"Well that was a productive day." Remus said sarcastically. Jane smiled at him, seeing him take out his homework angrily.
"You know we don't have to do that." She told him, flopping down on his bed beside him.
He blew his hair out his eyes, before replying. "It's due tomorrow, Jane."
"Remus," She sighed. "Please don't do your homework." He looked up at her, to see her eyes giving him a puppy-dog look. He chuckled, and threw the books on Sirius' bed. She grinned, and he rolled his eyes, smiling.
"You know you'd rather be with me then doing homework." She taunted, eyes twinkling. He sighed, knowing she was right, and grabbed her around the waist quickly. She turned to give him a small peck, then pulled away, looking at her watch.
"I wanna do something else with you." She said. He raised an eyebrow at her choice of words, and her face screwed up in disgust. "Okay, that was not supposed to come out like that."
He laughed at her blushing face, and kissed her lovingly. She kissed him back, and they sat like that for a while, absorbed with one another.
"Okay, okay." She said, sitting back, a little breathless. "No more distractions." She gave him a strict look, and he smiled impishly at her.
"No more distractions." He repeated, looking like he was going to kiss her again. She put a hand to his chest and pushed him back, laughing.
"Come on, I want to show you something." She said, putting her small, delicate hand in Remus' much stronger and rougher one. He followed her without question, grinning.
"Where are we going?" He asked curiously. She said nothing, just pulled him out of his room, down the staircase, and out of the common room.
"Come on!" She whispered, looking around a corner, then motioning him that the coast was clear. She and Remus had been one of the last people to leave the Great Hall after the feast, along with James and Lily. Sirius had left earlier, looking for Marlene. All the younger students were probably in bed by now, as they should've been as well. Although most of the fourth years and older were all still in the common room partying, but they wouldn't be in as much trouble if they got caught, because they weren't roaming the halls. Remus cursed silently as he realized James had the map, and so every time they walked down a new corridor, they had to be quiet as a mouse.
"Are you going to tell me where we're going yet?" Remus whispered, being as quiet as he could.
"Okay fine- Wait, who's that?" Jane hissed quietly, pointing to a white-blond haired boy who was just turning a corner, unaware to them. Remus raised an eyebrow at Jane, who shrugged suspiciously.
"Should we-"
"Yeah. Come on." Remus said, grabbing her hand, and running quietly after the boy. Remus stopped Jane as he poked his head around the next corner, seeing Lucius Malfoy walking, nose up and smirking to himself. His lips were blooded; Remus nodded his head to him, with a questioning look to Jane. Jane raised her eyebrows at Lucius, then pulled Remus back around the corner.
"What's he doing?" She hissed.
"Whatever it is, it's not good. Did you see that smirk he was wearing?"
"Yes. And what's that he's got in his hand?" She said warily. Remus poked his head out from the corner again, and couldn't help himself from gasping when he saw what the sixth year boy had in his hand.
He felt a hand go around his mouth, then he was jerked back around the corner.
"Remus, be quiet! I think he might've-"
"Who's there?" Lucius called out. Jane winced, then pulled Remus back on the wall. "Don't move. I'll deal with this." She said, turning around the corner.
"Like hell you will!" He hissed, running around the corner. He pulled her behind him, so his body was in front of hers.
"What is it with couples tonight?" Lucius asked himself, rolling his eyes and shoving the map in his robes.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Remus snarled, hand behind him, blocking Jane from standing anywhere but behind his back. Remus had always been one to sense danger when it was coming, and the hair on the back of his neck was rising right now, telling him to get away, and fast.
"Jane." He warned, turning around only for a second to meet her eyes. She stared at him imploringly with her bright blue eyes, but didn't push, seeing the danger in his eyes. He whipped back around to stare at Lucius.
"Malfoy." He spat, walking forward to meet him. "Give me that."
"Give you what?" Lucius sang, skipping around. Remus moved with him, blocking Jane. "Scared I'll hurt your little girl?" He taunted, still skipping trying to get around Remus.
"Don't." Remus snarled like a wolf. Lucius' face fell for a second at how realistic the growl had sounded. He plastered back on his arrogant smile, and laughed.
"Now, now. I don't want to cause anything, so I'll just be going…"
"I don't think so Malfoy. Give me the map." Remus said through his teeth.
"A map? Is that what this is?" Lucius said, pulling out what looked like an old piece of parchment.
"Don't be ignorant. Give me the bloody map Lucius. Don't make this harder than it needs to be."
"I'm not making anything hard! It's you who's got their girlfriend pushed behind him, like I'll hurt her or something." Lucius rolled his eyes. "Come on out, beautiful." He drawled, staring around Remus to look at Jane's widened eyes.
