CHAPTER 8

LIZZIE'S POV

I woke up and saw the my face was a mere inch from Remus's. I couldn't remember any of the night before. Remus had his arms around me, and I was dreading what that could possibly mean even though we both had clothes on. Sure, I liked him, but I wasn't ready to lose my virginity to him, especially while drunk.

Soon the others all woke up as well. I sat up quickly. Probably to quickly cuz I fell out of bed.

"Ow." I whined. I just laid where I landed.

"Are you alright, Lizzie?" Remus asked, peering over the edge of the bed. I sat on his bed.

"Yeah. What happened last night?" I asked.

"Well…you kinda got drunk and we were making out, then you left cuz I wouldn't shag you, and you came back and you were gonna share a bed with James but he was sleeping in just his boxers. You said you wouldn't sleep with someone unless they had pants on so you ended up sharing my bed." he replied.

"So we didn't…" I trailed off.

"No." he replied.

"Thank God. Nothing against you, but I don't wanna lose that any time soon." I said. All the guys looked at me.

"What?" I asked.

"None of us thought you were a virgin." James replied.

"Uh yeah. I'm kinda saving that for the guy that I wanna be with forever. There's one guy I would consider giving it to, but I'm pretty sure he's not into me, so I wont." I said.

"Is it who I think?" Sirius asked. I nodded. "Well trust me, I'm ninety-nine point nine percent sure that he likes you back."

"I guess we'll find out in a couple of weeks." I muttered. Sirius, James, and Peter got dressed and left. I knew they had left so that Remus and I could talk.

"Look, about last night…I was drunk and didn't know what I was doing." I said. Remus's back was turned to me.

"I know, Lizzie. I know you'd never do that sober." he replied.

"Its not that, Remus. Its just that when I'm drunk, I lose all control." I said. He finally turned to look at me.

"You don't get it Lizzie. You were BEGGING for me to shag you last night. And I almost lost control and did it. Werewolves are more hormonal than normal witches and wizards. I control it most of the time, but last night I was so close to losing control…I was so scared I was going to, the way you were all over me and making out with me last night." Remus said. I could tell by his eyes that he was worried about how I would take it.

"Moony, I'm sorry for putting you through that." I said. I went into the bathroom and got ready for the day. When I came back out, the other guys were there. Sirius and Remus were near the window talking. Neither noticed I had came out. I sat on Remus's bed again.

We all walked down to breakfast together. I saw the group of girls glaring at me and made sure they saw me smirk. I laughed at their deadpanned faces and sat in my normal seat beside Sirius. Across the table, Remus's eyes were on everything but me.

Suddenly it was the day of the ball. Claire was helping me get ready. I loved my dress. I had a mask the same shade of brown that was on the dress in places. Claire pulled my hair into an elegant knot on the back of my head but let a few strands hang down in the front so that you could tell my hair was naturally curled in kinks. I was worried that the loose hair would give my identity away. I was glad that everyone would be wearing masks, but everyone at the ball would know who they were going with except for Remus.

Sirius was waiting for me at the bottom of the steps. Remus was nowhere to be seen in the Common Room.

"Lizzie, don't talk until you want him to know its you. And my suggestion is dance with him a few times. I'll tell him you don't talk much. What's your middle name? That will have to serve as your name if he asks me." Sirius said.

"Lynne." I replied. I saw someone walk down the boys' stairs. I knew exactly who it was. Remus. He walked over to us, obviously knowing what Sirius would look like. Then again, the only person in the world that looked anything like Sirius was his younger brother Regulus.

"Remus, this is your date, Lynne. She probably won't talk much, she's rather nervous." Sirius said before disappearing.

"You don't have to be nervous." Remus said as we walked to the Great Hall. Inside the Great Hall, there were hundreds of small tables with candles. It was decorated very nicely. A fast song was playing.

"Do you wanna dance?" Remus asked. I nodded and he took my hand, leading me to the dance floor. He twirled me around and soon I got over being nervous. We danced for half an hour before going and sitting down. He took his mask off.

"That damn thing's uncomfortable." he laughed. I smiled. Classic Remus.

"So Lynne, do you mind letting me see your face so I know which girl I'm looking for tomorrow?" he asked, becoming completely serious. I shook my head. "Alright. I'm not going to make you do anything you don't want to." he said gently. A slow song started playing. He caught my eyes. We ended up dancing to that one as well.

"Will you please let me see your face?" he asked while we were dancing. I sighed, but took the mask off anyways.

"Lizzie?" he asked, shocked.

"Who else is in our year in Gryffindor with black kinky hair?" I asked. He didn't say anything.

"Wait, are you the girl that Sirius had lined up for me from the beginning?" he asked.

"Yes." I replied.

"Why didn't you ever say anything to me?"

"Because I didn't know how you'd take it and I thought it was better just to wait it out." I replied.

"So you're the girl that would LOVE to go with me?" he asked. I nodded, turning bright red. He kissed me.

"Well just so you know, I LOVE that it was you that came with me." he said, giving me his adorable half grin. I smiled. "There's the smile I love so much." he whispered. He drew me closer to him. I put my head on his chest and he had his arms around me. We were pressed against each other.

"I guess I owe Sirius." Remus said quietly after the song ended.

