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PAST


Remus stirred as the morning's first light hit him. He stared round and found that Harry had slept next his feet, and Lily, James and Sirius had huddled up together in the corner to the left of the door.

He smiled slightly to himself and shifted a bit, looking down he found that somebody had, thankfully, put his robe on the top of him.

He sighed and pushed himself up wincing slightly at the tender muscles in his arms. He pulled his robes on quickly and sat quietly against the wall waiting for the others to wake.

He hated feeling like this the morning after a transformation, it was like he'd done a wrestling match with a giant. Everything ached.

He couldn't really complain though, it would have been a damn sight worse if he hadn't got his wolfsbane.

Peter had shocked him though, when he'd appeared Remus wasn't sure what to expect. He had thought at first to wake up Sirius or James incase Peter had come with malicious intent.

But after talking with him a while Remus was silently glad that he hadn't, they would have tried to tell him that Peter was tricking him with poisoned wolfsbane, a risk he could afford to take if it spared his friends from his monthly fate.

Remus was startled from his musings when he heard a thick voice mumble

"Morning," and looked up abruptly to see Sirius smiling at him from the corner.

Sirius stretched and eased himself from under James' shoulder and sat next to Remus.

"You were…well you last night weren't you?" said Sirius quietly.

Remus regarded his friend for a while before nodding quickly.

"Did someone get some Wolfsbane to you? asked Sirius with a hint of suspicion in his voice. Remus nodded again.

"And you didn't tell us?" Sirius said more urgently.

Remus looked at him guiltily and swallowed.

"I'm sorry but if you-know-who had come in he might have got it out of one you, better if I just knew for that day at least."

Sirius nodded and patted Remus on the back comfortingly before remembering a very important question.

"Who gave it to you?"

Remus hesitated slightly, he was going to find out at some point anyway.

"Erm…Peter did," mumbled Remus quietly. Sirius looked momentarily confunded.

"Sirius?" Remus urged. Sirius shook his head slowly.

"Peter? You trusted him?"

"I couldn't afford not to. I didn't want to hurt you, any of you and I definitely would have without Wolfsbane."

Sirius nodded slowly, before frowning slightly.

"But…Wormtail's absolute crap at potions. He only just past his O.W.L and just didn't pass his N.E.W.T,"

Remus took a deep breath, this should be fun.

"But Snape is…"

"Snape?" hissed Sirius astounded. "But…but…I don't…why?" managed Sirius finally. Remus shrugged.

"I don't know and I really don't care at the moment. Peter said he'd told Snape of his worries and Snape had some Wolfsbane and gave him it,"

"He just so happened to have some Wolfsbane potion…" huffed Sirius irritably.

"As I said I don't care that it's suspicious. I care that you lot aren't werewolves. Or dead for that matter,"

Sirius eyed his friend for a moment before shrugging and embracing Remus warmly.

"Whatever Moony as long as you know what you're doing, and I think Lily and James appreciated greatly it as well. Not sure they could've taken watching their son being mauled when technically he hasn't been born yet" Sirius said as he pulled away.

"Talking about me?" questioned Harry from his position on the floor looking up at them both. Remus smiled at him,

"Talking about your parents worry over you actually" Harry sat up and grinned at Remus.

"Scared me a little last night you know," he said as he playfully hit Remus on the shoulder.

"Sorry, couldn't really tell you not to worry in a wolf's body. You wouldn't have understood." chuckled Remus as he rubbed his shoulder, it was still quite sore.

"But you chose to come over to me didn't you," Harry said smiling extremely widely now.

Remus feigned a guilty look before pushing Harry over on to his side mischievously.


PRESENT


The seagulls woke Remus up bright and early in Whitby. He made to stretch when he realised he had an unexpected weight on his chest.

Looking down he remembered and smiled to himself happily. He stroked Tonks' hair lightly and she stirred before waking up slowly and staring up at him with her bright violet eyes.

"Morning," he said quietly.

"Mmmm," she mumbled snuggling back down into the warmth of the covers.

"You're comfy," she yawned resting her head back down on his chest and placing her hand lightly on his stomach.

"Erm…" he breathed in, his stomach flinching slightly at her soft touch.

"What?" enquired Tonks flipping over onto her stomach and resting her head on her arms.

Remus swallowed trying desperately to control his natural masculine urges. She was practically lying on top of him now.

"N…nothing," he struggled. Tonks raised her eyebrows at him before getting up quickly and heading towards the bathroom.

Remus' eyes followed her and he instantly regretted watching her as she got out from under the covers. She was wearing a small pair of black hot pants and matching vest top.

"For the love of…" he whispered under his breath and got up abruptly adjusting himself a little he quickly got dressed and waited until the bathroom was free.

A light floral scent escaped the bathroom when Tonks reappeared dressed in a pair of brown trousers and beige cardigan. She had also gathered her hair into a messy bun and a few tendrils of hair framed her face nicely.

She flashed Remus a dazzling smile before turning to pack her bag, Remus managed to return her smile weakly and rushed quickly into the bathroom.


As Remus exited the bathroom feeling a bit more refreshed and under control of certain feelings, he came face to face with a bottle of dark green potion.

"Come on," said Tonks shaking the potion menacingly at him. He took it resignedly and sighed before swallowing the potion and grimacing.

