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Only Time Will Tell	By : dracolover1 Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Remus/Hermione Views: 9595 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 2
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Chapter Four

“I think I'm going to take a few days off Mr. Knottingham, I'm not feeling too well. I think I'm going to take some vacation days also, since I have some saved up.” Hermione told her boss around noon the following Friday. The past week had been very interesting to say the least.

Every day, since Hermione had told Ginny about what she overheard between Sirius and Remus, she found a flower somewhere near her. It all started with that carnation, she knew it meant something, she could feel it. They never came with a note, no one ever delivered them, they just appeared where ever she was. She never knew when they were coming, as they never came at the same time of the day, and she began looking forward to receiving them. Today, though, she hadn't received one yet. 'It's still early,' she mused, 'maybe I'll get it later.'

“Alright Miss Granger, you can head out. I must agree, you should take a few days off, don't look well. You work yourself too hard.” the older gentleman said as Hermione grabbed her belongings.

“Thanks Mr. K. I'll owl you when I'm feeling better,” she replied as she scurried through the door.

Instead of going home like she had originally planned, moments before she Apperated away, a handsome, blue haired toddler flashed through her mind, and she found herself standing in front of 12 Grimmauld Place. When she walked inside, she knew something was wrong.

“Remus?” she called out reaching for her wand. The tension in the air was so thick she could taste it.

“Library,” was his response. When Hermione reached the library, she quickly stowed her wand away and went over to the man in question. He was sitting in front of the fire place with what seemed to be a sleeping Teddy, but as Hermione got closer she could see that he was far from sleep. Remus's clothes were rumpled as if he had been fighting his life, and Teddy's face was tear stricken and he was softly sobbing.

“Remus, is everything alright?” Hermione said kneeling beside him.

“Yes,” he sighed, “Everything is fine. I just can’t get this little bugger to go down for his nap. He's been cranky for a few days now and I don't know what's wrong. He's never been like this.” Remus sounded defeated and Hermione's heart went out to him.

“Here, let me take him. You go rest for a while, and I'll try to put him down.” Hermione said reaching for the toddler. “Hey Pumpkin,” she cooed, snuggling the blue haired boy closer to her. “Let's go for a walk while Daddy gets some rest,” she said as she turned to Remus. “I'm going to take him for a walk. We'll be right back. You lay there and rest and we’ll be back before you know it.” she said. Her soft but stern voice left no room for argument, and Remus could only nod his assent. Hermione made her way to the front door with Teddy. She threw a quick glance back at her ex-professor, and smiled to herself. Within the little time it took her to reach the door of the library, Remus had sunk into the soft cushions of the couch and dozed off. She continued walking to the front door and walked outside. Softly humming to Teddy, she walked out the door and into the afternoon sunlight. With the sun kissing her skin, she began her walk with Teddy. She knew that a nice calming walk outside could calm even the most stubborn children. After walking about 10 minutes, she looked down at the now sandy haired toddler and smiled as she took in his sleeping form. Turning back the way she came, Hermione made her way back to the house.

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“Remus. Remus. Wake up, we're back.” Hermione whispered as she gently shook Remus.

“Wuzzoinon?” he grumbled as he woke from his slumber. “Mia, is that you?” he asked rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

“Yes, it's me.” she replied smiling. “I got Teddy to go down. I'm pretty sure he'll be out for a few hours, he looked pretty tired when I got here, and so did you. So, this has been going on for a few days? Why didn't you come get me? You know I would have helped.” she playfully scolded.

“Wait, did you say you got him to sleep?” he smiled when she nodded. “Merlin, Mia. I may have to marry you for that.” he said and blushed a deep scarlet when he realized what he had said.

“Well, is that the only reason you would want to marry me, Remus? Because I'm good with kids?” Hermione said feigning hurt, but the laughter in her eyes gave her away.

“Well, you know Teddy doesn't take to just anyone. May as well snatch up someone he loves, right?” Remus laughed, continuing her game. Hermione could do nothing but laugh with him. Not many people saw this side of Remus. This side that reminded her of his raven haired best friend, and she was happy that she was one of the few people who actually got to see it. After realizing that she had been staring at him longer that what was appropriate, she got up and walked toward the kitchen.

“I'm parched. Fancy some tea, Remus?” Hermione said. She heard him grumble something like 'more than tea' but she couldn't be sure. “What was that Remus?” she asked quirking an eyebrow.

“Er... um... Yes, I would love some tea,” he said standing to follow her out the room and into the kitchen.

