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"So the Slugclub is basically a dinner party for all of his previous students?" Aurora questioned, they were merely on their way from the library to continue to the potions room. But down the hall she had seen Clemintine, and as she left Severus alone for a moment to discuss something in private. He found himself in the mist of being cornered by the Mauders.

"Evans isn't here to protect you today Snivilus." Potter sneered, they had been shooting spells left and right. And had the smell of burning reach Aurora's nose in a flash, she'd missed it as her back was facing the actual engagement. 

"I—I have to go." She issued and the girl in the instant not to bother the aggravated boys that she wanted to rangle up.

"WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS THIS?!" She screamed, seeing Severus to the ground with a swollen and bloody nose. She bent down to give him a cloth to catch the blood before she looked towards the boys at fault. They all had their wands out and at the ready for a retaliation.

"What. Is. This." She gritted through her teeth, after all this time of being here she hadn't actually seen attacks like this happen. Perhaps it was the inner workings of Remus attempting to hide it from her, but his head bowed down in shame.

At least one of them seems guilty.

"We're just teaching the snakes a lesson Wells, they've been a gitful bunch as of late." That was not a proper response as she glared in each of their directions. "Rory, let's just go—" 

"No, it's not fair that they keep doing this to you Sev. It bloody ends now." She declared, only for Sirius and James to laugh.

Merlin this was going to be bad. And Remus' heart was in the midst of between picking a side.

"You're not the boss of us Wells, besides...That's a Death Eater rear to go behind you." James joked, having Sirius follow in suit. "Step outta the way darling, we don't want to hurt you." The second Black had instated that her wand slipped down into her hand from underneath her robe.

Making both Remus and Peter gulp.

"W-wells?" James questioned and she shook her head. 

"One on four isn't fair." She spoke, raising her wand in defense, the betrayal hit rather hard on Sirius. So he too rose it, and as Severus saw the stakes at hand he rejoined after dealing with a very heavy bloody nose.

It was no lie that Aurora was skilled, Merlin not even one could get past her defenses as they were struggling four on one with just her. Yet the sickening smirk continued to grow on Severus' face, the anger Aurora had, it was feeding her to actually go against her friends. 

Something that Lily had done vocal and perhaps a quick jinx for physically but never to this extent.

At one point Aurora had knocked down both Remus and Peter, giving the benefit of sitting this battle out as she did not want to hurt them. The masterminds were the two middlemen.

Perhaps it was blood loss, for Severus had missed an easy jinx in his own defenses and fell down. Aurora had called out his name in panic only to now have to be targeted by both of the highest tier Marauders who were more than angry.

Sirius, perhaps all too willing to hurt her, had aimed for her head. Only to actually be constructed to her glasses that were secure on the brim of her nose.

Yet the sudden scream as they shattered and fell left Aurora's face in a bloody mess, so much so that she too fell back. Remus' orders in attempting to stop the battle had finally ended as he smelled the blood.

As all of them smelled her blood.

She rose, they could see the glass that managed to get stuck into her eyes, as well as the skin surrounding it. But what made her make a sob out, was the fact that her glasses laid beside her. 

Broken, shattered.

"Rory—" Severus offered, knowing the heartache that she was feeling in the particular moment. She couldn't see, nor could she focus as the blood was draining.

Yet the fire in her kept roaring.

She showed her true Gryffindor colors as she allowed her wolf eyes to play it's part, giving her the ample advantage as she gripped her wand and sent everyone to the floor.

"You take everything too fucking far, don't you? Can't leave well enough alone, and then on top of that, you harass others. Is that how you lot get off?!" She spit, but they were all in awe at the color of her eyes. The magnitude that surrounded the beautiful blue swirling orbs, to the heaps of gushing blood surrounding her cheeks.

"Aurora—" 

"Save it Lupin. I don't want to hear another excuse...And you wonder why I stopped talking to each of you." She spit, counting back to let out another holding sob.

Yet Remus' eyes flared in recognition. She...She'd stop talking to them...For what they to do Snape? 

He finally saw the connection and it was too late.

"W-wells, I'm...I'm sure we c-can get you n-new ones by tomorrow if—" 

"...I don't want you lot to come near me, ever. Find yourself a new chaser. I quit." She bellowed, taking the wall in hand as she hurried off with Severus off to the infirmary.

