ENIGMA

ENIGMA

Chapter 8-The First Date

It was now the end of the semester. James suggested to Remus that he take Michelle on their first date. Luckily, there was a trip to Hogsmeade and it was the perfect opportunity.
They were allowed to wear Muggle clothing so Michelle pulled on a pair of indigo blue jeans, a white sweater and a black leather jacket over it. She had a multicolored scarf around her neck and a white newsboy cap on her head. Remus was wearing dark blue jeans, a burgundy long sleeved shirt and a tan leather jacket over that.
The weather had gotten cold now and the sky was pink tinged, threatening of snow.

Once they hit Hogsmeade, James and Lily headed off, as well as Sirius and Peter, off to Honeydukes. That left Remus and Michelle alone to do what they wanted. They finally decided to hit a little romantic pub called “Madam Cherub’s”. They entered the pub and immediately warmth hit them. It was warm, dim and cozy with tables and booths scattered around. The tables had candles that were lit creating a really romantic atmosphere. Couples were already sitting in booths and the tables. Remus put a hand on Michelle’s back, guiding her toward a booth. They sat down across from one another. A waitress came and took their order. Michelle looked around. Some of the couples were either engaged in conversation or snogging. It was a good thing the place was dim lit by candles otherwise Remus would’ve seen her blushing furiously.
Their order came and they began talking.
“When you graduate, what are you thinking of doing?” Michelle asked curiously taking a bite of her crumpet.
“Hmm,” Remus mused. “Probably teach Defense Against the Dark Arts. What about you?”
“I’ll probably take up Auror training,”
Remus gazed at her. He couldn’t believe how lucky he was to have such a beautiful girl as his girlfriend. The candle’s glow reflected off her face creating little flecks of gold in her hazel eyes. For a brief moment he felt a tightening in his groin area, but then it passed. He nervously took a sip of his butterbeer.
They continued to chat, glad to be away from the Slytherins and their tormenting. They were having a great time, enjoying each others’ company.
When they were finished, they left the pub and decided to take a stroll along Hogsmeade. Remus took Michelle’s hand in his, intertwining his fingers with hers as they walked. He glanced at her and she grinned back at him. They then decided to take a stroll up to the Shrieking Shack. Michelle had heard rumors about this place. Strange howls and cries were heard each month. She had a spooked expression on her face.
As if reading her mind, Remus smiled picking up on her ‘deer caught in the headlights’ expression as she looked at the shack.
“Those strange howls and noises people are hearing is me changing once a month,” Remus explained. “It’s not really haunted.”
Michelle felt herself relaxing completely. They still had about an hour to kill before the students had to return to school.
“What do we do now?” Michelle asked curiously.
Before Remus could reply, a loud crack of thunder boomed and lightning flashed. A second later, rain began pouring down drenching Remus and Michelle. Their hair was matted to their heads like helmets and their clothes were soaked and sticking to them. Peter’s head suddenly popped out of the Shrieking Shack.
“In here guys!” he called urgently.
Remus and Michelle hurried into the shack. The door closed behind them with a creak. Inside, it was warm, dusty and smelled of mold and mildew in this room, which possibly could be a living room. Boards were over the windows and only a fraction of light broke through creating bars of light on the floor and walls. Michelle took off the cap and wrung out her hair. Peter suddenly vanished again.
Water dripped from her hair onto the floor creating little pools.
“Come this way,” Remus said as he led Michelle through a door on the left. He opened the door and stepped into a room that was clean and looked well lived in. He closed the door behind them and faced Michelle.
Michelle took off her damp jacket and laid it across the back of a couch. There was a fireplace where a fire crackled gently. The room was nice and warm, but being in damp clothes, Michelle and Remus felt their bodies getting chilly.
“Here,” Remus said as he went over to a large trunk against the wall. He opened it and reached in, pulling out a long sleeved mans shirt. “Change into this and then put your clothes near the fire. They should dry in no time.”
