A/N: I hope this chapter makes up for my last chapter! Much appreciation to Lupinesence for reviewing so quickly! Please review! Thank you! ~Coley~
Arwen had confided in Lily with her run in with Sirius, and Lily had confided in Arwen with her doubts about Amos. Her relationship with Amos hadn't improved as much as she wanted over the holiday. If anything it had become worse, he had barely written during break and had simply gotten Lily flowers for Christmas. Arwen had been concerned that he wasn't going to get her anything so it was a relief that he sent her something even if it was so impersonal. Arwen didn't understand why Lily wouldn't just ask him what his problem was, but Lily just thought that would cause more problems. Arwen had a feeling that his problem was due to Lily's lack of putting out. She was aware that Lily wanted to wait to at least be in love, something she wasn't sure if she was in or not, to lose her virginity and Amos being a little man-whore was probably getting antsy. Arwen could feel Shane getting antsy as well, all they ever done was above waist, and she always kept her bra on. He had definitely hinted that he wanted more, but Arwen couldn't do it. She didn't want to share something that intimate with a broom cupboard buddy, they weren't even friends.
Arwen and Shane were currently in one of their most used broom cupboards snogging. But all she could think about was Lily and Amos.
"Do you know whats up with Amos?" she asked in between kisses
"Sexually frustrated probably" he shrugged, he began to unbutton her blouse. He started kissing down her neck making his way to top of her bra. "Something I know quite well" Arwen was disgusted, he knew quite well that he wasn't getting anything more from her so he should go find some other girl to fool around with if he felt that way. She was just about to say so when suddenly the door swung open, Arwen arms immediately went to cover her chest, she looked up to see Remus standing in the door way.
Remus was on Prefect duty and one of his many tasks was to kick out horny teenagers from cupboards and classrooms, so it didn't seem so different when he heard noises coming from the broom cupboard. He instantly had regretted it when he saw Arwen with her shirt undone, her skin flushed, and hair tousled, and Shane who just looked annoyed.
"Do you mind?" Shane growled,
"I do actually, it's passed curfew" they both glared at each other. Arwen blushed a deeper red,
"I didn't realize it was so late, I uh, we should go" she said looking down as she buttoned her shirt.
"Whatever" Shane rolled his eyes and made his way towards his own common room.
"I'm sorry Arwen, if I had known it was you-" Remus babbled, Arwen held her hand up to shush him
"Honestly, another minute and he would have been more pissed off, I was just going to end things, you just made it a lot easier" She smoothed out her blouse and combed her fingers through her wavy hair.
"What? Really? Why?" Remus asked, trying not to sound excited
"He wanted more than what I was willing to give" she shrugged her shoulders, they started walking towards the Ravenclaw common room. Remus's eyes went dark
"Did he pressure you to, you know" he said venomously, thinking of her having sex with that guy made his insides squirm
"No, he hinted though, but I made it clear I didn't want to do anything but I guess that wasn't good enough" she shrugged her shoulders "It's not like I had feelings for him"
"Then what were you doing with him" Remus didn't understand, why would you be with someone you didn't like? He understood one night stands but this had been going on for much longer than one night.
"He made me feel, I don't know, special" Now Arwen was feeling embarrassed, she felt very slutty at the moment. She shook her head, it wasn't like she slept with him. They grew closer to the entrance of her common room, she stopped a few feet away from it.
"Thank you for walking me, I'm lucky to have you as a friend" She hugged him goodbye, he watched her enter through the doorway before he punched the wall. He punched several times and only stopped when he saw blood, he sunk down against the wall and put his head in his hands. He didn't know what he was feeling, he couldn't tell if he was angry because that dolt had been using his friend or because they were using each other. Was he jealous of Shane? He wanted to talk to his friends, but he knew Peter would just say that he was in love with her, and he wasn't entirely sure how James and Sirius would take it. He knew about them apologizing, but he knew none of them would be friends any time soon.
Lily was doing her rounds when she spotted Remus on the floor
"I thought I was doing this part of the castle" She walked closer to him "Remus? Is everything alright?"
"Oh uh yea, I was just walking Ari back" he slowly stood up, trying to block his hand from her view
"Back from what? Oh Remus your hand!" She exclaimed rushing over to see if there was any real damage
"Back from a broom closet" From that Lily understood, she nodded her head and whipped out her wand so she could fix his hand. He smiled slightly when his hand was repaired and muttered a thank you. Lily had understood where he had found Arwen, but she wasn't entirely sure why he was so disheveled but she had a feeling,
"Remus, don't take this in the wrong way, but do you have feelings for Ari?" Remus shot his head up at Lily, taken aback by her question he took a minute to answer her
"I don't think so, there have been a few moments during, uh and well I think I just care about her, she's one of my best friends, I don't want her to get hurt" Remus bit his tongue, he had almost told Lily about his moon moments, he knew that Lily and Arwen were best friends, but she would never tell his secret, right? Lily eyed Remus doubtfully, Lily had known about his feelings for Arwen, her and Peter had often talked about it.
