I walked back into the castle in tears. No one was around so I didn't have to cover them up. That is until I saw Lily Evans.

"Marie Williams what…are you ok?" She asked kindly when she saw my face.

"What do you care? I don't think you've even talked to me before."

"Yes I have."

"Oh? Name one time." She stayed silent.

"Ok fair enough but I have seen you around and I think you need some girl friends. All you have are the Marauders, right?" I only nodded. The tears were threatening to come again.

"Did something happen?"

"Maybe," I admitted.

"Want to talk about it? I'm sure the Marauders wouldn't be the right people to talk to because I'm thinking it may involve one of them?"

"How…"

"Remus, He came in a few minutes ago. He looked pretty bad, too," She explained. I then decided I'd talk to her, hey maybe she'll help.

"He kissed me and just left. I…love him and…"

"Yes I've noticed how you two are. Maybe he was confused?" I gave her a curious look.

"You've been friends for 6 years, right? So switching from friends to more may be a little hard to handle. Even if he did love you that way, he may not want to admit it."

"Oh God you're probably right! But then why did he kiss me?"

"Maybe he does love you. I wouldn't be surprised, Marie, because honestly every time he looks at you it's so cute. It's filled with so much adoration. A lot of people are surprised you're still just friends."

"James loves you like that, don't even call it stalking, ok?"

"That's not the point right now. I think you should give him his space, he'll come around."

"You think?"

"I'm sure," She said with a huge smile.We talked for a while and then headed back to our dorms. I was smiling, she made me feel a lot better. Maybe tomorrow will be bright after all. What surprised me though was that this was Lily Evans. Lily Evans! I mean she's been known to be stuck up but I didn't see that at all.What will tomorrow bring?

The next day I left my common room to go to breakfast only to find Remus hanging around the corner. He was waiting for me. Typical Remus.

"Hey," He said in a quiet voice, not sure what to expect.

"Hello Mr. Kiss-and-Disappear, sorry to disappoint you but I'm leaving now," I said before I could stop myself. No Lily said not to do this.

"I deserved that but I'm an idiot and I wasn't planning to do that," He said somehow ending up looking adorable.

"Which part?" I raised my eyebrow. This could go either way. He better not say the kiss, then I'd really be pissed.

"The running away part of course. I really…wanted to kiss you but then I got all scared. I mean you've been my friend for 6 years and suddenly I'm kissing you. It doesn't make any sense but when I was it felt so good. It made me think you could be more…"

"I understand, I was feeling confused for a while and then I just accepted it, you know?"He smiled at me.

"Maybe if you give it a little time?" I offered. I couldn't push this but I really wanted him. Oh wow here I am admitting the truth, ask me a month ago and I would have denied it all.

"Yes, give me time and I'll come around, I swear."I smiled and said something else without thinking.

"I love you, Remus."He took me into his arms and I wrapped my hands around his waist, holding on tight. He leaned his head against the top of my head and sighed into my hair. I just closed my eyes, taking him in. Gently he rubbed my hair and kissed my hair. I opened my eyes and looked up at him. He had this peaceful kind of smile on his face. This made me smile and feel at ease.

"Hmmm we should go somewhere else," He said in a whisper.

"Why?""We're in the middle of a hall,"

I burst out laughing and agreed with him. Rather reluctantly we pulled away from each other but he kept my hand. We walked to breakfast together and talked about nothing really important until I asked about the full moon. He didn't look so good right now, It had to be soon.

"It's tonight. Sirius has detention so it will be just you, James and Peter."

"Alright."We looked at each other again and we just stared into each others eyes for who knows how long. I couldn't breathe and the world was starting to spin.