[Locked from James, Sirius and Harry]

[flower_of_lions]

I'm starting to think I shouldn't have Confunded Potter to keep him from crashing Slughorn's party last night. But can you blame me? I didn't want him butting in. I have a boyfriend and he seems to enjoy trying to hex them or scare them off.

Anyway, as soon as Dad and I got in the door, Mum told me to change into something smart because Tuney's boyfriend was coming for dinner. So while Mum finished setting the table the doorbell rang. I answered and there was this young man, bit older and taller than me and Tuney, and also rather... heavy. Before I could ask who he was, Tuney rushed right by me and pulled him inside. So I went and asked Mum and she said, "Oh, Lily, I thought Petunia told you already. That's her boyfriend, Vernon Dursley. She broke up with David a few weeks after you left for school."

Then Mum introduced me properly to Vernon, we all sat down for dinner, and I didn't have much to say for the rest of the night except to say goodnight when he left. I don't think I've ever seen my sister so happy and in love with someone before....

But this means that Tuney could be Harry's aunt. He said his uncle's name was Vernon. I want to believe that it's just more of a coincidence, that maybe the surnames don't line up. But deep down, I think there is no coincidence. I think I might be Harry's mother in the future. But James is his father. But that means...

Oh, Merlin's beard, no! I wouldn't. I could never. It's impossible. Maybe when I wake up in the morning, I'll find out this is some awful nightmare. If it is, I swear I'll try to be nicer to James next time I see him and I'll never use a Confundus Charm on him ever again.

((Replies dated to the following morning.))

Comments

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

I used a Confundus Charm on him to make him think I kissed him. I know it was selfish of me, but he was threatening to crash Slughorn's party and I know he would have made it miserable for me, my date, and especially Sev.

I don't know why I'm so worried about him, I'm sure he'll be fine by the time we come back from break.

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

Ah. So, I take it that he found out about this Confundus Charm, then?

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

Not so much found out as much as me telling him flat out on his post after we boarded the train to go home.

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

Oh...Merlin. How did that go, then?

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

He never replied.

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

Oh, Merlin. I hope he's alright. I haven't heard from him, but I thought that was just because he was busy...

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

You haven't? Oh dear... maybe he is trying to keep busy, get his mind off things. Or would he have written Black at all?

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know. I could ask Sirius if he's heard anything from him, though...

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

Right, you do that.

But now that I think about it, how did you know that in the future I apparently fall in love with Potter?

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, there... There was a virus, and it showed... Well, I got a glimpse of what was to come. And then I talked to Dumbledore about it, and well. That situation. That's how I found out.

[Remus is being intentionally vague, here, in hopes she'll be happy with just that]

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

There was a virus able to do that?

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It... It posted a video, and the video, well. It was pretty revealing, as it was.

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

Oh dear God....

Remus, do me a favor and never show me that video. Not unless it's absolutely necessary.

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

There's a reason I haven't told you about it before now, Lily. It's... It's difficult, knowing what could be. That's why I didn't tell you about James, or James about you. Because...I didn't want to interfere. If it's supposed to happen, then it will happen.

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

I suppose I must thank you for that. And Potter really doesn't know that I'm supposed to be Harry's mother in the future?

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

If he does, it's certainly not because of anything Sirius and I might've said.

1/2

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

Okay, that's good, that is very

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

...Did you just say that Black knows too? And he's keeping it a secret from Potter?

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Sirius knows. It... It was technically his video. We just. I mean, we thought it would be better to keep it from James, in the long run. Well, the part about the two of you, at least.

...Sirius is capable of maturity, you know. I'm really not just telling you that he is just because I want you to like him, it's the truth.

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

If he's been able to keep something that would send Potter over the moon with glee... I think you're right. There might just be a slice of maturity inside him that I've never seen before. If only he could show it a little more often.

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

If you can believe it, he found out about everything before I did. Like I said, it was technically his video. I just came over and helped...talk him through it, afterwards.

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

...Talk him through it? Was the video really that traumatising? On second thought, don't answer that. I don't want to know, not yet anyway. I'm still trying to think through everything else I've learned and figured out today. Forgive my lack of modesty, but this is one time I wish I wasn't so clever.

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

...yeah. Talk him through it. I mean. I haven't ever seen him like that before.

I won't go on, though believe me, Lily, I understand what you mean there. I really do. I... I don't know what else you've learned today, but. We. We should probably have a talk sometime, you and I.

[flower-of-lions.livejournal.com]

...Oh God.

Professor Dumbledore told me to choose my friends in the future wisely and not to place faith in Peter Pettigrew. But as clumsy as he is, he's still fairly bright. And I've noticed how much Potter, Black and even you have been skirting around him a bit, for at least a couple months. I can't help but feel bad for him since he doesn't know what he did to offend you all. If it's related to the future, as I'm starting to think, do you think it's fair to mistrust and exclude him now, when he hasn't yet done any of you wrong? Or it's even possible you could keep him from following the path that supposedly makes him untrustworthy.

I'm sorry to dump all of that on you, but it's just what I believe. It doesn't sit well with me when I see someone being avoided by those they once counted as friends. However, the reasoning behind it is none of my business, I know that much. Everyone has the right to choose and cut off their friends as they wish, which is why I never said anything until now.

[lycanthropy-101.livejournal.com]

I don't know if changing him is possible or not. I mean, you've got to believe me, I want it to be possible. He's... He's not a "bad" person. He's just... He's easily swayed. And I know that in another future, we stayed friends like we were then, and he betrayed you. So...what else am I supposed to do? How are we supposed to feel around him? I realize it's not fair, Lily, but. How the hell are we even supposed to begin describing any of this to him?

...sorry. I. I shouldn't have gone off on you like that. I just. You have to understand, the situation is less than ideal.