Precious Metal
By: Katerina*Elise
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AN- heya, everyone! what's up? I'm sooo sorry that it has
been so long since my last post, but i've been on vacation and
what with ff.net being down, i really couldn't do very much
anyway... i hope you aren't *very* mad at me! ok, ok! i promise that this is a longer
chapter, so have fun, aight? oh, and i changed chapter two
because i realized that hermione actually *did* date vicky...
hehe, sorry about the mix-up... if there even was one... HAPPY
READING!
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
Chapter Three : Startling Realizations
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
It was dark when Hermione woke. She was warm and felt much
better. She stretched slightly and realized she was lying on
someone.
/Remus./ she thought as a grin covered her face. /No wonder
I was warm./
She got up slowly, not wanting to wake the sleeping figure.
She conjured up some breakfast for him, remembering that he took
his coffee with three sugars, and decided that she wanted a shower.
She pulled a quill, ink, and parchment from one of Hagrid's shelves
and began to write Remus a note.
Remus-
Good morning, sunshine! I made you breakfast, see?
Hope you like eggs and bacon!
Hermione
Hermione propped the note between the summoned glass of orange
juice and his coffee. She raised her arms up above her head and
yawned.
Hermione turned and headed into Hagrid's bathroom, cutting the
shower on. It immediately ran hot (AN- ahh, the joys of magic) and
she took off her clothes and stepped into the steaming water.
The water poured around her and streamed down her face in warm,
soothing rivulets. She smiled and deeply breathed in the humid air
around her. Realizing that she didn't have any shampoo with her, she
reached outside the shower curtain, grabbed her wand and transfigured
a bar of soap into her favorite shampoo. As she began to wash her
hair, she pondered the day before.
/I can't believe that I just spent the night in someone's arms.
And to top it all off, my PROFESSOR'S arms. I could seriously get into
trouble for something like that. So could he./
/You can't say you didn't like it, though, can you?/ a tiny voice
inside her asked.
/Well, I didn't NOT like it, it's just it was kind of weird./ she
thought angrily and she scrubbed her scalp fiercely. /I mean, he's
twenty years older than I am, and he's my teacher and-/
/And he's a complete and total babe./ the small voice inter-
rupted. /You've felt the hot body, too; and don't go denying it! And
you know that he's as smart, if not smarter than you are!/
/That's all true./ she though. /Wait! I can't be thinking this
about Remus!/
/See! He's not even 'Professor Lupin' anymore. Now he's Remus./
/God! You're so insufferable!/ she yelled in her mind. /I must
be CRAZY! I'm talking to myself, for goodness sake!/
/You're only crazy if you talk back./ the voice said happily.
/Fine, then, I'm not talking back!/ she though, rinsing out her
hair.
/Hehe,/ the voice laughed. /You really ARE crazy!/
"Agh!" Hermione exclaimed softly before stepping out of the
shower and grabbing two huge towels before turning off the water. She
muttered curses under her breath as she dried off and put her clothes
on, wishing they were clean and glad that she had worn a tank under her
sweater.
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
Remus woke to the sound of running water. He stretched and found
that Hermione was gone. He sat up, looked for her, and then realized
that she had to be in the shower. He stood up and walked around the
couch, working out the kinks that had come from sleeping on the couch.
He saw the breakfast on the table, still hot, and sat down.
Picking up the note, he scanned it quickly and picked up his coffee.
He took a sip, then grinned. It was perfect! \Wow! She knows how I
like my coffee!\ he thought. He ate slowly, and when he finished, was
pleased to note that the dishes immediately disappeared.
Hermione had become quite a formidable witch in her seven years
at Hogwarts. She had also grown up and changed quite a bit.
Her once bush brown hair now hung in sleek, dark ringlets, fall-
ing just past her shoulders. Her brown eyes had darkened into deep
chocolate pools flecked with amber. She had matured well since the
last time he had seen her; she'd gotten taller and had curves in all
the right places.
\I'm surprised someone hasn't snatched her up yet. She's
gorgeous!\ he thought, then mentally rebuked himself. \You can't think
of her like that, she's your student!\
He breathed deeply. \You've known her since she was thirteen,
you spent so long then convincing yourself. The same reasons apply
now. Now more than ever.\
The door to the bathroom opened and Remus looked up to see
Hermione coming out, combing her hair with her fingers and humming
to herself. \She looks rather peeved.\ Remus thought while admiring
the way her skin seemed to glow and the tiny beads of water that
dripped endlessly from the ends of her curls. They were darker now
and were extremely well defined, almost as if an artist had sculpted
them that way.
