Rebeca stayed up all night hoping Remus would come back that night. She saw Sirius, James and Peter come in early in the morning but not Remus. She knew they probably knew about Remus but she couldn't figure out what they had to do with it. Werewolves in their form were dangerous; they would kill any human before them. She saw James sit down on the couch rubbing his face with a sigh and she stepped out of the darkness and he nearly jumped out of his skin.
"Merlin Becky, you can't just sneak up on people like that." He said and settled down on the couch again.
"Where is Remus at?"
"With his mum." James said tiredly.
"I know that is bullshit, you know where he really is. He uh told me something last night and I…well I was horribly judgmental and I didn't mean to be. He told me why he is gone." She said and he stared at her wide eyed.
"You know?"
"Yeah." She said and looked down at her hands folded in her lap. "He told me and I walked away. It doesn't change who he is. I just need to talk to him. Where is he?" She asked and he rubbed the back of his neck and looked around.
"Alright, he is in the hospital wing."
"I already checked today."
"Well he is there now; Madam Pomfrey is fixing him up." He said and she got up.
"He is sleeping right now; she usually gives him a sleeping potion to sleep off the injuries. You won't be able to see him either unless you can sneak in and Madam Pomfrey is very hard to sneak past. You can borrow my cloak if you want." He said and she gave him a weak smile.
"Thanks."
"You haven't said anything to anyone have you?"
"No, goodness no, I would never say anything."
"Not even to Andrew?"
"This is between Remus and I, Andy has nothing to do with it."
"Alright, let me get my cloak, you can go in the morning." He said and got up and went up to his room, soon returning with the silvery cloak.
"Thank you James." She said and got up.
"Please don't hurt him, I mean it took him 5 years before he came clean to us."
"James I know I come off as a bitch but I am not malicious, Remus is my friend. I would never dream of hurting any of my friends."
"Alright, just had to make sure."
"Well I'm going to get to bed, you should too." She said and pat him on the arm and went up to her room.
The next morning Rebecca woke up early before everyone and snuck out with the cloak. It was nearly 6, there were only a few students up wandering the castle and Rebecca wondered who the hell could actually wake up before 7, she had a hard enough time as it was.
She finally got to the hospital wing and found one of the beds closed off by white curtains. Madam Pomfrey was in her office reading and drinking her coffee and Rebecca made her way as quietly as she could over to the bed and peered inside and saw Remus all bandaged up and sleeping and she felt a stab in her stomach as she tried to imagine the night he must have had. She pulled up one of the chairs and sat down next to the bed and softly took his cold hand in hers and ran her fingers over the rough skin and laid her head down on the bed wondering how someone like Remus could possibly be a werewolf, he was the nicest person she knew, well aside from Lily, it wasn't fair for him.
She felt a twitch in his hand and she lifted her head as she saw him stir slightly and he cracked open an eye at her and closed it and slowly opened it back up and she gave him a small smile as he started to wake up and he looked around and back to her.
"What are you doing here?" he whispered.
"I'm sorry Remus." She whispered back as she leaned in closer and he stared at her.
"I shouldn't have left, I came back but you were already gone. I had already suspected it but I don't know, when you confirmed it, it was like a slap in the face. Its not fair." She said as tears formed in her eyes and she looked down at her hand holding his own.
"Sorry." She said softly and removed her hand from his.
"I don't mind." He said weakly and she bit her lip and took his hand again.
"Remus I don't really care that you're a…werewolf. It doesn't change who you are." She said and he looked away from her.
"You're scared aren't you?"
"Scared of you? No, why would I be?"
"Well you should be, I'm a blood thirsty monster. Have you ever seen a werewolf Becky? You should be terrified; you shouldn't even be here right now."
"Remus are you trying to convince me to leave or something? Remus I'm not scared of you."
"Well you should be." He said as he looked at her.
"I'm not though." She said squeezed his hand a little. "I think I am scarier than you Remus." She said with a small chuckle and he smiled.
