The full moon came and went as usual.

The day of the full moon, when Remus laid in bed all day, Adara came by to bring her friend some soup and chocolate, because he always had chocolate on him. He smiled at her weakly and sat up slightly in his bed to eat the soup. He did not really want it, but he did not want to be rude.

After he finished eating, she sat on the tire swing outside of his house talking to Sirius and James, who subtly convinced her to stay inside tonight due to a news warning about a dangerous wolf that had escaped earlier that evening from a zoo not too far from them. Hearing this, Adara headed back to her house to keep safe.

After waking up near his backyard in the woods the next morning, he slipped back into bed. The other two boys had fallen asleep the night before not far from him and had followed suit, but instead slept in the living room. With Ms. Lupin being a healer, the healing process was a lot like when he was at Hogwarts. He was fed potions and sleeping draughts to knock out the boy in pain.

Sometime in the afternoon on the day after the full moon, Adara called his house to make sure Remus was doing better. Sleepily, Sirius answered, as Ms. Lupin had to work that afternoon.

"Hello?"

"Sirius? Hey, it's Adara. How is Remus feeling?"

Rubbing his eyes, Sirius answered. "He is sleeping now. Guy did not get much sleep last night. He was up, sick."

Adara noticed how his voice sounded, like he was nearly hoarse and that he had just woken up. "You aren't getting what he has are you? You don't sound very good."

"Nah, I'm fine. We stayed up all night with him. Poor guy. Prongs is still asleep too. He's fine too, before you ask." Sirius could hear her concern for them and let her know about her other friend before she had a chance to worry.

"Okay, good. Hey, have you heard any more about that wolf that escaped? Do you know if it was captured yet?"

"Yeah, they got him contained around sun up this morning. You don't have to worry. Unless, of course, they don't fix the cages. He could be out again if they don't do that."

"Yeah, for sure! Well, I will let you go and get some sleep. I just wanted to check on him. Will you get him to call me later if he feels up to it? I would come over, but I need to finish my packing for school. Today is the last day to do it."

"No problem, love. I need to be doing the same thing today. I have most everything packed already, but I need to double check it all and put some clothes in. I'll be ready." Sirius stated.

Adara smiled over the phone. "Okay, Sirius. It was nice talking to you and meeting you guys! I am leaving out early tomorrow, but maybe I'll be able to see you all before either of us leave. Either way, you better come back and visit me next summer or winter break!"

"Same to you! And we will, no doubt. If we don't get to say goodbye: have a good school year and have fun! We'll miss you! Until next time, sweetheart! Goodbye!"

After the phone call was over, Sirius headed back to his couch and dozed back off.

The boys spent half of the day sleeping before they got up to finish packing. James and Sirius helped Remus get his last minute things together while he slept; he had already had most of his clothes already packed, the only things left to pack were his few school books that he had gotten a jumpstart in studying. Remus woke up about 6PM that evening, and Sirius gave him the message from Adara.

He dialed her familiar number.

Darren picked up the phone. "Foley residence."

"Hello, Mr. Foley. It's Remus. How are you doing?" Remus responded politely to the man.

"Oh, hello! I am well, son. How are you? Adara has told me that you were sick. She's been worried about you all day, knowing that you have to start school tomorrow."

"I'm doing better now. I believe it was a 48-hour bug. I should be fine tomorrow. Is she around?"

"Yes, let me go find her for you."

It did not take Darren long to find his worried daughter. Adara smiled as she picked up the phone.

"Rem! I was hoping you would call! I tried to call you earlier but Sirius said you were still asleep. The reason that I had called was not just because I wanted to check on you, but also because I was hoping to see you before we all leave tomorrow."

Remus had nearly forgotten that term began the next day. He was excited to go back, but at the same time, he was not ready to leave his new found close friend and neighbor. He had grown accustomed to being around her.

"I would like to see you too," Remus replied, before thinking of something. "How about we meet in the field half way between our houses? We can hang out there for a while before we…" Remus drifted off, not really wanting to say the rest.

"…Say our goodbyes?" Adara said, sadly. She too was not ready to part with him yet. Remus was basically her only friend, aside from James and Sirius, who she would consider a friend although they had only known each other for just a day or so.

"Yeah… Would you like to do that?"

"Sounds like a plan. Meet you in an hour?" Adara had started smiling at the thought of seeing her handsome friend.

