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Remus' heart was thumping loudly; he was about to do the very thing he swore would ruin his relationship. But he had no choice, and instead of turning around and giving up, he quickened his pace.

"Come on!" Remus called, slipping his grasp on Katherine's forearm down to her hand, "Here we are." He stopped outside the portrait hole and said the password.

"This?" Katherine asked, "You needed to show me this?"

"No," Remus said, "I just need to get something, wait here."

Katherine narrowed her eyes and dropped his hand, watching as he sprinted into the common room. He emerged from it moments later with a silvery piece of clothing in his hand.

"Okay," He breathed, grabbing her hand once more, "Come on."

They flew down the corridors, Katherine scrambling after Remus. "Where are we going?" She snapped.

Remus just shook his head and gave her hand a little tug, urging her foreword. They sprinted down an empty corridor until Remus came to a halt in front of a statue of some sort.

"What is this?" Katherine whispered, dropping his hand once more to move foreword towards the statue.

"This," Remus began, "Is the One Eyed Witch passageway."

They were both breathing heavily from their run, and Katherine took a steadying breath before turning to face him. "Why are you showing me this?"

"You need to see what lies beyond," Remus said quietly, reaching in his robes to reveal his wand. He tapped the witch's eye, and at once it revealed a secret tunnel.

"I don't understand," Katherine said quietly, "Why are you doing this?"

"I should have showed you this long ago." Remus said firmly.

Katherine bit her lip and allowed Remus to take her hand once more. He led her into the tunnel and muttered, "Lumos," Allowing his wand to ignite. He pointed it ahead of him to see nothing but more darkness. "Are you ready?" He asked.

Katherine wrenched her hand away from him and pulled her robes tighter around her, "If you are."

Remus nodded and watched as she ignited her own wand.

"It's a long tunnel," He noted as their footsteps echoed throughout the dusty tunnel.

Katherine remained silent but pointed her wand ahead of her and squinted, as though trying to see the end.

"Curfew is soon," Katherine said quietly, "If you're going to show me something make it quick, we have to be back soon."

Remus nodded sullenly and looked at her, "Let's run then, shall we?"

Katherine nodded and mumbled, "Nox," She then stuffed her wand in her pocket and turned to face him, "Let's go."

Remus kept his wand alight, and he gulped, feeling shivers go up and down his spine. He knew it wasn't from the dampness of the tunnel, it was because of what he was about to do.

They broke out into a sprint, Remus staying beside Katherine as they raced through the tunnel. After about ten or so minutes Katherine came to a halt and rounded on Remus.

"How much longer?" She gasped.

Remus wiped his spare hand on his forehead, "Just a bit further."

Katherine threw her hands up in the air in exasperation. "Fine," She snapped.

Both of them began speed walking until they finally broke out into another sprint. After what seemed an eternity Remus stopped abruptly. "Here," He gasped, grabbing the silvery piece of clothing off his arm.

"What…is…that?" She asked skeptically, still out of breath.

"An…invisibility cloak," Remus said, taking a deep breath.

Katherine looked mildly amazed as Remus huddled closer to her. She could feel his chest against her back and she drew a sharp intake of breath. "Okay," Remus breathed quietly, swinging the cloak over them. He muttered "nox" immediately.

Katherine watched as Remus reached his hand out of the cloak to push open something, together they scrambled out onto a hard landing. Katherine realized at once it was a floor, and that they were inside some sort of shop.

She watched as Remus whipped his hand back inside the cloak and brought it down to his side.

"Okay," He said, "Quietly now."

They crept foreword in the shop, and slowly Katherine began to recognize it. There was a small crowd inside it, and soon Remus pushed open the door, to a few curious stares from the costumers, because, even if they are magic, doors technically didn't open by themselves without someone saying an incantation.

"Remus!" Katherine hissed as they exited the shop, the invisibility cloak still over them. "Why are-We…WE'RE IN HOGESMEADE!"

"Shh!" Remus pleaded, "We're almost there, now crouch low."

Katherine began to feel slightly nervous as she bent down and looked at Remus expectantly.

"Go foreword," He ordered. They spent a while with Remus quietly giving orders and Katherine silently obeying them. They were both shivering, and beginning to feel their hands become numb. Finally, Remus' breathing became more rapid than before.

"Okay," He said quietly, turning to look at Katherine.

"What?" She asked, her teeth chattering.

"Look up." And even as he said this, he turned away.

Katherine looked up. "Remus…" She began uncertainly.

Remus glanced around and, realizing no one was around them, he swung the cloak off of them.

"Why are we here?" Katherine asked worriedly.

