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Hermione was pissed, she'd gotten word from Blaise that Ronald and Pansy had managed to escape the building without alerting the Aurors. She was even more angry about the incompetence of said Aurors. It took them 3 days to find the false back inside the wardrobe in what could only be Pansy's room. Following it they found it led to a hidden room in the other building. That's where they found Kae, the man had been obliviated of all of his memories pertaining to Hermione, Ron and even Pansy.

The man was now locked in the Janus Thickey ward alongside Gilderoy Lockhart and the Longbottoms. Sighing she pulled her hand down her face, climbing out of the tub then dried off magically and pulled on a pair of blue knickers and threw her cyan colored night gown on. Finding her robe she flung that on and left it open before stepping into her slippers. She spelled her hair into a french plait and wandered out to her sitting area in her room. Sitting down in her comfy armchair she summoned her book on Quileute legends.

Fifteen minutes later she felt the tingling of her wards being breached. The person entering wasn't a threat to them but she stood in front of her windows letting her eyes shift over to that of her wolf allowing her to see better in the pitch-black night. Not seeing anything she picked her book back up and began to read, it was probably Leah coming to see Remus, she'd been sneaking in at night thinking no one knew she was there. She was startled when a tiny pebble hit her window. Sitting still for a minute she jumped when another rock hit her window. Frowning she got back up and glanced outside, the frown morphed to a genuine smile when she saw Sam standing under her window. He motioned for her to open the window, she did and leaned out.

"I haven't seen you since we found you and I'm calling in our rain check for our date! Get dressed and meet me at your back door!"

She let out a laugh and closed the window hurrying to her closet. She found a pair of mid-thigh black shorts and a tank top that matched her eyes which was torn up in the back showing off her smooth skin. She dug out a pair of converse high tops that matched the shirt, getting dressed she didn't put on any makeup before running down the stairs.

She stopped to tell Sirius and Remus she was going out with Sam. Both scowled at the thought of her not being at home, then quieted down when she shot them a glare.

Hand on her hip she pointed at them, "I know it's been hard to let me leave without one of you with me but you need to realize, I am 22, I won't be alone, I have a new bracelet, and to top it all off I'll be with Sam. You know he'd never let anything happen to me so lay off with the over protective dad routines."

They both looked thoroughly shamed and nodded, Sirius gave her a kiss on the cheek and told her to have fun. Remus did the same and she gave Teddy a kiss on his sleeping head before grabbing her small black backpack and a black zip up hoodie before heading out the back door.

She giggled when Sam's hand grabbed hers and spun her into him, he gave her a peck on the cheek and tugged her behind him towards the woods behind her house, heading into La Push territory. They walked hand in hand for a while before they stopped at the clearing where Sam first saw her. Telling her to stay there he ran off into the tree line, he wasn't gone a minute before he came backout with a picnic basket dangling from his elbow and a blue blanket in hand. Handing her the basket he spread the blanket out and helped her take a seat, he then started unpacking the basket.

She couldn't keep her laugh in when he pulled out at least a dozen sandwiches, followed by four different types of chips, four two liters of pop, macaroni salad, potato salad, brownie bites, vanilla cake bites with peanut butter frosting, chocolate chip cookies, and finally chocolate covered strawberries.

She snagged a strawberry and raised her eyebrow at him, "How did you manage to fit all of that inside the picnic basket?"

She punctuated the end of her sentence with a bite of her strawberry, not missing the way his eyes were drawn to her lips, she chewed and swallowed before licking a bit of juice off the side of her mouth. This seem to shake him out of his stupor and he gave her a sheepish grin.

"I asked for help from you dad."

Hermione's eyebrows shot up at that, her dad hadn't said anything about helping Sam plan a moonlit date. Sam, sensing her surprise gave a slight laugh.

"He refused, but Remus volunteered to charm this basket, took me a while to get used to it when I was packing everything but let me tell you this charm is super handy!"

Hermione smiled at his enthusiasm; she took a minute to just look at him. He was gorgeous to say the least, tall, dark and handsome was what came to mind. Her eyes roamed from his short dark hair, to his eyes, they were such a dark brown that they looked almost black, but when he smiled you could see the happiness radiating from them. She trailed down to his full, very kissable lips to his strong jaw, past his adams apple to his broad shoulders, he was a very muscular man but not so much that it was disgusting. She knew if they were standing her head would come to his shoulders. She silently wondered if her being that short bothered him but when she glanced back up at his face all she could see was his very white smile and the way he was watching her.

With a blush she looked away, but not before snagging one of the ham sandwiches from the tray. She couldn't help the way the flush burned brighter when she heard his deep chuckle.

"You can look at me as much as you like Hermione, so long as I get the same privilege."

