AN: Yay for this chapter! Shameless fluff (and a lot of it) ahead. This is most likely to make up for the next chapter, because that chapter will definitely NOT have fluff…-cries- I know, a chapter without fluff…how horrible? Okay, so I'll get on with the chapter.

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Chapter Twenty-Four

(Present Day)

Winter Holiday's

Going away for the Winter Holiday was harder then Kit expected it to be. Dumbledore was very kind in giving them the go ahead to spend the holiday together, but the hard part came when Kit and Remus had to figure out how to make everything work. Kit had to make up a story to tell anyone who asked why she was leaving for the holiday's since Harry was very obviously the only family she had left. The story went along the lines of how she needed to go to St. Mungos for a few weeks so that she could be treated for an illness that she was coming down with.

Kit had to ride the train to London with the other students that were going home for the holiday's (and there were a lot of them), so many that Kit ended up in a compartment with several other girls who had high-pitched voices and made Kit want to jab her wand in her ears so she didn't have to listen to them gossip about how cute Cedric Diggory was.

Another problem had arose when arriving at Kings Cross, after all it would be a little suspicious if Remus was waiting there to pick her up. Instead of having her wander around London it was decided that she would wait in the North end of the train station, and Remus would get her only a few short hours to avoid running into any of his students.

It was already nearly dark outside, but Kit didn't mind as she sat on a rather hard and uncomfortable bench waiting for Remus. It had been a long day, in fact it had been a long week, ever since she visited Harry in the hospital he seemed intent on learning everything about his parents, he had even asked what Lily's favorite color was. As much as she tried not to let his questions bother her, they did. Talking about Lily and James in the past tense just made her…utterly sad and depressed.

Kit sighed and rubbed her tired eyes, sleep hadn't been something she'd done much of lately. A glance at her watch would be taken, it was almost seven PM, hugging the black coat she wore tighter Kit leaned back on the uncomfortable bench and watched as people hustled and bustled about.

Today she was in muggle clothes, it took her most of the day the day before to successfully transform her Hogwarts uniform into a pair of jeans, a red sweater, and her robe into a black coat. She wasn't good at Transfiguration, but she was happy that at least the clothes made her blend into the muggle world.

Things looked different at Kings Cross then the last time she had been there, given that the last time she had been there it was the seventies. People were dressed different, hair styles were different…seeing the change caused a small smile to touch at her face, thanking Merlin that she never wore her hair as outrageous as some of the other girls did in her time.

Lost in her musing Kit didn't even notice Remus approaching her, in fact she didn't notice him as he stood next to her, although when he touched at her shoulder she jumped out of her thought and frowned slightly.

"How long have you been here?"

"Long enough…you do know that we were to meet in the North end don't you?"

"This is the North end…" Kit stated, blinking for a moment with confusion.

"No, this is the South end. At least I know now that I will never let you read a map…ever." He said, chuckling slightly as he took her bag in his arms. Kit was just busy looking at Remus, he was no longer in his shabby looking robes, instead like her he was dressed as a muggle. Oddly enough, it suited him. Remus wore Khaki colored pants and a simple long sleeved gray shirt that matched the flecks of gray in his hair rather nicely. It was almost as if he had more practice dressing up as a muggle then he did dressing up as a wizard.

"You look nice." She said, finally her face tinting slight red as they started to head out of the station. Remus grinned, and Kit found herself melting like butter. It was lightly snowing out, and there were Christmas Carols floating in the air. For a moment, things seemed very surreal.

Remus led her to a small black car, and she canted her head to the side in question. Remus driving a car? He seemed to notice her question as he gently placed her bag into the back of the car. "Muggle living is much more tolerant then living in the Wizarding world."

He explained, opening the passenger side door for Kit. He kissed her lips gently before she slipped into the car, both of them pleased for the fact that for a few weeks they wouldn't have to hide their relationship. Now, instead of having an affair with a student of Hogwarts, he was simply robbing the cradle. Something they could both deal with.

Sitting in the car, waiting for Remus to get behind the wheel, a grin spread on Kit's face. This would definitely be one of the best winter holiday's that she would ever have.

No doubt about it.

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As Remus drove out of London towards his cottage in a nearby small town, he was amused to find Kit so surprised of how 'Muggle' he had become. It was fairly easy seeing as his grandmother was a muggle, to learn how to do simple tasks without magic.

He lived as a muggle because of the strict laws that prohibited him to work in most places, working part time at a bookstore he made enough money to stay alive and now with his job at Hogwarts he was doing fairly well for himself.

He took the opportunity to tell Kit all about his life outside of the magical world as they drove out of London. "Living in the Muggle world isn't as bad as I thought it would be." He told her, turning the car to a north bound direction. He had already apperated to the cottage to make sure that it was in top shape and now as the snow fell his only worry was that they would be caught in a snow-storm before they made it to his cottage.

