Chapter 7

AN: I'm sorry, I really am. Please don't hurt me. I know I said I would update soon but something came up, with the family and well, my family is more important than the updates so I forgot. Please don't hurt me.

Hermione snuggled her head into Remus' shoulder and slowly fell into a deep sleep, Remus followed closely behind her with his arm around her waist pulling her closer..

Later that evening before Dinner the other marauders and Ginny had come looking for Hermione and Remus.

When they entered the room of requirement they found the two in question snuggled up in each other's arms on the couch in a blissful slumber.

Sirius asked the room for a camera and so did Ginny, when they looked at each other they blushed and laughed.

" I guess great minds do think alike." Laughed Ginny.

" I guess so." Said Sirius.

Both Sirius and Ginny took pictures of the sleeping couple to use in an argument later in case they needed an upper hand or some type of advantage.

Only two words came to the trio's head before they left the sleeping couple for another hour or so.

Blackmail.

The full moon had passed with ease for Hermione and Remus, there were not as many injuries as usual and everything was peaceful again. At least till the next Full Moon.

Hermione and Remus had been inseparable since the last full moon, they sat beside each other in classes, during meals and even in the library, Remus had taken to walking Hermione everywhere she went for her safety. (Not that she was not safe in Hogwarts, Remus getting paranoid.)

This sudden protectiveness of Hermione was not only due to Hermione and Remus being an official couple, No, it was also due to the wolf inside him that had instincts to protect and dominate the female mate, and he wanted to protect what is rightfully his, his mate, his Hermione.

It was a week after the moon when both Hermione and Remus knew something was wrong with their friends, all the marauders would laugh and snicker every time they got close or if they were snogging, even Lily had taken to giggling at the site of them.

When they finally confronted their friends about all the laughing and snickering, that's all they got, was more laughing and snickering.

Hermione had, had enough, she was going to find out what was so funny if it killed her, she wasn't the best friend of a marauder's son for nothing.

She decided to search through the Marauders dormitory, knowing it would be them and not Lily and Ginny who was in charge of the joke, though Ginny was questionable.

Upon walking into their room, she was nearly knocked backwards with the foul smell coming from inside the room. Dungbombs. Hermione produced a bubblehead charm and walked swiftly into the room, she searched their trunk their closets, their bathroom, everywhere and no evidence of any plans for a joke anywhere.

After giving up and removing the bubblehead charm, she turned and made her way down to the common room to be faced with two amused marauders and two very amused girls.

Remus was looking from Hermione who wore a shocked expression back to the other marauders and the girls.

" Looking for these." Sirius asked looking smug.

" Or these?" asked Ginny.

" What are they." Remus and Hermione asked in unison.

Everyone was now looking between Sirius and Ginny who were both holding a small pile of photos both wizarding and muggle.

" These little things are the result from the night you two decided to skip classes and snuggle." James said smiling.

" WHAT, Ginny put you up too this, didn't she." Hermione screamed.

Hermione had jumped from her place on the couch and launched herself at Ginny trying to wrestle the photos from her hands.

Ginny and Hermione fell to the ground with ' thump' and began rolling around the floor. Hermione sitting on top of Ginny pulling the photos out of Ginny's vice like grip.

With one last tug, Hermione went flying backwards and fell into Sirius who was trying to pull her off his beloved Ginny.

When Hermione had the photos she threw them to Remus, who was blushing madly, everyone else seemed to be suppressing laughter with great difficulty.

Hermione who had seen enough shouted " Accio Photos." and all the photos in Sirius' hand and Remus' lap flew into her hand and she threw them into the fire.

James looked scandalous, his jaw dropped to the ground as he watched the people in the wizarding photos running around helpless.

Hermione stormed out of the room dragging Remus with her, and when she left the confines of the common room Ginny and Sirius turned to James.

" We've made copies."

James looked relieved, they were good blackmail material, and could help them out of some sticky homework situations with the two werewolves since they made up two of the groups three brains.

James turned around and faced Lily, looking hopeful and putting on his best puppy dog eyes, he asked " Lily will you go out with me."

" Never Potter, not even in your dreams." She shouted and stormed up to the girl's dormitories.

