This story is very interesting in a soap-opera kind of way. It's like one of those things you can't turn away from because you are just waiting for her to hop into bed with someone! lol She is kind of...you know, attainable, lol but I really like the story. When are you going to update? - mysticweirdo
Technically I guess you could say that its right now. Thanks for the review. I must admit I like it like a soap opera just to see what happens in each chapter. They both struggle for this and it might take a while for them to get what they want. If I decide they get it.

Thanks to both Miss Gryffindor and GryffindorBrains for their reviews too. I love you two guys ;) lol

Chapter 4: The Summer Ball

The Great Hall had been the chosen place to hold the Grand Summer Ball. Professor Flitwick was stood in one corner attaching the beautiful streams of gold decorations to the wall, whilst Professor Dumbledore was talking to Professor McGonagall about the sky and what it should resemble.

"I was thinking Albus, maybe it should represent a beautiful summers morning? After all this is supposed to be the Summer Solstice Ball"

Professor McGonagall didn't take her eyes off of the sky as she contemplated possible scenes. Professor Dumbledore smiled and shook his head softly as he stroked her beard in thought. His beard seemed to be greyer than ever this year but then again no one usually focused upon it that much.

"Hmmm... I don't know Minerva. As much as a summer's day is beautiful it does not hold the magic of the summer sunset. I believe it would be simply splendid if we had a sunset do you not agree?"

He said as he focused his eyes upon McGonagall, she in turn turned to face him a smiled slightly as she nodded. She had not thought of that, she then ran her eyes back up to the ceiling.

"Albus I think that you might just be right. Summer holds a magical element and a sunset couldn't be more perfect."

They then continued to talk about the colour scheme and where the sun should be placed. Remus walked into the hall smiling as he saw the decorations and made his way over to McGonagall and Dumbledore, his hair was fairly neat and tidy for once however his eyes were deeply shaded and showed his lack of sleep.

"Morning Albus, Minerva. How are the preparations coming along?"

He asked cheerfully as the pair finally took their eyes off of the ceiling. McGonagall smiled and looked around the room, she hadn't realised how much had actually been done and all because she had been focusing upon the sky.

"Ahh Remus. You are just in time for a quick word."

Dumbledore smiled as he spoke and gestured to a little area away from McGonagall. She didn't seem to mind; in fact Remus wasn't even sure if she had heard because her eyes well still transfixed to the ceiling. Dumbledore walked backwards slightly and stopped, Remus followed and smiled politely at the Professor as he placed his hands in his trouser pockets.

"Yes Albus?"

He asked softly as though he felt the need to whisper. Dumbledore smiled and looked around the hall as he folded his arms inside of his robes.

"I require an extra teacher to chaperone the dance tonight, I would do it myself but I have business to attend to." He gave Remus a knowing look that meant it was Order business. "I dare not leave unless I know I have placed a mutual friend in a position of authority."

Remus looked at Dumbledore and nodded slightly. He felt rather honoured that Dumbledore would consider him more than a simple friend. He nodded and smiled charmingly.

"Of course Albus. I will remain behind but what of Minerva?"

Dumbledore chuckled softly and looked up at the sky then back down to McGonagall; he was intrigued by how much she was studying the sky. He turned back to Remus with a jolly smile.

"Naturally Minerva remains the Deputy Head but I will enforce their safety upon you. Now if you'll excuse me I had better go and prepare for my leave."

He nodded and walked over to McGonagall and began conversing with her again. Remus stood in his position and looked around the room, he was to be responsible for everything inside and outside of the castle. He nodded to Flitwick as he waved and then proceeded over to talk.

Back in the Slytherin common room time for the dance was approaching fast and Danae had now completed her transformation but she refused see anybody or let anybody see her, even Pansy. She put the final clip in her hair as she looked into the mirror and smiled. Her beautiful brown hair was pulled up and rolled so that there was no ponytail but rather a pleat in the back where the hair was wrapped into itself. She had two strands of hair hanging down the sides of her face and a small tiara that she had had since she was young. Luckily she barely needed any make up so she just applied a little lipstick and blusher as well as a small bit of eye shadow. She stood up with her dress on and walked to her bed where the shoes lay and slipped her feet into them. Finally she was ready and with 10 minutes to spare, Pansy was banging on the door in a fury.

"Danae let me in there! Come on you can't look that bad!"

Pansy snickered as she stood behind the door, she was about to bang once more just as Danae opened it and stepped out onto the bottom step of the Dormitory steps. She smiled sweetly as Pansy's mouth dropped open.

