A/N: SORRY! IM SO SORRY I HAVE NEGLECTED THIS TSPORY FOR SO LONG BUT I WAS ON VACATION AND I JUST GOT BACK! I went to England and unfortunately I was really really busy! ANYWAY IM BACK NOW and right now this is an AU story...and im thinking of ending it here..this chapter.

The next morning came creeping over Hogwarts with a feeling of dread among the marauders. There were two reasons for this. What if Snape told everyone that Remus was a werewolf? And What would Remus say once he found out what happened.

To the knowledge of the marauders at this moment Remus was probably transforming back to human form and he'd be severely injured. He'd probably then be taken to the infirmary.

All James, Sirius and Peter could do was wait. It was probably six o clock when Madam Pomfrey brought Remus into the infirmary on a stretcher. James wasn't sure as he himself was half asleep. All he knew was that Remus was brought in around early morn and with a quiet exchange of hellos james dozed of to sleep with the sleeping potion taking effect again.

Later on when james awoke he saw Remus lying in the bed next to him.

"Moony?" asked James tentatively.

Remus turned over and stared at James. "Good morning James." He said. "Or should I say good afternoon?" he joked.

"Moony I swear I didn't know what Sirius did and I didn't mean to hurt you but if I hadn't then Snape would've died." Said James desperately.

Remus help up a hand. "What happened, happened. There's nothing you can do to change it so stop trying to apologize. I heard enough from Sirius this morning."

James eyes became stormy. "You talked to him?"

Remus nodded. "Yes and I forgave him. You should too Prongs." James looked at Remus. How could Remus just forgive him like that? But James couldn't forgive him so easily. Because of Sirius three people could have died yesterday. Remus, himself and Snape. Because Siriuses carelessness...how could Remus just forgive him? But then it seemed odd that James couldn't forgive Sirius but Remus could and Remus was the wronged party here.

James sighed.

"People make mistakes James." Said Remus kindly. "Think of all the things Sirius has done for us. Don't just look at this one mistake and become angry."

James didn't reply.

* * *

Lily sat reading a book when James and Remus entered the common room. All of them had been sitting in a corner of the common room and stood up to go greet the two of them when they entered. Lily stayed back to stare at James whose eyes had locked on hers.

Her red hair flowed down her back in a mane contrasting oddly with the black shawl she had closely wrapped around herself. James was suddenly shook out of his trance when Peter waved a hand infront of his face.

"Prongs are you there?" asked Peter.

Lily shook her head and looked towards the floor before going to join the group.

"Remus I'm so happy that you're uninjured." Said Lily and threw her arms around him in a hug. Pulling back she smiled at Remus before Sirius commented.

"You know Lily Remus isn't the only one who made it back uninjured."

Lily gave Sirius a playful swat on the arm. 'I don't want Kayla storming in here and calling me a boyfriend stealer." Sirius put an arm around Lily in a brotherly fashion. "You know I wasn't talking about me." He said and stared towards James.

Lily ducked out of Sirius' reach and backed away to go sit beside Andrea. Natalie chose that moment to haul Lily up and grab James by the arm.

"Time to practice for the opening dance." She said cheerfully dragging the two away.

"Prongs you lucky dog!" called Sirius and then added as an afterthought. "Or should I say stag!"

* * *

"-and one and two-" came McGonagolls voice from the Great Hall. James cringed as he heard voices of pain and "Ow thast was my foot." Emit from the Great Hall. He prayed that Lily could dance well. He caste a fleeting glance down at Lilys feet. They were normal in size.they weren't big.'so if she did step on my feet it wouldn't hurt right?' he reasoned.

"Earth to James." Said Natalie.

"What?" he asked.

Natalie guided James left hand to Lilys waist and the other to hold her hand. Natalie herself went to stand beside Jeffery who let his arm go around her waist. Natalie winked at Lily before the waltz was struck up.

"ouch." Said Natalie cringing as Jeffery stepped on her foot.

"sorry." Jeffery replied.

"It's ok." Said Natalie looking at the floor.

Jeffery looked around. "I'd say we did pretty good with the Christmas decorations." He said.

"yea." Natalie breathed. The room was filled with floating mistletoes, Christmas wreaths hung on the topmost corner of the Hogwarts crest, little clouds that snowed when u walked under them floated around the room and the animal representatives of each house had been made into life size replicas at the front door. The lion and Serpent were on one side and the badger and raven were on the other side.

"The credit should really go to you." Said Jeffery modestly. "I really didn't give you a helping hand."

"Yea." Said Natalie bitterly. " You were to busy giving Shania a helping hand." Natalie sucked in a sharp breath. "Sorry." She said. "I didn't mean for it to come out that way."

"It's O.K." said Jeff gently.

"No it's not." Said Natalie. "Who am I to pry into your personal life? I mean we're prefects. Our relationship does not go beyond prefect duties. It's not right of me to says omething to you at a more personal level." She knew she was aying all this to spite him. To show that their companipnship that had been there was no longer there.

"Nats-" Jeff began startled.

"We shouldn't get frank." She said crisply. "We're prefects and our conversations should not go beyond needed. They should remain with in our duties, not our personal lives." Jeff then shut up and concentrated on not looking at her.

A shriek suddenly filled the room. "james Potter you are so full of it!" Lily screamed.

