Chapter Six

Emily followed Dumbledore outside onto the grounds. She kept on following him until he got to the lake.

"Is there something wrong?" Emily asked, standing next to Dumbledore.

"I do need to ask a favor of you," Dumbledore said, looking down at Emily.

"Anything sir," Emily said.

Dumbledore turned to Emily and handed her a letter. She took the letter and just stared at it looking a bit confused.

"I don't understand sir," Emily whispered, looking back at Dumbledore.

"In time, you will," Dumbledore said with a smile.

Emily watched him walk away. She stood by the lake, before she looked down at the letter. She opened it and looked down. It was like a list of instructions. The first one was for her to stay at the castle. Emily thought about it for a second, before heading back into the castle. She found McGonagall.

"Hey," Emily said, looking around, "did Dumbledore say anything to you?"

"Oh yes," McGonagall said with small smile, "he has a room ready for you. Good luck."

"Good luck with what?" Emily asked, looking confused.

"Helping Filch around the castle," McGonagall said, "surely Dumbledore told you that."

"No," Emily said looking a bit disgusted that she had to help Filch.

"Oh well now you know," McGonagall said, looking around, "your room is down, I think next to Remus's."

Emily rolled her eyes and headed in the direction McGonagall pointed her in. Emily looked around and she did find the room. There had been a note on the door with her name on it. She went in and was shocked. Her own trunk was there already. She opened it to see new robes and other clothes. She looked around the room to see there was one bed, a dresser, and a bathroom with a shower.

After she looked around the room, she sighed and got changed into pjs, which were just black pants that went half way to her knees and a simple red tank top. She laid down in bed and fell asleep.

In the morning there was a knock on the door. She moaned, but got out of bed to answer the door. She opened the door to see Filch, who was grinning.

"I'm I late?" Emily asked, looking around.

"You're first job to to make sure that there are no students wondering the corridors when they are supposed to be in class," Filch said and than quickly left with his cat following him.

Emily looked around, before closing the door. She quickly changed into some robes and went to work. She started with the first floor and worked her way up. 'This would be so easy with the map,' Emily thought.

She was actually shocked at how many first years actually got lost. She ended up spending most of the day helping first years find their classes. After that, Filch told her she had to go make sure all the paintings were in the right place. She didn't know why she needed to do that, since no one actually touched the pictures. She spent the rest of the day doing that. It was dark outside by the time she got back to her room.

She closed the door and went into the bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror, before sighing. She grabbed a towel and turned on the shower. She closed the bathroom door and got undressed. She got into the shower and closed the nearly see through shower door.

She washed her hair and felt better. She didn't seem to notice that there was another door to the bathroom, which belonged to someone else's room. They had entered the bathroom and apparantally didn't even notice that she was in there.

They looked at themselves in the mirror. After staring at the mirror for awhile, they finally noticed that someone was in the shower.

"What are you doing in my bathroom?" Emily heard that familiar voice asking.

"It's my bathroom, Remus," Emily said, running her hands through her hair.

Remus looked and saw her door. He opened it, then closed it.

"Shared bathroom," Remus muttered giving a small laugh, "do you want me to leave?"

Emily turned off the shower, wrapped the towel around herself before stepping out.

"No, I'm done," Emily said, watching Remus's eyes move up and down, but than he stopped and was staring at her leg.

Emily looked down at her leg, where you could stil see the bite mark.

"Ya," Emily said, hiding her leg behind her other one so he wouldn't keep staring.

"I guess you are leaving now?" Remus asked, looking around.

Emily nodded her head and left the bathroom. She closed the door, but didn't hear it lock. She sat down on her bed and listened. It didn't take long for her to hear the shower running. After about five minutes of listening to the shower, she got up and went back into the bathroom. She kept her towel wrapped around her and started brushing her hair. Remus peeked out of the shower and gave a small smile. Emily looked at his reflection in the mirror and laughed.

"I thought you left," Remus said.

"Ya," Emily grinned, "then I came back."

"Well, I do need your help," Remus muttered, "I forgot the towel in my room."

Emily rolled her eyes, before going into his room and grabbing the towel. She looked around his room to see it looked the same as hers. She went back into the bathroom and closed the door. Remus had turned off the shower. He opened the door a little bit for Emily to hand him the towel. He came out with the towel wrapped around his waist.

Emily stared at him for awhile, before he smiled.

"What happened to you after I left?" Remus asked.

"I lost it," Emily said, "I just didn't want to believe that you had just walked out. I left, after pretty much destroying the house."

"Oh so that wasn't an attack," Remus said, looking at the ground, "I'm sorry."

"Me too," Emily whispered with a smile.

Remus looked at Emily with a smile. He went to leave, but Emily put a hand on his chest. He stoped and looked back at her. She looked at him. He expected her to say something, but instead she kissed him. He didn't seem to mind at all. He wrapped his arms around Emily's waist and pulled her closer.