Remus stared as the people walked passed him while pointing and whispering.

Gossip spreads fast he thought.

"Remus?"

Remus turned towards the sad voice extremely confused. No one but Lily had talked to him for days.

"Sirius?" he said finding himself face to face with his former best friend.

Sirius spontaneously hugged him, surprising him. He stiffened and didn't return the hug.

"Sirius, what do you want? I have to get to class," he said trying to break free of the hug.

"I want my best friend back!" he yelled.

Again, silence. Everyone in the hallway stopped whispering about Lupin and turned to look a Remus and Sirius.

"Come with me," Sirius said pulling on his elbow.

"Sirius! Let me go!" he said fighting against him.

"No! James, Peter, and I won't let you go that easy. We love you."

Remus stopped struggling and looked him in the eye, "I'm mad at you, but I can't stay away from you. What is this power you have over me?"

Sirius broke into a huge smile that made Remus's heart melt, "It's called friendship."

Remus's smile faltered a little bit.

He hoped for something more.

Sirius led Lupin out of the castle and down onto the grounds.

"Padfoot, where are you taking me?"

"You'll see. We've been trying to figure out a way to get to you so that you wouldn't think we were being jerks before we could talk to you."

"Sirius…" Remus said suddenly wary.

"Don't worry, it will be okay."

Remus saw a very familiar tree in the distance and immediately tried to run away.

Sirius grabbed his arm and pulled him towards the Whomping Willow.

"Just here us out, mate."

"Dammit, Sirius! Why are you doing this to me?"

Sirius didn't answer but pulled him towards James, Peter, and Marlene.

Sirius went to stand with the group leaving Remus standing alone.

Little did they know Lily Evans was watching, making sure no harm came to her friend.

"Moony…" James said quickly moving towards Remus.

"Potter? What are you doing? You gang up on Remus. That's low. And Marlene! I thought I knew you! How could you be a part of this?" Lily yelled as she ran to stand in front of Remus.

"Lily it's okay." Remus said putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Remus, no it's not okay!"

"Really, Lily. I don't think they brought me down here to hurt me," Remus raised an eyebrow at Sirius, "Did you?"

"Of course not!" Sirius said, "We just want our friend back."

Lily looked at Remus knowingly.

Remus reassured her with a slight nod.

"Okay…" she took a deep breath and put on a brave face, "Potter, I'm sorry for accusing you."

"You know how you could make up for it?" James asked slyly.

"How?" she replied already mad.

"You could go to Hogsmede with me," he told her hopefully.

"You know what James? I will go with you," she said sweetly.

"Really?" the Marauders yelled.

"Of course not! Did you really think that I would ever say yes?"

"True…"

"Remus!"

"Sorry guys, but it IS true."

"Well, Remus," Lily said, "I'll see you later.

"Look after him, he deserves it," she said mostly to Sirius.'

"Lily?" Marlene said.

"Yes?"

"Still friends?" Lily's words abouther "betrayal" had hurt her more than she had realized.

"Always," she smiled and walked to Care of Magical Creatures.

I know, short chapter. Sorry! I'll have another up soon... Probably Wednesday. Thanks for the reviews/favorites/alerts! Love you guys! Keep on reviewing!