Disclaimer: sighs How many times do I have to say this? I don't OWN any rights to HARRY POTTER! J.K. Rowling owns EVERYTHING. I am making absolutely NO profit off this. It's just for FUN.

A/N: Hey all! I'm back and feeling much better! Thanks to everyone who reviewed and wished me to get better. I'm glad you all enjoyed Chapter 6, I hope Chapter 7 is just as enjoyable. With that, I leave you to read...

For the next several weeks leading up to the full moon, Hermione made excuses to ditch Remus to go and work on the Wolfsbane Potion. Sometimes, one of the others would come with her but not too often, as Remus would likely find it a bit suspicious.

"It's ready." Hermione announced one evening in the bathroom as she turned the fire underneath the cauldron off.

"Really?" Sirius asked.

Both he and Hermione had managed to give Remus the slip by telling him that Hermione was helping Sirius with his Potions homework.

"Really. Now all we have to do is have Remus take this for the week leading up to the full moon. Then when he transforms, he'll still keep his mind." She said happily.

"This is really great Hermione! You have no idea how much Moony will appreciate it." Sirius said as he watched Hermione ladle some of the finished concoction into a large flask.

She smiled. "I'm just glad he didn't find out what we were up to. I can't wait to see the look on his face." She exclaimed happily.

"I can't wait until the full moon." Sirius said gleefully.

Hermione rolled her eyes as she got up. She wasn't as upset as she normally would have been upon hearing three illegal animagi gallivanting about with a werewolf late at night. She knew Remus always felt alone and isolated from everyone else by being a werewolf and Hermione was just happy to know that there were people like Sirius and James who just didn't care.

"I'm glad that I remembered how to make it." She said, gathering up her bag and books that she had discarded earlier.

"I know. How exactly would you remember something like that anyway?" Sirius asked, leaning against one of the sinks.

"I have a kind of photographic memory." She replied.

"Oh, so did you make any other illegal potions in the future?" He asked mischievously.

Hermione looked at him. "The Wolfsbane Potion is not illegal. It's just…unknown. And for your information, I only made The Polyjuice Potion so I could find out who had opened The Chamber of Secrets."

"The what?" Sirius asked dumbfounded.

"The Chamber of Secrets. It's a long story but someone had opened the Chamber and the monster within was petrifying all the muggle borns, me included." She informed him.

Oh no! What had she done? She told Dumbledore that she wouldn't tell anyone anything else from the future. Wait…no she didn't. She promised not to give warnings of the future. And telling Sirius about The Chamber of Secrets wasn't warning him of anything at all. What a relief. But she'd better watch what she said from now on.

"Wow! You certainly had your share of adventures." Sirius said. He sounded as if he admired Hermione a great deal.

"It's not really that big of a deal." Hermione said modestly.

"Not a big deal? How can you stand there and tell me that? After you brewed an illegal potion, saved a sorcerer's stone, discovered Moony's secret first-hand and got petrified!" Sirius said, standing fully upright now.

"Well, anyone could have brewed the Polyjuice Potion. They just needed a note from a teacher to go in the Restricted Section. And I didn't save the sorcerer's stone, Harry did. And discovering Remus' secret wasn't exactly brain surgery and furthermore, being petrified for weeks isn't what I'd exactly call adventurous."

"Still…too bad you're from twenty years from now. The Marauder's could really use you." He said, folding his arms and shaking his head.

"Well, I'm sorry I'm from the future." Hermione said sarcastically as she hoisted her bag onto her shoulders.

"So when are we gonna tell Moony about the Wolfsbane Potion anyway?" Sirius asked.

"Tonight. He needs to take the potion everyday of the week leading up to the full moon, which is this week. If he does, then he'll be able to keep his mind and not be a threat to anyone." She replied, heading towards the door.

"Excellent! You think Moony will have a heart attack when we tell him?" Sirius asked, making his way towards Hermione and the door.

Hermione never had the chance to answer Sirius, however, for when she pushed the bathroom door open to leave, she hit someone.

"Ouch!"

Hermoine gasped. "Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry. Here, let me help you!" Hermione said, rushing towards the person she had smacked with the door. She paled when she realized the person she had hit.

"Hey Herimione, who'd you smack with the door?" Sirius asked, emerging from the bathroom, an amused look on his face. His face dropped when he saw Snape laying there, his hand to his nose. "Snevillus!" Sirius said coldly.

"Black." Snape responded, getting up and rubbing his nose.

Hermione hastily got behind Sirius who, by now, had pulled out his wand and was pointing it at Snape.

"What exactly do you think you're doing here?" Sirius asked angrily.

"None of your bloody business!" Snape spat back.

"I think it bloody well is my business if you're sneaking about the castle spying on us!" Sirius said. His eyes were narrowed and he looked livid.

Snape's lips formed that recognizable sneer. "I wasn't spying but I did happen to hear your two's discussion." He said smoothly.