The way his voice sounded like a purr to her made her flush brighter than she ever had before, she was suddenly very glad they were having a moonlight picnic so he couldn't see just how much his voice affected her. She took a big bite of her sandwich in hopes it would distract her enough to let the blush die down. She watched as he dished out some salads for her and poured her a cup of Dr. Pepper, her favorite fizzy drink. He then motioned to the bags of chips and she just pointed at one and he opened it and set it near her. She was happily munching on her sandwich as she watched him take four sandwiches, huge scoops of salad and a whole bag of chips for himself alone with a two liter of Coca Cola.

She grinned at the way he wolfed down the food, it was fast but he did it without being disgusting like Ronald used to be. Forcing the comparison out of her head she decided to talk, she needed a distraction. She waited for his attention to be on her before asking about his childhood, she saw his eyes widen before he smiled and told her about his non-existent father and his loving mother. He told her stories about growing up on the reservation, when she asked about the legends, he told her the old stories the way he'd been told them growing up. She'd read every legend in the books but it was much more riveting hearing it from Sam, it made them all seem so much more real.

When he turned the question around on her she told him about her muggle parents, how they were dentists and had loved her more than anything in the world. How they were in their late 40s when she was born, how they took her to many different countries growing up, let her learn whatever she wanted. She told him how accepting they were when they found out she was a witch, she glossed over how they died and how she came to be Sirius's daughter. She told him about her interesting school years, about being petrified by the basilisk, the way they rescued Sirius from everything and how he was exonerated by the courts and was able to become Harry's legal guardian not long before her parents died.

She told him how Dumbledore had wanted to keep Harry miserable in the muggle world so that he would willingly go to his death at Voldemort's hand, she told him how her old headmaster had not wanted Sirius to adopt her because he was planning to ship her off to America to keep her from making Harry realize that he had a family that loved him. It seemed with every story of how her life went before meeting him he got tenser and tenser. She finally stopped at around her 6th year.

"Sam? Are you okay?"

He took a deep breath before answering her, "Yes, I'm just realizing there's been so many chances to have you taken from me before I even met you."

She gave him a smile and blushed lightly at the way the words melted into her heart.

"Would you like me to continue or?"

He nodded and motioned her to continue on as he snagged another sandwich to munch on while she told her stories. She got up to the time she spent being tortured in Malfoy Manor and had unknowingly shifted closer to him as she was getting chilly, not remembering that she'd brought a jacket for this reason. So, she felt rather than saw him stiffen when she glossed over the torture, she felt him run his fingers over the scar that was reappearing little by little every day. It made her shiver as no one had touched her scar in years.

She was suddenly pulled into his arms in a big hug, his face was pressed into the nook where her shoulder met her neck. She felt him shaking and she just let him hold her and get it out of his system. It was a few minutes before the shaking subsided and he let her go, she could feel the leftover heat from his blush on her neck but she didn't mention it. He gave her a small smile and she gave on back, gripping his hand in hers she continued the story, moving on to the most recent with Ronald and his cheating escapades along with the kidnapping scheme.

She was reached for a brownie bite and popped it in her mouth watching Sam as he processed the entirety of her life. She could admit that her life had been far more exciting than most.

"So, I have to say, I'm very glad you're as resilient as you are, because if you weren't, I wouldn't have met you." He gave her a grin and popped a whole cookie in his mouth.

She gave him a brilliant smile in return and reached for another strawberry, but he beat her to it, with a slight blush he held the berry out to her, she lessened her smile into a coy grin. Leaning forward she bit into the strawberry, letting her lips wrap around it before pulling away and swallowing that bite. She smirked at the spark in his eye when he reached for another berry, having finished off the one in his hand. They repeated this until Hermione looked up and noticed he had a speck of white chocolate on the corner of his mouth.

She was going to point it out before she got a better idea, leaning forward she kissed the corner where the chocolate was, letting her tongue flick out to clean the piece off before pulling away and nonchalantly grabbing a cake bite. She raised an eyebrow at his frozen form, which she chewed, once he shook it off and smiled at her, she didn't notice when he ran his thumb over a strawberry and gathered the chocolate before he reached over and smeared it on her lower lip. He quickly leaned over and caught her mouth with his, running his tongue over her plump lower lip, he went to pull away, having wanted to just steal a real kiss, when he felt her open her mouth and allow him entrance. They were quickly battling for dominance when he was caught off guard by her climbing in his lap.

Hermione knew this wasn't going to go any further than a heated snogging session, because she wasn't ready for that step but she couldn't resist kissing him back. Pulling away she gave him a grin before standing up and pulling her wand, she cast a stasis charm over the food and a notice me not to make sure no one bothered the food before turning back to him.

"I do hope you brought a change of clothes." She told him before shifting into her wolf form and letting her tongue roll out of her mouth her eyes widened when he started taking off his shirt and she turned and ran into the trees, it wasn't three seconds before she heard him tearing after her, she let out a howl and pushed herself faster, relishing in the thrill of being chased.