Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters.

A/N: I am so glad that I have not lost my faithful fans and even gained a few new ones. Short A/N this time. I'm still busy and still trying to write for myself, and for all of you.

Chapter 11: 'Stay Again Tonight Please'

I awoke rather late in the morning to a knocking at my door once again. I began wondering why this was my preferred place to write. Usually I had no distractions and could go about my life uninterrupted. Too many people knew I was there. On second thought just the wrong people knew I was there.

I once again walked to the door and flung it open. Crispin stood there shielding his face with his hands. "Good he isn't here," he said as he straightened up.

"No Corbett went home last night," I said rubbing my eye and yawning.

"I meant your little lover, but you answered my second question. Well, what did he say?" he leaned against the door frame as he spoke. His eyes glinted like I had never seen before.

I let out a long sigh and didn't even bother to ask him to come in. "He said that he will forgive you in time. It will take time though and I suggest while not working on getting my book out there you should work on getting Brenna to stop being in love with you. First, though, you should get out of the hall because Corbett is coming to spend the day with me. So, shoo."

"I'll come back tomorrow then," he said as I closed the door.

I walked over to the mirror and let out a groan as I saw my restless appearance. The mirror made a somewhat snide remark that made me want to hex it. I went to the bathroom to try and make myself look a little more refreshed. When I walked back into my room Corbett was sitting at the table reading the copy of my book that had been sitting there untouched for almost two weeks.

"This is pretty good," he said not looking up at me as I walked in.

I was drying my hair with a towel and I quickly started at putting it up. "It's complete rubbish Corbett now stop bothering with it. Ready to go?" I asked as I finished my hair.

"Right let's go," he stood and opened the door for me as I grabbed my cloak and we headed out.

The day was quite uneventful and I ended up buying two new packets of parchment and a new set of quills as my old ones were beginning to become worn down. I really didn't need the parchment but I figured I would get it just in case. It was nearly evening when I had no where else to bring Corbett. I said my good bye to him while still in Diagon Alley and made my way back to the Leaky Cauldron.

The next day came and went and all I had done was speak to Crispin about the book and have a few drinks with him in the pub. I had begun to become anxious for Remus' return. Being away from him for so long was excruciating and becoming unbearable to me.

It was another whole day before a soft knock came from my door. The sun had just set. I had almost given up my hope and half expected to see Crispin or Corbett to be on the other side of the door. When I realized that it was in fact Remus standing there I let out a girlish squeal and threw my arms around him in a moment most uncharacteristic of me.

He wrapped his arms around my waist and held me so tightly I felt that he would never let go. "I will never be able to stay away from you for that long ever again," I said before he kissed me and lifted me off the floor moving through the doorway and kicking the door closed behind him.

All of a sudden I felt that uncomfortable sensation of apparating. When Remus released me I looked around blinking a few times trying to adjust my eyes to the night. We were in the middle of a small meadow. It was a different one than the one that Remus had brought me to before. "Do you like it?" he asked me as my eyes searched around.

"It's lovely, but where are we?"

"I came here with my friends during the summer a few times. I was really happy with them. So far I have only felt that one other time," he said cupping my cheek in his hand.

"And when is that?" I asked knowing the answer already.

He brought his face close to mine. "When I am with you," he said his lips barely touching mine before he kissed me softly. I practically melted and soon the only thing keeping me on my feet was Remus.

I regained my footing and stood on my own but I still leaned against him as he had his arms wrapped around me. I broke the kiss when I shivered. "It's getting cold out," I remarked beginning to feel the chill of the late October night.

"Well, then we will need to do something to keep you warm," he said with a smirk. He looked slightly ill. I attributed it to what had happened to him just a few days earlier and tried not to think on it much more than I already had.

I smiled coyly and reached my hand up to his face. "How will we do that?"

Remus removed his wand from his pocket and with a whisper and a flick of his wrist I suddenly heard music all around me. "Would you dance with me?" I heard him whisper in my ear as I began looking for the source of the sound.

"I would love nothing more," I said as he took my hand and he led slowly with the music. It was soft and orchestral and Remus was a much better dancer than Crispin was. Crispin was the only man I had ever danced with before that moment. Crispin tried to hard to lead me and it was as if I could sense where Remus was going and he knew exactly where to go with me. We seemed to synch perfectly.

It was a little while before Remus stopped the music and hugged me to him tightly. "You are still shivering," he said rubbing my back and arms to try and warm me up.

"I become cold very easily," I said pressing myself into his body. It was at that moment that I again felt that discomfort that came along with apparating. We were back in my room at the Leaky Cauldron, I could tell by the smell of the room. It always smelled somewhat musty. The smell was the same as the one that a cloak or robe had when I would take it out of my attic back home. "Why are we back here?" I asked still pressing my full force into him.

"I couldn't stand to have you shivering in my arms any longer," he answered squeezing me tighter.

"How do you know it was the cold that made me shiver and not being close to you?"

"Well, I don't but I assumed it was the cold."

"It was a bit of both actually. I like being here with you better anyway. I have more control of you here."

He lifted me off the floor and before I had noticed what he was doing he had placed me in my bed. "Good night my dear Iola," he said and before kissing me on the forehead and walking toward the door.

"Where are you going?" I asked shooting up in my bed. "I slept horribly without you next to me. Stay tonight again please," I said my eyes pleading with him.

He turned around and gazed at me for a brief moment and walked back towards the bed and sat next to me. "Last night was horrible without you near me," he said kissing me on the forehead once again.

"Don't sleep away from me without a good reason ever again," I said as I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him on the lips.

"I promise. For both our sakes," he said breaking our kiss and lying down next to me.

I snuggled up to him and closed my eyes. I felt so safe next and contented next to him like that. "I love you," I whispered with my head upon his chest.

"I love you too."

My eyes shot open as I realized what I had heard. "Did…Did you just say what I think you did?" I asked looking up at him. His eyes were also open and he looked rather euphoric.

"I did. I wasn't even thinking about it. It just came out," he smiled at me and ran his hand through my hair removing the hairpins that kept it tightly up.

"I love you," I said with a smile that could have lit a room in pitch black.

"I love you. Merlin you are beautiful," he whispered as my hair fell around my face.

He pushed my hair behind my ear and I smiled before placing my head back on his chest and closing my eyes. I slowly but surely drifted to sleep upon his steady rising chest. The soft rattling of his breaths seemed to sooth me into sleep and the feeling of his arms around me made me more comfortable than I had ever been before in my lifetime.

That night I dreamed that I was in a meadow much like the one that Remus had taken me to that night. I was running through it with a large black dog like animal and I assumed it to be Remus, but I could not be sure. I looked up at the sky for the moon but heavy clouds covered my view of it. I suddenly felt arms around me and I turned around quickly to find Remus smiling at me. I looked at the dog who I was now sure could not be Remus. The dog's eyes were different than Remus'. They were a deep blue colour, nothing like the soft amber colour of Remus' eyes.

I awoke the next morning before the sun rose with an odd feeling that something was going to happen.

A/N: So something is going to happen. Can you guess what it is? Reviews? Sorry for the length. I have exams coming up that are stressing me out.