Chapter 5

Classes were kind of slow the first day back. It had been funny to see the faces of all the students in charms. They weren't sure how to react around a man who had spent 13 years in Azkaban. Ginny walked in, smiled and took her seat in the first roll. As it turned out Lupin had been correct. Sirius knew a great deal about Charms. At the end of the period everyone had warmed up to him. Ginny could tell that some of the girls where taking a great liking to him. She would have to warn him later that he might want to be careful because you can never underestimate what some girls would do to get a guy. She was sure that Sirius could handle anything coming his way, but just in case.

Finally the hour she'd been waiting for, Defense Against the Dark Arts. She'd be able to spend a whole hour with Lupin. Ginny walked into the classroom with butterflies in her stomach. 'Come on Ginny, it's not like you're going to be alone with him.' His full attention wasn't even going to be centered on her. Ginny guessed it was just the thought of being able to sit there and have a plausible excuse of why she was staring at him. Again Ginny sat in the front role, right in front of Lupin's desk this time. As the rest of the class filed in, they greeted him with warm hellos and grins on their faces. They were glad to have him back after having Snape and that horrible Death Eater. They might actually get to enjoy their classes this year. Given they still had to endure Snape for Potions but only if they were taking their NEWTs. Ginny having made Outstanding on her OWLs for Potions had to put up with him, but she figured she could make it through those classes alright if she just stays calm and is patient. Lupin started class with a speech. "It is my pleasure to be back at Hogwarts. This year is a very important year for everyone here. I know that y'all will work hard and not give me any trouble. I have many new interesting things for us to study up on. The first on my list is an Ashwinder." Lupin spent the rest of the period telling them about Ashwinders and how to freeze their eggs. "Ashwinders are found world wide. They are created when a magical fire is allowed to burn unchecked for too long. A thin, pale-grey serpent with glowing red eyes, it will rise from the embers of an unsupervised fire and slither away into the shadows of the dwelling in which it finds itself, leaving an ashy trail bashing it."

As Lupin talked Ginny paid apt attention to every word he said. Or so it would have seemed to anyone watching, but in all actuality she was studying the way his muscles flexed under his robes and how he became animated when teaching the subject he loves. She then glanced at his full lips and remembering the kiss they had shared. She felt a grin spread across her face as she pondered the possibilities in her future.

"Tomorrow we will practice the freezing charm." Ginny heard Lupin tell the class just before the bell rang. "Ginny, may I have a word?" Lupin asked as the rest of her classmates left.

Ginny walked up to him, feeling a little giddy inside. "You wanted to see me sir?"

"Yes." Lupin said walking over to her. "What did you think of the lesson? You seemed to hand on to my every word."

Ginny blushed as he ran his finger down her cheek. "The lesson… right. I thought it was excellent." Ginny said, improvising.

"What did you learn?"

"What?" Ginny asked distractedly as she stared at his lips again, wishing he would lean over and kiss her. She had to take control of the situation and fast. Ginny leaned forward and whispered in his ear, "I learned that you look dead sexy standing up there talking in front of the class. The whole time I could imagine what it would feel like to have you touching my body. Trailing kisses over my hot skin. Then I thought of what it would be like to taste you, to touch you. To feel you shudder as I take you in my mouth." Ginny felt Lupin's hand drop to his waist. She looked up into his eyes, saw the lust shimmering in them. She grazed her teeth over his ear lobe, and then she turned around and left him standing there, gazing after her.

Lupin walked shakily to his desk and dropped into his chair. He needed to compose himself; he had a group of first years coming in, in about 10 minutes. But damn if that girl didn't get him hot and bothered on purpose. How was she always turning the tables on him, when he was the one who was trying to get under her skin? Get back at her for throwing him off yesterday morning. He would just have to be quicker next time. His member grew hard just thinking about the words she had whispered in his ear. All he could say to that was 'wow'. 'Alright Remus, control, you need to control yourself right now. There's a time for these thoughts and it's not right now.

Ginny felt satisfaction that things where progressing with Lupin. Maybe it wouldn't take as much work as she thought it would to get what she wanted. Judging by the look in Lupin's eyes as she'd left him, she'd say she didn't have long to wait at all. If she had stayed longer in that classroom she knew that she probably would have found herself on top of a desk, but since she didn't fancy a classroom of first years walking in and seeing that scene she had, had to make a quick retreat. Ginny cleared her mind of these things. She needed all her wits to get through Potions.

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