Madam Pomfrey was quick to service both of them, yet Aurora needed proper attention as the glass was prickling her skin and dangerously close to her eyes that it worried both the Matron and Severus.

While they were in the infirmary, Remus stared in awe to what happened. Barely managing to get up, let alone take a step away from the scene.

Sirius on the other hand, he had no doubt been angry with the entire thing. But he'd be lying if he wasn't hurt by it as well, not just physically, but emotionally as he cared about Aurora a lot.

It was James who felt like he lost a sister. His partner on the team. Even if it was Sirius' aim that destroyed her glasses and threatened her vision. He still felt the weight of it on his shoulders for her thought he had done it.

Remus choked on his own spit a few times, blinking away the tears as her anger, her hatred shown through. She's never hated them before, never swore and cursed them to the moon. Nor has she used his last name in that context other than when they both found out who the other was.

The way she gritted her teeth, and those eyes? What the hell had that been? As Remus fell against the wall to stop himself from seeing double, it became Peter's responsibility to hold him up for the given moment.

"W-wells...Her eyes changed-" Peter offered, not getting the full fledge declaration that she had promised but it was enviable to see how long she was going to last.

Unfortunately, Professor McGonagall found them in the hall for a brief moment and relayed that she wouldn't be playing in any up and coming games as her glasses had been broken as she was 'Sparring'. Giving hope to Sirius that her words were just said out in anger, but in reality...McGonagall talked her out of quitting the team entirely.

Rory didn't want them expelled, that was never the goal as it was more so Severus' wish. Yet the second Lily heard anything of this incident she too slapped James at the back of the head and cursed entirely.

Yet it was Remus to pull Lily to the side and beg for forgiveness. "How could you let them do that Remus, you hurt her. You lot literally HURT her. I don't know what you have against Sev, but you know she wouldn't back down. Those were her father's glasses, she can't see anything!" Remus' heart dropped once again and threatened to cry. And as much as it hurt Lily to see the sweetest boy in the group begin to show actual emotion to the case.

She stood her ground and disagreed. "If she ever does forgive you, I'll be damned surprised." The redhead's fire did digress, but she went to go visit Aurora. Her friend was crying her eyes out as she had to send her glasses to the village in hopes they could fix it.

Her eyes were a special case, just like the rest of her. And it just made it even worse to get them back. Yet Alice and Mary were beside her trying to sooth through what had happened.

The small scars that lingered around her eyes would be there for a few days, yet it was all the girls banding together to get her to smile, to calm her down, but she was so utterly depressed.

And it did finally hit Remus that night, as the boys laid all awake in regret as to what happened. "This...Is why she doesn't trust anyone." He spoke, and the rest of the boys stayed silent, but completely slapped themselves in the face.

They ruined Moony's chance to have a girlfriend, and their best girl-friend they themselves would ever have.

**

The next day was already sluggish, and it hadn't even been the start of the alarm. Aurora on the other hand, showed her face in the grand hall, all the boys straightening their back and hoping, praying for her to sit with them.

It happened like that for the entire day, she didn't come for her planned study session with Remus. Nor allowed Peter to ask her a question, the girls didn't help with it either as they kept a close eye on her.

They too were disgusted with the behavior the boys showed, and their head of house saw this and went to question it. But the girl's attitude was starting to dwindle, so she found herself going off to Hagrid's alone. This was the only place she allowed herself to properly see, otherwise, papers would have to be at less than a half a foot away from her to properly see.

The second she was outside she enacted her wolf eyes to continued to see Hagrid with his proper smile. Charger greeted her happily and was more than willing to give her clarity with a long ride around the castle.

It was Peter who had seen her first, flying on Charger. When he shared this information with the group it just sent Remus into a further depression. The moon was going to be brutal, so the whole mood that lingered throughout the remainder of the week until it brought up the moon.

Remus had turned desperate enough to try to approach her in the library, but she had seen him coming, piling all her work up into her arms and storming out of the library. 

He had broken her trust...if it had even built up in the slightest.

Yet when Aurora had taken cover in the closest lavatory, she held out the necklace. She had yet to take it off, but seeing it Black as Sirius' hair it struck her even worse. She loved the boys, but it wasn't like Severus had ever done anything than retaliate against them.

She exited out of the bathroom only to see Sirius and James on the opposite end. She inhaled, enacting her eyes for the given moment and attempting to hide them behind her hair as she continued. "Wells! You missed practice last night we—" Aurora stopped, closed her eyes and turned around with her lesser eyes.

