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: Excuses, excuses, sorry about the delay in updating again. There all no excuses accept I was suffering from writers block again. I have been coming up with some good one-shot story ideas, but I've been at a stand still with this one. I'm back on track though, and I think I know how I want to end it, so here you go, another chapter. Please review!
Chapter 17 - If Your Gone
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I think I've already lost you
I think you're already gone.
I Think I've finally scared now.
You think I'm weak, but I think you're wrong.
I think you're already leaving,
Feels like your hand is on the door.
I thought this place was an empire.
But I'm relaxed, and I can't be sure.
'If Your Gone' Matchbox 20
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"Did you get everything on the list?" Hermione asked as they slipped into their chairs at the table.
"Everything Albus had written down accept worms." Remus replied. "I don't know why he wanted worms anyways."
"What would you folks like?" the blonde waitress asked as she approached their table.
"Fire Whiskey please." Remus replied.
"Tea, no sugar." Hermione said. After the waitress walked away, the silence grew between them. To Hermione's relief, the night had passed quickly as they gathered the items on Albus' list, but when Remus suggested they stop at the Three Broomsticks, Hermione had felt the tension start to build. It was time she told him what was going on.
"Remus.." she started to say.
"Did you see all those books at that store we went to? And they sell shoes too!" Remus said at the same time.
Hermione smiled at him, forgetting for a moment that he wasn't a muggle, and was amazed by department stores. "They do have all kinds of things there, don't they?"
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Remus drank down his fourth glass of Fire Whiskey as he watched Hermione sip on the same cup of tea. After discussing the stores they had been in, and an American department store Hermione had heard of, the silence had fallen over them again.
Every time Remus opened his mouth to tell her what he knew, he would shut it again, not sure what to say. He was downing the alcohol too fast, but it was his only courage when it came to confronting her. He couldn't help but wonder what Tonks would think if she knew he was getting smashed just to do this.
Hermione bit her lip. The silence was becoming too much, and she could tell Remus was getting drunk. She had to do this now, before it was too late. "I need to tell you something." she said, her voice soft.
Remus looked at her over the rim of his glass. He finished the liquid in one gulp, slamming the cup down when he was done. "I know.." he said.
She raised her eyebrow. "You know?" she said.
"Yes." he replied, the pain creeping up his spine.
"I don't think we are talking about the same thing." she said, looking around the almost empty bar. "I just want you to know that I do care about you and I am…"
"I DON'T WANT YOUR SYMPATHY!" he screamed out at her, his face red and anger written on every feature.
Hermione sank back in her chair, surprised by the anger this man possessed, he had always been so calm and quiet and gentle.
"I'm sorry…" she trailed out, tears forming.
"Don't you start crying." he growled, setting back in his own chair.
"If everything okay here?" the waitress asked, walking back to their table.
"Yes, it's fine.." Hermione said, keeping her head down.
"More Fire Whiskey please." Remus said before the blonde walked away.
They sat in silence for a moment before Remus spoke up. "Why?" he asked.
She looked up at him, face wet. "I didn't mean for it to happen. I don't know why it did." she replied.
"Why didn't you try with me?" he asked. "Why didn't you give me a chance to make you happy? I would have given you everything you asked for."
"I am so sorry Remus. I wish I could go back and change everything. I would. I can't take it back though." she said. "I didn't want to hurt you. I didn't want to hurt anyone."
"How many times?" he said, the anger back in his voice.
"Times?" she said, confused.
"How many times did you sleep with my best friend? How many times did you two lie together laughing about what a fool I was? Do you often spend the night exploring each other?" he growled, the whiskey burning his blood. "How many times have you two had sex?"
Hermione felt her face burn with embarrassment by his direct words and questions. "Don't be like this, please." she whispered.
"Be like what? How should I be? You told me you wanted to date me. You asked me to wait until you were ready before we went to bed together, and then you started sleeping around with my best friend. Is he the only one? You seem to like seducing your teachers, are you sleeping with Snape as well?" he sneered.
She jumped up, tears falling freely. "This isn't you. Remus, no matter what is happening, you wouldn't say things like this to me. No matter how much I hurt you, you wouldn't talk like this. It's the damn Fire Whiskey you are drinking. We shouldn't have done this while you were drunk. I know you are just trying to hurt me, but you shouldn't be like this." she cried.
"Your right, I'm too drunk to do this right now, I'll just continue to say awful things to you, that will hurt me tomorrow." he stood up. "I'm leaving now." he threw some money down on the table, stumbling.
He started for the door , leaving Hermione standing by their table. He stopped and turned back to her. "Do you love him?" he asked gently.
She looked up at him, not sure what to say.
"Well? Do you love Sirius?" Remus asked again.
Tears glistened off of her face. "Yes…" she whispered.
Remus turned from her and staggered away, out the door. Hermione gasped back a sob, and sat back in her chair, holding her head gently. What now? What was she going to do? This hurt so much…
"Well, well, well." a voice sneered above her. "The teachers pet gets dumped huh?"
Hermione looked up to see Draco Malfoy standing before her, a ugly smirk on his face.
"What are you talking about Malfoy?" she asked.
