There's a bit of fluffiness in this chapter. I'm sorry if you don't agree with my decisions towards the whole SiriusxHermionexRemus thing. But this just seemed like the right time to start at it. If it feels to fast for you then sucks. Based on the decisions Hermione has made, things wont happen with the three of them for real in a while. As stated in a previous chapter, dating/marriage and sex are two different things. Will there be sex in the future before the three of them actually get together? Possibly. Have I made that decision yet? No. It's not my decision. Hermione does what Hermione wants.

I kid you not, people. Nothing ever turns out the way I planned. Hermione can't be tamed.

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"So, 'Mines, What you doing for Winter Holiday?" James asked her, as he spooned cereal into his mouth.

It was currently the last day of classes. Once they were finished they were allowed to get on the train tonight, or in the morning. Whichever suited their guardians best. Hermione knew the boys were leaving tomorrow-they had a prank lined up for those who were also waiting.

"Yeah, you going back to your Uncle's or doing something with Dumbledore?" Sirius asked, his arm coming around her shoulders.

"I suppose I'm just staying here. I haven't heard anything from Aberforth. And Dumbledore is going to be gone a lot on Ministry business." Hermione answered, pulling Sirius's arm off of her shoulder. But she laced their fingers together for a moment, and gave him a light squeeze before letting go to begin eating again.

She looked up, as she realized the boy's shared a look.

"Come home with me, 'Mines. All the guys will be there at some point. It's kind of tradition." James said, his grin wide.

"I don't want to be any trouble.." She trailed, looking around to all of them.

"Nonsense. You're practically one of us." Remus said. Hermione took note of his eyes glowing gold once more.

It was very peculiar. Hermione had never noticed how often his eyes were gold in the future. Only when he was about to turn would they begin turning. But it seemed every time they made eye contact, they would be gold. If he were talking to James or Peter they would be the loving brown she remembered. And at Sirius, they would be gold too. It must have been a super protective thing. They kind of were a little trio inside of the group. Of course all of them were close, even Peter, but since the night of her nightmares, the two would come to her room more often in the night.

"Practically? So you all see me as a boy?" Hermione teased, grinning at them.

"As if we could." Sirius snorted.

"No, just practically because you're not apart of-" Peter was silenced by a slap from James.

"You guys aren't in a cult or something, right?" Hermione asked. Obviously she knew what they were on about every time they began to hint at Remus, but she, or someone else, would interrupt. She figured Remus would tell her when he was ready. She was already an animagus, afterall. After the war she worked with McGonagall quite a lot to accomplish something she always had wanted too.

"No, of course not, 'Mines." James rolled his eyes.

"So, will you stay with us?" Peter asked excitedly.

"I suppose so." Hermione said, a grin on her face.

That night at dinner, Hermione was exhausted and ready for bed. The mid-finals had worn her out for once. Not to mention she'd also been thinking about whatever tool Dumbledore was having made for them. She really needed him to get it fast, so they could destroy this Horcrux and begin looking for others.

Her heart was already aching, because once Summer Holiday started, Hermione would be away from her boys almost the whole time, and unable to send them many letters. Dumbledore and herself were going to start searching the places where they had found the other horcruxes. It shouldn't take the whole summer, but it was going to be quite dangerous. Hermione didn't know what they would, and wouldn't find.

She tried her hardest to push those thoughts out of her mind. She was not going to let anything ruin this Holiday.

"Don't drink from your goblet, love." Sirius whispered to her, as he sat down next to her.

Hermione rolled her eyes as the rest of the Marauders joined them at their table. There was about half of the students still there to leave in the morning, and the Marauders were up to no good.

She listened to him, and pushed her goblet a bit away from her, so she wouldn't forget, and began eating, waiting for the room to explode.

Suddenly, a boy from Hufflepuff began laughing loudly. Then another from Hufflepuff, then one from Ravenclaw. A few from Gryffindor, and then finally, all of Slytherin table at once.

"You didn't." Hermione turned to Sirius.

"Ah, but we did." He grinned.

They had only randomly placed potions in a few random goblets around the room, and then all of the Slytherin table.

"Oops." James smirked, taking a drink from his own goblet.

The room was rather noisy, and Hermione shook her head at the boys with a grin.

"I'll see you all in the morning, okay?" She asked them. She grabbed up a sandwich to take with her, and headed up to her room.

