Lupin was chasing Eve out of the house calling after her,

"Eve I'm sorry! That's not what I meant at all!" He said "Please stop! Eve you are Polaris, the one trustworthy star! You are sunlight, moonlight, mountains, valleys, my joy, my star! You are better far than any metaphor can ever, ever be." She turned around looked at him and said,

"Remus, you took his side he was accusing me of something I'm not, I've never even seen Voldemort, not that I want to. You know that right?"

"Of course I know that, I don't even know how Harry came up with something like that. What I do know is that you are my love and being with you is what I'll always want. You have to realize though, that I have an unofficial obligation to Sirius about Harry. But no matter what, I know I love you. Please come back?" he asked his eyes pleading which made Eve's anger ebb away and she nodded,

"We'll go back and get robes and then head into Diagon Alley for a few presents." Lupin said taking Eve's hand as she pulled back a little. When they entered the house Harry was standing at the bottom of the stairs when the door opened he turned quickly,

"Eve, I just want to say err- that I'm sorry, I was way out of line in what I said, I don't really know what came over me." He said while Eve eyed him suspiciously. Harry offered a hand to Eve "I really am sorry Eve can you forgive me?" Eve pondered for a minute then took Harry's hand

"I can forgive you Harry. Please believe me when I tell you that I've never even seen Voldemort, and I hope never to have to."

"Well, Harry we're off to Diagon Alley, Christmas is in five days and unfortunately I've been slacking in shopping for gifts." Lupin said as he grabbed himself and Eve robes out of the closet near the stairs.

"Oh." Harry said "Well have fun." And turned to go back up the stairs Eve looked back at Remus who was now standing near the door "Eve? Are you coming?" he asked when she held up her hand

"Harry?" Eve asked hesitantly

"Yeah?" Harry said quietly

"Would you like to come with us?" Eve looked back at Remus who was absolutely glowing.

"Sure." Harry said smiling and grabbed a set of robes from the closet and headed for the door as Eve walked over to Lupin her arm out stretched for her robes which he handed to her and the three of them walked out the door looked at each other and in an echoing crack they were gone. A few moments later Harry, Lupin and Eve appeared in the Leaky Cauldron Pub. Remus entered first to about five people welcoming him home as Eve followed behind Lupin and Harry trailed in after her. Eve grabbed Lupin's hand holding it tightly he glanced at her through the corner of his eye and smiled brightly. When suddenly the bar tender called to Lupin,

"Oi, Remus what's this? I can't have a date now?" said the tall slender dark haired woman.

"Sorry, Jesse I've been spoken for." He said with a slight squeeze at Eve's hand and they walked through the pub into the market square Eve looked at Remus and Harry and said,

"I'm going to go let you two bond, I'll meet you back here in about an hour I have to run and grab money from my vault and I'll go buy presents. I need a little 'me time'" Eve said smiling and started to walk toward Gringotts.

"Eve you're not really going to leave like that are you?" Remus called after her she turned around and smiled and with a wink

"I'll make it up to you later." She spun around and walked away giving a glance at Harry who she saw had raised eyebrows and was elbowing Lupin in the upper arm while he stood frozen with a dazed look at the audacity of Eve in the middle of the square.

Eve walked over to Gingotts pulled her robes tighter around her as the wind whipped her hair around once inside she looked around Gringotts and remembered just how big it really was. Once at the desk she requested a cart to take her down to vault 749 which hadn't been touched in seventeen years and hopefully had accrued a large amount of interest, she was going to need it. After the trip to her vault and surprised by just how much she had managed to save in seventeen years luckily she had managed to keep it open that long somehow, no one could or would tell her why for seventeen years that vault had remained open. So Eve stepped out finding that the once partly sunny sky had grown gray and stormy, snow was whirling and the wind was howling as she pulled the sides of her robes around her tightly and walked quickly to keep from getting too cold. She walked past stores and stores thinking about how much the alley had grown since she had last been there and finally decided to go into Madame Malkins Robes for all occasions, which had a sign hanging in the window

30 % off Hogwarts Robes

She walked in the store and stood in amazement at the wide range of colors and styles available and found Remus a new pair of robes to wear while teaching. She was considering telling him that if he could give her any indication of what to look for in destroying the Dark Lord then she'd go back and try and find alone so he wouldn't have to leave his friends and job again although she knew he'd never go for an idea like that. She finally found robes in a blue-gray that matched his eyes perfectly in styles for winter and spring. She took them over to the counter and purchased them walking out the door quickly while a boy with blue eyes and sleek blond hair with a pointed chin watched her circumspectly as she left the store. She then made a trip to Ollivander's Wands to pick up four wand servicing kits for Ron, Harry, Hermione, and Ginny. For Moody Eve wandered into Knockturn Alley and found him a new sneak-o-scope and a new foe glass. She wasn't quite sure what to get Mr. and Mrs. Weasley so decided to give them both 15 galleons now that she had the money to spare and still live as she had before the day in front of the ministry.

An hour passed quickly and Eve thoroughly enjoyed the time she spent alone it was a needed stress relief just to think quietly. She met Harry and Lupin at the entrance to the Leaky Cauldron their arms full of gifts.

"Are you all done Eve?" Harry asked smiling apparently he too had enjoyed the time he spent with Remus.

