Werewolf Love - Sixth Year

CHAPTER FIVE
James, Sirius and Peter were up early, going over the last minute details of their plan. Remus took extra time making sure that he looked good for his date, as good as he could look in his uniform anyway. He frowned when he saw his reflection in the mirror. Looking at him through the glass was a sickly looking young man. There were dark circles under his amber eyes and a few flecks of gray in his light brown hair. Remus sighed and joined his friends downstairs in the common room. They went over the last minute details of the plan, which included Sirius' detailed account of what hexes he would use on Snape, and then headed down to breakfast. Remus piled the food high on his plate. He was finished eating almost before he had completely sat down.

"Don't choke Remus," Sirius said sarcastically.

"Ah, that was good breakfast... I think I will, uh, go for a walk..." Remus said hurriedly, noticing the watchful eye of Severus Snape. "Yeah... I think I will go study for that potions exam..."

Remus ran out of the Grand Hall and headed for the entrance. Lessah was sitting on the stairs outside, reading a book - the title of the book was Seven ways to KILL a Werewolf. Remus swallowed hard and tapped Lessah on the shoulder. Lessah looked up at him an smiled.

"Hey, I was just thinking about you," Lessah said, standing up.

Oh great, nice time to be thinking about me, when you're reading THAT book. Remus thought.

Remus' attention was drawn to Lessah's slender legs and then gradually to her face. He hadn't noticed it before but she had a black crescent shaped tattoo under her left eye. Remus was blushing slightly.

"Good book?" Remus asked.

"I guess. Severus told me to read it. Very informative, but not my thing. I don't like killing," Lessah said.

"Well, that's good to know," Remus said, relieved. "Shall we go into town?"

"Yes, alright," Lessah agreed, taking Remus by the arm.

Remus and Lessah set off toward the town of Hogsmeade, the largest Wizards-Only settlement in the world. It took Remus a while before he was totally comfortable with talking to Lessah. He listened to her talk about living in America. Remus eventually told her about some of the adventures that he and his friends had undertaken over the last six years, most of which involved Severus Snape.

"So that's what you guys did to him. He really hates you and your friends."

"Yes, I know. But he's hated us from the first day. James made some remark to him about having a big nose after Severus told him not to hang out with sickly kids... I was really ill during the first week of school."

Remus noticed a trio of dark figures running in the woods along the trail. A voice that sounded suspiciously like Sirius' rang out from the trees. Remus quickened his place slightly. Soon they were at the door of the Three Broomsticks, a great place to hang out. Remus hesitated when he heard screaming noises, which his acute sense of hearing told him was coming from the Shrieking Shack.

"Something wrong?" Lessah asked, sounding concerned.

"Can you hear, uh, screaming?"

"What? No, I don't hear anything."

"Never mind then, must be hearing something else... Shall we go find Lily and James?"

Lessah nodded and pushed the door open. The Three Broomsticks, a very popular hang out for Hogsmeade visits, was not as full as it usually was, but it was early. James and Lily were sitting at a table in the far corner of the tavern. Remus and Lessah joined them.

"So you finally made it!" James exclaimed. "You take the long route?"

"Nah, just enjoyed the scenery," Remus said. "Sirius come by yet?"

"No," James said shortly, giving Remus a concerned look. "Why would he be here? He isn't supposed to be here."

"Oh, I thought I saw him pass us on our way here, that's all."

James was about to say something but Remus waved off the subject and turned his attention to Lessah. Anything that James said that sounded like a lecture, Remus ignored. He wasn't aware of much else around him, being completely lost in Lessah.

"Hey guys!" Sirius said from behind Remus. "Oh! Remus, what are you still doing here? Shouldn't you be, you know..."

"No I should not be!" Remus interjected, standing up and facing Sirius. "That was never my plan, it was your plan! Now, if you'll excuse me, I think I would like to show Lessah around town."

"What's wrong Remus?" Lessah asked, placing a hand on Remus' arm.

"N-nothing. I just..."

"He wants to shag you Lessah!"

"I do not! I never said that!"

Remus looked at Lessah. She looked confused and hurt, her cheeks turning red. Remus was about to say something, but Lessah got up from the table and ran out through the door. Remus seized Sirius by the collar and held his wand up to Sirius' face. There was something dark and menacing in Remus' eyes. James got up from the table, Remus turned his wand on James. James sat down again.

"I'm going to go after her now," Remus growled in Sirius' ear. "If she says that she hates me, if Severus Snape has told her my secret, if my chance to have a normal relationship with a girl is ruined, I'm going to some back here and kill you. And don't think that I don't know how."

Having made his threat, Remus let go of a severely shocked Sirius Black and left the Three Broomsticks. He headed straight back to Hogwarts, following the strong scent of Lessah's cinnamon perfume.

Wish I hadn't done that. Remus thought as he walked up the long staircase leading to Gryffindor tower. Lost my temper again.... Must get it under control. Why haven't I had this problem before now? Ah, Sirius knows I wouldn't really kill him. I think. Pretty sure he knows that I wouldn't.

Remus stood at the painting of the Fat Lady for a moment and thought about what he was going to say to Lessah when he found her. He couldn't think of anything off the top of his head and decided to wing it. He gave the password to the Fat Lady and entered the common room. It was worm, almost stuffy in the common room and the smell of cinnamon faintly drifted around the room. Lessah was sitting by the fire, the orange light dancing over her pale face.

"Why don't you just save yourself the effort of trying to talk to me and get lost. Then you can you find some slut and get it on with her." Lessah said sharply, not even looking up at Remus.

"I could do that, I suppose... But I'm really not that sort of guy," Remus said quietly. "Sirius is just being an arse. He thinks sex runs the world. I just wanted to get to know you... as a person."

"Give me a good reason to believe you because I haven't met a guy yet who hasn't tried to get me in the sack. You haven't tried it you, but that doesn't mean anything."

"Well, I can't give you a good reason. I mean, I think you're really really pretty. I actually find you very attractive," Remus said honestly. "But I... well, I just couldn't do that sort of thing. I really just want to get to know you. Ask James or Sirius - actually, don't ask him because he's an arse - or Lily. Ask Lily, she'll tell you."

Remus frowned and look at the floor.

"Okay, I still don't have a good reason," he said solemnly. "But, if you'd just give me a chance, you'd see that I mean what I'm saying."

Lessah looked at Remus for a moment. He could almost feel the gaze of her honey color eyes as she looked him over. She stood up and walked over to him, there was a mischievous glint in her eye. Remus looked at Lessah nervously as undid the first couple of buttons on her shirt, exposing her pale skin.

"You sure you don't want that sort of thing?"

Remus blushed and he felt as if he had just been struck by lightning. A strange thought drifted through his mind. It was a dark thought, the kind he had only at the full moon. He grit his teeth and looked away from her.

"Lessah, please don't tease me," Remus said firmly. "I am telling the truth when I say that I don't."

"Alright. Sorry. You seem like a nice guy so I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt."

Lessah kissed Remus on the cheek and ran up to the dormitory. Remus sat down by the fire and waited for his friends to come back to the school. After a while it became apparent that they had the invisibility cloak and were having a late evening in town, or sneaking about the castle causing problems without him. Remus was tired, it being only a week only after the full moon. He went up to the dormitory and fell into a light sleep. He was aware of when his friends came back and he sleepily apologized to Sirius for threatening him.