Break

Hermione and Remus were sitting outside underneath the tree beside the lake; they were relaxing in one of the rare sunny days of Scotland.

Remus had been a werewolf a lot longer than Hermione and knew everything there is to know about werewolf relationships, including their mating rituals and marking.

Hermione on the other hand knew nothing and Remus didn't want to force her into anything with him even if she was already his girlfriend, or even another werewolf.

He could never ask someone to sacrifice any future relationships for him, it just wasn't right.

He knew he had to tell her everything about werewolf relations, just so she at least understood why he had to do this.

" Hermione?"

" Hmm, is there something wrong." She asked concernedly.

" Ehh, how do I say this, uhh, I don't think we should be together any more." Remus said worry riddled in his voice.

" Why." She asked calmly.

" Because, I, uh, I." He stammered.

" Is it because you're a werewolf, because I know all about Werewolf relationships, and yes I know they mate for life."

" Yes, I mean, you do?" Remus asked.

" If you're worried about the next full Moon and us being together, and the fact that werewolves mate for life. I don't mind." Hermione said honestly.

" Its not only that Hermione, female werewolves go into heat, every full moon after there first full moon, your first has just ended." Remus said in irritation at her calm visage.

" Yes but there were no problems last time." Hermione's cheeks were stained red from Remus was talking about her going into heat.

"Because I could control myself, its still early for you, your still a pup, I don't think I could control myself next time, and I…"

" Don't want to force me into anything." Hermione finished quietly.

" Yes."

" Well do you want this, us." Hermione asked pointing between them.

" Yes, I do but…"

" But what Remus you want this, I want this so what is the problem, what are you worried for." Hermione said through clenched teeth.

" I'm sorry Hermione, your right, I was just worried you wouldn't want to be with me knowing Werewolves mate for life and we cant control the full moons."

" Yes well, you should have came to me and talked about it."

" Hermione, lets go inside, it's getting dark."

Both Hermione and Remus slowly made their way back to Hogwarts from the lake, they were admiring the scenery around them and relaxing in the silence before they went back to the noisy castle were their friends were probably waiting for them.

As they walked back Hermione kept staring at Remus, she was thinking about what he had said about the next full moon, if she and Remus did mate then that was their life set out for them they would be together till one of them died. She would not have another chance to be with anyone else, not that anyone other than Remus would ever accept her.

It suddenly struck Hermione, what if I get pregnant…

Remus was walking beside Hermione and sneaking glances at her when he was sure she wasn't looking. He was nervous about the upcoming Full moon, he knew it was a few weeks away, but females go into heat three days before the full moon and it finishes when the moon cycle is over, three days after.

As he was thinking about mating a though hit him, that he was sure would give him hearth failure

What if she gets pregnant?

Before they knew it they were both standing outside the Gryffndor common room, both had become lost in their thoughts that they never noticed the walk back to the tower.

When they entered the only people left in the common room was Sirius and James, Ginny and Lily had headed up to bed early.

Hermione kissed Remus goodnight and said goodnight to the others before heading up to bed for a good nights sleep.

When she got upstairs, she listened outside the door hearing nobody talking she thought it was safe to enter and go straight to bed.

After looking around the room she seen that Ginny was fast asleep while Lily was sitting in bed reading, again. Lily looked up and noticed Hermione, she sat her book aside and stood to move over to Hermione's bed.

They sat and talked for what seemed like hours about everything they could think of boys, Remus, clothes, school, classes, James…

" Lily why do you always turn James down, he really does like you." Hermione asked.

" Potter like me, yeah rite. He's just looking for conquest that's all." Lily spat, looking at Hermione.

" And plus he's a big headed, egotistic, self absorbed, arrogant, showoff, git who thinks he can every girl he wants with just one look in there direction." Lily said quietly, not looking at Hermione any more.

" But Lily he never asks any other girl out, they ask him, you're the only girl he ever asks on a date." Hermione said amusedly. " And everyone knows that you like him too."

" No I don't."

" Yes you do."

" No I don't."

" Yes you do, you're just in denial because you think he's an arrogant, egotistic, self absorbed show off." Hermione said in a singsong voice.

" You forgot big headed." Lily corrected.

