Werewolf Love - Sixth Year

CHAPTER FOUR
"Come on Remus, she's right over there! Stop being such a chicken and go ask her!"

"I can't! She'll say no! I'll never be able to show my face in Gryffindor Tower again."

"Remus, just go an ask her!"

"I can't!"

"Look, it's not like we're telling to fall in love with her and then marry her! One date! That's it! If it doesn't work you after that, then you never have to do it again," Sirius yelled, waving his arms. "Now go over there and ask her."

"It's easy for you Sirius! You just walk up to girls and talk and they listen! You've done this hundreds of time! You go ask her out!"

"See, I would, but she's not really my type. I don't go for the pale, sinister looking, slender, sexy... she's starting to sound like my type maybe I will ask her out."

James grabbed Sirius by the collar before he could get away from the group. Sirius smiled and Remus just shook his head.

"Now, just take this, give it to her and ask her if she will go out with you on the visit to Hogsmeade tomorrow," James said, putting a little blue flower in Remus' hand. "Practice saying it."

"Lessah, will you go to Hogsmeade with me tomorrow," Remus said confidently.

"Oh yes Remus!" Sirius said, trying to imitate Lessah's voice and throwing himself at Remus. "Shag me Remus!"

"Get away from me!"

"Okay, now go out there and do it! We'll be right behind you, waiting here," James said, pulling Sirius by the collar again.

"Yeah, thanks a lot."

Before Remus was entirely aware of what was happening, James and Sirius had pushed him into the hall. Lessah was stading with her back to him, talking with some girls from Slytherin house. Remus tightened his fist around the little flower, squeezing out what little life it had left, and approached her. He tapped her timidly on the shoulder.

"Yes?" Lessah answered, turning around.

The girls Lessah was talking to stepped back and walked away, giggling a little. Remus took a few deep breathes and then shoved the little flower toward Lessah.

"MynameisRemus andthisisforyou andwouldyou gooutona datewithme inHogsmeade tomorrow?" Remus said quickly, all of his words running into each other.

"Sure," Lessah answered.

"I completely understand if you don't want to..." Remus rambled on, suddenly thrown off by her answer. "What?"

"I said yes," Lessah said, laughing a little. "You're Remus Lupin right? I've heard a lot about you."

"Not too much though?" Remus asked, suddenly panicked.

"Why? Is there something I shouldn't know?" Lessah asked.

"No, no! I'm completely normal! Nothing strange about me! No sir, I'm as normal as they come!"

"Is that for me?" Lessah asked, pointing at the flower that Remus was crushing in his hand.

"Yes, yes it is," Remus answered looking at the flower.

"Can I have it?"

Remus let go of the flower as Lessah plucked it out of his hand. The stem of the flower was bent and twisted where Remus had been holding it. Lessah smiled as she put the flower in her vest pocket.

"Thank you. Where would you like me to meet you tomorrow?"

"The common room sounds good... or we could leave after breakfast..." Remus said, as he saw, looking over Lessah's shoulder, Severus Snape walking toward them. "I mean.. uh... I have to go now!"

Remus ran back to where his friends were waiting. Sirius clapped him on the back and offered him a celebratory piece of chocolate. Remus pushed it away and slumped against the well.

"I am never doing that again! It was way too stressful."

"Hey, she said yes. You have nothing to worry about."

"I'm going to be sick."

"It wasn't that bad. Oh! Well, I guess it was that bad," Sirius said as Remus threw up.

"Looks like it put a little strain on your nerves there Moony," James said, helping Remus to his feet.

"Ugh... let's get out of here before Filch sees what I've done," Remus said weekly. "It's too soon after the full moon to be doing things like this."

James, Sirius, Remus and Peter walked down the halls together. After a few minutes, Remus began to feel better. It took him a while to fully realize what he had done. He felt for a moment like heart was going to leap out his chest. Remus led them to the highest tower of Hogwarts. Remus threw the window open and leaned out as far as he could with out plummeting to his death. James, Sirius and Peter joined him.

"Remus Lupin has a date!" he announced to the whole world.

"With a girl!" Sirius shouted.

"Gryffindor Rules!" James yelled.

"Hooray for Remus!"

"Well, well, what do we have here?" came a voice from behind them.

James, Sirius, Remus and Peter spun about to see Severus Snape standing in the doorway. He had a smug look on his face that made Remus want to hit it with a brick. The boys looked at each other, as if searching for an idea in the others eyes, and then back as Snape.

"What do you want, Snape?" James asked.

"I'm not here for you, Potter. I'm here to talk to Lupin."