"Because you needed to see this." Remus muttered.

He looked up and saw the place that was his home once a month, the place he so dreaded, and the place that was so feared.

The Shrieking Shack.

"What does the Shrieking Shack have to do with anything?" Katherine asked, her voice nervous.

"It has to do with everything," Remus said slowly.

"Please…" Katherine said, "You're not making any sense."

Remus just shook his head.

"Why are we here? This is the most haunted building in Bri-"

"But it's not haunted," Remus interrupted.

"How is it not haunted?" She cried, "How do you know this? No one is barking enough to go inside."

Remus turned to face her at last, and saw that her eyes were wide with worry.

"I know it's not haunted because I've been there." Remus said quietly.

"But why?" She asked.

"I go to this place once a month," Remus said, gesturing to the building.

"Why?" Katherine pleaded again.

"My mum isn't sick," Remus said, "I don't see her once a month, I go here."

"So this is your, James, Sirius, and Peter's secret place? Is that why all four of you leave once a month? Do you go here to just get away from all your troubles?" She asked.

"I go here for the soul purpose of more troubles." Remus said.

"I don't understand!" Katherine said, taking a step back, "What are you saying?"

"Haven't you ever wondered why I leave once a month?"

"Yes but-"

"Have you ever realized what day I leave on?" He asked.

Katherine shook her head slowly, taking yet another step back, "Why are you telling me this?" She cried desperately.

"I leave once every month…" He paused, and took a deep, steadying breath, "On a full moon."

Katherine's breathing became quicker, "No…" She said, "No, no…it can't be…" Tears were emerging from her eyes and spilling down her cheeks, "Stop saying this…"

"I go here once every month," Remus continued, "Because I'm a werewolf."

"No…no!" Katherine wailed, tears flowing over her chin, "Please Remus…don't do this…stop saying this…."

"I should have told you sooner," Remus said, feeling his own tears prickling his eyes, "I'm so sorry."

"It can't be," She said quietly, her voice higher than usual.

"It's true…" Remus said.

Katherine flew both of her hands to the top of her head, "Oh no…" She cried, falling to her knees, "No…"

Remus fell to his knees beside her, "Kath…"

He could tell she was trying to stem the flow of her tears, and every time she wiped a few away, more came. "No…" She moaned, "Please…no…"

"Please, Katherine…" Remus said.

"Who else knows?" She asked quietly.

"James, Peter and Sirius…they figured out in first year…and Lily, she figured out this year." Remus said, watching Katherine nervously.

"Lily knows?" Katherine asked painfully, "You could trust her but not me?"

"No, no," Remus said quickly, "She figured it out."

"Why didn't you tell me? If Lily could accept you then I sure could!" Katherine said angrily, scrambling to her feet, "Did you think that when you told me I'd tell everyone?"

"Of course not!" Remus said without any pause, "I knew you wouldn't, it's just-"

"Then why didn't you tell me?" She interrupted.

"I don't know," Remus admitted, "I was so scared you'd leave me…but now I realize I wouldn't blame you." He knew now what was coming. "So go," He said, standing up.

"Shut up," Katherine said, turning to look at him, "I'm not leaving."

"Just go," Remus cried, thrusting the cloak into her hands. "Just take the cloak and go…I shouldn't have dragged you into this…"

"Remus, stop it…" Katherine began.

"JUST GO." Remus bellowed, "Leave…"

"Do you want me to go?" She asked, her voice wavering.

Remus gazed into her eyes painfully, "Of course I don't," He said softly, "But I wouldn't blame you…"

"You're being ridiculous." She said firmly.

"I shouldn't have dragged you in this…I'm so sorry," Remus mumbled.

Katherine shook her head, "It makes me so angry…so furious that you felt you couldn't trust me…I-I can't believe I didn't see it before…but-" She paused and closed her eyes, tears still flowing freely, "I'm not going anywhere."

Remus widened his eyes disbelievingly, "What?"

"You heard me, I'm angry at you, and I'm hurt, but…" Katherine stopped and looked into his eyes, "I'll never leave you."

Remus stayed silent for a while, "I don't deserve you," He said quietly.

Katherine looked at him sternly and sniffed, "No more secrets, Remus."

He took a deep breath and nodded.

"Promise?" Katherine asked softly.

"I promise." Remus agreed with a small smile.

Katherine bit her lip, "I'm so sorry about all of this Remus…it shouldn't have happened to you."

Remus turned to face her. He grabbed her trembling hands, "Katherine Jane Nelson, I've made a big mistake. I should have told you sooner…I just hope it's not too late."

