A/N- sorry it took so long for an update, i had some personal problems, which left me in no mood to write. ; i put links up on my profile for pictures of what Heidi, Alyssa and Coby look like.

disclaimer ; i don't own any of the harry potter characters.

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A Crush, & A Story

Heidi stood in the Great Hall with Alyssa and other sixth years, for Apparition lessons. "Quidditch later" Alyssa said, Heidi nodded "what time?" she asked, Alyssa shrugged "not sure yet" she replied, "just ask Cedric in defense against the dark arts" Heidi said looking back at the instructor.

"Alright that's today's lesson, I'll see you all tomorrow" Wilkie Twycross, the apparition instructor announced, Heidi picked up her things and walked with Alyssa to their next class Herbology, which seemed to drag on.

"Bloody hell, I'm going to die from all these classes" Heidi whined sitting down at a desk in the Defense against the dark arts classroom, with Alyssa, who laughed "why didn't you tell me to pick easy classes, like you" she asked loosening up her tie, "because I wanted to watch you suffer for your smartness" Alyssa replied laughing more, Heidi gave her a death glare, which just caused Alyssa to laugh harder.

"What's so funny?" Cedric asked sitting in the desk in front of Heidi, "Heidi is complaining about her classes again" Alyssa replied smirking, Cedric laughed too "you guys are jerks" Heidi stated simply, causing them both to start laughing again, and eventually Heidi joined in.

"And what's so amusing?" Professor Lupin asked walking towards the three laughing students "well Cedric and I were laughing at Heidi, not too sure what she was laughing about" Alyssa replied, Heidi felt a bit embarrassed "I don't even know why" Heidi confessed grinning sheepishly. This caused Lupin to smile in amusement, nodding his head, he went to the front of the class, waiting for other students to arrive to start.

"Oh Cedric, what time is practice tonight?" Heidi asked quietly as Professor Lupin was teaching "5:45, until 7:00" Cedric replied, you nodded and looked over at Alyssa to see if she heard him.

"Where the bloody hell do you go at night?" Alyssa asked randomly looking over at Heidi, who felt her cheeks get hotter, "just out by the lake" she replied simply, Alyssa looked at her oddly, "by yourself?" she questioned with a raised eyebrow, "Yeah" Heidi lied, though she wasn't sure why, but saying she was sitting with a Professor every night, probably won't sound too good. Heidi went out by the lake every night since the first night back at Hogwarts, and so did Remus, they'd sit together and just talk, and not like a student and a professor, just like two people. Though Heidi couldn't deny it, she had a bit of a crush on Professor Lupin, which was probably why she'd go out every night.

"Ms. Casey, Ms. Sommers, I'm hoping what your discussing is related to this lesson" Professor Lupin said looking over at the two girls talking, "sorry professor" Heidi replied shooting an apologetic smile, Alyssa just smiled innocently. The two girls stopped talking and paid attention to Professor Lupin, for the rest of the class.

"Oh, Heidi i didn't get to ask you in class, but can you help me with homework tonight?" Alyssa asked as they ate, "what class?" she asked raising her eyebrow, it was only about the second week of school, and Alyssa needed help already. "charms, and defense against the dark arts" Alyssa replied, Heidi laughed "yeah. I'll help you after practice" "thanks" Alyssa replied.

Heidi held onto her collar of her jacket as she headed to the familiar tree near the black lake, where she'd gone regularly since she came back to Hogwarts.

She saw Lupin sitting there looking out towards the black lake, but his gaze went to her as she came near him, "I didn't think you were coming tonight" he said watching her sit down. Heidi sat down automatically laying on her back, letting out a sigh of exhaustion. Remus let out a small chuckle "busy day?" he asked looking at the tired girl, who nodded her head "classes, quidditch, homework, and helping Alyssa, shouldn't all be in one day" Heidi stated, causing Lupin to laugh again "it will get easier, it's only been about a week or so, your still used to not having school" Remus said in a matter of fact tone, "your right, I do this the beginning of every year" Heidi said laughing at herself a bit.

