Chapter 4: Denial. More than a river.

"Severus! Please! I just want to apologize!" Remus knocked on the potion master's door for about an hour now. He's getting desperate. "Come on Snape, do you want me to grovel or something?"

"It's a start."

The door opened so suddenly that Remus lost his balance and fell foreword, almost anto Snape's chest. Not that he would have minded all that much.

"Severus!"

"Well? What have you got to say for yourself?"

"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to kiss you so much before, or stalk you, or attack you, or grab you, or molest you, or steal your laundry so I could smell you all the time or-"

"YOU DID WHAT?"

"Um.. Nothing? Ignore that last one…Okay?" Remus sighed and stared at the formidable man.

"Just… Look. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kiss you."

"Then why did you? Repeatedly?"

"I- I don't know! I…I…." Remus looked flushed staring everywhere but at the man questioning him. "It's because of you!" he cried out.

"Me?"

"Yes! You! If you hadn't come into my office smelling of delicious chocolate and tasting so good then I wouldn't have don't it!"

"You have got to be kidding me."

Remus shook his head. "I mean it, it's all your fault-"

"That you have a problem controlling yourself whenever there's chocolate in the room? I think not."

"I don't have a problem." Remus growled but Severus smirked. "Just admit it wolf, it's the first step for recovery."

"I DON'T HAVE A-" the door to Snape's room shut in his face "Problem." He whispered.

Because he didn't. Not really. Not at all.

"I'll show him I don't have a problem." Remus muttered to himself as he went about his rooms, pulling every piece of chocolate that he had and placing it in the waste basket.

"See, Snape? If I had a problem I couldn't have done that, now could I?" he kept on muttering, staring at the full can with a satisfied grin. His expression, however, slowly crumbled when he realized what he'd just done.

"OH MY GOD! I…why did I throw all the chocolate away?" Remus jumped to his feet and reached for the can.

"No no, I am not about to rescue garbage-touched chocolate." He sat back down. "Besides, it doesn't mean a thing." He thought of his reaction to what he did. "Anyone would act like this after realizing that they just wasted a lot of money for nothing."

It didn't mean a thing.

"Oh Remus, always nice to see you acting so predictably." A feminine voice broke him out of his musings.

"What do you mean, professor McGonagall?" Remus frowned, wondering when exactly he became predictable.

The old teacher smiled gently as she went to grab a cup of tea. "Every time I enter the staff room, I always find you here with a book in your hands, a cup of tea in front of you and a chocolate bar in your mouth."

"What!" Remus' eyes widen as he realized that he indeed had a chocolate bar in his mouth and he hadn't even realized it. "Wait, you said every time? Surly not all the time." He stared at her wide eyed.

"Well yes." She frowned at him. "And I don't mean just now, you know. When you were a student here I almost always saw you with some sort of chocolate in your hands, I remember Poppy always wondered how you didn't gain any weight no matter how much you ate…."

Remus didn't need to hear more as he threw the chocolate to the trash and left the lounge.

Again, it didn't mean a thing.

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Later that day he decided he needed some time out. So he took advantage of his teacher's privileges and went out for a walk in Hogsmead. It was cool and crisp, the stars twinkling in the early winter night. He took the long route around the village, thinking about his conversation with McGonagall and what she had said to him.

Is he really that hopeless? Can't be. So he has a fondness for sweets and eats some everyday. So? Every child loves chocolate. He just happens to be a slightly older one.

He came up to Honeydukes so he went in, feeling kind of hungry after his long walk and needing a treat. The moment he walked in the elderly man behind the counter overflowing with candy greeted him with a smile.

"Why, Professor Lupin! How are you this fine night?"

"Quite fine, thank you."

"The usual then, Professor?"

He didn't get to answer before the clerk handed him a largish bag overflowing with all his favorite treats.

"Say…." Remus said as he handed him the money, "not that it matters, but… How long have I been ordering my usual?"

"Hmmm… Well, if I'm not mistaken…. Since you were a student! Oh, yes, I remember! You were always here on the weekends, with that small gang of yours… Who would have known that Sirius Black would have turned out like this… Never in a million stars…."

"Yes, yes, thank you, good night."

Remus left quickly, not wanting to talk about his past friends and what became of them.

Instead, he turned his attention to the fact that, even when he was a student, he was SO predictable. Not that it's a problem. Because it's not. He just… Knows what he likes, and sticks to it. That's it.

Not a problem. None whatsoever.

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As he sat for dinner, tired and slightly confused from all of today's thinking, his eyes fell on his personalized dessert plate, straight from the kitchen elves.

A small, three layered chocolate cake, and a large mug of steaming hot coco.

Remus groaned. So he might just have a problem.

A little tiny itsy bitsy problem with chocolate.

Mmmmmm….. Chocolate.

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A/n: okay finally, another episode done. And right about now your two favorite (and if we're not, you better say we are next time) authors are enjoying a nice bowl of strawberries and sugar after writing for ages.

Dikicat: is it just me or does anybody else gets the feeling that it's like a one-sided thing?

Rock_junkie: well we know the truth so we should let the others guess in amazing reviews that they will undoubtedly send us.

Dikicat: are you sure about that?

Rock_junkie: of course they would! Because you would wouldn't you? Not unless you wish to die by withdrawal symptoms (it's an awful way to die)

Dikicat: you mean….

Rock_junkie: yes! Not only is Remus addicted but so are you, dear readers !

Dun dun dun!

Till next time, folks. Mahahahahaha.