Once Bitten, Twice Shy

A/N: Well, went back and fixed a mistake. In chapter 3, Herm left school after dinner, yet when she arrived at Lupins after apperating, it was morning.. Anyway, fixed chapter 3 so it makes more sense. lol. Next chapter coming. Light smut coming up in this chappie, but nothing to bad yet. It\'s still too early to have full blown sex. lol.

The days following Sirius\'s arrival were spent catching up with him, lounging out by the pond and doing her school work. Which is where she was now, doing a bit of \'light\' reading. It was in the middle of the day and she was starting to become a nervous wreck. Tomorrow night would be her first full moon.


So far, she had noticed just slight differences in her hearing and eyesight. At night, she could hear Sirius and Remus talking, but wasn\'t able to make out what they were saying. She could also hear when Sirius went up to his room, on the third floor and got into bed. She didn\'t need to use the light anymore when going to the loo or down to the kitchen for a drink of water. She had yet to experience the embarrassing prospect of her hormones going crazy, though she knew that would happen sometime today. Hence why she was outside, away from both men. She really didn\'t want to throw herself at either one of them.

At lunch time, Remus called her in. The three of them sat around and talked while they ate. She kind of wished Sirius would leave. Not that she didn\'t like him. She loved him to death. Especially since he had been cleared of all charges and had taken Harry away from his awefull Aunt and Uncle. She was like an older brother to her, but she really wanted to speak to Remus alone. Needed to ask what exactly was going to happen and how they were going to be able to control it without, as he put it, doing the deed.

True, she\'d had some boy friends, but all she had done with them was fool around a little. Nothing too serious. Her studies were more important to her. Seeing as she wasn\'t going to get the chance to ask her questions, which she felt were too personal to ask in front of Sirius, she excused herself after eating and went back outside.


Later that evening was when all her trouble began.


She had just come out of the bedroom when she heard Sirius and Remus talking. Normally she wouldn\'t have thought twice about it, but she heard Sirius say her name.

\"So, you haven\'t told Hermione yet?\" He asked.

\"No. I haven\'t been able to. I know she\'s going to freak and there\'s nothing I can do to stop it. I wish there was. She\'s going to hate me. And I don\'t think I can handle that.\" She picked up on the sadness in his voice as he said the last. What could possibly happen to make her hate him?


\"Well, just think. If all else fails, you\'ll finally get la.....\"

His words were cut off by Remus growling at him. \"Don\'t even say it. It\'s not going to happen.\" She didn\'t get a chance to evaluate what they were actually saying because Remus\'s growl caused something to happen.

It started with a small tingle in her belly, then spread out. She squeaked and started to run to her room. She closed the door when Remus stepped out of his room to see what had happened. Turning back, he gave Sirius a glare and chided him on being tactfull.

Inside Hermione\'s room, she basically panting. Now she knew why Remus and Dumbledore wanted her here instead of there with a bunch of randy teen-age boys running around. Merlin help her, she was going into heat.

Twenty minutes later, finding nothing that would take her mind off what was happening, she heard someone out in the hallway. Opening her door, she spotted Sirius. Maybe he could help her.

\"Hello, Hermione. Are you feeling okay?\" He asked her when she stepped out and started walking toward him.

\"Well, no. See, I have this little problem and I was wondering if you could help me with it?\" Inside, her mind was screaming at her. \'What the hell do you think you\'re doing? This is Harry\'s godfather for Christs Sake.\' But she payed it no heed. Not that she didn\'t try. She couldn\'t help herself. She was, as Remus had said, out of control.

\"I\'ll help if I can.\"

She gave him a cheshire grin and advanced on him, pushing him into the wall. She grabbed his head before he had time to react and attatched her mouth to his. He fought her, or tried to, but she was having none of it. Finally, he was able to draw his mouth from hers.

\"Hermione, I don\'t think you really want to do th.... Awww.\" She had reached down and grabbed him between the legs. Groaning, he tried to get his bearings. This wasn\'t right. And Remus would kill him, he was sure. He got his vocal cords to work and yelled for Remus to help.

Remus opened his door, seen what was happening and cursed. He came over and put his arms around Hermione, pulling her away from Sirius and holding her tight enough so she couldn\'t turn around. She started to struggle.


Remus opened his mouth and set his teeth into the back of her neck, close to her shoulder. This caused her to stop her struggles and let out a half sigh, half moan. Releasing her neck he said, \"Stay still and come with me.\"

He gave gratefull yet sad eyes to Sirius and pulled her into her room. Here\'s hoping she wouldn\'t hate him or try to kill him for what he was about to do.


A/N: Okies, not really any smut, thats for next chapter. LOL. Thanks for the reviews. Hopefully I\'ll be able to get the next chapter out tomorrow.