THE SCHUBERT VILLAGE: PART III
Luna soon woke in her bed and turned on her side. It was Friday. She had not gone out at all int he past couple days. Ever since she had kissed Remus she was not gone out at all. She felt much to embarrassed about it, especially since he had not responded back. She thought that he must think her a foolish child.
She turned on her side and wondered wether or not she would go to the carnival. She had not gone out in quite a long time and she felt caged up and like she would day. She could not afford to be locked at home for any longer. She felt is she did she would die of boredom. But she didn't want to risk seing him. She felt that she would probably die of embarrasement if she saw him out again.
She sighed and decided that it was time to get out of bed and get over it. Besides all she really had to do was avoid sieng him. She could not afford to be home one more day and she did not like bieng caged up at home. She needed to set her spirit free. She needed the fresh air, she needed the sun, the grass, the trees. She couldn't stay in. She rolled out of bed and walked over to the washroom. She quickly showered and dressed. She put on a knee length, fluttery skirt with a plain white shirt over it.
She walked down the stairs and made her way to the kitchen. When she got there her father looked up from the paper and he smiled at her. "Goodmorning sweetheart, I see you're finally out of bed. Will you be going to the Carnival later on today?" He asked with a smile on his face. She looked at her dad and offered him a small smile. She did not know where she would be if she had lost him as well.
"Goodmorning dad," she said as she sat down at the table across from him. "Yes I will be going to the Carnival, I never miss it." Her dad merely noded and go tup. He headed over to the counter and brought her breakfast over. She looked down at it and than looked up at him. "Thank you," she said as she looked at him. He merely noded and walked away after placing a kiss on her forhead.
She watched him walk away and than looked down at her breakfast. She took a couple of bites of it and decided that she couldn't possibly eat at the moment. She didn't quite feel hungry and she did not wish to agravate her stomach so early in the morning. She got up from the table and walked into her room. She paced her room for half an hour and soon made her way to her fathers study. She sat down in a chair near the window and tried to read a book, but she found that her eyes kept straying to the window and she decided that she could not stay inside all day.
She got up and decided that she would go out. As she stepped out of the house she took a very deep breath. Se was pratly happy that she was out again, but she also felt very worried that she would bump into him. She decided that if he did than she would simply have to deal with it. After all she would have to deal with it sooner or later. Lucky for her she didn't see him all day long. As she walked around and looked at how the preparations for the Cranival where going she didn't see him at all.
Soon evening fell and the Festival started. All types of musics where being played. People where dancing, kids where runing around, people where eating, playing games. For a while she merely walked around, sieng people having a good time and seing little kids runing around laughing. Soon enough she came near where the dance stage was set up and as she looked at it, she could see many people that she knew dancing and having a good time on it.
"Having fun?" she heard someone say from behind her. She turned around and looked into dark colored eyes. She sighed in reliefe as she saw that it was not Remus talking to her. She merely shrugged.
"Kind of. What about you?" she asked as she looked at Jonathan. He smiled and for the first time she noticed how much he had changed since he was a young boy. He had changed and become a very handsome young boy. He smiled and she realized that his fangs still looked slightly too long, but they gave off a sort of appeal.
"Not really. It really hasn't been the same for a long time. I don't know why, but I think that I enjoyed it much more when I was younger," he comented as he turned to look at the people who where dancing. I merely noded as I looked at him. "Perhaps it was because at the time we where friends," he finished. She turned to look at him, but he merely continued to look out at the dancers.
"Aren't we?" she asked as she looked at him. He once again smiled, which she was begining to think was really a smirk or a sneer.
"I don't believe that we have been friends since we where nine. Since you mom passed away," he responded. He turned away. "We where the best of friends. Evern since we where toddlers, we spent most of our time with each other. I think that you have forgotten that over the years," he said as he looked at the dancers.
"To me it seems that you forgot that, not over the years, but that very same year. I sought you out rarely back than, and you must understand that it was because I was grieving, but whenever I did seek you, you where distant. You wouldn't act like you used to, you seemed more guarded and quiet. It felt very strange and akward for me to be around you, so I stopped trying to talking to you. As the years passed we just grew further apart," she said as she looked into his dark eyes.
