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Remus' POV
If Remus was being completely honest, he didn't like Professor Bode, now Remus was far from hating the man, but he did not like him. He thought he was a bit pushy, and maybe a bit too full of himself, but he still wasn't quite sure why Hermione had taken to such a sudden distaste of their professor. Remus hated to admit it, but when Hermione voiced her concerns about their Defense against the Dark Arts professor, he had been reluctant to believe it. Remus was sure that the man had made Hermione uncomfortable, and didn't doubt that he didn't listen to her pleas to not perform the Patronus, but he didn't think that that had meant anything.
"I just don't get a good feeling from him." Hermione attempted to explain. Her voice was full of worry and her eyes looked exhausted. She had been constantly expressing her dislike of him throughout the next few days. Remus could nearly feel her anxiety, and he wanted nothing more than to help.
"Have you felt this way the whole year? Has it just started now?" Remus wondered. Hermione's brows furrowed.
"He was fine in the beginning of the year. But something's changed, I swear it." Hermione told the young werewolf. Remus nodded taking it in.
"I'm headed to the library this afternoon to research him." Remus told Hermione, hoping that this might calm her nerves. It seemed to work because Hermione offered him a weak smile then drifted off to find Lily.
After spending numerous hours finding absolutely nothing about the man in the library, Remus decided to call it a night and head back to the common room. Once he was there, he sat down onto his bed and let out a loud, audible sigh.
"And what seems to be the cause of that loud, audible sigh?" James asked from his bed as he flipped through a book. He had now gotten Sirius and Peter's attention, and all eyes were on him. Remus shrugged.
"Me and Hermione kissed," He offered up casually and James' jaw dropped, Peter let out a surprised squeak and Sirius narrowed his eyes, as if evaluating the situation.
"Really?" Sirius said slowly and Remus nodded.
"Twice, actually." Remus admitted, "The first time she kissed me, then I kissed her yesterday." Remus watched the boys intently for their opinion. Sirius was still giving him a sly look, James' jaw was dropped and Peter's eyes were wide.
"And why am I just now finding out about this?" James huffed as he crossed his arms. Remus shrugged. In truth, there wasn't a specific reason that he hadn't told his friends; he just figured they wouldn't care to know.
"I didn't think you lot would be interested," Remus shrugged and blushed a bit as Sirius let out a loud snort.
"Moony, she's your mate. Any type of development on your relationship with her is interesting to us." Sirius said as if this information was obvious. Remus nodded his head slowly, trying to process the information. Remus looked over at his three friends, who were looking at him quite eagerly; as he shrugged Peter rolled his eyes.
"Well go on and tell us what happened after the kiss!" Peter hissed eagerly and Remus blinked.
"Nothing. We kissed, then she said she liked me, and then we went to bed." Remus admitted and Sirius had a large grin.
"Went to bed….Together?" He cocked and eyebrow and Remus leaned over and launched a pillow at Sirius' head.
"Not together!" Remus hissed as the pillow hit Sirius comically on the side of the head. Sirius kept a dry expression the entire time and sighed loudly. Remus looked at the other boys who followed Sirius' lead.
"That's it?" James asked a bit unpleased. Remus nodded and then shrugged.
"I want to make things official, I want her to be my girlfriend, but I don't know how, I want to make it special, something she'd remember." Remus said firmly and the other boys nodded.
"Maybe I could take her to the Astronomy tower at night, look at the stars, that'd be romantic right?" Remus asked as his brow was furrowed with concentration. Peter and James both nodded in agreement but Sirius clucked his tongue and cringed.
"Er, Moony. Perhaps not….there." He said a bit urgently. Remus raised an eyebrow at his friend then his face went red.
"Padfoot, I'll kill you." He warned. Although the words were harsh and as was the tone, Remus was joking. Peter burst into giggles and James couldn't help but chuckle as well.
"And while we're on that note," Sirius said a bit anxiously. "I would avoid the broom closet on the second floor, the spare classroom on the fourth, and the girl's bathroom on the sixth floor." Sirius said a bit sheepishly and Remus paled.
"Padfoot…" He groaned and covered his head with a pillow. "Nothing, er, you didn't—"
"No, it was only that one time in the astronomy tower," Sirius explained quickly, "however, we did other things…" Sirius trailed off and grinned slightly, causing Remus to pale even more.
