Nine.
Just seeing Aurelia actually making eye contact with him after what had happened between them made Remus feel an awful lot happier than he had after she'd ran out of the classroom. He still couldn't get over how he'd actually had the nerve to kiss her, and she'd kissed him back! Well, before she realised what she was doing, that is. He'd then spent a few minutes pacing his classroom, trying to work out exactly what he was going to do about it. In the end, he decided that the best option was to find Aurelia and to speak to her about how both of them were feeling, hopefully ending up with a mutual decision.
Remus still couldn't take his eyes off of her throughout dinner, even if he did feel slightly disappointed that she didn't look in his direction at all. He could only guess she was still feeling a bit awkward after their kiss earlier on, and he completely understood that. He kept looking over in her direction so that he could get up and seize the opportunity to speak to her when she had left the Great Hall. Thankfully, this didn't seem to take long as she appeared to be in a bit of a hurry to finish eating and to leave. He glanced up right as she was reaching the double doors and he quickly put down his knife and fork, excusing himself from the table.
He powerwalked down the middle of the Great Hall, through the doors and out into the corridor. He could see Aurelia walking in front of him, so he called out her name. She spun around, looking at him with a reproachful expression on her face. 'Yes, sir?' She sighed. At this point, Remus began to feel desperate to wrap his arms around her waist and pull her in for another kiss, but he knew he couldn't. 'We, um.. We need to talk.' He lowered his voice so that if anybody came out and saw them together, they'd never be able to hear what was being said. He couldn't resist tilting his head down slightly, only leaving a small gap between the two of them. He could see every inch of her perfect face and smell the sweet scent of her perfume. 'A-About what, exactly?' Aurelia squeaked. He was about to explain, but a cold, familiar voice came from behind them. 'Well, well, just the man I was looking for.'
Remus quickly moved his head away and turned around to find Severus Snape leering at them. 'S-Severus,' Remus said, trying to make his voice sound fairly pleasant. 'What can I do for you?' 'I'd appreciate it if I could have a word with you.. In private.' As if to emphasise the last part of what he'd just said, Snape threw a look at Aurelia, who then piped up 'I'd best get back to my common room.' 'Okay, well try not to worry too much over that essay, I thought it was outstanding,' Lupin replied, hoping she'd play along with it. To his relief, Aurelia nodded. 'I'll try. Thanks again, professor.' She smiled at the two teachers before heading off down the corridor. As soon as she was out of sight, Snape shook his head disapprovingly at Remus.'I honestly expected you to know the boundries of student and teacher relationships, but quite clearly I was wrong.' 'What exactly are you talking about?' Remus asked, narrowing his eyes. 'Isn't there something you'd like to tell me, Remus? There appears to be something going on between yourself and Miss Flynn.' A malicious glint had appeared in Snape's eyes and Remus kept eye contact. 'I don't know what you mean.' He replied plainly. 'Is that so? Because I'm going to inform Albus of our.. little chat, and I'm sure he'd be interested to hear exactly what's going on here.' And with that, Snape abruptly turned on his heel, stalking off in the opposite direction to Aurelia.