Lupin's Little Dark One

A/N: it's summer, so I will try my darnedest to update often.

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"What does your heart ask of you?" Hermione said. "Who is it pushing towards?"

"Honestly? Ron, but I don't want to goof up anything."

"What could you possibly goof up?"

"You'd be surprised."

"You want me to tell them?"

"you would?" Kieran asked. Hermione nodded. "Please?" Hermione nodded and left.

Chapter Thirteen:

Hermione went downstairs and told the boys everything Kieran just said, almost just as if Kieran had said it herself. She included the part about what Kieran did to Remus's picture. The boys all looked around the group.

"Will she come down?" Ron asked.

"Most likely not." Hermione told him. "She's upset right now, and I think the group of you is the last thing she wants to see. To there surprise Remus started running up the steps. When they turned to the slide, he grabbed a certain spot on the wall and continued up.

"Marauder Style." Harry said softly. Hermione smiled. Ron ran up nad tried to follow him, but fell and slid down the slide.

Remus went to Kieran's dorm and knocked. There wasn't an answer. He opened the door to find Kieran bent over on the floor with the broken pieces of glass from the picture frame, trying to piece it back together, she was crying.

"Watch out for the glass Hermione." Kieran said without looking up. Remus took out his wand and with a wave of it, the picture frame was restored. Kieran looked up at her father for a moment and went over silently and sat on her bed.

"What you think isn't true Kieran." Remus said. "Sure, yea, I'm worried that you're going to do something like you've done for so long, but I don't think that's your only motive. I know you're trying to adjust and I respect that. The way you're going about isn't that normal to me. Skipping Potions and swimming in the lake? Throwing things across the room? Claiming you hate life when you have so much to live for?" He crossed the room and sat by her. "You're fifteen years old, and you have suffered a tragedy, but you need to move on, you can't live this way forever."

"You don't get it!" Kieran said she stood up and stared at him. "I'm trying to put my past behind me and you keep dragging it up, you all do! I know I was stupid! But what would you do when you suddenly just realized that your parents could care less what you did? I had complete freedom! They didn't even ask me where I was going! I don't know why, but Mom just stopped caring. I guess I took advantage of it, then realizing that they should of stopped it, did it to the point they'd have to stop me... then when they did, I liked it so much I just kept going. Maybe to spite them."

"She didn't care? She didn't stop you? But ye she wouldn't let me see you? So many times I asked, at least once a week, if she thought you were ready." Remus stared at her. "Then, the tapes got worse, and I pushed harder and she stopped showing me things all together." Kieran smiled and laughed.

"She was scared of me." Kieran said. "There was nothing to be scared of."

"Come downstairs." Remus told her. "Hermione told them everything, and they all want to see you, especially Ron." There was another knock. Ron walked in.

"I figured it out! How did you get that down? It's hard." Ron said looking at Remus. "You all right Kieran?"

"Sirius did it first." Remus said simply. Kieran smiled softly and nodded to Ron. "I'll leave you two alone for a bit." Remus put a hand on Kieran's shoulder and made her look him in the eyes, then he kissed the top of her head and slowly walked out.

"He let go." Kieran whispered. "He trusts me right?"

"I would think so, or hope so rather." Ron said.

"You've got a lot to learn Ron." she whispered.

"I'm slow, you have to give me time."

"Then it'll be a long year." Ron smiled softly.

"As long as I know everything about you and I can be there for you when things get like this next time." Kieran smiled back and soflty kissed him. He pulled away. "Not so fast Kieran. Not so fast. I want this to last, so take it easy. I don't want anything forced or pushed or rushed." Kieran raised an eyebrow.

"My first classy boyfriend." Kieran said with a smile.

"Glad to be." Ron replied. "Glad to be. Let's go downstairs, maybe even back to class." Kieran nodded slowly and he led her downstairs by the hand. Remus and Harry smiled. Draco sighed and Hermione clapped silently.

A/n: A shorter Chapter I know.