"Close your mouth Pansy I don't want to see what you had for lunch."

She said with a laugh, Pansy glared mockingly and walked around Danae touching parts of her dress as she went and then staring at her hair.

"What were you a vulture in another life? Stop it!"

Danae said sarcastically as she walked up the stairs into the common room. The other girls were already dressed and prepared for the dance as well. Taylor stood up as Danae approached and glared at her.

"Well well. Look what the cat dragged out. It took you all that time to make sure you don't look slutty? Damn you must look bad!"

Taylor's voice was tinted with a smirk as she spoke and looked around at the other girls, some laughed and some didn't. Danae looked at her and nodded as she pulled on her red gloves that matched her dress.

"Taylor you must understand something about me. I can put in the effort to look good, you however... well it's a shame you are such a lost cause."

Danae looked up at Taylor and smiled as she saw her turning a nice shade of purple, looking over at the portrait she heard a knock and looked at the clock on the wall. She walked towards it and opened it smiling as she saw Neville dressed in a handsome black tuxedo, white shirt and black tie. He even had his hair slicked back and Danae had to admit he looked really cute, he held out his arm and smiled.

"Your date is a Gryffindor? You poor thing! Plus the fact the only guy you could get is the school idiot."

Taylor laughed along with the others as they all peered to see Danae stood with Neville. He flushed a brilliant colour pink and suddenly felt nervous again.

"Yes Taylor but I didn't have to ask him, he asked me."

She said with a smile and took Neville's arm softly as he pulled him away from the portrait. She stopped for a second and turned back round to see them before the portrait swung shut.

"That and I said no to your boyfriend so he had to settle for second best."

The portrait then swung shut, as Taylor was about to leap out of it. Danae laughed and then turned back to Neville who had obviously taken the insults to heart as his head was drooped and his smile had ebbed away.

"Neville just ignore her. She's only sore because she couldn't have you and I out dress her."

She smiled and reached a hand around to his chin to lift it to face hers. She stroked his cheek softly and then pointed down at the Great Hall. Music could already be heard from inside and it already seemed to have people inside of it. Danae stopped walking and then sat down on a bench, that was against the wall, sighing. Neville watched her and then sat down next to her.

"You look b-beautiful Danae."

Neville then blushed again and turned away from her occasionally peering round to check she was still there. Danae lifted her head and looked at him with a small smile she tilted her head and ran her eyes up and down his body.

"As do you Neville."

She looked at the Great Hall and did not look forward to entering it and everyone seeing her with Neville. Besides that and she was dressed in a dress that she didn't know who sent it. It suddenly clicked that perhaps Neville had sent it after all he was her date.

"Neville did you... er... did you send anything to my dormitory today by any chance?"

He looked at her and shook his head slowly as he thought about her question. He couldn't remember sending anything anyway.

"Ok. Never mind."

Danae was now in confusion again, she was certain for a few moments that it had to have been Neville. He was the only one who had approached her that day and the only one she had actually said yes to. Sighing she stood up and looked at the Great Hall and smiled weakly. Just get it over with Danae! Neville stood up again and led her towards the Great Hall.

The large Oak double doors swung open when they approached to reveal a room full of students dancing and talking amongst themselves. The room was beautifully decorated in Gold and Silver and the sky was that of a brilliant red sunset. Danae and Neville stood at the entrance and the whole room seemed to turn around and focus upon them. Many started talking about her and others were talking about the Slytherin Gryffindor situation. She lowered her head slightly as Neville took her hand. Remus had been sat at the back of the room watching the students dance; he was dressed in a black suit that he had hired from the shop in Hogsmeade. His hair wouldn't sit in any particular position no matter how hard he tried. As the doors opened he stood up to see who had entered and his mouth gaped open as he saw Danae stood there in the dress he had sent to her room that morning. He felt that he had to apologise in some way so he thought that a dress would be perfect, however, he hadn't bargained on her actually wearing it. He traced her slowly as his eyes looked at her longingly, she was beautiful and that was all that was running through his mind. The Hall seemed to disappear along with its students and the only one left in the darkness was Danae, he tilted his head slightly and lowered his eyes as she looked around the room. He had only just noted that she had arrived with a date and he felt a twist in the pit of his stomach, slowly he sat down again and tried to remove the vision of Danae from his mind. Danae removed her hand from Neville's grip and smiled as she tried to think of some reason to just walk away and sit alone on the other side of the room. However, she need not have worried for the opportunity arose by itself. Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnegan had approached Neville and they were having a laugh together.

