Hermione lay on the bed facing the ceiling as the morning sun came peering in through the window. She had cleaned the sheets and removed most of the blood stains, although some still faintly remained. She felt badly for storming off like that. She knew he had not meant the comment, but is had still hurt. She would have to find away to make it up to him, although she wasn't sure how.

She dressed quietly and tiptoed into the living room where Remus was asleep on the couch. The thin blanket he covered himself with was slipping off, and he sleepily tried to grab it back, almost falling off the narrow couch as he did so. Hermione had tried several times to try and convince him to let her sleep on the couch, or to let her purchase a new bed, but he refused. She had also tried to convince him to redo the basement to make it a less chilly, painful place to transform, but he has refused that idea as well. Grinning slightly, Hermione grabbed a quick breakfast and then left before Remus awoke. She would go shopping today as well as tomorrow.

Hermione had carefully timed her shopping trip so that she returned after Remus had already left. By the time that he got home, she had already moved the old mattress and sheets downstairs, had replaced that bed with a much smaller one, and had placed a magically enhanced fold out bed in the corner of the living room. That alone was about two week's pay, but Hermione had no qualms about it.

She prepared supper, and then sat and started reading The Werewolf's Soul by E. L. Florintine. ****************************************************************

Remus came home a few hours later and Hermione sat down with him to eat supper.

"I know you won't approve, but I moved the old mattress downstairs for your transformations, bought a smaller one to replace it, and then bought a fold up one for you. Regardless of your protests, the changes were needed."

He wanted to argue with her, but he was still feeling regretful over the comment he made last night and said nothing but a mumbled thanks. He decided to change the subject.

"I saw you reading one of my books. Which one?"

"The Werewolf's Soul by E. L. Florintine. It's quite interesting so far. The idea that the wolf takes over apart of the human soul but it only becomes dominate near the full moon is an interesting theory. It might explain why the wolfsbane potion has weaker effects on some than it does others."

"Have you read Holoford's book yet?"

"No, I still haven't finished Florintine's."

"Holoford suggests that a dementor, theoretically, could suck out just the wold part of the soul."

"But that would have to suggest that dementors could selectively choose to suck out a soul or part of it. In Cooper's book, Demonic Dementors, he says that-"

Hermione and Lupin spent the rest of the night discussing theories about dementors and werewolves. Lupin was surprised that someone her age was that knowledgeable in such a wide range of subjects, even though she was known as "Hogwart's Bookworm." Hermione was thrilled to have someone she could actually intelligently discuss the subjects with. Ron and Harry would feign interest, but without having read the books themselves they could only understand and discuss so much.

The next morning both Remus and Hermione left together to Grimwauld Place. Hermione and Ginny then left together to meet Luna in Diagon Alley and Remus stayed behind with Sirius and Harry.

Sirius, Remus, and Harry were all sitting casually around the kitchen table, sipping butterbeers.

"So Moony, how is your marriage going? Harry's is certainly going fine. I'm afraid to open a closed door incase they're snogging behind it!"

Harry grinned. "Sirius, that only happened twice! And the second time we only did it to bother your mum's picture."

"That was brilliant," Sirius muttered, "took me forever to shut her up and then Kreacher got started. But you're avoiding the question Remus."

He took a sip of butterbeer and looked nervously at Harry. "You'd better not tell her anything Harry."

"Don't worry, I don't want Hermione's wrath on me. I've done that before and it wasn't good."

"She can't be that bad Moony."

"It's not that, she's just amazingly intelligent and helpful. I mean, she was basically forced to marry me, but she just took it in stride. She's paid for almost everything, groceries, and potions, and then she and Ginny redid the house; you know how desolate it looked Sirius, but I couldn't afford to fix it. She comes home and cooks dinner for me after I get out of work, and she came to help me after my transformation, although I blame you for that."

Sirius grinned and swung his legs up on the table.

"Upset she saw you without a shirt?"

"No, I'm upset you made her into my nursemaid! I've gotten through transformations before. The last thing I'm sure she wants to be doing in the early morning is to help and old, broken man."

"You don't know Hermione, Remus, she was worried sick about you. She wanted to help. She's read all about how awful transformations are for werewolves I'm sure. "

Lupin grinned slightly. "I know she has Harry. She and I had about a four hours discussion last night about different theories written by popular authors. She had an idea that-"

"- as interesting as I'm sure that conversation is, can you please get out of teacher mode so I don't fall asleep?"

"Sorry Padfoot. I forget how uneducated you are."

"I'm not uneducated I'm just not a bookworm like you and Hermione."

"She's not upset is she? Being married like this? I know she and Ron are over, but I wasn't sure if…"

"I have no idea. I have the same fear Harry. That if the law is never repealed I'll be ruining her life and she'll be stuck with this ugly old werewolf for the rest of her life."

"I don't think she minds honestly. And I'm not worried that much about her. I know you won't hurt her or anything."

"Could be worse, she could be with Snivelly."

Harry shuddered. "Ugh. Do you know that Luna was over here the other day and she was telling Ginny that some Ravenclaw girls found him attractive? Could you imagine that?"

They spent the rest of the afternoon discussing the days Sirius and Lupin were in school and then talked about the wedding. Lupin realized that he had no dress robes to wear, but Sirius offered to lend him a pair of his own as he was attending the wedding as Snuffles.

Hermione, Ginny, and Luna arrived much later that afternoon holding bags and bags of clothes, shoes, hair products, and jewelry.

"You were successful then I take it?" Remus said, eying the many bags.

"Oh yes, the dresses are quite lovely. I tried to convince Ginny to have the bridesmaids in yellow, it's good luck you know, but the color were ended up with is nice too."

"I've got to go put all this away." Ginny said apologetically, "I'll see you Sunday Hermione. "

Hermione grabbed her lone bag and she and Lupin left. Luna left a few minutes after.

"Can I see the dress?"

"You have to wait until the wedding! But I can tell you it looks gorgeous! How was your 'man talk?'"

Sirius shrugged. "The same old. We pick on Snape, Remus mopes he's wreaking Hermione's life because he's too old and too dangerous, Harry talks all about snogging you-"

"- I did not!"

"He's still mad about the time he walked in us then?"

"Yep. 'Cause he never did anything like that at Hogwarts I'm sure. I've seen those posters in your old room Sirius."

He gave a dog-like bark. "Caught."

"But I learned something interesting about Hermione and Lupin," Ginny smirked.

"Yeah, we learned Lupin thinks she's intelligent and too good for him pretty much."

"Well, Hermione is happy she has someone to talk about intelligent things about too. But I pointed out a cute guy in Diagon Alley to Luna, it was a long story, and then she commented on how his eyes were the same as Lupin's. So I said that Lupin had nice eyes, but it's a pity that he's all scarred and everything. Hermione jumped to his defense and said that he was handsome even with the scars. She meant it to."

"Well that's kinda oddly creepy, her thinking our old teacher's hot."

Ginny shrugged. "I used to think Snape was sorta of gothically handsome.

"You what!"

Sirius laughter resounded around the whole house, setting off the portrait again.