Just Like Me -Remus Lupin

10.

Remus was granted permission to spend the summer at home with me. Mia and Fleamont know about his situation and have prepared lots of Wolfsbane for him.

"Thank you again for letting me stay, Mrs.Potter," Remus said as we entered the house

"Of course, Remus," she said sweetly. "We prepared a room for you, so you're not stuck with these two the entire summer,"

"Hey!" James and I said at the same time

"Oh hush and go get your things unpacked. Remus, your room is down two doors from Cal's,"

We all made our way upstairs. James went in his room first. "Come here," I grabbed Remus' hand and drug him into my room.

"Hi,"

"Hi," I said. He rest his hands on my waist and kissed me.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to kissing you,"

"Well get used to it," I giggled. "I'll show you to your room. Mia was sending me letters, asking what type of things you liked, so don't go too hard on me if I got it wrong,"

I led him down the hall a bit and into a room. When Remus saw it, he froze. It had a bookshelf, a desk with parchment and ink, and of course, a piano. It wasn't nearly as big as the one in the choir room, but Remus immediately ran to it when he saw it. "This-this is too much, I'm only staying for 3 months, oh Merlin,"He ran his fingered over the smooth wood and looked over at me. "Thank you,"

"I'm not the one you should be thanking,"

"Right, I'll be right back," he ran out of the room and down the stairs, I walked after him.

"Thank you, so much, Mrs.Potter," I heard him say as I emerged around the corner of the kitchen.

"It's really no problem, dear. It was an old gift from my aunt. I don't play anymore, so it's yours," Mia said.

••••••

That night, I was just about to fall asleep when I heard a knock at my door. "It's Remus," the voice called.

"Come in," I grumbled

The door opened and Remus' figure walked towards my bed and got under the blankets. "Hi,"

"Hi,"

"Did I wake you?" He asked

"Nope," I yawned and reached over Remus to turn on the lamp. He was shirtless. I've seen him shirtless before, but he was in my bed, making my face flush.

"It's rude to stare," he said with a cheeky grin.

"Sod off," I giggled and laid my head on his chest. I traced my fingers over the countless scars that littered his abdomen, making him shiver. In a moment of boldness, I moved so I was straddling him.

"Why hello there,"

I leaned down and kissed him softly, trailing down to his neck, then his stomach. I kissed each and every one of his scars: the ones on his face and his arms. "There, now whenever you look at them, you can think back to this moment," I said as I got off of him and laid my head back down on his chest. He wrapped his arm around me, lightly tracing his fingers up and down my arm. "I think I love you, Remus," I whispered. But he didn't say anything back. He froze.

"I'll see you in the morning, Cal. Goodnight," he got up from the bed and quickly walked out my room. Shit.

The next morning, I walked downstairs to see everybody already up. I had been up for a few hours, but I couldn't bring myself to face Remus. I sat down next to James, Remus was right in front of me. As I ate, I didn't engage in any of the conversations that were going on around me, I avoided eye contact with Remus the entire time. I wasn't mad at him for saying it back, I understood, but it was awkward.