Late in the afternoon, after dinner, Hermione decided to pay Remus a visit. She wanted to know what he had said to Parvati. And of course, she wanted to just see him for a while and to be in his arms for a longer while. When she was at the door of Remus's office, she raised her hand and knocked on the door.
'Come in,' was the voice of Remus. Hermione entered and Remus smiled when he saw who it was.
'Hermione! Good to see you, I was already afraid that you had forgotten about me,' he said happily.
Remus stood up and hugged Hermione. His smell was better than Ron's, Hermione thought. And he was so much stronger, she could tell by the way he hugged her. In Remus' arms she felt safe. Then he leaned in to kiss her, but he almost immediately pulled back.
'What is it, Remus?' Hermione asked a little bit startled.
'I can smell you, but… there is another scent. From another man. All over you, how comes that?' Remus demanded.
'That must be Ron, I think, I have told him about our relationship and after our conversation we hugged,' Hermione said, she could leave the kissing bit better out.
'No, I would know if it was only hugging. Your lips, Hermione, you have kissed someone else,' Remus said and Hermione blushed. She hadn't expect this.
'Have you seriously kissed Ron?' Remus asked sternly.
'I… I was… he… no I…' Hermione tried to formulate her sentence, but she didn't manage. She looked frightened at Remus, but his face was still calm. Wasn't he mad at her? Or at Ron?
'You must know, Hermione, that I respect your wills. You are my mate. I only want the best for you,' Remus said, and when he saw Hermione's still frightened face, he added, 'don't worry, I have two weeks to go until it is full moon, I have everything under control.'
Hermione relaxed a little bit, but she was still not at ease.
'You are still mine, you know that. If you want to be with Ron, however, I am not sure if I can control my emotions. So I highly recommend not to let this happen again. Or, if you really want to be with Ron, you should tell me now and I shall leave you alone. I shall have to resign,' Remus said.
Hermione only looked at him, not really knowing what to say. She wanted to be with Remus and she wanted Ron to be safe from him.
'I love you, Remus, I really do,' Hermione said.
'Then stop kissing Ron,' Remus said simply.
'I will, please, don't hurt him, he has done nothing wrong,' Hermione said with a begging expression on her face.
'I won't hurt him, but I can't allow this to happen a second time. If he tries something with you again, I can't promise that I won't do something to him,' Remus stated. 'Please don't try me, I don't want to hurt anyone. I would never hurt someone. Not as long as I am in control of my emotions.'
'I understand,' Hermione said. 'Please forgive me. Don't be mad at me, I will make it right with you.'
'Oh, really? And how exactly do you want to make it right with me then?' Remus asked with a playful smile.
'First you will tell me what you have said to Parvati,' Hermione said.
'Come on, that can wait,' Remus sighed.
'No, it can't wait, you are going to tell me now,' Hermione ordered.
'Was that an order, Miss Granger?' Remus asked threatening.
'Maybe it was,' Hermione giggled.
'Maybe it was what?'
'Sir,' Hermione added.
'Come here you,' Remus said and he grabbed her waist and pulled her closer. Then he kissed her hungrily. When he deepened the kiss, Hermione pulled back.
'Tell me now, Remus!' she said stubbornly.
'Alright, alright!' Remus sighed, knowing that she wouldn't give up. 'I have made clear that she was not allowed to hurt you and that she would regret it when she ever tried it again.'
'My brave wolf,' Hermione said teasingly, then she finally kissed Remus back. Remus smiled and he tackled her to the floor so that he was on top of her.
'Don't you ever forget it,' he growled. He grabbed her arms and held them above her head and then he leaned in for another kiss.
'Remus, we can't do this right now, I am supposed to be in the dormitory before ten,' Hermione said.
'Not when you are with a teacher,' Remus said and he continued the kissing.
'But my homework…' Hermione complained again, only to tease Remus.
'Can wait. Right now you are just going to do what I want. You are not disobeying your teacher, are you, Miss Granger? I believe you still have to make something right,' Remus said, not loosening his grip on Hermione. Now he started to kiss her neck which pleased Hermione. She liked it when he was this dominant.
'Of course not, sir. You are right,' Hermione said and she turned so that she ended on top. It wasn't really her intention in first place to be in her dormitory at ten. The only thing she wanted right now, was Remus.
Around half past eleven, Hermione and Remus walked back to the Gryffindor tower. Remus had to walk with Hermione to keep her out of trouble because she was out of bed this late. When they finally reached the portrait, Hermione noticed someone sitting in front of it.
'Neville? What are you doing here?' Hermione asked.
'I've forgotten the password, again,' Neville said, his face was red and he looked like he had been crying. 'Thank God you are here!'
Then his eyes drifted off to the man next to Hermione.
'Professor Lupin? What are you doing here?' he asked.
'I found Miss Granger walking through the corridor late this evening and I wanted to show her a book, so we went to drink some tea together,' Remus said with a straight face. How on earth did he do that? He was really good at lying. Of course, he had lied his whole life about who he really is, Hermione thought. Who he is… she had to tell Remus that she had told about him being a werewolf to Harry and Ron.
'Ehrm, professor? I wanted to ask you something,' Hermione said, then she looked at Neville. 'The password is Dragonball, Neville. I need to discuss something about that book with professor Lupin, I will be coming right after you.'
'Thanks, Hermione, bye, professor!' Neville said and he gave the Fat Lady the password.
When Neville was gone, Hermione turned to Remus.
'I need to tell you something… I may have told Harry and Ron about your… ehm… that you are a werewolf,' Hermione said carefully. She waited for Remus' reaction.
'You what?! Why?' Remus asked slightly panicked. He didn't want the whole school to know about his other side. He loved his job.
'Don't worry! They won't tell anyone,' Hermione said and Remus relaxed a little bit.
'You should have asked me first,' Remus said, wrapping his arms around Hermione.
'I know, I am sorry, but I felt it was necessary to tell them, because they wouldn't understand otherwise,' Hermione said.
'Wouldn't understand? You mean that you wouldn't love me if I wasn't a werewolf? Are you afraid to reject me? Is that it? Because if you are…' Remus began, but Hermione silenced him with a soft kiss.
'No, silly, I love you. I am not afraid of you, honestly. I've told them because it would explain why you couldn't let me go,' she said.
'So… you think I only love you because I am a wolf? Because that is not true, I love you with all my heart, not because I decided that you are my mate and…' Remus started again, but Hermione silenced him once more.
'Stop talking like this, Remus! I know that you love me, that was not the point! They are my best friends, they have the right to know,' Hermione said.
'I know that, and I appreciate you loyalty towards your friends. Friends are some of the most important people in your life, I know that. But I also know, from experience, that friends are not always to be trusted. Not that I don't trust Harry and Ron,' Remus said.
'I assure you, Harry and Ron are to be trusted. I would even trust them with my life,' Hermione said.
'Yes, I know someone who did the same thing…' Remus sighed as he looked down to Hermione.
'What do you mean? What happened?' Hermione asked curiously.
'Later, I'll tell you later. Now, go to sleep, you need to be alive tomorrow!' Remus said and he gave Hermione a final kiss.
'Yes, good night, I'll miss you,' she said and she walked to the portrait.
'I miss you already,' Remus smiled and he turned to walk back to his own office.