"Padfoot, shut up or I promise I will vomit." Remus demanded and the raven haired wizard let out a barking laugh.
"Where can I take her though? What do you think she'll like? I want it to be romantic." Remus rambled on and the other boys rolled their eyes.
"Remus, you're her bloody mate. You know her better than anyone here; you should know where to take her." James reminded him and Remus nodded his head.
"Room of Requirement!" Peter squealed and the three other boys turned around quickly.
"Room of what?" Sirius baffled. James rolled his eyes at Peter and sighed.
"The Room of Requirement, Hermione actually showed it to us. It turns into whatever you need. It'd be a perfect place actually." James admitted and Remus nodded his head eagerly.
"Why haven't I heard of it before?" Sirius pouted and James shrugged.
"Hermione told us, it's a bloody wonder on how she knew." James said after a moment. "All these years we've been here, and we hadn't even thought of a place like that to exist. And she's here for not even a full year and she just happened to wander up onto it. The girl oozes luck, Moony." Sirius and Remus both shared a sidelined glance with one another and the boy cringed. Hermione obviously knew of the room in her own time, which she obviously still hadn't told James and Peter about.
"Well, where is it?" Remus wondered impatiently and Peter turned towards James, who squinted his eyes in concentration.
"Seventh Floor, right?" Peter squeaked and James nodded his head. "You have to have need for it, and it'll appear." Peter explained and Remus nodded his head.
"What shall I turn it into?" Remus asked and the three other boys looked at one another sheepishly.
"Er, Moony, that one is for you to decide." James shrugged and Remus rolled his eyes.
Hermione's POV
At the moment, Hermione Granger was being pulled blindly down a corridor by none other than Remus Lupin. He had asked her to keep her eyes closed and Hermione was obeying, although a bit reluctantly. After tripping and stumbling over numerous stair steps, Hermione demanded to be allowed to open her eyes.
"Er, not yet Hermione," Remus cringed. "But soon." He promised just as Hermione stumbled to her knees once more. She let out a loud groan and shook her head.
"Remus if I can't open my eyes right now, then I'm this close to falling down all of these stairs and never being able to open my eyes again!" She hissed as she held two fingers closely together. She could hear Remus shift and then sigh.
"Okay fine." Remus said and just as Hermione was about to open her eyes, she felt arms around her waist, and she was hoisted up into the air. "Keep them shut!"
"Remus!" Hermione hissed. "Let. Me. Down." She held on tightly to him, her eyes still closed tight and she wasn't breathing. She had done the calculations in her head, and it seemed to be that they were nearing the top floor of Hogwarts, meaning that there was quite a long drop down to the bottom. If there was one thing Hermione Granger did not like, it was heights.
"It's okay, I got this." She heard Remus whisper to her as he carried her up the stairs. Hermione anxiously squirmed in his arms. They were up past curfew, and it was quite possible that Filch was lurking around any corner. Remus was a perfect, but that didn't stop Filch from handing out detentions.
"Open!" Remus told her excitedly and Hermione opened up one eye, then the other. She looked around the corridor and found one dingy door in front of her. Obviously it was the target of Remus' affections.
"Ah," She said suddenly as she inspected the door. "The Come and Go room," Hermione smiled as she was remembered of Dumbledore's Army.
Remus swung open the door, and with a wide grin he yelled, "Ta-da!" Hermione nearly doubled over into laughter as she peered inside the small room. It appeared to be a broom closet. Nothing more, nothing less. She covered her giggling mouth and raised a brow at Remus who was clearly confused.
"This is the Room of Requirement, correct?" He asked a timidly as he peered into the room himself. Hermione nodded her head. "Well this isn't what I had in mind," He admitted with a blush and Hermione giggled. She was about to tell Remus a fact about the room, when she heard a voice from around the corner.
"Students out of bed!" Filch's voice hissed down the corridor. Hermione's eyes went wide and she turned towards Remus, shoving the rest of his body into the small closet and quietly shutting the door.
There wasn't nearly enough space in the broom closet. Hermione looked around and saw the piles of coats and broom in a corner, and a single light bulb in the middle. She reached her hand up, and slowly twisted it, so the room was lit with a dim yellow light. Hermione watched as Remus sat down on one side, barely leaving enough room for Hermione on the other. Once the two were comfortably sitting, Remus gasped.
