A/N: This chapter is yet another one that has a song for a title. It's called Magdalena by A Perfect Circle. I chose that one cause...well. It just makes sense. I hope everyone enjoys it. Also in this story there is a sentence in French. I know that there is supposed to be an accent over the a in the first word. I just couldn't figure out how to do it. I don't know how right it is but it means "Until later, my love".

Chapter fourteen: "One taste of you my Magdalena"

As October faded and November was already half way gone, things got back into the normal routine. Day after day classes were the same and slowly getting harder and more demanding as this was the N.E.W.T year for seventh years. The only thing that was different was that Remus now had a stalker. Almost everywhere he went, everything he did, Sam Knox was there breathing down his neck. He was getting really good at avoiding her though thanks to his vast knowledge of the secret passageways within the castle.

"Why are you making such an effort to avoid this girl, Moony?" Sirius asked him as he ran into Transfiguration a few seconds before the bell rang.

"Cause she's annoying!" Remus replied frustrated and out of breath.

"You can't avoid her forever Remus, you do know that right?" James said and Remus knew that was true, but he didn't expect her to catch on too quickly. When the bell rang for lunch they headed down together, Remus deciding to abandon his shortcut for once. This he found quickly was a mistake because half way down the corridor before the marble staircase that led to the Great Hall he was pulled away from the group and into a nearby broom closet.

As the door was slammed closed, Remus heard someone say "lumos". As the wand tip lit up it the broom cupboard he was in as well as the face of Sam Knox, and she did not look happy. Her scowl turned quickly into a wide smile though as she said, "Remus, fancy meeting you here." Remus gave a small half smile and Sam looked from his eyes to the floor and back again but now with a puppy eyes look. "Remus," she said in an almost little kid like voice. "You haven't been avoiding me have you?"

"N-no, of course not."

A small smile played on Sam's lips. "Well that's good because if you were I'd probably do someting...drastic. And we wouldn't want that now would we?" Too scared to speak Remus just shook his head. Sam grabbed his hands, looked deep into his eyes and said, "Remus, do you think you could kindly escort me through Hogsmaede tonight?"

"But, tonight isn't a Hogsmaede trip-"

Suddenly Sam stood on tip-toe and kissed him, her tongue shoving itself into his mouth. This kiss was very passionate and fierce and lasted a long time. It wasn't anything like the kiss Lily had given Remus before and he was too paralized by surprise to push her off. When Sam finally pulled away she whispered in his ear, "It is for us. Jusqu'a soir, mon cher." And with a final kiss on the cheek she left Remus in the now dark broom closet, too stunned to even realize what happened.

"Way to go Remus!" Sirius said, very loudly, thumping Remus on the back after he had told them what had happened a few minutes ago. "Too bad she's a Slytherin though. At least she's hot. You should do her."

"But he isn't going, are you Remus?" Lily asked looking and sounding almost like their stern transfiguration teacher, Professor McGonagall.

"What do you mean?" Remus asked even though he knew what was coming.

"You can't go to Hogsmaede tonight! We're not permitted to go tonight and you're a prefect. If you go to Hogsmaede and get caught it could ruin a lot that you have going-"

"You know what. Shove off Evans." Sirius said glaring at her. "You're just jealous because you're not going."
Lily glared right back at him. "I'm not jealous. I could care less that Remus is going to Hogsmaede with some slutty, Slytherin girl. The point I'm trying to make is-"

"Then why are you making such a big deal about it." Sirius turned to Remus and asked. "So are you going? Huh, huh, huh are ya?"

Remus sighed, "I don't really have a choice do I?"

"Yes you do," Lily tried again. "You could not go!"

"I can't not go, don't you see? She'll kill me if I don't go! You didn't see the look she gave me when she thought I was avoiding her."

"But you were avoiding her," Sirius pointed out.

"Yes, I know that! But do you think I was going to tell her that?" There was a short silence, and then Remus turned to Lily and said, "Look, Lily. I'm sorry; I don't want to go but I kind of have to."

Lily looked as though she was going to say something but James cut her off saying, "Don't worry Lils. Remus knows what he's doing." Just then the bell rang signaling for afternoon classes to start.

