I've only got 1 day of holidays left so i'm writing this chapter really fast, even though I have a Geography research due on wednesday. It sucks. I have to start school on the 3rd of January. Bleargh. Anyway, I, finally, after seven chapters, have established some sort of relationship between Remus and Hermione.Sort of.By the way, i'm trying not to take this too fast, so a few citrus-infused moments are on the way,but not too many. Please review, I'd love to hear some suggestions from you all.Oh and sorry for the dicky formatting with the time intervals and all that. It was the only way I could do that chapter. And it's really fun pissing people off. ON WITH THE FANFIC! oh and in this fanfic, Remus doesn't have that Hitler-esque moustache. (Author shudders).There is a reason it took me so long to write this. Just read on.

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Hermione snuggled into something warm. She remembered who it was and giggled.
"What?" Said a familiar voice. Hermione opened her eyes and turned around to face Remus, who still had an arm wrapped around her.
"Oh, nothing." Said Hermione innocently. Remus raised an eyebrow at her.
"Oh, there's something, allright. I have no choice but to tickle it out of you." Remus smirked. Hermione's eyes went wide
"You wouldn't." She said. From many experiences with Harry and Ron, tickling was, in Hermione's opinion, the worst sort of torture imaginable. And Remus knew it.
"Oh yes I would" And with that, Remus lunged at her foot, and, before Hermione could move it, had grabbed it and began to tickle with great lustre. Soon, Hermione was rolling around on the bed, laughing her head off. All of a sudden someone knocked on the door. Remus let go of Hermione's foot.
"Shhh.. someone's at the door" He said.
"Hermione?" Molly's voice could be heard through the doorway.
"Uh..Just a minute!" Hermione called, then lowered her voice to a whisper, "Remus, you need to get out of here" And with that, Remus quickly got off the bed, grabbed his wand, which he pointed at the wall facing his room.
" Aedifico pseudothyrum" He said, and a door appeared. Kissing Hermione on the cheek, he said,"See you later" And walked quickly into his room, closing the new door behind him. Hermione quickly changed into her p-js (she had forgotten to change before she fell asleep), hid Remus' shirt,and opened the door. Sure enough, Molly was there.
"Are you all right Hermione? I heard laughing-Do you have someone in there?" Molly looked suspiciously around the room. No one.
"No, I was just...reading!... and ....there was something-.. really funny". Hermione said innocently. Molly still looked rather suspicious.
"Is there a problem, Hermione?" Remus had appeared from his room, shirtless and all, and was standing next to Molly,"I heard laughing coming from your room. You wouldn't happen to have someone in there, now would you?" He looked around the room, a twinkle nearly as dubious as Dumbledore's in his eyes. Hermione nearly hexed him. The nerve of that man. He knew fully well that she HAD had someone in her room, and it happened to have been him!
"Nope. Just reading." Molly had an eyebrow raised at her still, but resigned.
"Well, okay. Anyway, breakfast is downstairs if you want it." She said and was off down the hallway. Hermione glared at Remus, who was smirking at her.
"You...smug bastard! Molly would have your arse if she knew you were in there with me! You know, she couldn't be worse if she had Moody's magical eye!" He was full-on laughing now, "Shut up!" Hermione said, pouting. She knew she couldn't stay mad at him for long, what with his gorgeous six-pack and smattering (not too much, just a bit) of chest hair. So what if he had a few scars here and there, he still had a hot body.
"You know you look very cute when you pout" Came Remus' reply. He pulled her to him and gave her a quick, warm hug,"We should get downstairs for breakfast"
"Yes, I'm very hungry" Hermione said, looking straight at Remus. Now it was his turn to pout. Hermione set off down the stairs, wiggling her bottom at Remus, who growled and followed her. When they entered the Kitchen, nobody batted an eyelid at them. Mostly because there was nobody IN the kitchen.
"We must be the first ones down" Hermione commented
"Well, early bird gets the worm," Remus said
"Yes, and cheeky bird gets his balls hexed off" Hermione countered. Remus' face solemned, and he coughed.
"OK! No more cheekiness infront of others."
Just then, Romulus and Tonks entered the room.
"Speaking of birds, looks like our two lovers have decided to join us!," Remus said. Romulus and Tonks flushed almost the exact sameshade of fire-engine red, "And don't you think for a second that I didn't hear you. Werewolf, you know."
Romulus glared at Remus.
"At least I was getting some" That shut Remus right up. Hermione nearly burst out laughing, and Tonks went an even brighter shade of red that went right to the tips of her hair.

About a week later, Hermione and Remus were reading (or at least pretending to read) in the small library when Arthur Weasely rushed in, a solemn look on his face. Hermione and Remus looked up from their books( Remus had heard Arthur coming a mile away. Did you seriously think they were actually reading?).
"Emergency Order meeting in the kitchen, guys, hurry." And with that Arthur left the room, obviously going to relay messages to others.
"What do you think the meeting's about?" Hermione asked Remus on the way down the stairs.
"I honestly don't know." Although he had an inkling as to what had happened, he didn't want to think about it. When they finally reached the kitchen, they took their seats and waited for the others to arrive. When, finally, everyone had assembled, Dumbledore spoke up
"Friends, we have called this emercency meeting to order to discuss something very important." Everyone looked at Dumbledore expectantly, " I am afraid to say that, despite our vigilant guarding, Draco Malfoy has indeed escaped from Azkaban, and we have no idea where he is." An awkward silence hung in the air. Hermione paled, and Remus squeezed her hand under the table. Molly opened her mouth to talk, but just as she was about to speak, Kingsley Shacklebolt rushed into the room. He walked up to Dumbledore and whispered something in his ear. Dumbledore paled and looked around the room with great sorrow in his eyes. His gaze finally settled on Hermione.
"I...Don't know how to say this..." He said quietly,"We DO have an idea as to the recent whereabouts of Draco Mlafoy. He was recently at the residence of George and Elaine Granger. I'm sorry my dear Hermione..." And that's all he could say. But Hermione knew. She knew that Dumbledore was sating thather parents had been killed. But it couldn't be. It just couldn't.She sat in silence for a second, tears welling up in her eyes.
"YOU'RE LYING!" She screamed at Dumbledore, before tearing from the room. Immediately, Remus ran after her, catching her in his arms.
"Hermione......" He said quietly.
"NO! HE'S LYING! MY PARENTS CAN'T BE DEAD! THEY JUST CAN'T!!!" Remus flinched as she beat his chest with every word, but remained with her, embracing her. They slid down onto the floor, holding eachother. Hermione buried her face in Remus' chest.
"They just...no...." She finally choked, and more tears started streaming down her face.Remus said nothing, just held her in his arms, because he knew exactlywhat she was going through. First James, then Sirius.....One so young shouldn't live to see her parents die. Silent tears streamed down his face, not only for all his losses, but the young woman in his arms. For the first time in years, he let out the emotions pent up inside him. A sad yet beautiful sight the rest of the order beheld when they followed them. These two incredibly strong people, who have lost so much, finally breaking down after so long keeping it all inside.

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Heavy........ Well, that's it for now.

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