"Well, without knowing most of you all that well I think I did ok." The three of them all nodded as the wind suddenly changed direction and whipped Eve's hair into her eyes try as she might she couldn't get it out of her eyes until the wind stopped. Eve looked from Remus to Harry and then shrugged off the butterfly feeling she had in her stomach. Their arms full to the maximum they apparated back to headquarters and when finally situated Eve looked at Remus and said with a smile,

"I'm going to go use Sirius's room to wrap these gifts. Which means until I come back down and find you, I'm busy." And turned but before she hid away for a few hours Remus grabbed her hand pulled her to him and kissed her he smiled at her and said,

"But you still owe me for earlier." And Eve laughed and whispered in his ear,

"Don't you worry Remus....don't you worry." And with that she left him with a peck on the cheek watching after her as she climbed up the first flight of stairs with her arms full of packages, boxes, and bags until she disappeared around the corner up to the third floor. While up there she opened the door slowly walked in put the gifts and accessories down on the floor and walked over to the window with a shade drawn and pulled it open letting in at least a little light. Eve walked over to a small radio turned it on sat on the bed waved her wand at the wrapping paper boxes and they started wrapping themselves. She sat on Sirius's bed picked up one of the pillows and breathed in deeply, even after a year the faint but unmistakable smell of his cologne still lingered. Eve lay back hugging the pillow until she heard a soft voice issued from the other side of the room,

"Eve?"

"Mmhmm?"

"Let me look at you in the light please?"

"Sirius," She said sleepily "Where have you been, I've missed you my love."

"Don't you worry my angel" and that was the last thing that Eve heard and for about two hours she slept soundly on Sirius's bed as the portrait watched with a face full of longing, sadness, and want. After the last present had been magically wrapped two hours later it fell to the floor with a dull thud that woke Eve. She sat up stretched and looked at the portrait of Sirius hanging on the wall sighed and stood up walked over to her packages lying on the floor, picked them up and whispered softly,

"It's my time to move on Sirius, be happy that it's Remus." And walked out of the room quietly and down the hall to Lupin's bedroom where he could be found downing some of the wretched potion when she entered. She smiled at him as he tried to hide it. She walked over wrapped her arms around him and whispered,

"I knew then, I still know now, and it doesn't change a thing. I'm still by your side. And Christmas Day with you is where I'll be found."

"No, Eve it's terrible." Remus said looking at her arms around him and her head resting on the back of his shoulder "I've done it alone before."

"But you shouldn't have to any more." She said walking around to stand in front of him

"But if something goes wrong?" "

I've been around a werewolf before, just not one as kind as you Remus just let's try if it doesn't go well I promise never again." Eve said pleadingly holding a tooth brush and toothpaste in a tone that made Remus helpless and unable to consider saying that it was utterly unheard of because in his heart he wanted her there. He nodded in agreement but made her promise that if anything would go wrong she'd get out as fast as she could. Eve nodded in agreement that it was a fair trade off smiled at him and pulled him over toward the bed where she sat down softly and Lupin sat next to her pulling her into his arms,

"Eve?" He asked after a few moments

"Yes?" She said gently

"Are you happy? I mean here, now?"

"I don't think I've been happier Remus, not in a long time at least." She said and scooted backward toward the top of the bed laid down and Lupin watched as she nestled in the sheets closed her eyes for a minute until she sat up and took his wrist and pulled him along side herself he lay down beside her his arms wrapped around her as she nuzzled under the covers kissed him softly and finally rested her head on his chest while he ran his hands through her hair until he too fell asleep.

As each day past it was similar to the one before. Until Christmas Eve, Lupin was tired and found himself lying in bed all day feeling bad that Eve wasn't downstairs with the others enjoying Christmas festivities of Yule logs, carols, or roasting chestnuts and what annoyed Lupin the most was that she didn't even seem to miss it, that's not to say that he didn't enjoy her company it was a great thing to have her by his side but felt bad that because he wasn't having any fun neither was she but she didn't seem to mind the lack of excitement, Eve was quite contented to sit by a window and watch the day pass or read a book she'd found. The day slowly faded into night and Remus was getting nervous about what would happen if the potion wasn't made properly and if he harmed her he'd never be able to forgive himself.

As night fell Eve was getting nervous too she really wasn't sure what to expect but found that when the full moon shown through the crack in the curtains his body went rigid and with an uncomfortable and anxious five minutes Eve bounded to the bed picked up Remus' head and placed it in her lap. And there she stay gazing out the window at the stars holding Lupin's wolf form in her lap listening to everyone else downstairs enjoying Christmas which she would do the following day. Eve looked out the window when suddenly a star burning bright zipped across the sky and Eve made a wish she thought quietly to herself

'If I could have this one wish I could finally be at peace and move on completely and forever, I wish I could have one more day with Sirius to properly say goodbye, please grant me this one wish.'

And with that she looked down cradling Lupin's wolf form as he watched her start to sleep he licked her hand as if to tell her it was ok to sleep but she shook her head and made it till sunrise when Remus's transformation was slower than the first it started from his feet and worked his way up until finally completely weak and utterly exhausted he had come back to her. She kissed his forehead and helped him move under the covers where she joined him and finally found some much needed sleep.