Chapter Four

The class was dismissed, all but Elliot who was crying. She hadn't moved from the place where she stood when she saw the boggart. Remus waited until all of the students had left and the door was shut until he said anything,

"Take your time," he told her, looking over her closely.

She exhaled a shaky breath and looked at the rugged man. Tears were still falling down her face. She didn't know what to start with.

"It was my father."

Remus furrowed his eyebrows. Confused at the fact that her father would say something like that, even in boggart form, He hummed and nodded his head never the less, wanting her to explain more.

"How do I even say all this?" Elliot questioned running a hand through her hair. "The only people that know are myself, my father, my mother and the twins. I don't know how to put it into words."

"Take a seat," he said softly, waving his wand and pulling up a chair for her as he sat on the edge of his desk.

"My father, he's a well respected man. I don't even have the last name as them. I'm an embarrassment apparently, not just to him, to my whole family. So when I was younger he changed my last name. I have a sister who goes here too, he told me to stay out of her way otherwise there would be trouble."

"What kind of trouble, Elliot?"

"You really don't want to know, but I have a feeling you're not going to let this go. It started when It all started when my sister was born I'm going to say. She was the star of my parents eyes when she came along, not that I hate her, God no, I love my sister with all my heart. But as we grew up my father became...hateful."

She took a deep breath in and closed her eyes. She hated talking about him. She hated him.

"At first it was name calling, not too bad of names, but pretty hurtful to a six year old. Then the abuse started, a smack here and there. Sometimes for no reason. But then one day when I was eight, my sister did something out of the blue which only I know about, I think she knocked over one of our parents best vases, she was only six and she didn't know what to do, so we left it until my parents saw it."

Tears started to roll her face again, she was building up to the worst part of it all. Remus cocked his head a little, intrigued by what the young girl was going to tell him.

"They brought us into the kitchen, to ask us who did it. My father was livid, to the point where his face was red and a vein was visible in his head. Before she would say anything I told him I did it. I knew that she was going to get hurt if she said she did it and I didn't want that. He dragged me upstairs by my hair and took me to my room. He...erm...he beat me a few times before he said he was sick of me. That was the first time that...it was the first time that he raped me."

By this point Elliot was pretty much sobbing. Remus got up off his desk and kneeled down in front of her. She grabbed on to him as she cried her hearts content out, wanting to disappear. He stroked her back and reassured her that she was save here.

"Elliot...shhhh, it's okay. You're going to be alright here, okay? He can't touch you here any more."

"My mother acts as if she doesn't hear or see any of it. My sister doesn't know anything that goes on behind closed doors, he uses a silencing charm whenever he does it."

He pulled back from the girl. He wiped away the tears and looked into her eyes. He sighed and shook his head, angry at the fact that a parent could do that to his own child. He wanted to hunt the man down and beat him up until he was black and blue.

"Professor, please don't tell anyone, you have to promise me. Please." Elliot plead, as she looked into the man's amber eyes.

He nodded, trying to control his anger in him, he didn't want to shout anything to upset the girl more so he kept quiet.

"Thank you," the distressed girl said.

Before Remus noticed Elliot was getting closer to him. Then she closed her eyes and kissed him. It lasted a few seconds before Remus pulled away. He got up and walked over to his desk, shuffling some paper work about with his back towards her.

"I...I'm sorry...I-I-I-I," she stammered as she watched him, trying to work out his body language.

"Miss Smith, you best leave otherwise you'll miss lunch."

Elliot stood up and nodded. She went to grab her book back, eyes still on him. She sighed and walked towards the door. Before she opened it she had one last look at him, he still had her back towards her.

"Fuck," Professor Lupin whispered as she closed the door.

It was a few hours after Elliot had told Remus about her family and what her father does to her. He was in Sirius' living quarters with James. Sirius handed each of the men a glass of whiskey and then made one for himself.

Remus was confused. Why did she kiss him? Was she going to tell the twins? Is the whole school going to find out?

"What's wrong with you, Moony?" James asked as he saw his friend in a deep thought.

"Elliot bloody Smith." was all he said before he sipped his whiskey.

"Was she okay after I brought her to your class?" Sirius asked.

Remus chuckled. Then shook his head.

"Her boggart took form of her father. Which is a bad thing. She told me some things about her family. How she doesn't have the same name as them, how she has a sister but doesn't speak to her, when she's in the same school as her, how her mother ignored the fact that her father abuses her."

"Gheeezeeee!" the other two Professors exclaimed as the looked wide-eyed at Remus.

"Yeah," he chuckled again "And the fact that she kissed me." Sirius spat out his whiskey.

"She kissed you?!" James shouted as Sirius was choking.

Remus hummed and nodded his head as he looked up at his two best friends. He was still shocked too at the fact she kissed him.

"What on Earth are you going to do about this?" Sirius asked as he recovered.

"I honestly don't know."

"You need to do something Moony for Merlin's sake," James said as he stood up and paced around the room.

"Yes, I know that Prongs, but what?" Remus asked.

"Well,,,you could erm,,,speak to her?"

"And say what? Yeah, the kiss was great-"

"The kiss was great?" Sirius asked, interrupting him.

Sirius now had a smirk on his face.

"Yeah, it was. As I was saying before I got interrupted by this twit. The kiss was great but it's not right?"

"Well, it looks like I need to find out myself how great this kiss was." Sirius laughed. "Or tell her you want a secret relationship with her and nearly loose your job, mate." He joked.

Remus looked at him.

"No...Please...NO! YOU FANCY HER DON'T YOU?!"

James and Sirius laughed as they teased the werewolf. He wasn't so sure if he fancied the girl or not. Either way it wasn't ethical for him. He had a duty. A role. To protect his students. Not date them. As the night got old, James and Sirius still teased him about Elliot Smith.

Yes, it is going to be a student/teacher relationship just to point that out there but I've had this story in my head for months now and need it to get it out. Please leave some feedback