Just A Kiss: A multi-couple story
A/N: Hi Everyone! The song is Just A Kiss by Lady Antebellum. I love this band, and this song is my obsession at the moment. All quotes were found on Google. I OWN NOTHING BUT THE PLOT! LYRICS BELONG TO LADY ANTEBELLUM, CHARACTERS BELONG TO JK ROWLING! Enjoy and Review!
Dora and Remus
All my life, my heart has yearned for a thing I cannot name.
Remus was never a normal person. Fenrir Greyback's attack on him as a child left Remus scared both physically and emotionally. Remus had always been a shy child, even before Greyback attacked him. But after the attack, Remus became even more shy and quiet. His parents worried about him. Remus was only three when Greyback attacked him because Remus's parents refused to join the Death Eaters.
Remus showed traces of magic from a very young age, even prior to the attack. But after the attack, Remus forced his magic inward and didn't show it anymore. His parents were concerned about him even more for that. When Remus turned five, and it was time to start primary school his mother decided that she would home school him rather than sending him to school where he would no doubt be ridiculed for his scares.
The summer after Remus turned eleven the family had a visitor, Professor Dumbledore. He informed the family that, if precautions were taken, there would be no reason that Remus couldn't go to school. A house would be built to contain Remus during his transformations and a extremely violent tree would be placed at the main entrance, which would be a underground tunnel. The matron would be informed as would Remus's Head of House when he was sorted into school.
Remus was in shock. He was going to be able to attend school with all of the normal children. He would be able to learn in a classroom with children his own age. He might even make friends! What he wouldn't give for friends! Real friends… who he would have to lie to every month. Remus was saddened at that thought. But his parents were extremely happy that he would be able to attend Hogwarts, where they had both attended.
September first came and Remus found himself on the train in a compartment with three other boys and one girl in the corner. The boys all introduced themselves then started horsing around. The girl looked miserable. Remus sat across from her and smiled sympathetically at her when she looked up at him. The girl smiled back sadly and introduced herself as Lily Evans. She looked quickly back out the window and Remus moved to sit beside her rather than across from her, He was about to ask her what was wrong when the compartment opened and a fifth boy entered and sat across from Lily. Remus looked away and opened his book he had brought with him. He did not look up again until the smallest boy, Peter, tapped him on the arm and said that they were going to be disembarking soon and that Remus should change into his robes.
The first year of school passed quickly and Remus befriended his four roommates; James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, and Frank Longbottom. Remus also found a study partner and friend in Lily Evans. Summer passed with letters from his friends. James and Lily both asked Remus to come and stay with them but Remus refused both offers, terrified that they would find out his secret.
Second year passed the same as First year. Remus told his dorm mates and Lily that his mother was sick every month and he had to go home to see her. Remus thought it was a feeble lie, but his friends bought it and told him to give his mother their well wishes. Remus lied through his teeth and told them that she was doing better, but she was still weak. Summer passed with more invitations to stay at his friends, but he always declined.
Over the summer Remus realized the Fenrir had taken more than Remus had originally thought. Fenrir had taken away Remus's hope of, not only being a normal person, but also Remus's dream to have a family of his own. Remus had dreamed as a child of having what his parents had. Someone to love and to raise a family with. Remus doubted if any women would even want him, damaged as he was. The thought made Remus's heart sink. Remus promised himself to never reveal his innermost dream to anyone.
Third year passed quickly until Remus's fourteenth birthday. That was the day he received his first kiss from none other than Lily Evans. Remus watched in shock as Lily skipped away. Later that night Remus asked Lily about the kiss.
"I just wanted to wish you a happy birthday. Plus, I wondered what it would be like to kiss you." Lily said blushing.
"I like you, Lily. But not like that. I feel like you are a sister to me." Remus said softly.
"I feel the same. I just wanted to do it." Lily said smiling.
"Have you ever…?" Remus started.
"Severus and I kissed when we were ten. We wanted to get it over with." Lily said turning back to her homework.
Remus smiled at her.
One week prior to the end of term. James, Sirius, and Peter approached Remus and told him that they knew he was a werewolf. Remus quickly walked away and slept in the Common Room for the rest of the term. He avoided the letters addressed to him and didn't answer any of them, terrified of rejection he felt would surely come. But it didn't.
Fourth year started and Remus spent a majority of his time in the Library, avoiding his dorm mates. Mid February brought a surprise for Remus. James, Sirius, and Peter had managed to perform the complex Anamagi charm on themselves. They told him that he was stuck with them forever, even during his transformations. Remus never felt more wanted and loved then he did at that moment.