Hermione pulled her hair up off of her back, and stripped her clothes easily once in her room, her bathwater already running itself. She hummed a muggle song as she walked to her desk, and sat, pulling her hair down to run a brush through it. She got all the tangles out, and pulled it up once more. Her bath was full of steaming water, and she was absolutely ready to get in it.

She dipped a foot into the bubbly water, and goosebumps ran up her body. She quickly got fully in, and leaned back against the tub. The bubbles went up to her collarbones, and were very cleansing. It was strange that muggles took baths, they were sitting in their own filth. But, with these magic bubbles, it was all clean.

Hermione let out another sigh, her eyes closing. She had never felt more relaxed.

And then, there was a knock on her door.

"Accio, wand."

Hermione's wand came to her, and she aimed in the general direction of the door, giving it a pulse of her magic to allow it to be opened.

"Come in!" She called, sinking a bit further down into the bubbles.

"'Mione, are you okay?" She heard Remus.

"Where are you?" Sirius asked.

"Bathroom!" She called.

They both walked to the doorway. Remus blushed, and stopped, while Sirius just walked right on in and hopped onto the counter.

"Sorry, we didn't mean to disturb you. You just left in a bit of a hurry." Remus said, his hands toying with his school tie.

"No, it's quite alright. I'm just tired is all." Hermione said.

"We can come back later if you want." Sirius offered, scratching his cheek.

"No, you're welcome to stay. I just wanted to relax a bit before going to bed." She sniffed, looking down to the bubbles.

"Are you sure? We don't want to intrude on your naked- I mean alone time." Remus coughed, his face redder.

Sirius let out a chuckle.

Hermione grinned.

"It's no big deal, Remus. Sirius has already seen, the cheeky bastard. And I'm not planning on flashing anyone at the moment." She said, her grin widening.

"What? Why did Sirius get to see?" Remus asked, his gaze shooting to the dog, his eyebrows crinkled.

"It was an accident, mate. Hermione had just woken up and she didn't realize." Sirius grinned, his eyebrows wiggling.

"Am I the only one who hasn't seen you naked?" Remus asked, looking back to Hermione.

"No, there's Peter. And the rest of the school excluding James." Hermione laughed, sitting up a bit from her bath.

"Pete doesn't count! And neither does the rest of the school!" Remus said.

Hermione smiled widely.

"So what? You want to see me naked too?" She asked him.

"Well of course. You're a beautiful young lady. But I'm-I'm not going to-to...disrespect you in that way." Remus stuttered, his face red once more.

"It's okay, Remus. I know your secret. Sirius told me." She grinned.

Remus's face turned dark.

"Why the hell would you do that Pads?! I was supposed to tell her over break! What the fuck-"

"Remus, why are you so angry at him telling me you have a crush on me? I think it's cute." Hermione saved Sirius quickly. She didn't think Remus would get that mad over thinking Sirius told her about his furry problem.

"Oh...That secret…Sirius, still. What the bloody hell?" Remus laughed, his hands coming to his face.

"There's another secret?" Hermione asked innocently.

"Yeah… Can we keep that for another time?" Remus asked.

"Of course." Hermione answered.

"Did you think I was that bloody stupid, Moony? Why would I do that?" Sirius huffed, crossing his arms.

"You know that Sirius has a crush on you too, right?" Remus asked her, shooting a grin at Sirius, whose face turned a bit red.

"I had an inkling. Now, you're just going to have to fight for me, won't you?" Hermione teased.

"To the death, Pads?"

"To the death, Moony."

Sirius hopped off the counter and they began using their wands, pretending they were swords. They jabbed at each other for a bit, and then -Hermione noticed- Sirius winked at Remus, who rose his eyebrows back. After another two 'sword' clashes, they 'stabbed' each other at the same time, both falling to the ground, wands sticking from their armpits and their tongues out.

Hermione played along.

"Oh no! Now whatever am I to do?!" She cried. Hermione accio'd a towel, and stood, wrapping it around her quickly before either could peek at her. She stepped out of the tub and leaned over the both of them, pulling them closer to each other.

"My crushes! What do I do?!" She asked.

She then leaned over and placed a soft kiss to Remus's cheek, and did the same to Sirius.

"My fair lady, you have saved us." Sirius grinned.

Hermione moved back to allow them to sit up.

"The kiss of life, aye?" Remus asked, a grin on his face.

"It's all I could think of," Hermione laughed.

"So, you do like us both back?" Sirius asked, his hand scratching the back of his head.

"I do, yeah." She smiled softly.

"What are we to do?" Remus asked, as he shot Sirius a look.

