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: Oh my gosh guys, I am soooo sorry for this. Excuses, excuses, excuses. I don't have a good one. I went on vacation, went to a NASCAR race, felt lazy, and ran out of inspiration for awhile, but I am back, and I am soooo sorry. Thanks for sticking it out! This chapter has minor bad language in it.

Btw, I promise I won't let the story go this long with an update again!

Chapter 18 - Broken

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And you sold me up the river again

And you made me start it over again.

You moved me, ensued me, you fought me.

And you left me wondering what the hell

What is wrong with me?

Are you stronger,

For cutting me open?
Are you stronger,

For leaving me broken?

'Broken' Amy Lee & Seether

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Sirius shook his head, the pain in his jaw drilling through the drunken haze in his mind. "What was that for? " he asked, holding his face and standing up.

Remus started towards him. "Don't play stupid Sirius. You know exactly what that was for!" he screamed, his voice reflecting the anger inside. "You stole her from me. You could have any woman you wanted, you always could, but you stole her."

"Remus, we can talk…." Sirius began to say, but Remus swung again, connecting with the same spot as before. Sirius cried out as he fell back against the table.

"Why Sirius? Why her?" Remus continued to yell. "Why damn it? You were my friend. My best friend. How could you?"

"Remus, I'm sorry. I didn't mean…" Sirius tried again, staying on the floor this time, looking up at his friend, well maybe ex friend. His face stung like hell, and the alcohol was gone.

"No!" Remus interrupted him. "You did mean it, so don't try to say you didn't. You meant it when you kissed her, it wasn't an accident, you meant it when you slept with her. She didn't just fall naked in your bed damn it. So don't you claim you didn't mean it."

"I didn't mean to hurt you Remus, that's all I was going to say." Sirius got out.

"How could you have not meant to hurt me Sirius? My god, you're my best friend, you slept with my new girlfriend. Hell, she let you sleep with her, when she wouldn't let me. She's just as much to blame as you. She isn't as sweet as I thought. She told me she was a virgin, tell me Sirius, was she? Or was she an expert at performing?" Remus stated, his voice slightly calmer, but with an angry edge to it.

Sirius stood up quickly. "Don't you talk about her like that Remus. She didn't have anything to do with it. I wanted her and I took advantage of her when she was confused and hurting. Don't you blame her, and don't you talk about her like that."

"Defending her now? I guess she wasn't just a quick fuck for you, huh? Here you are playing her hero." Remus sneered.

Sirius shook his head slightly, this wasn't the Remus he knew. "Remus, just calm down. Your not acting like yourself."

"WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME ACT LIKE?" Remus screamed. "I was falling in love with her Sirius, she was everything I wanted, smart, pretty, and most of all, accepting of the fact that I wasn't like everyone else. She understood that. You, my best friend, stole her from me. She didn't even try. She never tried. She loves you damn it. You, not me, YOU!"

"She never loved me Remus, she cares about you…" Sirius began to say.

"STOP IT! Damn you Sirius Black, I never thought I could, but I hate Hermione, and I …" Remus began.

Sirius had enough. "Don't you say that about her…" he said, launching himself at Remus. He managed to connect with the side of Remus' face, sending the stinging pain through the werewolf.

Remus growled and swung back, both men fell to the floor, fists flying. Remus didn't notice the tears that began to burn his eyes as he swung at the man who use to be his best friend.

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Hermione sighed as she watched Draco walk away. Luna huh? That was something she would never have thought of. Draco and Luna. Hermione closed her eyes for a moment trying to picture them together, it was a very funny image, but Hermione didn't have it in her to laugh.

She told Remus the truth, in away it felt better to have it out in the open, but it still hurt to see the pain in his eyes, the anger and menace in his words. She did love Sirius, and she couldn't lie to Remus about it. Hermione just hoped this would all work out.

The first things she had to do is tell Sirius that Remus knew, and discuss how they would best handle this. Maybe they all could sit down and talk. The biggest thing she wanted to do was not tell Sirius how she felt yet, she didn't want him to know until things had calmed down with Remus.

She stepped down the hall, anxious to see him, anxious to get this all out in the open.

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"You stole her…" Remus whispered again, his face bloody, bruises forming under his eyes already. He was pinning Sirius to the floor, his face also bruised and bloody. Remus raised his fist once again, determined to get all his anger out on Sirius.

"Remus, stop…" Sirius choked out, his breath heavy.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE?" they heard a voice yell from the doorway.

Remus looked over to see Tonks standing in the doorway, both hands on her hips. Her hair was bleached blonde and curly this time. "What are you two doing?" she asked.

"What the hell does it look like?" Sirius growled from under Remus. "I'm beating the shit out of him."

"Actually cousin, it looks like he's beating the shit out of you." Tonks said dryly. "Remus, get off of him."

Remus looked at her blankly, not sure what do say to her. His fist still mid-air.

"NOW!" she screamed, stomping her foot as she spoke.

Remus slowly let go of Sirius, standing up. He grabbed the table as he stood, feeling a brief dizzy spell.