Fifth year Remus told Lily, he felt it was only right that she should know why he would miss prefect patrols several nights a year. Lily had kissed his cheek and told him how sorry she was and that she loved him. He told her he loved her too and the two continued on their patrols.
Sixth and Seventh year were happiest that Remus could ever recall. Remus became Lily's potions partner after her falling out with Severus in Sixth year and in Seventh James was the happiest Remus had ever saw him when Lily agreed to go out with him after nearly six years effort on James's part. Remus's parents died that year as did both Lily and James's. Graduation came around and James proposed to Lily at Graduation and she agreed with many hugs and kisses.
Summer came again and James and Lily planed their wedding for Fall. Peter started to distance himself from the group and they were all worried about him, but too busy to push him to talk about it. Remus attempted to find a job, but was rejected because he was a werewolf. James and Lily were married and months later Lily was pregnant.
Soon after that, Lily and James had to go into hiding. Remus visited when he could around his work for the Order. Remus knew that even in their close knit group, Sirius was and would always be James's best friend. It was only natural that he was named Godfather to Harry when he was born
Halloween of 1981, tragedy struck, both in Lily and James's death and in Sirius's conviction to the crime of betraying them. Remus was in shock. Sirius had been James's very best friend; he wouldn't have betrayed him and Lily in such a way. But Remus could not think of an alternative solution.
Years passed. Every August, Headmaster Dumbledore offered Remus a job as Defense Against The Dark Arts professor. Every year Remus declined until he was desperate in 1993. He needed food and a new ministry law made it impossible to get work elsewhere. Because of their past, Dumbledore informed Remus that Severus Snape was also employed at the school. Remus had felt a jolt of panic but Dumbledore assured Remus that Snape would not tell anyone if he wished to keep his job.
So Remus traveled back to Hogwarts on the train as he had so many years ago. He met Lily and James's son, Harry and taught him how to fight Dementors. At the end of the year Remus reunited with Sirius and found out that it was Peter that committed the crime that Sirius was imprisoned for. Remus resigned after Snape told the entire Great Hall Remus's secret. But Remus stayed in touch with both Dumbledore and Sirius.
One year later Remus got word from Sirius that Voldemort had returned to power and that the Order of The Phoenix needed to lie low at Remus's house until orders were given by Dumbledore. Remus agreed and soon his parents house was full of familiar faces and even some new faces, one of which was Sirius's second cousin, Nymphadora Tonks. Remus admired the young woman's purple hair and piercings and was shocked when Sirius informed Remus that Tonks, as the young lady preferred to be called, was an Auror. Soon after that Remus found himself living in Sirius's parents old house among other Order members including: Tonks, the Weasley family, and another Auror named Kingsley Shacklebolt.
Remus would notice Tonks watching him, but avoided being alone with her whenever possible. He had felt attracted to her, opposite to him that she was, from the moment Sirius had introduced them. Time moved on. Remus was kept busy with work for the Order. Then tragedy struck again, with the death of Sirius. Remus was used to tragedy by now, but the death still hurt. The night after Sirius's death, Tonks had finally cornered him and kissed him. Remus pushed Tonks away and fled.
Remus went into hiding amongst the other werewolves including: Fenrir Greyback. Remus spied for Dumbledore and attempted to persuade the other werewolves to join Dumbledore. He had very little success. Remus would occasionally see or hear from Tonks, who tried to persuade him to see things her way. He assured her that he did, but he was not good for her. She should try to find someone worthy of her and her loveliness.
The night of Dumbledore's death changed Remus's mind. He agreed to date Tonks, much to her joy and his weariness. Soon they were married and Remus regretted that more than anything else. He did love Tonks, but there was no way for them to have a family together, as much as both of them wanted it. But soon Tonks was pregnant with his child. Remus did what he had always done, he fled.
One week later Remus was back in his and Tonks's apartment. He lay beside her on their bed as he spoke to her quietly. He told her everything, all of his dreams he had never told his best friends, all of his fears of the child being like him or of the child being ashamed of him, he told her that she was helping him fulfill his childhood dream, a family of his own. He wrapped his arms around her and whispered how much he truly loved her and pleading for her forgiveness. Tonks kissed him and told him how silly he was before telling him that she loved him too.
I've never opened up to anyone
So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms
We don't need to rush this
Let's just take this slow