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Author's Note: i know this is the same day but...i had to keep going..i couldn't leave myself hanging let alone you lot...haha...
FrogizZ94: thanks for the review...and i'm glad you like my story...as far as i know..they didn't use a thing...perhaps she will...i'm leaning towards a yes but i'm not certain...i've no idea where this story is going at all...i just get an idea to start a chapter and it snowballs from there...so i want to make it happen but who knows what shit will happen in between. i don't...i think her father is too bullheaded but...never know...glad you enjoyed the chapter..hope you like this one too. Hermione's mum rocks...yeah. Please keep up the reviews.
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In Love and War
Chapter Ten: Moony and Discoveries
As soon as his eyes changed he began to almost seizure. Hermione didn't know what to do. She'd only seen him change once and they had Sirius there to make sure they were okay. It was different this time though. It didn't seem as violent. The seizuring motions stopped quickly. She turned to the door and locked it just to be safe. When she turned back it looked as though is skin was breaking open. Along all the scars that she'd seen, his skin was splitting as it stretched and changed. She was thankful that it didn't seem to be hurting him as much, at least he wasn't screaming in pain. As bits and pieces of his clothes ripped apart and fell to the floor she watched him transform entirely. His skin became gray fur. The wolf wasn't bigger, but looked stronger than it had the last time she'd seen it. It wasn't as nimble or weak looking. It seemed to have more muscle and be more energized rather than depressed. As soon as Remus was totally gone the wolf approached her almost exactly the same way it had the very first night she'd met it. Slowly but fearlessly. It's face was calm. It would have been even more terrifying than that first meeting since it was stronger looking now, if not for the almost kind look on its face.
"Moony?" she asked the wolf. Moony took a step closer to her. It dropped to all fours, it's head was still at least at her shoulders. She looked into the green eyes and saw none of the predatory hunger she had the first night she'd met him. What she saw was almost the exact same affection Remus's eyes held for her. She reached her hand up and pet his head. Moony pushed his head up against her hand as she pet him, she felt her fear disappearing entirely. Moony sat, she did too and reached up to pet his furry chest. Moony, however, lay down on his stomach before she could and lay his head on her leg and she continued petting him. After a while, she didn't know how long, she began to yawn as exhaustion began to attack her. He lifted his head up as she began to doze off. He rolled onto his side, she opened her eyes again. She looked at him. He looked back at her. He got back up and jumped onto the bed, sitting, waiting for her. She couldn't believe how, almost tame, he was behaving. She walked over and lay down. Moony lay down, laying his head on her stomach. She began to pet his face. Moony got halfway up again and licked her face. As tired as she was, she couldn't help but laugh. The wolf was almost behaving like a dog. She leaned forward and kissed it's cheek. As she lay back down, it only took a few seconds for her eyes to close and her to drift off. Moony stayed where he was all night, enjoying the chance to fully be himself around his mate. For the first time, Moony was content without hunting or fighting. It had planned to bite her, so the change could happen and he could spend the next full moon as her mate properly. He knew he couldn't though. Not because Remus would never forgive him, but because of her new, yet unknown affliction. Moony knew that Remus didn't know yet, it was too early for even Remus to be able to tell, werewolf or not. Moony, however, knew. He was sleeping where he was not simply because it was comfortable, but because he was being a true protector. Also, it would make it easier for Remus to figure it out in the morning. Although it was unlikely that Moony had claim over it, he still protected it. He and Remus were one, whether they were alike or not. They compensated and helped each other out in different ways. Since they were one, in a way, Remus's unborn child was Moony's unborn child. And Moony would protect it as such. Whether it inherited both he and Remus or not. Moony now had even more of a reason to be overprotective.
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Hermione briefly awoke as the beginning of dawn started to show in the room. All the memories of Moony were coming back to her. She felt a heavy head on her stomach and looking down, caught a small mass of brown hair rather than gray fur. Her hand was still on the side of his face. Doing her best to not wake him, even though she'd read that the next day a werewolf can sleep through nearly anything, she put her feet under the covers and reached over him to cover him up. When she brushed his arm he felt cold, she felt bad about it. Whenever it was that the moon left most of the sky he had returned human again and been totally nude. As she covered him up he stirred a little bit.
Remus barely opened one eye. His head was on something soft, he felt a hand rest on his face as his body was covered with a blanket. He registered the cold his body felt and all the pain that always came with the aftermath. Although cold, his body, painwise, felt as though it was on fire. He registered the sound of her breathing, her heartbeat, as well as his own. He smelled Molly making breakfast in the kitchen already. He tasted blood in his mouth from when his gums had stretched for Moony's teeth. He felt weak, as usual. He also noticed something else. Something that he couldn't quite figure out or understand. Not only, why Moony had simply lay there all night, but something extra. He let his wolfish senses slid into place fully and gasped. He knew. He knew why Moony had behaved so well. He also knew that a lot of shit was about to go down. He tried to grasp strength to get up.