"Maybe a little, you're pretty scary when you're mad." He said and she smiled and she heard foot steps coming.
"Shit." She muttered and grabbed the cloak and pulled it over herself and stepped to the corner.
"Your feet." Remus whispered and she pulled the cloak over her feet as Madam Pomfrey came in with a tray of goblets.
"Oh you're up. Good, here you go Mr. Lupin." Madam Pomfrey said as she handed him two goblets.
"Must I really?" he asked as he brought a goblet to his lips and scrunched his nose at the smell.
"Don't make me force it down your throat Mr. Lupin." She said humorously and Rebecca frowned wondering where the hell this Madam Pomfrey was when she was in the hospital. It was all seriousness and frowns when she was in here but here she was smiling at Remus.
"Let me just check the bandages." Madam Pomfrey said and Remus side glanced at where she was.
"They feel fine, really." He said quickly.
"I'm just going to take a peek to make sure that they are healing alright." She said and Rebecca turned around, it was obvious that Remus felt discomfort with having her there that the moment and she waited until madam Pomfrey finished.
"It's healing just fine, you should be out of here by tonight, and you're healing a lot faster that's very good." She said and left the area and Rebecca pulled the cloak off and sat down.
"Aren't you going to say something about the scars?" he asked her and she looked at him confused.
"What? Oh I turned around." She said and his expression relaxed.
"Oh." He said with a nod and she sat back in the chair.
"Well, I should be going, Lily is going to start wondering where I am, normally I'm still sleeping right now." She said with a small smile and got up. "Plus I'm starving." She said and clasped her hands together. "Are we good?"
"You tell me." He said and bit his lip.
"Nothing has changed." She said with a smile and leaned down and kissed his forehead and she saw his pale cheeks tinge with pink. "I'll see you later, I hope you feel better." She said and pulled the cloak over her and peered out of the curtains at Madam Pomfrey in her office and she quietly made her way out of the hospital wing and back up to the tower.
"Did you get a letter too Remus?" Lily asked as she walked over to Remus in front of the Gargoyle outside of Dumbledore's office.
"Yeah, do you have any idea what it's about?"
"No clue, so did James." She said and soon James, Sirius, and Peter walked up.
"Do you guys know what this is about?" James asked as he walked over and gave Lily a kiss.
"No clue." Remus said with a shrug.
"Hey guys, you too?" Michael said as he walked up with Jenny, Tessa, Clara Smith, a Hufflepuff and Aiden Smith.
"Well this sure is a lot of people." Remus said as he looked around at everyone.
"So are we going to go up?" James asked as he looked at the statue.
"Does anyone know the password?" Lily asked and everyone exchanged looks with each other.
"Well it's bound to be some sort of sweet, it always has been, lets try a few. Cauldron Cake?" James said and the statue did nothing.
"Cockroach cluster." Peter said hopefully.
"Acid pop." Aiden said.
"Chocolate frogs." James said.
"Pumpkin pasty." Sirius said and Rebecca rolled her eyes.
"Lemon drop." Remus said and the gargoyle sprang to life and stepped out of the way revealing a staircase and everyone looked at him.
"Yes you would know the password, know- it- all." James muttered and Remus shrugged as he walked up the stairs.
The door was already open and he stepped inside and looked around. He saw Fawks sitting on his perch. Soon everyone followed behind and stood around in the office.
"I don't think he is here." Jenny said as she looked around.
"So he called us here and isn't here?" James asked and soon Dumbledore came down the stairs.
"Welcome all please have a seat." He said and they saw Moody follow him close behind and with a wave of Dumbledore's wand, chairs appeared for everyone to take a seat.
"Lemon drop anyone?" Dumbledore held out a small bowl, the group shook their heads, apart from Aiden, James and Sirius who thanked him and took one each. "Now then." Dumbledore continued as he sat down. I suspect you're all wondering why I called you here?" he said from behind his desk. The small group of students nodded.
