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*click*
“Pst. Daniel.”
“What?”
“Put your phone away.”
“I'm recording it!”
“You're recording it on your phone? When are you going to-”
“It's a voice memo!”
“Why would you need a recording of Harry and his class singing? They're not that good.”
“Well, I just thought it's so easy to just-”
“Sh sh sh”
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“Remind yourself the Lupin family tree, three siblings Lyall, Ace, Adele”
*click*
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“Can you say that again?”
“About city hall? Oh my god, you're recording this!”
“Yes!”
“What? So you can prove it in court?”
“I just want it on the record! You are okay with not having a big wedding. No guests.”
“Oh my god, you're insane. Yes, confirmed. Yes, confirmed. You hear that? I confirmed it! I'm on the record. I'm okay with not having a big wedding.”
“Thank you!”
“I don't know about no guests though, we gotta talk about that.”
“What? Hm, it's on the record.”
“It doesn't have to be a-”
*click*
*click*
“Daniel! Daniel!”
“Hello!”
“We’re like, we’re all the way around the van I thought you were right behind us.”
“Sorry.”
“Are you okay?”
“I'm okay.”
“What are you doing? Taking pictures?”
“No, I was recording.”
“What are you recording?”
“I'm just, capturing Wales in all its glory.”
“Do you ever listen back?”
“Not yet.”
“You ever think you're going to?”
“Hm.. I guess when I miss it.”
*click*
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“The date is Thursday, July 28, 2009. My name is, uh, Sirius Black. And I have been lying to my husband since the moment I met him! I'm going on the record here to make this right. To remember. Um, the time is 6:43 and I seem to have left my charger at Denny’s which means I have about 30 minutes, if I’m lucky, before this cuts out. So! So, I don't have very long to convince him, I guess.”
“Your destination is on the right.”
“Oh shoot. Jesus. Ah okay. Ah. Oh my god. Oh I'm gonna die out here. There's literally nothing out here. Not even an am radio station. I'm gonna die and they're gonna find my car, but all that will be left of me is my phone. Okay. Made it in one piece. Uh, I can see Remus’s family country house or log cabin or whatever. Definitely get the appeal of it. Peaceful, remote. A great place to get some me time! Particularly if you just found out your husband has been uh, lying about who he is and refusing to acknowledge it.”
Sirius got out of his car and loudly closed the car door behind him.
“ Well, there goes the element of surprise.” He walked up closer to the cabin. “I think someones, drilling inside? So maybe he didn’t hear me. Not that it matters, It's not like I'm springing a trap. You hear that future Sirius? Not a trap! The mission is to salvage the most important relationship of your life. Just gotta make it to the porch!”
The drilling got louder as he walked up the stairs to the front door.
“ All that's left to do is just uh, do it. I just have to do it.”
He knocked on Remus's door.