"Some things are beyond repair, Remus." Katherine said softly, and Remus felt his heart plummet with despair. "…but this one isn't."

Remus stood in silence for a while, letting the feeling of the words she had just spoken sink in. After a while he smiled, "You're amazing, Kath."

Katherine shook her head, "I'm not like you," She said softly.

"You're right," Remus agreed, "You're better."

Katherine wiped her eyes with her sleeve, "We can work through this, Remus."

"I should have told you sooner," He said quickly.

"You're right, you should have." Katherine agreed, "But what's done is done, it's not too late for us Remus."

"You have no idea what you mean to me," Remus said quietly.

Katherine took another deep breath and shivered, looking up towards the sky. "We should go in."

"Yeah…we should." Remus agreed, "Let's go."

Katherine shivered again, "Come closer," She commanded.

Remus obeyed and Katherine swung the cloak over them.

They began their walk back up to the school in silence, and when they finally climbed back under the secret door, they fell once more into the dark tunnel.

Remus pulled the cloak off of them, "Do you want to run?"

"No," Katherine said, pulling her wand out and igniting it, "We're already late…no use tiring ourselves again if we're already in trouble."

"But we won't be," Remus said quickly, "We have this cloak."

"Is that how you get everywhere?" She asked skeptically.

"This does help," Remus admitted with a laugh.

Katherine rubbed her palms on her cheeks to get rid of any access tears, "Why didn't you tell me?"

Remus took a deep breath, hoping they were past this, but then realizing that he had never given her a real answer. "You want to know the real reason?"

Katherine nodded silently.

"I-I care for you so much, but whenever I get too close to someone I push them away…I was afraid I'd lose you…." Remus said as they continued walking down the tunnel.

"I wouldn't leave you for something like that…I care for you so much that it doesn't matter. I thought you cared for me enough to tell me your secret." She added quietly.

"Don't you see?" Remus cried, "I cared for you so much that I couldn't see you leave…and when you left me I knew I had to tell you."

Katherine sniffled again pushed her hair out of her eyes.

Remus looked at her and sighed, "Katherine…I know it's difficult, and I know how angry you are…but is it possible that we could…you know? Make things the way they used to be?"

"No," Katherine said softly, "I don't think we can go back…and I don't want to start over, either. We just need to pick up from where we left off and work things out."

Remus muttered his agreement and resisted the urge to hold her close as he saw her shiver yet again.

Finally, after what seemed like hours, Remus and Katherine scrambled out of the tunnel and emerged into the corridors.

"It's late," Remus noted, "Probably close to one in the morning."

Katherine nodded, "Okay, shall we go back?"

Remus swung the cloak over them and they crouched low and began to, once again, shuffle towards their destination.

"Strawberry Nugget," Remus said firmly, removing the cloak off of them once they reached the portrait hole.

The Fat Lady gave them a disapproving look but swung foreword nonetheless. Katherine and Remus scurried inside to find the common room completely empty. The only noise was the steady crackling of the fire.

"Are you heading up to bed?" Remus asked Katherine, turning to face her.

"I can't sleep," She said with a shake of her head, "I'll probably just stay down here for a while."

"Would you…mind if I joined you?" Remus asked, watching Katherine's face closely.

She looked hesitant for a while, as if weighing what she was about to say, finally she opened her mouth and spoke, "I'd like it if you did."

Remus grinned and they both strode over to the couch. Remus plopped down and leaned an elbow against the arm rest, resting his chin in the palm of his hands. Katherine sat down next to Remus and looked foreword to the dancing flames.

"I can't believe you're willing to stay with me," Remus said quietly after a few moments silence.

"Who couldn't, Remus?" Katherine asked softly, still looking at the fire, "You're the kindest person I've met."

Remus closed his eyes for a moment and when he opened them he saw that Katherine was trying to stifle a yawn. "You're tired, aren't you?"

"I am," She admitted, "But I won't be able to sleep."

After about ten minutes of silence, Remus took a deep breath, hoping that what he was about to do was wise, and he slowly draped an arm around Katherine's shoulders. She sat stiff as cardboard for a moment, before she relaxed slightly and scooted over a tad bit closer to Remus. She yawned once more and let her head flop down on his head.

Remus smiled down at the top of her head and tightened his grip on her shoulders. After about half an hour, Remus heard her breath become steady, and he arched his head foreword to see her eyes closed peacefully.

He grinned again to himself and kissed the top of her forehead lightly. "Good night, Katherine," He whispered.

The sun rose in the common room and Remus could infer that it was fairly early. He was in the midst of wondering what had awoken him when he head three voices talking in hushed voices.

