Lily picked up her fork and moodily poked her jacket potato. She stared over the table to see Alice and Frank giggling, feeding each other their lunch. It made her a little sick actually, especially as they kissed after every single mouthful. She placed her fork down on her plate and pushed it away, clattering.

"Lily?" Alice asked, surprised as she stood up.

"Sorry, guys," She said, smiling fake-ly, "I forgot, I've got to finish half an essay... Due tomorrow."

Alice swapped looks with her boyfriend; Lily Evans never forgot homework. Lily saw this glance and swung her bag over her shoulder, "See ya!"

She walked out of the hall determinedly, well aware that both Alice and Frank and James and Sirius were watching her. It was as soon as she passed the doors that she realised Millie and Becky were just outside them. They were talking in hushed whispers, and hadn't noticed her yet.

"Hey," Lily smiled, regretting that she was a little horrid to them in the Hall.

Both Millie and Becky's heads snapped up and they instantly stopped their conversation.

"Oh..." Becky said, and hastily added, "Hello."

They both looked anxious and Millie shifted nervously onto her other foot. Lily looked them up and down.

"What's got your wand in a knot?" She asked.

"Nothing," Millie blurted out too soon. Becky stamped on her foot.

"Go on, what's up?" Lily asked a little crossly. She felt she was losing all of her friends right now. First of all James, then Sev was distant, Alice seemed to have been lost and Millie and Becky were acting all secretive. Lily breathing quickened.

"Don't worry," Becky replied, equal with her tone.

Lily was used to Becky being straight forward however this kind of hurt Lily's feelings. They always used to tell each other everything, and now here they were trying to hide something.

Lily sighed, "I'm sorry," She said as heartfelt as she could. "I really didn't mean to act so snooty with you, it's just – Well, Millie said that I was acting stupid, and you were sitting with them... And Alice and Frank were nice and said I should sit with them - guys?"

Lily at that moment realised something, she'd done a James Potter. She'd just given a heartfelt apology, meaning it and everything. And Millie and Becky just tried to avoid her stare.

"Is that it?" Lily asked after a lengthily pause, "I'm trying to make it up alright?"

"Lily, we have more important things on our mind," Becky said impatiently and then realised how harsh it seemed, "No, what I mean is-"

"More important than me?" Lily flared, "Fine. I was just apologising."

With that, Lily spun on her heel, not waiting for a reply. She didn't lift a hand to wipe to traitor tears from her eyes but she wished she could.


The next morning Millie was sat down with the other two Marauders in the great-hall, yawning. It had been really awkward in the girls' dormitory earlier. Millie had tried to make peace with Lily, but she didn't want to know. She refused to even talk which Becky found childish (and told her) while Millie just apologised. She felt a little stung after it, but just came down for food.

"Where's Becky?" Sirius asked, snapping Millie out of her reverie and looking around the room.

"She's-" Millie paused, frowning. "I'm not sure actually... Oh, she said she was quickly going to the library. Yes, the library," She laughed at Sirius' face.

Millie looked down the table to see Lily reading a book, alone. She felt really bad about the whole situation, but guessed Becky felt even worse. Still, to make one of your friends cry is not the highlight of the day.

Millie looked back to her cereal, sleepily pushing her Coco-Pops to one side of the bowl with her spoon then to the other. She didn't notice anything out of the ordinary until James shouted, "Mooney!" in a relieved voice.

Becky, walking with Remus, sat down next to Sirius, smiling. Millie swiftly stood up then ran to Remus, giving him a massive bear-hug, muttering at full speed "I missed you!" over and over. He looked a little shocked but hugged her back, grinning.

Lily looked up, (as did a few others) to see what was going on. She saw Millie beaming her 100 watt grin while sitting down next to Remus, pouring some pumpkin juice for him. Lily smiled too, despite herself, until she caught Becky's eye. Almost immediately both Becky and Lily's smiling faces dropped and the both turned their heads.

Becky dropped her head slightly into the palm of her hand glancing over to Millie and Remus. She really needed to make up with Lily.


"Come on in then," Professor Stubbs said, waving her hand over-dramatically as if she were pulling the line of students into her class. If they were new to this, they would've swapped concerned, worried and 'she's off her rocker' looks, but the Defence against the Dark Arts teacher acted like this every lesson, for every class.

Remus and Sirius were the only two out of the Marauders to be in this class. James (and Peter, if he were there) were currently in Astronomy, with Lily. Millie and Becky found this an amazingly convenient time to pressurize their boyfriends on where they were, and why they were where they were.