Remus let out a warning growl to Jane.
She was feeling very conflicted, but decided she wasn't going to sit back and just let her boyfriend do everything.
"Don't call me that." She warned, stepping out from behind Remus. He looked at her pleadingly, almost begging her to get back, and she shook her head sadly at him. She knew he was worried for her, but honestly, what's the most Lucius could do besides insult her a few times, maybe tease her? She could take it.
"Much prettier without that big brute covering your… finer assets aren't you?" He said, eyes canvasing up and down her body. Remus' arm wrapped around her pulling her back. She could see the muscles in his arms flexing, as if simply dying to hit Lucius. She pushed his arm away, narrowing her eyes at the Slytherin boy.
"What are you doing here, Lucius?" She asked impatiently, trying her hardest to ignore the way he licked his lips hungrily, eyes still resting on her body. She wanted more than anything in the world to go behind Remus, get away from his gaze. But she couldn't. She had to be strong.
"Never bloody mind with that. Tell me Jane," He raised his eyebrows suggestively at her. She had to stop herself from smacking him across the face, and she suddenly wanted to wash every inch of her body clean, because this vermin had looked at her. She felt dirty. "What's your blood status sugar?"
"Muggle-born." She answered, not knowing what this had to do with anything.
"Shame I don't mix with filth, we could've had fun, love."
"That's IT." Remus snarled, pushing Jane back, and marching up to Lucius, so they were only feet apart. "Give me my damn map. And say one more thing to my girlfriend, and I will hurt you. Thatis a promise."
Lucius rolled his eyes. "So it's your map huh? Let me guess, you're a part of this… this 'Marauder group'?" Remus made no move to answer, so Lucius chuckled on. "Oh, how sweet. Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs! Oh, which one are you? Oh tell me! Tell me!" Lucius said, jumping up and down mock-excitedly. He showed a crooked smirk at Remus, daring him to take a swing at him. But Remus took a deep breath, and reminded himself that Jane was here, and he had to stay composed.
"You know, I'm going to turn you in to Dumbledore." Remus told him, taking quick, short breaths through his nose in an attempt to calm down. It worked, and as Jane sidled up beside him discursively, he put his arm around her waist, her mere presence reminding him to remain collected.
"Oh, but doing that, you'll have to explain why you were out of bed as well!"
"You know, our two best friends are Head Boy and Girl. We can get them to turn you in." Remus said, taking glory in his brilliant plan. He sneaked a look over at Jane, who was now smiling lovingly at him. She was so proud of how calm and levelheaded he was being in this situation, when she herself wanted to punch the living daylights out of Lucius. And she was a very moderate person.
"Oh, but what if I've already seen said Head Boy and Girl?" He sang innocently. Jane noted Lucius said 'oh' a lot. It bothered the hell out of her. Remus' smug smile fell, as he narrowed his eyes dangerously at Lucius.
"Where are they?"
"Oh, I don't know, maybe the hospital wing." He started swinging his arms by his side, bored. "That poor girl… Head cracked into the wall like that. I can only imagine…" He said, mock-sympathetically. Jane bristled at the mention of her best friend, and stepped in front of Remus, glaring.
"What did you do?" She demanded of him. He pulled out his wand in one fluid moment.
"Want a demonstration babe? This will only hurt, oh, a lot." He guaranteed her, and, shooting one quick glare at Remus, he shot his wand at her chest, bellowing, "Expelliarmus!"
But the spell didn't work. Remus had stepped in front of her, shouting the counter-curse quickly. Lucius tried again, but Remus blocked it again.
Now an evil glint in his eyes, he switched to a different spell:
"Crucio!" He screamed, not directing the wand at Remus, but rather at Jane again. Remus blocked it again with a yell, as Jane fumbled with her pockets to get her wand, trying desperately to ignore the fact that she had almost just been shot with an unforgivable curse.
"Accio Map!" Remus shouted, as Jane yelled "Petrifucus Totalus!"
Map in hand, Lucius frozen on the ground, they stood there in silence for a moment, both breathing heavily, staring down at the young Slytherin. All traces of malicious and evil gone from him, his face was peaceful, showing how young he really was.
Remus turned to Jane breathlessly, and she beamed at him, face flushed.
"We make a good team." She told him jokingly, though it was hard to laugh at the situation they were in right now.
"I think we always have." He said, kissing her tenderly and feeling serenity dissipate through him, as he finally knew for sure that Jane was safe.
AN: This is the last chapter of the seventh years' Halloweens.
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