The Wolf's Den [Remus Lupin]

6 - Mother Minnie

CW: Contains mentions of abuse

-Alula-

I checked the clock only to see it was nearly midnight. The moment I shut the door all four of the girls shot up in bed.

Lily came over to me like she knew everything that had happened. "Alula, where have you been!?"

"Were you really with Remus that whole time?" Alice raised her eyebrows at me and smirked.

Marlene was on her knees at the foot of her bed with her arms crossed. "Lula, you dog, tell us evryfink!"

I chuckled and kept quiet. "I was," I skipped over to the bathroom and took off my robe, and thought of the right thing to say. "...out." I hummed the song that had been playing downstairs before and put my robe on my hook.

"Ooo, okay keep your secrets." Marlene laughed and Alice smacked my arm excitedly.

"Are you bloody kidding? No, no way, I wanna hear everything."

The high was so much more intense now that I had left Remus. "Well give me a moment, I'm still a little...wired." I laughed and Marlene's jaw fell open.

"You smoked wivout me? Wait who 'as grass at 'ogwarts?" I picked up Binx and spun around with him in circles dancing.

"Sirius. He picked up from James Blackburn."

"Oh, thank Merlin, aunuvver link."

"I know," I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. "I was getting sick of Weatherford too."

"Lula, did you shag him?" Mary asked and I felt myself blush.

"Heavens no," I floated around the room feeling better than I had all summer. "But I have a feeling this year is going to be stellar."

They all squealed and talked over each other getting excited. I took my slippers off and sat on Marlene's bed. "Right, start from the bloody beginnin'." She picked up Binx and combed his fur whilst I collected my thoughts.

"Well, it started because he hadn't come home yet and I got nervous." I squeezed Binx's paw and he purred at all the attention. Who knows how long he was stuck in that hole?

I recounted everything for the girls with as many details as I could before I had to tell them about almost running into Inkwood. "She's bloody everywhere. I don't understand her." I threw my hands up frustrated.

"Do you believe your sister was out looking for Binx though?"

"Oh, bloody hell, of course not!" I shook my head. "She's hiding something but she could've heard him meow and played her story off of that."

"What did Remus say?" Mary asked. "Or do? I should ask." Alice laughed.

"Yeah, what's with him being so handsy with you, it seems so unlike what you'd expect of him." Alice laughed. "Sounds like such a Casanova, you know?"

"Stop it! You're making me blush!" I put the back of my hand on my cheek cooling myself down. "And for your information, he could clearly tell I was nervous and put his arms around me. He's very intuitive, really."

"Awww, well she may not 'ave shagged 'im but 'e definitely wants ter shag 'er!"

"Marly! Don't be such a butterball," She cackled.

"Well, I'm just sayin'. You've got this lad savin' cats for you, woss next–'e crosses McGonagall for you?"

"Oh please like Sirius hasn't done that for you already?" I teased her and she playfully smacked my arm.