A single curl kept dropping into her face and, as she reached up
to pull it behind her face, she noticed him watching her. She blushed
a beautiful peach color, and smiled at him. "Morning, Remus!" she
said happily. /Told you that you that he wasn't even 'Professor Lupin'
anymore!/ the tiny voice whispered again.
"Good morning, Hermione." he replied. "Feeling better, I
presume?"
He walked up to her, put his hand on her forehead and then moved
it to her cheek. "You don't feel like you have a fever any more;
that's a good sign."
She nodded. "I do feel much better. She smiled at him before
walking over to the simmering potion in the fireplace. She breathed in
the fumes deeply, then frowned. "It smells wrong. Professor McGonagall
said that it smelled like tuna!"
She looked down at it. "It's the wrong color, too!" The potion
was a bright blue color that would have looked like steel if not for
the tiny bubbles erupting on the surface.
Remus grinned. "I'm surprised that you don't know. It looks and
smells different for everyone. That's why there's so much room for
error in becoming an Animagus." He came over to stand beside her and
sniffed. "See, to me, it looks like a metallic blue color and smells
like-"
"Pine trees." Hermione interrupted.
Remus looked rather shocked. \How does she smell the same thing
that I do?\ "Yeah, exactly."
"I thought you said that it looks and smells differently for
everyone." She said, slightly confused.
"It should." He replied, then shook his head. "But, anyway, we
should get started."
Hermione squealed happily. "Great!" She threw her arms around
his neck and kissed him on the cheek before she could even think about
it.
Remus shivered slightly and, after getting over the initial shock,
hugged her back. \Back off, Remus! She's your student for Moon's sake!\
/This is wrong!/ Hermione thought. /But I love it!/
She let go after a few seconds and stepped back a tiny bit before
grinning. "Let's do it."
Remus nodded. "Okay."
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TBC
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
AN2- There you go, the transformation comes next! I hope to have it
up really soon, so please review! Thank-you's to...
***Je T'aime- if you're tellin me ya love me, i love ya too. I'm
postin, i'm postin!!!
***Kandie- Thank you, thank you. I try. And I'm postin!!!!
***MountainDewChika (Sara)- Thank you, girlie! I'll be sure to
take you up on that offer! I always need betas!
***Little Marauder- Thanks! There are a lot of decent fics around...
try Tessie's 'The Virus'; it's great.
***Moon Assassin 13- Oh, really? none of mine were deleted.... I
don't think... Oh, well... thanx!
***Tazigo- Thanks for the review! i really enjoy putting their
thoughts in! it's a lot of fun! but i'm not saying a word about
where the plot is headed. hehe, you'll just have to wait and find
out!
***Hermione- My favorite name!!! heheh, thanx!
***Lioness Silence- Thank you again! I'm going to put in quite a
bit about Remus's transformation into a werewolf in a very near
chapter. I hope that it meets your expectations.
***Sheperdmoon- Thank you, thank you!!! Huggles right back atcha!
***Princess Zelda- Here ya go! you've got the same name as my
friend Katie, but her's is Princess Zelda of Hyrule.
***Vilavohn- I'm hurrying, i'm hurrying!!!
***bob lemon- **pant, pant** i'm hurrying!!! ya'll are just slave
drivers, aren't ya!
***Coeur De Lion- Hahaha, i'm continuing!!! Just calm down, ya'll!
***Leigh- you got it... plus i didn't even think about it... let's
say that the hut is magic proof for the big stuff... like melting
14 tons of snow.
***Alishandr- I REALLY wish that i knew what you said... Is that
German? and does snalla mean faster?
***Rem's Gal- I love the way your twisted little mind is reading
*my* twisted little mind... hahahaha!!!!!
***Fluffy Upakins- i took a long time... i sowwi.
***SAICHO-18 - who said that obi-wan is going to be remmie? huh?
do ya knwo who sirius is gonna be?! tell me, tell me!!!!
***VenusDeMilo- I won't, trust me... she's going to be ...
fiercely beautiful.
***Tabi- hahah, i promise that won't happen.
***Cate Evergreen- I'm writing, i'm writing!!!!! shoot, guys!
ya'll are horrible to me!!! but i love ya anyway!
***Irismoon- :-) just wait and find out!!! hahahah!
***gina- he is kind of old, but wizards live longer than humans,
and don't forget to take into affect hermione's time with the
Time-Turner... she's probably older than you realize, just from
doing time over and over.
***milliniumgirl9- thank you, thank you!
***Zara- I got them all and more!!! hehehe!
***Siognee- well, you're entitled to your own opinion... but i
love the story!!!
Oh my gosh, i'm finally done with all of that!!! heheh, don't
forget to review!!! luv you guys!