"Go on, sit down," She trilled, now gesturing with both hands, "I'm afraid we're not doing practical today, so choose people you can work with!"

"Remus!" Millie said grabbing his hand. Remus smiled at Millie and they went to go sit in their usual place, second from the back, third row. Becky looked at Sirius and smiled softly sitting down on the fourth row, but at the back.

The lesson started instantaneously, like always with Professor Stubbs. She began talking and scribbling on the board. "So now what you need to remember," She started off with.

Millie was really happy that her boyfriend was back. When it was just her, Becky, Sirius, James, not to mention minus Lily she felt lonely, even if she was surrounded by people.

"Rem?" She asked, whispering.

"Yeah?" He replied yawning. Remus looked very worn out to say the least, especially for someone who'd been asleep for two days. Millie wasn't sure or not if to ask him anything seeing his condition but she couldn't help herself.


Lily was in a horrid mood. She'd felt much better about the whole situation when she woke up, but after what Becky had said this morning and catching her eye in the Great Hall, it'd made her even more angry.

She realised somewhere down the line last night she was just being silly, but she didn't like how all her friends seemed to be keeping stuff from her, or just ignoring her. Admittedly, Lily knew if she accepted James apology he wouldn't ignore her and she'd probably get on better with Millie and Becky again, but she didn't want to. Actually she was feeling very stupid about the whole thing.

"Lily Evans, stop day dreaming! By Mr Potter please." Snapped Professor Walker


Diagonally and a row behind Millie and Remus were Sirius and Becky. Becky's eye-sight however was not on Professor Stubbs - it was on Sirius. Her eyes were slightly squinted as if she was looking for something.

Sirius felt her gaze on him and turned, "What?" He whispered.

"I'm just trying to suss out-"

"I'm fine, Becky," Sirius groaned, hoping she wouldn't get into a big. Honestly, his ribs were feeling much better, just a little sore.

"I wasn't worrying about that," Becky said quietly, "Well, not yet. I'm trying to see why you're so tense."

"Tense?"

"Yeah," Becky said and leaned in closer, "Are you ready enough to tell me what happened?"

Sirius fidgeted uncomfortably, "What?

"Why you were in such a state!" Becky's voice rose a tiny bit, "You can't expect me to just sit here blindly and not know! It's got something to do with Remus, and you can't say it hasn't!"


Millie picked up her quill, not writing anything, but just to have something to fiddle with.

"Are sure you're feeling okay?"Well, it was not the question she'd wanted to ask but it was something.

Remus sighed, and laughed a bit to himself. Yes, James and Sirius had found time to warn him about their constant gazes and the 'are you okay's they'd been put through. Something Sirius and James had both decided not to tell Remus was how Millie and Becky were studying things to do with Animagi, and even magical creatures.

"Millie, I'm fine, really" Remus said trying to assure her. Millie bit her lip.

"Okay, so if you could just take notes with your partners that'd be lovely! Off you go!" Professor Stubbs said, flinging her arms out so the books from the shelves magically flew through the air and onto the student's desks.

With a thump, a large book arrived in front of Remus and Millie. In an old delicate script, the title wrote: The terrifying truths to Magical Beasts.


Lily sat down next to James without a word. James looked towards her and he could have sworn he felt anger radiating off her. Then again maybe it was her red hair that made him think that.

Professor Walker clapped his hands together for silence in the class, as most of the pairs were talking. Once he'd got their attention, he coughed and explained that as they had finished the terms work early, they were going to start revising for the mocks. The class groaned because of the news and also because they'd all taken their astronomy equipment all the way up to the Tower for o reason.

"If you'd hate revising so much, I think we'd rather do bookwork, then?" He said sarcastically and flicked his wand. Everyone's desks sprung open to find the very large and tedious copy of 'A guide to Astronomy' sitting in them. People started to moan and mutter again.

"Silence!" He ordered briskly, "Page 223 to 250. If you're not completed this lesson, its detention. Go."

"Lily," James said softly. He couldn't stand her being angry with him, or just anyone. He knew she probably was going to bite his head off. He didn't expect the response he got though.

"Mhm?" She replied sadly.

"Are you feeling okay?" James asked timidly. Lily just shook her shoulders continuing to read the book they'd been given. James, instead of doing the work, decided to focus on a conversation starter.

"So… Your birthday is on the 30th?" James asked; he'd heard Millie and Becky discussing it a couple of days ago. Lily nodded.

"You planning on doing anything?"

Lily just shook her shoulders again, James really wasn't liking this one sided conversation.

"Lily, I'm sor-"

"No, I'm sorry." Lily whispered.