The lack of her voice was making the conversation quiet difficult, so James waited for to yell or scream. Yet it never came. "A-are you playing on Saturday?" She blinked, her plastered face allowed a curt nod.

While Sirius' soft grey eyes found hers, his frown growing allowed her to catch it. "You didn't quit." 

"McGonagall talked me out of it, don't think of it as anything more than it is Black." She spoke, finding her steps once again and backtracking.

"Are you ever gonna talk to us again, Merlin Wells it wasn't—" 

"Pads, shut it." James growled, and Aurora stopped to turn back, tilting her head for them to continue. 

"As far as I'm concerned with the two of you, you're just digging deeper holes. So please continue if it will make the testosterone in you settle." She admitted, and it showed how spiteful she is in Sirius' eyes.

"Moony didn't do anything." She nodded along, blinking a bit to try and make out their beings a bit more. And even though Padfoot initially thought that she was squinting. She was doing it out of the reason she couldn't see.

"You're right. Lupin didn't do anything. But doing nothing is still doing something." She finished, continuing off back to the common room.

Unfortunately for the lot of them, it was the full moon and they all struggled to go to the shrieking shack. Especially Remus as it was extremely painful, the hormones in him was struggling to be confined in his human form. It had been a chase throughout the night, as the werewolf didn't falter in stamina. It had Sirius play, it had Prongs continue his watchful eye the entire night rather than switch roles and have a few naps.

That morning there was no concern on Aurora's face had there been a month prior to question where the hell the scratches had been. Now there was barely a glance, and there was barely a glance as to where Remus would be stationed in the class.

The boys were suffering their first major consequence that wasn't in the realm of detention. Instead, it had been a friend, a very good friend and Sirius wanted to demand her return. But James stopped him on numerous occasions, especially since her glasses had yet to return. But it didn't stop her from attending the game, because luckily she had goggles that acted her glasses.

Her attitude showed brightly, her throws made to stick to those boys and her lack of being at the party strongly suggested that this was going to be a regular thing.

When she was meant to be with the boys, or rather when she usually would be with the boys. She found herself more involved with the Alchemy club or studying with Sev. However, it was an added bonus when a fellow Slytherin of his joined in. 

Rabastan Lestrange managed to slither into their group session, or that's how Sirius would put it.

He didn't agree with how friendly Aurora was with his cousin's brother in law. And it hurt even worse that there would be any close proximity to Bellatrix. But it hurt his mate to see that Rabastan was openly flirting with the girl, and she'd smile and continue off with their studying practice.

Word of the wise is that they would be going to the Slugclub party together in the following few days as a late notice and invitation. Had everything been settled perhaps that invitation could've been for Remus.

Instead it was none of the Marauders that were invited, making it a safe heaven entirely. Although Lily didn't like Rabastan all that much, he was very much a gentleman when it came to being Aurora's date.

Yet when he excused himself for a moment because Slughorn was signaling him off. Severus found himself coming over. "Enjoying yourself? I haven't seen you smile this brightly in a while." She rolled her eyes and sipped the punch.

"Hm, and there would be no worry in this being spiked. Good thing Potter and Black don't care enough about academics to join." 

"And your little Lupin is a straight mess, surely his grade will be horrendous now that you aren't holding his hand anymore." She let out a sad chuckle at the reality, she really did enjoy teaching him.

But it hurt seeing him rally against her. Destroying the first level of trust.

"Besides, his kind aren't allowed into these types of parties." Aurora tilted her head for a moment. 'His kind?'

"What?" She offered out, and Severus smirked. "Surely you, a Salem graduate, has figured it out?" She blinked again, straightening her back as she did not like to be patronized.

"Sev just out with it. Please." Aurora didn't want him to beat around the bush, but before he continued her brows came together. "You said...He was the worst of the bunch...Didn't you?" The grin continued, nodded as he took another sip. "Yes, I did...Don't you wonder what happens to him as he gets 'sick'?" His finger had properly quoted the word 'sick' as he continued with his question.

"He has a weak immune system." 

"I suppose that is a symptom as well, but he seems to be following some sort of lunar cycle...Don't you agree?" It took no longer than a second as the level of clarity sparked into her eyes. She hadn't noticed that he had been absent from class last week, and now that her eyes had stopped darting left and right she shook her head.