"Remus. Calm down, it's okay." said Hermione as he tried to get up but kept falling back down from lack of strength at the moment. Just then, the door was unlocked from the other side and Molly came in. She stopped at the sight of Hermione.
"Oh, I hadn't realized you had stayed in here with him tonight. I was just coming in to check on him." she said.
Remus heard the first half of her sentence then exhaustion claimed him entirely and his eyes fell shut as he went into the blackness of a deep sleep. Hermione looked up at Molly.
"I think he was trying to get up." said Hermione. Molly walked over to Remus's side.
"He's way too weak for such. Here, help me get him on a pillow." said Molly. She and Hermione were able to partially pick Remus up and lay his head on a pillow. Once there they both covered him up properly.
"Come along dear." said Molly. Hermione hesitated.
"I was going to stay with him." she said.
"I know. I want you to eat first. Get some food then get something more suited for sleeping on first. Then you can come back in here with him." said Molly. Hermione gave him one last look and followed Molly out of the room. As they reached the kitchen, Arthur was pulling a coat on while eating a piece of toast.
"Where are you going?" asked Molly. He turned.
"Ministry sent an owl. I've got to go in for some sort of staff emergency. Not sure what it's about but, I've got to go." said Arthur.
"Alright. Try to make it back for lunch." said Molly. He walked over and gave her a quick kiss.
"See you as soon as I can leave work. Mornin Hermione." he said, walking out the door. Hermione sat at the table. Looking at the clock she saw that it was extremely early. Molly set a plate in front of her and she realized just how hungry she was. She began to eat, aching to get back to Remus. She didn't want him to wake up and be alone. She didn't really want to be away from him anyway, for any reason. After a few minutes she had somehow cleared her entire plate. She stood.
"Thanks, Misses Weasley." said Hermione.
"You're welcome." said Molly.
"I'm going to go change, then I'm going back to Remus's room." said Hermione.
"Alright dear. And whenever he fully wakes up I want you to let me know so we can get some food in him." said Molly. Hermione nodded then crept back into Remus's room. She opened his bag and found the shirt she'd slept in the night before. Taking all but her underwear off she slipped his t-shirt back on. As quietly as she possibly could, she crept into bed next to him. She scooted as close to him as she could without putting any weight on him. She closed her eyes and let the sleepiness she had left, claim her as well.
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Remus slowly opened his eyes. Once noticing the room was dark he opened them all the way. It must be the next night already. He thought. He looked to his left, to see what was keeping his left side warmer than his right. As soon as he turned his head, his eyes met the peaceful face of a sleeping Hermione. Then he remembered what he found out when he first tried to wake up. Oh, no. Oh, what have I done? She has to know. I have to tell her. Oh, Hermione, I'm so sorry. He thought to himself. Almost as if she had heard him say her name in his thoughts, her eyes slowly opened. As soon as she saw he was awake she nearly jumped up.
"Are you doing alright? I've got to get Misses Weasley. She said-" she began, turning to go get her already. He grabbed her and pulled her back to him.
"No. Don't. We need to talk. About last night. What all did Moony do?" he asked, his voice was very rough.
"He didn't hurt me if-"
"I know he didn't. I need to know what all you can remember." said Remus. He wanted to be certain, his final certainty would be what Moony's behavior had been.
"Well, he sat with me. Let me pet him, licked my face once, which was adorable, and then lay his head on my stomach and slept. That's all. He mustn't have done anything after I fell asleep because when you first awoke you were exactly where he had been." said Hermione. She got worried when he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Hermione, he behaved so well because he knows something. He stayed there all night to let me know, when I woke up a figured it out because of where I was laying. He hasn't and won't change you for a while because of this. I don't know how to handle this. Not because I don't want it but...you've got school, I've got a mission from Dumbledore to take care of." he said, going off into more and more worries. She had an idea of what he was talking about but wasn't sure if she wanted to admit it to herself just yet.
"Remus, calm down. Tell me." she said. He heaved a sigh, staring straight into her eyes.
"Hermione, you're pregnant. I'm sorry. Not because it's something I didn't want but this is going to be a huge strain on both of us, and you're not even out of school. Bloody Hell." he said, more to himself than her. She tried to take in his words. Her mind had gone blank. Thinking about it though, she realized that she wasn't as worried as Remus was. She found she was happy about it, regardless of the strain. There was something of her's and his living and growing in her. She put a hand to his shoulder. He turned to her.
"Don't be sorry. We can make it work. I'm not upset by this, really." said Hermione. He turned to her.
"You're not? You're only sixteen. You still have two full years of school left. How-" he began. She cut him off.
"We. Make. It. Work. It's that simple. You put your mind to a task and you can accomplish it if you try hard enough. We will be fine." said Hermione.
"What about Moony? Hmm? He won't want to be away from you at all. I doubt I'll be able to complete my mission for Dumbledore. I won't want to be away from you at all." said Remus.
"See if he will let you leave early or something. We'll just have to talk with him." said Hermione.
"What about everyone else?" asked Remus.
