already made her sick.

Instead, Aries had announced she would be staying at 12 Grimmauld Place. Neither families were very happy to hear that. The meetings would be close and Aries wouldn't need to apparate in order to get to them or patch up the wounded Order members.

They had good intentions, but with both Remus and Aries of age, they were able to make their own decisions. Enough so, that Remus had decided to move in along with Aries to help her in any way he could.

Though he wasn't able to help as much as he thought he would seeing as the war still raged on. Voldemort had changed his ways, no longer showing mercy towards anyone in his way. As it turned out, he had heard that there was a new society challenging his murder streak and ruining his plans.

He had begun sending out groups of Death Eaters instead of just pairs and increased his lists of victims to over twenty names, including the children.

Voldemort, however, wasn't the only one gaining intel, Dumbledore had his people too. With Regulus getting closer to the inside, he was able to prepare the Order, but only by so much. At times, his intel had already become useless.

Whenever that happened, Alastor Moody was the first to expel a long speech of why it was a bad idea to trust a Slytherin, a Death Eater, saying he did it on purpose to string along the Order. That he had seen it all before.

Aries didn't listen when he would say this. She would leave the room, in fact, that was what she did most meetings.

She wasn't the only one to do so. Molly Weasley had a whole other reason for not being a part of the meetings. Approximately three whole other reasons, with two more on the way. Even with Aries past with Fabian, it didn't deter them from becoming friends. Molly was only a few years older, but she had experience where Aries lacked, which she liked.

"I don't know how you do it. You know there's a way to cut off the supply?" Aries asked, teasing the flustered woman. With Charlie running around the kitchen singing, Bill yanking on Molly's apron asking when dinner would be ready and Percy kicking around in her arms, she looked ready to fall on the floor in exhaustion.

Aries took Percy from Molly's arms, sticking the struggling boy on her hip, "Thank you." Molly sighed in relief, finishing the carrots for the stew, "And I am quite aware. But I've always loved children, plus we're hoping to have a daughter after the twins."