"Neville I'm going to go sit down for a while."

He spun around and went to follow Danae but she smiled and shook her head turning him back round and pushing him back to Seamus and Dean.

"Its alright you stay and talk I just want five minutes."

He nodded and began talking with the pair again. She sighed and shook her head as she headed for a bench on the opposite side of the room, she sat down and her dress fanned half of the bench. The music was fast and jolly, she watched the students jumping up and down in time to the music and smiled, she preferred being in her own company than Neville's anyway, however she still wished somebody would make it seem a little more exciting. Remus had been watching Danae for a while and couldn't help but stare at times, he contemplated going to her on several occasions but he was unsure of what he should say when he got there so he simply stayed put. Remus if you don't go talk to her soon someone else will and you won't talk to her at all. Danae scanned the hall in hopes of seeing Remus in there but she highly doubted that he would be there at all; she didn't think dances were his thing. She stood up and began walking to the drinks table as she kept searching through the crowd. She saw Professor Flitwick dancing with Madame Pomfrey, which she personally thought, was an odd couple. Professor McGonagall was stood talking to Professor Sprout and Professor Snape was sat on his own at the Teachers table with a grimace on his face. She started looking over the drinks and trying to see which one she would prefer but half of them she hadn't heard of at all. Remus finally stood up and began walking towards her, half of him tried to stop and the other half carried on. He walked up behind her as she picked up a black coloured bottle and coughed slightly.

"If I were you I would choose a drink to match your dress, like that one there."

He pointed round her side to a red coloured liquid inside a white bottle. Danae had jumped as she heard a cough behind her but didn't move, she knew instantly who it was by the smell of his aftershave and the tone of his voice.

"And why would you suggest that one exactly Professor?"

She asked, as she looked over the drinks, smiling to herself, her heart beating rapidly beneath her chest. Remus closed his eyes as he lowered his head towards her ear and withdrew his hand to his side.

"Because you are beautiful!"

He whispered softly into her ear, she too closed her eyes as she felt his breath near her neck and tilted her head slightly as he spoke. She picked up the red liquid and poured out a glass for herself and turned round to face him.

"What is it you want Professor?"

She asked as she remembered that she was still angry with him for his behaviour previously. He looked at her and smiled charmingly as he ran his hand through his hair.

"To dance, Will you join me?"

He held out his other hand and looked deep into her eyes. She glanced at his hand as the music changed to a slower song; the male pianist had stood up and taken hold of his microphone.

"Lets get all you couples out there on the dance floor, you teachers too. Come on now!"

Remus took the drink from her hand and placed it on the table without taking his eyes from hers. She returned his stare as she slipped her hand into his and walked with him to the dance floor. Gently she placed a hand on his shoulder and held onto his other, he placed one hand on the small of her back and pulled her closer to him. Neville had heard the pianist and turned round to walk to Danae but she was nowhere to be seen. He peered around the room and finally his eyes rested upon her and Professor Lupin. He swallowed hard; he could see the way she was looking at the professor even from the position he was stood in. He turned away from them and sighed, he turned back to them and felt his heart sink.

Danae looked into Remus' eyes and felt her stomach flutter she smiled up at him softly and then looked away. He is a teacher and he has only asked you to dance to be polite, remember he left you confused and he said he couldn't feel for you! She told herself as she bit her lip to stop herself from saying it out loud. Remus looked at her as his eyes traced her body, he forgot about everyone around him as the words of the song flowed through the room. The female singer was looking around the room as she sang softly.

"There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write
Over and over again
I'm awake and in the infinite cold
But you sing to me over and over and
Over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
And pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope

Sing to me of the song of the stars
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing
And laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have
For me over again

I give you my destiny
I'm giving you all of me
I want your symphony
Singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs I'm giving it back"

Danae looked at Remus and swallowed quite loudly. She felt nervous in his touch, especially since they were the only student teacher dance partnership. Remus pulled her closer to him and dropped both hands to hold onto her hips as they danced. Danae looked at him in shock, peering around the room in her uneasiness and laughing inside at some of the unusual dancing couples.

"What if somebody sees this?"

Danae asked feeling rather cautious over the situation. He looked at her and shrugged, he looked up at the sky as it beamed down on the room and caught glimpses of its reflection in her eyes. He knew it inside of him that he was falling for a student, he knew it a few days ago in fact it was the day they first met when he couldn't get her out of his head then.

