Later that night came the conversation Sirius had been dreading, the "She's-your-student" conversation…

"What in gods name were you thinking?" Remus asked

"Well if I remember correctly, it was your brilliant idea to have her kiss me in the first place"

Remus rolled his eyes "That was just in fun Sirius, what I walked in on was not a harmless joke, it could get you fired! You're 40 years old and she's only 18!"

"Actually, Sirius, I may be mentally 40, but I'm physically and legally 17. She's older than I am."

"You're impossible you know that? Regardless of your age, she is still your student!"

"You think I don't know that? But it's not like I'm giving her marks, I only teaching her. Hell, in DADA, you're the one handing out the marks; I'm just helping out when you're too sick to teach."

Lupin was at a loss, Sirius was right. There were no real moral or legal boundaries between them. "I still don't agree with what you're doing. I can't stop it, but I don't agree."

Sirius noticed something odd about Remus, then some of his more Canine senses took over, Lupin was protecting Hermione like a wolf would protect a pup. He decided to approach this differently. "Remus, I'm not going to hurt her."

"Your record is against you on that one. I remember you used to take sport in toying with girl's feelings." He growled.

"Remus, you know I've changed since then. You saw that change happen. I'm not the same man I was back then. I'm not going to hurt her."

"Just remember I do not trust you with this, even though I seem to have no choice."

"I'll remember. Now if you excuse me, I'm headed to bed. G'night."

When Sirius closed his door, Lupin made his way to Sirius' desk and located his day planner. He heard Hermione mention something about a schedule. Sure enough, there it was folded in the pages of the book. Remus committed it to memory and vowed to interfere as much as possible. After all, how could Sirius hurt her when they can't be alone?

A/N

I'm so sorry this took so long… my laptop is still out of commission but now all of my files are on the desktop. Thank you for being so patient. I have a few ideas of where to go with this one for now. Enjoy the fluff. I will hopefully update soon.

Please check out my WIP marauders (MWPP year 7 is the working title, suggestions are appreciated) fic, I may make an occasional reference to it in this one.