The class went pretty fast for Hermione as she daydreamed her time away. Before all students exited, Remus handed in their essays, giving a furtive flirting look at Hermione who just gave a small smile in response.
As she stared down at her usual excellent mark she noticed there were some scribblings randomly in her essay, as if Remus had made a correction. She frowned, she had never received scribblings as corrections only some remarks at the end of the page, mostly from Snape though.
"What's wrong Miss Granger? If you think you have the need to discuss your mark , please attend my office after dinner, now on with you all" he said to her and then shooed her and Harry out of the room with a small smirk.

They had a free period before dinner so they just sat in the common room not doing anything of profit, not even Hermione. As Ginny sat down with a knowing smile beside her bushy-haired friend, Hermione tried to not acknowledge her presence.
"You know I'm here so spit it out" she said calmly with a grin on her face.
"What do I have to spit out?" she asked as if she didn't know what was happening.
"You and Remus, you know. What's going on?" she asked quiet happily but as nobody could hear her.
"Nothing. It's nothing." she said and stood up. "Coming for dinner?" she said with a playful smile. Ginny noticed what she really meant and followed her suit, telling her boyfriend that she was really hungry and couldn't wait for Ron.

As the both girls wandered down the corridors, Ginny swept into an empty hallway and just looked at her with a smile. Hermione knew what it meant.
"We both like each other, very much it seems" a small pinkish hue settling on her cheeks. Ginny just smiled happily and said that she already knew. "Dumbledore called me to his office to ask me about it, as I'm your friend and all that. I said that in my opinion you did really like him and that he seemed to act differently around as if he had opened up more to you than to anyone else, except Padfoot of course." Hermione just smiled, knowing her secret was safe. "And so you know, I think it's great you two sort of are something and I fully support you in whatever decision you make in the future" she added with a bright smile ready to go to dinner. "Ginny! We're not going to marry and have children!" Hermione nearly shouted at her friend who paced away only to turn around. "Yet, and you know it!" she said with a mocking smile before heading off to where the food was. Hermione sighed and followed her red-haired friend towards the food.

When she entered the Great Hall she felt as if someone had their gaze fixed upon her all the way. She looked at the Gryffindor table, as if it was Ron or Harry who looked at her that way but they where nowhere near to be found. Then she looked over to the Slytherin table expecting Malfoy to mouth "mudblood" towards her with a disgusting face of loathe. No. No Malfoy. Then it dawned on her, Remus! She looked up towards the teacher's table and there he was, small smile on his face and a flirting look in his eyes. But he wasn't the only one looking, Sirius and Dumbledore looked too with a kind of loving gazes, obviously they knew, but she was surprised by the fact that also professor McGonagall had that loving gaze directed towards her, meaning she also knew. Which was kind of obvious as she was Dumbledore's left hand kind-of. The one who made her sogh with relief was Snape, the same old look on his face. He didn't know.
She sat down beside Ginny and looked furtively at Remus. Damn! He was sexy! She thought, then she realized she was thinking about her professor so she decided to not thing so much about him when she wanted to eat and look kind of normal around Harry and Ron who had just arrived. They all chatted and ate in a quiet fast pace. Hermione excused herself saying that she had a meeting with professor Lupin at which Harry nodded, as if confirming to the both redheads that it was true. Ron didn't let anything mockingly out of his mouth this time. Ginny tried o suppress a smile of knowing it all, but failed epically.
"What are you smiling at?" asked Ron, trying to get some information out of his sister.
"I don't really think you want to know, but I was thinking about Harry and I last night..." she trailed off, trying to cover up for her friend as she had promised. Ron quickly changed subject and Harry turned red as a Christmas light bulb, which cracked up some laughter form fellow Gryffindors who had heard it all.