Sirius gave him a certain look back. Remus nodded.

"Why do you two communicate without talking?" Hermione groaned. "I want to know what you are saying." She sighed.

"We'll let you know sometime soon. Just not now. A lot has came out tonight. Go change and we'll come get into bed with you, okay?" Remus asked her. Hermione nodded, and walked out of the bathroom. Sirius shut the door behind her.

Hermione's first thought was it was to give her privacy to change. Once she heard them talking she thought opposite.

"What if she doesn't accept it? What are we going to do, Pads?"

"Just like she tells James about Lily, it's going to happen eventually. If not soon, than later. She's linked, Remus. She has too."

Linked…? Hermione thought to herself. She began going through the arsenal that was her mind and came up with an answer quickly.

Remus thinks...that would explain the gold eyes...but...What does Sirius have to do with this? There's absolutely no way…

Hermione pressed a hand to her forehead. She suddenly felt really, really sick. She was only in her knickers when she opened her bathroom door and ran past them, regurgitating the little bit of dinner she ate.

Sirius and Remus were suddenly on either side of her, rubbing her back, and wiping tears from her eyes.

There's no way… I can't… What about Tonks?

But Hermione knew the answer. Her coming back had changed a lot of things. It changed when she met Remus. It changed his mate.

She was his mate

And somehow Sirius was in this mess too. Maybe as support? But surely they wouldn't tell her about Sirius' crush if that was true.

She needed books. Now.

Hermione pushed herself away from them, and went to her sink, brushing her teeth.

"I need to go to the library. Will one of you get James' cloak for me, please?" She asked once she had finished.

She vaguely realized both of their eyes were staring straight at her bare chest, but at the moment she couldn't care.

"Please." She begged.

Remus nodded, and hurried out of the room.

Hermione walked out of the bathroom and began pulling on clothes. She didn't even look at what she was putting on. She just needed to get to the Library. She just needed to know if it was possible.

"Hermione, slow down. Why do you need to go to the library? And how do you know about James' cloak?" Sirius asked her.

"I need answers, Sirius." She said, pulling on a plain black cloak for warmth.

"Answers about what?" He asked her, grabbing her shoulders tightly.

"If this is even possible, Sirius! I've never even heard of a Werewolf having two mates!" She said, her eyebrows crinkling together.

"Its- How did you know about him being a werewolf? James told you, didn't he?" Sirius pressed a hand to his face.

"No he didn't. No one told me. Gold eyes make it a bit obvious." That was the first excuse she could come up with.

"Why didn't you tell us you knew?"

"Because I didn't think it would be a huge deal! I was waiting for Remus to trust me enough to tell me! And now this!" Hermione felt like pulling her hair out. She tore away from Sirius, and paced the floor, scratching at her mudblood scars as she walked.

"Okay, think Hermione. Is polygamy frowned upon in the wizard world? No, it's not. Is it common? No it's not. Are werewolves common? No, they're not. Therefore by the equation most polygamy relationships are because of werewolves and werewolf mates. Does that make sense?" She asked, looking up at Sirius, although the question wasn't for him.

"Yes, it does. We need more than one mate. It's like a territory thing…"

Hermione turned to see Remus in the doorway, the invisible cloak in his hand.

"I'm sorry, Remus. I didn't mean to freak out. I just never thought… when I came here I never thought this would happen." Hermione sighed.

She pulled her cloak off, and the rest of her clothes, then put on her pajamas.

"It's understandable. It's a lot to take in.." He trailed off.

Hermione walked to him, her arms coming around his neck.

"Remus, I want you to know that I care about you a lot, okay? Nothing's going to change that." She whispered to him.

His arms came around her, and he pulled her closer in a tight embrace.

"I can't believe it took me this long to figure out." She laughed, pulling away from him, and backing into Sirius.

"So, do you accept it?" Sirius asked her.

"I do… but I'm not comfortable with acting on anything until after… I can't tell you yet. But once it's done with, we can all be together. Just not right now.." She trailed.

Remus nodded, a smile breaking out on his face. Sirius pressed his lips together. She knew he didn't like secrets.

"As long as it's eventually, I'm happy." Remus told her, picking her up in his arms.

He carried her to her bed, and laid her down. Both of her boys stripped out of their clothes, down to their boxers, and got into the bed with her. They became a tangled mess of limbs quickly.

Hermione knew there was much more to this than was said tonight, but she was too tired to do much more. It would be hard, but she knew they could do it.

Together.