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.

A/N: Sorry about the delay in updating. My muse ran away and I can't find her. I'm not sure about this chapter. It's just okay. I can promise you that it is only going to get better from here, a couple new twists and turns!

Chapter 16 - Lying From You

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When I pretend everything is what I want I to be,

I look exactly like you always wanted to see.

When I pretend, I forget about the criminal I am.

Stealing second after second, just cause I know I can

But I can't pretend this is the way I'll stay.

I'm just lying to bend the truth

I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be

So I'm lying my way from you.

'Lying From You' Linkin Park

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"Hermione, are you awake?" Ginny asked, creeping into their bedroom at two in the morning. She had searched for her friend for over an hour, before Harry had caught up with her. Ginny had just sent Hedwig out with a message. It was time to get some help in here. It was time to fix this mess.

Harry had convinced her to come back to his room, and she had lost track of time as she enjoyed the love of her life.

By the time she had left Harry's room, it was after 1:30. Ginny sighed when she thought of her time with Harry, it was the most amazing feeling. Who would have thought love could feel this good?

She looked down at her sleeping friend. She felt so bad for Hermione. She should be feeling these feelings with Sirius, and instead she was trying to get herself out of a tangled mess.

Ginny listened to Hermione's gentle breathing. It was the first time in days her friend seemed relaxed, and Ginny didn't want to wake her up.

"I'll tell her Remus knows in the morning." Ginny whispered. "She needs this break."

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Hermione woke up early. She had classes with Remus today, and her stomach flipped in knots at the thought. She had realized last night just how much she did love Sirius, and sooner or later, she was going to have to tell Remus the truth.

Ginny was still snoring in her bed, and Hermione decided to let her sleep, leaving for the great hall alone.

Harry and Ron were already at the table, and Hermione sat down next to Ron. "Morning guys." she said.

Ron smiled, but didn't say anything. His mouth was full of bacon. Harry smiled weakly at her. "Hey Hermione, morning." he said.

She smiled back at Harry. He must have talked to Sirius after all, because he was talking to her again.

She risked a glance up at the staff table, but the two chairs on the right side of Dumbledore were still empty. Nether Remus nor Sirius was there yet.

She turned her attention back to her toast, wondering how she was going to fix this mess.

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Remus stepped out of his shower, drying off. He had debated all morning if he should go to breakfast. It would mean sitting by Sirius, and he didn't think he could do it.

His head ached from all the alcohol he had consumed last night, his heart ached from the betrayal by Hermione and Sirius, and his body still ached from the full moon.

It was bad enough he was going to have classes with Hermione today. He had sent her away in a drunken stupor last night, but he didn't know how he would react sober around her.

Remus had realized one thing last night. He wasn't as angry that Hermione had fallen for Sirius. What he was angry about was that she didn't just tell him the truth. Why did she have to sneak around and sleep with Sirius? If they had just been honest, things might have felt different.

A pop in his fireplace distracted Remus from his train wreck thoughts. He pulled his shirt over his head quickly and headed for his sitting room.

"Morning!" Tonks called out from his couch. Her hair was bright purple, and her eyes were the same shade.

"What are you doing here?" He scowled at her, running his hands through his hair.

"Nice to see you to Remus. You look like hell. What in the world were you doing last night?" she asked, jumping off the couch.

"Never mind." Tonks said, noticing the trash can full of empty bottles.

"Look, if your looking for you cousin, he isn't here. I don't know where he is. I'm not trying to be rude Tonks, but I have to get ready for class and I'm not really feeling good." Remus sighed.

"I'm not looking for my cousin. I came here looking for you." Tonks said.

"Why?" he asked.

"This." Tonks held up a piece of parchment. "Ginny owled me last night, she told me everything. Your miserable. Hermione's miserable. Sirius is miserable. She doesn't know what to do anymore. After hearing what happened, I thought you could use a friend."