Heidi looked over at the man that sat beside her, she often did this, when he wasn't looking of course. She had to laugh at herself, when she thought of the idea she was spending her nights with a professor, one she had a crush on.

She often wonder why he keep coming back at night.

" So how's being a professor? I don't see you as tired as I am" Heidi said starting a conversation, Remus just smiled, "it's alright, when I was a student, I helped my friends with their work, like you, they always said I'd make a good professor" he replied smiling a bit, Heidi smiled too, "they were right, your an excellent professor" she said, "thank you" Remus said chuckling a bit, Heidi just nodded her head.

The two talked about how they helped their friends with homework, Heidi notice Remus going quiet with that look of deep thought on his face again, he'd done this so often she would just ignore it and let him think.

"What are you thinking about?" Heidi finally asked looking over at Lupin, who was still in his state of thought, he looked over at Heidi "pardon?" he asked "what are you thinking about?" she asked again, not sure if she should have been asking. He just looked at her, with the same expression of thought, "you don't have to tell me, I'm just being curious" Heidi said, feeling like he wasn't going to tell her, he still stayed quiet, Heidi felted a bit awkward now, was he mad at her for asking?

"This place just holds a lot of memories for me" he finally said looking over at the school now, "does for a lot of people" Heidi added looking over at as well.

Remus let out a sigh, "I had three best mates here, greatest friends someone could ask for, best years of my life" Remus stated randomly, Heidi watched him though, he was still looking at the school with the same expression.

"One of them, had this obsession with getting this certain girl to go out with him, took him six years for her to finally say yes" he said laughing at this a little, Heidi just smiled. "they got married and had a son after we all left Hogwarts" he went quiet for a longer period of time after he said that, a pained look came over this face. "Our other mate, was like a brother to him, they were the closest out of all four of us" he said turning away from the school and looking up towards the sky, Heidi followed his gaze, the moon was fuller also full.

" He betrayed us, resulting in James and Lily's deaths, and he killed Peter, than fled" Remus finally said, his voice was a mixture of anger and sadness, Heidi's eyes widen "pardon?" she choked out, she wasn't expecting a response like that at all, she was leaning towards an old girlfriend.

"I lost all my friends in one night, and I couldn't do anything about it" he stated, he had a hard expression on his face, though his eyes were pained.

Heidi didn't know what to say, so she did the only thing that came to her mind, she sat up and flung her arms around Remus's neck, "I'm so sorry" she whisper, feeling terrible.

Remus was a bit shocked at Heidi when she all a sudden hugged him, he wasn't expecting it, but he put his arms around her waist hugging her back, it felt nice. He heard her whisper she was sorry, "it's doesn't matter" he replied, she pulled back a bit looking at him, she wanted tell him it did, but decided against it, won't be the best time for that. "I'm here for you, if you ever want to talk" she said wholeheartedly, hugging him again, she hated when people told her that, but it also made her feel cared about, so she hoped Remus would feel the same.

He smiled slightly, hugging the girl once again, he knew he'd never talk to her about that, but it was nice hear.

Heidi pulled away, her face crimson, realizing she was hugging her professor. She smiled at him before leaning back on her hands, He smiled back, than looked ahead again.

The two stayed quiet, until Heidi let out a yawn, causing Remus to look over at her, "tired?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, she just shook her head as her hand covered her mouth. Lupin laughed as Heidi yawned again.

"You should probably get some sleep" Remus said, "probably" she agreed, standing up. "well, g' night" she added putting her hands into her pockets, Lupin nodded "good night" he replied.

Heidi turned to leave, letting a light breeze hit her face. "hey Heidi" Remus called, causing her to turn around, "yes?" she asked "thanks" he said simply, giving her heartfelt smile, which she returned, and continued on her way to the Hufflepuff common room.


A/N - i don't really know how long it took James to get lily to go out with him, i just took a random guess, cause i was too lazy to look it up. ^.^