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"So, Remus, care to tell me more about this long lost love?" Hermione said smirking before she took a sip of her tea.

"Sure, what do you want to know?" Remus replied. He knew he was sharing on thin ice, the wrong question and he might just tell her everything. But he had more self-control than that... Right?

"Well, let's start with the basics. What's her name and how did you two meet?" Hermione asked.

"Lisa, and I met her through work." He replied. 'I shouldn't have agreed to this.' He thought.

"What was she like? What did she look like?" Hermione pushed.

"Well, she didn't like Sirius much when they first met. She was very spirited, passionate; we could have a conversation for hours about any and everything. Merlin, I remember a few Weeks after we met I finally got the courage to ask her out on a date. We stayed up all night in the park just talking. She was the brightest witch I knew." As he spoke, Hermione watched his face light up in excitement. She could tell that he still loved this woman. She began to wonder what happened to her when she realized Remus had stopped talking. Snapping out of her reverie, she noticed they weren't alone anymore. Sometime while Remus was talking, Sirius had entered the kitchen. The look he was giving Remus had a mixture of warning and hopefulness in it. While Hermione was watching Sirius, she missed the slight shake of Remus' head accompanied with a slight frown of his lips.

"What are you two talking about? More importantly, where's my little man?" Sirius said as he crossed over to the kitchen table where Remus and Hermione were seated.

"He's sleep, and I swear to Merlin if you wake him nobody will ever find your body." Remus threatened.

"Oh Moony, you wouldn't harm me. So you finally got him to sleep, how'd you do it?" Sirius asked sliding into a seat next to Hermione.

“Actually, I can’t take any credit for that. That was all Mia. If she hadn’t come by, I would have gone crazy trying to get him to sleep.” Remus said with a slight chuckle and shake of his head.

“Really?” Sirius said with a quirk of his eyebrow. “Well we know now that when we can’t get the little bugger to sleep, that we go straight to Auntie Mione. so, what were you two talking about before I walked in?”

“Oh, I was just telling Mia about my old girlfriend Lisa. You remember, the one I worked with.” Remus said hoping Sirius would catch the hint and not let anything slip.

“Ahh, Lisa. Yeah she was a little firecracker if I remember. She hated me when we first met. That’s something I will never forget.” Sirius said with a chuckle.

“Why did she hate you so much Sirius?” Hermione inquired before taking a sip of her tea.

“She hated him because he constantly hit on her. It was slightly revolting, but I do remember one time when she threatened to hex off some of Sirius’ most important body parts if he kept grabbing at her.” Remus said trying to contain his laughter at the look on Sirius’ face.

“Well, serves you right. Just goes to show you that you can’t have any woman you please. Mr. Black.” Hermione said chuckling. “What happened to her? I mean, where did she go?” Hermione asked after a few minutes of silence.

“She left.” Remus replied, and Hermione couldn’t help but see the pain flicker across his face. “I was going to marry her. But I didn’t get the chance to ask her. She was there one day, then she was gone the next.” Remus said more to himself than to anyone else.

Hermione’s heart went out to her older friend. She wished that she had someone that loved her as much as Remus loved Lisa. If only she could find him somewhere.

The trio sat in silence for what seemed like hours, but in reality was only a few minutes. Set on lightening the mood, Hermione turned to Sirius. “So, anyone from your past that you're still yearning for?” Hermione said with a smirk.

“No,” he grunted, “Sirius Black doesn’t settle for one witch, Mione.”

“Oh really?” Remus said with laughter in his voice. “What about Lisa’s cousin? What was her name?”

“Laura,” Sirius said with a dreamy look in his eye. “Now she was a witch. She was amazing in all sorts of ways.” He said with a wink.

The two Marauders sat and told Hermione about their past loves for the next few hours until Hermione excused herself saying she had a headache. Remus looking worried offered to escort her home, but Hermione being the independent witch she was denied his offer. Placing a friendly kiss on both men's cheek, Hermione walked to the sitting room and flooed herself home.

When Hermione stepped out of the fireplace in her own flat, she was met with a ghastly looking Ginny. Something told Hermione that her face mirrored Ginny’s and that they were suffering the same symptoms. ‘What could be wrong?’ she thought as she stumbled onto the couch next to Ginny. Neither had the strength to make it to their rooms, so they both collapsed onto the couch, both hoping to feel better in the morning.

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Hermione was having the weirdest dream. She was dreaming about the man she met in the alley a few weeks before but when she would look into his eyes, they would be Remus’ eyes. When she would try to focus on his face, it would be Remus’ face. Everything about this man screamed Remus, but it wasn’t Remus. Opening her eyes, Hermione realized she wasn’t on the couch anymore. Thinking that she must have sleep walked into her room, Hermione drifted back into dreamland once again.