"Spider!" He hissed as he pointed at a small black spider that was crawling towards him. He raised a shoe to kill it when Hermione scowled.
"Its, just a spider Ronald, honestly!" She hissed as she carefully picked the spider up and placed it safely in the corner. She glanced back up at Remus, who was pale. "What?" Hermione raised a brow, a bit confused by the sudden change in demeanor.
"Ronald." Remus spoke softly as he heard Filch's voice near the room.
"Ronald? Remus what are you talking about?" Hermione narrowed her eyes, and then the realization dawned on her. "Oh…Remus." She gasped and covered her face with her hands. "I'm so sorry. Ron was terrified of spiders as well. I'm sorry, my brain must of shut off momentarily. I'm an idiot…" Hermione apologized repeatedly. How does one apologize for calling your current love interest the name of your old love interest that wasn't even born in this time yet?
"It's understandable," Remus shrugged as he reached a hand over and grabbed Hermione's in it tightly. "And I'm not afraid of spiders. They're just nasty creatures." Remus firmly nodded his head and Hermione giggled.
"Ron's boggart was a spider. His biggest fear. Yet in our second year, he helped Harry face a massive one. It was very Gryffindor of him. Very noble." Hermione said more to herself as she smiled slightly. She was brought out of her thoughts as Remus cleared his throat and she looked at him suddenly.
"I'm sorry, you're probably tired of hearing about my old friends, I'm probably boring you sick." Hermione said quickly and Remus urgently shook his head.
"Hermione no, never." He promised her and Hermione slowly nodded her head.
After a moment Remus spoke. "They were you're family. I'd never expect someone to ask me to stop talking of James and Sirius. If they were important to you, they're important to me." Remus said quietly and Hermione couldn't help the sad smile that clouded her face.
"Remus…I.." Hermione began, but couldn't finish, she didn't know quite what to say. She cleared her throat, and wiped away a single tear quickly and looked around the old broom closet. "Remus, why did you bring me here?" she wondered. His eyes opened in shock, then he shrugged.
"We're on the seventh floor, correct?" He asked. Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Remus, I was blindfolded nearly the entire time. But considering this is the Room of Requirement—while I don't understand why you needed a broom closet—this appears to be the seventh floor." Hermione finished with a small huff and Remus smirked.
"Fantastic." He said after a moment and Hermione raised a brow.
"Why?"
"A certain someone warned me to avoid the broom closet on the second floor, the spare classroom on the fourth, and what was the last one….Oh yes! I remember, the girl's bathroom on the sixth floor!" Remus said a bit smugly and Hermione's eyes widened.
"Oh no!" Her face contorted with a horrified realization of Remus' words. He laughed as her face flushed and she buried her head into her hands.
"I'm kidding," He added as he slowly dragged one of her hands away from her face, then the other. "Actually…The reason I wanted to bring you here—er not here, exactly, I was expecting something a bit nicer but, oh well—is that I wanted to ask you something." Remus paused and Hermione's heart raced. She bit her bottom lip in anticipation and she raised an eyebrow in question. Remus looked at her nervously.
"Wouldyouliketoofficiallybemygirlfriend?" Remus sputtered out and Hermione blinked.
"I didn't quite catch that Remus," Hermione narrowed her eyes at him. Remus' face was flushing bright red and he looked almost in pain.
"Er..Okay…I was wondering...if you'd like to…bemygirlfriend?" Remus looked as if someone had just slapped him and began massaging his temple with his left hand. Hermione tilted her head and looked at him, her eyes wide and her jaw dropped.
"Yes," Hermione blinked after a moment.
"Yes?!" Remus eyes bulged out of his head and his hand fell to his side. "Yes as in yes you'd like to be my girlfriend?" He raised a brow and Hermione eagerly nodded her head. When his eyes still remained narrowed in confusion Hermione giggled loudly.
"Remus, this shouldn't be such a surprise, I mean honestly we've kissed twice now. You don't just go around snogging people you don't like." Hermione said, then hastily added, "Or at least, I don't." Remus smiled at that and Hermione crawled a bit closer to him.
The light bulb in the room dimmed and flickered and Hermione looked up at and smiled. "What a rubbish broom closet," She said mockingly as she planted a firm kiss on Remus' lips. Remus shifted over to make room for her in front of him, and placed his hand gently on her face.
"Rubbish indeed," He agreed and leaned in for another kiss.
~Until Next Time~
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