"And just a month ago you were worrying over what you would do with your life." Kit mused, thinking back to one of her last nights in the younger Remus's arms. "When did you decided to live as a Muggle?"

"After James and Lily died, when the threat of Voldemort seemed to disappear. I just needed time, and somehow managed to wander into a bookstore at the right time and got myself a job." Remus told her, slowing the car down a little as they reached the outskirts of the city. The darkness and snow not a good mix for fast driving.

"You say that he just…disappeared? So that means that…" Kit asked, picking up on what Remus said about Voldemort.

"Some seem to think that he's gone for good, but…it's obvious that he isn't. You see signs of it every now and again, death eater attacks here and there…some just say it's backlash."

"So you think he's still lurking around?" Kit asked, just talking about the dark wizard made her skin crawl.

"As much as I hate to think he is, yes I do believe he is lurking around. Gaining power and more supporters." As Remus said that, a silence fell over the car. Both of them in deep thought about the darkness that seemed to loom over them.

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When they finally reached the cottage it was nearing the midnight hour, while it would have been much faster to apperate both Kit and himself, Remus decided that driving would be the much more logical way…mostly just incase his neighbors asked how the heck he got up the mountain side without a car.

As they pulled into the snow covered drive-way, Kit's head canted to the side in obvious recognition of the small cottage. "That looks…but it can't be…"

Remus laughed, turning the ignition of the car off he spoke, "It is, just…moved it."

"You moved your parents house all the way at the top of a mountain community?"

"Well, you know…magic is a really great thing…"

"How did you do it without people noticing?" Kit asked finally as they got out of the car.

"I'm fairly certain they noticed, but they only asked a few questions about it. It's why we drove instead of taking a magical way up here…the neighbors do like to get into my business and would wonder how myself and my very young girlfriend got up the mountain without a car in the middle of a blizzard."

"But of course." Kit said, gladly accepting the help that Remus offered to trudge through the snow towards the front door. While on Remus the snow only came up mid-calf, on Kit the snow came up to her knees. The only bad part about helping her in the snow, was when she tripped, and caused not just Kit to topple over, but Remus to topple over on top of her as well.

"If you wanted me this badly, couldn't you have waited until we went inside?" Remus asked her, as they lay in the falling snow together. She chuckled slightly and he wiped a bit of snow off her face. It was cold, freezing even but he didn't mind that much as he lay atop of her in the pure white snow.

"Who said I wanted you…you're the one that's falling all over me." Kit said, wasting no time in using her wits. Slowly Remus stood, and helped her up out of the snow as well, before grabbing the bag he had held of hers that had fallen out of his arm when they fell.

"It's safe to assume then that we both want each other then?" He asked, the corner of his mouth turning up as he produced his wand from inside of his shirt sleeve and unlocked the front door of the cottage.

Remus turned on the lights and placed her bag on the living room sofa, Kit meanwhile was busy trying to count the differences from the last time she had seen his parents cottage. The only thing that seemed to stay the same was the light green colored paint that was peeling off the walls in places. Other then that it was completely different, new furniture, books were everywhere (just as she had always imagined his home would end up being filled with), and then the most unusual thing…

"Spooks!" The same exact cat that had been given to her by Remus, the same exact black fur, with the small patches of white around it's violet shaded eyes. "Is it really?" Kit asked, turning her head to look back at Remus who was grinning as he watched her.

"One in the same, it's shocking how long a rather annoying black cat can live. For the few months after you disappeared…he just meowed, and I'm pretty sure he looked for you everywhere he could." Remus explained, as Kit picked up the rather heavy looking cat in her arms.

"I can't believe you kept him."

"Had to have something warm your side of the bed." Remus said, striding over to place a kiss on her head. "Looks happy that your back." Of course, Remus was right, being held in Kit's arms that black cat promptly relaxed its body and purred so loud it sounded like a motor.

Kit yawned, her eyes tearing up for a moment as she did so, "I think sleep would be a good thing." She told him before setting Spooks down onto the floor. Just as she did that Remus scooped her up into his arms, easily begging able to hold her small form as he carried her towards the bedroom located in the back of the house.

"And here I thought chivalry was dead." Kit stated, as he carried her.

"You looked tired, I didn't want you to waste your energy by walking to the bedroom." Remus stated, dropping her onto a rather comfortable bed, more comfortable then the bed's at Hogwarts even.

"I need to change into my night clothes Remmy." Kit pointed out, and he simply smirked.

"I could do it for you."

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AN: Oooh the fluff! Fear the fluff! Man, I love writing fluff.

Next Up: We meet Kit's awful, horrible father, and baaad baaad things happen.

Mwhahahaha.

Toodles.