"Oh no." muttered Natalie.

"Me? I'm full of it? Evans you're the one that's full of it! I dare say you'd never be able to snag someone like me!" James retorted. "You have no reason to be disappointed with the outcome but me! I have a reason!"

"I can and WILL get someone like you! no wait someone BETTER than you. I don't want a dickhead for a husband! Why should I happy?! Why? I should be happy that the person I love is a selfish,pompous,heartbreaking,flirting GIT!?? Is that what you're saying?!!! James you may be boyfriend material but you will NEVER EVER be marriage material so get a life!" she snapped and turned to leave.

"You're the one who needs a life!" he called after her. "And no one would want YOU for a wife!" Lily ignored him and kept on walking. "And you have big feet!" he added. His response was the slamming of the great halls door.

James closed his eyes dispairinly and rana hand trhough his hair.

"Right that's all for today." Said McGonagoll crisply. "Same time tomorrow and I want no disruption tomorrow understand Mr. Potter?" she asked giving James a pointed look.

"Yes professor." James mumbled.

"What happened?" asked Natalie running over to him.

"I said I was sorry for being mean towards her and eventhough she played a really cruel joke on me I was willing to forgive her." He said. "She then got angry and said it hadn't been a joke and she had been as clue less as I was and she wasn't apologizing for something she didn't do." He sighed. "I then sort of got angry and asked whjy the hell she was dnying it and that she should be happy I was willing to forgive her because she'd probably never find someone like me for herself anyway and should thank God I was Jeremy instead of some geek kid with spiky hair and glasses."

Natalie shook her head." And then she blew up right?"

"Right." Said James. Natalie linked arms with James and they began walk to the Gryffindor tower. "I don't get you girls." James muttered.

Natalie perkily replied with her upbeat walk "you will one day james. It took my dad 18 years of married life to understand women. So all you gotta do is marry Lily, have three daughters, wait fifteen or so year and you'll understand us."

James looke dup at the sky. "Maybe-" he said. "Somethings are better left unknown."

* * *

"Go talk to her." Said Natalie nudging him towards Lily who was in her dorm with the door open. Her back was faced towards them.

James went in and hastily closed the door behind him. Lily turned around as she heard the click of the door closing. James saw her tear stained face, red eyes and saw her breathing heavily her chest heaving up and down with her lips slightly parted.

"Lily-" he began walking over to her and looked down at what a letter she was clutching close to her chest. He stared at it and realized it was a letter he had written to her as Jeremy.

"I miss him." She wheezed out. "I miss him so much." She looked down at the letter. "I want my Jeremy back." She sobbed.

James felt his throat constrict.

"Oh God it wasn't a joke I swear it wasn't a joke." She sobbed. "I can't believe Jeremy would ever say what you said to me down there. I don't know what to think. Is this the real you-or is this the real you." She said holding the letter away from her chest so she could see it. She then brought it back to her chest.

James sat down on the bed beside her.

"Lily-I-" he didn't know what to say.

"Those things you said to me down there-now that I know who you are-you don't know how much they hurt me." She said. "You just don't know. I see all those fights we had running through my mind andi can't believe you're Jeremy. I just can't."

James brought an arm around her shoulders. "We can make this work." He said. "I'm sorry I didn't mean for anything to come out the way it did. I was just angry. I had put my Lizzie up on a pedestal as if she wasn't human but a goddess. I had expected so much from her..i expected her to be incapable of mistakes, to not have any faults. I-I guess-I guess I should've accepted the fact that she'd be human. I know all your faults. Venthough we always fight I now you inside out. I know your habits, your favorite foods, your fears that u never ven told Jeremy about and your faults. I just..i wanted my Lizzie to be inhuman I guess." He said. "I couldn't accept the fact that she was you because/because-"

"because you knew me too well." Lily finished off. "You'd been looking forward to get to know her and then you realized you didn't need to get to know her..you know my faults, and you didn't want her to have any faults..i know I'm a disappointment to you-"

"NO." said James." That's not what I mean. You're not a disappointment,. Not at all. Lily I'm happy you're Lizzie."

"Why?" she asked staring at him.

"Because to me you're perfect." He said. "We can make this work." He said. "We're going to try and make this work."

Lily nodded. "Yea. I think we should."

"I know we should." He responded. He sighed. "I know it'll take time, a lot of time but we have to get to that level we had while writing letters to each other."

Lily heaved a sigh. "James frankly it's going to take a lot of work. And a long time."

"It'll be worth it." He said and held her close. Lilys heart beat had sped up. She knew at first all this touching each other would feel awkward and almost fake but if they wanted to make this work it was a must. In her opinion it was to early for them to get so physically involved..but then there was that feeling of safety in his arms. Sighing Lily closed her eyes. "We're going to make this work." She said decidedly to James..

"Even if it's the last thing we do." He replied.

A/N: OK.now this is THE END. Lol sooo sweeet right? OK now..my other stories are all turning into AU.wut do I DO?!!!...ok another thing...want me to continue with Andrea and Sirius?!!! Want me too?? Hmmm?? Should i?? I'll create a new story with Andrea and Sirius...if u pple want me to.I have it all planned out wut goe son btwn them..just should I do the story.will pple read it or not???