Chocolate and Cigarettes

Chapter 74 - The Book of Torture

After having ditched Remus for a few hours at the Weasley's to go to Disneyland, he had not been very happy. He had enjoyed his little talk with the Weasley children but when he had noticed they had left, he and Sirius decided to take advantage of their mistake. Both of them had given them the cold shoulder until they begged them that they would do anything if they just talked.

So they gave in. And while Gideon was suffering, dressing up like Sirius and doing the stupidest things in the world, Remus had opted for another kind of torture.

"Here's your homemade lasagna, love," Jen said as she put the plate down on the kitchen counter.

Remus, that had been reading the Daily Prophet, stopped and folded it before putting it down on the kitchen counter. He looked at the plate before looking up at her. It was Saturday, so there was no work to do. And usually, when Jen didn't work, she either wrote other songs, spent some time with Remus, or had everyone over. This time she didn't. And even though, he was still mad at her, she knew how to soften him a bit. She had chosen Remus's favorite brown Star Wars pullover and had decided to put it on, making it go to her knees. And in addition, she had chosen to take one of his sport-shorts, so she looked kind of funny.

"It does look homemade." He said looking at the Bolognese dripping with pasta kind of lasagna. "But thank you."

Jen crossed her arms but didn't say a thing as she wasn't in the position to do so. Meanwhile, he ignored it and took a bite. Now, despite the looks, it was the best lasagna he had ever eaten. It was like it had all exploded in his mouth. He didn't know she was a good cook as he was the one constantly cooking for the both of them.

"This has been torture. Come on, love. Allow me to show you how much I am sorry for that night." She said sitting down next to him.

She folded her arms and looked at him as he looked at her with a quirked eyebrow.

"Only if you do one last thing for me." He said with a mischievous smile.

Jennifer immediately smiled back and leaned down on the counter. If he was thinking about what she was thinking, there was no real punishment there. She was already in the mood anyway. But he surprised her when he stood up and went towards their little library. He then started to run his fingers against the spine of the books until he stopped and pulled a red book out. He then walked towards Jennifer smiling goofily and handed it to her.

"Read this on your own and I'll forgive you."

Jennifer furrowed her eyebrows and took the book he handed her.

Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare

Jen looked up at him, only to see him already looking at her with a huge grin. One she had only seen on him on their days at Hogwarts where he would read the exact same book to her. She really didn't want to read that book. She loved to read with him but not Romeo and Juliet. She disliked the story and he knew it. It was his favorite book, he read it on every occasion he got but she just couldn't like it. So making her read it was more than a good punishment.

"Can't I read something else?" She asked him. "Hamlet?"

He shook his head and put a strand of her hair behind her ear before grabbing his shirt she was wearing and making her crash against him. The book she was holding, was pressed against both their chests as he continued pressing her more against him. She tightened her grip on his shirt as she clutched it. He smiled goofily at her, which made her heart melt and rush at the same time.

"Romeo and Juliet." He decided. "Please."

She looked at him for some more time before she sighed and nodded. If he really wanted her to do it. She would. It was really not the kind of lecture she looked forward too but if he asked, she'd do it. He'd done plenty of things for her already so she could do that for him. She wasn't that bad of a girlfriend. She hoped she wasn't.