He gestured then to a small bathroom off to the right. Michelle nodded and headed into the bathroom. She closed the door behind her and began stripping. The rain had even soaked through to her bra. She pulled on the shirt and it reached her knees. She only had her bikini style underwear underneath. She pulled her hair out of the collar of the shirt and let it hang around her shoulders in damp waves. She gathered up her things and left the bathroom.
Remus was sitting on the hearth rug in front of the fireplace with a blanket around him. Michelle felt herself blushing as she thought he might be naked under there. Michelle then placed her damp clothes near the fireplace and sat down.
Remus saw her shy expression and broke into a grin. “I’m not naked. I’m in shorts,”
Michelle nodded and blushed more.
They sat and Michelle drew her legs up to her chest. She wrapped her arms around them.
“I wonder where Peter went?” Remus mused glancing at her.
“I don’t know. Perhaps back to the castle or Hogsmeade?” Michelle offered.
“Probably,” Remus said in agreement.
A few minutes later, Michelle felt a shiver running down her spine. Even though she was in dry clothes, she was still chilly.
“Cold?” Remus asked looking at her.
“Yeah sort of,” Michelle said rubbing her arms.
Remus opened the blanket, offering for her to get underneath it with him. Michelle scooted closer to him and he wrapped the blanket around her. Feeling the heat from Remus’ body and the warmth of the blanket, Michelle began warming up immediately.
Remus’ heart pounded in his chest as he’d never been this close to a girl before, let alone it being Michelle.
“Are you having a nice time?” Remus asked nervously, suddenly becoming self conscious.
“Of course!” Michelle said looking at him like he was mad. “I’m having a lovely time.”
“So gather getting drenched in the rain is the high point?” he asked teasingly.
“Oh sure,” Michelle teased right back. “Getting soaked in the rain is one of my naturalist hobbies. I love feeling like I wet my pants.”
Remus laughed and Michelle tickled him. He tickled her right back. They were laughing so hard that Michelle fell backward onto the hearth rug. Remus landed on top of her. They soon realized what position they were in the laughter began dying down slowly. Michelle’s hair was fluffed around her hair on the rug and her face reflected the orange glow from the fire. Remus was getting even more nervous. This would be his first time being with a girl but he was really glad he would be able to experience this with Michelle.
Michelle was also nervous too. Michelle’s heart pounded slightly as she felt his weight on top of her. Remus’ hands were near her pelvis and he gently touched the rim of her underwear. At his touch, Michelle’s heart pounded a bit more and she felt excitement as well as nervousness.
Remus slipped Michelle out of the underwear and he pulled off his own boxer shorts. Remus kept his eyes on Michelle’s. Michelle put her hands on his arm as he loomed over her. Then, under the comfort of the blanket, he pressed his hips against hers.
Michelle momentarily sucked in her breath and Remus thought he was hurting her, but shortly her expression went to pure bliss.
Remus began slowly moving inside her. It felt all to wonderful to them. Both of them felt the deep connection that they wondered if anyone ever felt that way before. Remus just concentrated on Michelle and Michelle concentrated on Remus. After a while, Remus’ movements picked up the pace as he thrusted a little more urgently. Michelle tilted her head back exposing her throat to Remus. The excitement in her began mounting.
Shortly, Michelle felt herself reaching her climax. She let out a small cry and arched her body up against Remus’. Remus felt himself reaching the peak of his excitement and he felt himself release it.
Remus laid down on top of Michelle as they both waited for their breathing to slow down again and their pulse to slow down. They were both breathless and sweaty. Remus got off of Michelle and wrapped the blanket around them as they quickly got dressed again. Remus pulled the blanket around them as they sat up. Michelle snuggled up against Remus, pressing her cheek against his bare chest. They just sat there, enjoying each others’ company.
“I love you so much,” Remus whispered to her as he rested his chin on top of her head and he kept his arms around her under the blanket.
“I love you too,” Michelle whispered back.
Soon, both of them dozed off.

