I'm calling Hermione Jane from now one, unless I need to call her otherwise.
Disclaimer: If I could own anything in the world at my choice it'd be all things Harry Potter, but since I don't, I own this plot.
Jane's first day of school came and went. She was hoping to get on all the professor's good sides as her classmates. Class after class she amazed her professors at how much she knew. She was a bit more advanced in almost all of her lessons and that certainly impressed many of the professors, except one. Professor Crifasi was a cold as she looked. She spoke sternly and none of the students dared to talk or misbehave in her class. She was certainly frightening. Jane answered most of her questions with the help of Lily and Remus because the rest of the people in her class were either too scared to speak or had no idea what she was talking about. As Jane was to leave the class Professor Crifasi called her back.
"Miss Talmadge, would you mind staying a minute I would like to speak with you."
Jane nodded as she watched the rest of the students leave the classroom.
"It has come to my attention that you are a bit more advanced then the other students. Either that or you spend too much time reading and not enough time doing anything else. I would not like to bore you with my lessons. No one likes a know-it-all, so there is no reason to show off as one." She said icily. If Jane didn't have very good self control her jaw would have dropped. "You may go now. Enjoy your evening."
Jane left the classroom a bit shocked at what her Professor had said. She didn't like her because she knew all the answers. Not only that, the person she was supposed to try to get close to for the mission despised her. As Jane turned the corridor still lost in disbelief she walked straight into some one whose books fell out of his arms.
"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to, I wasn't paying attention." She said trying to gather the loose papers that had spilled on to the floor. Handing them back she almost gasped. Standing before her was none other then Severus Snape. He glared at her as though speaking to him would possibly poison him.
"Insolent fool." He muttered shoving past Jane. Today was not going as she had planned, it all seemed to go down hill. Again as Jane turned the corridor lost in thoughts of her double misfortune, she walked yet again into another person.
"Sorry." She mumbled as continued to walk past the person not looking up.
"Jane?" called the person with a familiar voice. She turned around, it was Remus. "I was looking for you. I had to get something from James otherwise I would have waited outside the classroom. Are you okay? You look a bit distracted."
"Yes, I'm fine. I was just thinking of… why were you looking for me? If you don't mind my asking." She said wishing to not explain the double misfortune.
"I was going to show you the library and maybe some other parts of the school." He smiled.
"Oh, right. Let's go then." She replied. Maybe her day was getting better.
Remus and Jane dropped their things in the tower before he gave her a tour around the Hogwarts. Jane pretended to be interested in the new sights because Remus seemed to be enjoying himself taking her around the school. After a while it seemed as if there was nothing else to see and the two walked down the corridor aimlessly talking about various topics. She couldn't help but admire his kind smile.
"…yes, Severus is always like that, he's been that way since first year. He doesn't really have any friends. He's more of a loner. He is kind of a target for ridicule."
"Why do James and Sirius always pick on him?" Jane questioned.
"Who told you that?" He asked suspiciously. What was Jane to say, she only knew this because of what Harry had told her. Luckily before she could open her mouth to speak there came a loud crash, yelling, and laughter coming from down the hall. They stopped talking and picked up their pace. As they drew near, they saw a not so please Professor McGonagall surrounded by hundreds a frogs, and two smirking teens that were being scolded.
"Mr Potter! Mr Black! I do not believe in your deplorable behavior! Especially from you Mr Potter for being headboy! You should be stopping things like this not causing them! As for you Mr Black you should certainly know better considering you and Mr Potter have had more detentions than everyone in the school combined! Detention tonight for the both of you!"
"But Minerva, it was all in good fun." Sirius said with a sly grin.
"Mr Black your cheek has just earned you and Mr Potter another detention. Now if you please, clean this mess up. Then go to dinner. I will send you notice of your how you will be serving your detention." Professor McGongall's didn't change as she turn and went inside her office. Remus and Jane watched as Sirius and James began disappearing the frogs, one by one allowing some to escape.
"You missed one." Remus smirked at the two.
"Oy! Remy, you missed all the fun. Where have you been?" Sirius replied throwing a frog at him.
"He was showing me around the school." Jane said. She didn't see James grin knowingly at Remus or Remus turn a little pink from James' action.
"Did you find your tour helpful?" James said still grinning. "Anything you like? People, places…?"
Remus blushed a little more. Even though James hadn't said anything to be embarrassed about, he might as well have. It was as though he was trying to get him to blush. Before Jane could answer Sirius cut her off.
"Might as well get going to dinner. The frogs aren't hurting any one." Sirius said moving to stand next to Jane.
"You can't leave it like this." Remus frowned.
"Don't worry Remus, I got it." Jane said touching his shoulder lightly. With a wave of her wand and a few mumbled words the frogs were gone. Remus felt the heat coming off his face and his shoulder now tingled.
"Thank you my lady. Shall I escort you to the great hall?" Sirius said flashing his dashing smile offering his arm.
"Certainly." Jane replied smiling taking it. The four began walking down towards the great hall. James and Remus walked a bit slower and allowed the other two to get ahead.
"Moony? Why are you so red? I didn't embarrass you that much did I?"
"No Prongs." Remus replied still a little dazed.
"Why don't you ask her to Hogsmeade in November?"
"Its too soon. I don't want her to think I'm-"
"Moony! You'll never know if you don't try."
