Chocolate Covered Strawberries [Remus Lupin]

𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚒𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗

"That can't be true. He just looks busy, he's always running around almost frantically," said Lily.

"I heard he's quitting." Sirius leaned back in his chair with a sigh.

"He's what?"

"Yeah, I overheard something about some Order and that his part is crucial, hence why he can't teach anymore."

"And the 'every year new DADA teacher' saga continues." Remus pointed out. "I wonder who will be the next."

"You, of course." James clapped him on the back.

At that, Remus grumbled a little and shook his head. His eyes travelled across the group and everyone was giving him encouragement about the fact that he might actually get the job of the defence professor. Though, he doubted Dumbledore would give him the spot, right after graduating. Every student would know who Remus was and what he did during his Hogwarts years, thanks to the other Marauders and all their mischief.

"I'm sure Smirnitsky can put a good word in for you." Jasmine smiled at him.

Remus only shook his head, dismissing the whole idea again. "Enough about this. What about you?" he turned to James.

The messy brunette cleared his throat and stole a glance at Lily. "We are moving in together as soon as we're out of here." They both smiled excitedly.

This was a surprise to the whole group and they reacted accordingly. Well, all except one.

"You're forgetting something. I mean, someone." Sirius butted in.

"Right," said Lily, "we're moving into a flat with Sirius. It was too expensive just for the two of us, so we needed another income and we gave the spare bedroom to him."

Sirius' face deadpanned as they made him sound like he was intruding on their plan, although he remembers them kindly inviting him in the first place as James and he have been living together under the same roof for over a year. A cheeky smile from James and a wink from Lily later the two made clear it was a joke, making others chuckle around them as well.

Jasmine looked to her right and saw a distant look on Robyn's face. She frowned momentarily, before standing up and urging James to switch seats. Of course, he didn't move without a fight, but eventually, he did switch, so now all the guys were on one side of the table and Jasmine on the other between Lily and Robyn.

"What about you, Hood?" She nudged her best friend softly, using the very old and lately rarely used nickname.

"What?" Robyn blinked a couple of times and looked at the two girls.

"Where will you go, after it's over?"

Robyn glanced one more time at the spot she was looking at before. Her voice was rather quiet when she said "I don't know."

Lily first looked at Jasmine with a raised eyebrow, to which Jasmine returned an equally confused look. Then they both turned their heads the way Robyn was looking. Near the entrance of the bar was a table, at which sat a group of students all dressed in black and yellow ties. Amongst them stood out the tallest of them with a set of blonde hair and the biggest smile of them all, a certain Quidditch Captain pin on his black sweater. A knowing look passed between the two girls.

"When was the last time you spoke to Caspar?" asked Jasmine.

"What?" Robyn was like a broken record player, repeating the same words.

Her eyes widened a bit as she switched glances between Jasmine, then Lily and at last Caspar, the boy at the table near the entrance. She chuckled nervously.