PETER

Moony was lying low in the Hospital Wing (last night was the full moon) while the rest of us were lounging about in the dorms. Lilly was still pissed at Katie so she was still sleeping in here with us... well, with Sirius anyway.

James and Sirius had currently started a new argument: Amelia Bones.

Sirius was doubtful. "Prongs, I don't think she would go for you. She seems too prissy."

"Pfft," James snorted. "I bet she would put out for any one of us, if we wanted her too… she'd even shag Moony!" James chuckled, as if he had ultimately settled the disagreement.

Sirius got unusually quiet, and Katie looked up, curious. I knew we were all thinking along the same lines. Moony never showed any interest in girls, whatsoever. At first, none of us seemed to notice until we all had dates one Valentine's Day and it didn't even faze him. He never looked at girls, never asked them out, and none of us had ever caught him wanking off. Last year, James was close to asking if he liked blokes… we never went that far, though.

I couldn't help but bring it up, "Has Remus ever…" I trailed off. Snogged? Shagged?

Sirius seemed the only one capable of answering. "He's kissed a girl. Remember? In our third year, Sally what's-her-face. And then there was Tanya at that party last year."

"But…" I felt myself go a little scarlet, trying to muster up the courage to ask, "Has he ever shagged?"

James frowned, slightly. "You know what Peter? I don't think he has. I know Moony's no ladies man or anything but you would think by now he would have gotten a bit of action from someone. Maybe he's just not…" he seemed at a loss for words. "Appealing to chicks?"

He turned to Katie, as though asking her what she thought. She seemed to give it a fair bit of thought, although I knew what she thought. Katie had a crush on Remus in our first year and convinced herself ever since then that it was nothing. However, it was Sirius that snickered at James. "C'mon Prongs, I'm sure plenty of chicks would give Moony a go. Think about it. He's smart and he's sweet…"

"And fun," Katie added.

"Always easy to talk to"

"Because he always understands"

"And as far looks go…" Sirius trailed away, letting Katie finish.

"He's absolutely, adorably sexy." Sirius nodded his agreement. I thought back to Sirius' dream the other night. He had to like Remus. I couldn't believe it, though…

Finally, James shook a little, as though mentally slapping himself and smirked at the two of them. "You seem to have given this quite a bit of thought."

"Just simple observations, that's all, Prongs."

Sure, I thought simple observations and dirty dreams. "Anyway, back to Remus' little situation…" Katie spoke up. "What are we going to do about it?"

The wind howled as the four of us thought. I couldn't concentrate. I kept glancing at Sirius, waiting for him to gallantly offer to be the one who gives Remus his first lay. Obviously, that's what he wants. But since that night, Sirius had showed no sign of potential man crushes. James shouted, beaming ear to ear. "I got it!" We looked at him, waiting for him to go on. "His birthday's coming up!"

Katie sniggered, making James frown. "Prongs, I know Remus is a guy and everything but I think he's more of the old fashioned type, not the 'ooh! Yes, I'll shag the first chick that walks my way.' Know what I'm saying?"

She cocked an eyebrow. "Don't be ridiculous… A few drinks, a pretty broad and Remus will be kissing our asses for the rest of the year. The man needs to get laid."

"Well," Sirius smirked. "I think that's all settled, now let's start planning!"

Sirius was the best party planner there was. Any party just wasn't complete without his input. James looked extremely pleased to see that finally someone was excited as him. I felt myself grin as well. "We have to throw him the best party ever!" Sirius beamed. Katie was noticeably less excited then the rest of us. But still, she wanted Moony to be happy just as much as us.

Remus was the oldest of all of us. November 11th was his birth date, so that left us with just over a month to plan. And trust me… we needed it. James and Sirius, coming from wealthy families, always had large amounts of gold to throw into these bashes. We always know how to spend it all in the best ways possible. There are many a men working at Honeydukes that have taken a strong interest in Katie. None of us ever asked why or how, but she has gotten us some very generous discounts. Both Sirius and James always looks extremely put out when the main cashier talks with her, though.

Much to everyone's amazement, I am really good at Charms, and have a knack for decoration. Last year, after James had won the last Quiditch match of the season, Sirius and I had charmed all the portraits to sing "We Are the Champions" in a perfect imitation of Freddie Mercury. All in all, we had decided to make Remus' birthday the best party yet…

SIRIUS

The party was amazing. Katie and I managed to sneak in two full crates of firewhiskey and the house elves happily granted James request of the largest supply of butter beer I had ever seen. And that was saying something. Thanks to Katie's Honeydukes connection and Peter's charm skills, we had a full sized chocolate lion that nearly attacked anyone who didn't bring Remus a present. Even Lilly looked impressed.

The entire room was filled with laughing and dancing teens, already tipsy from all the drinks. I spotted James talking with a pretty Ravenclaw girl. Peter was watching him, smirking wickedly. Katie soon came up to me and I was suddenly overwhelmed by her appearance. She had definitely had enough drinks to last her the night and she looked… amazing. Denim shorts, boots and a shimmering silver top. Smiling a little, I knew James would have made her change if he had known what she was going to wear tonight. On any other girl, it would have been too showy, but for her it worked. She rarely showed too much skin when we were in public. I thought maybe she was doing it for Remus…

"James is getting Remus drunk!" She yelled over the music, pointing to an almost unrecognizable Remus as James led a crowd in a chorus of 'Chug! Chug! Chug!' while Remus downed an entire firewhiskey. I was impressed.

