Falling, Fallen || Remus Lupin

Chapter Thirteen

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After their morning class, James, Remus and Rosemary decided to spend their free period together walking around the grounds of the school.

The weather had now become gloomier by the minute, with a chilly autumn breeze flowing through James' hair, tousling it up much worse than it normally would. If the pure-blood boy was ever stressed out like right now, he loved running his fingers through it absentmindedly. Though, the strong winds flowing past the trees was starting to do his job for him, making some pieces of his jet black hair stick out in all different directions.

"Moony, please. You promised!" James quipped quickly, following Remus closely behind while the tall boy ignored him with a smile, walking down a common path that lead to a tiny wooden cabin located directly across from the Forbidden Forest.

Rosemary found it entertaining to say the least, watching two of her favorite boys innocently bicker like brothers about the most simple things, pushing each other jocularly as they continued to hike deeper into the forest towards one of their favorite hide-out places behind the Hogwarts Castle.

She noticed the tree's started to grow taller and fuller with hundreds of leaves swishing around gently above them the longer they kept walking further and further away from the school. The tall trees imitated the sound of harmonious rushing water as the branches rubbed together and danced above them, calming Rosie down from such a stressful morning.

Just as the three of them finally reached their destination, Rosemary took this opportunity to fully enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the vibrant orange, yellow and red leaves around them as they marched up a large hillside. Once they reached the top of the tall mountain slope, Rosie slowed down her pace to catch her breathe and watched as James and Remus continued to march towards the Half-Giant's Hut, where the school's very own Groundkeeper lived.

"Sorry, Prongs. I promised Lily I wouldn't tell anyone." Remus laughed as James tried desperately to get his snarky friend's attention by snatching his red knitted beanie right off his head.

"You lied to me, mate. I thought we had a deal." James teased as he held Remus' beanie behind his back, quickly throwing it from one side to the other whenever Remus tried to snatch it back from him.

"C'mon, give it back James." Remus muttered as he tackled the Potter boy to the ground, wrestling for the hat playfully.

"Not until you tell me what she smelled in her Amortentia, Lupin!" James groaned as the two boys tumbled around, twisting in interesting ways over the top of the hill.

"Remind me again why I'm friends with you idiots." Rosie called out to the boys sarcastically as she rolled her eyes watching them play-fight. Smirking, Rosie took a seat at the top of the hill, laying on her back with her arms spread open like a star so she could watch the clouds pass by above her while the two continued to wrestle like little kids.

As she stared above her, she couldn't help but let her mind wonder to what the others might have smelled in their Amortentia potions as well, specifically Remus.

In fact, she could list hundreds of things that James loved and admired openly that could be potential suitors to his desires, Lily Evans and the game of Quidditch being at the top of that list. However, she had enormous trouble thinking of what Remus could smell that could build up that same level of passion and yearning in his chest.