Suspicion Rises
Okay, here's an overview: Hermione, Harry and Remus visit the Grangers
in the summer before their 7th year. Mr Granger begins to assume that Hermione
and Remus may not be all they seem...
"C'mon Harry!" Hermione called as they got off the Hogwarts Express, "We're going to be late! Mum and Dad should already be waiting!"
Harry pushed the trolley laden with luggage as Hermione disappeared through the barrier. Harry did the same and the warming sight of Kings Cross brought a smile to his face. "No Dursleys this summer..." Harry thought, remembering the owl he had sent to tell them he wouldn't be headed home that summer at all, "Hermione's for a week, a fortnight at the Burrow, then a fortnight at Lupin's place and the final few days in Diagon Alley. Finally, a perfect Dursley-free summer!"
Hermione was headed towards her parents and their car when Harry finally caught up. The Grangers waved as Hermione called to her parents. Harry waved too, almost losing the trolley down the gutter in the process.
"Well, Harry! A delight to see you again!" Mr Granger said as Mrs Granger hugged him.
"Thanks again for letting me stay with you!" Harry exclaimed, truly delighted too.
"Not at all dear, now! Let's get those trunks into the car and be off home!" Mrs Granger seemed almost as in a hurry as Hermione.
Mr Granger headed to the trunks and Harry helped him lift Hermione's into the back. "Mine's a bit heavy..." Harry warned as they tried to lift it into the rear compartment of the black land rover the Grangers drove. Even with all four of them lifting they couldn't pick it up. Just as Hermione was about to look for her wand and lift it by magic, a friendly and familiar voice came from the street corner.
"Need a hand there?"
It was Remus Lupin. Harry smiled widely as Remus walked casually down the street towards the Granger's car. He strode, hands in pockets, quite quickly to the car.
"Remus!" Hermione exclaimed, hugging him almost suffocatingly. She broke off and Remus and Harry shook hands. Mr Granger darted a suspicious look at his wife as Remus introduced himself.
*
"Remus Lupin, I used to teach at Hogwarts. I suppose Hermione's mentioned me?" He looked across to Hermione with eyebrows raised and she nodded, blushing just a little. "You must be Mr Granger." He said, shaking his hand. "And Mrs Granger, such a pleasure." He bowed his head a little, still smiling.
Mr Granger had noticed that Mrs Granger seemed very taken with him. She was smiling and saying things like "Oh yes! Hermione's told us all about you Mr Lupin!" Mr Granger could easily guess that a "Please, call me Remus" was going to crop up some time soon. He had also noticed that Hermione was watching Remus closely, too closely in his opinion.
He was only brought back into the real conversation when his wife said: "Would you like to come down with us for tea then, Remus?"
"Oh yes, please do!" Hermione said hopefully.
"All right then!" Remus replied gleefully, "But I did offer to help with this first!" He said, moving to pick up the trunk.
"Oh do be careful! It's awfully heavy!"
But no sooner had the words left Mrs Granger's mouth than Remus had lifted Harry's trunk with ease into the boot of the car. They all marvelled at Remus's strength. Though he didn't look much, Remus had masses of inner strength due to his werewolf affliction.
Mr Granger decided to speed up his family with a brief: "Let's get going then!" before getting into his car.
Mrs Granger got into the front with Remus holding the door for her. The car was a seven seater so Harry took a seat in the middle and Remus and Hermione sat together in the back. Mr Granger could hardly see them and this annoyed him highly. He started up the car, grumbling something about traffic and began his drive down the roads of London.
*
Meanwhile in the back Hermione and Remus were deep in a whispered conversation.
"I can't believe you, arriving so casually!" She half scolded.
"You think I planned this?" He questioned, smiling.
"Yes!" She replied.
"You know me far too well..." Remus replied.
Hermione looked up to check that nobody was listening to them. Her father was too busy concentrating on driving and Harry was deep in conversation with her mum. Hermione turned back to find Remus gazing out of the window onto Muggle London. She looked more carefully at him, in his black jacket and jeans. He turned back to find her looking.
"And you're staring at?" He questioned jokingly.
Hermione shied away smiling. She looked out of the window. She could still fell Remus's blue-grey eyes looking at her. She turned back and put a hand on the lapel of his jacket.
"You must be roasting in this," she told him, "it is the middle of summer, you know."
