Lily's eyes widen and her mouth pops open when she realises it's us.

I literally don't have a clue how to proceed. There isn't one smart comment or snide remark coming into my head.

Lily is first to recover. She clears out her throat, now looking anywhere but at us, and says softly, "I couldn't sleep, I just came down to get my book..."

Remus, with an impressive attempt at sounding off-hand, says, "Oh, what's the book? I'll help you look for it."

I just stand here like an idiot.

Lily finds her book and clutches it to her chest. "So...um..." she says awkwardly.

I look desperately at Remus, who comes over to me, putting his hand comfortingly on my shoulder. He looks back at Lily, who is now watching us closely. She looks confused to see me so freaked out. Remus grimaces at her.

"Lily, we're not ready for people to know. Can you forget you saw anything?"

Lily bites her lip and stays quiet for far too long. I'm breaking into a sweat.

Eventually she exhales. "Are you two a couple?" she asks wonderingly. Great. We have to provide an explanation.

I sink down on to the nearest chair. "Yeah, sort of," I mumble.

Remus looks at me, surprised. I look back at him, equally as surprised by his reaction. "Well, aren't we?" I ask.

His face brightens up. "I guess so," he says. "But I thought you'd have wanted to see how things go before putting a label on it."

My brow furrows and I momentarily forget about Lily. "Well, yeah, I want to see how things go but either way I'm with you now and I hope to be for a while at least." I suddenly start panicking. Maybe he doesn't want things to be so serious. But again, he surprises me by tenderly taking my face in his hands and kissing me firmly. "Sounds good to me," he whispers, eyes twinkling.

He takes my hand and we turn to face Lily, who now looks like she's going to squeal. "Oh my gosh, I'm so happy for you guys!" she says. "I was starting to wonder if this would ever happen!"

"What?" I splutter.

She laughs lightly. "Call it a hunch. I always thought there was something there."

My eyes widen and I squeeze Remus' hand. Lily sobers up and asks, "Does James know about this?"

Remus sighs. "Lily, nobody knows. It's only just happened."

She bites her lip again, then says, "Okay, your secret's safe with me. But I really think you should tell James. He'll be fine you know, and I think it would hurt his feelings if you kept it from him."

I frown. Since when does Evans care about James' feelings? But I relax slightly and nod. "You're right," I say. Wow, first time I've ever said that to her. "We'll tell him soon."

She nods slowly and says, "Okay. Well, I'm going back to bed. Night."

"Goodnight Lily," Remus says as she heads back up the stairs.

Remus and I slowly start to make our way up to our own dormitory. "Of all people I'd have wanted to find out," I groan. Remus squeezes my hand sympathetically. "I know," he whispers, "but I think it'll be okay."

We change into our pyjamas and climb into his bed. We just snuggle for a while, trying to control ourselves, aware that we're not alone in the dormitory and saving ourselves the pain of trying to explain anything to Peter if he were to wake up.

As Remus slowly falls asleep, I start to really think about us. I'm so comfortable lying here with him, like I've been sleeping like this for the last six years. I really do adore him. He's beautiful - inside and out. If we're really going to be "a couple" we should definitely tell James at least.

I start thinking of ways to even bring the subject up when Remus starts twitching. I hug him closer, distracted. It must be nearly the full moon.

Suddenly, I'm disgusted with myself. I'm sitting here worrying about myself, my petty insecurities, but Remus has been dealing with it himself all these years, as well as having to deal with being a werewolf.

I can't even imagine what life must be like for him. And it's not like me to think about anyone else's feelings. He has the psychological pain of of being a teenage boy, but also the mental and physical pain of turning into a completely different creature every four weeks.

He stops twitching and moans softly. He's sweating.

As I slowly start drifting, I make myself a promise. Right now I feel like no-one in the world matters as much as the man lying in my arms. I'm going to do anything and everything in my power to make his life at least a little easier.

Short fluffy chapter, I know, but I sort of wanted to establish the exact nature of Sirius' feelings for Remus. Thanks for sticking with me guys, keep reviewing, let me know how I'm doing! Got my very own laptop finally after 4 years so should be able to post more often :)