"LILY EVANS WILL YOU GO OUT WITH ME!?" Remus heard James screaming with the new Soronous charm they had learned. He'd become rather obsessed with the poor girl.

"POTTER! Leave me ALONE, Absolutely NOT!" Lily stormed away and Remus chased after her.

"I'm sorry, you alright?" Remus asked trying to comfort Lily.

"Other than my utter embarrassment I'll be alright." He saw a tear swelling up in her eye and felt pity for her,"He might actually be like able if were a completely different person who didn't hex Severus for the fun of it."

"I'm sorry he keeps messing with snive-Severus but not like Severus isn't doing it back?"

"It's four against one! "

"I don't do anything!"

"Exactly Remus, you don't. Lily stormed away and Remus returned to the Great Hall.

"James whats your deal, other than being in complete love with Lily, you do know she doesn't like you screaming her name in the Great Hall.

"Did you talk to her?" James said really fast.

"No…"

"You did! You can be my spy!"

"I'm not spying on Lily for you, but I'll put in a good word okay?"

James agreed and they went to Transfiguration, which James was surprisingly really good at. James pulled out his parchment that Remus had been trying to ignore while the three of them messed around with it.

This is so BORING-J

Why can't we do actually fun stuff?-J

Because, James, we're here to learn not amuse ourselves -Remus

WOAH! Remus is here!-S

Well its kinda hard to ignore a glowing parchment-Remus

Remus folded it and stuck it at the bottom of his bag and continued to practice the transfiguration.

"We have double potions with Slytherin next," James groaned," I can't stand Snivelus."

"Then don't mess with him," Remus suggested.

"But whats the fun in that?"

Remus normally worked with Peter, but today Sirius wanted to work with him, which Remus thought odd since James and Sirius were inseparable.

"Well for the Wideye potion…" Remus continued talking full aware that Sirius probably wasn't listening, but instead staring at him while he read,"Can you go grab those for me?"

"Huh? Oh yeah sure," Sirius went and grabbed the listed ingredients and they continued the potion.

"Well done Mr. Black and Mr. Lupin," Professor Slughorn checked their potion satisfied, "5 points to Gryffindor."

Remus couldn't believe he'd been at Hogwarts for more than two months already. He had apparently attended his second cousins wedding for the last full moon, but what was worse than having a full moon once a month? Having 2. This month there would be a Blue Moon, meaning there would be a full moon at the beginning and end of the month changing the moons time from the beginning of the month, to the end. He checked his chart hoping something had come up wrong but it didn't.

Remus woke up earlier than usual today, he was beginning to feel sick a full week before the first moon of next month. This month would be a lot worse than the others. If he didn't feel sick until a day or so before it wouldn't be to bad, three or four it would be average, but any more would require him resting for a lot longer after the moon than he would want. His friends were already suspicious of him being gone so long at a time, but what could he do?

Remus lay on his bed thinking of valid excuses for his friends when Sirius opened his curtains, "Get up, we're going to breakfast with or without you!" Remus laughed and got dressed quickly and went down with them.

When they finally got to the Great Hall, the owls started flying in when they took their seats. Remus spotted his fathers owl and took the letter it was carrying for him.

Dear Remus,

Your mother and I wanted to wish you good luck for Friday. We saw their

is a blue moon this month, i do hope we can find an excuse again for

your friends. We're moving again to a new house in a few days, I cannot

wait to show you your new room! I think you will rather like it.

With love,

Lyall Lupin

Remus sighed, he figured he could say his mum was sick and her symptoms were rather off and on, he would be visiting her on Wednesday.

"My mums fallen ill again, Im leaving wednesday to visit her," Remus hated lying to his friends but he would rather make up a hundred lies than lose them.

"I hope she gets better then, "Sirius smiled at him sympathetically as him and James went back to planning, "Operation Pumpkin"

"Hagrids growing Pumpkins for Halloween," Remus blurted out, they were planning on exploding a pumpkin filled with halloween candy like a magical Piñata, Remus quickly covered his mouth trying not to give them any ideas.

"Really? Since when are you keen on helping us out?" James joked.

"Well you made me sign the Marauder Code saying I had to or you would hang me by my robes from the Astronomy Tower so I figured helping would be a good idea."

"How about we start filling one of those pumpkins Thursday? Since we know where to get them now."

"I can be your lookout, Remus's mother is ill again so he can't help," Peter said. He was only trying to fit in, but he wasn't as good a wizard as the other three boys sitting around him.

Remus went down to the Hospital wing Wednesday morning before the rest of them woke up, he left a note on his night stand saying he left earlier than he expected. He was feeling much more ill than usual so went down early.

"You have a rising fever," Poppy patted his head and gave him another potion, of which tasted nasty, like the rest of them, "Where are you at this time?" She was clearly trying to lighten things up as she laughed.

"Well I told my friend my mum had fallen ill again and she was on and off a lot recently, I hope that holds for a while, " Madam Pomfrey agreed with the young werewolf and told him to get some rest. She gave him a sleeping draught and he quickly fell into a deep dreamless sleep.

The full moon had been increasingly painful. He woke up in the Hospital wing three days later. He groaned and tried falling back sleep but Madam Pomfrey had heard him and asked how he felt.

"It really hurts but I'll be okay. Can I go up to the Dormitory?"

"Yes, but I want you to rest, you can attend your classes later today."

Remus got up and everything started hurting again but he made his way to the commons room and saw Lily as he walked back in.

"Remus! Where have you been?" He realized he hadn't told Lily the excuse he had come up with.

"Hello Lily, my mum fell ill I must not of had the chance to tell you, I'm sorry," Remus muttered.

"Oh, no don't be, how is she?"

"Better now, " Remus smiled and continued his way up to the dorm.

e trudged up the stairs to the boys dorms and found his friends there.

"Remus! Hows your mum?" Sirius said surprised when he came in the door.

Remus hesitated forgetting his excuse then continued, "She's doing much better now."

Remus saw their pumpkin in the middle of the room and sighed. All he could do was hope he could be better by Halloween so he didn't raise any other suspicion than they already had.