Sorry it's a little late but here's the next chapter.

"I was probably around the age of six when it happened," Remus started. "I had asked my mum if I could go outside and play. She said I could and I went out and immediately crossed the lawn to my favorite tree," he paused.

Hermione could tell this was hard for him and he saw his eyes becoming moist with new tears.

"It's alright, Remus. Take your time," Hermione told him.

"Thank you. I've never actually told anyone any of this before now," Remus explained.

"I'm honored that you would tell me, and I swear I will never tell anyone of this," she told him. He could see the honesty in her eyes and took comfort in them.

"My mum came out not long later. She had a book and sat down on the porch to read. No more than ten minutes later my father came home. He was early which seemed odd because he never came home early, and he looked pale. He was talking urgently to my mum about something, I couldn't make out what they were saying, but my mum collapsed into my father crying and hitting his chest. He just stood there holding her and sat down with her on his lap, rocking her and looking up at the sky," he stopped and took a shaky breath. The tears were coming steadier now.

Hermione put a comforting hand on his shoulder and the other in his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze, which he returned with one of his own.

"You don't have to tell the rest if you don't want to. I mean I know what happens at the end," Hermione told him. She hated how badly this was obviously hurting him to bring these memories back up.

No, I know your secret. It's time you know mine," he said, "As the afternoon progressed on my parents got even more anxious. Soon the moon came out from behind the clouds and my parents heard something growling right at the edge of the woods. My mum screamed, she was becoming hysterical. My dad walked her to the door and told her to go inside as he yelled at me to come inside. I started to pick up my toys but he yelled at me to leave them. I stared to stand but froze when I heard a low growl come from behind me. My father yelled at me to run, but I paused scared stiff. I looked behind me. I saw what resembled a werewolf and started running as fast as my legs would carry me," he paused again.

"Why do I keep pausing? Why can't I just tell her?" he thought. He knew why. This was the first time he had ever told anyone his whole story. He was scared to tell the next part, but he desperately wanted to. He trusted Hermione with his life, and this story was his life. So why was this so hard to do?

"I tried to run to my father but I stumbled and fell. I looked behind myself again and saw the monster right behind myself. I saw it ready itself to pounce. I felt a heavy weight hit my body. My father and mum watched in horror as it bit me and run off. My father came to his senses long enough to grab his wand and stun the werewolf. He ran to my side and picked me up. I felt a searing pain course through my body before everything went black."

Hermione saw fresh tears silently running down his checks. She felt her throat constrict and tears of her own blurred her vision.

"Maybe there's something I can do to help him," Hermione thought. She started raking her brain for any possibilities. They sat together in the silence of the white walls of the Hospital Wing.

"Hermione there isn't anything you can do to help me. There's no cure for lycanthropy, and I'm a monster I would kill you if you tried to come with me on the full moon," Remus explained quietly as though he could read her thoughts.

Then Hermione flung herself at Remus and rapped him in a warm, bone crushing, hug.

"Ow- Hermione- can't- breath- chest- hurts- Hermione-," Remus gasp in-between breaths and the pain shooting through his torso.

"Sorry," Hermione apologized after releasing him from her hold.

The two sat together and talked the rest of the morning. Madam Pomfrey occasionally came and gave Remus a potion but for the most part they were alone… together.

"Mr. Lupin, how are you feeling?" Pomfrey asked around lunch time.

"Yes, a lot better, thank you. Do you think I can go down to lunch with Hermione?" he asked.

"If you think you can make it, I don't see why not. It is Christmas after all. Why don't you get changed?"

With that she and Hermione left him in the privacy of the curtains to get changed.

"Miss. Granger, keep an eye on him and if anything changes take him right back up here," Madam Pomfrey sternly told her.

Hermione nodded just as Remus came out in clean robes. "Ready to go?" he asked her. She nodded and they walked out… together.

The pair ate lunch in a comfortable silence in the virtually empty Great Hall.

"So after this wanna go up and open presents?" Hermione asked him.

"You mean you haven't opened yours yet?" he asked in astonishment.

"Nope, but I mean I don't have very many since you know..." she trailed off.

He knew what she was talking about. "Yes, and I have something for you."

They left for the common room not long later.

"Hey one second and I'll be right back," Hermione shouted as she ran up the stairs to the girl's dormitory. She came down a moment later with a small box that she handed to him.

He gave her a small box as well and together they un- wrapped their boxed. Hermione's present was a small, silver, half moon necklace.

"I see you looking up at the sky every night and thought you would like it. I guess now it kind of has a double meaning," he joked.

Remus finished un- wrapping his and found a watch.

"It's not just a watch," Hermione explained, "I put a spell on it so you can track the full moon on it, instead on keeping track on all those charts you have."

"Thank you. It's great, really," he said and gave her a hug.

Hermione sat in her bed un-wrapping the remainder on her presents that night. She had mostly received candy form the other marauders and a book from Lily. She came across a un-named envelope and opened it thinking it was a joke from a friend.

Dear Hermione,

I know your secret. I'm the one responsible for it. If you want to remain safe then I suggest stopping your little "research". This is a warning. If you do not stop then things will get much worse than this and your little friend won't make it through the next full moon. That's right I know about that too.

"Worse than this? What did they mean by this?" she thought.

Her eyes became heavy and she felt a sharp pain course through her body. She got up and stumbled out the door and just made it to the stares before she gave a loud scream and collapsed. Her body fell down the stairs.

That's it for this chapter. I'm starting a summer job this weekend and I'm not sure how often I'll be able to update so it may be a while before the next chapter comes out. Please bear with me and be patient. I will update as soon as possible.

Also I'm still looking for an animangus form and nick name for Hermione. If you have any ideas please feel free to PM me or leave them in a review.