James blinked, "Excuse me?"


Sirius, for the first time in D.A.D.A, was actually trying to do the work. Well, no, he was trying to avoid Becky's constant questions and remarks.

"Just tell me," Becky at one point whined, causing Sirius to laugh.

"Becky, forget about it," Sirius reasoned.

"No, I won't." She replied stubbornly, "You were really hurt, I think I deserve to know."

"Becky, just get off my back!" He said loudly, causing a few people to turn around, including Millie and Remus. Becky drew back, offended, but luckily Professor Stubbs didn't hear. Millie started whispering to Remus again.

"What Magical Creature do you want to study then?" He laughed. Millie flicked through the book absent-mindedly and landed on Werewolves.

"Ooh," She exclaimed, not noticing Remus' face drop unexpectedly, "I was reading up on these the other day! Let's do these."

He agreed and they flicked through page after page reading up on habits, the change to and from and pain. Remus twitched a lot through it. "I'd feel really sorry for someone who's a werewolf, wouldn't you?" Millie suddenly asked.

Remus being caught off guard didn't know what to say, "Well I wouldn't want someone's pity." He replied, only to notice Millie's look so he quickly added, "If I was one, I mean."

Millie nodded, "I guess... Still I don't think they deserve the reputation"

"You do understand how dangerous they are, right?" Remus asked as if she was stupid.

"Of course," Millie replied offended, "It's just... When they're human they may not be terrible is all..."

Remus's mouth twitched slightly, "You're strange, you know Millie…"

Millie quickly looked up from the book and smiled, "I know."


"I said, 'I'm sorry'," Lily said turning the page.

"But, wait-I-I" James said stuttering not know what to say.

"Yes, you apologized, and so am I. I don't really know what happened, and even though I do trust Severus I trust you too…" Lily mumbled.

"But I-" James said trying to explain his self.

"Yes, you did do something you shouldn't of. And yes, you should think before you act, and if anything, that's taught me that you and I a lot alike and I need to learn how to do that too." James stared at Lily shocked.

"Maybe we could try learning it together?" Lily said looking up for the first time meeting James' eyes.

"I'd like that," James smiled softly.


"No offense or anything Sirius, but you're meant to be my boyfriend," Becky half-joked. She was still annoyed with how he... well, how he effectively rejected her. Especially as people saw.

"I am," He sighed and smiled slightly.

"You think this is funny?" She asked, hurt.

"No," He rushed, "No, I was smiling at how cute you look when you're being stubborn," He finished slower and smiled at Becky who blushed slightly.

"Bad luck this is a public classroom because I really want to kiss you right now," She murmured as if she was just telling him a page to turn to in the book. Sirius grinned.

"Though I don't think Stubbs would mind," Becky continued nonchalantly, "All of her 'aura' rubbish."

"Nah, she'd watch," Sirius laughed and Becky him, laughing too.


Lily was so happy she'd made up with James as she'd forgotten how funny he could be.

Even though they'd gotten detention from Professor Walker for laughing at something, she didn't really mind. As the lesson had ended James and Lily walked out together.

"I'm sorry about getting you a detention," James said, scratching the back of his head.

"James stop saying sorry! It's not like I haven't got a detention before," Lily said, chuckling even more at the look on his face as she told him that.

"You've gotten a detention?" James was honestly shocked; maybe he didn't know Lily as well as he thought.

"Well, hanging around Millie and Becky was bound to get me in trouble at some point," Lily said, a bit sad remembering the silly argument they were in. Lily wanted apologize but she didn't want to do it first. Actually she already had apologized to them, so thought it was their time to say sorry just like she had. If anything it was probably more Becky she was hurt by rather than Millie.

Remus, Millie, Sirius, Becky were all sitting around the table in the Main Hall.

"Hey," Millie suddenly said, "Look who Lily's with!"

Becky looked up and saw Lily with James smiling. Lily and James feeling the gaze of someone looked to the table of their friends.

Lily laughed awkwardly and mumbled, "Well I'll see you later."

Becky bit her lip and sighed. James had sat down, only to get bombarded by Millie's questions.

Becky quickly looked to the direction of Lily, and back to her food, that really didn't look appetising anymore. Sirius observed this happen, and almost laughed; it was obvious she was missing Lily, anyone could tell.

Sirius nudged Becky, "What?" she asked sounding a little annoyed.

"Swallow your ego. Go say sorry." He said whispering into her ear. Becky quickly looked at Lily again, then back to Sirius who nodded encouragingly. Becky swiftly stood up, deciding she wanted her friend back, and she started walking determinedly down the table to where Lily was.

