A Love Story
CHAPTER TWO
�Mommy, mommy, wake up! Why are you sleeping on my floor?� Michelle felt a bit disorganized and odd at having been woken up in this fashion. She opened her eyes and her first sight was of James, tousled light brown hair and dragon covered pajamas, wearing a smirk of amusement at having found his mother asleep on his floor. �Why are you down there mommy?� asked James again.
Michelle laughed and reached up to tickle her son. �Because I wanted to silly!� replied his mom. Now, a small note about James. He was a very bright and gifted child, and didn�t believe his mom for one second.
He was also very precocious which was why he replied, �No, really, mommy, why were you sleeping on my floor and not in your own bed?!� Michelle gave her son a frank and curious look. She may have appeared strange and odd to her friends, but she never withheld things from James. She believed in never withholding things from him, so she chose her words carefully, so as not to scare him.
�James�, she began, �I saw a werewolf outside by the woods last night. I just thought I�d stay here and watch out for you just in case it tried to come inside. You know how protective I am of you. But don�t worry, everything�s ok now.�
To which James replied, �Yeah, now that you woked up from saving me, can we have breakfast? I�m hungry!� Laughing at her son�s sense of humor, the two of them walked downstairs to start their day.
Being that it was a Saturday, Michelle was looking forward to noon. That was when she closed her shop for the day, and she had a batch of potions she wanted to get started on. At ten minutes till, she heard the bell above her shop door ring. As she looked up, she couldn�t help but stare. This stranger was tall. She�d say a good few inches above six feet. And while he wasn�t dressed in the nicest or newest of clothes, it was his face she couldn�t help but stare at. It was covered with scratches, some of them quite deep, that had the look of having just been acquired recently.
�My goodness�, Michelle exclaimed, �looks like you could use a disinfecting potion! I hope the other guy got it worse!�
The stranger laughed, and extended his hand. �Actually, I didn�t come here for anything like that,� he said as he shook hands. �I came here to apologize for the fright I think I gave you last night. My name is Remus, by the way, Remus Lupin.�
�Michelle Gardner,� replied Michelle as she dropped his hand, �but I�m afraid I�ve never seen you before in my life. How could you have scared me?�
�Well,� replied Remus, �you have seen me before, actually. I was the werewolf last night in your back yard.�
Michelle gasped, backed up a step, and then said, �but you couldn�t be. Everyone knows that a werewolf doesn�t keep his own mind when he transforms. How could you be him? You wouldn�t remember something like that!�
�Well, this one keeps his mind, I can assure you. Believe me, I could never forget someone so beautiful.�
Michelle blushed scarlet and stared at Remus for a minute. �Well, there is one way to prove that it was you, if you�re willing to, that is.�
�Which is what?� asked Remus.
�Well, see, I usually don�t tell people this, but I happen to be a Seer. By taking hold of someone�s hands, I can see into their memories. And sometimes I can also see into their futures. Although that bit is a bit harder, I�m afraid!� Remus and Michelle both laughed.
�Are you really? That�s fascinating! Why don�t you tell people about it?� asked Remus.
�Are you kidding?� replied Michelle. �If I told people, I�d never get them to leave me alone. Everyone would always want to have their fortunes read!�
�I suppose so,� replied Remus. �Here, let me just close up my shop first, there�s only another five minutes to go anyways.� With that, Michelle went over to her door, and tapped her wand to a little sign as she said the words �closed�.
Chapter Three
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