"Do you think everything went okay?" Came the unmistakable voice of Peter.

"No kidding you daft child," Sirius hissed, "They're sleeping together…erm-that came out wrong…you see…they are sleeping side by side, not-"

"Shut up, Padfoot," James sighed, "But look at them…it's so-oh man…it sort of looks like Remus is awake."

For Remus had twitched slightly as Sirius called Peter a daft child, and now he turned his head around so fast he developed a creak in his neck. He turned it quick enough though, that he caught his three friends ducking behind the back of the couch.

Remus rolled his eyes and looked back down at Katherine who was still sleeping silently. His arm was beginning to become numb and his shoulder was slightly sore.

He turned his head at the feeling of eyes boring into him to see the heads of Sirius, Peter and James, their chins propped up on top of the back of the couch right behind him.

They saw him looking and ducked behind the couch once more. Remus rolled his eyes, yet again. "I can see you."

It was silence until Remus could begin to see the tip of James' hair rise slowly from behind the back of the couch. After a while he could see the eyes of James too. He was coming up ever slowly, as to see whether it was safe enough to emerge. Finally, he propped his chin against the back of the couch and stared at Remus who had his head turned to look at him.

Remus felt his neck beginning to become sore and he swung his head back to rub it with his spare hand. He turned his neck once more to see the tips of Sirius and Peter's hair, slowly arising as James' had.

When all three of them had their chins propped against the back of the couch again, they saw that Remus was looking at them with amusement mingled with fear.

"I'm not even going to ask," He said blankly.

They all exchanged glances with each other, as if to see that Remus knew they were there. When they nodded James turned to look at Remus with a sheepish smile.

"Hey, mate."

"What are you guys doing?" He asked.

"You didn't come back last night, so when we woke up this morning and saw that your bed was empty, we became worried." James said.

"So, you were talking about me behind a couch?" Remus asked.

"When you say it like that it makes us seem weird," Sirius said defensively.

"And you aren't…?" Remus asked with mock confusion.

"Hardy har-har," Sirius said dryly.

Katherine began to stir and she brought her hands up to her eyes to rub them tiredly.

"Go," Remus pleaded to his friends, "Now."

She sat up a little straighter and opened her eyes to look at Remus. "Wow," She said softly, "We slept here all night?"

"I guess so," Remus laughed, partially in relief that his friends had left, and partially in happiness that they really had slept there all night..

She looked around at the sun seeping through the windows, "It still looks fairly early," She noted, "So I'll go finish my work and get ready."

"Okay," Remus said.

She stood up from the couch and stretched, she made to run to the girl's dorms but instead she leaned foreword and kissed Remus lightly on the cheek. "Good morning."

Remis grinned, "Good morning," He repeated.

Lily sat down next to James at breakfast and looked down the table to see Remus and Katherine sitting by each other talking quietly.

"So they're okay now?" She muttered out of the corner of her mouth.

"As okay as they can be, they still have some things to work out." James said.

"They do," Lily agreed. She reached foreword and grabbed the pitcher of juice and began pouring herself a glass.

"What do you suppose we're doing in Charms today?" James asked slyly.

"If you're thinking of skipping again, forget it." Lily said, buttering herself a piece of toast without looking up.

James heaved an exaggerated sigh, "But I thought we had fun last time."

"We did," Lily said sincerely, "But that was a one time thing."

"Lily," James whined, "Only one time?"

"Yes," Lily said sternly, "One time."

"But-"

"But nothing," Lily interrupted.

James gave a huffy breath and turned to his untouched food.

"But I'm not doing anything important on Saturday." Lily added.

"Oh?" James asked, arching an eyebrow and turning to face her, "Is that so?"

"It is," Lily confirmed.

"Well then, would you like to walk around the school like we did when we were supposed to be at Charms?" James asked, grinning.

"Why, yes, I would," Lily said, smiling.

"Great," James said, "So…it's like a date?"

Lily paused for a second, "Yes James…like a date."

"You mean…like our second date?" James persisted eagerly.

"Yes," Lily said, with a small laugh, "Like our second date."

"Only, it will only be to the kitchens and stuff, it won't be a very good date." James said, looking at Lily in apology.

"I'll be with you, James," Lily smiled, "Of course it will be a good date."

A/N: Okay, i hoped you liked the way he told her, and how they decided to work things out. I didn't want it to be like oh you're a werewolf, lets snog anyway. but tell me if that's what you wanted to see or if it was too cliche. alsooo i'll update once a week, probably from now on.

Liv and I updated our second chapter!

I'm not sure how long this story will be...but more than 20!