Remus stared at her for a moment. "I didn't realize Ginny Weasley knew everything that was going on." Remus said, his voice cold.

"She cares about you all, and asked for my help. I can't help fix this Remus. It's up to you three to fix it. All I can do is be here for all of you, and my first concern is you."

Remus nodded. "Thanks. I have to go to class. Feel free to make yourself at home." he said, before leaving.

He shook his head. How did Ginny know about this? Was everyone aware of what a fool he was? His best friend and girlfriend fooling around right under his nose, and he's the only one who didn't know.

And why did Ginny have to tell Tonks? One more person to laugh about how stupid poor Remus was.

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Sirius waiting until he saw Ron, Hermione and Harry leave the hall before he entered to eat his breakfast. He didn't really want to see her right now after she admitted again last night how much she loved Remus.

He chewed on his toast, not really tasting it. He was going to tell her the truth. He was going to tell her he loved her, that he would do anything in the world for her. It will be up to her from there, but this had to end. He missed his best friend, and he knew nothing would be the same between them, because at some point in time Remus would know what had happened.

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Class with Remus went easy today. He ignored her for the majority of the class, only speaking to her when she knew an answer to the question he asked. She breathed a sigh of relief, glad it wasn't as awkward as she feared it would be. How were things going to be when she told him what had happened? She couldn't lie to him anymore.

Remus watched her as he tried to teach. His heart broke as he thought of everything he could have had with her. He wanted to know every inch of her body, the way her skin tasted, the places that tickled her. The things she wanted to talk about as they laid in the tangled sheets after making love.

His stomach turned as he wondered if Sirius already knew all of that. Remus felt the anger bubble up through him again. Why were they making such a fool out of him?

"Hermione?" he asked before the class left.

"Yes sir?" she said.

"I would like to speak to you for a moment after class." he replied. Remus tried to calm himself down as she made her way to his desk.
"Remus?" she said gently. "Are you okay?"

"Just feeling the aftershocks of the full moon." Remus replied. 'Like you care' he added to himself.

"Hermione, Albus has asked me to go into muggle London tonight to get some special supplies. He is allowing me to bring a student. Would you care to join me?" he smiled at her. This was going to end tonight. They needed to get this out in the open, away from everyone else.

Hermione didn't want to go. The guilt was eating her up just being around him for these few moments. "Well, I have a lot of homework."

He grabbed her hand. "Please."

Hermione nodded. Maybe she would use this time to tell him the truth. Away from Hogwarts, away from Sirius and Harry and Ron.

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"Tell me again why you are taking her out tonight?" Tonks asked Remus as she followed him through the empty class room, her hair bright pink tonight.

"Tell me again why you are still following me around?" Remus snapped.

"Look, Remus, I am sorry if my being here is a problem, but I'm not going anywhere. I am going to be here until you all grow up." she snapped back.

"I am taking her out because I want to tell her I know, and I want to tell her how I feel about it. I think it would be better to do it away from here and from everybody here." Remus replied, his voice calmer.

"You mean away from Sirius." Tonks said.

"Yes. Okay!" he yelled, spinning around. "What do you want me to say? The girl I have fallen in love with slept with my best friend and is lying to me about it. I'm sorry if I don't want him around when I confront her about him."

"Don't yell. I understand." Tonks said. "Good luck. I'm going to go update Ginny." she left the room, not noticing the blonde haired student standing in the shadows of the hallway, an evil grin on his face.

"Hermione is dating Lupin. She slept with Sirius?" the man whispered. "What a perfect revenge."

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"I would love to hang out with you tonight Harry." Ginny told her boyfriend as they stood in the hall. "Hermione is accompanying Remus to London tonight to get some supplies, so I won't have her to help me study." Ginny bit her lip. She hadn't had a chance to tell Hermione that Remus knew, and now she had already left with him. She hoped things went okay. Tonks was supposed to be trying to defuse Lupin's anger.

"Why is Hermione going to London?" Harry asked.

