Remus made his way down the hallway completely submersed in the previous evening's very long conversation with Selene. He found that he couldn't stop thinking about her and he couldn't wait till the next time that he'd be able to see her. He sighed as he made his way down the hallway, knowing with his full heart that he was falling in love with her when he shouldn't but he simply couldn't help it and he didn't want to. It seemed now, that when he was with her he was happier than he had been in a very long time.

"Please Professor Snape, it simply isn't fair! Granted that I did break a school rule by hitting Damian, but I swear to you it was more an accident than anything. I never thought that the book would actually hit him. I have awful aim," he heard the sound of Selene's voice, and it sounded somewhat distressed and yet at the same time like she thought what she was talking about was funny. Remus came to a stop, thinking that she and Snape were probably just around the corner.

"Accident or not you broke a school rule and I think that taking fifty points from your house and giving you a week's detention is fair," he said as he stared down at her. Remus could imagine that Snape was probably looking down at her.

"I'm not saying that I didn't deserve that Professor. But I'm saying that Damian deserves the same punishment. Look what he did to me," Remus heard her say. There was a moments silence before Snape spoke once more.

"Has he put his hands on you?" he asked, sounding grave and a little less like he was looking down at her. There was silence before he continued. Remus imagined that she probably nodded or shook her head, though he was unsure of which until Snape spoke once more. "When?" he asked as he stared down at her.

"Before I'd thrown the book at him, he grabbed rather roughly by the arm and I bruise very easily. Actually I think my arm even went numb from the grip that he held me in. He was trying to pull me somewhere and we got into an argument and he was walking away from me and I guess I was so angry that I threw the book at him, but I never expected it to him. Especially not on the head," she said very sincerely.

"Has he ever put his hands on you before?" Remus heard Severus ask. He furrowed his brow at this. There was a long silence that ensued. "I will take your lack of response as a yes and believe me when I say that this will not be condoned. I will expel him…"

"Not Professor Snape, please don't. I bruise easily and he simply has a very strong grip. I may hate him and though I do wish never to see him again, he doesn't deserve to be expelled. He's never actually hit me and I've never heard of him doing it to anyone else," she said in a somewhat begging tone. Once more there was a long pause.

"All right Miss Moore, but I will give him then the same punishment you have been given, but do tell a teacher if he ever dares place his hands on your person again. It is simply not to be borne," Snape said as he stared down at her.

"Thank you Professor Snape," he heard her say.

"And Potions books are not for throwing," Snape said in a scolding tone, but Remus could hear Snape's boots softly clunking on the cobblestone and as his voice sounded like it was getting father away, he knew that he must've been walking away. Remus shook his head of what he overheard and tried to shake it out of his face as he commenced walking once more and turned around the corner to see Selene standing very still. Her eyes had a very distant appearance as she stared at the window opposite of her.

"Selene? Are you all right?" he asked as he walked up to her. She was standing not too far from the bend of the corner and he guessed that was where she and Snape had been talking. Selene's head snapped to look at him and she tried to smile and push the far away look from her eyes, but she was biting her lip and was somewhat unable to do all three things at once.

"Oh Yes, Professor Lupin, I'm fine. I'm just thinking," she said as she looked at him. "What are you doing Professor Lupin?" she asked as she stared at him.

"Oh I was making my way to the Great Hall for lunch, are you going?" he asked as he stared at her.

"I suppose so, I think my friends are quite anxious to know what Professor Snape said to me," she said as she looked up at Remus and they slowly made their way down the hall together.

"About what?" Remus asked as he looked at her. She looked down at her feet as a pink tint came across her cheeks.

"Damian said some things to me that were not at all nice and I was so angry with him that I threw a book at him. As much as a Ravenclaw that I am I have a tendency to be a bit impulsive, but I didn't actually think the book would hit him. I mean I'm really bad at throwing, I'm quite weak and all," she said as she looked up at him. "Professor Snape was coming along the hallway and I was bending over Damian who'd fallen to the floor. He was sent to the hospital wing, but Professor Snape said he would be all right. It was just a bump on the head and nothing more. But I did feel quite awful about the whole incident. I'm not a violent person. It's just that Damian said such awful things I couldn't help myself."

"I'm sure you had good reason to … throw a book at him," Remus said as they made their way down the hallway. For a few moments, they walked together in silence, neither one saying anything to the other. "Ah, yes Selene, do you know Luna Lovegood?" he asked as he stared down at her. Selene stared at him and nodded in response while a smile slipped over her face.

"Of course, everyone in our house knows Luna. There are some that like to torture her even in our house, but most of us Ravenclaws try not to. But the girl is very dear. I do wish that everyone would leave her alone," Selene said as she looked at Lupin. "Why do you ask Professor?"

"Well I was wondering if you would help me tutor her in Defense Against the Dark Arts. You are quite brilliant at it and she seems to have a bit of trouble in the class. I don't believe that I am quite getting through to her," Remus said as he stared at Selene. Selene turned around and considered this. She wouldn't really mind, but she wasn't sure how she could possibly help.

"Well I don't understand why she isn't doing well in Defense Against the Dark Arts; she does quite well in Charms from what I have seen. But if I can help in anyway, of course I will, but I'm not sure that I will be able to," she said as she looked at him.

"Thank you so much Selene; I have a lot of confidence that you will be able to teach her. Or course, I told her that I would tutor her myself on Mondays, but I can't for I have a lot of work to do. But of course you'd have to tutor her under my watchful gaze, after all it's more the practical study of Defense Against the Dark Arts that she needs help in and I would have to make sure that you are both all right, but I hope that all of this is all right with you," he said as he stared down at her. She merely smiled as she looked up at him.

"When's the first tutoring session?" she asked as she stared at him.

"This up coming Monday? I would like for her to start immediately, she needs quite a bit of help. Would it be all right after Dinner?" he asked as he stared at her.

"Of course, will you tell Luna?" she asked. He merely nodded this as they stood outside the doorway into the Great Hall.

"It's about time Selene, we've been waiting for you for ages!" Jean said as she and Laura walked up to them "Hello Professor Lupin," both girls said in unison.

"Hello girls. Well thank you so much Selene, I greatly appreciate your sacrifice. I will see you all in class," he said as he walked away and headed towards the High Table. Jean and Laura both turned to her and gave her questioning gazed.

"Come and I'll explain everything that happened," she said as she led her friends to sit down.

TBC…

A/N: Sorry about the short chapter. I hope that you (anyone who's reading the story that is) all like the story so far. Please leave a Review and give me any suggestions that you have, please