"Perfect. See you then!" Remus smiled at the sound of her smile and they hung up.

Remus went up the stairs to his room to get ready to meet Adara. James and Sirius had migrated up to Remus' room, playing wizard chess after they were done packing. At first, they did not notice that he was getting dressed, thinking he was getting ready for bed, until he put on regular clothes.

"What are you getting all dressed for at this time of night?" It was only 6:30, but they were going to have to go to sleep in a couple of hours, with them having to get on the train early the next morning. Sirius had told James how worried Adara was for Remus after he had gotten off the phone with her earlier, and he figured that was he was going to meet up with her, but had to ask.

"Going to go meet up with Adara." Remus was hoping that he would be able to go by himself to see her, but he did not want to have to say that. He already saw how much hell they gave him before for saying she was beautiful and all. They would definitely be on him even more if he made it look like it was some sort of date. Of course, which it wasn't. "You...uh… You guys don't have to go…If you don't want to. I would understand… NOT that I don't want you guys to go. I just figured you wouldn't want to go because you're in the middle of a game."

James knew that after the hell that they gave him the past few days, especially after Remus came off of his cool about it, that they shouldn't ride him about it. He could also tell by the way he "asked" them to go, that he obviously didn't want them to tag along and that he wanted to be alone.

"Yeah, bud. I think the twoof us are going to just hang out here… You know, play another game of wizard chess, maybe some Exploding Snap. We've been around for the last few days; we'll let you guys have some time alone." James answered for the two of them.

Remus, not expecting it would be that easy, looked at his mates.

"Really? No ragging?"

"Nope. I mean, we could come up with something if you'd like!" Sirius smiled.

"I really expected for you guys to be like 'Oh, you want to be alone, eh? Getting some summer lovin' before we head off tomorrow? Yada yada yada...' I did not think it would be this easy."

"No, we realized after the other night that if you have feelings for her, you would be able to trust us and tell us. Since you say you don't have feelings for her, we believe you." James explained.

"If anything ever changed, you guys would be the first ones I tell. I just still can't believe you are jumping all over with your bantering!" Remus said, looking in his mirror, straightening his shirt.

"We'll still give you hell about every now and then about it, of course. But, we don't mean anything by it. We just want to see ya happy is all, mate." Sirius stated, laughing and smiling a bit.

Remus felt bad. He sighed before speaking. "Yeah, I know… Guys, I shouldn't have acted like I did the other night. I know that it is just all for fun, but it was really getting to me, all the teasing. But, I should not have gone off like that. You guys were just trying to help me out, and I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it, mate. We are sorry for taking it too far. We shouldn't have gotten Lily involved." Sirius replied and James nodded.

"Although, she did owl me today and asked how it was going for you, Moony. She actually STARTED a conversation with me! It's a start!" James piped in, excitedly.

They laughed. Remus looked at his watch and rushed to finish getting ready.

"Alright, guys. I'll be back after a while. Don't burn down the place while I am gone!"

"Of course not! We will wait until you get back to light the match!" Sirius laughed.

Remus rushed down the stairs and out the door. He rushed to the area where they would be meeting. As he approached, he could see the silhouette of a girl turn into Adara.

"Sorry I am a little late! I was talking to the guys."

She hugged him. "No! It's fine. I just got here myself. Still feeling good?"

"Oh, I am much much better. It was just a bug. Get it a lot."

Adara nodded. "So, where are those two goofballs at? Didn't want to see me?"

Remus rubbed his hand on the back of his neck as he thought about the answer. "No, it wasn't that. They were playing chess. They said that they would let us be alone."

"Oh!" Adara was not sure what that meant exactly. Did that mean alone or alone? Were they alone or just alone? To relieve the pending awkwardness, she asked, "So, what were you guys talking about? Not that I am prying."

"The other night. I had sort of went off a bit on them and I was apologizing."

"What happened?"

Remus didn't really know what else to say. "They have been giving me hell for talking about you and being around you so much. I told them that we were just friends. It was a little more to it than that, but that's the jist of it."

"What? Do they think we are secretly dating or something?" Adara laughed.

Remus laughed. "Not exactly. They just think that we are more than friends."

"Why? Because we hang out and read together?" Adara shook her head at his friends' thinking.

"Pretty much. But, it's also because I don't talk to many girls. Honestly, I am only friends with one girl, other than you, and James has been after her for forever, so it's not like I would ever date her anyway. Sirius has been trying to get me to talk to more girls, but I haven't until I met you. They assume that since we are friends that I have to be interested in you."

