A Softer Side Of Them

Alex POV

After we finished eating and Professor Dumbledore gave his speech about the rules blah, blah, blah, Remus and Lily led us to our common room. It'll be a fun year saying "Blast-end Shewrts" to get to my dorm. Anyway, the common room is decorated in red and gold. Ugh! My dorm is ok; there are 5 four-poster beds, 1 bathroom, and a small private sitting area for all the girls. The best part about it is that if the boys try to come up the stairs it will turn into a slide. Cool, right?

Now I am sitting alone in the common room. Everyone else had gone to bed, but I couldn't sleep. I just kept thinking about me kissing Remus today and everything I've been through with Mason. I'm so confused.

Remus POV

"Hey Remus, you ready to go," James whispered. We were fixing to go set up our first day of classes prank.

"Yeah. Is Peter going?"

Sirius looked at Peter's sleeping form, "I don't think so," he answered.

"Ok, let's go," James said.

We quietly snuck out the door and down the stairs, but when we got down to the common room, we were surprised to see Alex sitting by the fire. What's she doing down here? And why is crying? Sirius, James, and I looked at each other.

I walked over to Alex and sat down next to her, "Hey Alex."

She turned to me with tears streaming down her face, "What're you doing here," she asked.

"We were gonna set up a prank for tomorrow, but I think you need us more. What's wrong," James asked.

"And don't say nothing because we know it's something," Sirius added.

She looked unsure, "It's a long and complicated story."

"Surprisingly, we are very good listeners," Sirius said.

She looked down.

"Does this have anything to do with Mason," James asked.

Alex looked up accusingly.

"You and your brother were talking kinda loud," I said.

"Oh," she said, "I guess we were. Yes, it is about him. He's my ex-boyfriend."

"Ex-boyfriend? How'd that happen," I asked.

"A misunderstanding. He was a werewolf," What? James and Sirius looked at me," and he got jealous of my friend and nearly killed him."

She dated a werewolf. How could she do that? We're monsters. How could she just ignore that fact?

"Well, that would do it. When did it happen," Sirius asked.

"Three months ago, when I got voted wizard of the year."

"Wizard of the year," James asked, confused.

"Yeah. I saved the world from angels of darkness," She said.

"Angels of Darkness," she didn't answer, "So if you broke up with Mason 3 months ago, why are you still upset," Sirius asked. I hit him on the back of his head. Insensitive git.

"No it's a fair question. We've just been through a lot," She said.

"Like what," James asked.

"Well, he got bitten by a vampire and turned into a wolf for a couple months until I found him with some country wizards who wanted to trade him in his human version for our portal. I tricked them and Mason went back to his wolf form. My brothers and I tried to fix him ourselves, but it only worked halfway. So I had to tell myself that I didn't care what people said about him looking half wolf, and after I overcame that Justin figured out a way to fix him and he was back to normal," She said, more tears streamed down her face, and she continued, "He was also there when my family got taken by the government, when I exposed wizardry to the world, and when I got demoted to level one in my family's wizard competition."

Wow. She really had gone through a lot with this guy.

"We also had to break-up because I gave up in being a wizard and werewolves can't be with mortals. Then he ate my ex-boyfriend Dean and we had to go into his stomach, but we went the wrong way and went into his brain. All his thoughts were centered around me. So when I got out of him, I got back into the competition so we could be together, but I guess that's gone in the wind now," she finished breaking down in sobs.

I held her, Sirius rubbed her back, and James held her hand while she cried. We stayed like that for a little while, until she calmed down and fell asleep on me.

"We should go and set up the prank," Sirius said, and he and James stood up.

I looked at Alex and back at my friends, "I'll, um, I'll stay here," I said.

"Alright, we'll see you later," James told me and with that the two of them disappeared under James' invisibility cloak.

After they left I settled down under Alex and fell asleep.

Lily POV

I watched as James, Sirius and Remus comforted Alex. It seemed that there was a different side, softer side, of the marauders that not many people got to see. As much as I hate to admit it, James could be kinda nice, but never would I voice that thought. I will take it to my grave.

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