Author's Note: This was inspired by Lolaaaa's challenge on the HPFC forum. It was the Sensitive/Controversial Topics challenge. She gave me the Sensitive Topic of an Eating Disorder, and she gave me the characters Lily Potter (I), and Remus Lupin. I decided to do their friendship, and Remus supporting Lily through an Eating Disorder. At first, I wanted to do Remus with the Eating Disorder since in the movie he states: 'Your mother was there for me at a time when no one else was'- to Harry. But, I decided that since that was probably because of his Lycanthrope, I would just stick with Lily having the disorder. So yeah, after that obnoxiously long author's note, here is my first Remus story in awhile, and only like, my second Lily story ever. Enjoy, and please give me feedback so I know if I should continue!

God Bless,

Sarah

Remus peered up over his book and stared at her as she walked across the schoolyard. Her long, curly red hair swayed with the wind. She was tall, and her long legs stretched across large patches of grass as she walked. Her body was thin; pale. She was very graceful, and elegant. Her fingers were long, as was her neck. She wore no jewelry, and no hair clips or headbands. She was very plain: her beauty was completely natural. She wore only minimal make-up, if any, and her fingernails were void of any polish or design. Her nails were rather long, and sharp, and Lily always joked with Remus that she needed claws so she could begin here 'Werewolf Practice', and trail along during one of his transformations eventually. Of course, he always declined to let her follow him, but it was their last year at Hogwarts, and one of these days he knew that she would just take it upon herself to follow him into the woods.

Lily looked his way and grinned broadly as she sped off in his direction. He stood and brushed his cloak off, shutting his book on the bookmark and waiting under the shade of the tree for Lily to run up to him. Once she approached him, she hugged him tightly.

"Remus!" She squealed. "I have been looking for you everywhere!"

Remus squeezed her gently around the waist, then let go, laughing. He flipped his head so that his light brown, and dark brown flecked hair moved out of his eyes.

"Oh, you have? Why is that?"

He stowed his book away in his pocket and began walking with her towards the castle.

"Well, I got tickets for the Weird Sisters this weekend, and Professor Dippet said he'd let a couple of friends and I out of the castle to go. I asked Alice to go with me, but she's busy, and of course James or Siri wouldn't go, so woul-"

"-No way!"

Lily pouted. "Remmie! You didn't even listen to the whole question!"

She hurried after him as his pace quickened. Remus laughed.

"Lily, I am not going to see some stupid band perform with-"

"-Your best friend in the whole universe?" She asked, looking up at him earnestly.

Remus sighed and nodded. "Alright, alright! I will go!"

"YES! Thank-you more than anything!" She yelled, kissing him on the cheek before running off towards her dormitory.

Remus stood there for a moment before raising his hand to touch the spot on his cheek that she had just kissed. Remus knew that her and James and just broken-up, (for the third time that year), but did she really just give the initiative of liking him? Remus shook it off, figuring she was just being kind as always, and walked off towards his dormitory.

Five days later, (a day before the concert), Remus found Lily sitting under the same tree he always sat under, with tears in her eyes. Remus hurried over to her, worry ripping at his insides. He tripped over a few veins on the ground, but caught himself, and continued after, when finally he came to stand before her. She had her knees tucked up to her chest, and her head was buried against her knees. She let out a horrible sob, and he swallowed thickly. Reaching out a trembling hand, he placed it on her shoulder and knelt beside her.

"L-lily?"

Hearing Remus's voice, Lily looked up, and stared into his eyes.

"Are you alright?"

She shook her head, biting her lip before moving closer to him. He enveloped her in a tight embrace, holding her as she cried. She sobbed no more, but hot tears still spilled over from her eyes and onto his knee. Remus couldn't help but think she was far too pretty to cry.

"Lily, what happened?"

"Bellatrix," she whispered.

Remus sighed heavily. "What did she do now?"

Lily hiccupped as she tried to withhold the next bought of tears that threatened to escape.

"She called me fat again!"

Remus groaned and kissed her forehead, an act that he had never thought he would do ever.

"Lily, look at me," he said softly, beginning the ritual they always went through when this sort of thing happened.

Bellatrix called Lily horrible names so often, and none of the Marauders could get her to stop. She was relentless in making sure Lily's life was in shambles, and she succeeded at it pretty much every day. Lily looked up at Remus hesitantly and gulped the lump in her throat down.

"Lily, you are not fat. You're beautiful."

Lily managed a slight smile. Normally, Lily was strong, but around Remus she was always able to breakdown if need be, and he comforted her without fail. She hugged him tight again before thanking him for coming to talk to her. He had assured her it was no problem, and then ran off after Severus to get his half of the homework. Remus watched her dry her eyes as she ran, and followed her with his eyes until she was completely out of sight. Remus rested assured then that she would be okay, and that Bellatrix's comment was already forgotten about.

How wrong he had been in thinking it hadn't affected her further. How wrong.

Author's Note: I will update soon if you all enjoyed it! Please review!

God Bless!