"Don't play stupid Granger. I know all about you and Sirius. I was surprised to find out about you and the werewolf though." he grinned. "Of course you do hang around Weasel, so you must like those animals."
"Shut up Draco." Hermione mumbled, not fighting back.
"What, no curses? No threats? No swinging fists? You disappoint me Granger." he stared down at her.
Hermione cringed. Remus was so drunk and angry, he hadn't thought about leaving Hermione there, he had just left. If she could get Malfoy to leave her alone, she would walk back up to Hogwarts.
"Go away, please…" she whispered, voice cracking. 'Please don't let me cry in front of Malfoy' she prayed.
Draco started down at the girl. What was wrong with her? She wasn't raising to his bait at all. He knew about her and Sirius and her and Remus. She should be fighting him, trying to keep his mouth shut, instead she looked like she was going to cry.
Draco sat down in the chair across from her. He thought about the way everyone had treated him since his father had been sent to Azkaban, they acted like he had the plague our something.
"Are you okay Hermione?" he asked.
Hermione looked up at the blonde wizard, sure that she had just died. Draco was nice? Draco used her first name?
Draco smirked as he noticed all of the color drain from her face. "If you tell anyone about this, I'll turn you into a skunk." he threatened.
"I'm fine." she replied, not sure what else to say.
"Things always work out you know." Draco said. "I won't tell anyone what I know, if you do me a favor." he added, playing with the edge of her napkin.
"I should have known you would want something. What?" she sneered at him, feeling very tired.
"I want you to set me up with Luna." Draco stated.
Hermione would have spit out her tea if she hadn't just swallowed. "LUNA?" she cried out, forgetting her own mess for a moment.
"Yes, Luna. Do you have something to say about that?" he asked.
"No, nothing." she shook her head. This day couldn't get any weirder. "Luna. Fine, I'll talk to her." she said, standing up.
"Where are you going?" Draco asked, standing up as well.
"Back to Hogwarts, I'm tired, I need a shower, and I'm trying really hard not to start crying in front of you." she said, her face trembling with emotions.
"Come on, I'll walk you back." he said waving his arm towards the door. "But only because I'd hate to see you cry so hard you fall down and then get even more special attention from the whole school." he added.
"Gee, thanks." she said, following him out the door.
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Sirius tipped back the bottle, draining the liquid. When he had returned to his room, the images of Hermione and Remus on their date had become to much and Sirius had picked up his last bottle of Fire Whiskey. The stuff wasn't doing it for him, so he dipped into his muggle alcohol supply, and was now on his third bottle of Vodka.
Being so drunk you could barely stand had it's advantages, he was no longer picturing Hermione kissing Remus.
"Damn fool…" he mumbled to himself. "Falling in love with a child, you should have known better…"
The banging on his door came though his drunken haze. "Who is it!" he called through the wood door, not having the energy to get up and open it.
"It's Remus!" he heard his friend say.
Sirius stood up and ran his hand through his hair, just the person he didn't want to see tonight. What did Remus want to do, brag about his date?
Sirius stumbled to the door and opened it. "Hi Remus, what do you…"
Before he could finish talking, Remus stepped in the room and swung his fist at Sirius, knocking him off of his feet and back against the wall.
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Thank You:
Cheez Wizz: Thank you for finding my story and reading it. Your reviews were very nice, and I hope you continue to like this story.
Zanai: I know what it's like when your favorite stories don't update for weeks. You want to hunt the writers down and make them update! I know what you mean with the "why do I feel this way" saturation in the first couple of chapters, and I actually think I still do that to much in the later chapters. I've been trying to cut it out some. Thanks for taking the time to read and review my story!
DracosSlytherinPrncss: Thanks for the review!
Surrounded By Idiots: Thanks for the review. I'm going to say 'no comment' on Remus hooking up with Tonks, if I told you that, the story wouldn't be as fun! LoL. You'll just have to stay tuned..
Rane2920072: Thanks, and I do promise everything will be okay in the end!
EsScaper: I was going to make Draco awful, and have him do something mean and evil to Hermione, but when I sat down to write it, I couldn't do it. Draco kept coming out nice to me. I don't know why, because usually I can make Draco evil and it's fun. So, I decided to stop fighting it, and I made Draco a nice guy. And don't worry, I don't normally write slash, so there's no Draco/Harry. Oh, thanks for reviewing my other new stories!
DarkRaven-04: Thanks for the review, I hope I didn't disappoint!
CookieDoughIceCream: I like Tonks, so I wanted to bring her into the story somewhere. Thanks for the review!
Nienna Celebrindal: Hopefully things will quit being so ironic and sad, and the happy fairy will show up! Thanks for the review!
Raven176: Do you really have to ask "How Dense can men be?" LoL. I am glad things are starting to come out and get cleared up because it's funnier writing love scenes then fights and depressing stuff. One of the few slash pairs I can read and almost like are Draco/ Snape. Which I don't know why, I guess it's just so funny I can read it…lol…
BrennaM: No problem on the compliment, your story is different and that's refreshing. There are lots of wonderful stories out there, but some of them have such similar plots that it's nice for something to different! Thanks for the review!
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