"But what if-" Remus stopped speaking as he heard her and Sirius's laughter carry down the hall way. He felt the werewolf inside stir a bit as he watched Sirius smile down at Jane. "-she doesn't … like me?"
After dinner was over Sirius and James left for their detention and everyone else went to the common room. Jane finally had the opportunity to properly meet Chuck, Alisha, and Peter. The two girls weren't as she had thought. Chuck was short and very thin. Her short brown hair was tied back neatly into a pony tail and she had light freckles covering her cheeks. She didn't look very strong at all. Alisha on the other hand was taller then Jane with a more athletic build. She had long messy blonde hair that she attempted to tie back as well. Chuck was certainly a tomboy, and Alisha seemed to be her opposite.
When she first had seen Peter she wanted to recoil in disgust, but she tried to remind herself that this Peter was innocent, and wasn't the one she knew in the future, but became him. He was short a chubby with messy brown hair. He seemed very friendly as if a lost puppy, but Jane didn't buy it. Thought she tried to be nice.
The four girls sat around the fire discussing different stories while Remus was busy reading a book on a near by couch and Peter had fallen asleep on another. Every few minutes Hermione couldn't help but steal glances at Remus. He seemed so sound when he was reading and the fire light highlighted his sandy hair and made his amber eyes glow. He looked so handsome.
As the amount of people in the common room dwindled, Jane had become significantly closer the three girls. Chuck had proven to be a complete quidditch fanatic who absolutely despised girly things, including her name which she ranted about for five minutes. Alisha had proven to be Chuck's complete opposite, and was completely boy crazy, and she gave Jane a brief summary on all the good looking guys in their year. Lily however was a kind balance of intelligence and beauty. She soon learned of her great animosity of James Potter.
"Jane, we're going to go up, are you coming?" Chuck asked kindly.
"I think I'm going to stay down here a little longer." Jane replied watching the rest of the girls walk up to their dormitory. Looking around she noticed that only she and Remus were still there, he with his book. Smiling slightly she sat down next to him watching the fire play on his features. She stretched out a bit leaning back on the couch, she suddenly felt very tired.
"Jane?" He said looking up from his book causing her to blush a little and to wonder if he had caught her stare.
"Yes Remus?" She yawned.
"Just making sure you didn't fall asleep. So I see you have made several good friends already."
"Yes, they are kind of the best girl friends that I never had. Well I mean, best friends that are girls. I didn't have very many friends that were girls. I had two best friends in my old school, both were boys. Then I was good friend with one of their younger sisters."
"Do you miss them?" He asked closing his book and placing it on the small table next to the couch.
"Terribly, I haven't talked to them since I left; I wonder how they are now." She smiled slightly.
"How was your first say here, all in all?"
"It was okay, other then that fact that Professor Crifasi and Snape hate me." She laughed. Remus chuckled in response. She was beginning to feel very tired. A few moments of silence past, "Remus?"
"Yes Jane?" He said looking at her.
"Thank you for showing me around school and thank you for being so nice." She smiled looking into those beautiful amber eyes. A smile found its way on his lips.
"Your welcome." They sat looking into the fire. He yawned a bit and tried to keep his eyes open. He felt her lean her head on his shoulder and a blush crept across his cheeks. Another few moments of silence past, before a thought had crossed his mind. Ask Jane to Hogsmeade, ask her now, it's the perfect time.
"Jane, will you come with me to the Hogsmeade trip in November?" He sat there waiting for a response, when he received none; he looked down to notice that she had fallen asleep on his shoulder. He smiled to himself. As he lay his head on top of hers, he too fell asleep.
Meanwhile not to far from here…
"I can't believe McGonagall is making us clean the entire trophy room again, by hand. It as if every year we clean it and each time there is more dirt." Sirius whined.
"Well at least we are almost finished. Look at us, a detention the first night of classes." James grinned as if he had won an award.
"Evans won't be too pleased with you prongs. She'll probably scold you because you are headboy."
"LILY is not going to be upset with me, because I have a plan." James said with a smirk.
Sirius raised an eyebrow. "And that is?"
"I'm going to ask her to accompany me to the next Hogs-" Sirius cut him off roaring with laugher. "What? What is so funny about me asking her out?"
"You are completely right she won't be disappointed with you, she be livid that a large trophy didn't fall on you and kill you."
"Watch, she'll say yes and you'll be eating your words." James replied keeping his head up.
"She hates you." But before James could find a clever come back, Filch entered the room to relieve them from their detention. The two headed up to the tower quietly. The entered the common room quietly. As James was about to ascend the stairs to the dormitory something by the fire caught his eye; He whispered to Sirius to come stand over by him to see what he was seeing. James was smiling madly, and when Sirius saw what he saw, his eyes went wide and he couldn't help but smile at the sweet sight.
Jane and Remus were asleep on the couch, Jane's head on his chest, and his head on top of hers. His arm wrapped around her waist and her arm wrapped around him. It was the sweetest thing to see. James was glowing with pride for his friend, Sirius was happy for him, yet still something about this bothered him a bit, but he tried to ignore it.
"Should we wake them?" Sirius whispered.
"No, let them sleep." James smiled, summoning a blanket and placing it over them kindly.
Authors note: I am really sorry this is so short, but the next chapter will be longer! It might be a bit boring right now, but it will get better. So yes I promise to have the next chapter up the latest being Thursday, I'll try to get up by Tuesday, but I go back to school this week so it might be kind of hard, but I'll try. Let me know what you think.
