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Warning: This chapter contains graphic and strong sexual content. If reading this sort of thing may upset you please do not continue reading this chapter.

Chapter 4 – A Consoling Friend

She stood in the doorway. Her face full of surprise and bewilderment was more beautiful than he remembered. "Remus, c-c-come in." Rebekah was overcome by the arrival of her friend who had not returned a letter in years. "What are you doing here?"

"I didn't know where else to go." he said. "I don't have anyone else I could talk to. My friends...they....." he trailed off unable to finish the sentence he had started.

"I heard." she looked at him with gentle concern. "I just I wouldn't have expected you to come and see me. You haven't replied to a letter I've sent you in years."

"I know. I apologize." he didn't know what to say to her.

"Well, come in anyway. You should sit down." she said leading him to the sofa. He sat still in a strange daze. "I'm sorry about your friends. I read about it all in the Daily Prophet." she said sitting next to him and placing her hand on his shoulder. It was at this moment that Remus could no longer contain his grief. He let it out in the form of slow and soft sobs. She put her arms around him consoling him as he continued to shake with grief.

She held him as he cried on her shoulder. It seemed like forever before he raised his head to her and looked into her eyes. They were also full of tears. "You will be ok Remus." she said as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"Where is Jonathan?" he asked as he placed his hand on her soft cheek and wiped her tear away. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply with the gentle touch of his hand.

"He was called into work. There seems to be a lot of urgency there lately." she spoke softly as if there was someone there she did not want to hear her. "Oh, Remus, why couldn't it have been you?"

He was taken back with confusion. "What do you mean?"

"I've loved you since school. But I never thought you liked me so I didn't do anything about it." she confessed. "Why couldn't you have loved me? Why couldn't it have been you instead of Jonathan?"

"I have loved you since I first met you." his words were met with her sobs as he leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he kissed her moving his arms around her body to her back and pulling her closer to him and deepening their kiss. She opened her mouth slightly allowing his tongue to slip past her lips to gently massage her own.

She began to lie back on the sofa pulling him along with her as they continued to passionately embrace each other. The thoughts of his friends melted away and were replaced by quixotic thoughts of her. He noticed how sweet her kiss tasted to him as he began to move his hand up the front of her slender abdomen stopping just underneath her breast. She moaned softly as she longed for his touch to continue. Her thoughts turned to how gentle yet strong his touch was.

All of a sudden he broke their kiss rising off of the sofa and walking to the other side of the room. "I am sorry Rebekah but we can not continue this. It isn't right." he spoke without looking at her for it was too painful.

"Remus, what is not right is that we have both loved each other and never were able to act upon it, even if it was because we didn't tell each other how we felt." she walked to him as she spoke, and placed her arm around him and kissing the back of his neck.

His skin crawled with ecstasy as she kissed his neck and he inhaled deeply. He turned around quickly and stepped away from her. "You, Rebekah, are married, and you don't know me as well as you think. I can't let you commit adultery with me."

"Remus, I love you. I don't care if I'm cheating on Jonathan as long as it's with you." she took a step towards him closing the gap he had created between them. She moved her hand up his chest and to the side of his face. "I want to finally be with you, no matter what."

He closed his eyes and reveled in her touch. "But, Rebekah, I am a werewolf." his words almost caught in his throat and he waited for her touch to be quickly broken. He waited for her to step back in disgust. He waited for her react to what he said. He eyes opened in surprise as he felt her lips against his in a short and gentle kiss.

"I know what you are, and I don't care. I've known since 5th year when we would study together. You were always gone once a month and I figured it out when I was reading a Defense Against the Dark Arts book in your absence. I love you no matter what Remus." her eyes were filled with compassion as she gazed deep into his eyes. He felt as if her gaze reached down to his soul.

Her words had washed over him and filled him with feelings of relief. He kissed her again. This time his kiss was more passionate as he felt himself take her in his arms. He knew he was not controlling himself any longer, his emotions were. She wrapped her arms around him as he kissed her neck. His grip on her was firm but soft at the same time. "Remus, I love you." she said softly in his ear, her voice filled with passion.

They both began removing their clothing as he led her back to the sofa. She laid back on the sofa now clad only in her shirt and undergarments. He moved over her, shirtless, and began kissing the nape of her neck as she moaned in anticipation. She could feel his hard organ pressed against her as he lay on top of her. His hand then glided effortlessly under her shirt and over her breasts. Her body stiffened with pleasure as he began massaging her breasts. Their tongues were softly dueling each other in a lingering open mouthed kiss.

She broke their kiss to throw off her shirt and pulling him back to her she kissed him now with vigor and wanton need. He slowed her pace by kissing down her neck and chest to her breasts softly biting her nipple trough her bra as she moaned in frustration and need. She would not let him win though. She pushed him away and removed her bra and began fumbling with his belt and unbuttoned his pants as he continued to kiss her mouth.

They waged a war to control the pace of their exchange with Remus finally winning. His naked body was on top of hers and he continued to savor her kissing her up and down her abdomen and slowly making his way up to her face. He stared into her eyes and gently kissed her before he moved his hand to her hips and teasingly rubbed her silken thigh. She arched up into his touch as he moved his hand down further. Her eyes rolled back as he touched her most intimate region and she moved her body into his touch. She panted with desire saying his name softly as he continued massaging her between her legs.

As she breathed in short gasps he removed his hand replacing it with himself. She gasped out a moan as her face contorted in fulfilled pleasure. Her waiting was over. He moved inside her rhythmically bringing her closer and closer to climax. As she brought both of her legs around his pulling him into her further. He leaned into her putting his lips next to her ear and whispered a softly, "I love you Rebekah." He felt her body stiffen under him and he gazed into her face as she writhed with rapture. His pace quickened in response to her needful writhing.

Her breathy pants were now replaced by soft high pitched moans and gasps of passion. She suddenly fell quite gasping sharply inward and stiffening as she climaxed. The look on her face sent him into his own fulfilling climax as she let out a long breathless sigh and panted hard to catch her breath. A wave of satisfaction swept over Remus as he collapsed panting on top of Rebekah. Her arms remained wrapped around him as he lay his head on her chest as it continued to rise and fall as she caught her breath. They lied there in silence still clinging to one another until Rebekah broke the silence. "I have wanted to do that since I met you." Remus let out a soft exhausted laugh as she kissed the top of his head.

They both fell asleep still lying naked on the sofa in each others arms. The grief Remus had felt the night before had been comforted in a way he would never have imagined.

A/N: There's definitely more to come.