Authors Note: Hooray! Last chapter! And here comes the Fluff!

PS: This fic. is not Beta-read, so consider yourselves warned. If you find any mistakes, feel free to inform me and I'll fix it.

Chapter 4 – Concern And Pride

In which Remus gets alone time with Ria. *wink*

"You scared me," Remus stated softly.

They were in an empty corridor. Ria was leaning slightly on Remus, her right arm over his shoulder and his right hand gripping hers; the other around her waist to support her as she limped forward. As the adrenaline surge had faded from her system, her injured leg had made its pain known.

"Pardon?" Ria looked at him.

"You scared me – us, when you first got hit by the Bludger and then when you nearly crashed to the ground," Remus repeated. He watched as the small goofy smile she had on her face slide away and promptly felt guilty.

"I-I didn't mean to upset you, it's just that-"

"No, that's not it. I'm sorry, really, to have had frightened you guys like that. I get carried away sometimes. Usually, one of my friends would bring me to my senses. Heck, if 'Mione had seen me pull that stunt, she would have probably yelled at me for being such a reckless prat and nearly giving her a heart attack," Ria chuckled wryly.

Remus looked at her curiously. It was rare for her to talk about her past.

Ria looked at him again with gentle green eyes and smiled warmly. Softly, she said, "Thanks, though, for being concerned about me."

Remus held her a bit closer against him, enjoying her presence. "Why wouldn't I be?" he asked, simply, just as softly.

Ria's smile simply widened.

Ria sat on the cream-coloured plush carpet, one leg tucked under her and the other pulled up to her chin, staring at the wand she was twirling in her hand.

A little ways off her left, the flames from the fireplace cast a warm glow over the cosy room, with its soothing dark red walls and a skylight window that gave a view of the clear night sky littered with twinkling stars.

The view was fake, of course; it was raining heavily outside, but that didn't deter Ria from asking the Room Of Requirements to recreate the study of her safe-house that she and her friends had stayed at while hunting for the Horcrux.

Well, without Luna's pretty drawings, Neville's cabinet of emergency potions and battle plans, Ron's chess set and Hermione's table hidden by numerous books and scrolls, it looked completely bare. Nevertheless, for once, Ria didn't dwell on those thoughts.

Instead, her mind was occupied by a far more pleasant memory…

"…That was one wicked dive! I'm really proud of you Ria!"James had said, grinning happily at her.

Ria's smile widened as she recalled what her father had said.

Technically, this James, who was her own age was not actually the man who Ria called her Dad; but try as she might, Ria couldn't let go of the fact that she had made him proud of her.

Ria remembered, how proud Uncle Vernon had looked when Dudley had gotten a prize for boxing; and how Aunt Petunia's eyes had gone soft and misty with pride when Dudley had been accepted into Smelting's.

And in her Second Year, Lucius Malfoy had come to watch his son play. Well, yeah Draco had lost the Snitch, but the fact was that his father had turned up while she had no one to take pride in her victory or to just watch her play, had burned in a miserable silence in a corner of her mind.

Out on the pitch, Ria had seen the sincerity and pride in James' face; had heard the genuine joy in his voice. For a small moment, she let herself think that she had hugged her Dad, whom she Harriah Potter had made proud. She had felt ecstatic and so accomplished.

She still felt same, actually. It was rather silly but Ria couldn't stop the happiness that bubbled through her and fizzed her entire being. The feeling was overwhelming and Ria raised her wand pointing at the empty space in front of her,

"Expecto Patronum."

White light shot out of her wand a form cantered and galloped about the room before coming to rest in front of her.

Ria offered her hand to the brilliant stag who nuzzled it happily. The stag glowed more brightly then she could ever remember which only made her smile more.

"Hello, Prongs."

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