"Where's she going?" James asked Sirius.

Sirius just smiled and turned to watch the two girls, as did the other three.

Becky briskly walked towards Lily, biting her thumb-nail as she often did when she was nervous. When she finally made it to where Lily was she was standing behind her, she tapped Lily on the shoulder.

Lily turned round and looked shocked to say the least to see Becky. "Lily... can I speak with you please?"

"Erm, sure." Lily too stood up. Becky and Lily stood in the middle of the rows of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.

"I want to know what they're saying," Millie said, squinting her eyes as if hoping to be able to hear or something.

"Well, you're not eavesdropping, okay?" Remus laughed.

Becky took a deep breath, looking at Lily, "I'm really sorry! I've been such a – a jerk and I'm taking stuff too seriously, I mean, you're one of my best friends and-"

She was cut short when Lily threw her arms around her, hugging her tightly. Becky smiled and hugged her back. Millie jumped up and nearly skipped over to the pair.

"So everyone's good?" She grinned excitedly. Becky and Lily stood apart now, smiling again.

"Yeah," They both said at the same time.

"Well, then we seriously need to plan your birthday, Lils," Millie said. Lily groaned.

"Oh, don't make a massive fuss, you know I hate that," She said as they walked back to their places on the table.

"Relax," James said joining in, "Millie and Becky have actually already planned something."

Lily fixed her gaze on them, and they both grinned sheepishly.

"Something small," Becky added. Lily rolled her eyes and sat down.


That evening Millie and Becky got down to some serious planning. They were both huddled around a table, hands covering over paper that seemed to be everywhere. And every time someone would walk pass they'd pull the paper closer to themselves glaring at said person.

James, Remus, and Sirius were sitting near the fire whispering too. James looked over to the girls, "What are they doing?"

Remus and Sirius looked over to them too, "Either something to do with Lily's birthday, or how they're trying to get you-" Sirius stopped as he was cut off with a glare from Remus.

"Trying to get me?" James asked confused.

"What? Who said anything about you?" Remus said trying to cover up Sirius slip up. James just looked at both of them as if he was trying to see why they'd cover something up. Coming up empty he just shook his shoulders.

"I swear you just did-?" He puzzled.

"Nah," Sirius said quickly, "I said, how they're trying to get choo... choo is a code for something," He trailed off, looking in the different direction. James raised his eyebrows and just ignored him.


It was the day before Lily's birthday. Luckily for Millie and Becky Lily's birthday fell on the Sunday so they had all Saturday to plan that and other things. Millie and Becky had managed to get Remus and Sirius in the same room as them alone, however it was getting more difficult now because James and Lily were always hanging around them. And in Millie's words; 'it's hard to plan a secret relationship when the two it's meant to be a secret from won't let you plan it'.

Becky and Millie were too indulged in their own conversation so they weren't paying attention to the boys at all.

"Do you think getting Lily and James together is going to work?" Remus asked doubtfully.

Sirius shrugged his shoulders, "Well by the looks of it they're doing just fine in getting themselves together. Just don't tell them that" Sirius said inclining his head towards Millie and Becky.

Remus raised his eye-brows, "Why?"

"Becky keeps asking me about what happened," Sirius whispered to Remus, "That's why. If she's distracted she won't ask."

"She's still bugging you?"

"Mhm," He nodded and Remus gulped.

"What if they're onto us?" He whispered, leaning in. A look of panic registered on Sirius' face.

"What? How?"

"Millie keeps going on about werewolves," He said shiftily, lowering his voice even more, "It's like she's trying to tell me she knows."

"Oh Merlin."

"Yeah. It's got to be kept a secret. I really don't want to be thrown out-"

"Moony, you won't," Sirius replied fiercely, "Even if they do know... we could take drastic measures."

"Like what?"

Sirius leaned in too, glanced at the girls and then said, "Memory charm."

"What?" Becky suddenly shouted. Sirius and Remus's heads both snapped up, Sirius gulped thinking maybe she'd heard.

Remus mentally cringed as he heard her shout it. It was only until Becky started squirming and jumping up and down shouting, 'Get it off me, get it off!" And they heard Millie's laughter did the boys calm down.

Once Millie had shouted "It's gone!" and Becky automatically went back to normal, Remus leaned in to whisper to Sirius, "I think we might have to do it."


Remus and Sirius were in the boys' dormitory waiting for James. They'd been talking the whole thing over. Sirius knew that Becky was going to keep asking him what happened until he actually answered, and Remus knew that if Millie thought something was up, she'd find out what. Put both Millie and Becky together it did not seem like a good combination, especially if you're trying to hide a very important secret.