"Well you where nine and I didn't know how to handle our friendship. I didn't know how I was suppose to act like around you. Everything changed because you no longer had your mum," he said as he looked down into her eyes. He than shrugged. "I guess we both grew and unfortunately as we grew we also grew apart. This really isn't something we could blame on each other. It's something that happened." She thought of this for a couple of seconds and a sudden smile came over her face.
"Is it me or does it seem like you're saying goodbye to me?" she said with the same smile in place. When he turned away and did not smile she frowned. "What's wrong?" she asked. He soon turned to look at her and his eyes looked down.
"Luna, todays my last day here. It's something very complicated that my family does whenever someone in our family turns 18. All you need to know is just that we won't ever see each other again," he responded. She noded and thought that something grave was going to happen. He apparently saw the look of worrie on her face. "Don't worrie, I'll be fine. It will certainly be an adjustment, but nothing that will take my life away or make me suffer." She once again just noded. "So what's wrong with you?"
"I don't know. I guess this will be my last time coming to one of these and I don't feel like I can quite enjoy it. It wont ever be the same," she said as she looked at the dancers. When she turned back to look on him he was giving her a look. "What?" She asked as she looked at him.
"Luna, just because we have lost touch over the years doesn't mean that I don't know you. I know that isn't what is bothering you," he said. He looked down at her and raised a brow. "What's wrong?" he asked gently. She sighed.
"It's just that I feel like a complete idiot. I completely embarrassed myself a couple of days ago by kissing Remus and.... well... I'm nervous. I'll die of emberasment if he sees me," she responded as she looked at him. He merely noded. She felt slightly relieved that he wasn't casting judgement on her. He merely looked pensive and noded at her.
"Well I can see why you would be embarrassed, but I think that you should just let it go. You shouldn't be embarrassed about it. At least when you look back on your life you won't have to ask yourself 'I wonder what would have happened if I had ever expressed my afection'. At least this way you will know what he thinks," he said as he looked at her. He than turned to look at the dancers once more. "Would you like to dance?" he asked. Luna shook her head.
"I don't feel like standing in a high platform where he will be able to see me," she responded as she looked into his eyes.
"Come on, it will be like when we where kids. You have to dance, after all it will be the last we ever have together," he responded as he looked at her. She sighed and than noded. He smiled and grabbed her by the hand, "Come on," he said as he pulled her over to the steps. Together they made their way up the steps to stand on the platform and have one last dance together.
For a couple seconds she was tense and she looked around nervously. When she saw that he was not standing in the crowd peering up at the platform she sighed and tried to enjoy her last dance with her childhood friend, Johnathan. After a couple of minutes of dancing she realized that Johnathan was no longer a clumsy dancer and that he no longer stepped on her feet. When the song was finished he gave her a kiss on the cheek and than walked away, not once looking back or saying farewell to her.
She could do nothing, but stare after her friend. It was strange. For years she had never really talked to him. He always seemed to be busy with his other friends and never really seemed to care about her. Now she saw that she was rather wrong and she wished she had been able to share the past few years with him. After all, he used to be like a brother to her. She soon turned away and walked off stage. Momentarily forgetting all about the Remus incident.
As soon as she stepped off the steps she bumped into Remus. As she looked up into his face, she could feel her cheeks grow warm. "Hello Luna. May I have a word with you?" he said as he looked down into her face. She looked down at her feet and noded. She soon felt his hand gently grasp her upper arm and pull her through the crowd of people. He led her away from the festival towards the plains. When they finally reached the tree he stopped and turned around to face her. "Where have you been the past couple days? I have been looking for you, I wanted to talk to you." Luna looked down at her feet.
"I've been at home, I haven't come out in a while," she responded as she studied the grass.
"You've been avoiding me?" he asked. She noded as she continued to look at the grass. She could feel her face becoming hot. "Why?" he asked. She looked up at him at this question.
"Why? What do you mean WHY? Isn't it ovbious? I'm embarrassed about what I did. You where my teacher and there is a very big age difference between us. It was stupid of me to think that you would ever be interested in me, you probably think that I'm only a silly, foolish child and I don't know what I want. And you proved that when you just sat there. You didn't responded in any kind of way, you just simply sat there. And when I pulled away you just stared at me," she burst out. Her eyes than went wide and she returned her gaze to the floor.