"We tell them, when we want to. This is different from us just being together. This is something that only we and perhaps Dumbledore need to know for right now. Is that all?" she asked. He felt himself calm down a bit, which was good considering he was still very weak. Once again, he felt at ease.
"Yeah. We will be okay won't we?" he asked.
"We will. Between you and me, I'm certain. Now, can I go get you some food or do you need reassurance on anything else?" she asked. He gave her a small smile.
"Come here." he said. She scooted over to him and softly pressed her lips to his. He put a little more pressure against her lips, she responded the same way. While they kissed the door happened to open. Remus didn't give a damn who was at the door or what they wanted, he wasn't ready to break away from her yet. Ginny, standing at the door, looked at the doorway intently waiting for them to stop. She kept glancing over. After a very short period of time she got either too impatient or to uncomfortable because she knocked on the open door. Hermione, only now noticing someone there, broke away. He made a small noise that briefly reminded her of Moony and she couldn't suppress a smile.
"I was to come and see if you two were still alive. Since he's awake now, Mum wants to shovel as much food down his throat as she can. You know, the same way she does Harry when he's here. So, I'll go get it shall I?" asked Ginny.
"I'll come and help you." said Hermione. Ginny walked out. As Hermione followed she took a glance back at Remus, he cleared his throat. She stopped.
"What?" she asked.
"Planning on wearing some more covering pants by any chance? I'm not sure I'm comfortable with you around other people like that." he said. She didn't realize what he meant until she noticed that she was still just wearing his shirt and her underwear.
"Oh. No, no, no. I'm not going out there like this." she said, quickly reaching for her sweatpants. She pulled them on and then walked out. She felt his eyes on her the entire time and found she loved it. She still couldn't believe that the man she'd had a crush on was now the man that she loved and he loved her back. She couldn't believe the effect she had on him, how little things she did or just looking at her got him going. She was yanked out of her thoughts as she reached the kitchen. She picked up a tray and helped Ginny put some of Molly's food on it. As she helped her carry it back to the back room Ginny smirked at her.
"Oh, what now?" asked Hermione, knowing something dirty must be going through Ginny's mind.
"Enjoy wolfman last night did you?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Very funny. We slept. If he could hear us upstairs he can hear us now you know." said Hermione.
"Okay. I'm quite shameless. I don't mind. It comes with growing up with all older brothers that invade your space and life every few minutes." said Ginny, pushing the door open with her foot as they carried the tray in.
"That's understandable. To a point, Ginny." said Hermione. They set it next to his side of the bed.
"Do I want to join this conversation or not?" he asked.
"Not." said Hermione.
"Sure." said Ginny at the same time. Hermione glared at her. Ginny laughed.
"No. Just, no." said Hermione. Remus chuckled too. Ginny went to walk out, before leaving though she turned back.
"Oh, and don't choke on the milk this time. That scared Mum a little bit." said Ginny. She shut the door before either could reply. Hermione shook her head and climbed back in bed with him as he ate. He found he was still very tired but also very hungry. After a few minutes he still had a few sandwiches left.
"You want any?" he asked, unable to eat any more.
"Sure." she said, picking up one, he handed her a plate.
"I think she's trying to stuff me until I explode." said Remus.
"I think she just wants you to regain strength."
"Same thing." said Remus. She looked at him, he shrugged. After two sandwiches Hermione refused to eat any more.
"I will explode if I have any more." said Hermione. He laughed. Another knock came at the door.
"Come in." said Remus. It was Molly. She came over and picked up the tray.
"Oh, I was going to bring that back out." protested Hermione.
"Nonsense. I can get it. You didn't even finish your food." Molly said, looking at Remus.
"Molly, I don't think a starving lion could have finished all that food." he said.
"Oh, well. I'm sure Ron will eat these." said Molly walking towards the door.
"Molly." said Remus.
"Yes?" she asked, turning.
"Could you owl Albus and see when he could come here? I need to speak with him." said Remus.
"Sure."
"Thanks, Molly. For everything." said Remus. Molly smiled, nodded, and left. Remus slid back down to lay fully on his back. Hermione followed suit.
"You still tired?" asked Hermione.
"Why?" he asked in a teasing tone.
"I was only wondering." said Hermione.
"A little bit. I should be okay starting tomorrow though. That's usually when I can fully go back to normal." said Remus.
"Okay."
"If you want to go spend time with Ron or Ginny go ahead. I doubt your tired at all." said Remus.
"I'll stay here. Even if I don't fall asleep I feel like laying here." said Hermione.
"Alright then." he said. Before she could roll on a side he did so. He lay one of his strong, heavy hands on her stomach. She covered his hand with one of hers and looked up at him. He leaned over and pressed his lips to hers again. She pushed back, softly. They didn't break the kiss until both needed to inhale again. Remus lay his head back on his pillow and closed his eyes. Hermione lay there, taking in the situation and scene. She noticed he fell asleep very quickly, his breathing becoming slower. She was content, entirely. She was lying in bed, with the man she loved, carrying his child. She didn't know exactly where everything was going but knew as long as she was with him, it would be okay.