Chocolate Covered Strawberries [Remus Lupin]

𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢-𝚝𝚠𝚘

''Come on! Get up! We're visiting Robyn today!'' Lily spoke as she threw off the duvet that was covering Sirius and James who were on the bed.

''We are?'' Sirius was the first to question as he registered his ex-girlfriend's name.

Jasmine nodded and crossed her arms over her chest, waiting for the lot of them to get up. After making the initial announcement that they have to leave, quite some time flew past to the point when they were all finally ready to go. That time included breakfast, a shower for some and stalling from Sirius who spent too much time in the bathroom fixing his hair. James wasn't far behind him.

''Okay, just say Dixon's flat when you're in the fireplace. Be careful, Robyn has three younger siblings who may topple you once you arrive. I'll go last so if you end up in some dingy place come back here and try again.'' Jasmine explained once they were all in front of the fireplace.

James and Sirius snickered at the word Dixon's, for obvious reasons and Lily and Jasmine couldn't help but roll their eyes at their child behaviour. Lily was the first to go, James following her and then Peter, Remus and last Sirius. Jasmine waited for a few minutes but since none of them came back she presumed they all arrived at the flat safely. She grabbed a handful of Floo powder and said Robyn's place aloud before the flames took her body to the all too familiar flat. It was immediately filled with noise and Jasmine nearly bumped into Sirius', who stood in front of the fireplace like a statue. Jasmine looked past all of the figures standing in the middle of the living room and by the door leading to the kitchen stood Robyn with her eyes wide and staring at the whole group.

''What are you all doing here?'' She asked in disbelief.

Clearly, she didn't get over the shock from all of them coming to her place. Jasmine stepped from behind Sirius to the centre of the group. ''We came to help.'' She smiled as she invited Robyn into a hug.

The dark brunette finally chuckled and gladly embraced her best friend. The serenity was broken by another crash which had Robyn break the hug and glare at the stairs that led to the upper level in the flat. Laughter sounded and then two patting feet came rushing down. Viv and Leo stopped their laughter as they both came to a hard stop at the last step, shockingly looking at the group of teenagers in their living room. Leo's light eyes travelled through the group until they settled on Jasmine, who was the only one he recognised.

''Jasmine!'' He yelled excitedly.

He managed to wake his twin sister Viv out of her trance as well and they both ran towards the familiar brunette. Jasmine nearly fell backwards from the hit from the twins hugging her. She laughed and hugged the two smaller figures back and felt that ruffling their hair would be too inappropriate since they were already eleven. That's when she saw the strange haircut Viv had.

''Wow, what a haircut, Viv!'' Jasmine tried to fake her excitement once the twins released her.

''Thanks! I did it myself.'' Viv ran her small hands through her sideways crooked cut hair on one side, while on the other half of her head it was completely shaven off.

Jasmine looked to her left at Robyn and the older Dixon sibling only rolled her eyes and shook her head.

''I know you!'' Viv said in a singsong voice and pointed her finger at Sirius. ''You're that boy from Robyn's picture on the wall.''

Leo was next to start something as he walked across the living room and stopped right in front of Sirius. ''Are you Robyn's boyfriend?'' He crossed his eyes and looked up at him.

Sirius didn't know whether to laugh or to be shocked as he towered over Robyn's younger brother. The rest of the group stared at the situation with amusement. ''I'm not,'' Sirius said calmly and shook his head.

''But –'' Viv crossed her arms as well and wanted to walk over.

''Leo! Viv! That's enough!'' Robyn said in Spanish.

The fact that Robyn used Spanish to tell them off clearly worked as they stopped their behaviour. The room fell quiet for merely two seconds but then a cry sounded from behind the kitchen's closed doors.

''Oh, Cece!'' Robyn yelped and went back to the kitchen to stop the youngest from crying.

Jasmine nearly laughed when she saw Viv go around the group and offer everyone her hand saying to each individually 'Hi. I'm Viviana.' Leo still stood right in front of Sirius just staring at him before Viv butted him out of the way and introduced herself just as kindly. Jasmine felt a presence right beside her and she looked at Remus who smiled at her and a second later he grabbed her hand to intertwine their fingers together. Robyn came out of the kitchen, holding a grave-looking Cece in her arms when she almost immediately noticed Remus and Jasmine standing next to each other. Jasmine wiggled her hand out of Remus' which made him look at her with confusion and a tinge bit of hurt.

''Oh, aren't you just adorable.'' Lily stepped over to Robyn and Cece and smiled at the curly-haired toddler.

Something was special on Lily since Cece's deep eyes twinkled and she started grabbing towards her to be held. When Lily offered to carry her, Jasmine chuckled when Cece went for the red hair and started playing with it while Lily tried to balance her in her arms. After making sure her sister is not in danger, Robyn turned back to Jasmine with a curious look. Jasmine without another word grabbed her hand and dragged her into the kitchen, intending to have a private short talk with her. She still hadn't told Robyn about her relationship and she wanted to do just that if the girl hadn't figured it out herself already.

''I need to tell you something.'' Jasmine leaned on the counter and faced Robyn who stood just beside the table.

The darker brunette quirked up one of her eyebrows and popped her hip out in a waiting matter. ''I'm all ears.''

Jasmine at first sighed and tried to come up with how to start because in all that has been happening she didn't think how to break the news to Robyn. She also didn't have an idea how she would react. ''So, it's a long story and I just hope you won't be mad.'' Jasmine cringed at her own choice of words.

''Why would I be mad?'' Robyn asked curiously. It was hard to be mad or angry at such a sweetheart as Jasmine, who barely did anything so drastic to annoy someone. Jasmine closed her eyes and opened her mouth to speak but nothing seemed to get past. She kept on convincing herself that everything will be fine. And she wasn't wrong.

''I have a boyfriend.'' She blurted with her eyes still closed, afraid for the reaction.

When she opened them, Robyn's jaw was dropped and she looked surprised. But not as much as she expected. She got a feeling that Robyn half expected something like that or it was that best friend sense that made her believe it.

''Who is it?'' She didn't even doubt for a second that her best friend was lying or making it all up.

''Remus.'' Jasmine slightly nodded towards the closed door.

A big smile broke out on Robyn's features and she chuckled happily. She took a step closer and embraced Jasmine in another hug. ''I'm so happy for you.'' She said into her shoulder as the two nearly hugged the life out of each other. Once they released, Robyn held Jasmine at arm's length.

''I always knew you two went well together.'' Jasmine chuckled and shook her head as she couldn't believe that this could go any better. But then the question she was afraid of came out of Robyn.

''When did this happen?'' Her eyes were glinting with joy. Jasmine's smile dropped a little and she let out another deep breath.

''That's the thing.'' She started before she cautiously explained the whole story from the beginning, nice and slowly so Robyn understood her point of view.  

▴ ◃ ▾ ▹

And if you know Spanish, you can translate the lines in the comments! :)

Also thank you so much for 100k!❤️