Thanks to everyone who was so patient waiting for me to repost this. I took a much needed break over the hols and now am back to posting. ENJOY!
Hermione had the entire room set up and she laughed to herself. It was the ideal room. It had one section that was walled off with a wooden door in it; inside was a large four poster bed on one side with a couple of wardrobes. Out in the main open area there was a sitting area with a fireplace and a large bookshelf full of books. On the opposite wall was a small kitchen with a fridge, stove, dishwasher, and sink as well as cupboards; there was also a dining table for 6. There was a door beside the bedroom door and it led to a bathroom with a large tub, shower, toilet and sink. Hermione walked one last time into the open area and spotted a small area over in the corner that held a desk and all of her school work as well as a minature potions lab. The room was perfect and it was decorated exactly as she liked. She took off her robes and decided to make herself something to eat. She walked to the cupboards and opened them up to see what was inside; to her surprise there sat a package of spaghetti as well as pasta sauce. She found the bread in the bread drawer and butter in the fridge, ground beef was in the freezer and all sorts of spices were in the spice cupboard. She set out to make her dinner and made enough for all of her friends, too. While the spaghetti was cooking and the sauce was simmering she got an idea and opened the cupboards again. There was nothing there. She closed the cupboard and opened it three more times and still nothing appeared in the empty cupboards. She closed it again and then an idea came to her. She thought of the food at her favourite chinese restaurant and then realised she didn't know how to cook chinese food. She opened the cupboard out of curiousity and inside was every ingredient she needed as well as detailed cooking instructions. She smiled to herself. Yes, she was definitely going to like this room.
Hermione was just sitting down to eat when there was a knock at the door. She got up and cautiously opened it. Into the room rushed her friends and she found herself being attacked by red hair.
"Oh gods Mi, Dumbledore told us everything, he made us swear not to reveal your location to anyone.Are you alright? What were you thinking? Why didn't you tell anyone?
"Lily, let the poor girl answer." James patted his girlfriend's back. Lily smiled sheepishly at Hermione and whispered, "Sorry."
"It's alright. It's nice to know I have friends who are concerned about me." Hermione looked at all of her friends and ended at Remus. He looked happy to see her, but at the same time confused.
Sirius sniffed around the room and said, "What smells so heavenly? I am starving, man those house elves sure can make some good smelling food."
Everyone laughed at Sirius and Hermione said, "I made it, not the house elves. I thought it would be better to not have them invovled and besides I know how to cook. You're lucky I made enough for all of us." With that said Sirius ran in the direction of the food with everyone else following sedately behind. By the time the rest sat down, Sirius had already had two fork fulls into his mouth. He was chewing and making noises.
"I take it it tastes good?" Remus asked his friend.
"Hmmmm, vewy ood!" Sirius said around his mouthful of food. Lily started her dinner and complimented Hermione. Severus took a tenative bite and then soon took another.
"Severus, what do you think of the dinner tonight?" Lily asked the lone Slytherin.
"The ground beef is the perfect size, no large chunks, I detect garlic, onions, basil, oregano, marjoram, thyme, savory, no summer savory, and rosemary. The pasta is cooked to a perfect el dente and... "
Sirius interupted Severus and said, "Can't you just say it's really good without picking apart every ingredient? By the way, how do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"How can you tell exactly what ingredients are in here, just by tasting it?"
"Cooking is very similar to potion making, a specialty of mine since I was 7, although potion making takes a little more precision and knowing the exact outcome of each ingredient and how they will react to one another. Though I wouldn't recommend going and tasting potions to find out the ingredients, but in your case I suppose letting you taste a few nefarious brews couldn't hurt you anymore than you already are."
"Why you little Death Eater. I outta hex you until your master feels it, but then again, he probably doesn't feel anything at all." Everyone else started arguing back and forth between each other. Hermione sat there eating in silence. They were all calling each other nasty names and making wild accusations.
