Overall POV:

Heather opened the door slowly and sunk down to the floor as Hermione, Ginny, and Luna just looked on. Although Ginny would never admit it, part of her heart broke seeing her new friend's face. She looked mad, despaired, and-the one that got to the girls the most- confused. What the hell could have been said that would cause Heather such an upset? Hermione's face softened the moment she saw the girl. She, for the most part, knew what Heather was going through. Sirius had yet to upset her, which 'Mione was grateful for, but Remus seemed to purposefully upset his bride-to-be. Luna looked onto the scene. The last time she'd seen so much confusion was when Hermione walked in on Ron and Lavender together at the "End of the Final Battle" party. But this was a different circumstance, 'Mione had been in love with Ron since first year- Heather just met Remus yesterday. This was surely not the same thing. Luna had experienced stranger things, that was for sure.

"Hey," Heather said softly to the girls. They all simultaneously looked at one another, if that was possible, and silently agreed Ginny had best speak first.

"You wanna talk about it?" Ginny asked motherly. It was comforting considering Heather's mother had disappeared for a house hunt hours ago and had yet to talk to her daughter about this situation. Heather shrugged her shoulders lying her back against the hard wood floor. This made to calm the girl. She always liked harder surfaces for comfort. Obviously, her taste in men were similar.

"Well, what happened?" Ginny asked, crawling to sit closer to Heather. Heather just swallowed the lump in her throat and whispered, "I'd rather not talk about it."

"Alright. But sooner or later we'll find out." she said."I did hear Sirius say something about Hermione, though." Heather stated, slowly trying to raise her spirits. This grabbed Hermione's attention. Heather was successful in this, she'd gotten the attention off of herself.

"Oh?" Ginny's eyebrows rose.

Hermione's POV:

"He's afraid he'll hurt you." Heather grinned. I was surprised.

"Hurt me? Ha. Sirius hurting my feelings, that's rich." I laughed. Who did this bloke think he was? He couldn't possibly think I was stupid enough to fall for him was he? We'd made this clear last night that I was not to get attached. Why in the bloody hell was he still going on about it.

"Hermione…How are you so sure you won't?" Heather asked.

"'Cause she knows everything." A deep voice growled from the doorway. I knew that voice. It was a voice I'd been dreading all day. The one I purposefully avoided.

"You're damn right I do, Black." I replied back. God. These men and their stupid hormones. He was the one who said for me not to become attached. Why was he acting like I should fawn over him. I'm not called "the brightest witch of her age" for nothing. "What are you doing here anyways. Can't you see we're busy."

"Yes. Well, dear, I came to check little-miss-eavesdropper over there," He sneered, nodding over to Heather. "She obviously doesn't realize how much worse she can make this situation. Tell me, do you like irritating werewolves? You're quite good at it." Sirius smirked. Then she started to shake. Trembling. I couldn't tell if she was going to cry or fall over. Then she got up.

"Are you condoning his behavior towards me? Is it okay what he called me? I'll be damned if I let him pick on me like that. And, for your information, I like infuriating people period. I wasn't kidding when I told him I was going to be a handful. I could care less if he was a werewolf. I didn't call him a whore. I didn't offend him in anyway. I just wanted to know what he was saying. And now I know how he feels, I won't feel guilty pushing his buttons. He's deserving everything he's getting." she spoke calmly but her face turned dark. Sirius's smirk dropped and he became, for lack of a better word, serious.

"Are you stupid? Do you know what he could do to you? Do you? Hey, 'Mione? I think you should share some of your intelligence with this one."

"I'm not stupid. Do you think I should let him get away with it? Do you, really?" She asked him as if his answer meant the world to her. He sighed.

"No-"

"Exactly!" she exasperated.

"But…I think there are better ways to get back at him. Don't push him to do something that he will regret for the rest of his life. I don't think calling you a whore was what he should have done but I don't think his punishment should be that extreme. If you must…just ignore him. That will eat him up for a while." Sirius added quickly.

"Fine. I guess you're right…" She looked around. " Do you guys think you could just leave me to my thoughts for a while? Please?" We nodded and followed Sirius out of the room. I tried to make my way to the library but Sirius grabbed my arm.

"I'm not done talking with you, little girl." He growled. Merlin, what the hell did he want

POV Heather's.

Gods. This could only get worse. My plan was foiled. My mother has disappeared. I have to sleep next to him tonight.

Knock. Knock.

I could definitely only get worse.

"Hmmm?" loud enough to hear through the door.

"Can I come in?" Remus's voice asked through the door. It sounded strained.

"I don't know." I whispered, knowing very well he could hear me. Damned werewolf skills. Then the door opened.

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