"Merlin, right under my bloody nose." She growled, eyeing though who had come closer. "Does Lils—" 

"Know? She is quite oblivious to such things, yet you took it as a lie that everyone followed anyway. Besides, I still haven't gotten concrete evidence just yet. I suppose we can do that together." The curiosity in her spiked, however an arm wrapped around her waist making her smile to Rabastan.

"Miss something love?" She smiled and looked up to her date, he was indeed incredibly handsome. But his family and his dementor was a mood changer as some of the questions he would ask an answer to make her uncomfortable. Like he was sizing her up for being the pureblood that she is.

Her blood made her attractive, though he said countless times how she looks.

"Would you like take a walk, it seems rather stuffy." She shrugged it off and took his arm to go away. "We'll discuss my idea further tomorrow Rory. Rabastan." Severus nodded respectively, and this entire meeting felt like a pureblood rally.

She swallowed thickly and continued with Rabastan, yet it was a struggle as his thumb continued to dig into her hand make her smirk. This wasn't to get back at Remus or the boys. But it'd get her mind off of it for a moment.

"Raba...Is there somewhere private where we can go?" She questioned, and his brow raised. "Now Aurora, that doesn't sound very ladylike...But who am I to deny a beautiful gal like you that request?" She smirked, and squeezed him further. 

"Tut tut Raba, you should know that I am not able to give that to anyone other than my husband." He smiled even further, her line brought out all the best signs for him.

She's untouched.

Making her all the more desirable.

Aurora did find herself in a bit of a triangle, the reminder of Jacob in Rabastan was sort of...Very parallel. Both very pureblood and trained, so Aurora was just going to have to play the game to get what she wanted.

There was more of a reason for Aurora to come to Hogwarts, she was the youngest member of the Order. How perfect would it be for her to listen in, to gain information from people who were going to be members?

So he had brought them both to the seventh floor, somewhere she hasn't found herself much in as it was the Ravenclaw tower, or so she assumed. Her arm tightened, but Flinch merely looked the other way as Lestrange said he was walking her back to the common room. Only to take the direct detour afterwards.

"Is Hogwarts living up to your standards? I'm afraid you are the first transfer student I've ever heard of." She smiled brightly, oh flirting was just too easy now. "It is, but sometimes I wonder why I ended up in Gryffindor...Merlin is that wrong to think? I was hoping for my father's house." Rabastan knew of her family line. But a little joke soon managed out.

"Hufflepuff?" Her mouth gawked and she shook her head within the instant. "I tend to think I am more on the ground than our friendly in house badgers Raba." Her giggle warmed his little cold black heart, the light of her eyes and smile did really make a fuzzy feeling to count his body.

Not to mention how dolled up she found herself for Slughorns party.

"Where are we?" She whispered, blinking to look all around, he knew her little struggle to start seeing about. "Clocktower, I say we have about a few minutes before the strike of twelve." She smiled, so easily sitting down into the corner against the wall to look outside through the large clock.

"I think you've given me the perfect reading stop." She exclaimed, settling even further with content. Now Rabastan had heard of situations like this with his mates, more so Avery, Rosier, and Dolovor. Yet they were all the eldest of their families, he himself had a brother already married and presuming the title of their father.

Leaving Rabastan to find a career.

Aurora had done her research, asked her questions to the best of the best. Studied each and everything about him, so it was all too easy to really begin.

"I much rather you read in the library with myself, and perhaps if you truly want to...I can hold hands over her ears to get into the Slytherin common room." Her eyes flared in the instant, oh he was too easy.

"I...I don't want to anger Professor Slughorn. I doubt they want a gal in red in their domain." She offered and he waved it off. "Nobody'll mind, and if they do we can just head up to the dorm." 

She sighed. "You are trying to incriminate me aren't you?" He rose a brow but he defiantly was, ever since she had said that he couldn't or they couldn't just make her all the more appealing.

Like a game. Claiming.

"The moonlight on you is just...Extraordinary Aurora, I know it's probably a poor subject. But you're hair is—" 

"An abnormality from a potion explosion, I'm surprised I didn't tell you I'm sorry I usually lead off with that-" He once again waves his hand off, but one single strain of said hair fell into her face for him to swipe it back, returning it just behind her ear.

"So your mother, was she a Ravenclaw?" He questioned, and assuming it was the moment that he finally felt to ask a family level question is starting to dwell against her.