The car came to an abrupt stop. Remus and Hermione were jolted towards each other and their noses touched just for a second. Remus pulled away to see what the hold up was.
"We can't be there yet," Hermione told him, "It's ages to Wiltshire!"
Remus looked out of the window at a huge traffic jam. He sat back down and took off his jacket. Hermione smiled as he put the jacket onto his lap and straightened up his shirt. He undid the top button and let out a sigh that sounded more like a growl.
Hermione giggled at him and he looked furious. He then grinned widely and came much closer to her.
"And what are you smiling at now?" He asked.
She just giggled more and began to whisper into his ear.
*
Mr Granger was watching his daughter in the rear view mirror while he waited in the traffic jam. He could see her whispering into Remus's ear, but couldn't hear a word because of the avid conversation going on between Harry and his wife regarding the Quidditch matches he had played that year at Hogwarts. He watched carefully as Hermione pulled Remus back to tell him something else and he held her wrist as she whispered. Mr Granger decided that it wasn't good for his little girl to know her Professors quite so well...
*
"There's a path down through the garden that leads to a secret area," Hermione told him as she held his ear close. She could feel a tingle in the way he held her wrist gently as she whispered to him.
"Yeah?" He said in a low voice that again sounded like a growl. "How secret?" He questioned.
"Very." She replied. "It's like a cave, but there's a lot of holes for sunlight to reach through, so it's not too dark..."
"Damn." Remus said quietly. Hermione shot him a reproving look, but she couldn't help smiling. He was just so furiously funny when he wanted to be. Not that anyone else would've known. He was only really himself when he was with Hermione. And they both knew it only too well.
The car suddenly jerked back into motion and Hermione was almost thrown backwards. She would have hit her head on the window if Remus hadn't caught her. Mrs Granger must have noticed this.
"Oh my! Are you alright there dear?" She asked her daughter.
Remus pulled her up and she put her hands on his shoulders. "Thanks Remus! Watch it Dad!" Hermione called to her father.
*
"Sorry love!" He replied. He had seen the way that man held her at the waist when she fell backwards.
"Well," he thought to himself, "I'm going to nip this one in the bud, starting tonight..."
Well, that was Part One of Lupin's Summer hope you enjoyed it! Look out for the following parts and if you want to see how this story got started, look out for Lupin's Christmas (prequel coming soon). That should explain everything!
"C'mon Harry!" Hermione called as they got off the Hogwarts Express, "We're going to be late! Mum and Dad should already be waiting!"
Harry pushed the trolley laden with luggage as Hermione disappeared through the barrier. Harry did the same and the warming sight of Kings Cross brought a smile to his face. "No Dursleys this summer..." Harry thought, remembering the owl he had sent to tell them he wouldn't be headed home that summer at all, "Hermione's for a week, a fortnight at the Burrow, then a fortnight at Lupin's place and the final few days in Diagon Alley. Finally, a perfect Dursley-free summer!"
Hermione was headed towards her parents and their car when Harry finally caught up. The Grangers waved as Hermione called to her parents. Harry waved too, almost losing the trolley down the gutter in the process.
"Well, Harry! A delight to see you again!" Mr Granger said as Mrs Granger hugged him.
"Thanks again for letting me stay with you!" Harry exclaimed, truly delighted too.
"Not at all dear, now! Let's get those trunks into the car and be off home!" Mrs Granger seemed almost as in a hurry as Hermione.
Mr Granger headed to the trunks and Harry helped him lift Hermione's into the back. "Mine's a bit heavy..." Harry warned as they tried to lift it into the rear compartment of the black land rover the Grangers drove. Even with all four of them lifting they couldn't pick it up. Just as Hermione was about to look for her wand and lift it by magic, a friendly and familiar voice came from the street corner.
"Need a hand there?"
It was Remus Lupin. Harry smiled widely as Remus walked casually down the street towards the Granger's car. He strode, hands in pockets, quite quickly to the car.
"Remus!" Hermione exclaimed, hugging him almost suffocatingly. She broke off and Remus and Harry shook hands. Mr Granger darted a suspicious look at his wife as Remus introduced himself.
*
"Remus Lupin, I used to teach at Hogwarts. I suppose Hermione's mentioned me?" He looked across to Hermione with eyebrows raised and she nodded, blushing just a little. "You must be Mr Granger." He said, shaking his hand. "And Mrs Granger, such a pleasure." He bowed his head a little, still smiling.
