Title: Angel
Author: Saiya-Jin Girl
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN
PART TWO
They arrived home around one am. The house was quiet. Hermione walked inside, exhausted, she hung her cloak on a hook and made her way deeper into the house. With a wave of her hand, the lights came on. Ron trudged in wearily behind her.
"What a night, eh?" he said to her. She smiled.
"It was nice," she said while taking off her shoes. There was a moment of silence.
"Funny that Professor Lupin showed," he said conversationally. She nodded.
"It was nice of him to come, we haven't seen him in ages," And that was the end of it. The conversation was finished. She made her way up to the bathroom and shut the door.
Remus Lupin.
The name washed over her like ice cold water. She closed her eyes and shook her head. There was no way he remembered.
Remus Lupin lay on a bed. Next to him was Nymphadora Tonks. They had been together for several months now, and they had been happy. Despite their happiness, the surprises, the sex, there had been something lingering in the back of his mind. He knew what it was, or rather, who it was. Hermione.
Seeing her tonight had brought back all the memories from the cave that night. She had looked at him several times and for a moment he wondered if she remembered what had happened between them, but when she didn't pursue anything, he decided she had put it all behind her; after all, it was only one night.
This was the first time he had seen her since her marriage to Ronald Weasely. After the wedding he had decided it was time for him to relax, and so he withdrew himself from the farmiliar town and moved further away to a different wizarding city. He got himself a job at a wizarding primary school, teaching DADA once more, but a more watered down version to younger children. His life had been easy, and there were no bumps. Nothing to worry about until Tonks showed up in town. She was different, more mature, still fun, but she had changed a bit. He found himself enjoying her company more, they would nurse drinks at the local bar, share meals together in his home, and then they slept in his bed. From them it had been almost magical, she blossomed in love. However recently he had found himself thinking about the war, about what had happened, and about Hermione. He didn't know for what reason she popped into his head all of a sudden, and then seeing her, well that did nothing more but to make him remember all the details.
Tonks stirred next to him and he sighed. He needed a smoke. When he moved away to his new home he picked up smoking, and in the beginning, he smoked almost a pack a day, but now he knew how to control himself. He untangled himself from Tonks' limbs and grabbed his smokes which were on the bedside table. He snatched his matches and made his way outside to the deck.
He struck a match and the flame glowed for a moment. He lit the cigarette and the match died. Taking his first pull, he felt the rush of nicotine through his lungs, through his body, calming him down, taking away the stress and the anxiety he felt in his limbs. He stared at the moon in the sky and blew a cloud of smoke from his mouth. The cold air gave him goose bumps. He heard the door open behind him and he turned around. Tonks was standing there in her robe. She looked at him.
"Everything alright?" she asked. He nodded. She came over to him and stood next to him, looking up at the sky, she smiled. "Don't want to come back to bed?" she asked. He shook his head.
"Can't sleep," he said. She yawned.
"Want some tea?" she asked.
"It's alright, go back to bed," he said to her. She sighed. He had been strange lately.
"Alright then," she rubbed his arm and he looked at her. He leaned over and kissed her and then pulled away.
"I'll be in soon," he said. She nodded and went back inside.
Hermione awoke the next morning, tired. She looked around her room, sunlight streaming through the windows. Ron was still asleep. She looked at her clock. It was eleven am. She groaned. Sometimes she wished she could sleep for hours and just not wake up. She yawned and got out of bed. She sat for a moment thinking about what she had to do for the day, laundry, cook, clean up the living room, normal things, and then finish up some reports for work. She looked over at Ron sleeping and rolled her eyes.
He would probably sleep for several more hours, wake up, eat food, and watch television. It was a normal Sunday.
Later in the day, she was sitting in front of a computer screen, typing up reports. She worked at the ministry of magic, and they had developed their own computer system. She pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose and sighed. She glanced at the papers all around her and then jumped as a noise came from the living room. The television.
"RONALD, I'm trying to work, could you keep it down?" she yelled. He mumbled a reply which she couldn't understand. Gritting her teeth, she grabbed her wand and pointed it in the direction of the living room. She sealed it with a sound proof charm. She wouldn't have to listen to his madness now. Suddenly her screen blinked, she had received a wi-mail. Wizard Mail as they called it. She clicked on her inbox and clicked on her new wi-mail.
INBOX- 1 NEW WI-MAIL
From: Lupin, Remus
To: Granger, Hermione
Hermione,
Would you like to meet me somewhere?
Remus
REPLY?
A/N: Sorry for the little delay, I messaged several of you telling you I would get the chapter up as soon as fanfiction fixed the error. I wrote the chapter a little while ago, I've just been having trouble uploading it. So I must say thank you to everyone who reviewed!! I think this will be a short fic. I dont want to drag it out too long.
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