Michelle began waking up to warm sunshine on her face. She blinked several times before becoming fully alert. Remus was already awake and fully dressed. Michelle grinned at him.
“Good morning,” he said grinning back at her.
Realization dawned on their faces as they realized where they were and what had happened. They’d fallen asleep in the Shrieking Shack and missed the call back to Hogwarts. Michelle quickly got dressed and Remus led Michelle back to the Whomping Willows entrance.
They snuck back into the castle and just as they were about to sneak up to Gryffindor tower, a stern voice called to them.
“Miss Matthews and Mr. Lupin. So glad you decided to join us,”
Michelle and Remus turned around. Professor Dawes stood there with a stern expression on her face. They froze.
“Please come with me,”
They gulped and followed Professor Dawes to Professor Dumbledore’s office. Remus and Michelle nervously sat in two comfy chairs next to one another in front of Dumbledore’s desk.
“Do you think he’ll expel or suspend us?” Michelle asked worriedly.
Remus went pale. “I hope not,”
Professor Dumbledore came into the office soon after and took a seat behind his desk. He regarded both Remus and Michelle with his blue eyes which were behind a pair of half moon spectacles. They waited for him to say they were expelled or suspended.
But instead, Dumbledore had a concerned expression on his face.
“Can you tell me why you two missed the call back to go back to Hogwarts?”
Remus and Michelle looked at each other.
“Err…” Remus began. How was he going to explain this one?
Michelle decided to jump in.
“Sir, it began raining and we hid in the Shrieking Shack. By the time the rain stopped it was late and we dozed off,”
It was partially the truth. Michelle didn’t want to tell Dumbledore that she and Remus had slept together. That would be utterly embarrassing. Dumbledore’s blue eyes twinkled.
“Are you sure?”
Remus and Michelle nodded.
“Alright, you can go. There’s no need for punishment,”
“Thanks sir,” Remus said gratefully.
Remus and Michelle left his office and headed to Gryffindor tower. They entered the common room to find James, Lily, Sirius and Peter lounging around the fire. Sirius looked up.
“There you are you two! We got worried when you didn’t return,” he said.
“Where were you?” James asked curiously.
“It began raining so we hid in the Shrieking Shack. By the time it stopped raining it was late and we ended up dozing off,” Remus said.
Michelle sat down beside Lily and crossed her legs. Lily scrutinized her closely.
“You look different,” she said.
Sirius looked at Michelle, then back at Remus.
“Both of you look different,” he elaborated.
Remus sat down next to James.
“Ew and you’re wearing the same clothes as yesterday,” James wrinkled his nose. “Your clothes look disarrayed though.”
Sirius suddenly burst out laughing. They all looked at him.
“Isn’t it obvious?” he asked grinning broadly. “The reason they look different and their clothes are disarrayed is because they slept together.”
James and Peter caught on, but Lily was still in the dark.
“They just said they dozed off,” she said frowning.
“No Lil. I mean they had sex,” Sirius clarified for her.
“Oh!” Lily said and blushed furiously.
“Way to go!” Sirius said slapping Remus a high five.
Lily and Michelle began whispering to one another and Sirius and James pulled Remus aside. They wanted to hear the details.
“So how was it?” Sirius asked Remus.
Remus blushed. “I’m not telling you,”
“It was that bad huh?” Sirius asked loudly enough for Michelle to hear him. She picked up a pillow and threw it at him. It bounced off his head and landed on the floor.
“No,” Remus said shaking his head. “It was incredible. The most amazing experience I ever had with Michelle. I’m really glad I was able to share it with her.”
“Oh you shared it alright,” Sirius cracked.
Remus went to swipe at him, but Sirius ducked.
Lily leaned close to Michelle.
“So how was it?” she asked grinning.
“Incredible,” Michelle said sighing. “I’m really glad I did it.”
“Who knew Remus was a stud?” Lily teased her.
Michelle just blushed.
