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CHAPTER II: Remus' Love

(Remus's point of view)

"It's been three days Bells" whined Remus to his love. "This is the first time in our lives that we've gone without talking to each other for more than an hour. This is the guy who called me during our NEWTs exam to say Hi!" Remus was pacing in his girlfriend- now fiancé's- drawing room. He'd hidden his relationship from his friends in the past years until James caught the pair at a muggle restaurant. It wasn't that he didn't want to hide anything from his friends; he was just worried about his Bella's safety.

Remus and Bellatrix were together from their 6th year at Hogwarts. It was only because of Remus that she didn't join the Death-Eaters along with Snape. Since she was a slytherin, there wasn't much conversation between the pair. They exchanged letters all day long and spent quite evenings in the library enjoying the company of the other as much as they could. He was the only one who saw her for who she really was. She was smart, passionate and at the same time, killingly beautiful. For him, she was the first person other than James and Sirius to find out about his lycanthropy. She also did not scorn him because of his condition. The more she associated with him; she found him to be shy yet funny, intelligent and a handsome chap. She accepted him for who he was-as he did her. And due to the war, they did not wish to publicize their relationship. In times of danger, they would escape into the muggle world.

After completing their education, Bella moved to muggle London to start her own fashion line 'Bellup Collections', which was an instant hit. She took private owl orders from a few magical customers and international clients. Remus worked at the ministry and stayed at his childhood home. He always spent his weekends with his lady love in muggle London. He'd been carrying a ring with him for a few months now.

On one of their dates, she out right asked him.

"Will you just marry me already? I've known about the ring for 3weeks now Remus" she stated smugly. He gaped at her in surprise but let it go and got down on one knee.

"Crazy Woman, I've been in love with you since our 5th year at Hogwarts and from then to now you have grown in to a fine young lady whom I'd like to spend the rest of my life taking care of and grow old with. I want to come home to you after a long day's work, sleep in your warmth and wake up to you for as long as I live. Will you marry me my Bella?" he asked.

"You made me cry you prick! Nevertheless, since you proposed, I will accept to marry you my werewolf" she answered him with a soul searing kiss, full on the lips, in front of lots of people.

"How did you know about the ring Bells?" Remus asked bewildered. "You talk in your sleep" she replied matter-of-factly. "Why didn't you tell me you wicked witch?" Remus asked incredulously.

Her voice brought him back to reality.

"Remy, it's been a week since you came home. And you came today because I threatened to tell them."

"Bells, Sirius isn't talking to me. I've been trying to contact him all week and he doesn't even seem to acknowledge my presence at work. "

"James didn't throw a fit when he caught us." She argued. "Bells, James is a different person now. He's married and has a kid of his own. You yourself can see that he has changed a lot after marriage."

"Baby, just talk to them. Invite them for dinner-both Sirius and James- along with their family, this weekend and we can sort it out. It's been a long while since I met with my dear cousin." Bellatrix consoled him.

In the meantime, Sirius had been having a tough time adjusting to the information his best friend had just told them. He was holding his coffee for the past 20 mins and was staring at the floor at James' home.

"How long has it been Siri?" asked Lilly, very concerned for her friend.

"3 days." Replied Sirius emotionlessly.

"Whats the use of not talking Sirius? Even we didn't know about it until James ran into them at a muggle restaurant. He asked us to keep it a secret because of the threats of the remaining death-eaters. And this was just last week." Lilly said with evident sadness in her voice.

James had taken harry to the backyard to play in the swings. Recently, harry had been very restless and was becoming very tough to handle. harry was sitting in the small swing with James absently pushing him in the air and thinking about the day he ran into Remus and Bellatrix.

FLASHBACK

It'd been a busy day at work. There were many leads for the location of the death-eaters. Some were even muggle areas. James took up the task of checking a few muggle places. He and a colleague were walking in one of the busy streets of London. They decided to take a small coffee break and walked into a near-by café. When they entered, James saw his best friend holding the hands of a possible death-eater and whispering sweet nothings in to her ears in one of the corner tables. She was giggling and whispering back to him. He looked obviously in love with her. Just then, Remus caught James' eye.

"Explain" James said.

"We're together. Since 6th year." Gulped Remus.

"Why?" James asked.

"I had to protect her James. They disowned her. Just like Sirius. I had to protect her from her own family and the death-eaters." Remus replied looking at the ground.

"Mooney," James sighed. Remus visibly relaxed at the mention of his nickname. "I appreciate your protectiveness for her but what about us? Aren't we family? We've always been there for you Remus. Why did you hide it from us? Did you even consider how much this will hurt Sirius? Or what will you tell Lilly or Minerva for that matter? Hell! How are you gonna convince me Remus?" James almost shouted at his best friend.

"Please let me explain. I have every reason to keep this a secret. I wanted to tell you as soon as I left today. We were talking about that all evening. She's the one who's pestering me to tell all of you" Remus pleaded.

"Just because I'm happy for you, doesn't mean I'm forgiving you Mooney." James hugged his best friend and turned to leave the restaurant.

END FLASHBACK

James was shaking his head to come back to he present. He picked up little harry and made his way into his house. He saw that Lilly and Sirius were still deep in conversation. He could sense the betrayal in Sirius' eyes and see the sadness in Lilly's voice.

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