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More Than Words Can Say

Chapter Seven

Guy Talk

What had he done? He had only tried to give her a chance at a normal life, one not ruled by the moon. If he let himself get any closer to her, the wolf would want to mate. He didn't think he could resist it again.

And werewolves mate for life.

Remus made a loud roaring sound then kicked the nearest bookcase. The pain made him yell out, which made him mad again. He kicked the bookcase with his other foot, punched it with both fists, and head-butted it. Then done punishing the helpless furniture, he yelled out in major pain.

A well-placed Impedimenta suddenly froze him in place. A slightly irate redhead appeared in front of him.

"Calm down Remus, Merlin! You're lucky Molly's out, she'd have you cleaning the attic for weeks, no magic. I'll do the best I can to heal you, and I won't mention it to Molly, but you have to promise not to do this again, and you have to tell me what on earth drove the most controlled person I know to this sort of expression. Agreed?"

Did he really have a choice? Remus grunted in acceptance. With a quick counter-curse, Arthur freed him and guided him into a chair. Remus began to briefly summarize the situation with Dora.

"…And all I was really trying to do was give her a chance at a life! Any closer emotionally, and the wolf will tear her to shreds at the slightest sign of a rejection! Arthur, please, you've got to help me…" he finished several minutes later. Okay, so it wasn't as brief as he had hoped.

Arthur was completely serious, an accomplishment for the jokester Weasley. This didn't keep Remus from thinking it was all a joke when Arthur said, "But if you love her, and she OBVIOUSLY loves you, then where's the problem?"

Remus mouthed wordlessly.

"Remus, you're supposed to turn into a wolf not a fish. Do stop that."

Remus mouthed wordlessly a bit more before finally regaining his voice.

"What do you mean, 'she obviously loves you'?" he asked angrily. "Do you not understand how potentially dangerous it is to play with my feelings? I could end up killing Dora, Arthur, does that mean nothing to you?"

"Remus." Arthur's voice was uncharacteristically hard. "I do believe you underestimate your human strength. You would no sooner allow the wolf to kill Tonks than you would allow Voldemort himself to march into Hogwarts, cut off, fry, and eat Harry's balls for breakfast. So get it straight in your head now! You are IN LOVE with this woman, and you know it. You wouldn't let anything happen to her. So hear me out.

"Yes, she does love you. It's obvious to just about everyone else, even to me. It's not one big thing; it's just all the little things she does. She told Molly how you would want your coffee when you were in bed. She went out and bought your favorite music to play for you when you were out in St. Mungo's. She informed the nurse in no uncertain terms that you hated sweet potatoes, so she could not feed them to you when you couldn't argue for yourself. She sat with you constantly while you were out, slept in the hard-backed chairs by your bed, and waited patiently for you to get up. She always manages to unobtrusively sit either next to you or across from you at meals and meetings. She tells you what you need to hear in the way you need to hear it when you need to hear it, but not in such a way that you can't take it. She tells the others what you need them to hear but are too well mannered to do so yourself. And from what I heard from you just now, she showed you quite nicely last night that she's in love with you, but for some reason you didn't get the hints at all. You want to blame it all on yourself. So if you don't believe me, then go ask her, but don't come downstairs until you've decided to do something about your mess.

"Good day, Remus. I'll be downstairs figuring out what to curse you with if you don't do what I said to. Hurry up though, Molly's making meatballs at seven." Arthur pocketed his wand and walked calmly out of the library.

This was an unnaturally long speech from the normally quiet Arthur Weasley Remus thought he knew. It was enough to convince him to do something.

Remus would go talk to Dora.

A/N: Almost done.