Meretricious | Professor Lupin

97. You know where I am

"C'mon" Fred smirked.

Spencer shook her head, "what were you thinking about?" she looked at Andrew.

"France but now I want to know-"

"I've never been" she nodded.

"What was it?" George with a confused smile.

Spencer sighed, "it was a really dark joke you guys wouldn't appreciate" she replied.

As they stared at her she wrapped her arm around Harry. He looked up at her and smiled. She smiled back before kissing his head.

"Should we maybe talk about it" Andrew suggested.

"I don't think I'll be able to go to France" she gave him a sad smile.

"If it's about money-"

"It's not just about money Andy... it's about me" she shrugged.

"We'll go after" Fred reached for her hand and gave it a tight squeeze.

"We'll go when you're ready to, when you feel ready to" George said, Andrew nodded.

"I think we should talk about it" Andrew added. "Maybe not with children beside us..."

"I don't want to put it all on-"

"Hey," Fred cut her off softly, "we can take it" he shook his head.

"Let's skip today" George said. "Let's just," she shrugged, "hang around the courtyard or I don't know."

"Lay under a tree?" Spencer asked.

"The biggest one" Andrew nodded.

Spencer shook her head, "you guys don't have-"

"We want to" Fred said.

"Plus, I already know where one is" Andrew added.

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After breakfast the four of them walked into the forbidden forest.

Fred carried a book bag with snacks, George carried another book bag with drinks.

"Am I hearing a river?" Spencer asked.

"Yeah" Andrew nodded. "We're close."

"We better be, I'm reaching my step limit" Fred groaned.

Andrew laughed.

After a few minutes they could see the river, to their left was a huge tall tree.

"Wow" Spencer said breathlessly.

"Thank Merlin" Fred groaned, setting the bag down.

Andrew walked up to the tree and hugged it. "Glad you're feeling better" he said softly.

"It was sick?" she asked.

"Yeah" he nodded. "But she's better now."

"How'd you know she was sick?" George asked.

"She was discolored and the bark was falling off."

Spencer walked to Andrew and took his hand, "thanks for bringing us to her."

"Can't keep her all to myself now, can I?" he laughed.

Spencer chuckled before she brought her hand up to the tree, resting her forehead on it.

Suddenly there was rustling behind her, she turned around and found Fred undressing.

"What are you doing?" she asked, trying to hide her smile.