"Luna, for such a bright girl, I can't believe that you are confused on what I feel for you," he said as he gently tilted her chin so that she looked into his eyes. She was looking into his eyes, wanting to know what he was talking about. "Luna, you are a very bright girl and I deeply respect you. You are very unlike all the teenage girl that I have ever met. I don't think that you are a silly and foolish child. The reason that I merely sat there, completely frozen, was because I never expected that you would ever feel that way for me. After all you're young and beautiful, Luna. You have your whole life ahead of you and I'm quite sure that there are many boys that would be lucky to have you."
"Are you trying to tell me that you don't feel the same way for me?" she asked as she took a step back, removing her chin from his hand. She looked into his eyes, she felt hurt and wounded inside. "You know you could have just simply told me that, you didn't have to make me feel completely unwanted," she said. She than turned away from him and was about to walk away, but he grabbed her wrist gently and turned her around to face him.
"Luna I do.... want you, as you so put it, but it isn't so simple. There are many isues, for instance the age difference, the fact that I was once your teacher, the fact that you are still underage and the fact that I am a werewolf," he said as he looked at her.
"Who would care?" she asked.
"Your father for one thing," he responded.
"My father is not like others. He is completely unconventional and as long as I'm happy, he won't care who I'm with. In addition to that, he is completely fascinated with werewolves, he finds them absolutely enchanting, although, I have not yet learned why," she responded as she stepped closer to him. Remus took a step back and swallowed the lump in his throat. A smile than came over Luna's face. "Are you afraid of me Professor?"
"I most certainly am not," he said faking indignity. A smile soon came over his face. "But all kidding aside, Luna, are you perfectly sure that this is what you want at the moment?" he asked as he looked down at her. She noded in response, not being able to find any words. He than sighed. "You win," he said in resignation. Luna smiled and threw her arms around his neck. She than place a kiss on his mouth. It was deep and passionate and she found it even more encouraging when he responded with a vigor. They pulled away when they where practically out of breath.
"You won't regret this," she said slowly (for she was out of breath) as she looked into his eyes.
"I'm sure I won't," he responded as he looked into her eyes. For the first time it seemed that the smile reached his eyes.
THE END
A/N: So that was the end of the story. I hope that you enjoyed it. Please REVIEW! I'm sorry about the spelling erors, I kinda hurried through the editing so that I could post it.
Luna soon woke in her bed and turned on her side. It was Friday. She had not gone out at all int he past couple days. Ever since she had kissed Remus she was not gone out at all. She felt much to embarrassed about it, especially since he had not responded back. She thought that he must think her a foolish child.
She turned on her side and wondered wether or not she would go to the carnival. She had not gone out in quite a long time and she felt caged up and like she would day. She could not afford to be locked at home for any longer. She felt is she did she would die of boredom. But she didn't want to risk seing him. She felt that she would probably die of embarrasement if she saw him out again.
She sighed and decided that it was time to get out of bed and get over it. Besides all she really had to do was avoid sieng him. She could not afford to be home one more day and she did not like bieng caged up at home. She needed to set her spirit free. She needed the fresh air, she needed the sun, the grass, the trees. She couldn't stay in. She rolled out of bed and walked over to the washroom. She quickly showered and dressed. She put on a knee length, fluttery skirt with a plain white shirt over it.
She walked down the stairs and made her way to the kitchen. When she got there her father looked up from the paper and he smiled at her. "Goodmorning sweetheart, I see you're finally out of bed. Will you be going to the Carnival later on today?" He asked with a smile on his face. She looked at her dad and offered him a small smile. She did not know where she would be if she had lost him as well.
"Goodmorning dad," she said as she sat down at the table across from him. "Yes I will be going to the Carnival, I never miss it." Her dad merely noded and go tup. He headed over to the counter and brought her breakfast over. She looked down at it and than looked up at him. "Thank you," she said as she looked at him. He merely noded and walked away after placing a kiss on her forhead.
She watched him walk away and than looked down at her breakfast. She took a couple of bites of it and decided that she couldn't possibly eat at the moment. She didn't quite feel hungry and she did not wish to agravate her stomach so early in the morning. She got up from the table and walked into her room. She paced her room for half an hour and soon made her way to her fathers study. She sat down in a chair near the window and tried to read a book, but she found that her eyes kept straying to the window and she decided that she could not stay inside all day.
