Beauty and the Beast (Remus Lupin)

53.

Rose twirled her wand around on the desk as she was too distracted to turn her vinegar into wine for Charms class.

"So he made 6 horcruxes. Dumbledore destroyed one, I destroyed the other in the Chamber of Secrets, so four remain." Harry spoke.

"Wait so, Horcruxes do what?" Ron asked.

"Aren't you listening? He split his soul into 6 different objects. If it's believed that a cup from Hufflepuff and the Slytherin locket are apart of it then anything could be found for Ravenclaw and Gryffindor." Hermione said, "Rose, you're making it snow!"

Ron nudged Rose and she quickly broke out of her trance and the snowing stopped, "sorry..."

"What's wrong?" Harry asked.

"Nothing. I was just thinking too much about your story..." Rose sat up straight.

"Flitwick." Ron whispered.

Rose and Hermione had easily switched their vinegar into wine as Ron and Harry were unable to. Flitwick gave the boys homework to work on their charms. Once Flitwick walked away, Rose went to turn it back into vinegar and accidentally swatted the cup down.

"Blimey, Rose." Ron said, "you alright? I know you've been bad lately but you've never done this."

"He's right." Hermione said, "You've gotten an awful lot clumsier."

"What's going on?" Harry asked.

"Just...Stressed is all." Rose lied.

~

Whenever Rose had free time she'd cram in studying. However, some nights she found it hard to concentrate as her mind kept going back to Remus.

Yes, she was disappointed over his fear but she was more in shock over the fact he wanted to marry her. Never once did she think he had gotten that far, she hasn't for sure. Then she would try to imagine what it would be like.

How he would've proposed, what they would've done for a wedding. If she would even say yes.

But something inside of her burned every time she'd think of him. It was at times like these where she wished she never crossed any boundaries. In fact, she was more mad at herself than anything. If she didn't have gone after the book then they would've been perfectly fine. But even so, she'd still feel curious about what he was hiding.

"Rose...Go to sleep." Hermione said.

Rose closed her book and set it on her trunk before tucking herself in.

"Goodnight." Hermione said.

"Night..." Rose said before closing her curtain.

~

As the days went on, Rose seemed to have gotten worse. She stayed on top of her classes but it didn't mean she was doing well. This was the worst she's ever felt.

"Rose?" Ginny sat next to her, "you don't look so good. What's wrong?"

"Tired is all..." Rose forced a smile before continuing Snapes essay.

"Ok but...Let's face it. Your Metamorphmagus is acting up. I know it only does so when you're upset about something. Is it still Lupin?"

Rose looked up, "of course it is..."

"Well at least you won't have to use hair ties anymore..." Ginny shrugged, "sorry, not the time. Anyways, Dean and I broke up."

Suddenly Rose's mind wasn't focused of Remus, "why?"