A/N: Jeez. I'm rubbish at updating. I've also changed the rating, because if not I'm pretty sure someone would have words with me about it.

Disclaimer: Yeh, you've heard it all before.

"I…urgh…well…"

"You know, suddenly making up your own language won't get you out of explaining how you got this, I've checked it, it shows everyone and everything. It's also very likely against the rules James." Lily said, with a small glint in her eye.

James grinned, he didn't know why and he had earned himself a scowl off Lily. Here she was, accusing him of rule breaking and stealing, and he was smiling at her, he felt foolish, but he didn't care.

"We made it, the marauders and me." James added with a slight blush creeping up his face.

Lily looked at him, and then looked back down towards the front cover of the map. Sure enough, in clear lettering, it read 'Marauders Map' with four names underneath that, no doubt some nicknames they'd created for themselves.

"These four names belong to you and the other three then I assume."

"Oh yeh, I'm Prongs, Sirius is Padfoot, Remus is Moony and Peter is Wormtail. We made those up a while back, they just stuck I guess…" James trailed off, not sure were this was leading.

"Well, I understand why Remus is Moony, but why are yo-" Lily gasped, and clasped her hand over her mouth, silently shouting to herself.

"What?! Lily what do you know!?" James shouted. He looked towards her and noticed that she looked almost frightened, her eyes brimming with tears.

James lowered his voice. "Please Lily; just tell me what you mean." James pleaded.

Lily thought about it, surely he would already know, after all, they'd been best friends for the best part of 7 years, he wouldn't lie to them about something as important as this, surely. Or maybe he was ashamed of it, like he seemed when Lily asked him about it. Oh well, Lily thought, James needed to know anyway.

"He's a werewolf." Lily stated, staring straight at James

James felt himself grow hot under the collar. How did she know?! Remus wouldn't tell her, they not even that close really, well maybe. James heard himself spluttering. Clearly his speech was against him as well as his thoughts.

"H-how do you know?" James asked quietly, moving towards the bed. He looked down at her, and saw her eyes were still watering. H placed his hand on her shoulder, and as he sat down next to her, he let his hand slide down her arm onto her lap, where her hands were. He held her hand tightly in his own and looked into her eyes.

"Tell me." James said, barely above a whisper this time.

"I figured it out." Lily started, looking down at her lap, were her fingers were entwined with his. She smiled. "I waited a few months after I first got my suspicions to ask him about it. Like why he always seemed ill around the full moon, looked like he never got any sleep and always looked like he had no energy for anything at all. Plus I'd seen him being escorted towards the Womping Willow a few times as well. I asked him during the third year some time, back when we were closer I guess."

"You just came out with it? What, just like out of the blue?" James asked, a look of amusement on his face.

Lily nodded, feeling slightly embarrassed at how it sounded when she said it.

"Anyway James, why do you have these nicknames, there must be something to it." Lily said.

"Oh, we just made those up, nothing special about them." James said hurriedly, feeling uncomfortable.

Lily narrowed her eyes at him, knowing full well that there was something else to it.

"Alright… oh jeez, were do I begin? Well you know Remus is a werewolf, so that part is easier to explain I guess. Well you know humans can't be around werewolf right, while they're transformed anyway. It's dangerous and well, stupid really if you go near one. So we sort of found a way to be around him while he's transformed, so he's not alone for the entire period really."

Lily looked at him quizzically. "What do you mean you found a way to be around a way to be around him while he's transformed, unless you change something about yourself, I don't see how you could do it."

James sighed and ruffled his hair, and looked down towards his hands, which were still holding Lily's. He blushed slightly, and continued his explanation. "We do change something. We, well, we transform ourselves as well."

"Show me." Lily said simply.

James started spluttering again, and she shot him a threatening glare. Knowing full well Lily wouldn't drop the subject. He sighed and stood up, also knowing she'd probably kill him for what he was about to do. He stood in front of her, and watched her nod at him, keeping her eyes on him all the time, still with that piercing stare.

Lily looked alarmed as she saw his body start to change before her eyes, and after a few seconds he wasn't even stood there anymore, what was there however, was an elegant looking stag. Lily gasped, and it changed back into James again.

"What?! But… you're not even registered. You're doing this illegally!" Lily shrieked.

James looked sheepish, but the corners of his mouth were curling into a smile again. "We did this to help him, plus its pretty cool." James said

"How can you stand there grinning like an idiot when you've just admitted to doing something illegal to me?! And you've just ratted on your friends because it's clear that they do this as well!" Lily shouted.

James stared at her and smiled. "You're dangerous when you're like this."

"What! I'm dangerous!? You're the one illegally transforming into an animal and running around with a werewolf!" Lily shrieked, feeling incredibly angry at him.

James said nothing but moved towards her again, pulling her up off his bed making her stand in front of him. Lily tried to wriggle free but James tightened his grip on her hands.

"What the he-" Lily shouted. Looking almost scared at the excited glint in his eye.

James said nothing, but stepped closer to her and wrapped his arms tight around her back. He pulled towards her and kissed her.

At first Lily didn't know what she was doing, but she figured she'd already started kissing him back when she discovered she had her arms around his neck, pulling them closer still.

James loosened his grip around her back slightly, and moved his knee forward, in between her legs and felt Lily shudder against him.

He smiled at her, pulled himself away from her and grabbed the map. He walked out of the room and closed the door without giving a backwards glance.

Lily looked towards the door. A look of confusion on her face. She sank down onto his bed, wondering for the hell had just happened.

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