Hermione froze, Sirius paled but still held onto his wand with a firm grip.

"If you dare-" Sirius started to say.

Snape chuckled lightly. "I really don't think you're in the position to threaten me Black. Now I'd be nice to me if I were you unless you want your Mudblood friend here to-"

"Levicorpus!" Sirius bellowed before Snape could finish his threat.

In a flash of light, Snape was in the air as if an invisible hand were holding him by the ankle.

"Now dear old Snevillus," Sirius said, moving towards the dangling Snape, wand still held high. "You are not to go blabbing to anyone in this castle about what you heard in that bathroom." He said, circling Snape menacingly. "You understand?" Sirius asked.

"Bite me Black!" Snape shouted.

"Tsk, tsk. That's not what I wanted to hear Snevillus. Maybe if I summoned a banshee here, if that would straighten you out." Sirius looked like he was enjoying himself.

Snape didn't say anything. He just dangled there, struggling to escape.

"Stop it Sirius!" Hermione said, surprising both guys.

"Hermione! He knows about you. You can't stand there and tell me I should let him go?" Sirius asked incredulously.

"No, no of course not. Can't we just put a Memory Charm on him or something?" She asked

"That's too much to make him forget. I know I can't do it and I doubt you can either." He said, shaking his head.

Sirius was right. But there had to be another way to keep Snape quiet.

"Hang on! I've got an idea." Sirius said suddenly.

"What?" Hermione asked anxiously.

"I'll put a simple blocking spell on him." He said happily. Hermione was still puzzled. Sirius pointed his wand at Snape and muttered, "Secretus Quietened." A weird, orange light surrounded Snape. "Severus 'Snevillus' Snape," Sirius said, "You are forbidden to tell anyone, living or dead, inside this castle what you heard in that bathroom here tonight." Sirius stopped speaking and the light absorbed into Snape. Then all was quiet.

"Will that really work?" Hermione asked cautiously, walking slowly to where Snape and Sirius were.

"Oh yeah." He replied.

"What if he does tell someone?" She asked, stepping to the side of Sirius.

"Something worse than death." Sirius said darkly, eyeing Snape with pure hatred.

Hermione didn't want to know what Sirius had meant.

"Just you wait Black! I'll get you and your friends for this!" Snape yelled, reaching out to try and grab Sirius but with no luck.

"Ooo, next you'll tell me you're going to come after my little dog, Todo, too!" Sirius laughed. "C'mon Hermione, I believe we have to go see Moony now. And thanks to this slime ball, I'm sure we've missed dinner."

"Shouldn't we take him down?" Hermione asked, looking over at the still dangling Snape.

"No, someone will find him." Sirius said. "And to make sure Snevillus doesn't go yelling for help…" Sirius said as he walked toward Snape so that their faces were inches from each other, "Blisserio."

Within seconds, a metal plate had bolted itself across Snape's mouth. Sirius laughed while Snape's eyes went huge. He tried tugging and pulling the bar off his mouth but it was sealed on tight.

Sirius laughed, "C'mon Hermione." He said, taking her hand and leading her upstairs.

"Sirius you're going to be in so much trouble." She warned once they were a couple floors up from the dangling Snape.

Sirius laughed again, "No I won't. Snape won't tell Dumbledore or any of the teachers what I did. It'd make him look cowardly. And someone will find him sooner or later. Hey, wouldn't it be funny if Peeves found him?"

Hermione didn't know what to think. She was still in shock. How did Snape happen to know exactly what bathroom they were in? There had to be at least twenty other bathrooms in the castle. How did Snape know they were in that particular one on the first floor? It just didn't make sense. Hermione and Sirius reached the portrait of the fat lady. They gave the password ("Mimblitona") and crawled through the portrait hole.

"There you are." James said as Sirius and Hermione emerged into the common room.

"You missed dinner. We were getting worried." Lily added.

"Sorry. We had a bit of a set back." Sirius said, looking at Hermione.

"W-What do you mean?" Peter asked.

"Maybe we should go upstairs." Hermione suggested, looking back at Sirius, who nodded.

Sirius led the way up the boys' staircase to their dormitory. Once inside everyone took seats. James and Lily sat down on his bed, Peter sat on his and Remus walked over to Hermione and led her onto his bed. Sirius was the only one standing.

"Hermione, what's going on?" Remus asked, holding her hand in his and looking at her with concern.

"Well…I-" She didn't know where to begin.

"Maybe we should start from the beginning." Sirius said hopefully.

Hermione agreed.

So Sirius and Hermione told Remus all about the Wolfsbane Potion and how that's where they snuck off to almost every night.

"You mean-?" Remus started to ask, looking at Hermione with an open mouth.

"That you'll be able to keep your mind when you transform." Hermione said, finishing his sentence.

"No, I mean, that's where you and Sirius snuck off to?"