Ciao, Katerina*Elise
By: Katerina*Elise
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
AN- heya, everyone! what's up? I'm sooo sorry that it has
been so long since my last post, but i've been on vacation and
what with ff.net being down, i really couldn't do very much
anyway... i hope you aren't *very* mad at me! ok, ok! i promise that this is a longer
chapter, so have fun, aight? oh, and i changed chapter two
because i realized that hermione actually *did* date vicky...
hehe, sorry about the mix-up... if there even was one... HAPPY
READING!
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
Chapter Three : Startling Realizations
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
It was dark when Hermione woke. She was warm and felt much
better. She stretched slightly and realized she was lying on
someone.
/Remus./ she thought as a grin covered her face. /No wonder
I was warm./
She got up slowly, not wanting to wake the sleeping figure.
She conjured up some breakfast for him, remembering that he took
his coffee with three sugars, and decided that she wanted a shower.
She pulled a quill, ink, and parchment from one of Hagrid's shelves
and began to write Remus a note.
Remus-
Good morning, sunshine! I made you breakfast, see?
Hope you like eggs and bacon!
Hermione
Hermione propped the note between the summoned glass of orange
juice and his coffee. She raised her arms up above her head and
yawned.
Hermione turned and headed into Hagrid's bathroom, cutting the
shower on. It immediately ran hot (AN- ahh, the joys of magic) and
she took off her clothes and stepped into the steaming water.
The water poured around her and streamed down her face in warm,
soothing rivulets. She smiled and deeply breathed in the humid air
around her. Realizing that she didn't have any shampoo with her, she
reached outside the shower curtain, grabbed her wand and transfigured
a bar of soap into her favorite shampoo. As she began to wash her
hair, she pondered the day before.
/I can't believe that I just spent the night in someone's arms.
And to top it all off, my PROFESSOR'S arms. I could seriously get into
trouble for something like that. So could he./
/You can't say you didn't like it, though, can you?/ a tiny voice
inside her asked.
/Well, I didn't NOT like it, it's just it was kind of weird./ she
thought angrily and she scrubbed her scalp fiercely. /I mean, he's
twenty years older than I am, and he's my teacher and-/
/And he's a complete and total babe./ the small voice inter-
rupted. /You've felt the hot body, too; and don't go denying it! And
you know that he's as smart, if not smarter than you are!/
/That's all true./ she though. /Wait! I can't be thinking this
about Remus!/
/See! He's not even 'Professor Lupin' anymore. Now he's Remus./
/God! You're so insufferable!/ she yelled in her mind. /I must
be CRAZY! I'm talking to myself, for goodness sake!/
/You're only crazy if you talk back./ the voice said happily.
/Fine, then, I'm not talking back!/ she though, rinsing out her
hair.
/Hehe,/ the voice laughed. /You really ARE crazy!/
"Agh!" Hermione exclaimed softly before stepping out of the
shower and grabbing two huge towels before turning off the water. She
muttered curses under her breath as she dried off and put her clothes
on, wishing they were clean and glad that she had worn a tank under her
sweater.
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
Remus woke to the sound of running water. He stretched and found
that Hermione was gone. He sat up, looked for her, and then realized
that she had to be in the shower. He stood up and walked around the
couch, working out the kinks that had come from sleeping on the couch.
He saw the breakfast on the table, still hot, and sat down.
Picking up the note, he scanned it quickly and picked up his coffee.
He took a sip, then grinned. It was perfect! \Wow! She knows how I
like my coffee!\ he thought. He ate slowly, and when he finished, was
pleased to note that the dishes immediately disappeared.
Hermione had become quite a formidable witch in her seven years
at Hogwarts. She had also grown up and changed quite a bit.
Her once bush brown hair now hung in sleek, dark ringlets, fall-
ing just past her shoulders. Her brown eyes had darkened into deep
chocolate pools flecked with amber. She had matured well since the
last time he had seen her; she'd gotten taller and had curves in all
the right places.
\I'm surprised someone hasn't snatched her up yet. She's
gorgeous!\ he thought, then mentally rebuked himself. \You can't think
of her like that, she's your student!\
He breathed deeply. \You've known her since she was thirteen,
you spent so long then convincing yourself. The same reasons apply
now. Now more than ever.\
The door to the bathroom opened and Remus looked up to see
Hermione coming out, combing her hair with her fingers and humming
to herself. \She looks rather peeved.\ Remus thought while admiring
the way her skin seemed to glow and the tiny beads of water that
dripped endlessly from the ends of her curls. They were darker now
and were extremely well defined, almost as if an artist had sculpted
them that way.
