Chapter Nine
Lily and Hermione were in the library, looking through potion books. They only had a few more hours until the full moon. They had been in the library all week, trying to find something that might help.
"I don't think ther is anything," Lily said, closing a book with a sigh.
"Maybe we can at least find something to at least dull the pain," Hermione said, looking through a healing potion book.
"Like a muggle morphene," Lily said, stopping Hermione on a page.
"This one?" Hermione asked, pointing out the potion.
"Yes," Lily said, "but we got to hurry and make it."
Hermione and Lily took the book and headed down to the dungeons. Lily unlocked the door and they went inside Slughorn's class. Lily ran to get the ingredients while Hermione got the cauldron ready.
Remus and Emily were in the common room. Emily was staring out the window, while Remus just sat there and watched her. James walked over and sat down by Remus.
"Waiting," James said.
"It's going to be horrible," Remus said, looking at James.
"It won't be that bad," James said.
"It will," Remus said, looking sad, "I don't want her to have to feel that pain."
"I know you don't," James said.
Just than Hermione and Lily came into the common room.
"What did you find?" Remus asked, as they came over.
"The only thing we can try is a potion to help take the pain away," Lily said, holding up the potion.
Remus took the potion and went over to Emily, who looked at him. He handed her the potion and she took it. Sirius came down from the boys dorm. He looked around a bit confused.
"Did I just miss something?" Sirius asked.
"Not at all," James said.
"We really should get going," Remus said.
The six of them left the common room and headed outside. When they got outside, they found Snape was waitting for them.
"What do you want?" James asked, pulling out his wand.
"I'm not here to talk to you," Snape said, looking at Emily.
"You can leave me alone," Emily said.
The six of them passed Snape. He watched them leave, and headed back inside. Sirius ran over and touched the knot in the tree and make it stop. James said goodbye to Lily. James, Remus, and Emily went down into the tunnel. Sirius went over to Hermione.
"Do you think the potion will work?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know," Hermione said, "I do hope is takes some pain away."
Sirius gave Hermione a hug. She looked at him, before hugging him back.
"You better get down there," Hermione said.
Sirius nodded his head and he went down the tunnel. Hermione and Lily went back inside. Sirius caught up to them. They walked the rest of the way in silence. When they got there, James and Sirius sat outside the room. Remus and Emily went into the room. Emily went over to the window and stared up at the sky. Remus walked over to her and put his arms around her waist.
"I am so sorry," Remus whispered, a tear running down his cheek.
"It okay," Emily said, "as long as your here with me."
Sirius was peeking through the door, than turned to James.
"Do you think I will find love like that?" Sirius asked.
"I'm sure you will," James said.
"I wish with Hermione," Sirius said, "there's just something about her that makes me happy."
"You never know," James said, with a smile, "you could end up with her."
Hermione and Lily were sitting in theire dorm room. They were staring out the window as the sun went down.
"So," Lily said, "you know that Sirius really likes you."
"I know he does," Hermione said, "but we can't be together."
"Why not?" Lily asked, looking at Hermione.
"It's just too complicated," Hermione said.
"Well, do you like him?" Lily asked.
"I do," Hermione said, with a sigh.
"Than just do it," Lily said, "don't worry about what might happen. You only have one life, you should live it."
Hermione didn't say anything. She watched as the moon came up. Lily sighed before laying down in her bed. Hermione looked over at her to see that she was asleep. Hermione left the dorm room and went outside. She noticed that James and Sirius were heading to the door.
"What are you doing?" Hermione asked.
"Just couldn't take being there," James said.
"Oh, I guess the potion didn't work," Hermione said.
"It may have," Sirius said, "we really don't know."
James looked at Sirius and Hermione before walking off. Sirius gave Hermione a smile.
"Lets walk back to the common room," Sirius said.
The two of them walked in silence until they got to the stairs.
"Do you want to go out sometime?" Sirius asked.
"Sure," Hermione said.
"Really?" Sirius asked, looking a bit shocked.
"Ya," Hermione said with a smile, "Lily gave me some advise and I think we can give it a shot."
Sirius looked over at Hermione, who held his hand. He gave her a smile and they continued their walk in silence. 'I can't believe she said yes,' Sirius thought, 'I'm going to make sure this is the best date ever.'