" Yea whatever you know you like him, so what's keeping you from saying yes." Hermione asked quietly.

Lily sat staring at Hermione thinking about what she would say, 'I really do like James when he isn't teasing some poor little kid or even Severus, even though he is a Slytherin he dosn't deserve the treatment that the marauders bestow upon him.'

' But the way he asks me out, really gets my blood boiling. He would scream all over the castle or shout all over the great hall, making a public spectacle of himself and me.

If he just asked me somewhere quiet, away from the other marauders and away from the rest of the school then maybe I would say yes to him.'

' Well maybe, he would still have to change a little bit, like no more hexing other students for the fun of it, and to leave Severus alone once in a while. I know that he will not stop all together and he would still be in the pranking business, but that's what I like about him he was always up for joking around, even if he took it too far sometimes.' Lily thought

" Em, I don't know really, I just, he always makes a big scene when he's asking me out and I don't like having everyone's attention on me." Lily whined.

" So you do like him." Hermione asked and Lily nodded. " Well if I could get him to calm down a little bit would you consider going out with him this Hogsmeade weekend?"

" Yes, if I think he's up to standards and has deflated his head, ill think about it." Lily said with a small smile on her face.

Hermione jumped off the bed and hugged Lily after she tackled her; they were both now lying on the floor groaning.

Lily pushed Hermione off her and got up to go to bed, what Lily didn't know was that Hermione, was a Leggimens

, And Hermione read Lily's mind while she was thinking and now had the perfect ammunition, to use to get James and Lily together.

Both Girls were asleep in minutes, And Hermione spent the night dreaming up wacky schemes to get James and Lily together for good, after all Harry had to be born, otherwise there is no hope for the wizarding world.

Break-Break

Hermione woke early the next morning for classes and ran down to the common room looking for the Marauders, when she couldn't find them, she realised they must still be in bed.

She ran up the boy's staircase and pushed the door open, letting it slam against the wall.

When she looked around the room to distinguish which bed was James', she seen his head sticking out of the end of the bed near the window. Without thinking, she jumped on the bed and began jumping up and down trying to wake him up.

Sirius was the first to wake up and looked over at Hermione jumping up and down on James' bed smirking, while James covered his head with his pillow muttering.

" Shouldn't, you be jumping on Moony's bed. Since you're his Girlfriend." Sirius asked smiling.

" Shut up, you mangy mutt I need to tell James something about Lily." Hermione said throwing one of James' pillows at him.

After she threw the pillow James, who had sat bolt up right at the mention of Lily knocked her off the bed. Hermione and Sirius were sniggering, then Sirius threw the pillow back at Hermione.

Hermione caught the pillow and walked up to James and hit him on the back of the head, when James tried to hit her back she ran over to Remus bed and hid behind him laughing.

James and Sirius started sniggering and threw their pillows at the sleeping werewolf who shot up cursing. Remus glared daggers at Sirius and James, not taking notice of his girlfriend lying on the floor behind him laughing.

Soon the room was covered in feathers; they were floating everywhere and had stuck to everybody's hair. Soon after Remus woke up looking grouchy.

" What the fuck was that for." Remus shouted indignantly.

" She started it." They shouted in unison, pointing their fingers behind Remus, to where Hermione was starting to stand up looking guiltily at Remus.

Hermione glared daggers at the other boys before sitting beside Remus on his bed, and kissing him good morning, much to the disgust of the other boys.

Both boys just laughed and said she shouldn't have hid behind her boyfriend, Hermione kept glaring while Remus joined in the laughing, before laying his head back down on the pillows in the hope of another hour of sleep.

" What are you doing up so early anyways, its only 7.00 in the morning and classes don't start till 9.00." Sirius said indignantly.

" Well I needed James, didn't I and Lily couldn't know could she." Hermione said smiling innocently at the other boys.

" Well, you interrupted my beauty sleep, you better have a good reason." James said crossing his arms over his wide chest.

"I have an idea to get you and Lily together." Hermione said in a sing song voice."

" Do explain." Sirius said interestingly.

AN: ok that's over and done with, and I promise this time that there will be a new chapter soon. Remember to review, the more reviews the quicker I post.