Sirius continued to lay on the floor for a moment, before standing up himself, grabbing the couch for support.

Tonks tapped her foot. "Look at you two. Best friends, grown men, beating the crap out of each other like a bunch of teenagers." she started, her voice stern. "You two could have talked it out, yelled all you wanted, and dealt with this maturely. But no, you come up swinging fists like children. What does it get you?"

"He swung first.." Sirius whined.

"I don't care!" Tonks said. "I don't care who swung first. Do you think this is the way to deal with it? Throwing insults and fists?" she glared at them both. "Look at you two! Your both a mess now. How would Hermione feel about this?"

"Who cares what she thinks?" Remus growled lowly.

"You do." Tonks stated. "You can pretend you hate her all you want, but you don't. She cares about you both. This wasn't a game to her Remus. She didn't set out to hurt you. She didn't set out to sleep with Sirius. I know for a fact that she is hurting as much as you two, she is confused also." Tonks said, her voice calmer. "It was wrong for all three of you to be in this situation, but you are, now deal with it like adults."

Sirius turned to Remus. "I am sorry about this all Remus. If I could take it all back I would, I wish I had never slept with her. She does love you, she would never feel that way about me. I confused her and took advantage of that. You have always been my best friend Remus, and I can't make this right now, and I know we won't be the same again, but I don't want you to be unhappy. She does love you…" Sirius trailed off, not sure what to say.

Remus ran his hand through his hair. Hermione had admitted to loving Sirius. Remus began to laugh. "You are a damn fool Sirius Black. You are right, we will never be able to be friends, I can barely stand to look at you." Remus turned to leave. "As for Hermione, you can have her if you want her, I am done with love. You two have broken me."

Sirius watched his former friend leave. He sank back into the couch, his own eyes brimming with tears. He had lost his best friend, and for what? A woman that would never love him.

Sirius began to sob. Did he even love her? Was it lust? Was it worth losing his best friend for? The one person who had been there when nobody else had?

He looked up to see Tonks step out in the hall, and Sirius used his wandless magic to shut the door.

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"Oh my god.." Hermione whispered, looking at the bruised, sobbing Sirius.

Tonks turned at the sound of her voice and quickly pushed her out the door, before Sirius saw her. Sirius slammed the door shut on Tonks, but she barely noticed.

"Remus confronted Sirius." she stated to the younger girl.

Hermione's eyes began to water. "I didn't want any of this to happen…" she whispered.

Tonks pulled her close for a hug. "I know you didn't, and I think it will take time, but things will work out. They always do. Remus will forgive Sirius, you watch. Remus is convinced Sirius took his last chance at happiness, and the last woman who would ever understand him, but I don't think that's the case at all. Remus will learn that." she said softly.

"What do I do now?" Hermione asked in a broken voice.

"I don't know honey, I just don't know." Tonks said gently. She let Hermione go and helped wipe off her tears. "I'm going to check on Remus, and I think you need to talk to Sirius." Tonks said, waving her hand, opening the door.

Hermione turned to Tonks, but the woman was already gone. Hermione turned back into Sirius's room, her eyes meeting his.

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Thank You:

Rane2920072: Thank you so much for waking me up. I don't know why but I ran out of inspiration for my story, and didn't know where to take it. When I got your review, I woke up! And realized I needed to get it going again. Once I sat down to type, the words just began to flow again.

Gata2242: Sirius will always be sort of a child, but that's what makes him so cure and appealing. Thanks for the review!

The weirdness: Your idea would have been very funny, and I actually toyed around with it for awhile, but decided to go with my original idea. Thanks for the review, and I'm sorry it took me so long to update!

RazberryTwist: Thanks so much for the review, I love hearing such sweet feedback and I love finding new readers!

Lilred-07: Thanks for reviewing. I am glad you are enjoying my story, and Don't worry I won't let Sirius get hurt!

DracosSlytherinPrncss: I'm sorry my cliffhanger was cruel, and I am very sorry it took so long to update. Thank you so much for sticking with me!

Rainbow108Bright: Thanks for the review. And I did actually think about having Remus do something like that, but I couldn't do it…it would have been so hard to write Remus mean like that, and I couldn't do it. Although it would have added a wonderful twist to the story!

CookieDoughIceCream: Draco and Luna is really funny, and I didn't even set out to do that. When I wrote the chapter, I tried to quickly think of a character that Hermione could set him up with, and Luna was the first one on my mind. It made me giggle to. Can you imagine how Lucius would react when Draco brings Luna home for dinner?

Nienna Celebrindal: I want Lucius in this story as well, because I love him, but I can't figure out where to bring him in at yet..

DarkRaven-04: Thanks for the review. Remus is sweet!

BrennaM: Thanks for the review, and for sticking with me! By the way, your story is coming along wonderfully, I can't wait for more.

EsScaper: I like nice Draco stories, I agree, I don't think he is as evil as he sometimes acts. Thanks for the wonderful review, yours are always so great! Sorry about the delay in updating, I promise it won't happen again.

Raven176: I would love to find a man who wasn't dense. I don't think they exist. Thanks for the review.

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