Guilty Innocent Pleasures – Chapter Nine
Author's Note: Yes! I have finally decided to update! It's been a very, very, very long wait, I know, and I probably should be working on my three projects all due at the end of October, but this is so much more entertaining!
Oh, to those on 'godawful'….find your own Mary-Sues…don't dwell on a messed up character to find some flame-fodder.
Disclaimer: Nell is mine…
Chapter Nine- The Confrontation
The morning rose clear and calm as the fog lifted around Hogwarts. Nell sat in Herbology and almost managed to keep her head free of distraction as comments swarmed around her, but thinking of Penelope made her snort out loud. 'stupid git' she thought to herself 'how gullible can she possibly get?' The prefect in mind breezily walked into the Herbology greenhouse and strode haughtily over to Madame Sprout. Stooping down, Penelope mumbled something to the professor.
"Nell, Penelope needs you to go with her up to the astronomy tower. You are excused from the rest of the class. For homework, please write me eight inches on the properties of wolfsbane." Madame Sprout waved her podgy hand in the direction of the exit as she spoke, and Nell followed Penelope out the door with a permanent grin on her face.
The Ravenclaw girls walked in silence up to the castle until they neared the entrance. "I know everything about you and Percy. He confessed it all. The play-by-plays weren't mentioned, but I could tell by the way he denied your involvement that he knew more about you than your doctor. And to think, you actually believed that I wouldn't find out about this kinky business in Hogsmead?"
Nell could barely contain her laughter as Penelope brought up random things to try and incriminate her. 'Hogsmead?!?!? What is that fool thinking?' But rather than say anything out loud, Nell simply smiled gleefully and walked into the castle.
"Now that doesn't explain why you need to meet me in the astronomy tower, Penelope. What is going on with that little detail?"
"Since I am a prefect, and Percy is head boy, I have arranged a little meeting for the three of us up there to discuss some things."
'Oh. My. Gosh. That is the most hilarious thing I have ever heard!' Nell stifled a guffaw as she followed Penelope up to the astronomy tower where Percy waited, looking oddly bewildered.
Once the three of them were all within 'range,' Penelope began a long tirade of accusations towards the two supposed sack-partners. Being a pompous prick, to protect his reputation as Mr. Perfection, Percy naturally yelled his defence right back. Before long, the words were incoherent and Nell simply laughed out loud and snuck back to the Ravenclaw dormitory to wait for the last class- Defence Against the Dark Arts.
Lupin stood at the front of the classroom holding a large black box in his hands.
"Any guesses as to what is inside the box?" He placed the container on the ground in the middle of the classroom and waited for hands to be raised. Only one student's arm rose from the classroom. It was Roger Davies.
"Yes, Roger? Care to take a guess?"
"May I please go to the lav?" Roger stood up as he spoke and dashed out on a frantic urinary control mission.
The pupils huddled around the mystery creature inside the lidded box and tried to pick it up. It was too heavy. They tried to pry the lid off. It was charmed shut. Befuddled, they looked inquisitively at the thing and some made quiet suggestions as to what could be inside. Nell thought it was certainly some small object charmed to feel heavier. As she mused over the unknown contents of the box, she looked over to her left. Lupin was coughing and sniffling quietly at his desk. She walked over to Remus and said,
"Professor, are you feeling quite all right?"
"Oh yes, just a small head-cold. I've gotten some medicine from Madame Pomfrey, so I shall be just fine for tonight. I'll speak to you if it's any different."
"So, will you tell me what's in the box?"
"What will you give me for this information?"
"Anything you want." Nell replied enticingly.
"Nothing. It's just an exercise of wits." Lupin smiled widely and looked over at the puzzled students.
"I did that so they could-" he stopped short when Roger swung the door open.
"Yes, Nell, you are correct! There is nothing in the box. It was simply a test of intellect. You may all be dismissed early today." Remus then turned his head and coughed.
Night closed in around Nell as she sat in the Ravenclaw common room, counting the minutes till she could take a trip to Remus.
Slowly the common room emptied and Nell walked over to the fireplace.
"Lupin's Office" she whispered as she threw the floo powder into the flames.
She arrived and called out,
"Remus?"
No answer.
"Remus?" She called a little louder.
A soft moan came from underneath his desk. Walking around to discover who it was, she recoiled in horror. There, crouched under her Remus' desk was a werewolf. In terror she retreated to the door and stopped. The creature made no advances towards her. In fact, he just sat there, looking oddly like…like LUPIN!
Suddenly details from passionate memories came flooding back. The growling he would make when he released, his obsession with having her under the moonlight, the playful biting of her hands. It all made sense now.
"You sick bastard!" Nell screamed into his face and ran from the office.
Auhor's Note: well, you wanted more chapters, you got 'em! Next one will be better, I promise! Review! I still want those thousand reviews!