"If you have something to say to me, Severus, you had better say it and then get lost," Remus growled, much to the surprise of his friends.

"Fine," Severus said, striding toward Remus. He grabbed him by the collar. "You stay away from Lessah, or I'll tell everyone what you truly are."

This made Remus very angry. He grabbed Severus hand and removed it from his collar.

"Go ahead, expose me," Remus said in a quiet, yet unusually harsh, voice. His amber eyes flashed as he turned his head toward the window. "You see that window over there? You keep me from her, or anyone esle, and I'll throw you out of it!"

James, Sirius, Peter and Severus stood dumbfounded in the room as Remus stormed out. As he made his way to Gryffindor Tower, Remus thought about what he had just done. It was very unlike him to do that, he wasn't a violent person. Remus wasn't even a very aggressive person, and yet he had threatened to throw Severus Snape out the window. Remus began to wonder if perhaps this was a werewolf thing that got worse with age. Just thinking about it made him shudder. Remus sat by the fire in the common room and waited for his friends to return.

"Hey Remus, are you alright hon?" Lily asked, coming down from the dormitory. "You look as if somebody killed James or Sirius."

"I just did something stupid Lily."

"Tell me about it, I'm sure you'll feel better," Lily said, sitting down beside Remus.

"I just threatened to throw Severus Snape through the window of the highest tower in Hogwarts."

Lily was shocked. Remus carried on before she could say anything.

"You know that American student, Lessah? I asked her out on a date for tomorrow. She said yes Lily. A girl said yes to me! I'm really excited... I was really excited. Then that slimy git Severus Snape had to ruin it all. He threatened to expose me! He told me to stay away from Lessah or he would expose me," Remus took a deep breath. "I'm not going to let him stand in my way. I'll date whoever I want to..."

"I'm sure he won't say anything Remus. He's probably to scared to act, afraid you might make good on your threat."

"I'm not a violent person Lily. I mean, I'm not usually violent. Threatening to throw someone out a window... it's scary. What if that's part of my curse. What if I become more and more violent as I get older? Did you know that Sirius and I were in a fight over Christmas? I pushed him into the ice..."

Lily put her arm around Remus and brushed his hair with her hand.

"You're just going through a rough time," she said quietly. "Things will get better. Sirius and James and Peter care about you Remus. So do I. We're always here for you."

"Thanks Lily..."

"You're welcome." Lily kissed Remus on the head as she stood up. "Anytime you need some advice you come find me okay Remus?"

"Yes mother," Remus said with a smile.

As Lily left the common room, James and Sirius and Peter came in. James flirted with Lily before joining the others around the fire.

"Good job on scaring Snape, Moony!" Sirius said. "That git was so scared that he had to ask us if you would really do that!"

"You should have seen his face. He was ten times paler than he usually is! Whiter than a ghost!" James ranted.

"You wouldn't really throw him out the window would you?" Peter asked.

Remus smiled weakly and shook his head. Peter sighed, obviously with relief. The guys all went up to the dormitory and sat on James bed. James pulled a piece of parchment out of his pocket. The four boys each drew their wands and placed it on the map. It wasn't necessary, but they liked to make a ceremony out of it.

"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good," they said together.

Instantly a map formed on the parchment. Sirius rubbed his hands together, clearly excited.

"Alright, here's the plan for tomorrow," Sirius said. "I talked to Lessah on the way back here, she said she'll meet you outside at the Grand Entrance after breakfast."

"What about Snape?"

"You leave him to us," James said. "After breakfast, Lily and I will head back here and then take the passage from the witch into Honeydukes. We'll meet Remus and Lessah at the Three Broomsticks. Meanwhile, Sirius and Peter will get in Snape's way as soon as breakfast is over. Keep him from getting to Hogsmeade for as long as possible."

"Hey, there he is now," Sirius hissed, pointing to the map where a little dot labeled SEVERUS SNAPE was moving down a corridor. "Ooooh, dangerously close to where I set those dungbombs... Any second now..."

"Uh, Sirius, have you been paying attention?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Keep him away from Hogsmeade so Remus can shag Lessah," Sirius said smoothly.

"What!" Remus exclaimed, his face was bright red. "What are you talking about?!"

"You sly wolf you," Sirius said.

"No! I don't want to do that!"

"You lady killer, Remus."

"Go take a cold shower Sirius," James suggested. "Remus, it's alright if you're not comfortable telling us your real plan."

"Urgh! Mischief managed!" Remus said, tapping the map with his wand, erasing the map, and then leaving the room.