Among the Stars

    Molly insisted on taking them to Kings Cross station at the end of summer. She also insisted on apparating there, a process they then had to explain to Wisteria, who had no idea what it was. After grabbing their trunks and other school things Fabian and Gideon grab onto Molly and Wisteria grabs onto Arthur and together the five of them apparate to Platform 9 ¾. At the platform Wisteria quickly finds her friends and says a quick goodbye to the Prewetts and Weasley’s before rushing over to them.

    “So, how was your time with them? Did Fabian ask you out?” Christy asks right away.

    Wisteria laughs. “Don’t you think I would have already told you if he had asked me out? And it was fine, thank you. I actually love their sister. She even let me teach her how to knit!”

    “You know how to knit?” Jane asks.

    “My grandmother taught me years ago. I don’t do it very often anymore though. Anyway, what about the Quidditch match? How was it?”

    “Boring.” Christine says. “I think I’ve deciding I’m not trying out for the team this year.”

    “Aww. What about you Shay? You’re still trying out right?” Wisteria asks.

    “Yeah, I think so. What about you?”

    “Of course. I practiced with Fabian and Gideon all month, so I’m more confident this time around. How was the wedding?”

    “Oh it was beautiful! My sister looked lovely in her wedding dress!”

    “What’s this about a wedding dress?” James asks as he approaches with Remus, Sirius, and Peter in tow. “Is Lily finally planning our wedding?”

    Wisteria laughs. “You wish.”

    “Yes, in fact I do.”

    “What do you boys want?” Penelope asks.

    “Only to talk.” Remus says.

    “Actually we wanted your opinion on something.” Peter tells them.

    “Oh really? And what might that be?” Wisteria asks.

    “We were talking over the summer and we decided that when people talk about us it’s a pain in the butt to have to say ‘Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter’” Sirius says.

    “What makes you think people would be talking about you?” Penelope asks.

    “Oh please, everyone talks about us.” James says with a confident smile. “Anyway, like Sirius said, having to say all of our names is a bit of a hassle, so we were trying to come up with a group name. What do you girls think of ‘The Marauders’?”

    “Marauders? As in people who steal and attack people?” Jane asks.

    “We like to think of a Marauder as more of a mischief maker.” Sirius says with a smirk.

    “But yes, he did say Marauder.” Remus says.

    Wisteria laughs. “The Marauders… I suppose it does have a nice ring to it.”

    “I like it.” Christine says.

    Sirius smiles politely at Christine. “Then it’s decided. We are now, the Marauders. You pretty little ladies wouldn’t mind calling us that from now on would you? If enough people start saying it eventually it will stick.”

    “Sure thing boys. We’ll see you later.” Shannon says as she leads the rest of the girls onto the train.

    Once on the train the girls split up to find an empty compartment for them to sit in. While searching Wisteria wanders into a compartment and finds Regulus Black. At the sound of the door opening he turns and looks at her. Her heart rate picks up and her hands begin to shake as the usual fear sets in. But she soon remembers that Regulus isn’t anything like Mercury. As he looks at her there is no hint of malice in his eyes, just curiosity.

    “Sorry.” Wisteria mumbles as she quickly leaves the compartment. Even if he isn’t as horrible as his brother, she still doesn’t want to cross him. The next cabin that Wisteria stumbles into is Fabian and Gideon’s .

    “Oh. Hello boys. I’m just looking for an empty cabin for my friends and I.”

    “You could always share this one with us. We don’t mind the company.” Fabian says smiling at her.

    “That’s very kind of you, but-“ The train jolts as it begins moving and Wisteria is thrown into the cabin, right on top of Fabian.

    Her face is so close to his that she can feel his breath on her face. Her heart skips a few beats and her breath gets caught in her throat as her face turns a shade of red that is darker than her hair.

    “I-I-I…. I d-didn’t… Uh… Umm… I-I’m s-s… sorry.” She mumbles, her jaw trembling.

    Fabians face turns a similar shade of red as her own and he bites down hard on his lip as she shakily stands back up, still mumbling. The cabin door opens again and Shannon walks in.

    “Oh, Wisty! I was just looking for you. Pen found a cabin for us.” Shannon notices the look on everyone’s faces in the cabin her eyes widen. “Am I interrupting something?”

    “No no, n-not at all.” Wisteria says, stumbling her way to Shannon’s side. “I’ll see you boys later. Let’s go Shay.” Wisteria drags her friend out of the compartment and then closes the door and leans against it, willing the redness of her face to go down.

    “What happened?” Shannon asks.

    “If you take me to the others I only have to say it once.” Wisteria says.

    A few minutes later Wisteria is sitting with her friends and she has just told them all what happened when she was in the cabin with the Prewetts.

    Jane and Penelope are cracking up and Christine and Shannon can’t seem to stop smiling.    

    “You guys are totally going to be dating by the end of this year!” Christine says.

    “Shut up!” Wisteria yells, her face flushing again.

    “Oh come on.” Jane says. “You may have completely embarrassed yourself in there, but if he does like you, like everyone thinks he does, then maybe he enjoyed it.”

    Wisteria looks horrified. “Don’t worry darling.” Penelope says. “That boy is head over heels for you. I would tell you that you should refer to the incident in a flirty way in front of him, but knowing you, you would just freak out and embarrass yourself even further. So instead, just act as if that whole incident never happened and act normally around him. It’ll be fine.”

    “Your right. I’ll just ignore the fact the whole thing even happened. Now I’m glad I’m not in the same house as him. I don’t have to see him all the time. That would make ignoring that incident a lot harder.”