Chapter 5: Explanations
Hermione woke up the next morning to a throbbing shoulder and a soft bed shrouded in darkness. She glanced over to her left and saw what looked like a window. It had a blind over it, shielding most of the light outside except for a small crack at the bottom of the blinds. She slowly climbed out of the soft and squishy bed and slowly made her way over to the window, slowly pulling the shades open, letting the warmth of the sunlight envelop her. She looked back at the room and found that she was back in the same Quidditch decorated room. What she hadn't noticed that there were also three boys in the room also. Sirius was on the couch, Remus was in an overly large armchair, and James was fast asleep on the floor. None of them had seemed to have woken up, yet. Remus felt something warm cover his body. He was the first one (of the guys) up, but decided not to open his eyes just yet. Hermione and Remus both heard footsteps coming down the hallway and Hermione turned to the door. It opened to reveal a woman with jet black hair, with a few silvery-gray strands, and rich hazel eyes. She smiled warmly at Hermione.
"Oh, thank goodness you're alright. I'm sorry, we didn't quite meet before. I'm Mrs. Potter, James' mum. But please, call me Amelia. Well, c'mon, you must be starved. Let's get you something to eat." Hermione nodded and stepped carefully over James and made her way to the door. "I hope you don't mind if the boys join us?" Hermione shook her head. Amelia nodded and smiled. "Boys! Food!" was all she had to say before all three boys sat upright and woke up.
"Mmmm… food… who said food?" Sirius asked sleepily as he rubbed his eyes. His eyes, once they were open, scanned the room and his eyes landed on Hermione and he gave her sort of a sad smile. James' gaze followed but he was too tired to show much emotion, so he just gave her a sleepy smile. Remus' gaze too came over to Hermione and he gave her a nervous smile. He would have to tell her all about lycanthropy and that she would be under his watch. Hermione caught Remus' eye and her stomach did a somersault.
'Could he be like he is in the future? Is he more carefree now than the future Remus, free from all the death and way?' Hermione thought to herself. 'Do I actually have feelings for Remus? But he's my professor! Not right now he isn't.I know, but… if I tell him, who knows what'll happen… The future will go as planned. Remember, whatever you do here, in the past, is what made the present, or, the future…WHATEVER! You get what I mean. Oh shut up…' she thought to herself as she blushed and looked away from Remus. Unfortunately it didn't go unnoticed by the two other Marauders. Remus too blushed and looked away, a color that would rival the Weasleys.
'Well, I can't just tell Pads he was right about her…she is rather good looking though. Remus Lupin! You did not just say that! That is such an understatement! You bloody well know that when she gets to Hogwarts she will be one of the most sought after girls. I know… but maybe if she-' Remus was pulled out of his thoughts as James hit him in the head with a pillow. And he was smirking. And there was no Mrs. Potter or Sirius or Hermione. Damn… James had seen him blush.
"Come on wittle Wemus dat has a cwush." James said in his best baby voice, pulling Remus out of the room and down the stairs. They came upon the sight of Mr. and Mrs. Potter, Sirius and Hermione eating breakfast. Well, Hermione was trying to eat her kipper, but it was proving difficult with a bloodied up shoulder. She glared at the sniggering Sirius before switching her fork to her left hand, triumphantly eating her kipper. She heard someone behind them and turned around in her chair to see James and Remus at the bottom of the stairs. James sat down next to Sirius and his dad while Remus sat between Hermione and Sirius.
"2 sickles please." Hermione said to Sirius, holding out her left hand and a smirk planted on her face. He huffed as he pulled the 2 sickles out of his pocket and handed them to Hermione. James and Remus looked at the two with questioning looks on their faces.
"Can you believe it? They've been around each other not even 15 minutes and they're already like brother and sister!" Mrs. Potter exclaimed. They both gave her identical grins and Mr. Potter laughed quietly. Remus had been quiet during breakfast, save for the occasional comments to James or Sirius. Sirius furrowed his eyebrows at Remus.
"C'mon, Moony, why are you all moody? It's not your time of the month." Sirius slipped, forgetting that Hermione didn't know about Remus' lycanthrope. However, Hermione started with giggles that turned into laughter.
"Sirius, that came out extremely wrong, mate." James said to him, clapping his hand on his back. Hermione sobered herself from the giggles and turned to Remus. She needed to tell someone about being from the future. She decided on Remus. She just couldn't bring herself to tell Sirius and James that they die.
"Remus, could I talk to you after breakfast?" She asked, slightly nervous. He noticed the change in her demeanor. He nodded as they both ate the rest of their meal in silence, listening to James and sirius rant about Quidditch, with the occasional comment from Mr. Potter. The house elves came by and cleaned up the table and Hermione soon found herself walking side by side Remus out to the backyard of the Potter Estate.
"So… what did you want to talk about?" Remus asked. Hermione sighed.
"Well, I guess you can tell what happened last night…" She trailed off. 'I wouldn't be surprised if they have Remus watching out for me, helping me with my new lycanthropy.' She thought to herself. "Well, there's something I need to tell you. I know it might not make much sense and I'm not sure I should tell you but I'm…" He waited for her explanation. "I'm from the future." She managed to spit out. He looked at her in surprise, stopping in his tracks in front of the broom shed of the Potters. Hermione waited anxiously for a reply.
A/N: well, alas, I am being kicked off of the computer… and that's what I had written for the second chapter anyways. Don't worry, the chapters will get longer as the story goes on, I just felt the need to post, and this is it. I'm not sure when I'm going to post the next chapter, I'm really busy. School work, babysitting, school, Stage Band, Latin Dance, I'm one busy chica! Well, I hope you liked it! Now I under stand why authors enjoy writing cliffies, they get all of you in a huff about it! Well, I'll try not to keep you too long for the next chapter! THANKS TO ALL MY REVIEWERS!!! YOU ROCK!!! And if you have any ideas, feel free to share them!!! )()(ALLY)()(