Dumbledore's POV

As I apparated next to Sirius I saw his eyes roll up into his head. I was too late the only thing I could do for him now was to get him out of the forest and up to the castle.

But then I heard rustling in the undergrowth a few yards away and new that Remus would come bursting into the clearing soon and I should get him back under the supervision of his friends.

So I sat down by Sirius's unconscious body. As Remus prowled into the clearing from behind me I heard the growling.

"Remus I advise against attacking me. I may be old but I can blast you before you reach me," I told him. I sent red sparks up into the air so that the boys could find Remus and I set myself up to wait for them to arrive.

Sirius groaned and looked up at me his eyes getting blanker by the moment. Sirius was in to much danger to sit around and wait for the other boys. I had a decision to make and both of them put my students in danger.

Sirius's POV

"Just give me a sign anything to show me that what I am doing is helping you," I heard Madame Pomfrey muttering. "This has never happened to any student before and I hope it never happens again. Three whole days!"

"WHAT!" I yelped sitting up fast and promptly retching all over my bed clothes.

"That would be a sign. Thank you Lord," and she bustled away.

"Three whole days?" I yelled after her and I got no answer.

"Sirius!" someone squealed and threw herself at me. Ugh it was Elizabeth. I had the sudden urge to retch again. I wasn't sure if it was the fact that she was touching me or that she had practically knocked me off my bed.

"Get off me," I grumbled.

"Oh Sirius, as soon as I heard what happened I realized just how much I need you in my life! And I just knew that if you didn't make it through this I would just die!"

"Ummm,"

"Oh you don't have to say anything I know you feel the same way," Elizabeth gushed.

"That's the thing, Elizabeth. I don't feel that way."

"What?" she said pulling her face away from my shoulder, thankfully it was really starting to ache.

"Get. Off. Me."

"What are you saying?" She asked me. She looked like she was going to cry.

"I am saying: Get. Off. Me. My body aches like there's no tomorrow and you are putting all your extra heft on it," Now I know that was mean. I'm not stupid, contrary to popular belief, since seconds after Elizabeth left Addy poked her head in.

"Look, Sirius I have to tell you something." She said.

"What?" I asked warily.

"The reason I was always so mean to you was because I was jealous of Liz. I didn't want you to hurt her though, because she's my best friend."

"Excuse me?"

"I was jealous and I liked Elizabeth to much to break things off with her or flirt with you," Addy told me.

"How long?" I asked. I was gasping for breath like I'd been hit with a bludger right in the stomach.

"I dunno, like third year."

"But, we're in sixth year," I croaked out.

"Uh-huh," she said watching me warily.

Then, thank Merlin, Devin walked in.

"Oh, Hi Addy! Am I interrupting something?" she asked looking between us.

"NO!" I shouted at the same time as Addy said, "Yes," rather snobbily.

"I'll go," she said uncomfortably and turned around to leave.

"Don't bother," I told her affecting a sort of bored voice. Yet, I was anything but bored I was scared out of my mind at what would happen if Dev left us here alone.

Immediately she ran to the bedside and flung her arms around my neck. "I'm so sorry, Sirius. If I had known at all what was gonna happen when I ran from your side last night I would never have left!"

"Why? So you could be lying in a bed next to me? Yeah right," I told her touched at how much she cared. No other girl I'd ever met, besides Lily, had ever cared about how she acted affected me. "Anyway I'm used to it," I told her nonchalantly looking around the hospital wing.

"Remus left yesterday," Devin told me.

"Who said thats who i was looking for?" I asked trying to seem kind of natural.

"I just kind of figured..." Devin said looking at her feet embarassed. "Um, how long has Remus been..." Desperately i tried to stop her but i couldn't make eye contact. "A werewolf?"

I put my head in my hands as Addy flipped out.

"How come no one told me?" she asked. "Am I just not important enough in your lives to be told that one of my friends is a werewolf?" As Addy kept ranting and raving Devin looked at me and said.

"Wait. She doesn't know?"

"Apparently not," I heard myself saying through my hands since i had not yet picked my head up.

I heard an ear-piercing scream and jerked my head up. Remus had walked in and Addy was screaming and pointing at him.

"GET AWAY FROM ME! STAY AWAY," she was practically sobbing with fear.