"I care not if they see us, all I see is you"

He said softly as he lifted her arms to put them around his neck, his stomach doing somersaults in his nervousness but he hid it well despite it. Danae looked up at him and placed her arms around his neck at his persuasion, she couldn't take her eyes from his, they were locked together and she slipped into her own world. Neville had been looking at them the whole time, he seemed to be the only one that was, and he didn't like what he saw. He truly thought that Danae liked him; well she must have done to say yes to him hadn't she? His eyes clouded over as he saw her arms around his neck, he swallowed hard and walked towards the buffet table not taking his eyes off of them. He wasn't looking where he was going and tripped over landing in somebody's lap. He apologised and stood up slightly embarrassed but he returned his gaze back to Danae and Remus.

"Come with me?"

Remus whispered quietly into her ear as he let her go and walked towards the doors. She stood there slightly bewildered and looked around, lowering her head slightly and feeling a flush coming across her face. Neville had already reached the drinks table and had grabbed a rather large bottle of Dragonhoff, a very strong alcoholic drink that was meant for the teachers. He slipped it into his jacket and walked over to a corner of the room where he could be hidden.

Danae realised that she was stood in the centre of the dance floor alone for about 10 minutes and headed over to the double doors, checking around that nobody was looking she left through them.

She looked up and down the corridors and couldn't see any sign of Remus. She started walking down one of the corridors as an owl flew down to her. A note attached to its foot, it was squawking impatiently at her. She took the note and opened it to read.

I am out in the fields. Do join me.

Professor R.J. Lupin

She looked at the owl as it flew off and made her way towards the fields. She exited through one of the many doors into the gardens and stepped out into the night air. Taking a deep breath she smiled and started walking fairly fast towards the fields. Peering around a tree as she saw Remus sat on the ground staring up into the sky. Slowly she started walking towards him, she stopped a little way behind him as she peered across the vast amounts of fields that lay before them.

"What did you ask me out here for Professor?"

She asked as she looked down at him. He looked behind him quickly and stood up, he brushed his trousers off and rubbed the back of his head nervously with one hand before finally focusing his eyes upon hers.

"I see the dress fits you perfectly?"

Danae looked at him with a shocked expression, she then peered down at the dress and lifted it off the ground, noticing that her shoes were a little muddy from walking across the grass.

"Yes. Did you send me this dress? It must have cost more than you earn ever."

She asked warily, afraid in case he said no, but to her shock he nodded and her eyes went wide. She stepped back slightly so that she didn't over balance.

"Why? May I ask?"

"Simply because I knew it would look beautiful upon you and I wanted to apologise for the day before. I thought it would be a fitting apology and besides you would be surprised at how persuasive I can be. The shop owner is an old... acquaintance."

His face then dropped and he turned around to look out over the fields. Danae however didn't move she just stared at his back as thoughts raced through her head.

"I thought I said there was nothing to apologise for. It was a mistake and I shouldn't have done it."

She said as she lowered her eyes away from his figure. He turned round and looked at her shaking his head. He stepped towards her and placed a hand upon her cheek, stroking it softly with his thumb. His eyes flickered as they tried to take in every element of her face. The moon was only half full but the stars shone down brightly, even the sky was clear for once.

"It was no mistake and I see that now. I should never have started it but I did and now I can't take your face out of my head. I am in the wrong for the feelings I feel towards you but I cannot suppress them... nor do I want to."

"Y-You..."

He dropped his hand from her face and stared down into her eyes. He lowered his face to hers and pressed his lips against hers before she could finish her sentence, he closed his eyes as he deepened their kiss. Danae sunk into the kiss not even trying to stop it; she closed her eyes and raised her hand to the back of his neck pulling him towards her. Remus placed both his hands on her hips and pulled her towards him powerfully not once letting go of her lips. Finally Danae pulled out of it and stepped backwards out of his grip, she didn't want this to happen again. She knew deep down inside that she could never have him the way she wanted him and having this continue was killing her inside. He walked towards her in surprise and shock.

"What's wrong?"

She stepped back further and shook her head. She pulled her gloves off of her hands and sighed.

"You stopped this from occurring last time. I shall stop it this time. Your job is at risk and I-I left Neville inside the Hall alone, I should get back to him. I shall return the dress as soon as the night is through."

She had no real power to her voice, it was actually quite shaky and she started walking away from him. Looking at the ground she turned slowly and tossed the gloves at him before returning along her way back to the castle.