"Ok…let's go," he muttered licking his lips as he picked up his wand and stored it in his belt covering it hastily with his T-shirt.

Remus and Tonks waited for over an hour down in the reception looking absently at the numerous leaflets advertising trips and excursions away. Remus tapped his foot impatiently.

As if on cue Draco stepped down the stairs with his bodyguards following closely and gazed round before his eyes stopped momentarily on Remus, before he continued and headed for the reception desk, Remus strained his ears to hear.

"…breakfast here for 4." The receptionist nodded wrote something quickly before directing them to the dining room.

Remus shook his head, breakfast here it was then. He shook Tonks who had immersed herself in the 'The Whitby Tour Bus' pulled her up and steered her to the reception.

The receptionist looked up at Remus and smiled at him. Remus smiled in response.

"Erm…I was wondering if it would be possible for me and my…wife to have breakfast here. We would pay extra for it of course."

The receptionist glanced down at something on the desk.

"Of course," she said brightly.

"Straight down this corridor and take any free table. Somebody will come for your order."

Remus thanked her and followed the directions she had given. Reaching a large room that he wouldn't have thought could have existed he took a table close to Draco's.

Draco looked up at him and Tonks as they sat down and smiled politely.

Remus looked away and pulled a menu towards him and missed the evil glint that Draco's eyes held. Draco pulled out a tiny black bottle and walked over to the waitress.


Fifteen minutes later both tables were eating quietly and Remus was trying to make casual conversation with Tonks and also keeping his ears open for anything Draco was saying.

"What did you read about the bus tour then darling," he said airily glancing over at Draco who, to his discomfort, he found was watching him curiously.

He swallowed completely missing everything that Tonks had just said. He nodded as if hearing every detail.

He took a large drink of coffee having finished his breakfast and waited quietly for Tonks to finish hers.

Within minutes Remus felt himself become extremely light-headed and closed his eyes briefly waiting for the feeling to disappear.

He took a deep calming breath and opened his eyes now realising the room was swimming in and out of focus.

His breathing increased as cold sweats swept up his back and a sickly feeling gurgled around his stomach. He held on to the table for support trying to not draw attention to how he was feeling.

"Done," he registered Tonks say and nodded.

"Re…Ted?" Tonks corrected herself after looking up and seeing the state Remus was in.

Extremely pale, his face glistened with sweat and he was breathing quickly but very shallowly, his eyes clamped shut.

"Are you ok?" she asked tentatively taking hold of his hand casting a sideways glance at Draco, who as far as she could tell had not noticed.

Remus shook his head weakly,

"I'm going to go back and have a lay down…think I've picked up a bug…you go on into Whitby," he managed in between breaths.

Tonks nodded and stood up. Remus made to stand up but his legs completely failed him as his vision tilted violently. He grabbed for the table and held himself up.

"Come on," muttered Tonks holding up Remus she pulled out her wand and quietly whispered

'Mobilicorpus' fearing that she may not be able to support Remus for long.

Still holding on to Remus she moved him out of the dining room and towards the stairs.

Remus had his eyes shut again and Tonks received many odd looks from tourists in the hotel and receptionist, to which she smiled at briefly.

"He's just got a bit of a funny tummy," she brushed them off with and they returned their attention to other things.

She reached the stairs and stared up at them before sighing and holding her wand out a bit more she carefully levitated him up them, her following closely by his side.

Reaching the corridor their room was on she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Almost there, come on," she whispered urgently to the almost unconscious Remus.

Pushing open the door to their room she used her wand to lift the covers on the bed and laid Remus down.

Tucking her wand away she replaced the covers and tucked him in.

He was asleep before his head even hit the pillow and she smiled at him and brushed his damp hair from his forehead. Kissing his cheek briefly she exited the room.


Remus cracked an eye open. He felt terrible, like nothing he'd ever felt before.

He turned his head slowly and stared at the radio clock by his head. 10.45 it blinked at him. He raised his arm from it's comfortable warmth and rubbed his eyes.

Bloody muggle bugs he thought bitterly.

Never had one whilst I was in the wizarding world and I step into the muggle world for a day and look what happens.

He huffed as he raised his head slowly from the pillow, and sat on the edge of the bed.

Breathing in slowly he stood up gingerly and closed his eyes as his vision blurred slightly. He cursed under his breath and continued stubbornly to the bathroom.

A drink of water and he'd be fine. Besides he needed to find Tonks, meet his friends and bring Draco in for questioning. No time for illness.

After three glasses of water he was starting to feel dizzy again and was seriously resisting the urge to throw up violently. The toilet next to him was beginning to look very inviting.

He shook his head slightly and pulled a bottle of polyjuice from the cabinet. Looking at it fretfully he quickly downed it and watched in the mirror as he changed appearance.

His alias Ted, as Tonks had named him, looked no better than he felt. He shuffled back to his bed and sat on the end with his head in his hands, willing himself to feel fine.

He started as an urgent knock was heard at the door. He stood up weakly and made his way to the door. Touching his face before he opened it to check 'Ted' was still there, satisfied he pulled the door open.

Any colour that was left in his face must've left it as he stared into the steel grey eyes of Draco Malfoy.


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