Finally Hermione stood up and slapped her hands loudly down on the table and the room fell silent. "Please remember that you are guests in my home and you have all been invited by me into it, so please act accordingly. Also please remember that Severus is not the only supposed Death Eater at this table and he is far more innocent in his actions than I can ever hope to be." Hermione picked up her fork and sat down again and started to eat. The rest remained silent and finished off their food. At the end of the meal, everyone had apologized all around, including Sirius to Severus and vice versa. The group of friends decided to spend the rest of the evening playing truth or dare. They sat around on the couches and decided on the rules. If someone picked truth, they would have to tell a truth or suffer from boils erupting across their foreheads in the word 'liar', they would have four chances to tell the truth and with each failing a new letter in the word would show up. For a dare, the person had to do it and if they refused, they would have to still do their own dare as well as one picked out by each of the other players. Hermione waved her wand around the room and created an anti-lying charm, so if anyone were to start lying the boils would start to appear. They had decided against using Veritserum as they wanted everyone to tell the truth on their own and not be influenced by a potion. They had also decided that the whole castle was fair game and that one witness would go with the risk taker to make sure they completed the task and that a person could only be asked once each round and that someone couldn't ask the same person they asked the last round. The game started by everyone drawing numbers. It went from highest to lowest and to make it easier they all sat around the makeshift circle in order. Hermione went first, then Sirius, then Severus, Lily, Remus and finally James.
"Severus, Truth or Dare?"
"Dare."
"I dare you to go into McGonagall's private chambers and take a pair of her knickers."
All of the boys looked slightly stunned. "Fine, but someone must go with me."
"Lily, you go. It would look less suspicious if you are out with him. You can say you were patrolling the halls and found Severus out and are taking him back to the Slytherin common room. The teachers rooms are all down there and McGonagall's currently has a portrait of the Scottish highlands. She changes it every couple of months and she just changed it about a week ago, so it should be the same still." Hermione informed the two just before they stepped out.
About 20 minutes later both came into the room, laughing. Severus had something dangling from the end of his wand. He let the knickers slide off the end and fall onto the table. Sirius whistled and held up the pair. They were high cut lacey briefs in a plum colour.
"Had to pick out her sexiest pair, did ya Snape?"
"No! I didn't even touch them. I put my wand into the drawer and pulled out the first pair."
Hermione was laughing this time and said, "Stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum!" The boys looked at her like she had lost her mind and then at Lily who had now joined her.
Between laughs Lily choked out, "Not quite, but the colour is appropriate!" When they finally calmed down, they told the boys about the nursery rhyme and the boys got a good laugh as well.
Sirius eyed each of his victims carefully before saying, "Hermione?"
"Truth!"
"Who in this room do you love?"
Hermione looked around the room. She knew right away what she was going to say. The connection with Remus would not allow her to say any other name, but would he feel the same way about her. She knew they were good friends again and that their relationship was starting to mend, but it seemed like whenever they made love, Remus was just going through the motions, like he really wanted to be someplace else or that he was someplace else, in his mind. She looked up and found that everyone was waiting for her answer. She cleared her throat and said, "Remus." A few were smiling as if they arleady knew what her answer was going to be, but Remus' face remained expressionless. She glanced over at Lily, who was watching Remus and then Hermione. When Lily made eye contact with Hermione, she gave her an encouraging smile and Hermione just shrugged her shoulders, trying to convince her female friend that Remus' reaction didn't hurt her or matter to her. Lily knew better though and decided for the rest of the evening to watch out for her only female friend.
Severus asked Lily. She choose dare and he dared her to eat a flobberworm, which she did without so much as flinching. James didn't know whether to be proud that his girlfriend did the dare or grossed out that she did it.
Lily dared James to go over and kiss his best mate on the lips. James made his way over to Sirius and the two slowly put their lips together for a second and then quickly pulled apart. They both wiped their mouths with their hands and sat down again. James turn came and the only one left was Remus. He choose dare and James dared him to take Hermione into the closest and make out with her. They both rose quietly and went into the closest. They cast a silencing spell on it right away.
"You don't have to do this. I will tell them that I refused." Hermione was trying to give Remus and out.
"Why would you do that? Don't you want to kiss me?" he asked her confused.
"No, I want to, but it seems like you don't."
"Whatever gave you that idea?"
"Well you have been kind of distant lately and when you do look at me you are usually scowling."
"I am truly sorry, I'm trying not to jump you. I have this overwhelming urge to take you and pound you into the walls, the desks, wherever I see you. This full moon cycle has been reeking havic on me and I am trying my best to control myself. I want to re-establish the connection, right here, right now. I can't stand this anymore. I need you, I have to have you. I feel if I don't I am going to go insane."