She got up and decided that she would go out. As she stepped out of the house she took a very deep breath. Se was pratly happy that she was out again, but she also felt very worried that she would bump into him. She decided that if he did than she would simply have to deal with it. After all she would have to deal with it sooner or later. Lucky for her she didn't see him all day long. As she walked around and looked at how the preparations for the Cranival where going she didn't see him at all.
Soon evening fell and the Festival started. All types of musics where being played. People where dancing, kids where runing around, people where eating, playing games. For a while she merely walked around, sieng people having a good time and seing little kids runing around laughing. Soon enough she came near where the dance stage was set up and as she looked at it, she could see many people that she knew dancing and having a good time on it.
"Having fun?" she heard someone say from behind her. She turned around and looked into dark colored eyes. She sighed in reliefe as she saw that it was not Remus talking to her. She merely shrugged.
"Kind of. What about you?" she asked as she looked at Jonathan. He smiled and for the first time she noticed how much he had changed since he was a young boy. He had changed and become a very handsome young boy. He smiled and she realized that his fangs still looked slightly too long, but they gave off a sort of appeal.
"Not really. It really hasn't been the same for a long time. I don't know why, but I think that I enjoyed it much more when I was younger," he comented as he turned to look at the people who where dancing. I merely noded as I looked at him. "Perhaps it was because at the time we where friends," he finished. She turned to look at him, but he merely continued to look out at the dancers.
"Aren't we?" she asked as she looked at him. He once again smiled, which she was begining to think was really a smirk or a sneer.
"I don't believe that we have been friends since we where nine. Since you mom passed away," he responded. He turned away. "We where the best of friends. Evern since we where toddlers, we spent most of our time with each other. I think that you have forgotten that over the years," he said as he looked at the dancers.
"To me it seems that you forgot that, not over the years, but that very same year. I sought you out rarely back than, and you must understand that it was because I was grieving, but whenever I did seek you, you where distant. You wouldn't act like you used to, you seemed more guarded and quiet. It felt very strange and akward for me to be around you, so I stopped trying to talking to you. As the years passed we just grew further apart," she said as she looked into his dark eyes.
"Well you where nine and I didn't know how to handle our friendship. I didn't know how I was suppose to act like around you. Everything changed because you no longer had your mum," he said as he looked down into her eyes. He than shrugged. "I guess we both grew and unfortunately as we grew we also grew apart. This really isn't something we could blame on each other. It's something that happened." She thought of this for a couple of seconds and a sudden smile came over her face.
"Is it me or does it seem like you're saying goodbye to me?" she said with the same smile in place. When he turned away and did not smile she frowned. "What's wrong?" she asked. He soon turned to look at her and his eyes looked down.
"Luna, todays my last day here. It's something very complicated that my family does whenever someone in our family turns 18. All you need to know is just that we won't ever see each other again," he responded. She noded and thought that something grave was going to happen. He apparently saw the look of worrie on her face. "Don't worrie, I'll be fine. It will certainly be an adjustment, but nothing that will take my life away or make me suffer." She once again just noded. "So what's wrong with you?"
"I don't know. I guess this will be my last time coming to one of these and I don't feel like I can quite enjoy it. It wont ever be the same," she said as she looked at the dancers. When she turned back to look on him he was giving her a look. "What?" She asked as she looked at him.
"Luna, just because we have lost touch over the years doesn't mean that I don't know you. I know that isn't what is bothering you," he said. He looked down at her and raised a brow. "What's wrong?" he asked gently. She sighed.
"It's just that I feel like a complete idiot. I completely embarrassed myself a couple of days ago by kissing Remus and.... well... I'm nervous. I'll die of emberasment if he sees me," she responded as she looked at him. He merely noded. She felt slightly relieved that he wasn't casting judgement on her. He merely looked pensive and noded at her.
"Well I can see why you would be embarrassed, but I think that you should just let it go. You shouldn't be embarrassed about it. At least when you look back on your life you won't have to ask yourself 'I wonder what would have happened if I had ever expressed my afection'. At least this way you will know what he thinks," he said as he looked at her. He than turned to look at the dancers once more. "Would you like to dance?" he asked. Luna shook her head.
"I don't feel like standing in a high platform where he will be able to see me," she responded as she looked into his eyes.
"Come on, it will be like when we where kids. You have to dance, after all it will be the last we ever have together," he responded as he looked at her. She sighed and than noded. He smiled and grabbed her by the hand, "Come on," he said as he pulled her over to the steps. Together they made their way up the steps to stand on the platform and have one last dance together.