She wrapped her arms around me, not daring to take her eyes off of Remus. With a heavy sigh, she was leaning on me. "He's adorable, isn't he?"

I looked at her. Her entire body was against me now, her hair in both of our faces. "Yeah," I sighed, breathing in that Vanilla Honey scent. "Adorable."

With a sudden epiphany, she squealed and hopped up and down as David Bowie came on. "I love this song! Let's Dance!!!"

She was all over the place, dragging me with her. Song after song after song, she twirled and swirled and shook her hips with mine. When a slow song came on, I thought she would've stopped, but no. She put a hand on my chest and before I knew it, we were swaying. Lots of guys looked as though they wanted to punch me and many girls looked ready to burst into tears.

Katie grinned as if reading my mind. "Everyone's jealous."

When the song ended, she curtsied and kissed my cheek. "Thank you, kind sir. That was a lovely dance." And just as quickly as she came, she disappeared into the sea of party goers. My cheek tingled where her lips had touched. A couple girls moved in close to me and I decided it was nothing. Katie had kissed me plenty of times, and there was a fine looking Hufflepuff already ready for me to 'take somewhere private.' These girls are almost too easy sometimes.

It had been a while since Katie left me on the dance floor and the Hufflepuff was still buzzing around me. I was about to tell her to get lost so I could go find Katie baby and light up a joint, maybe up in the dorms so no one could bug us… until I saw it. The same Ravenclaw girl James was talking to earlier was whispering into a tipsy Moony's ear. I saw his eyes go wide and before I knew it, they were tangled together, lips and all, as if unbreakably glued.

Heat raced threw my body, and I grabbed the Hufflepuff chick, keen to get the thought of throwing the Ravenclaw out the fucking window for touching my Moony. She had no right to touch him, let alone snog him.

I chanced opening my eyes while my hands rubbed under the girl's skirt. I immediately regretted it. Miss Ravenclaw hell-whore was now leading Remus up to the dorms, running her manicured hands up and down his chest as she did so. This wasn't right; this wasn't fair. He deserved better then that slut.

My Hufflepuff companion gave a disappointed moan. I had neglected the previous thigh rubbing. "Are we going to finish that?"

I smirked a bit. "You bet your pretty little ass we are," I whispered, making her turn red. I led her out of the common room. Maybe a good shag would get Remus off my mind.

KATIE

I didn't care where it was I was going to, so long as I got the bloody hell away from there. Something, I don't know what, came over me as soon as I realized what we really were doing. We were diminishing Remus' innocence. Just the thought of some skanky little Ravenclaw grinding all over our sweet, gentle Moony made me sick to my stomach.

It certainly didn't help that as I walked out of the common room, Sirius was snogging some random blonde. He didn't even notice me walk by.

I need a drink. That was the only thing I was capable of comprehending as I stormed down the hallway. But where could I go so that no one finds me? Hog's Head!

The dingy bar seemed somewhat of a comfort. A tall, dirty man was cleaning some mugs with a rag and there seemed to be a reasonable amount of people around. Definitely less crowded then the Three Broomsticks, but that's exactly what I wanted.

"Firewhiskey," I stated, throwing down a couple sickles. He didn't even ask my age, just looked me up and down, before taking the money.

There was an old witch with boils all over her face just a little ways down the bar, a couple of goblins at a table, and a group of young men whispering in hushed voices with hoods covering up their faces. A couple of them looked over at me when I walked in. I was in no mood for men.

One drink turned into another, and eventually I lost count after a while. It was just me and the liquid that burned my throat, but made me feel warm all over. Images of Remus and the Ravenclaw girl kept flashing through my mind. Every time, I drowned it out with another swig of firewhiskey. Soon, I had the same flashes, but to my gratification, the Ravenclaw girl had vanished. Now it was me and Remus I saw. It was my lips on his, my hands on him, my legs wrapped around that beautiful body.

Arms wrapped around my waist. I wondered vaguely if it was Remus. But these arms were rough and jerked me up to my feet. Remus wouldn't do that, I thought. "You've had a quite a bit to drink there, sweet cheeks," a husky voice was whispering in my ear and I didn't like it. Not one bit. This man wasn't Remus, he wasn't sweet or sexy or cute or anything. He made my insides squirm and suddenly I felt exposed.

"Get away," I tried shoving him off, but he wouldn't budge.

"A fighter, are you?" His lips were brushing against my ear. "Well, I like it rough, baby."

Baby. Baby? Only Sirius could call me baby like that. He would know what to do right now. James and he would beat this guy into a bloody pulp just for looking at me. "Get away from her, Goyle. Obviously she isn't interested. It's time to leave, anyway."

That voice. I knew that voice. "Then you all leave. I have better things to do," He hissed, holding me tighter.

Then several things happened at once. There were several flashes of light and whoever was holding me fell to the ground. Without his support, I collapsed and suddenly everything was one huge blur. Comfortable arms pulled me up and I was swallowed by a sea of bright, beautiful blue.