A/N: I'm sick, watching MTV, drinking tea, eating frosted flakes, emailing my friend, and writing this. Multitasking is pretty cool.

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Remus was counting off the days in his head. One more day, one more day. He wasn't sure he could stand the confinement much longer.

"So you only have one more day until you leave me all alone." Kayla complained.

"You aren't the only one in here, you know." Remus replied. There was a 5th year with a broken collarbone, a 2nd year who lost his memory, and a whimpering 1st year who wouldn't say what was wrong with her or who did it.

"No one else is worth talking with." Kayla looked at him.

"Sorry about that, but I do have a life beyond the hospital wing, incase you didn't know."

"Oh of course I know that." Kayla glowed. "You're a marauder. What's it like to hang out with Sirius Black on a daily basis?"

"Ugh. You do know he has a girlfriend, right?" Remus was sick and tired of people asking what it was like to be in the presence of Sirius.

"Don't remind me. That Evans girl is not worthy of Sirius."

"Ehm, whatever." Remus tried to avoid her gaze, but she just kept staring.

"But what is he like?" She asked again. "Does he act as cool as he does in front girls? Or is he secretly sensitive and sweet?"

"I really don't want to answer that." Remus said and turned around from her. He ignored her attempts at apology and then he felt her put her hand on his shoulder. He felt disgusted.

"It's okay, Remus. I understand why you would be jealous of Sirius." She looked down on him like a teacher would look if they were predicting why a child bullies other children. "He's more popular than you, better looking, and he has more girls chasing him. But don't worry Remus. I'm here for you if you need someone to hold." She held her arms open as if waiting for him to jump into them and cry.

Instead he laughed. He laughed at the fact she thought he was jealous of Sirius, the fact that she thought he wanted people like her chasing after him, and he laughed at the fact that Kayla expected him to run into her arms.

"And what's so funny?" She demanded.

Remus made no response and simply wiped a tear from his eye and picked up a book from the table beside him.

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The first quidditch match of the season was the next Friday, and James was drilling his new team to exhaustion. He, himself, was sporting a black eye and a rather gruesome looking bruise growing on his left shoulder. Roy Johnson made a spectacular save and James cheered thinking that maybe, just maybe, Gryffindor might win the cup that year.

Unfortunately, however, Sammie was taking an extremely long time to find the snitch.

"Hurry it up Sammie!" James called. "It'll be getting dark soon!" He couldn't figure out how he had been such a fantastic seeker at tryouts, but started to suck once practice started. James was shaking his head in dismay when a bludger hit him hard in the back and almost knocked him off his broom.

"Sorry James!" Their beater, Becky, apologized, zooming past. James groaned and massaged his back. This practice was a disaster. He blew his whistle and dismounted his broom.

"Any chances of winning the match next week James?" Sirius asked him.

"Not one."

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Nova was warming her feet by the fire in the ravenclaw common room. "What we really need is some dirt on Lily," she lazily told Lucy, who was sitting beside her. "To teach her not to mess with me."

Lucy thought for a moment. "All I really know is that her parents died this summer."

"Who do we know that has information on everybody? There's got to be someone with all the gossip." Nova asked.

"That's easy." Lucy smiled. "Dany Winthrope."

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Lily soon found herself avoiding Sirius as much as possible. She was always trying to make up excuses and darting down hallways whenever she saw him coming. Plus, she feared that people had started noticing.

The other day a girl had walked up to her and started rambling about how she didn't care about Sirius. "You aren't worthy of him! He deserves better than tramps like you!" She had exclaimed.

Lily had walked away feeling worried. Dany and Heidi were getting sick of hearing the same complaints everyday, and she knew it. McGonagall was getting onto her about her failure to do her Head duties, and then the other day she started writing a letter to her parent's before she remembered. She had then collapsed and sobbed until Dany found her and cheered her up.

She walked up to the common room and looked at the bulletin board. There was a paper there announcing a trip to Hogsmeade that Saturday. It's about time! We haven't had a Hogsmeade trip yet this year have we? She was reading the other messages when she felt someone walk up beside her. She turned and saw James there.

"Oh hey James." She breathed.

"Hey Lily." James said stiffly, without looking at her.

"There's a Hogsmeade trip this weekend." Lily said, hoping to make conversation.

"Yeah, Remus should be out of the hospital wing by then."

"Why was he in there in the first place?" Lily looked up at him.

"He, er, got bit by a dog." He stammered.

"A dog at Hogwarts?"

"Yes. Look, I have to go." James walked off. "See you later Lily."

A moment later, Lily felt a presence beside her again, and she hoped it was James coming back, but found out it was Sirius instead.

"Lily, it would seem you've been avoiding me a lot lately." Sirius said coolly, leaning against the wall.

"What? Of course I haven't." Lily lied.

"All right then." He said. "How about you meet me by the Transfiguration room at 7:00 this evening?"

Lily felt revulsion rise in her throat. "I have Head duties tonight, and I'm afraid I cannot switch them."

A look of anger and disappointment seemed to have passed over his face, but he quickly replaced it. "Whatever Lily. I'll talk to you later." And he stalked off. Lily sighed. She knew she only had a small amount of time before Sirius broke up with her, for real and fake. She also knew that she was out of ideas.

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Nova walked up to Lucy holding a small vial in her hand. She stared at it for a while before she spoke.

"What is that?" Lucy finally asked.

"Just a little something to get our dear friend Dany, to… loosen up her tongue."

Lucy groaned. "I swear if this is illegal…"

Nova just smirked as she began to tell her plan.

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A/N: Short? Yes it was. I'm drained and losing my creativity along with my remote control. Which is probably lodged in between the couch cushions, I'll bet. If enough of you review, I'll make the next one longer. I shall now put a curse on all silent readers!