The only thing she is not meant to speak of is Salem. That is the biggest red flag.

"No, my mum was a Slytherin...I actually am a serpent in the states so I don't—" 

"Really? Now that might get you perfect entrance into my common room." She gave him a clean cut side eye with a risen brow.

"And what would we possibly do what we can't do here?" She attempted to say it as innocent as possible, but his back had straightened. But she smiled. "I have kissed a bloke before Raba, is that what you're getting at?" Perhaps that wasn't the best approach, but it did speed it along.

"Oh really?" He questioned, pulling he very much closer as it wasn't a limitation of comfort any more. But she pretended to tense.

"It's alright love, just want you to be content." She giggled, but swallowed thickly. The thought of how dangerous his brother and sister in law are completely terrifying, this game is life-threatening.

"I am. You're quite alright." His laughter rang through beside her ear, and yet her heart raced. In a perfect world, she would go for someone like Rabastan, or even Remus had his group not ruined it for him.

"Just quiet alright?" 

"Hm, you ask too many questions and never answer them...I don't even know what you're favorite color is." He chuckled at her innocence once again, yet it always be confronted by another an undefined level of strength. He adored that, and secretly he adored watching her play Quidditch.

"Green of course...Yours?" 

"Oh, another question? I do fancy purple, or shocker, grey." Their laughs intertwined once again and it favored the two as the clock was on its final ticks before the loud midnight chime.

"The dress you wore for the Halloween ball was perfectly fitting." She smirked, he remembered such a detail. Perfect. "Would you believe I made it?" She question, now it turned into an unbelievable match of not trusting her word. At all.

So when the clock did strike, Rabastan took a chance and pulled her in so very close for an unannounced kiss that she hummed against it in agreement. It allowed her to straighten her position on top, gaining the higher ground. With the confusion did Raba fall onto his back hitting the ground, yet his arms around her consequently pulled her down as well.

Continuing the kiss but making it impossible to continue properly. "Oh, Merlin I messed up didn't I? I'm sorry I just—" His hands continued to soothe her pretend conscious only for her to coward down.

"Can I be honest for a moment?" She whispered, he had barely caught it but he wanted for her to continue.

"I...I've t-touched myself if—I know it's wrong to even think about but I just—" His smirk curved fruitfully as he nodded for her to continue and twirled the little strain that had started it all.

"I see no reason to feel shameful of that, but I will say it's making it a struggle to think of your future husband to get to be the only to see you." Aurora suppressed her anger and converted it into a form of fear as she moved out of his hold.

"Don't you think it's unfair, not to be able to pick and choose who we want to be with?" 

"Initially yes, but I've seen it work out countless times to not doubt the system. Why? Has your er...Guardian shown any offers?" She disagreed but then looked up, letting the silence as he began to brainstorm his own protest to his father about Aurora.

Surely a Halliwell presented as a future wife will bring his family pride.

"I see no reason to discuss things when we cannot control nor see it in the future anytime soon...If you'll allow it, then I can surely take your mind off of—" She bit her lip, Merlin did he hate it when she did that. It brought very improper thoughts strayed into his mind as he wondered how she'd react to certain things such as...surpessing a groan?

"We'll call it payment for being my date then?" She questions and he gives another nod to continue about, he pulled her down from tugging on her robe. Something about her weight suppressing him was a craving, especially one dream always managed to rise above the rest.

Were they planted? Perhaps. Anything can be placed into a potion, it wasn't a love potion. Nono Aurora did not play with something as dangerous as that, rather she just made her own perfume everlasting to those she was near.

Going to bed smelling her? Now that...That is how poison becomes an art.

As their snogging session was becoming paced, and Aurora found herself in the predicament of not pretending and following along with him motions. It was when her little kisses brushed under his chin and just underneath his ear that he was finding it impossible to keep his arousal continued, and the second Aurora stilled he knew she felt it too. 

"Aurora I—" Her face turned bright red as she didn't look even in his general direction, having him just brush the back of his hand to his cheek.

"I...I guess I'm not used to this either." Her shock was made in the instant as she looked to him. 

"R-really?" She stuttered, now he was feeling the embarrassment. The girl in all honestly was in literal shock, he was more than decent looking so why on earth hadn't he had anyone to shag?

Had the pureblood supremacy really teach their children that sex is after marriage? Pitty.