A single curl kept dropping into her face and, as she reached up
to pull it behind her face, she noticed him watching her. She blushed
a beautiful peach color, and smiled at him. "Morning, Remus!" she
said happily. /Told you that you that he wasn't even 'Professor Lupin'
anymore!/ the tiny voice whispered again.
"Good morning, Hermione." he replied. "Feeling better, I
presume?"
He walked up to her, put his hand on her forehead and then moved
it to her cheek. "You don't feel like you have a fever any more;
that's a good sign."
She nodded. "I do feel much better. She smiled at him before
walking over to the simmering potion in the fireplace. She breathed in
the fumes deeply, then frowned. "It smells wrong. Professor McGonagall
said that it smelled like tuna!"
She looked down at it. "It's the wrong color, too!" The potion
was a bright blue color that would have looked like steel if not for
the tiny bubbles erupting on the surface.
Remus grinned. "I'm surprised that you don't know. It looks and
smells different for everyone. That's why there's so much room for
error in becoming an Animagus." He came over to stand beside her and
sniffed. "See, to me, it looks like a metallic blue color and smells
like-"
"Pine trees." Hermione interrupted.
Remus looked rather shocked. \How does she smell the same thing
that I do?\ "Yeah, exactly."
"I thought you said that it looks and smells differently for
everyone." She said, slightly confused.
"It should." He replied, then shook his head. "But, anyway, we
should get started."
Hermione squealed happily. "Great!" She threw her arms around
his neck and kissed him on the cheek before she could even think about
it.
Remus shivered slightly and, after getting over the initial shock,
hugged her back. \Back off, Remus! She's your student for Moon's sake!\
/This is wrong!/ Hermione thought. /But I love it!/
She let go after a few seconds and stepped back a tiny bit before
grinning. "Let's do it."
Remus nodded. "Okay."
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
TBC
~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~
AN2- There you go, the transformation comes next! I hope to have it
up really soon, so please review! Thank-you's to...
***Je T'aime- if you're tellin me ya love me, i love ya too. I'm
postin, i'm postin!!!
***Kandie- Thank you, thank you. I try. And I'm postin!!!!
***MountainDewChika (Sara)- Thank you, girlie! I'll be sure to
take you up on that offer! I always need betas!
***Little Marauder- Thanks! There are a lot of decent fics around...
try Tessie's 'The Virus'; it's great.
***Moon Assassin 13- Oh, really? none of mine were deleted.... I
don't think... Oh, well... thanx!
***Tazigo- Thanks for the review! i really enjoy putting their
thoughts in! it's a lot of fun! but i'm not saying a word about
where the plot is headed. hehe, you'll just have to wait and find
out!
***Hermione- My favorite name!!! heheh, thanx!
***Lioness Silence- Thank you again! I'm going to put in quite a
bit about Remus's transformation into a werewolf in a very near
chapter. I hope that it meets your expectations.
***Sheperdmoon- Thank you, thank you!!! Huggles right back atcha!
***Princess Zelda- Here ya go! you've got the same name as my
friend Katie, but her's is Princess Zelda of Hyrule.
***Vilavohn- I'm hurrying, i'm hurrying!!!
***bob lemon- **pant, pant** i'm hurrying!!! ya'll are just slave
drivers, aren't ya!
***Coeur De Lion- Hahaha, i'm continuing!!! Just calm down, ya'll!
***Leigh- you got it... plus i didn't even think about it... let's
say that the hut is magic proof for the big stuff... like melting
14 tons of snow.
***Alishandr- I REALLY wish that i knew what you said... Is that
German? and does snalla mean faster?
***Rem's Gal- I love the way your twisted little mind is reading
*my* twisted little mind... hahahaha!!!!!
***Fluffy Upakins- i took a long time... i sowwi.
***SAICHO-18 - who said that obi-wan is going to be remmie? huh?
do ya knwo who sirius is gonna be?! tell me, tell me!!!!
***VenusDeMilo- I won't, trust me... she's going to be ...
fiercely beautiful.
***Tabi- hahah, i promise that won't happen.
***Cate Evergreen- I'm writing, i'm writing!!!!! shoot, guys!
ya'll are horrible to me!!! but i love ya anyway!
***Irismoon- :-) just wait and find out!!! hahahah!
***gina- he is kind of old, but wizards live longer than humans,
and don't forget to take into affect hermione's time with the
Time-Turner... she's probably older than you realize, just from
doing time over and over.
***milliniumgirl9- thank you, thank you!
***Zara- I got them all and more!!! hehehe!
***Siognee- well, you're entitled to your own opinion... but i
love the story!!!
Oh my gosh, i'm finally done with all of that!!! heheh, don't
forget to review!!! luv you guys!
Ciao, Katerina*Elise