Hermione went to her common room to get the book she had read over the summer to lend it to Remus, as she had promised. Then nervously and with butterflies in her stomach, she headed to his office. This time she just entered without knocking knowing he would have sensed her. He wasn't nowhere to be found, at least on the office premises. She knew the teachers had their chambers linked to their offices but she didn't dare to walk up the stairs and take a look in case Remus was in a compromising scene.
She didn't need to do that, Remus himself walked down the stairs as he smiled and pulled a a towel around his neck. Then it was when Hermione noticed it, he was freshly out of the shower in only some slacks and a towel around his neck with which he tried to dry his hair. Her eyes traced down his bare torso with some scars here and there.
"Hey there 'Mione" he said sweetly as he was mere inches away from her giving her a playful smile. He knew exactly what he did and smiled even more as she turned pink. She tried to look down at the floor but could only see his torso so she decided to look up to the ceiling, not so smart she thought to herself as she met his amber eyes playfully looking at her. So she decided the best was to hand him the book, that way she tried to break the moment.
"The book I told you about this summer, professor" she hastily said and handed it to him. Remus turned around with the book in his hand and the towel in the other and walked towards some bookcases he had on the side of his office/chambers and left it there, then he seated in the couch nearby and motioned for her to sit down beside him.
Hermione followed and sat down, as an obedient puppy, she thought.
"No need to call me professor if we're not in front of everyone you know that, 'Mione" he said sweetly to her placing his slender fingers under her chin and turning her towards his gaze. She just nodded and smiled.
"So what do you think about the book? Is it worth reading?" he said in a completely normal voice which nearly shook Hermione off the couch. She noticed he wanted to be normal around, not rush things and end up in disaster ot worse. She decided it was the best thing to do so she did the same. They talked for hours and hours about books and other things. Realizing they had pretty much in common and Remus answering all the questions she had about werewolfes.
He brewed some tea and served some biscuits ans they kept talking, snuggled up in the couch and looking at each other with so much love and passion anybody could believe they were about to sink into each other. Hermione finally fell asleep in Remus arms, he didn't want to wake her and as it was Friday he supposed it was fine if she spent the night there, nobody would notice her missing as she woke up early and could easily excuse her absence by "being in the library". As he was about to lay her down in his bed she woke up, smiling at him. She hugged him and whispered him to lay down beside him, just lay down she whispered again as he went stiff not knowing what to really do.

They woke up tangled into each other. Remus smiled as she opened her eyes and kissed her. Hermione felt so good at that way of wakening up so she kissed him back. No need to say the kiss went deeper and deeper, getting both pair of hands to trail off and search for skin. Moans and groans slipping out. Then Hermione stopped abruptly. Remus just smiled knowingly kissed her on the nose and went towards the shower.
"No need to rush things baby, and you know I won't ever hurt you" he said as he spun around and took a last look before hoping into the shower. Hermione got dressed and approached the closed door of the bathroom.
"I'll go and have breakfast, do you mind?" she said feeling awkward for leaving him there. She heard the shower stopping but no response from Remus. She wondered what he was up to. Then she saw how he opened the door and stood there in only a towel, water dripping down his body.
"It's fine baby" he said and kissed her. She responded immediately to that kiss, making it more passionate. But he stopped her placing a finger on her mouth.
"Food will be on the table waiting for you, no need to devour me" he said with a playful smile and a wink before he shooed her away to breakfast. Hermione was the happiest witch that entire day, with a big happy smile plastered on her face all day long. Ginny having a hint of the reason as she had noticed her missing all night but had covered up for her towards their room mates and Harry and Ron.

Remus entered the Great Hall after some good ten minutes, only to not wake up any suspicions in the teachers nor students. Greeted his fellow staff members as usual and sat down to eat. He was the happiest werewolf alive that whole day. He knew he had found his mate. Sirius noticed his look and asked him.
"Mate?" Sirius let it out in a way only both of them could understand.
"Yes...?" Remus answered in a way the teachers nearest them would believe it's a question rather than an answer to Sirius.
"Nothing, I forgot" guffawed Harry's godfather, with a knowing smile towards a group of Gryffindor students who were eagerly discussing what to do on their next trip to Hogsmeade next weekend.