"Admitting to doing the same sins as yourself, others have and I've heard that my mates have done that sort of thing. I find myself in the library more times than not." Throughout this conversation Aurora was in the midst of her options, she could give in, into both of her hormones and his.

"Why? I—Has no girl shown—" 

"I must focus on academics rather than anything in that sort, and since there are a few brides at the ready I suppose it slipped my mind...Besides I have, other concerns pressing forward at the moment." She was confused, very as it sounded like the main point of seeking him out.

"Hm, that potions practical?" He chuckled but shook his head far too early for him to really think it through. Thinking with the wrong head entirely.

"Not exactly, but it does involve perfect attention to my OWLS and everything in between." 

"Your father really that particular then? At least Uncle won't nag at a bad grade." He stayed silent for a moment, taking note that it's her Uncle that she is being taken care of. And whatever side, whether it be the sibling to the Ravenclaw or the sibling to a fellow Slytherin could be the difference between their continuation or choice.

"No, rather a...Higher power." Her eyes stayed untempted before she allowed them to go wide in recognition. He knew she would get it, but the way she had suddenly back away had him regret it.

"I would never think to hurt you Aurora, you aren't a blood traitor. A mudblood. You aren't one of them, you believe just what he does. There is no trouble to find it's way between us." She doubted that, but everything on paper always did sound better than out loud.

So she pouted and looked up, biting her lip once again for a distraction tactic. "So...Y-you've met...T-the Dark Lord?" Her question rang into his mind and he nodded. It had been on accident of course, he was merely at home when a meeting had taken place in his manner. His sister in law as well as brother were high-class members so it wasn't too unheard of for him not to listen in the stakes.

He let out a curt nod, the Dark Lord had been impressed with his measly fourth-year grades and the high talk of his family was pressuring him now. But seeing Aurora, seeing her entirely peached after what happened made him smile even more.

"Circi I...You're so brave...To meet the greatest wizard of all time." He took that as another sign of entrance, but he was hesitant in what they would think of a Gryffindor in their ranks. A wife yes, but that might be pushing the boundaries a bit too thin.

"My heart would be pounding...Right out of my chest if..." She hadn't finished her sentence, more so for the reason that her hand had corded to have him feel her heart threatening to pump out.

"Do...I make you nervous darling?" He so spitefully agreed with, and she nodded a bit but smiled. 

"But in a good way Raba...Surely you knew that." Never did he suspect that this year he would want to court a woman, but nothing seeming more concerning than the pressure that held in his trousers.

"I...Um..." She bit her lip once again, and it had been the struggle between information and building up relations. But it was now a predicament. 

"Come here." His voice wasn't demanding, coming out as a suggestion almost as he pulled her close. The separation of her legs onto his waist screamed once more as he found the connection from his lips to her neck.

As unskilled as she thought he would be, he surely took pointers from his roommates that had found themselves in this predicament. "Aurora I...It's getting a bit much to continue, perhaps I shall walk you back and—" A boy had denied her yet again, although if pureblood tendencies didn't matter she would be shagging him at the current moment. Not that that was an issue but she was finding it rather hard to keep him continued.

"I...I can help?" It came out as a question and she scolded herself, and yet, it came perfectly suitable as he was shocked as well. "You...You want to...To help?" He was more than surprised but it worked well as the struggle made her lean backwards, thinking she was denied again.

"It...It was a bad idea, it's already...Perhaps we should go if—" He cut her off another binding kiss as he continued to feel her, his hands digging into her fabric and scratching. Something she didn't know she'd find adoring the quirk of his, but for Rabastan it was a sign of upcoming.

To know it what it felt like to be a man.

Deep down he knew they couldn't go that far, but how far is...Far?

It had been pure accident, whether all the priors finally caught up with her. But it was the action of grinding in him that sent him to finally stages, so with unbalanced fingers did she attempt at his trousers. "I...I've read a book that...Something along the lines of this..." Before he could properly protest her hand had a steady grasp on his very firm member.

She held it for a moment and then pumped it up. Trying to rightly remember the first time she had seen one was all coming back and resurfacing to more than an embarrassment reminder. At least the both of them had been tipsy if anything.

He had been at her mercy as Rabastan is at the moment, he was adoring this sort of affection, never was there ever suspect that this would turn into a snog session and a experiment. And when the climax had reached it's peak, her hand had been soaked to the brim with his remains. He quickly grabbed his wand and swished it away, yet distracting to bring her in a last kiss as payment.