"Hey," James said, walking in, "What did you want to talk about?"

"Shut the door first," Sirius said, sitting down. James raised his eyebrows, but walked back to the door. As he did, he thought her felt a slight breeze rush past him. He obviously saw nothing, so closed the door and walked over to his bed, jumping onto it.

"So? What was it?" He asked. Sirius and Remus swapped looks.

"Well, we think..." Remus started, "We think Millie and Becky know too much."

"What?" He asked, surprised.

"About... me," Remus swallowed.

"Us too," Sirius added.

James felt hollow inside. It wasn't just that two girls may know his biggest secret yet, it was that this was serious – illegal. And Remus' secret was too precious, too big to lose. It could cost him everything.

"What do we do?" He questioned, not hesitating.

"We were thinking memory charms-"

"Yeah, wipe your girlfriend's memory, that's nice!"

"Becky?" All three boys said, snapping their heads around to see Becky Fumagall appear out of thin air.

"Becky, the idea was to stay under the cloak-"Millie's voice exclaimed, stepping out too. She then stopped, having forgotten about the presence of the three boys.

"Ah-" She said before James butted in.

"What the hell are you doing with my Cloak?"

"Merlin James, you really are blind, aren't you? It's been gone for awhile now." Becky retorted.

"Why do you have it though?" James asked, loudly.

"'Cause Sirius left it on the floor when he ran away to go get hurt along with you and Remus!" Becky sort-of shouted back, her voice getting slightly higher by the end of the sentence.

James paused, "Why did you have my cloak?" He turned to Sirius who scratched the back of his neck, looking away.

"Well y'know..." He responded.

"That doesn't matter right now!" Millie said breaking up the little conversation James and Sirius were both having.

"Why are you planning on wiping our memories?" She questioned looking back at Becky as she did.

"I'm not having this conversation," James said impatiently, waving his hand. Becky drew her wand.

"Yes, you are!"

"Come on guys, we've just all made friends again-" Remus intervened but Becky cut him off.

"Exactly! And now you're threatening to wipe our blooming memories!"

"That's not what I call friendship, Rem," Millie added.

"Sirius, help me out," James called over his shoulder. Sirius stood up.

"Don't you dare," Becky said, pointing her wand at him, "I'm not afraid to hex you too!"

James pulled out his wand and pointed it at Becky. Remus stood up and shouted, "What the hell are you all doing?"

"Rem, stop him!" Millie yelled, moving swiftly towards James. Sirius grabbed is wand and pointed it at her, saying, "Don't!"

"Guys!" Remus shouted again, "For Merlin's sake, wands away!"

"If I do, they'll hex us!" James replied angrily.

"Well, I wouldn't miss a good jinx!" Becky said. Sirius took a step closer, now pointing his wand at Becky. She looked at him, narrowing her eyes.

"You'd really hex your own girlfriend?"

"If she did something, yeah!" He said, challenging her.

"Guys!" Remus shouted, "Lily's birthday's tomorrow, and if we all fall out, then that's going to be just great for her isn't it?"

Everyone looked at him, considering what he said. It was true, they all wanted Lily to have an amazing birthday, seeing as they were all friends. But could they do that when-

"All you want to do is wipe our memories!" Millie piped up, "Why can't we just know or you just ask us not to?"

"We've tried that!" Sirius shouted.

"Don't get pissy with her!" Becky yelled, "We can't trust you!"

"You're the ones sneaking in here in my dad's Cloak!" James spat.

"Guys!" Remus bellowed to no avail. He felt like dumping is head in his hands.

"Maybe we should wipe your bloody memories, you need to forget this!" Becky roared.

"Just shut up!" James shouted, stepping forwards and poking Becky with his wand, leaving a singing hole in the front of her robes. She cried out, jumping back a step.

"FLIPENDO!" Millie shouted, while Sirius yelled, "Locomotor Mortis!" at the same time. Instantly, he was flipped backwards through the air, is legs locking together simultaneously. He fell back onto his bed and Sirius muttered, "Shit." And the counter-curse to the jinx he used on his friend.

"Now look what's happened!" Remus exclaimed and went over to James to check he was alright. Before he could get there, James got up, quickly, breathing fast and pointed his wand at Millie.

Everything seemed to go in slow motion after that. Remus looked up as James and whipped out his wand quickly. Becky glanced from Millie to James and Sirius did the same. Millie simply gapsed.

"OBLIVIATE!"