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Chapter 19

"So are you and Aurora going to into Hogsmead together next weekend?" James inquired.

"Yes. It's the last weekend before Christmas break, I"ll have to see about picking up her present there. I think Padfoot is going with Avery also. What about you? Made any progress with Evans? Or is it just going to be you and Peter?" Remus asked.

"Just me and Peter. Lily still hates me. But I'm not giving up hope. Someday she'll realize what she's missing. I just hope it's while I'm still young and nubile." James said with a false laugh.

Remus turned and looked at his friend with a reassuring smile before saying "Someday mate. Someday."

"Thanks. Well I better to get out and meet Donaghan. Why am I the only one who didn't get an attractive female partner?" James wondered as he stood and stretched.

"Just not as lucky I guess. I have to go meet Aurora too. I'll walk with you a bit." Remus said as he led the way across the room to the portrait hole.

"You know I really am happy for you Moony. You're genuinely a happy person now." James told him as the made their was across the grounds.

"She makes me see things in a whole new light. I can appreciate life again." Remus said honestly.

"That's how you know it's real and lasting. I'm glad." James replied as they stopped walking. "Well I'll see you later in the common room. I go that way." He said, pointing the opposite direction of the lake.

"Later." Remus answered and turned toward where he could already see Aurora at the lakes edge. The moon light illuminating her soft features and lending her an ethereal glow.

She turned at the sound of his voice and he walked the remaining distance, sharing a secret smile. Until he stopped in front of her and passionately kissed it off her face.

"Wow. What was that for?" She asked dazedly when he released her.

"You look beautiful. The moon is making your hair look silver and your eyes are shining. And because you're you." He said as he stroked a finger tenderly down her cheek.

He knew the words were the absolute truth. It had been three months of stolen kisses in empty classrooms, shared looks in lessons, and soul searching discussions by the lake. If he had any reservations of his love before he could no longer doubt it.

"You're very sweet tonight." She answered with a self conscious giggle as she glanced down at the ground.

He found it endearing that she still became shy when he complimented her. Remus chucked a finger under her chin to bring her gaze to his.

"And the rest of the time?" He teased.

"Tolerable I suppose." She smiled.

Remus tugged her closer to him and blew a hot breath over her parted lips. He could hear her moan low in her throat as he nipped softly at the fullness of her lower lip.

"Just tolerable?" He whispered as he buried his hands in the silkiness of her hair and nipped again, sharper this time.

Her passion filled eyes tried to focus on him but found she was being too overloaded with sensation to really see him. She tried to pull him to her for a kiss but he pulled back teasingly.

Aurora leaned in again to try and capture his mouth but he dodged her. She forced her eyes opened and made herself focus on his intense grey eyes.

There was an unmatched hunger she hadn't seen before but quickly found it shot straight to her soul. Remus moved quickly and nipped her lip for a third time, soothing it with the pad of his thumb and delighting in her tremble.

"Remus please." Aurora whispered as she tried to pull him to her again.

He gently but firmly held her still as he blew another hot breath across her wanting lips.

"Just tolerable?" He repeated softly, not even a half inch from her waiting mouth.

Her eyes slid out of focus again at his close proximity and she had to bite back another moan.

"No. You're more than tolerable." She whispered and forced her eyes back to his. "You're wonderful. Perfect. Gorgeous. Intelligent. Sweet. Intense..."

Remus jerked her toward him and crushed his lips to hers. He felt her immediately relax into the kiss as she locked her arms around his neck, pressing even more intimately against him, pressing into his hardness and making it his turn to groan.

He thrust his tongue into her mouth and began dueling with hers, searching the warm recesses of her mouth until he felt her knees weaken and he followed her as she sank to the ground, never breaking the kiss.

Aurora stretched out underneath him and let the welcome weight of his body press her into the softness of the ground. She was making mewing noises in her throat but was helpless to stop them.

His heated fingers were trailing their way up to her full breasts and she broke the kiss to inhale sharply. Remus only used the opportunity to trail kisses down the column of her throat and nip at her ear as she shuddered. When his thumb finally brushed against her nipple she moaned loudly and used all her strength to roll them over so that was straddling him, pinning him down.

Aurora leaned down to kiss him as she rocked seductively against him, his hands running from her neck to her bottom and around to her pebbled nipples.

Remus sat up and lifted her so that he could suckle a nipple through her sweater, the cold air making it tighten even further. He slid his hands to the bottom of the sweater and teasingly lifted it higher.

"We're going to freeze if we keep this up." Remus said huskily.

"Freeze? Why I've never been hotter in all my life." Aurora answered throatily and shifted, rubbing herself seductively against him.

"Miss Moon! Mr. Lupin!" Came a shocked voice through a fog of sensation.

Remus met Aurora's clearly panicked gaze before they tore apart guiltily and found them staring at a red faced Professor Sinistra.

Uh oh...somebody's in trouble...