Hermione looked into his eyes and said two words, "Yes, Remy." He growled and attacked her mouth. They were both moaning and groping one another. Remus lifted her skirt and tore off her panties. He lifted her up and wrapped her legs around his waist and plunged into her. Both shuddered and Hermione's head rolled back. Remus pounded her as hard as he could into the walls and Hermione found herself quickly climaxing. She squeezed Remus' dick with her walls and let a deep throaty moan which caused Remus to pound faster. He was still going strong a minute later when she climaxed once again. She was reduced to whimpering and Remus took pity on her and soon he joined her. His climax came on strong and powerful and as soon as he had finished he set her legs down and kneeled in front of her. He opened her legs and started to lick up and down her slit. He finally bit onto her clit and she muffled her scream with her fist. She slumped down the wall when he stood back up. He was looking at her with eyes blazing. She smiled up at him and then realised he looked angry.
"Remy?"
"Who is it?"
"Who is what?"
"Who did you let go down on you? Who has been between your legs lately?"
"No one! The last person was Voldemort and that was a couple of months ago, and I told you about that."
"Don't lie to me!" He whispered harshly to her. "Do you take me for a fool? You must be getting a good laugh at my expense. Poor Remus, so in love and he doesn't even realise his girlfriend is opening her legs for others. So does it feel good to know that you have crushed me?"
"Remus, I don't know what you are talking about, I have been with no one. The only one recently has been you, I swear it!"
"Then how do you explain anothers' scent on you?"
"I don't kno..." Hermione stopped mid sentence and put her hands to her mouth. "Oh gods!"
"Finally remembering who your latest conquest could be? Well you should go and tell them that you are free to do whatever you like. I will not break the connection this time. I want you to feel everything I feel. Maybe that way you can experience some human emotions. You are going to feel my broken heart, you are going to feel everytime I take another girl and pound into her, you will feel everything, you lying mudblood Death Eater whore!" Remus opened the door and found his friends at the table eating once again. Sirius asked if he had a good time and Remus stormed out and slammed the door shut. Lily ran to the closest to find Hermione still sitting on the floor staring at the wall. She told the others to leave and that she would stay with Hermione. She told them to go and talk to Remus and see what happened. It took a while, but Lily finally got the whole story out of Hermione and she gasped at what Remus had called her and what he was planning on doing to her.
"That bastard! Why would he say he smelt another male on you? I know you haven't been with anyone else. Why would he say that?" Lily asked herself the last question.
"I think I may know why, but I'm not sure. I need to talk to Madame Pomfrey, will you go with me?"
"Of course, like you even had to ask. Lets go right now." Both girls got up and walked over to the floo, they stepped into the flames and dissappeared with a whoosh. They landed in the hospital wing and the mediwitch came out to meet them.
"What can I do for you two young ladies?"
"Could you give me a test?"
"Yes, but I will need to know what for before I can give it."
"I think I might be pregnant!" Lily put her hands over her mouth and looked wide eyed between her best female friend and the mediwitch.
"Of course dear, just lay down on one of the beds and lift your shirt."
Madame Pomfrey waved her wand over her abdoman and it glowed.
"I am, aren't I?" The mediwitch nodded. "Is it a boy?" The mediwitch waved her wand once again and the glowing slowly turned blue.
"Yes it is, how did you know?" Hermione turned her head towards Lily and said, "lucky guess!" Lily knew exactly what it was that gave Hermione that clue and she could feel her heart break for her friend.
"I'm sure Mr. Lupin will be very happy to hear this!" The mediwitch put Hermione's shirt back down and helped her sit up. Hermione and Lily left the hospital wing with instructions from Madame Pomfrey that Lily was to make sure Hermione rested and took it easy. She also told them she would inform all of her teachers so she wouldn't do anything too dangerous in her school work. Hermione wanted to walk back instead of floo. They reached the door and both girls stepped in. Hermione had told Lily she could go back to Gryffindor tower to be with James and Lily refused. She was going to stay with Hermione. Hermione went to sit down on the couch when she suddenly clutched her chest and gave a strangled cry. She fell on her knees and was crying and grabbing her chest. Lily ran to her friend.
