swim || remus lupin

speechless

"Who would've thought," Alice said with a quiet smile and a loud blush.

"Don't do that," I said. "You're selling yourself short. We all could've seen this coming."

"Especially after April Fool's Day," Lily noted.

We erupted in laughter.

"SIRIUS'S HAIR! I NEARLY FORGOT!"

"MR. CLEANNN!"

"I felt so bad!"

"You are still a god for that."

"I'd literally marry you if your wedding wasn't tomorrow."

Our large laughs faded into giggles before Alice sighed,

"I can't believe my wedding is tomorrow."

"And then we have kids," Lily responded, running her hands over the bump on her stomach.

"Godric, and then we have kids."

"I'm glad that we don't have any kids," Dorcas whispered to me. I nodded eagerly.

"I, for one," declared Marlene, opening a bottle of champagne and pouring a glass which she passed to me before picking up a second for Dorcas. "Am excited to be an aunt."

"Me too," I said. "Remus and I are so ready to babysit."

"Wait what?" Marlene said, lifting the bottle back out of Dorcas's glass. "I thought you said you didn't want friends to babysit because it would confuse the kid."

Alice and Lily fell silent and looked between each other.

"Thanks, Syd," Lily muttered.

"YOU'RE LETTING THEM WATCH YOUR LOVE SPAWN?!"

"Well only because-"

"Dorcas, can you believe this?!?"

"Actually Marls-"

"YOU'RE LETTING MY GIRLFRIEND WATCH YOUR LOVE SPAWN BUT NOT ME?!"

"WELL SHE DOESN'T CALL THEM 'LOVE SPAWN' LIKE A TOTAL WEIRDO!" Retorted Alice.

"AND SHE DOESN'T DROP EVERY BREAKABLE ITEM SHE HOLDS!" Added Lily.

"You also offered weed to James's friend's son at their wedding."

"YOU WHAT?!"

"SYD, YOU SNITCH!"

"WHICH ONE?!"

"THE OLDER ONE!"

"THEY'RE FOUR AND SEVEN WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'THE OLDER ONE'?!"

"HE SEEMED A LITTLE STRESSED!"

"Well that's because he's in love with Lily," I said.

"What?!"

"My God, you people don't know anything!"

"Freddie is in love with me?!"

"It's probably because he spent so much time with James," Dorcas said, chewing on her popcorn amusedly.

"He's not in love with me," Lily decided.

"Yes he is," I said. "He told me."

"What do you mean he told you?" Marlene cried. "I sat with that bastard for 15 minutes and he didn't say one word!"

"Did you ask him?" I said. Marlene's open mouth shut and pressed into a very thoughtful expression.

"Well, no."