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 never died, and is now a free man.

Chapter 14 - If You Only Knew

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If all my days go wrong
I'll think about last night
It went right
If you only knew
What I went through just to get to you
I'm hanging from you
And I'll hold on if you want me to

'If You Only Knew' Maroon 5

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Sirius knew he had to get the conversation with Harry over with. No matter what happens next with Hermione, he had to make sure Harry was okay. "This day is going to be awful." Sirius told himself, as he made his way to Harry's room.

"Did you leave something." Harry said as he opened the door. "Oh, Sirius. I thought you were someone else." he said, his face pink.

"Ginny?" Sirius said, a small smile on his face.

"It's none of your business." Harry replied, his face turning to stone. He blocked the doorway, his hands on his hips.

"Can I come in?" Sirius asked him.

Harry stared at him for a minute, before moving out of the way. Sirius entered the room. Harry and Hermione were head boy and head girl, and each had their private room. Each had decided they didn't like being alone though, and Harry had asked Ron to share his room, while Hermione had Ginny staying with her.

"Is Ron here?" Sirius asked, looking around. He didn't miss the white bra laying across the couch, but decided now was not the time to mention it.

"No." Harry said, still standing by the door.

Sirius sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "Look, Harry, I wanted to talk to you about last night. This isn't easy, so don't make it any worse on me."

"It looked really easy last night." Harry snapped.

"I'm sorry you walked up when you did, and I'm sorry you don't like what you saw, but I can't go back and change it now." Sirius said, sitting down on the chair and holding his head with both hands. "I would if I could, but I can't." he said, his voice weak.

Harry softened up for a moment, his godfather looked awful. "Do you love her?" he said softly.

Sirius looked up at Harry. "Do I what?" he asked.

"Do you love her?" Harry said through clinched teeth.

Sirius looked his godson in his eyes. "Yes." he replied. "I do love her."

"Does she love you?" Harry said, feeling so many emotions at once. He felt sickened at the thought of Hermione and Sirius, and angry that they were doing this without thinking of anyone else. He also felt strangely happy. It was the first time he had thought about his godfather really being happy.

Sirius sighed once more. "No, she doesn't love me." he said simply.

Harry didn't know what to say to that. He had seen Hermione's face after their kiss, she looked in love to him. A horrible thought hit him, what if Sirius had taken advantage of her?

"Sirius?" he asked.

Sirius looked up. "Yes Harry?"

"Did you sleep with her?" Harry demanded.

Sirius jumped up. "That is none of your business Harry!" he yelled, feeling the pain of admitting she didn't love him, along with the anger at Harry's question.

"It is my business! She is my best friend, and I care about her. I won't have you playing games with her. I won't have you hurting her and dragging her around!" Harry yelled back. "I know how men like you treat women. It's bed them one day, dump them the next. I won't have you doing that to her. She's too young, and too good for you." Harry stated.

Sirius walked to the door. "Your right about one thing Harry." he said, opening the door. "She is too good for me." he slammed the door shut as he left.

"Well, that didn't go so well." he said, shaking his head. He felt the sadness of the last two hours run through him again. Last night had been an incredible dream, and now it was over.

Harry was right, Sirius use to be one of 'those men'. He had hurt more than one girl in his past, and he had always figured he would never fall in love.

But he had. He had fallen in love, and he had fallen hard. And with who? His best friend's girlfriend. And how does he react? He plays on the poor girls emotions to get her in bed, and then says awful and evil things to her the next day.

Sirius shook his head. How was he ever going to fix this? If she only knew how much he loved her, and how much this all hurt him.

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Hermione sniffled as Ginny wiped her nose. "Thank you." she whispered.

Ginny smiled at her friend, tossing the tissue in the trash can. "Tell me what happened." Ginny said gently, taking Hermione's hand.

"I can't. You'll hate me." Hermione said, her voice broken.

"Hermione, nothing you can tell me is going to make me hate you." Ginny said, smiling.

"This will. I'm awful." Hermione replied.

Ginny shifted so she could wrap her arms around Hermione. "I think I already know. I came back here last night before I went to Harry's room, and you weren't here." Ginny said.

Hermione looked up at her friend. "I knew that's where you spent the night." she stated.

Ginny blushed. "We aren't talking about my night, we are talking about yours. Now, tell me, was he good in bed?" Ginny asked.

"Incredible." Hermione replied, before gasping and covering her mouth. She hadn't meant to tell Ginny.

"I knew it!" Ginny exclaimed. "Don't cry Hermione. It's okay that you slept with him. Your old enough to know what you want, and so is he. If it's about Remus, you just need to understand that you can't make your heart love someone if it won't. Remus will understand if he truly cares about you and Sirius, and I know he does."

"It's all of those things, and more Ginny. I am ashamed that I slept with him. He doesn't love me, and I let myself be tricked. He said such awful things this morning. It hurt so much." Hermione said. "I thought that I might be falling in love with him, but now I know I'm not, and I don't want to hurt Remus. It will break his heart if he found out I betrayed him like that. I don't know what to do!" Hermione began to cry once more.

"Well, first, you will take a shower. Then, you will get some sleep. After that, we will talk some more. Hermione, you can't change how you feel. I don't know what Sirius said to you, but I'm sure that you said something awful to him as well, knowing how your temper is." Ginny said.