Mr Granger had noticed that Mrs Granger seemed very taken with him. She was smiling and saying things like "Oh yes! Hermione's told us all about you Mr Lupin!" Mr Granger could easily guess that a "Please, call me Remus" was going to crop up some time soon. He had also noticed that Hermione was watching Remus closely, too closely in his opinion.
He was only brought back into the real conversation when his wife said: "Would you like to come down with us for tea then, Remus?"
"Oh yes, please do!" Hermione said hopefully.
"All right then!" Remus replied gleefully, "But I did offer to help with this first!" He said, moving to pick up the trunk.
"Oh do be careful! It's awfully heavy!"
But no sooner had the words left Mrs Granger's mouth than Remus had lifted Harry's trunk with ease into the boot of the car. They all marvelled at Remus's strength. Though he didn't look much, Remus had masses of inner strength due to his werewolf affliction.
Mr Granger decided to speed up his family with a brief: "Let's get going then!" before getting into his car.
Mrs Granger got into the front with Remus holding the door for her. The car was a seven seater so Harry took a seat in the middle and Remus and Hermione sat together in the back. Mr Granger could hardly see them and this annoyed him highly. He started up the car, grumbling something about traffic and began his drive down the roads of London.
*
Meanwhile in the back Hermione and Remus were deep in a whispered conversation.
"I can't believe you, arriving so casually!" She half scolded.
"You think I planned this?" He questioned, smiling.
"Yes!" She replied.
"You know me far too well..." Remus replied.
Hermione looked up to check that nobody was listening to them. Her father was too busy concentrating on driving and Harry was deep in conversation with her mum. Hermione turned back to find Remus gazing out of the window onto Muggle London. She looked more carefully at him, in his black jacket and jeans. He turned back to find her looking.
"And you're staring at?" He questioned jokingly.
Hermione shied away smiling. She looked out of the window. She could still fell Remus's blue-grey eyes looking at her. She turned back and put a hand on the lapel of his jacket.
"You must be roasting in this," she told him, "it is the middle of summer, you know."
The car came to an abrupt stop. Remus and Hermione were jolted towards each other and their noses touched just for a second. Remus pulled away to see what the hold up was.
"We can't be there yet," Hermione told him, "It's ages to Wiltshire!"
Remus looked out of the window at a huge traffic jam. He sat back down and took off his jacket. Hermione smiled as he put the jacket onto his lap and straightened up his shirt. He undid the top button and let out a sigh that sounded more like a growl.
Hermione giggled at him and he looked furious. He then grinned widely and came much closer to her.
"And what are you smiling at now?" He asked.
She just giggled more and began to whisper into his ear.
*
Mr Granger was watching his daughter in the rear view mirror while he waited in the traffic jam. He could see her whispering into Remus's ear, but couldn't hear a word because of the avid conversation going on between Harry and his wife regarding the Quidditch matches he had played that year at Hogwarts. He watched carefully as Hermione pulled Remus back to tell him something else and he held her wrist as she whispered. Mr Granger decided that it wasn't good for his little girl to know her Professors quite so well...
*
"There's a path down through the garden that leads to a secret area," Hermione told him as she held his ear close. She could feel a tingle in the way he held her wrist gently as she whispered to him.
"Yeah?" He said in a low voice that again sounded like a growl. "How secret?" He questioned.
"Very." She replied. "It's like a cave, but there's a lot of holes for sunlight to reach through, so it's not too dark..."
"Damn." Remus said quietly. Hermione shot him a reproving look, but she couldn't help smiling. He was just so furiously funny when he wanted to be. Not that anyone else would've known. He was only really himself when he was with Hermione. And they both knew it only too well.
The car suddenly jerked back into motion and Hermione was almost thrown backwards. She would have hit her head on the window if Remus hadn't caught her. Mrs Granger must have noticed this.
"Oh my! Are you alright there dear?" She asked her daughter.
Remus pulled her up and she put her hands on his shoulders. "Thanks Remus! Watch it Dad!" Hermione called to her father.
*
"Sorry love!" He replied. He had seen the way that man held her at the waist when she fell backwards.
"Well," he thought to himself, "I'm going to nip this one in the bud, starting tonight..."
Well, that was Part One of Lupin's Summer hope you enjoyed it! Look out for the following parts and if you want to see how this story got started, look out for Lupin's Christmas (prequel coming soon). That should explain everything!