"As I am sure you all know, there is an evil force at work in the Wizarding world. It threatens our existence and the lives of many, Wizarding and Muggle alike."
They all nodded gravely again as he spoke.
"All means necessary must be taken to try and stop this force. There is already a movement that fights against this evil, and I would like you all to join us."
Hesitant glances were exchanged
"You must understand that if you agree to this, your lives may well be at risk." he said very seriously, "I want you to understand this very clearly."
"We could die?" Aiden asked.
"Dead?" Peter said as his eyebrows rose up.
"As in... Dead?" Jenny asked quietly.
"Yes, dead." Dumbledore repeated. "Do not despair; I will give you a couple of months to decide whether or not you are willing to make such sacrifices. If you are not, I assure you, you will not be thought less of." He said and got up. "That is all, you may go." He said and everyone got up and walked out with hushed whispers between each other.
"What do you think James?" Lily asked as she took his hand.
"I don't know, I mean it's sensible, what do you think?"
"I don't know, it is going to be dangerous."
"Well if you're in, I'm in." He said with a smile and kissed her cheek with a smile.
Everyone came back to the common room and Rebecca looked up from her book on the couch with an inquisitive look.
"Are you guys thinking of joining?" Rebecca asked as they sat down.
"How do you know-." James asked and she shut her book and smiled.
"I know everything." She said and Sirius rolled his eyes. "I met with Dumbledore 2 weeks ago."
"Are you joining?" James asked and she shrugged and opened her book back up.
"I haven't quite made a decision yet, might go back to New York, might stay here, I am not sure yet."
"James we have to go make our rounds soon." Lily said as she got up and walked up to her room.
"Well I better go get ready for rounds, see you guys later." James said and went up to his room, leaving Rebecca, Remus, Sirius and Peter sitting around on the couches.
"So are you looking forward to going back home at the end of the year?" Remus asked and she shrugged.
"Cant say I am excited but you know, it will be nice to eat normal food." She said with a smile looking up. "A nice big juicy cheese burger with fries and a coke. That's a meal." She said as she leaned back with a grin and then got up. "I'm going to go finish up my Transfiguration essay for tomorrow, see you guys later." She said and headed up to her room.
"So everything since first year is in here?" James asked as they all sat around the common room on the couches with large NEWT study guides.
"Yes, and I do expect you to study James." Lily said firmly and he groaned.
"Come on Lily. I mean look at this thing. It's huge." He said and lifted it up. "It must weigh ten pounds or something."
"I will withhold privileges if you don't." she said and horror struck across his face.
"You wouldn't dare."
"Oh believe me I would."
"Come on Lily that's not even fair." He moaned and she shrugged and started to flip through the study guide.
"Are we expected to memorize all this stuff or something?" Rebecca asked as she flipped through it dubiously.
"No but you need to have a basic knowledge of it." Lily said not looking up.
"Well I know for a fact I am going to fail the History portion, I mean look at all this, half of it you need to look up because there is so much history, I mean do we need to know about all the goblin wars? Isn't it enough knowing that there were a lot of them, rebellious little suckers." She said closed her study guide.
"You know, studying might not be so bad if it wasn't so painful." Rebecca said as she stretched out along the couch, throwing her legs over Remus' lap, nearly knocking his study guide out of his hands.
"Oops sorry Remus." She said with a chuckle and laid her head back on the arm of the couch.
"So we have a little over a month and a half to get this all studied up?" James asked as he glared down at his study guide.
"Yes, and if you have ever paid attention in class, the study guide should be more of a review, you're going to do great sweetie." She said and kissed his cheek.
"I might be a little more inclined to study you know, if I had some motivation." James said and wiggled his eyebrows and Lily raised her eyebrow at him not the least bit amused.
"Come on Lily, look at this thing." He said holding it up.
"Yes well you better get to studying dear." She said as she turned back to her own and he frowned and glared at the study guide.
"Well I am starving, want to go down to lunch Remus?" Rebecca asked as she lifted her head.