"Perhaps I shall read up as well, see how to treat you with—" Now this defiantly heated up her cheeks in the instant as she could defiantly see some sort of joy coming from this and yet...He found her spot once again to get a reaction to get out of the silence. "R-raba...There's no need to." His eyes looked tempted so she nodded, deciding to postpone it.

"Not tonight...You have a game, and I shouldn't have kept you up all this time." She whispered into his ear before rising to her feet. It had been close to an hour or since either had been on their feet, and had he not held her by the waist she would've fallen back down.

"Come, before Flinch finds us." He spoke, not offering his arm but rather interlocking hands to pull her along. They ventured off towards the Gryffindor tower, however just a bit prior to their arrival had Lily herself returned from the party.

Unfortunately, Remus had decided that it was time for a true confrontation, how long was she going to really ignore them? They were expected to end around eleven if anything since it was only a classified as a dinner, or so he had heard from the rumors.

Lily had come through first to see Remus reading, she called out to Sev once more for a proper goodnight and then returned her gaze to the boy in his personal chair. "How was it?" Lily stopped misstep before looking in the direction of Remus, the fire was flashing to his side portrait and she sighed.

"Remus I can't..." 

"You're not going to talk to me either? I didn't do—" Lily's firing green eyes that only looked hostile to James finally met his own. 

"You didn't? Or did Rory take you out of the fight before you could, she's a very powerful witch and if she wanted to end it she could've. But you lot—She's right! She's been here half a year and you couldn't give her a bloody break. She's right to be angry at you, she should've been since the start!" Lily's shouts was rendering him to choke on his swallow.

"I...I want to apologize, to her...But she won't let me. Or us. She won't even look at me." Lily pitted them all, being on the receiving end of her wand was terrifying and yet...The depression she saw lingering on him sunk through. Softening down her face.

"Her glasses aren't looking good Remus, they were specially made so she could see and they could adapt to her eyes when need be. I can't imagine being blind, nor imagine being reminded that some of her friends had done that. THEN to top it all off it was her father's glasses. Most of their belongings didn't survive the explosion Remus you...You lot messed up. So please, please, leave her alone. Because if she goes back to Ilvermory I won't forgive any of you." She spoke, stomping off up the stairs.

Whether be anger, be it her revenge, for him to finally sod off. She turned for a moment. "She left with Rabastan awhile ago." Lily Evan's wasn't the devil, but there had been a raging flare in her soul to really speak that sort of thing.

She didn't agree with her leaving, but if it was keeping her away from forgiving them then so be it.

Remus had sunken into the chair, thinking for a moment as to getting the map he clearly remembered he had taken it with him to the prefect meeting so he hurried to look and just like Lily had spoken, they were in the clock tower. And by their position of the feet it looked like they were...They could be just talking.

Yet he knew too well what was wrong. He needed to tell her now that Lestrange was a dangerous bunch. That she needed to listen, to not...To not do anything with him as it would hurt him more than anything his imagination was turning into.

Aurora had given Rabastan a kiss goodnight, but the second she came into the portrait the events had finally rained onto her. She wanted to know more about the Dark Lord, more to aid Dumbledore and Alastor. But the kiss had been riveting that it still felt even after she entered the common room and halfway through.

"Aurora." She too paused like Lily had, she knew all too well who's voice it belonged to and she looked straight ahead before glaring in the direction to where he was. 

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"What?" The moon had been quite close in a countdown, and perhaps the idea was finally washing over Aurora as she looked into the window above them to see the third Quarter.

"H-how was the party?" She let her hand go through her already deshelved hair, it must look obvious as to what she had done. So she smirked into his direction. "Perfect." She countered, making a purpose misplacement of her heel just so it looked to him that she was drunk.

And he ate the lie up entirely.

"Aurora—" 

"Lupin I cannot see you nor do I want to, I'm tired. Leave me alone." A hiccup was an added bonus, however the growl that escaped his throat made it all the more a reality. Severus must be right, for his smell was potent.

But that was just Remus.

"Aurora did he...Did he do something that—" Her foggy glare stared off towards him and like a robot did she disagree before finding her movement once again, walking up the steps without looking off behind her.

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Date Posted: 12-20-18

Time: 8:21

Word-Count: 6747