Chapter Four:

Remus woke the next morning to find himself alone again. He sighed heavily as he tossed away the bed sheets miserably.

Maybe it was a dream.

He got up and headed for the kitchen. Hermione was pouring coffee into to mugs on the counter. He froze. She was wearing the same clothes as the day before.

Not a dream…Thank God.

"Morning sleeping beauty." she smiled and handed him his coffee as she leaned on the counter. He set it aside and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Morning."

There was a sharp knock on the door and they could hear Harry and Ron outside. He sighed and she cursed under her breath. Remus reluctantly removed his arms from Hermione.

"At least they knocked." she said as he went to answer the door.

"Hey, guys." Ron grinned as he entered the kitchen, "we weren't interrupting anything were we?"

Hermione gave him her most patented death glare from her place at the counter. Ron got the idea. The smile faded from his face and he cowered.

"She hasn't had her coffee yet." he mumbled.

Remus and Harry laughed as they all sat around the kitchen table. Ron sat as far away from Hermione as humanly possible. Harry pulled out a copy of the Daily Prophet, and handed it to Hermione.

"Read the gossip column."

"What did you tell them?" she hissed.

"Read, Hermione." he grinned. Hermione turned to the gossip column and read.

The Boy Who Lived:

No Longer a Boy

Harry Potter, known as "The Boy Who Lived", is no longer a little boy. Sources have told this reporter (Rita Skeeter, Daily Prophet) that Harry is currently living with two lovely young ladies somewhere in London.

The Living arrangement, however, appears to be on rocky ground. It seems Harry can't decide which of the two women his heart belongs to. The women, who are unidentified as of yet, have reportedly been battling for Harry's affection since the three of them attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

The Prophet hopes that Harry will someday find the love that was taken from him at a young age, and that he will continue to battle for the hearts of our readers as strongly as his two roommates appear to be fighting for his.

Rita Skeeter,

Daily Prophet

"Ugh!" Hermione moaned, throwing the article in the trash, "Sources my ass! She's been spying again!"

"Exactly!" Which means she'll have seen Remus come in…and never leave…" Ron grinned.

"She wont care…that's not about Harry." Hermione said.

"You just wait! She'll say you cheated on him!" Ron said.

"How would you even know we did anything?"

"Remus hasn't looked this happy since…well, never really, and there's only one thing that does that…"

"Shut. Up. Ron."

"Alright! We're leaving! We just wanted to show you…" he and Harry left.

Remus picked Hermione up easily and set her on the counter. Her hands worked their way around his neck. He kissed her once and then paused, looking straight into her eyes.

"I love you, Hermione.

"I love you, too."

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(A/N): Hope you liked it! One of my shorter fanfics…but I think it worked out pretty good. Please review!