"Uh." He said and looked at the study guide and closed it. "Yeah sure come on." He said and she threw her feet off him and got up.
"Any one else?" Rebecca asked as she looked at everyone.
"Maybe in a few." Sirius said as he curiously flipped through the study guide.
"Alright come on." She said and walked out with Remus.
They walked in silence for a while before Rebecca glanced at him and he looked at her.
"What?" He asked curiously and she shrugged.
"Uh are you going to Hogsmead next week?"
"Wasn't planning on it."
"Want to go with me?" She asked and he looked at her with slight surprise over his face.
"Really?"
"Remus, why is it such a shock to you when I ask you stuff like this?" she asked as she stopped and turned to him.
"Uh I don't know." He mumbled and stuck his hands in his pockets.
"Remus I like you, alright? I don't know if you have picked up on it yet but I think you're a pretty nice guy; don't be completely and utterly shocked when I ask you to things like this." She said as a small smile came across her lips.
"Oh, uh alright." He said with a nod.
"Alright then, so it's a go?"
"Yeah." He said and they continued down the hall together.
"Lily may I please go?" Rebecca moaned as she pushed the NEWT study guide away from her.
"Becky come on you promised you would study."
"Yes study, I did not agree to torture, this is torture, the letters are all starting to merge together and none of it is making any sense any more.' She said as she rubbed her eyes and laid her head down on the table. "Plus I am starving and I can't do anything on an empty stomach. I mean my stomach growling is the loudest thing in this library. While you went and got a book, Madam Pince came over here and shushed my growling stomach Lily. She shushed my stomach! It's a sign that its time to leave the library and go feed the stomach monster.' Rebecca said as she lifted her head and Remus looked at Lily.
"I'm a little tired of studying right now; we've been in the library for nearly 5 hours."
"Well most of the time we were doing our homework." Lily said as she shut her book.
"Yeah but the other 4 hours we have been studying." Rebecca sighed and shut the study guide.
"I would have to say it was an even amount Becky, don't be dramatic." Lily said and looked at Remus and Rebecca.
"Alright, let's drop this off at the tower and go down to dinner." Lily said with a sigh as she started to pack her things away.
"Success." Rebecca said loudly and punched the air earning a glare and a shush from Madam Pince.
"Remus how ya feeling?" Rebecca asked as she sat across from him in the Three Broomsticks.
"Rebecca I'm fine really, its something I'm used to." He said and took a drink of his butterbeer.
"Sorry, just want to make sure you're alright." She said and he smiled.
"Thank you for the concern Rebecca it means a lot to me." He said and she looked around.
"Want to get out of here? It's getting kind of crowded." She said as she looked around at the students that kept coming in. Nearly the whole school had come, mostly 5th and 7th years who wanted to escape the studying of their NEWTs and OWLs, Hogsmead being their only escape.
"Yeah sure, can I finish this?" he asked looking at his half finished drink.
"Let's just take them." She said as she looked around and hid her mug in her cloak.
"Becky that's stealing." Remus said and she rolled her eyes.
"I plan on giving it back, what the hell am I going to do with this thing? Come on, no one is looking, lose the moral compass." She said and he glanced around and stuck his mug in his cloak and they walked out of the Three Broomsticks and headed down the street with their drinks.
"See, that was easy."
"I feel a little guilty. I was never much good at this type of thing like James or Sirius."
"What did you guys steal things on a daily basis or something?"
"Well sometimes we would knick things from Filch."
"Ooh Remus you do have a bad boy side, all this time I thought it was Mr. Good Two Shoes." She said with a smirk and he shrugged.
"I guess James and Sirius have had some influence on me."
"Thank goodness not too much."
The found themselves soon at the Shrieking Shack and she leaned against the fence with her back to the shack sipping on her butterbeer and watching Remus.
"This is uh where I come to transform." He said out of the silence and she stopped and looked at him curiously.
"There is a tunnel under the Whomping Willow that leads to here, the screams and howls that the villagers hear are me, Dumbledore just encouraged the haunting and so no one comes near it, which is good." He said and looked at her with pain in his eyes.
