A/N: I don't own Harry Potter or any of the characters that you recognize from the books.
Summary: Memories is a collection of one-shots about characters from Sirius' Potion Mistake, The New Defense Professor, and Consequences of a Potion Mistake. Possibly characters from Teaching in the Future as well.
Spica and Melissa
In
The Tape Recorder
"Ok. Now Mel said that this slides in here. And to activate it, you push these two buttons at the same time."
Spica Jenkins was an English born witch earning her Psychology degree at Harvard. Hence, why she doesn't really know how to work a portable tape recorder.
"Mel's going to kill me." She said as she pushed the PLAY and RECORD buttons on the tape recorder.
"Hi Guys. It's me, Spica. Are you missing me and Mel? I know that's a stupid question. Anyways, Mel's getting her degree in Biology and Medicine. Myself, well, I'm working on my psychology degree. Maybe I'll be able to help you, Sirius." She said into the recorder.
"Anyway," she continued. "Lily, Sara, I think I found a way to get Mel to admit her true feeling about you-know-what. If Lupin isn't with you, stop the tape and get him. If it's the full moon, then get him in the morning."
She paused. Melissa had started dating other people because of her parents and aunt. Spica wouldn't have that. Everyone at Hogwarts knew that Melissa Oxford and Remus Lupin were beyond crushing on each other. In fact, they had gone out for a while, but broke it up when Mel's family decided to send her to Harvard. She even started to act like she didn't care for him anymore to make leaving England easier. Poor Remus probably thought it had something to do with his problem.
"Hi Remy." She said into the recorder. "Now, don't stop the tape until I say so. I'm doing some research on Reverse Psychology. Sorry Remus, I don't mean anything I'm going to say once my subject enters. My subject is Melissa Oxford and she has no idea what I'm going to do. She should be arriving…"
Just then, the door opened to reveal a 23 year old Melissa Oxford.
"Hi Aldolpha." Spica said sweetly hiding the tape recorder behind her back.
"Hi Bushtail." Melissa sighed.
"How was class?"
"Class was fine. It's my Aunt."
"Another guy?"
"Yes. Can you try to stay in the dorm this time? And no magic."
"Sure. You know, you're absolutely right."
Melissa raised an eyebrow.
"You should see other men. Forget about old, what's his name. Lupos?"
"I never said that." Melissa argued. "And it's Lupin."
"You deserve someone rich."
"I'll make more than enough to give the Potters a run for their money." Melissa vowed angrily.
"Handsome." She was starting to go into very dangerous territory. To illustrate exactly how dangerous, it would have been better to wear red in a field of bulls.
"Remus IS handsome." Melissa told her friend angrily.
"And safe." Spica played the most dangerous card. She was safer wearing a piece of steak in a den of lions, tigers, cougars, hyenas and bears .
"Are you saying Remus is dangerous?" Melissa asked dangerously.
"Well, he IS a werewolf." Spica pointed out.
"I don't care! I LOVE HIM! I LOVE REMUS LUPIN!" she yelled stamping her foot.
Spica grinned
"I'll help Sara find a cure. Why do you think I'm studying medicine? And if we don't, I'll find another werewolf, so Remus won't feel guilty, and get myself bitten!" she continued.
"I can sabotage my own dates, Spica Jenkins. I was hoping that, like the other 693 dates my parents and/or aunt set me up with, you will not listen to me and…why are you grinning like that?"
Spica grinned even wider and held out the tape recorder.
"Say "Hi" to the guys, Aldolpha."
Melissa starred at the recorder in horror as she figured out what had just happened.
Finally, the lions, tigers, cougars, hyenas, and bears saw the steak.
"SPICA JENKINS! GIVE ME THAT!"
"As you can see," Spica spoke into the device as she ran from her friend, "she won't admit it to just anyone."
Spica then put the recorder in her pocket, opened a window, transformed into Bushtail the squirrel, and jumped out the window onto a tree.
0000
15 years later,
"Merlin Spica. Kept enough books." Sirius Black asked his new wife as they unpacked their belongs in their new own home.
"What all do you have?" Melissa Lupin asked.
"Books, old reports," Spica said as she dug through a box
"A tape recorder?" a 17 year old Harry Potter asked as he pulled out the 15 year old device.
"It even still has a tape in it." Lily observed.
"I remember now. I was doing a project on…oh boy." She said looking nervously at Melissa.
"Let's listen." Remus suggested.
"Oh no. We don't have to." Spica said hurriedly.
"Don't be a spoilsport." James told her as he held his daughter.
Lily rewound the tape and pressed PLAY
"Hi Guys. It's me, Spica. Are you missing me and Mel? I know that's a stupid question." The tape played as Spica turned as red as Lily's hair.
0000
At the end of the tape, Melissa was glaring at Spica.
"I thought you said that you destroyed that." She said very dangerously.
Everyone else seemed to have a hard time holding in the laughter because of the chase scene that was heard.
"At least I didn't send it like my original plan." Spica pointed out embarrassed.
The End
A/N: I have a few other one-shots that will be posted later. However, if anyone has any suggestions for future one-shots, please let me know and I'll try to include a scene that is requested. There will probably be a 99 percent chance that if a scene it is requested, it will appear.