I solemnly swear that I am up to no good | Professor Remus Lupin

Chapter 26 | Sirius

Grace ran towards us. I turned around to her with a smile, my eyes had stopped glowing and the flames had disappeared. She hesitantly returned the smile and I stood up.

"Maeve, I am sorry for earlier" she told me and I hugged her. She hugged me back. 

"You don't need to, it's alright, Grace" I whispered into the hug. Remus stood up too.

"We should go back inside" he said and motioned towards the clouds. It was still raining heavily and I looked down at my white button up, it was soaking wet. Gladly I had learned my lesson and was wearing a bra this time. Grace began to walk towards the castle. I wanted to walk after her but noticed that Remus had followed my eyes. A smile crept onto my face and I looked at him until he noticed.

"I am sorry" he said but his eyes didn't move away. So I coughed to get his attention and chuckled.

"Like what you see?" I asked him with a triumphal smile and crossed my arms in front of my chest.

"You know that this is just making it harder for me?" He asked me and looked into my eyes. I chuckled, I was fully aware, that crossing my arms was just pushing my breasts. "Alright let's go get you something to cover up...i don't want anyone else to see you like that" he said and started walking towards the castle.

I stayed there for a moment before I ran after him. "Why is that, Professor?" I gingerly asked. He stopped in his tracks and slowly turned around and his smile told me everything I needed to know. He was jealous. I felt my face heat up and we continued walking.

Grace was waiting in the doorway and we went inside, Remus closed the large door behind us. He used the summoning charm to get Grace and me towels. We thanked him and wrapped them around us.

"Get away from her!" A loud voice shouted through the corridor. We turned around and saw that Snape was pacing towards us. "My students told me what happened, she is dangerous!"

Remus rolled his eyes and protectively stepped in from of me. "No, she is not, Severus"

"Oh of course...Remus" he spat out his name. "Obviously you are defending her-"

"Severus" Dumbledore interrupted Snape with a calming voice. I turned my head towards him, McGonagall was walking next to him. She looked at me questioningly.

"Ah, Professor Dumbledore. Maeve succeeded and transformed into her Veela form" Remus proudly told the headmaster. McGonagall seemed as shocked as Dumbledore.

"Only half way..." I corrected him and stepped bedside him. I had only managed to form the flames and controlled my anger as best as I could, but I didn't got the wings.

"Succeeded?" Snape repeated Remus words in disbelief. But Dumbledore ignored him and walked towards me.

"That is indeed... amazing and a huge progress." Dumbledore said. McGonagall tried to find the right words. "But...how?" She stuttered.

This time Grace took a step forward. "Maeve saved me." I smiled at her and continued to explain what had happened. "I only could take a few drops of the potion, because Blaise destroyed it and he provoked me..."

"Than her eyes started glowing and flames formed in her hands." Grace finished for me.

"No wings...?" McGonagall asked me and I shook my head.

"Then-" Dumbledore began to speak but got interrupted by a group of students running down the corridor towards us. They were in Gryffindor.

"Professor!"

"What's going on?" He softly asked them.

"The fat lady! She is gone!" One of the students answered within breaths.