Disclaimer :I do not own Harry Potter but the story line/plot here is my own. Although I do wish I owned Percy Weasley but that's a completely different story.
!Warning! OOTP spoilers! And some (Yiddish and British) bad slang words and some inappropriate references. Hence PG-13 rating just in case.
'I want a girl
With a mind like a diamond
I want a girl
Who knows what's best
I want a girl
With shoes that cut
And eyes that burn
Like cigarettes
I want a girl
With the right allocations
Who's fast and thorough
And sharp as a tack
She's playing with her jewelry
She's putting up her hair
She's touring the facility
And picking up slack'
Hermione Granger, now 19, switches off the radio she stole away into the ancient house of the Black family. It was no longer safe living with her family, they had to move and her job brought her to the Order. She was the assistant to the Minister of Magic, and an infiltrator in the Ministry.
"Granger? Is that you?" A familiar drawl came out of a rather tall man standing in the doorway. She had been sitting in the drawing room, in the dark, and listening to music.
"Yes it is Professor, come in, come in" She sighed and reached over to relight the magic candle at her side. The candle illuminated the entire room and the man remained in the doorway, his greasy long black hair borders his sickly pale face.
"No thank you I was just checking to see if your job was coming along all right" There was a challenge in his voice and she wasn't in the mood to argue. She had been assistant to Cornelius Fudge for a day when a stray death eater assassinated him and now, her first week with the new Minister has passed and she is forced to bite her tongue each time he says something about his family, which she loves.
If you haven't already guessed it the new Minister is indeed Percival Weasley, or as Ron calls him 'Traitor'. He is convinced the Hermione isn't even implicated with the Order, and that's how it needed to stay.
"Yes it is Professor, and how's Pettigrew treating you these days?" She snapped back at him. Snape became Peter Pettigrew's lap dog and Hermione exulted when some of the other members of the Order made little cracks about it, and she was one of them.
The Professor turned on his heels and stalked out of the room and she kept a straight face until he was well away and then started cracking up. She made her way down into the kitchen pushing in the door with one hand and wiping away the tears with the other to see an empty bottle of cider on the table and figure hunched over in a chair by the fire. She quickly sobered and slowly started to back out of the room.
"Wanna piece of me you …you…Wally!" The man's body jolted, he was clearly asleep. After living in the Black house for near a year she knew that approximately one week before the full moon Remus Lupin had this same dream.
"Must be full moon next week…" She mutters to herself as she starts to drapes a blanket over him and he jerks awake seizing her wrists.
"O sorry Hermione" He lets go and sits back in the chair rubbing his eyes. "…What time is it?"
She had slightly drawn back when her grabbed hold of her but now she sits on an ottoman in front of him. " 11:30" The man groaned slightly "…Are you all right Professor?"
"Just dandy Hermione…need I request of you again to call me Remus?" If you were watching close enough a smile light his eyes briefly but then returned to normal.
"Of course Pro…I mean Remus…err…" She wasn't exactly sure how to phrase the next question as she only asked her female friends "…is it that time of the month Remus? Judging by the dream you were having it should be in a week."
"Quite right Hermione-." He was interrupted. Molly Weasley bursted into the doorway and shoed them out.
"Shoo shoo! We'll have no more of this late night conversations hear me? You Remus J Lupin need your sleep and you Hermione Eve Granger have to be at the Ministry at 6 tomorrow! Now up to bed, both of you!"
As Remus and Hermione headed up the stairs Remus whispered to Hermione "How is it that woman can still boss us around?" And as Hermione opened her bedroom door she whispered back "This is Molly Weasley we're talking about" and went inside leaving Remus grinned to himself as he headed down the second floor hallway to his own room.
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Be honest…how did you like it? I know it's a bit of a dry beginning but I have to explain the goings on. Please review!