"Why?" I asked, looking up at him.

"Because I didn't wanna ask you out because I knew he was crazy over you, and he still basically set us up." he replied.

"Well I guess we both owe Padfoot, because I never would have worked up the nerve to say anything." I said.

"I think we should leave the ball early." Remus said. I wondered why and then it suddenly hit me. The full moon was the next night, so he was going to be more edgy and more hormonal.

"We aren't going to go the whole way, even if we do leave early." I said.

"I wouldn't expect you to. I was thinking maybe a repeat of the night you spent in our dorm, only without the fire whisky and without you begging for it." he replied.

"Well we should at least stay another ten minutes." I said.

"Anything you want." he said. I smirked.

"Anything?" I asked suggestively although I knew we weren't going that far. He nodded. I pressed myself up against him even more and found he was already wanting it. I took a couple steps back and smirked at him.

"Just so the others don't realize our plans, I'm going to my dorm now. I'll change from this dress and come back to your dorm in fifteen minutes from now. Be there, by yourself. But make sure they see you leaving because I'm going to go tell Sirius I'm leaving, but don't you dare let him know we're together. I know for a fact none of the other Marauders saw us together since I took the mask off." I said. I slipped my mask back on before disappearing through the crowd. I finally found Sirius, James, and Peter at a table.

"Good night, guys." I said.

"Why are you leaving so early?" Sirius asked.

"There's something I simply must attend to." I replied.

"Where's Moony?" James asked.

"I really don't know. He walked off." I replied.

"What did he say when he found out who you are?" Sirius asked. I just turned away.

"Did he even find out?" they called after me while I walked off. I knew they would assume that he hadn't found out.

I hurried up to my dorm and changed into fluffy black pajama pants and a tight gray tank top. I went and sat on Remus's bed with the curtains drawn around it so no one would see me if anyone other than him walked in. I heard the door open about two minutes after I got in there and the curtain was pulled back slightly. I was relieved to see it was Remus.

"I'm going to change as well." he said before closing the curtains so that I couldn't see him. Once he was done, he climbed onto bed with me, making sure to close the curtains.

"And just so I know how much control I'm going to have to have, just how far are you willing to go tonight?" he asked. I thought for a moment.

"Well I'm don't want to be completely naked." I replied.

"Same bout me then." he said. I laughed. He kissed my cheek and slowly worked his way to my lips. I tangled my fingers in his hair and pulled him closer to me. He kissed from my jaw down to my collarbone and back up, occasionally biting me lightly. I squirmed when he bit a certain place and he apparently noticed because he continuously showed that spot attention.

I pushed against him, causing him to roll off me.

"Lizzie?" he asked, clearly wondering why I did that. I made him sit up and crawled into his lap.

"Its…my…turn." I said between kisses. I worked my way down his neck as well and delivered a bite to the side at the base of his throat. He groaned and I noticed his eyes got visibly darker. I pulled his shirt off him and ran my hands down his chest. He pulled me as close to him as possible. He played with the hem of my shirt and looked at me for permission. I nodded. Once it was off, he didn't do anything other than kiss me. I reckon he realized I wasn't to crazy about the idea of going very far. Sure, I'd strip to my bra and underwear with him, but if he touched anything, I would get dressed again. I wasn't the kind of girl that would let a guy mess with stuff like that (as long as I was sober).

He rolled so he was on top of me again but he kept his weight off me. He started inching my pants down but he took the time to make sure that was ALL that came down. His shorts followed shortly afterwards but we refrained from touch each other below the waists, except for occasionally grabbing each others hips and pulling each other closer.

I was slightly aware of hearing the door open and close and heard the other three talking. Remus obviously heard it as well since he glanced up, but he quickly went back to kissing me. I was thankful that we had been smart enough to keep our clothes on the bed because it meant the others wouldn't see my shirt and pants and therefore wouldn't realize that Remus had indeed brought a girl back with him that night.

"Moony, are you alright?" Sirius asked from across the room. Remus looked at me as if silently asking me what to say.

"Let him think you're asleep." I mouthed. Remus nodded and we went back to making out.

"Moony?" James's voice was considerably closer than Sirius's had been. Before I realized it, they pulled the curtain back. I could feel my face turning red and Remus turned red as well.

"Well, looks like our dear Fang did reveal herself to Moony." Sirius said, smirking. They let the curtain close again and we put the rest of our clothes back on quickly before fixing the curtains.

"And why did you not tell us you were coming back with Remus?" James asked.

"Technically I didn't come back with him. I came back fifteen minutes before him." I replied.

"Wait, yall weren't gonna shag, were you?" Peter asked.

"No! The way you found us was the farthest we were gonna go because we talked about it earlier." Remus replied. I yawned.

"Looks like little Furrybutt needs to sleep." Sirius said. I threw one of Remus's shoes at him and he barely ducked in time.

"My name is not Furrybutt." I snapped. I crawled under the blankets and shut my eyes. After a few minutes, the guys stopped talking and the light was turned out. I was aware of Remus pulling me so that my back was against his chest.

"Goodnight Lizzie." he whispered in my ear. I could tell by his tone that he thought I was asleep. He kept one arm around me, pinning me against him. Not that I minded though.