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Hermione peeked her eye open in the morning sunlight, and groaned. She felt horrible and she didn't know why. Reaching for her wand on her nightstand, Hermione completely missed it and fell off her bed.

“Well that's odd,” Hermione said as she got up off the floor, “I don't remember getting shag carpeting in my room. Nor do I remember any of this being in my room.” Hermione felt even sicker as she took in the room around her. There was no way she was in her room anymore, but where she was she didn't know. After taking in the rickety desk in the corner, the shag carpeting, and dusty windows, Hermione realized she was in the Leaky Cauldron. But how did she get there? The last thing she remembered was coming home from Remus' because she didn't feel well, and after seeing Ginny she fell asleep on the couch. How did she get here?

“Ugh,” Hermione heard and nearly jumped out of skin at the sound. Turning around, she noticed that she wasn't alone in the room.

“Gin. Gin, wake up,” Hermione said rushing to her friends side and gently shaking her awake.

“Mione, whats wrong? Why are you in my room?” Ginny said not completely awake.

“Um, Gin. We're not in your room. As a matter of fact, we're not even in our flat.” Hermione said in a soothing voice. She knew not to mess with a freshly woken Ginny.

Hearing this, Ginny opened her eyes and took a look around. “How the...? What the...? Where are we? How did we get here?” she all but screeched at Hermione. She knew where they were but she didn't want to believe it.

“As for where, we're at the Leaky. As for how, I don't have the slightest idea.” Hermione said shaking her head looking as confused as Ginny felt. “I say we go down stairs and see if Tom remembers when we came in, then we can go home.” Hermione said, walking towards her door.

The girls walked out of their room and down the stairs to the bar to find Tom. When they spotted him behind the bar, they made their way over noticing the peculiar looks they were receiving from the other witches and wizards.

Ginny leaned toward Hermione and said, “What's their problem? They act like they've never seen two witches in Muggle clothes before.”

Hermione just shrugged, something was off.

When they reached the bar, they plopped down onto two stools and Hermione called Tom over.

“Excuse me Tom, do you remember when we came in last night?” Hermione said in a polite voice and she watched as he made his way over.

When Tom got close enough for them to see him clearly, Hermione gasped. He looked younger, but that couldn't be she had just seen him a few days ago and he looked, well, like Tom. This Tom was less fleshy, no hump in his back from constantly bending over, his skin wasn't as pasty as she remembered, and he still had all of his teeth.

“'Cuse me miss, but I don' think I ever saw you before.” he said before he turned towards Ginny. “Or you.”

“How can that be? We woke up in one of your beds this morning, and we were just here a few nights ago. Its me, Hermione Granger, and this is Ginny Weasley. We're friends of Harry Potter.”

“'Arry Potter? Never 'eard of 'Arry Potter.” Tom said looking at the girls as if they were from another planet.

“Never heard of Harry Potter?” Ginny screeched, “He's the 'Boy Who Lived', 'The Chosen One', the one who defeated Voldemort!” At that last word, the entire bar went silent. Tom looked as if he had been kissed by a Dementor.

“Ginny,” Hermione whispered. “Look at the date.”

Ginny turned to see Hermione clutching a Daily Prophet for dear life. Quirking her eyebrow at Hermione, she took the paper out of her grasp.

“April 4^th. 'Mione, I see nothing wrong with the date,” Ginny said.

“Look at the year.” Hermione replied.

Sighing, Ginny returned her gaze to the paper. After a few moments she let out a whoosh of air emptying her lungs completely.

“1981.”

A/N

Just a few things:

1) I will NOT be changing their names in this story. I find those that do are very hard to follow. I know Sirius and Remus called them Laura and Lisa but that's because Hermione was there.

2)Thank you once again to those who have reviewed. I really appreciate it.

3) Who else is happy that their finally back in the past? I know I am lol. It took them for-freakin-ever to get there, and now they're there. I'm sooooo happy =)

4) Once again reviews are my drug/alcohol and I'm addicted. Please review =) until next time, Happy Reading =)

MrsAphroditeLupin- I want one also. its just something about him that... i dont even know what it is lol

lillyput93- it drives me mad also. i dont even know why i do it =)

ChaosLady- Thank you =)

Kayla Kodai- I love them together too. We shall find out together, because this is truely a work in progress. Back to the past stories are my favorite ones also, they just open up a whole new everything.
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