"When were you bitten? If you don't mind me asking."
"I was 5. I was bitten by Fenrir Greyback, he is notorious for biting small children so that they grow up hating humans, you would not believe the prejudices against werewolves and with that, and they have no choice but to hate them. I have no idea what I am going to do after I leave here, the Anti Werewolf laws make it impossible to get a job and even then most people won't even hire a werewolf." He said and she took his hand and he looked down at it before looking at her.
"I'm sorry Remus, I had no idea. I can't imagine what you go through every month. It must be painful." She said and brought his hand up to her face as she looked at him and planted a kiss on his knuckles and he looked away from her.
"How can you even stand to be around me Becky? Knowing what I am, what I become every month?"
"Well I liked you before I found out, why would that change anything?"
"Because…I'm a monster."
"Remus you're not a monster."
"Yes I am." He said firmly and she rolled her eyes.
"Remus you may see yourself as a monster." She said and touched his face lightly, her fingers trailing the scar along his jaw. "But this heart is human." She said as she placed her hand on his heart. "And that is what separates the man from the monster." She said as she looked up at him as he looked at her intensely. He looked away from her and she touched his face and made him look at her and she kissed him. She could feel him tremble as she kissed him and it took him a second before he was kissing her back, his hand resting on her waist and slowly wrapping around her as he pulled her closer to him.
"Oh isn't this darling?" Someone said and Rebecca and Remus broke apart as they saw Rabastan, Rodolphus and Bellatrix and Rebecca groaned as she leaned her head against Remus' shoulder.
"Really? Right now?" Rebecca snapped and took a deep breath.
"Let's just go." Remus said quietly and took her hand.
"Remus these really aren't the 'lets not make this a fight' kind of people." She muttered as she looked at the Slytherins.
"Lovely to see you too." Rebecca said with a cheeky smile.
"We were just on our way." Remus said and the Slytherins stood in the way.
"I have a riddle for you." Rebecca said and Remus gave her a wary glance.
"What are black and blue all over and lays on the floor whimpering?" Rebecca asked and they looked at each other and Rebecca pulled out her wand.
"You if you don't leave us alone." Rebecca said and they all pulled their wands out and Remus pulled his out as well.
"Becky-."
"Well two intelligent Gryffindors against three stupid Slytherins, who the hell do you think is going to win?" She asked.
"Whoa a party huh?" Someone said and everyone looked over at Sirius and his date.
"Alright two intelligent Gryffindors, an idiot and a whore against three Slytherins I still think our chances are good." Rebecca said and Sirius rolled his eyes at Rebecca as his date glared at her.
"You might want to keep moving." Sirius said with a glare and the Slytherins walked off with a huff and Sirius turned to Rebecca and Remus.
"Thanks mate." Remus said with a small smile.
"No problem, I saw them following and thought it might be a good idea to see what they were up to." Sirius said and pocketed his wand. "No thank you Walcott?" Sirius asked cockily.
"I didn't ask for your help, we could have taken them."
"Not a chance."
"Oh yeah?" She asked.
"Yeah. You only barely beat me in the duel in class. No way you could take on three Slytherins, as stupid as they may be."
"Oh don't be a sore loser."
"I'm not a sore loser."
"Why don't we settle this now?"
"Becky come on-."
"Alright then." Sirius said as he got out his wand.
"Becky please." Remus said and she looked at Remus and back to Sirius.
"Rain check." Rebecca said and walked back towards the village with Remus in tow.
"Thank you." He said and she glanced back at him and shrugged.
Thank you for readying, i hope you enjoyed it. I appreciate all your support in this story.
I havent figured out how many chapter i am going to write because i havent quite finished outlining the whole thing yet but i am shooting for something like 40 or something.
You have no idea how excited i am now that Remus and Rebecca are FINALLY starting to show affection towards each other, haha all this time, all along. Well I am not sure when the next chapter will be out but keep an eye out.
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