"Miss Felise wait..."

He ran up behind her and spun her around holding on to both her arms. He pulled her towards him and kissed her hungrily yet softly, the world around her seemed to spin and she melted into his arms. He pulled back and looked at her.

"Stay with me?"

She stared up at him with a hungry expression and one that could have answered him without words. He dropped the gloves to the floor as she wrapped both her arms around his neck and nodded.

"... Yes..."

He took hold of one of her hands and pulled her further away from the castle and into the edge of the woods that lay next to the field. Neville had followed Danae out of the Hall and had traced her every footstep out into the field. His eyes streamed with tears as he saw the pair kiss more than once and dropped the bottle he was holding, collapsing to his knees he sobbed on the floor.

Danae held onto Remus' hand softly and followed him into the woods. He took her deeper than the outskirts and it was fairly thick with trees and bushes. Finally he stopped at a nearby tree that was large and had large roots. He climbed over one root and then lifted her over it with ease, her shoes were now completely caked in mud but neither she nor he cared about it. As he lifted her over he paused, looking at her coyly, he gently raised one hand to her hair and pulled out the clip that was holding it in place. Her hair fell round her face and lay beautifully against her skin. He ran a hand through it as he leant in to kiss her, pushing her back against the root. Her body tingled under his touch and she pulled him towards her with every strength she could muster. As they kissed Remus had slowly reached his hands around the back of her dress and had began to undo some of the ribbons that tied the corset part together. His eyes shone the brightest blue that they had been for many years, he finally felt alive and happy and it was something that he hadn't felt for a long time. A loud rustle from a bush behind caused them both to lift their heads quickly, a drunken Neville stumbled towards them with tear stained eyes. Danae stepped back hastily and grabbed the back of her dress and began to re-tie it as Remus went to help Neville.

"Mr. Longbottom? Are you all right? Can I help you?"

Neville stared at him with hateful eyes and shook his head so fast that it caused him to stumble against a tree. Remus placed a hand to his mouth in horror, he had let a student get drunk at a dance he was supposed to be chaperoning.

"Why would I hic want your hic help? Hmmm? If I want ad- hic -vice on how to steal hic another persons girlfriend hic I'll hic ask!"

He had stood up and started waving his finger at Remus even though he blatantly had no clue where he was stood. Danae looked at Neville in horror yet slight amusement, not once had she remembered agreeing to be his girlfriend yet she found it funny that he would try and get her back. Remus looked confused and glanced from Neville and Danae trying to think of something to say.

"Danae I have to hic tell you this n- hic -ow. I am in love hic with you!"

Neville had swung his body in an effort to move his feet but they refused to move causing Neville to fall heavily to the floor. Unconscious but unharmed he lay there as Danae stared at him with an expressionless face. Remus however, stepped back and sat on a large protruding root, he glanced up at Danae and shook his head but remained silent.

"Professor I think it might be best if you took him back up to the castle. He's clearly drank way too much of something and its knocked his brain stupid. Although I'm not too sure it was ever smart."

She started walking away with a heavy disappointment weighing her down.

"You said nothing to me about being his girlfriend. If I had known then I would never had done this. Miss Felise I am unsure of your intentions but I will not be a notch if that is what you are after."

Remus stood up and walked to where Neville lay peaceful albeit a little uncomfortable looking. Danae spun round quickly, her eyes wide and her mouth hanging open in disbelief.

"I beg your pardon? Are you saying that all I want is to add your name to... to a list?"

She asked feeling hurt and in disbelief. This couldn't be the same man she was with moments ago.

"Let me get this straight! One I am not nor will I ever be his girlfriend! Two I have never nor will I ever have a list of men. I honestly thought... Well never mind... So far this has gone really well, you push me off once, send a dress to my room, I push you away, we end up in the forest and a drunken idiot starts spouting nonsense and you basically call me a whore. Is there anything I left out? I thought not..."

She spun around as her eyes streamed with tears and fled deeper into the forest, her dress catching and tearing on one of the bushes as she ran past. Remus slumped to the ground in horror as he realised she was right. He was an adult acting like a love struck teenager and getting frightened at every obstacle, lifting his eyes he focused upon one of the stars. Polaris, the brightest star in the hemisphere and it took no worries in being the brightest that night either. He had no thoughts but that of him and Danae together, slowly he closed his eyes and sunk back against a rock as his mind played over the events. I'm a fool!