Hermione just stared at him. "Of course. Where else did you think we were up to?" She laughed lightly. She thought she already knew the answer.

"I-I don't know. I thought maybe you two…" He trailed off, looking down at his and Hermione's enclosed hands.

"You thought me? And her? And that we?" Sirius asked, shocked at Remus' accusation. He started roaring with laughter as did James, Lily and Peter. "Oh, c'mon now Moony. That hurts." Sirius said, putting on a sad face and pouting out his lower lip.

"I guess I-"

"Oh, Remus. How many times must I tell you? You're the only wolf for me." Hermione said, giving Remus a big affectionate kiss.

Remus smiled guilty.

"Remus, you should know Hermione and Sirius better than that." Lily said, surprised Remus would think such a thing.

"I know it sounds stupid now." Remus said defensevly.

"Hey, it's ok. What else must you think when I was making excuses and sneaking around with Sirius? I completely understand." Hermione said, coming to her boyfriend's rescue.

"No, I should have trusted you-"

"Ahem, what about me?" Sirius asked.

Remus laughed. "Ok, I should have trusted both of you."

"What does it matter now anyway?" James said. "It's all water under the bridge now."

"Here here!" Sirius said.

"Anyway, you just need to take a goblet full of this potion every night this week leading up to the full moon." Hermione said, handing the flask filled with the Wolfsbane Potion to Remus.

He looked at it as if it were all the gold in Gringotts. "Hermione I…I don't know what to say. No one has every done anything like this for me before."

"Hey! We helped too." James said. Lily elbowed him in the chest. "Ouch!"

Remus laughed. "Thank you. All of you. I don't know what I would do without you guys." Remus said, tears forming in the corner of his great blue eyes. Hermione hugged him tight.

"Ugh! Don't get all mushy on us." Sirius said annoyed.

"C'mon you guys, I think we should leave these two alone." Lily said, getting off the bed, hand-in-hand with James.

"Wait. Before you go there's something else you should know too." Hermione said, letting go of Remus and looking at Sirius.

"Yea, just wait 'til you hear this." Sirius agreed. At this, James and Lily sat back down.

By the time Sirius and Hermione told the others all about Snape, Remus' hold on Hermione's hand was so tight, she was sure he was cutting off the circulation.

"That slime ball. That little-" James said angrily.

"James!" Lily gasped as James called Snape a nasty little word.

"So he knows where you came from?" Remus asked worriedly, looking at Hermione.

"Yeah, but he won't be telling anybody anything." Sirius said happily.

"And you're sure that spell will do the trick?" Remus asked. He looked nervous and his hands were sweaty.

"Relax Moony. I've got it all under control." Sirius said, trying to reassure him.

"There's one thing I don't get though." Hermione said suddenly. Everyone turned and looked at her. "How did Snape know where we were and what we might be doing? I mean, there are lots of other bathrooms in the castle. How did he know to go to that particular one? Someone must've tipped him off."

"How could that be? We're the only ones that knew." Lily said.

Sirius shook his head. "I don't know. Maybe someone overheard us?" He suggested.

"Maybe." Hermine said, though she highly doubted it.

"Well, c'mon everyone. I'm sure these two want some privacy." Lily said, standing up once again with James' arm draped around her neck.

"They're not the only ones." James said quietly in her ear.

Lily giggled and they left the room followed by Peter who practically ran out the door and finally Sirius.

"You better take some of that potion now." Hermione said, conjuring a goblet out of thin air.

She took the flask from Remus and poured some of the potion into the goblet. It smoked faintly. She handed the goblet to Remus who took it eagerly. He sniffed it lightly.

"It doesn't taste too good either." Hermione said at the look on Remus' face.

"Well, if it helps me to not be dangerous. Bottoms up!" He said, emptying the goblet in four gulps.

Hermione flicked her wand and the empty goblet vanished. She set the flask down on the nightstand as Remus lay back in his bed. He pulled her onto him so that she was lying on top of him. He pushed some strands of hair behind her ear and smiled at her. She returned the favor.

"I'm so glad you're here." He said quietly, stroking her cheeks with his finger.

"I'm glad I'm here too. And I'm glad that you're here with me." She said.

She leaned in for a kiss. He kissed her back and held her tight as he did so. He pulled back and whispered, "I love you."

She smiled. "I love you too."

With that, they resumed their kissing but not before Remus had shut the curtains around his bed with a flick of his wrist and Hermione had performed a locking spell and silencing charm around the bed. There was no way anyone was going to disturb them tonight.

A/N: There it is, Chapter 7. Hope you all enjoyed it. And if you want to believe that Remus and Hermione talked all night, or kissed and made out all night or did...other things that night, it's entirely up to you. So, whatever your (dirty) little minds want to form what happened in that last scene, that's what happened. I know I'm getting a little annoying asking for your review but I really value each and every one so pleeeease review. Pretty please?