"What is wrong, should I get Madame Pomfrey? Tell me what is going on? Please!"
"It's Remus."
"Is he hurt? What about Remus?"
"He is with someone else."
"What do you mean he is with someone else?"
"Our connection, I can feel when he is with someone else, it feels like my heart is breaking, literally." Hermione sat on the floor, beads of sweat were pouring down her face and she still clutched her chest.
"You mean he is...I AM GOING TO KILL HIM! Oh no, this can't be good for the baby! What if something were to happen to it. You should go and see Madame Pomfrey."
Hermione chuckled, "No, I don't suppose this is good, but maybe it would be better if something were to happen."
"You can't mean that! Please tell me you don't mean that!"
"No, I don't mean it one bit. I want nothing more than to be with Remus and have children with him. I guess one wish coming true is better than none at all, or at least part of a wish. I will get to have Remus' child. I will make that be enough to sustain me for the rest of my life. He will be my one and only joy." Hermione looked at her friend and Lily swore she had just watched her friends' heart break in front of her eyes. The normal sparkle in Hermione's eyes was gone and replaced by a dull look of torment.
"I'm sure if you explained to Remus, or let me.."
"No Lily, you have to promise me you will say nothing to anyone, including James. I will not have him come back to me out of duty and I will not ruin his life like that. He will have a hard enough time as it is, I will not add this burden to him. I want you to take a witches oath that you will say nothing."
"What about a burden to you? What are you going to do? How will you work? He needs to know and he needs to be responsible also."
"NO, Lily, I said no. He will only grow to hate me more. You must swear it, swear to me on a witches oath that you will not tell another living or dead soul about this! Swear it!"
"I, Lily Evans, swear on my life as a witch that I will not divulge the secret Hermione Granger has told me to another living or dead soul as long as I live." Lily and Hermione's wands both glowed a red and then faded. Lily looked at her friend once again and helped her into bed. Lily left the room and took the long way to the tower. She had a lot of thinking to do and a little bit of planning. When she stepped into the portrait hole she was greeted by Sirius and James. Both of them asked if she had seen Remus on her travels and then they quickly asked how Hermione was.
"No, I haven't, but if I do, I'll be sure to hex him into oblivion. She will eventually be fine."
"What happened?"
"Ask Remus, I'm sure he'll have an interesting tale to tell you. Besides it's not my place to say. When he gets done with whatever girl he is with, ask him."
"He's not with a girl, he's got Hermione!"
"Had Hermione, and I think he is." She looked to the stairs of the girls dorms and James and Sirius' eyes followed hers, coming down the stairs was a very ruffled looking Remus and at the top of the stairs stood the Gryffindor whore, some 6th year, with only a sheet wrapped around her. She turned and went back into her room. Lily walked up to Remus and a loud crack was heard across the room. Remus stood there holding his now red cheek.
"Remus, if it wouldn't put me in Azkaban, I would cast the killing curse on you right here, right now, but I think the only one who deserves that place is you, even then I would feel sorry for the dementors that would have to deal with you." Lily left the room and went into her own. James and Sirius sat there stunned. Neither had ever seen Lily so mad. James didn't doubt that she could make good on her threat.
"Moony, you need to sit and talk to us, now."
Remus went and sat between his friends and explained everything that happened in the closet to them, even what he said to her afterwards.
"You called her that, are you stupid? Did you even let her explain herself or did you go off half cocked?"
Remus sat there in silence. James grunted and said, "That's what I thought. You owe both girls a really big apology and you owe Hermione even more, although I don't know if you will be able to fix it this time. I think this time you might have gone too far. If you can fix it, we will try and help you, but if Hermione refuses you, then you are on your own. We will not hurt the girls further. If either of us catches you hurting them, we will hex you also and consider our friendship over. Now what are you going to do to make it up to Hermione?" The three boys sat for a while trying to come up with ways for Remus to get Hermione to forgive him, but each scenario either ended with him getting deeper into trouble with her or getting his bits hexed off or worse, although Sirius seemed to think that was the worst possible punishment in the world for a guy.
"Do you want one of us to talk to her? We could find out the whole story and bring it back to you and then you could decide on a course of action." Remus nodded his head in agreement. The three slowly made their way to bed.