Chapter 2- Hospital Wing I awoke to hushed voices talking above me. I could make out two on my left side arguing. I slowly opened my eyes and had to squint from the blinding white light. What happened? I then remembered what Proffessor Winters did to me and clenched my fists in the bed sheets. "He's awake," someone said. Peter? My eyes adjusted to the light and I could see clearly that two voices from before were James and Lily fighting in whispers on my left and a fearful Peter and oddly quiet Sirius were on my right. Upon hearing Peter James and Lily stopped arguing and looked at me. I looked at them. Lily had tears running tears down her face, James looked ready to curse someone, Peter looked terrified, and Sirius had an oddly blank look to his face. "Remus," Lily cried out. "H-hey g-guys," I noticed my voice was hoarse. I looked up and smiled up at them as best I could through the pain. "Here, drink this," Lily said lifting a glass of water to my lips. I drank it greedily as she helped me drink. I looked at them and saw worried looks on their faces. "What happened? Where am I?" I asked trying to sit up only to be pushed back down by James. "Your in the Hospital Wing," Lily spoke softly. "We found you in a side corridor," Peter spoke up sadly. "You were bloody and bruised," James continued for them. "Remus we know what happened to you. Do you know who did it?" I nodded. "Tell us then." I shook my head. I couldn't tell them not after the threat Winters made. 'If you tell anyone then you can say goodbye to your precious Sirius Black.' "Remus, please," begged Lily as she tried to look me in the eyes, but I kept my head down. I just shook my head again feeling tears well up in my eyes. I couldn't tell them. I could hear Lily, James, and Peter begging me to tell them who did this but I kept shaking my head tears silently streaming down my face. I noticed Sirius hadn't talked since I woke up. I didn't want to talk about it, why didn't they see that. I didn't want to relive that horrible memory. I felt arms encircle me and pull me towards a hard chest. I looked up and saw Sirius looking sadly down at me. I burried my head in his chest and sobbed. Sirius looked up and said: "Guys, it's obvious he doesn't want to talk about it right now," Sirius's voice choked as if he had been crying. But that couldn't be, Sirius never cried. "Alright," sighed Lily whose eyes were a puffy red. "But Remus you have to tell us sooner or later. The man who did this has to be punished." I didn't say anything but clang to Sirius's shirt as if my life depended on it. "Moony," James said. "Madam Pomfrey said your going to be here for a few days, maybe a week, so we're gonna go get you some things. Some books and we'll collect your homework from the lessons you'll miss. We'll even knick you choclate from the kitchens." I nodded, still not looking at them from where my face was burried in Sirius's shirt still. "Come on Sirius," Peter said. "I'll stay here with Moony ," he said patting my back. "You guys go on a head." I heard them shuffle out of the Hospital Wing. "Moony," he said softly. "Y-yeah," my voice choked with a sob as I pulled away and looked at Sirius. "I'm glad your okay," he started. "When I saw you like that, so...so broken and bruised I was terrified. Terrified that you'd be dead by the time we got you help from how much blood you were losing." "You were," I asked looking at my hands in my lap. "Of course I was," Sirius kept his arms on my shoulders. "Your one of my best mates." There it was. All we were was friends, nothing more, nothing less. No matter how much it hurt. "Sirius," I said refusing to look up now. "Thanks for being my friend." "Of course Moony," Sirius sounded as though he was about to cry. I heard the door open and Lily, James, and Peter walked in. "Here Moony," Peter said quietly handing me a bar of choclate. I smiled at him and took a bite of the sweetness. "Thanks," I said still not looking at anyone. How could I? I'm surprised their even treating me this way. Especially with how impure and disgusting I am. I didn't deserve friends like these. "Hello Remus," Madam Pomfrey came up to me carrying a tray of food. Sitting it down on my lap she smiled sadly at me and left. I looked down at the food and slowly started eating. I didn't want to eat, I didn't deserve to eat. I only ate so my friends would worry a little less. As I took another bite I felt the burning bile rise in my throat but forced it back down. I finished my food and felt my eyes droop. Lily took the now empty tray off my lap and push me to lay down on the bed. "You need rest." Someone said but I couldn't tell who because I let sleep consume me.
