The Full Moon
The rest of their classes went by as boring as usual. They couldn't pass notes because they were separated into partners in most of their classes that day. That night came by quicker than Melissa expected. Remus had to leave with Madam Pomfrey and Sirius, James, and Peter were with her in the common room.
"When do you guys leave?" she asked.
"Once Pomfrey leaves," James said. Melissa sighed and slumped on the couch.
"I just hope you guys are going to be okay," she said.
"We always are, we just come back with a couple bruises and cuts, no biggie," Sirius said, waving it off. Melissa sighed again and closed her eyes.
"Just be careful," she said.
"We will," James said, walking to the window and looking out. "Come on guys, time to go."
Melissa abruptly opened her eyes and looked at them.
"Don't worry," Sirius said. "We'll be okay."
Then they all left the common room. Once the door shut she heard a deafening howl. She winced and ran to the window. She saw James, Sirius, and Peter running to the Womping Willow. She bit her lip and didn't leave the window until she saw them come out of the willow completely transformed. Melissa was left alone to worry about them and to think. She sat on the couch by the fire and stared into the grate. Poor Remus, I wish there was a…a way he could get better. It doesn't change anything though, I still love him…How do I love him though? Is it a brother-sister type of love, or is it more? She shook her head to rid the thoughts and got up and looked out the window again hoping to see them. They weren't there. She sighed and walked back to the couch. I could've hung out with Lily and Ariel, but they're in the library, and who wants to be in there at a time like this? I know I shouldn't be worrying, they have done this before.
Before long the fire had died down and the room went completely quiet and dark. There was no noise coming from the crackling fire and there was no light. She wrapped the blanket tighter around her as she lay there on the couch thinking of what the Marauders were doing. That's all Melissa had been thinking about for the past couple hours, she couldn't close her eyes to try and fall asleep because she would see their faces, bloody and hurt. She shut her eyes tight and tried to fall into the rhythm of sleep, nothing was working though. Maybe if I check one more time I will be able to sleep, Melissa thought, walking towards the window. Seeing nothing she sighed and once again walked back to the couch. She collapsed onto it and stared at the ceiling. After a few minutes of staring at the dull ceiling she felt her eyes get heavy. She immediately welcomed sleep with open arms. Melissa soon found her self in a deep sleep.
"Melissa! Melissa wake up," Sirius said, shaking her awake the next morning Her eyes slowly opened to see gray eyes staring at her.
"What?" she mumbled groggily, rubbing her eyes.
"Remus wants to see you," he said. "He's in the hospital wing."
She jumped up. "Where's James? Are you hurt? Is Remus hurt?"
"James is upstairs getting dressed, I'm fine, and Remus isn't too bad," Sirius said all in one breath. Melissa gave him a quick hug and bolted out of the room. She was running through the halls trying to get to the infirmary as fast as she could. She finally reached the infirmary doors; she pushed them open and ran to the limp figure in the first hospital bed.
"Remus?" she whispered, gently put her hand on his face. His eyes were closed and he was just lying there. He had a few cuts and bruises but overall he seemed alright. "Remus, are you awake?"
"Hmmm?" he asked groggily. She smiled as a little tear fell down her face. "Melissa?"
"Remus, you're alright!" she said, hugging him.
"Ugh," he said in pain.
"Sorry," she said, blushing.
"No, no it's ok," he said, smiling. Melissa smiled and softly kissed his cheek. He started blushing and a goofy smile was on his face.
"I'm glad you guys are ok," she said.
"As Sirius said, we always are," he said.
"I know, I don't know why I was worrying so much," she said, sighing.
"You worried about us?" he asked.
"Well yes, I stayed up late looking out the window," she said.
"Oh Melissa," Remus said, sighing. "You didn't have to do that."
"Yes I did," Melissa said. "You guys are practically my brothers. It felt like the right thing to do."
Once she said that Remus felt his heart skip a beat. The words, 'You guys are practically my brothers' rang in his head. Is that all she saw of him? Was there no possible way to become more than just a brother? Did he just loose all probable chances with her in a matter of seconds? Remus didn't know all he did was sit there and stare at her.
"Remus?" she asked, giggling.
"What?" Remus asked, jumping.
"You okay?" she asked, still giggling but Remus could see concern in her eyes.
"Yeah," he mumbled. She walked over to the foot of his bed and sat down. He smiled and her and patted down next to himself. She raised and eyebrow and all he did was scoot over. Melissa smiled and crawled up and laid beside him.
"I was wondering something," Melissa said quietly.
"What?" Remus asked.
"If neither of us have anyone to go with to the Christmas Ball, do you…um…want to go with me?" she asked nervously. Remus picked up his head to look at her. She was blushing different shades of red and pink and had a small smile on her face.
"Sure," he said, smiling. I'd rather GO with her than be a last resort, but that's better than nothing I suppose…
"What about the rest of the Marauders?" she asked.
"Sirius will defiantly get somebody, James will probably want to ask Lily, and Peter usually goes with nobody anyway," Remus said, shrugging his shoulders. Melissa nodded. Just then the door opened and James and Sirius came in.
"Hey," James said, rubbing his arm. Melissa sat up and looked at his arm. James saw where she was staring at and quickly put his hand over it. "I'm fine Lissy, really."
"No you're not," she said. "Look it's bleeding. Why didn't you go to Pomfrey?"
"Wouldn't it be weird having Remus and me come in," James said. "They would start getting suspicious."
"I guess you're right," she said, sighing.
"We have to go down to breakfast," Sirius said, pointing towards the door.
"I have to get changed," Melissa said.
"What about those clothes?" he said.
"I wore these yesterday," she said.
"Oh…yeah," Sirius said. "Well hurry up, we'll meet you in the Great Hall."
"Ok," she said, waving to them as they left. "I'll come back during my free period I promise."
"You don't have to," Remus said.
"No I want to," she said, smiling. Then she got up and ran out of the room to get dressed and find James and Sirius.
A/N- Sorry this chapter is kind of short, the next one will be longer. Read and Review Please!