Peter oddly had not said a word about what happened. The next day in classes, the Slytherins naturally had another reason to torment Michelle, stating that the reason why Remus and Michelle were late was because they were looking for the perfect cardboard box to live in, or they emphasized ‘dog houses’. It seemed that Severus had spread that werewolf theory around.
James, Sirius and Remus all threatened those that tormented Michelle with hexes and bodily harm, including putting their wands where wands had no business going. Also, rumors of why the were late were accurate, but they weren’t going to put into those theories. Only the Marauders knew that those rumors were true.
The Slytherins still blamed Michelle for Mary’s death. The Marauders constantly argued that it was impossible for Michelle to cause those windows to implode and the Slytherins argued back that she was a ‘Dark Witch’. That in turned cause Sirius and James to get into many fights. They were sent to Dumbledore’s office numerous times.
Michelle was sitting in the Gryffindor common room reading, trying to get her mind off the horrible things that were being said about her and Remus. The houses were divided in opinions. The Hufflepuffs believed the Slytherins and the Ravenclaws believed the Gryffindors.
The portrait entrance opened and Michelle looked up. James and Sirius were escorting Remus into the room. They had each of Remus’ arms around their shoulders as Remus leaned on them for support, limping slightly. Remus’ robe and uniform were tousled and he had a black eye and a bleeding cut lip.
“What happened?” Michelle cried closing her book and tossing it onto the coffee table. She stood up as James and Sirius made their way toward her and easily dumped Remus on the couch. Remus’ body ached and groaned as he sat down. Michelle sat down beside him. Lily had gone down to the kitchens to get an ice pack and came back. Remus put the ice pack on his eye and sighed blissfully.
She gingerly touched the cut on Remus’ lip. He cringed and pulled away.
“Some Slytherin twit asked Remus what if it was like screwing a pig,” James said gravely. “Remus decked him good, but the Slytherin was a bit more stronger than he was I’m afraid and did more damage then Remus did to him.”
“See if he was smart, he would’ve just walked away,” Sirius said reprovingly.
“I don’t care,” Remus spat vehemently. “I don’t give a shit what the Slytherins think of me. I was only standing up for Michelle.”
Michelle felt totally guilty. She didn’t want to cause Remus anymore pain nor be a burden to them. She reached into her robe and pulled out her wand. She stood up and turned it onto herself. Lily saw this and began sobbing. James and Sirius held their hands up in a defensive position. Remus let the ice pack fall and ignoring his own aching body, he stood up.
“Michelle, put your wand away,” Remus said in a soothing tone keeping his green eyes on Michelle.
“Don’t you see?” Michelle sobbed as she began backing up slowly. “I’m the cause of all this! This is what they want! They WANT me dead!”
“But WE don’t!” Remus said as he slowly approached her. “We care about you a lot…I love you.”
“I caused you to get beat up!” Michelle sobbed as she felt her back hit the mantle piece above the fire. She felt the warmth of the fire licking against her calves like gloves.
“That was my own fault,” Remus said. “I hit the Slytherin first! It doesn’t matter now. I don’t care what happens to me…just please give me the wand.”
Michelle glanced at Lily, James and Sirius and Peter, who had been at the library and just now walked in on the scene with a scared expression on his face. Lily was crying hard now and James and Sirius had pale expressions.
Finally, Michelle broke and she handed Remus her wand. He gently took it and slipped it behind him to Sirius. Sirius let out a breath of relief. Remus stepped closer to her and wrapped his arm around her. They sank to their knees as Remus comforted her. Michelle pressed her face into Remus’ chest and sobbed hysterically. All the hurt and frustration just poured out of her. Between the tormenting and what her parents did, she was like a volcano ready to explode. Remus rested his chin on top of Michelle’s head and kept a hand on the side of her face as he rocked back and forth. After a few minutes, Michelle had stopped crying and she was unusually quiet. Remus realized she’d dozed off. He told everyone to go a head to bed and he stayed with her all night.