Author's Note: A filler chapter. Next time we get to see revenge.
Disclaimer: My name's Hannah. Draw your own conclusions.
After her little talk with Lily, Sophia didn't necessarily want to go back to the common room after dinner. The rest of her day had ran smoothly, and she spent her evening meal alone, trying to come up with a plan of revenge against Sirius for raising his voice to her.
Sirius knew as well as James did that she didn't like having someone yell at her, even if it wasn't meant to be mean. Only James knew why that was though.
Sighing, she headed towards the library. Some quiet would do her good. Sophia liked books and books liked her. They were a match made in heaven.
The library was even more extraordinary than she thought it would be. Books flew, placing themselves, and the smell of old leather and ink and mildew was in the air. Her favorite scents.
Then she spotted Remus sitting at a small table near the window. His hair was falling in his face and he looked kind of cute in his bookish ways. Sophia was seventeen, well almost, she would be in a few months anyways, but she had never had feelings for a boy. In fact, she had never been kissed.
Remus might just be the one to change that.
"Remus," she whispered and he looked up at her and smiled with that charismatic smile.
"Care to join?" Remus indicated to one of the chairs. Sophia sat, letting her bag fall off her shoulder with a small thud.
"Are we the only ones in here?" she smiled slyly.
"I think so, why?" He wasn't sure by the gleam in her eye whether he wanted to run away or snog her senseless.
"I've just never been in here. Is it always this deserted?"
"Unless there are exams coming up, it's pretty peaceful. Not many read for fun, and if they do they like to do it in a comfortable place. I can't read in my dorm." He shrugged, and she nodded her head sympathetically.
"I know what you mean. Sirius barely let the house be quiet. Well, when Mr. and Mrs. Potter were away, at least." She remembered all the times he tried to convince her to slide down the banister and the first time she finally did and how stiff she was afterwards.
"He doesn't cause trouble around them, does he?" his voice wasn't serious, like he was scolding, but more light hearted.
"No. Mr. and Mrs. Potter, they are saints. Sirius says he's in their debt. They took him in when he had no where to go. You know that, of course. They gave me a home when I didn't know what I was doing with my life." Sophia sighed.
"I don't understand, I thought you just stayed with them over the summer while your parents were moving?"
"That was the second time. Like Sirius, I once ran away. My family weren't always how they are today, but the Potters' offered to take care of me. I'd never experienced such kindness and generosity in my life." She felt their fingers brush as they opened their books. "They are my family Remus. All of them. They know my darkest secrets and biggest fears, and they love me anyways."
After a while it was starting to grow darker and the almost full moon appeared in the sky. It was only a day or two until Remus would become weak and irritable, and he could only hope that his relationship with Sophia could withstand that pressure.
When Sophia stifled a yawn Remus offered to walk her back to the common room. She agreed that it was best for her to turn in, since it had been a full first day and they gathered there things and left. When finally they were standing in the doorway to the stairs up to the girl dormitory she looked at him with gentle eyes.
"Listen Remus, I didn't mean to go all sentimental on you back there. I barely know you, and it probably seems like I'm trying too hard for you to know me and-"
"It's alright, really. It's obvious that your relationships are important. And anytime you need to be sentimental, I'll be there." This brown eyes lit up and the way she looked at him.
She cocked her head to the side and studied him, only for a moment but his heart was pounding. "You aren't like most men, Remus Lupin." With only a beats hesitation she kissed his cheek and went quickly upstairs.
Remus looked out at the moon and then back at where her figure had been only a moment before and spoke to no one.
"If only you knew."