"I'm not sure. I guess Remus must have thought she would be a good choice." Ginny replied, forgetting Harry didn't know about Remus and Hermione.

"Well, come over at eight." Harry said.

"Okay!" Ginny replied, kissing his cheek. They both walked off in separate directions, and Sirius stepped out of the classroom he had been hiding in. Hermione was going out with Remus tonight?

Why had he even thought that she might love him back if she knew how he felt. Remus and her had so much in common, and she wouldn't throw that away from someone who had been so awful to her.

"Damn it!" Sirius yelled out, punching the wall as hard as he could. He watched the blood trickle off of his knuckles, but didn't make a move to fix it. The jealousy in him was stronger than the pain in his hand. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank You:

Rane2920072: I thought about not making it so hard for them, but then, where would the fun of the story be? Don't worry, someday thing will work out for them all! Thanks for the review!

Mysticalfairy-05: Thanks for the review! I hope you liked the new chapter.

Surrounded By Idiots: LoL. Thanks for the review. I hope everyone comes to their senses! I do feel bad for Remus, I'm going to have to work something out for him…

Raven176: Hermione/Snape is gross because Snape is gross. I never liked him. (Sorry Snape fans) I did read my first Draco/Hermione story this weekend, and it's not bad. I still like Hermione/Sirius better. I don't read slash stories at all, but I did read a Hermione/Sirius story once that had Harry/Draco in it, and it was almost enjoyable to read them as a ship. (ducks head) The slash I can't stand is Remus/Sirius. They have been friends for years, but lovers? NEVER!

EsScaper: I had to have Harry accept it, I didn't want to break up Harry and Hermione and Harry and Sirius. Those relationships are too important. Sirius.. Poor puppy..lol…I don't know why, but it's so cute calling Sirius a puppy. Maybe I'm just in a goofy mood, but I laughed so hard when I read that.

IvoriTickler: I feel bad for Remus to, and I'm the one whose writing his misery! He is a wonderful character, and I love reading stories about him.

Amoura Avalon: Everybody wants Remus! LoL, you are right, guys never do know what women are thinking. It's so annoying! Sirius does have his head up his ass, and I don't know if he can pull it out without help!

Cookiedoughicecream: It wouldn't be as fun if they weren't acting like whiney five year olds. But, I agree with you. Remus is getting the short end of the stick, and I feel so bad for him. Thanks for reviewing!

BrennaM: Everybody does have the wrong idea, and sometimes that gets complicated to write, but it makes the story fun! I couldn't have Harry hate Hermione. I thought about it, but I couldn't break them up, they are to close. Oh, and I read your Sirius/Hermione story and I loved it. I can't wait for more!

Nienna Celebrindal: Thank you so much. I want everyone to be happy to, but there's still some more angst to go before the 'happy fairy' will wave her magic wand! Thanks again for the review, it makes me feel really good!

DracosSlytherinPrnss: Yeah, another new reader! I love when someone new finds my story. Thank you so much for the review, and I hope you continue to love it!

M482: Thank you! I hope you continue to read and enjoy the story!

V: Thanks so much for reviewing!

Hyperiongirl: Thanks for the review! Another new reader, I love it! I have read stories where she does get it on with both, and they are just okay. I know how you feel though, I do feel sorry for Remus. I might write a Remus/Hermione story to make it up to him, but I don't know yet. LoL.

Lucidshard: I guess I could see Sirius doing this to Remus. I have always tried to ignore that Sirius used Remus to try and kill Snape, because I don't want to think of Sirius as being that mean, but then again, that is part of who he is, and he's still my favorite character.

Tanuki: Thanks for the review! I hope you continue to enjoy the story!

DarkRaven-04: I thought about skipping Remus getting smashed, and have him go straight to Sirius, and the only reason I didn't is because I'm not ready to write that chapter yet. It's going to be so hard to do, that I keep putting it off. LoL. There, I admitted it!

Pippiebabe: Thanks for the review!