Thirteen.
Remus smiled gently down at Aurelia, taking in her features. Her lips were a lot fuller from the amount of kissing they'd just done, and she had a pretty blush skittering across her cheeks. To him, she looked absolutely adorable. He couldn't resist pulling her into a hug and dropping a light kiss to her forehead. She sighed happily, wriggling about slightly in his arms.
Neither of them were quite sure how, but a short while later they were laid down together on the sofa in the corner of Remus' office, snuggling. Aurelia was resting her head on Remus' chest with her eyes closed, and Remus had his arms wrapped tightly around her waist. He moved one of his hands up a little, beginning to rub lazy circles on her lower back. She squeezed her eyes shut even more when he did this, planting a kiss on his neck and sliding her own hand back into his hair. At first she ran her fingers through it slowly, then started to playfully twirl and tug at it. This made him rub her back even harder, smiling again. They just laid there in silence for a minute or so, until Aurelia opened her eyes and looked at her watch. 'Merlin, it's getting late!' She exclaimed. 'I really should head down to the library to get a couple of books out before it closes..' All Remus really wanted to do was keep her there with him for the rest of the evening, but he knew that that couldn't happen. 'Alright,' he sighed, gently kissing her forehead again. She gave him a quick peck on the lips in return before standing up and heading towards the door. He followed suit, trying not to wince as he got up. His limbs were already beginning to ache because of how close the full moon was and he could feel the self-resentment building up inside of him again.
There was absolutely no way that he was telling Aurelia about his.. condition because he knew exactly how she'd react, after several bad experiences with ex-girlfriends. Besides, what did she even see in him in the first place? He couldn't bear to look at himself in the mirror these days, as all he could see was what a monster he was. That question was right on the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't bring himself to ask her it. He must've had a spaced out look on his face, as he suddenly heard her asking if he was alright. 'Oh! Yes, I'm fine,' he tried to put on a convincing smile and stepped a bit closer to her. 'And whenever we're alone, call me Remus.' Aurelia nodded, smiling back at him. 'While I'm here, which books would be best for me to use for writing the essay?'
Before Remus could answer, the office door swung open and Snape stepped inside, holding a smoking goblet of Wolfsbane potion. 'Well, well, Miss Flynn.. What a surprise to see you here,' he drawled, his voice filled with sarcasm. 'You'd think that there might be something.. going on between the pair of you, if you're not careful.' Deciding to completely ignore the previous comment, Remus took the potion from Snape. 'Thank you, Severus,' he said pleasantly. Snape just gave them both a suspicious look and swept back out of the office, slamming the door shut behind him. 'Don't worry about this,' Remus said quietly to Aurelia. 'I've not been feeling particularly well recently, and this is the only aid for it. Not many Potions Masters will make this at all, no matter how bad the person's feeling.' Aurelia was looking at him with a concerned expression on her face and he notice that she'd taken a step backwards. 'Don't worry, it's not contaigious at all,' Remus chuckled, taking a sip out of the goblet and pulling a face. 'Disgusting. Just as it alwa- Just as I expected it to be.'
A look of both confusion and concern appeared on Aurelia's face and Remus instantly regretted his almost slip-up. Had he said any more before catching himself, he could've been found out. 'Well, I'd best get going then,' Aurelia said quietly. Remus smiled affectionately at her, then leant in and gave her a light peck on the lips. Aurelia pulled away first, clearly trying not to laugh. 'You're right, that potion is disgusting!' With that, they both erupted into a silent fit of giggles. Once they'd both stopped laughing, Remus leant in again and repeatedly pecked Aurelia on the lips, each kiss longer than the last. Soon enough, they were kissing properly again. Her hands were in his hair and his arms were wrapped snugly around her waist. The kiss was getting more urgent by the second and when Aurelia pulled away, they found themselves right over by the sofa again. 'Feeling better now?' She smirked. 'Much,' Remus grinned.
They both exchanged a secretive smile and Aurelia gave his hand a gentle squeeze. 'I really should go,' she mumbled, still running her free hand through his hair. 'See you tomorrow?' 'Yeah,' Remus nodded. He knew that he wasn't going to be feeling well enough to even be going down to breakfast, but telling her that would just make her even more suspicious of him than she already was.