"He told me he couldn't forget what happened, and I told him I already had." Hermione admitted.

"Oh Hermione. That was awful!" Ginny exclaimed.

"Don't take his side! He told me that it was fun to bed a virgin, and thanked me for a good time." Hermione said.

"That was pretty mean. I'm sure he didn't really mean it though." Ginny soothed her. "He was angry. You know how he is, he always has had a short temper." Ginny said. "But, I know it still hurts. Let's get you cleaned up, we will worry about Sirius, Remus and Harry later."

Ginny pulled her friend up and led her to the bathroom. This was going to be a long day, and it was going to take awhile for Sirius and Hermione to straighten this out.

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Harry stomped down the hallway. How could Sirius use Hermione this way? This was an all time low. Hermione was probably hurting so bad. "Why did I leave her with him last night!" Harry asked himself.

His fists were clinched. How could the day go from incredible to awful? Waking up with Ginny this morning had been the best feeling in the world, one he wanted everyday for the rest of his life, and now Sirius had overshadowed that wonderful feeling.

Harry felt himself run into someone. "Sorry!" he mumbled.

"Hey Harry. How are you this morning?" Remus Lupin asked, smiling at his friend.

Harry looked up. "Sorry Professor. I didn't mean to run into you. I've got a lot on my mind." he apologized. The full moon had been last night, but Remus didn't look as beat up as usual.

"It's okay Harry. Is there anything you want to talk about?" Remus asked, steering Harry into a corner.

Harry wondered if he should tell Remus. He was Sirius' best friend, maybe he could stop his friend from destroying Hermione, since Harry couldn't. "Actually, yes. It's about Sirius."

"Sirius, is he okay?" Remus asked, concern flashing over his face.

"Yes, he's not hurt, if that is what you mean. At least not yet." Harry grumbled.

"Not yet?" Remus said raising an eyebrow. He hoped everything was okay. He didn't want to deal with anything awful right now. He had finally convinced Dumbledore this morning to allow him to go to muggle London to get supplies, and Dumbledore had suggested Remus take a student with him for help. Remus planed on asking Hermione, so they could have real time together, a real date. He didn't want to put a stop to those plans because someone was making an attempt on Sirius' life.

Harry watched the dreamy expression on Lupin's face. "Are you okay sir?" he asked.

Remus shook his head. "Sorry Harry. I'm fine. What is going on with Sirius, who is going to hurt him?"

"I am." Harry stated. Remus thought he was joking, until he saw the look of anger on the young mans face.

"What is going on?" Remus asked, his voice serious, he put his hand on Harry's shoulder.

"I found Sirius kissing Hermione last night, and when I confronted him this morning, he admitted to loving her, and pretty much admitted to sleeping with her last night. You know how he is, he was taking advantage of her, and she is young and innocent. I don't want him hurting her. You have to stop him." Harry declared. "Professor?"

Lupin's face had gone as white as a ghost. The hand he still had on Harry's shoulder was digging into his flesh. "Professor, are you okay?" Harry stuttered.

"Did you say Sirius slept with Hermione?" Remus managed to ask, anger and disbelief running through him.

"I think so. He wouldn't tell me the truth, but the way he reacted was clear. I shouldn't have left her with him after I saw them kissing." Harry said. Why was Remus reacting this way?

Remus let go of Harry. "I have to go." he said, before spinning on his heels and leaving a very confused Harry behind.

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Thank You:

Rane2920072: I told 'Mione and Sirius that they shouldn't fight anymore, but I don't think this is the end of the arguing…

Mysticalfairy-05: Technically, Sirius could be wearing a clown costume, picking his nose, and singing 'Do you really want to hurt me' and he would still be sexy! LoL. Thanks for the review!

Padfootsluvr: Thank you!

Raven176: I hope you do try Harry/Ginny stories, I think they are such a cute couple. Its all innocent and sweet, you know how young love is! I wonder, do you ever read Hermione/Snape? I don't really like that 'ship as well as others. There have been a few that are good, but not many.

EsScaper: Thank you so much! Your reviews are always so sweet. I am hoping to create quite a few more bangs in this story! Thanks for saying I am keeping them in character, I'm always afraid of falling out of character!

Stacey: Girl, I am glad that you keep reviewing! Thanks so much! Here's another chapter, I know it took me a couple days longer than I thought, but I hope it was worth the wait!

Cookiedoughicecream: Although I didn't mean for chapter 13 to be funny, once I read your review, I went back and read the chapter again, and I could find some humor! They are both acting like big babies! Thanks for the review!

BrennaM: They were being really nasty to each other, weren't they? Oh well, that's what happens when you throw two people with large tempers together! Instant chemistry! Thanks for the review!

Veelagurl: Thank you! I love knowing how everyone feels about my story. I'm so happy, 89 reviews, and not one flame! I must be doing something right..

Vanessa: Stick with my story, and you might get your wish! Thanks for the review!

Sarahbella: I love hearing from other Sirius/Hermione 'shippers! Thanks so much for the review, and I hope you continue to love this story!

Sirione: Wow, that's the first time I've been called a goddess in a review. That went right to my head, I had to prance around for awhile showing your review to anyone who would look at it LoL! Thank you so much for the wonderful review. I don't have much Ginny/Harry in here, just enough to 'float' the story.