For a couple seconds she was tense and she looked around nervously. When she saw that he was not standing in the crowd peering up at the platform she sighed and tried to enjoy her last dance with her childhood friend, Johnathan. After a couple of minutes of dancing she realized that Johnathan was no longer a clumsy dancer and that he no longer stepped on her feet. When the song was finished he gave her a kiss on the cheek and than walked away, not once looking back or saying farewell to her.
She could do nothing, but stare after her friend. It was strange. For years she had never really talked to him. He always seemed to be busy with his other friends and never really seemed to care about her. Now she saw that she was rather wrong and she wished she had been able to share the past few years with him. After all, he used to be like a brother to her. She soon turned away and walked off stage. Momentarily forgetting all about the Remus incident.
As soon as she stepped off the steps she bumped into Remus. As she looked up into his face, she could feel her cheeks grow warm. "Hello Luna. May I have a word with you?" he said as he looked down into her face. She looked down at her feet and noded. She soon felt his hand gently grasp her upper arm and pull her through the crowd of people. He led her away from the festival towards the plains. When they finally reached the tree he stopped and turned around to face her. "Where have you been the past couple days? I have been looking for you, I wanted to talk to you." Luna looked down at her feet.
"I've been at home, I haven't come out in a while," she responded as she studied the grass.
"You've been avoiding me?" he asked. She noded as she continued to look at the grass. She could feel her face becoming hot. "Why?" he asked. She looked up at him at this question.
"Why? What do you mean WHY? Isn't it ovbious? I'm embarrassed about what I did. You where my teacher and there is a very big age difference between us. It was stupid of me to think that you would ever be interested in me, you probably think that I'm only a silly, foolish child and I don't know what I want. And you proved that when you just sat there. You didn't responded in any kind of way, you just simply sat there. And when I pulled away you just stared at me," she burst out. Her eyes than went wide and she returned her gaze to the floor.
"Luna, for such a bright girl, I can't believe that you are confused on what I feel for you," he said as he gently tilted her chin so that she looked into his eyes. She was looking into his eyes, wanting to know what he was talking about. "Luna, you are a very bright girl and I deeply respect you. You are very unlike all the teenage girl that I have ever met. I don't think that you are a silly and foolish child. The reason that I merely sat there, completely frozen, was because I never expected that you would ever feel that way for me. After all you're young and beautiful, Luna. You have your whole life ahead of you and I'm quite sure that there are many boys that would be lucky to have you."
"Are you trying to tell me that you don't feel the same way for me?" she asked as she took a step back, removing her chin from his hand. She looked into his eyes, she felt hurt and wounded inside. "You know you could have just simply told me that, you didn't have to make me feel completely unwanted," she said. She than turned away from him and was about to walk away, but he grabbed her wrist gently and turned her around to face him.
"Luna I do.... want you, as you so put it, but it isn't so simple. There are many isues, for instance the age difference, the fact that I was once your teacher, the fact that you are still underage and the fact that I am a werewolf," he said as he looked at her.
"Who would care?" she asked.
"Your father for one thing," he responded.
"My father is not like others. He is completely unconventional and as long as I'm happy, he won't care who I'm with. In addition to that, he is completely fascinated with werewolves, he finds them absolutely enchanting, although, I have not yet learned why," she responded as she stepped closer to him. Remus took a step back and swallowed the lump in his throat. A smile than came over Luna's face. "Are you afraid of me Professor?"
"I most certainly am not," he said faking indignity. A smile soon came over his face. "But all kidding aside, Luna, are you perfectly sure that this is what you want at the moment?" he asked as he looked down at her. She noded in response, not being able to find any words. He than sighed. "You win," he said in resignation. Luna smiled and threw her arms around his neck. She than place a kiss on his mouth. It was deep and passionate and she found it even more encouraging when he responded with a vigor. They pulled away when they where practically out of breath.
"You won't regret this," she said slowly (for she was out of breath) as she looked into his eyes.
"I'm sure I won't," he responded as he looked into her eyes. For the first time it seemed that the smile reached his eyes.
THE END
A/N: So that was the end of the story. I hope that you enjoyed it. Please REVIEW! I'm sorry about the spelling erors, I kinda hurried through the editing so that I could post it.