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Once Upon A Moon	By : Hippiechick7897 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 2057 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 14

          Before they knew it Christmas was upon them and they were faced with a
new dilemma. Neither one could figure out what kind of gift to give. How do you
find the perfect gift for someone?

          Remus was still keeping his feelings under lock and key. Every time a woman
finds out you love them, they start shitting all over you, he kept telling himself.
What they had was too perfect and he didn’t want to ruin it.

          Since Lika had admitted she loved Remus the first time, she hadn’t shared it
again. He knew how she felt and she decided the next move was his. She wasn’t
going to force him into a relationship he wasn’t ready to commit to. That’s why she
didn’t know what to get him for Christmas. What do you get someone in a
relationship like this, she asked herself.

          As the bell rang in the final class before break she felt a tension in her
stomach. She didn’t know why her nerves were raised, she supposed it was
because she had never spent holidays with a man before and it just seemed like a
whole new level of intimacy. They spent so much time together already, she was
having problems grasping why exactly this was a problem.

          Remus came to fetch her as usual and saw the far away look in her eyes
again. More often than not in last couple of weeks she had that look. He didn’t
know what to do about it. When he asked what was wrong she just said nothing
and distracted him in some way, usually with a kiss. He stood in the doorway and
watched her until she noticed him. He could see her eyes glimmering with
repressed tears and felt something clutch at his chest. He wanted to comfort her
but stood his ground.

          Lika’s neck prickled with awareness and her eyes darted around for the
cause. She focused on Remus and blinked the tears out her eyes but she knew
she’d been busted. He had asked her several times over the past couple of weeks
what her problem was but she couldn’t very well tell him when she wasn’t even sure
herself.

“Hi.” She said.

“Hello.” He replied as he sized her up. “Crying again?”

“No. I just have a piece of dust in my eyes.” She said unconvincingly.

“In both of them?” He said doubtfully. “Come on.”

          She gazed into his soft gray eyes and felt her love for him coursing through
her veins and knew in that instant what was wrong with her. She wanted her love
returned. Not shown, like he always did with her, but spoken. She hadn’t realized
until just now how desperately she wanted to hear him say it but she wouldn’t
force him. He was just going to have to say them in his own due time because she
refused to be resented later in life for forcing him into it.

“Remus. Please, just forget it. I’m fine really. Just a little emotional today.” She
said as she stood on her tiptoes to press a kiss to his lips.

He pulled her into his embrace and rested his chin on the top of her head as he
stroked her hair. “ I just wish you would trust me enough to help you.”

“Please believe me. It has nothing to do with trust. I trust you with every fiber of
my being.” She said as she pulled back to meet his gaze and grab his palm.

“Then why don’t you tell me what’s bothering you?” He implored, though he was
very pleased with her compliment.

“Because I don’t know what’s bothering me.” She lied. “My Inner Eye has been
feeling a little clouded the past couple of weeks. So I just feel off-kilter.”

“There. Was that so hard?” He said.

          Lika gave a weak smile and felt bad for fibbing to him. She turned around
and grabbed her bag from the desk before facing Remus. “Ready?”

“Yes. Let’s go.” He answered as he grabbed her elbow and guided her to the stairs.

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          Now that Lika knew what was bothering her she could start to control her
moods a bit better. Over the next couple of days everything was returning to
normal and Remus had quit asking her what was bothering her. Which she was very
grateful for.

          They had decorated their homes together, each helping the other get ready
for Christmas and couldn’t help but be impressed with their handy work.

“Looks damn good.” Remus said.

“It does, doesn’t it.” Lika answered as she stood back to admire the sparkling tree.

          With a couple of waves of his wand Remus had dimmed the lights and
conjured a roaring fire. He sat down on the floor and leaned against the couch
before drawing her down to sit in front of him. She leaned back against him and
snuggled into him with her head under his neck so he could rest his chin on her
crown.

“Comfortable?” He asked as he wrapped his arms around her more securely.

“Mmmhmm.” She answered sleepily.

          They sat there in silence for a couple of minutes, reveling in the warmth of
the fire and each other. Lika started humming tunelessly and he began feeling
tired himself as she relaxed him with the soothing vibrations of her vocal chords.
He grasped around for something to talk about.

“Tell me something true.” He said abruptly.

“Something true? About life?” She asked.

“No. Something about you. Tell me something I don’t know about you.” He said.

“I hate vegetables.” She stated.

“No. Not something like that. Although that’s good to know. Give me some insight
into you. What makes you tick. What’s your greatest fear?” He inquired.

Lika sat pensively for a moment deciding what her worst fear was. She didn’t like
bugs, spiders especially but there must be something worse than that.

“I’m afraid of being alone forever and never knowing love.” She said.

          Remus heard the pain in her voice, even though it was slight, and felt his
chest constrict. If ever there was an opportunity to confess his feelings, this was
it, but still he hesitated.

          Lika had given him a wide opening for him to tell her he loved her but to no
avail. She felt the tears begin and cried silently and imperceptibly. She was
starting to feel like she was wasting her time. They were wonderful together but
stuck in the same place, unmoving. Remus obviously had some kind of hurdle he
couldn’t seem to get over in regards to the love department.

          She moved to get up when she heard a loud thud on the window. Remus
tugged her back down, shoving her to the side while he protectively shifted in
front of her.

“What was that?” She asked nervously.

His sharpened eyes searched the darkness for the cause. He saw a bird laying
unconscious on the window sill.

“A bird. Must have flew into the window. It’s laying on the sill. Looks knocked
out.” He answered.

“Oh Remus, we have to help it.” Lika said.

“Of course.” He answered.

          Remus rose to his feet and turned to pull Lika up also. They walked over to
the window and he pulled it open. He gently brought the bird inside and placed it
on the coffee table, both looking at it.

“There’s a bird just like this one that lives above my tower.” Lika said.

“It’s a hawk. How bizarre. They’re not very common around here. Now there’s
two of them? Strange. Listen, can you go grab some bandages from the medicine
chest in the bathroom?” He asked.

“Sure.” She said as she hurried away.

          Remus was pressing his fingers on the birds wings, checking for injuries,
when suddenly the bird got bigger. He kept growing and growing to an absolutely
human size, until Remus realized it was not a bird anymore but a man. He found
himself staring into a pair of cold blue eyes and panic filled his chest as he noticed
the wand pointed directly at his heart.

“Malfoy.” Remus said in a voice full of cold fury.
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