"Yea I agree, the last thing she needs is being hurt by a boy, there'll probably be tons of them though, she's very pretty and she definitely grew up during the summer" Lily hid her smile when she noticed Remus wince. He started fretting, tons of them? It had only been Shane so far, who else had been pining over Arwen? And pretty? Arwen was much more than that, she was beautiful, she always has been, but it was true, she did grow into her beauty over the summer. Her chest had filled out and balanced out her curves. She definitely did not have a runners body, she was too curvy for that, but now he understood why she ran, it wasn't to stay fit or even because she liked it, though that might be the reason why she did it now, she did it to keep her inner wolf in check. He wondered if she got as horny as he did during the full moon. He had gone to far, even in his own mind Remus knew he was going way out of the friendship line. He needed to change the subject quickly before his mind went further
"So how are things with you and Amos?" Lily smiled slightly at his attempt to change the subject, but if fell when she realized what he changed it to
"Uh, not great actually" she said sadly
"Oh whats wrong?" Remus eyes went wide with concern
"I don't want to talk about it, lets finish our rounds shall we?" Remus nodded in response. James will flip once he told him of Lily's relationship problems. James was actually growing up, and Remus had noticed, sooner or later Lily would too.
Remus had noticed him staring at Arwen a lot lately. In class when he should be paying attention to the Professor, his eyes would drift towards her, even in the Great Hall where they sat at different tables he watched her. It was like he was afraid he was going to forget what she looked like. Today had been no different. He was sitting across from her in the library, it was just the two of them. Arwen was reading for pleasure, since she had finished her homework awhile ago. He couldn't concentrate on his studies, all he could do was watch her every movement. How her black eyes darted back and forth between the page, her plump bottom lip nestled between her teeth, her ebony wavy hair cascading past her shoulders, framing her chest. And her breasts, even covered by her robes were just, stunning. He was so entranced that he didn't notice Lily coming over crying, only when Arwen stood up did he snap out of his trance. He looked up at the two girls who were now hugging, Lily was bumbling a bunch of nonsense while Arwen rubbed her back to soothe her. Finally Lily was able to tell her story without breaking down in sobs. Apparently Amos had broken up with her because she wouldn't have sex with him. Arwen gave Remus a look asking him to leave them alone, this was something she needed to take care of by herself. Remus nodded, he was slightly relieved, not knowing how to handle the situation and made his way out of the library.
Remus was still feeling distraught when he ran into Peter and James. Peter had noticed something was off and questioned it.
"Just saw Lily crying, apparently Amos broke up with her" Remus didn't want to mention he was mostly thinking about Arwen.
"That slimy little git!" James roared, Remus and Peter jumped at their friend's outburst. James stormed away, Peter swore he saw steam coming out of his ears. Remus and Peter looked at each other in shock and ran to catch up with James. They nearly caught up to him when he stood right in front of Amos who was among his friends. Remus growled slightly when he noticed Shane was one of them. They were still too far away to do anything about what had happened.
"Hey Diggory, heard you finally broke up with Evans, what gives?" James said trying to sound amused
"Yea well if I knew she wasn't going to give me what I wanted from the beginning I wouldn't have started anything" Amos laughed along with his friends, James gave him a fake laugh and stepped closer to him
"Yea well," James started, he swung back his arm and decked Amos in the gut with all of his might "You don't deserve her" Amos stepped back coughing
"What the hell Potter? What was that for?" Amos asked, still heaving, James eyes narrowed, he turned around and walked to where Remus and Peter were standing
"She's not going to give it to you either Potter! Her and Prince are a bunch of teases!" Shane yelled, Remus's eye twitched
"What did you say?" Remus growled, inching his way towards him, Shane puffed out his chest and smirked
"Your friend is a little wolf" Shane spat, Remus vision went red as he tackled Shane, aimlessly throwing punches, he was aware he was getting hit himself but he didn't care. He called her a wolf! He knew it was just a coincident but it still struck a nerve. He finally came back to his senses when James hauled him off of Shane, he dragged Remus far away from the scene and whacked him over the head
"What in Merlin's beard were you thinking?" Peter yelled, Remus rubbed the back of his head,
"Why are you yelling at me? James did the same thing!" he looked down to his hand, it was most likely broken or at least sprained
"I just punched Diggory once, unfortunately, but you? You full on attacked McKinney, what's gotten into you?" James put his hands on Remus's shoulder and shook him, trying to get some sense out of him
"I don, I don't know okay?" Remus shook away and started walking
"Moony! Where are you going?" Peter called to him
"Hospital Wing" he shouted back, not wanting to look back. He didn't want his friends to keep asking why he did what he did. He really didn't know, at one moment he was planning on telling that arse off when all of a sudden he was hitting him. He looked down at his hand again and sighed deeply, hitting Shane probably did Remus more damage than it did to Shane. As he made his way to Madam Pomfrey he could only think how glad he was that she wouldn't question deeply about his injuries. Questions were one thing he couldn't answer right now.