"That's stupid. Guys and girls can be just as much friends without having feelings for each other."

"Right?! Everything I have said about you, they have taken it as undying love or something. For instance, the night that they came into town, after I mentioned you, Sirius was talking about getting with you. I told him about the warning that I gave you. The one about him going after anything with a pretty face? He took that as flirting and then it just escalated." Remus said, laughing.

Adara laughed. "That's ridiculous. And, Sirius? Getting with me? I don't think so. I know I haven't dated before, and he is attractive and funny and all, but I don't see that happening. He is just way too into himself from what I've seen. He is a really nice guy, but I am not into conceited men. I like a guy who is comfortable with himself but not someone who looks in the mirror more than I do."

Remus nodded, understanding. "I don't think I've ever told you this, but I have never dated anyone either. That is undoubtedly a reason that they are pestering me like they are."

"Seriously, Rem? Not one girl?" Remus shook his head. "Why not?"

"I have some issues with letting someone in 100% because I am scared of rejection. And I have never tried because honestly, the girls at school are more interested in going through me to get to Sirius and James. I couldn't tell you how many pretty girls have given me false hope walking up to me with a smile, only to ask if Sirius or James were seeing anyone at the time. So, I've kind of given up pretty much any interest. Not that I was really interested before."

Adara shook her head. "I can see why people would be interested in them. They are fun to be around and they are nice guys. But, I guarantee you that not all girls are going to be interested in James and Sirius. I'm not! I think you'd be a way better catch! You have it all! You're quiet and mysterious. You're funny. You're smart. You're a big sweetheart. And to top it off, you're pretty attractive." Adara and Remus both blushed and smiled.

"Thanks. I really appreciate that. I was really nervous about you meeting them at first." Remus admitted.

"Why is that?" Adara asked curiously.

"Paranoia. I was afraid that once you met them that you would fall for them like all of the other girls do. I mean, not so much fall for them, but you would just be more interested in them then you were with me. I didn't want to lose you." Remus blushed as he finished, turning to look up at the stars.

Adara smiled at his words. It made her heart melt to know that. To know that her friend cared about their friendship so much, not romantically speaking. She hugged him before punching him in the shoulder slightly.

"Ow! What was that for?" Remus rubbed his arm.

"You won't lose me. So just remember that, okay? I'll always be interested in you Remus. You are my first real friend. You are the boy I met this summer who showed me what having a friend is like. You are the favorite part of my day, Rem. So, there is no need to get jealous about me making friends."

Remus nodded and smiled. "You are a great person, Addie. I am so glad that I met you. You are very uplifting and special to me. I wish that this summer wouldn't end so soon."

Adara frowned. "Me neither. I am so not looking forward to being in a new school. At first I was really excited about staying, but now I realize that I will see everyone again and that I will need to make friends and I am not used to that."

Remus put his hand on her shoulder reassuringly. "Addie, you will be fine. Believe me. I know how you feel about not being sure about making friends. But, it will happen for you. If it happened for me, it will happen for you. If it's any consolation, you are the first girl that I have really made friends with since Lily (and that was when we were 11), and you approached me! You won't have any problems. Trust me."

She smiled at his confident words. This is why she loved Remus. He was always so heart felt. She couldn't ask for a better friend. "I hope I make friends like you there."

"Just don't go replacing me!" Remus winked.

He looked at his watch. 8:45.

He sighed and looked back at his house in the distance. He could make out two heads in his window that was still lit up.

"I guess I have to get back. We have to get up early and catch the train. I… guess I'll see you on break." Remus said sadly.

Adara felt herself tearing up. She hugged him tightly. "Promise that you'll write?"

"Of course! As long as you promise to write back." Remus smiled into her hair, which he noticed smelled enjoyably of strawberry shampoo. Adara laughed.

They let go. With one last goodbye, they separated ways and walked back to their houses.

Sorry about not updating sooner. Kind of had a slight case of writers block and I have been on a slight kick about planning my wedding next year. The reviews have helped me push to a new chapter though. This chapter is decent, but not my favorite. It will get better! I hope you guys stick around for more. Please keep the reviews coming. If you would like to suggest an idea that I can incorporate, I would be happy to do that. Hope that you enjoy it! Until next time! - MaverickMarauder