Lora had known for sure where Remus had apparated to when she saw the look on his face and the tears welling up in his eyes. He had told her, (while they had been home alone together and got into a conversation about where their "safe place" was), that whenever he was upset he went to an old shack Sirius and he used to hang out in. Remus missed Sirius terribly, and had let go of some of the pain in telling Lora about it. Lora had seen the same look now that he'd had in his eyes while telling her about his deceased, beloved friend. Lora sighed as she walked down the street, pulling her coat tighter around her and crossing her arms. The shack was about five minutes away and up a small, but dark hill, seeing as it was now around 8 P.M. Lora took in a deep breath as she walked up the hill now. She looked up ahead and saw no lights on, but indeed a small, run-down shack. Once she got to the top of the hill, she walked quietly up the worn, decipitated lane. The shack was very old and crooked, and Lora was intrigued by it. Gently, she pushed the door open and stepped inside. Then she closed the door quietly behind her.

"Remus? Remus, it's me: Lora." She whispered, beginning to walk around.

"Remus, please come out? I'm sorry about my Dad...He doesn't even know anything he's talking about right now but," she took in a deep breath. "I heard you yelling too...Being his friend I thought you'd be the only one that would listen to him...Erm, besides Mum who's obviously...well, incapable....But what's wrong with you now? Why did you freak out?" Still, there was silence, and after a few moments Lora groaned angrily.

"Look, I'm really putting myself out there by coming here! I've grown in 5 minutes more than I have in 5 years! Really, it takes alot for me to come here and talk to you alone in a small, dark shack when mere hours ago I didn't even want to be in the same house alone with you! So, at least have the decency to acknowledge me!"

"You're talking to the wrong person about decency, Lora." Remus replied, standing from a squashy, old armchair he'd been sitting in with his back to Lora. As he stared at her now, (both only seeing a little of each other due to it being so dim), Lora would've thought she'd be afraid of Remus; Uncomfortable or shy...But she was fierce, prepared, and felt safe. She was strong, and sure...Something she never thought she'd feel.

"And why is that?" She asked, her voice strong yet curious.

"Because I have no decency. I have more problems then your father so I dumped them all on him in HIS time of need. I just never have anyone to talk to...Maybe my time of help will come one day....When I'm dead." He muttered.

"That's not true!" Lora yelled, stepping closer to him. "It's not help that will come because God gives us help in different forms every single day...It's realization that you're waiting for and it will come, Remus....If you open your mind to it."

"Realization?"

"Yes. Realization that you ARE a good person; That you wouldn't hurt anyone....That you're a kind-hearted person and that you mean something to this world. Remus, stop wallowing in all of this crap!!! Do you think that I had reason enough, (more than you), to wallow and complain and whine!? Sure I did! I could've wemt up to everyone after they told me their problems and said, 'oh, well, look what happen to me.' I could've broke down crying countless times in public, in normal conversation and played the pity card! I could've went on and on about how I'd never recover...That it was too traumatizing and too horrible....But I didn't. Remus, there is a reason you are a werewolf. If you don't believe there's a reason then you might as well go on with your life how it is now because you'll never get anywhere. It's like people who say they don't believe in God but they do in fate...Remus, you believe in circumstances but not better reasons....in life but not living. It goes hand in hand. God would NOT have given us life if we weren't supposed to live it, and we wouldn't have circumstances to endure if HE didn't have REASONS!"

Remus stood there a moment gazing at the girl, his eyes un-blinking and seemingly unseeing....But then he blinked and shook his head, clearing his mind of all the thoughts running threw it, and then he apparated.

Lora sighed and ran out the door of the shack back to the Burrow.

'Not again," she thought to herself bitterly.

After running into the house, Lora slammed the door shut behind her and glared at Bill as he helped her take her coat off.

"Where is he?! Where is he??!!!! If he didn't come back here I'll kill him." Bill grabbed her by the shoulders and hugged her close.

"Lora...Oh, Lora." Lora furrowed her eyebrows and pulled away from Bill.

"What's wrong? I-"

"You're ok....You're ok." Bill had tears in his wife but wiped at them frusteratedly and sighed, wiping his palms on his worn jeans.

"Merlin, Lora, don't ever do that again...How could you go into a situation that was so unsafe, you know that it's so soon!"

For the first time since running back into her home, Lora noted no one but Bill and her were in the living room now, and then she turned back to him and asked fiercely: "WHAT'S SO SOON!!?"

Then, she heard the loud, pitiful howl come from the woods, and realization dawned on her. How could she have forgotten?....By putting herself into harm's way like that....Being so oblivious....Well, it had been the first time since her rape she felt strong and secure....and it could very well have been her last.

A\n: Well, I REALLY wanted to end there but since I still wanna write I'll do another chapter really soon, but I thought that was effective lol....I liked this chapter. I did my best to show how God has a plan for everything even if we were talking about werewolves..Ah well, that's what using the gifts HE's given us for HIS glory is all about.....lol. Anywho, hope you enjoyed and please review. :)

God Bless

Sarah