After Remus had left, James and Peter made their way over to the library. James was hoping to catch a glance at Lily, Peter just wanting to relay what had just happened to both girls. Luckily, Arwen and Lily were sitting in their usual spot, Lily's eyes were red, but she had stopped crying. The boys were relieved, both not knowing how to handle crying. Arwen and Lily were chatting when they noticed a new presence. Lily groaned and put her head on the table, she didn't want to deal with James. Arwen just rubbed her friends back for encouragement and gave them a smile
"Hey Evan's, I heard what happened, how are you doing?" James asked genuinely
"How do you think I'm doing" She snapped, gathering her stuff and making her way out of the library. She shot Arwen an apologetic look and shot out the door, James ran after her, begging her to talk to him. Peter took Lily's seat and shook his head.
"What have you been up to Pete?" she asked innocently, Peter gulped, he suddenly felt extremely hot
"Uh well, you should have seen it, Remus told us what happened and James went to Amos and punched him!" Arwen's eyes lit up in amusement,
"Got him good did he?" Peter nodded, "Good, he deserved it, better James then me right?"
"Yea, uh, Shane was there" Arwen tilted her head, where was he going with this? "And he may have said something about you" Arwen blinked expecting Peter to go on
"So?" she asked egging him on
"So, Remus hit him, multiple times" Arwen's eyes went wide
"What? Why? Is he okay? Did Shane hit him back? Oh bloody hell where is he now?" Arwen couldn't believe it, she never thought of Remus to be a violent person, well except during the full moon but that was weeks away!
"He went to the Hospital Wing, but he seemed pretty upset" Peter finally said
"Of course he's upset! Shane probably almost murdered him!" she exclaimed, throwing her hands in the air, she grabbed her things and ran for the door
"Arwen! Where are you going?" Peter asked, trying to catch up with her
"To find Remus of course!"
"Duh, of course" Peter muttered, he veered off figuring he would leave the two love birds to themselves.
Arwen rushed to the Hospital Wing picturing the worst, she got to the corridor when she saw Remus walking towards her. His hand was wrapped in bandages and his eye was sporting a bruise, Arwen gasped and ran up to him pulling him into a hug
"He didn't kill you! Oh thank Merlin!" Remus winced at the sudden contact but hugged her back breathing in the moment
"You didn't think I can hold my own?" he chuckled, she stepped back and cocked her eyebrow
"Shane's huge and a beater, I'm surprised you aren't in a body cast" she shook her head "What happened? Peter said you attacked him?" Remus darted his eyes away from her questioning face
"He called you a wolf" Arwen's eyes went wide
"But I didn't tell him! I swear!" Arwen began to panic,
"No! Not in that way, he called you a tease"
"So you punched him because he said I was a tease?" Arwen furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. Remus just scratched the back of his head awkwardly, now that she had said it like that, his actions seemed silly.
"Sort of? He said it in a bad way?" Arwen sighed and shook her head. She hugged Remus again and this time Remus noticed how close she was to him, how her breasts were against his chest. He sighed deeply wishing it would never end. To Remus's dismay Arwen let go and linked her arm with his unscathed arm, he let her lead him.
"Where are we going?" He asked after awhile of walking
"I'm walking you to your common room, you should probably rest" Remus was about to fight back but stopped after he saw her glare. They walked in silence to the Gryffindor common room,
"Thank you for defending my honor" Arwen giggled as they stood outside the entrance
"It was with my deepest pleasure my lady" he smiled down at her, her eyes sparkled with glee. She jumped up onto her tippy toes and planted a small kiss on his cheek
"Get some rest Remmy" she bid him goodbye and walked away. Remus was speechless from the kiss he barely noticed the nickname she used. He walked through the portrait with his hand on his cheek, a thought appeared and it hit him like a slap on the face. He had feelings for his best friend, more than he probably should, more than he's ever had, more than you would just for any other person. He was in love with Arwen.