That night Remus left the Gryffindor common room with James' invisibility cloak. He met Sam at the bottom of the marble staircase and looked around. He threw the invisibility cloak over top of them and looked at her stunned face. Together they eased the front door open and walked out into the cold night air. They were quiet on their long walk to Hogsmaede and they only spoke to each other when Remus took the cloak off them when they reached their destination.

"Finally," Sam said, "it was getting quite hot under there." She took a deep breath and tried to fix her hair, which was blowing in the breeze. "Where'd you get that anyway?" she asked as she watched Remus fold and put the invisibility cloak inside his jacket.

"Borrowed it," he replied simply.

"Oh."

They walked around for sometime, Remus keeping an eye out just in case of unwanted people but there was no one around. Sam sighed and stopped. Remus looked at her and she grabbed his hands and held them in hers. "I wish," she said, "we could be somewhere alone." Remus found this funny since there wasn't anybody near them that wouldn't make them alone. Suddenly an idea struck him.

"I know somewhere. Follow me." And he led the way back out of Hogsmaede. When they walked some way Remus decided that they should put the cloak back on.

"Are we going back to the castle?" Sam asked sounding annoyed.

"We're heading in that general direction, yes." Remus replied quickening his pace as rain began to fall. Sure they couldn't get wet since they were under the invisiblity cloak but Remus just didn't want to ruin something that wasn't his.

After they were inside the Hogwarts grounds Remus pulled Sam towards the greenhouses.

"Wait Remus," Sam said stopping so suddenly that Remus walked from under the invisiblity cloak and took a minute or two to find it again. When he got back under, wiping the, now shorter, wet hair from his face she continued. "I'm not moving any further until you tell me where we're going."

Not wanting to tell her, but rather keep it a surprise, Remus thought very fast and came up with the ultimate idea. Quickly he pulled Sam into a kiss. Pulling away shortly afterward he placed his wet forehead against her dry one and whispered, "All in good time."

Grabbing her hand he pulled her along and only stopped when they reached the whomping willow. Remus sighed and turned to Sam. "Don't be alarmed by what you're about to see. Trust me; it'll all be worth it. Stay here." He removed the invisibility cloak and walked towards the tree.

"Remus," Sam said grabbing his arm to stop him. He turned and looked at her. "What are you doing?" she asked. "Are you insane? You're going to get killed." But with no reply, Remus brushed her arm away and continued towards the whomping willow. Laying flat on his stomach he slowly made his way towards it. Grabbing a long stick from the ground he prodded a knot at the bottom of the tree and it froze. Behind him, he heard Sam gasp. He looked over his shoulder and motioned her forward. She moved towards him slowly and upon reaching him he pushed her through a hole at the bottom of the tree. Getting into a crouched position he followed suit and landed with a thud on the earth floor. Standing there waiting for him was Sam. She put her hand out and helped him up.

"Thanks," he said trying, in vain, to brush the mud off his front.

"Where are we?" Sam asked. Then catching his eye she added, "Where are we going, Remus?"

"Like I said before," he said looking down the long path that lay before them. Turning to look at her he finished, "All in good time." And taking her hand he led her down the path.

They walked for some time before coming to a small opening. Pulling himself through, he helped Sam through and watched her eyes grow wide. She seemed to be speechless as she looked around a room with peeling wall paper and damaged furniture. Remus took this opportunity to take her upstairs.

Walking down a hallway, Remus opened a door to reveal a beat-up room with a four poster whose hangings were practically destroyed. Sam walked in and looked around. Turning, she looked at Remus who stood in the doorway and asked, "Are we in the Shrieking Shack?" He nodded. Smiling she said, "You are bad." With that she ran the length of the room that separated them and, jumping, wrapped her legs around his waist and kissed him the same way she did in the broom closet. Pulling away she whispered, "I love you, Remus," before biting his ear lobe and kissing down his neck. Remus felt a strong emotion burst through his chest that he only felt one time before in his sixth year. Pulling away from her, he kissed her once more before replying, "I love you too." Carrying her over to the bed, he flopped down so she ended up straddling him and everything else was swallowed into the morning.