Enchanted Love

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story, although I can think of a few I would love to own! This is for entertainment purposes only.

Story: It's Hermione's 7th year at Hogwarts, and now that Lord Voldemort has been defeated, she has time to think about her life. She begins a forbidden relationship with Remus Lupin, but soon finds another man enchants her thoughts. Sirius Black isn't dead, and is now teaching.

Chapter 2 - Can't Fight The Moonlight

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You can try to resist

Try to hide from my kiss

But you know, but you know

That you can't fight the moonlight

Deep in the dark

You'll surrender your heart

But you know, but you know

That you can't fight the moonlight

'Can't Fight The Moonlight' LeAnne Rimes

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Remus sighed and pulled his shabby cloak tighter to fight off the cool night air. He slowly made his way back up towards the castle from Hagrid's hut, enjoying the quiet of the night.

Hagrid had another baby dragon egg, and he seemed to only trust Remus with it's care. Dumbledore should be made aware of the egg, but Remus didn't have the heart to hurt Hagrid like that. So for now, he went down every night to check on it, and make sure it hadn't hatched yet.

The stars were twinkling around the half moon. Remus slowed down to look at them. He watched them shine, and soon found his thoughts back on the one person he had been trying to get them off of all week, Hermione Granger.

He ran his hands through his brown hair, feeling his stomach tighten at the thought of her name. Why did he have to get a crush on a student? It was wrong. Not to mention Hermione was so close to him, being through all they had together.

He was old enough to be her father, and it was wrong to think of her in any other way. Yet, all he could do was picture those sparkling brown eyes that danced when she laughed. Lately she had seemed so shy around him, he wondered if she knew how he felt, and was sickened.

Remus was distracted by a noise in the bushes not far to his right. It sounded like a male's voice. 'More students out trying to get a midnight snog' he thought, heading in the direction of the bush to break it up.

He paused when he heard the girls voice. It sounded mad, and it sounded like Hermione. What was she doing in the bushes with someone? He paused again, trying to hear what they were saying.

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Hermione felt like screaming. Why did Ron have to do this? After dinner he had asked her to go for a walk with him. Hermione knew he was going to tell her how he felt, so she agreed, hoping to let him down easy, and anxious to get it over with. What she didn't expect was for him to pull her behind the bushes and try to kiss her.

"Ron, I'm sorry. I don't want to." she said gently.

"Hermione, I thought you liked me?" he asked, the pain in his voice was clear.

She sighed, she hated hurting him like this. "Ron, I think you are my best friend in the whole world, I don't want to ever change what we have. I don't want to risk it by trying to be more than friends." she tried to explain.

"But…I…..I really like you…." Ron stuttered out, his face red.

Hermione felt awful. "Ron, I'm so sorry. I just don't feel the same way." she said softly.

"It's okay Hermione…." Ron said, jumping up and running from her quickly.

She bit down on her lip as the tears began to trickle out of her eyes. Why did love and life have to be so complicated? She didn't want to hurt Ron, he meant to much to her.

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Remus jumped back startled as Ron jumped up from the bushes and ran towards the castle. He quickly made his way over to where Ron had just been. Hermione was sitting on the ground, tears trickling down her face.

"Are you okay?" he said gently, bending down on his knees beside her.

She looked up, surprised. Her face flushed bright red instantly. "I'm fine…Profes….Remus…." she stuttered out.

He reached in his pocket and handed her his handkerchief. "Here…." he said softly.

Hermione wiped her face off, and stood up. She looked up at Remus. "Thanks." she said.

He nodded. "Are you sure your okay?"

"Yeah. Ron confessed he liked me tonight, and I don't feel the same way towards him. I think I really hurt him." she admitted. Hermione couldn't believe she just told Professor Lupin that. "I'm sorry, you probably don't want to hear about childish love problems." she added.

"I wouldn't have asked you what was wrong if I didn't want to know Hermione." Remus said. "Why don't you walk around the lake with me, calm down a little bit." he suggested.

'Why did I just invite her to walk with me?' Remus asked himself. He studied her as she looked up at him.

"Okay…" she said, walking beside him.

They walked in silence for a few moments. Remus listened to her breathing, realizing it sounded calmer.

"Thank you Remus." Hermione said softly from beside him. She stopped and turned to him. "I mean that."

He stopped and looked in her eyes. He really shouldn't feel this way. "It's okay Hermione. You don't have to thank me. I can understand how you feel. Ron will be okay though. It might be awkward for a few days, but he will come around. He values you as a friend to much to let a silly crush get in the way."

"Why did he have to have a crush on me anyways?" she muttered.

"How could he not?" Remus said gently, before realizing he had said it out loud. He instantly felt his face flame, and the guilt and fear rise in his heart.

Hermione felt like the world tipped over, did he just say that? She looked up at his face. He was red, and his eyes reflected the fear he was feeling. He did say it.

"Hermione..I'm…." Remus started to apologize.

She reached up with her hand and covered his mouth, stopping him. "Don't, it's okay." she whispered.

She pulled her hand away quickly, realizing what she had done. She felt so embarrassed, she couldn't breath. She turned to leave, her heart beating fast.

Remus watched her turn to run. He didn't think as he quickly reached out and grabbed her arm, spinning her into his embrace. He leaned down and kissed her, lips searing against hers.

The blood was pounding in his ears. He knew this was wrong, he should have let her go. He felt her push up against him, her lips kissing him back, and he lost control of his thoughts.

Hermione couldn't think. She was kissing him. Kissing Remus Lupin. Kissing the man that was in her thoughts all the time. What happened?

She moaned as his tongue played across her lips, and she quickly opened to him, enjoying the taste of his kisses.

Finally, Remus pulled away. "Hermione…I….I don't know what to say." he said gently, kissing the tip of her nose.

"Then don't say anything. I wanted that Remus." she said, not knowing where the courage she spoke with came from. "I have liked you for awhile now."

He looked at her. "But what about everything? My age? I'm a teacher. It's wrong." he stated.

She nodded. "So what do we do?" she asked him, eyes shinning with unshed tears.

"I don't know. We can't do this again. Not now. Let's just take it slow Hermione. Get through your final year. You don't need an old man like me tying you down." he said.

"Your not old. Don't say that again. We will take it slow. I don't want you to be in trouble." she said. "But, I'm not going to give up on this either."

She leaned up and kissed his mouth gently, and then turned to leave him standing by the lake. This time he let her go, watching her into she disappeared into the castle. He turned and looked back out over the lake, lost in his thoughts.

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Sirius stood at the window of his room, watching Hermione until she disappeared into the castle. He couldn't believe what he saw. Remus was kissing Harry's best friend. A student.

Sirius couldn't shake the sick feeling in the bottom of his stomach as he watched them by the lake. He insisted to himself it was because Remus was with a student, but somehow he thought that might not be the real problem…

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Thank You:

Amoura Avalon - You are my first and only reviewer so far. Thank you! I don't plan on letting this story go unfinished!