Hey- not really sure how i feel about this chapter- let me know what you think of it, it started off as one things and then just sort of went into another, but thats how i write all the time so yeah... anyway please review! Also I have a question for any americans out there willing to answer- i was reading this other fanfic and it kept mentioning care packages- are they just packed lunches or what? anyway, hope you like the chapter.

"Maybe you should go to bed Remus," said Lily.

"Huh?"

"I said maybe you should go to bed, you look worn out."

"No, I still need to read four chapters in by tomorrow if I'm going to stay on schedule."

"You'll need your sleep if you're going to do well in Transfiguration tomorrow."

"No, I need to learn all this if I'm going to do well in transfiguration tomorrow. Sleep can wait until exams are finished."

"Do you have any idea how ridiculous you sound Remus? Honestly, you can't expect to pass if you fall asleep in the exam can you? I mean you're obviously getting sick again and sleep deprivation isn't going to help is it?"

Remus sighed, yes the full moon was approaching again, but not until after the last exam so he'd have plenty of time to recover afterwards without having to worry about falling behind on his revision. So all in all he was willing to put up with a bit more pain and illness in the short term if it meant he'd get better grades, which might do him some good in the future.

"I'm fine Lily," he said, "let's just get on with this alright."

Lily was about to say something else but at the look of determination on Remus face she dropped the subject. However she couldn't help but notice how her friend would often not turn a page in his textbook for minutes on end, or the yawns that he tried and failed to stifle. Poor boy, thought Lily, she felt so sorry for Remus sometimes, and she wished there was something she could do to help him, but how could she help him if he wouldn't even let her in?

"Okay so do you want to go through it one last time then, I'll test you then maybe you can... oh," Lily look up from her Transfiguration notes and saw that Remus had fallen asleep with a book on his knee, a piece of parchment in one hand and his quill almost falling out the other.

Lily sighed and took the quill and parchment out of his hands and set them on the table along with his Transfiguration textbook. She was just wondering whether to move him into a more comfortable position when James, Sirius and Peter came thundering into the common room.

"Oi James, your girlfriend's killed Moony," yelled Sirius.

"I am not his girlfriend Black, and I have not killed Remus either, he just fell asleep."

"He looks pretty dead to me," said James, "I told him studying kills."

"He's not dead Potter, just overtired, I did tell him to go to bed a while ago but he refused."

"Lily Evans telling someone to stop studying?" gasped Sirius, "never!"

"I'm all for being studious Black, but I'm not some sort of fanatic. I do draw the line somewhere, namely at the point where you're so exhausted you need to keep your eyelids open with cocktail sticks."

"He didn't try and do that did he?" asked Peter.

"No Peter," sighed Lily.

"Hey Pete, did you they've taken the word 'gullible' out of the dictionary?" asked James.

"Really?"

"No they haven't Peter, Potter's just making fun of you because he's a complete arsehole even to his friends."

"I am not an arsehole Evans, ask Moony, he'll tell you how much of a great friend I am."

"One thing Potter, 'Moony' as you call him, is currently sleeping like a log."

"Oh yeah, d'you reckon we should move him? He can't be too comfy with his neck hanging to the side like that."

"He'd probably wake up if we tried to take him to the dorm," said Sirius.

"We could just lie him down where he is?" suggested Peter, what should have been a statement coming out as a question.

"Yeah, that's probably best," said James, gently pushing Remus's sleeping form to the side so his head was leaning on the arm of the chair.

Lily looked at the three boys thoughtfully, just a moment ago she had called James Potter an arsehole, and he was being an arsehole making fun of Peter like that, but now, just at this moment, she couldn't find a way to hate the boy. The thought unsettled her. It was strange, that such a loud, bullying, arrogant boy could change so drastically into this kind considerate human being in a matter of seconds. It was clear that if nothing else James Potter really did care for his friends, no matter how much he made fun of them. And for that moment Lily respected Potter, maybe she would never actually like him, but at times like this she could at least bring herself to see him as a worthy adversary, Lily did always like a classic villain.

"Earth to Evans, do you copy?"

"What?"

"Well it's just that you're oggling James almost as much as he's oggling you and it's slightly unnerving," said Sirius.

"I was not oggling James Potter thank you very much, I have never been so insulted Black."

"Me neither, you know I hate being called 'Black' Lily."

"Well I don't believe we're on first name terms just yet so it's either 'Black' or 'Long-haired Buffoon'."

"I think I'd prefer 'Long-haired Buffoon', at least that doesn't associate me with people who think a nice subject for the dinner table is 'what is more disgusting, a muggleborn or a squib'."

"You know I can't figure you and Potter out at all Long-haired Buffoon."

"Well I admit I am a bit of an enigma, it's one of the many things that makes me irresistible to the ladies. But to be honest there's nothing much to figure out about Potter, he pretty much does what it says on the tin."

"Is this the tin his parents bought him in? What does it say?"

"It says 'Grow your own Chaser, just add water: warning excessive watering may result in swelling of the head'."

Lily laughed.

"Hah! I made you laugh! Victory for the Marauders!"

"What?"

"Oh nothing, it's just that Remus is always going on at James about how he'll never get your attention with stupid practical jokes."

"Well he's right."

"Is he? That's a shame, but only to be expected really, he's usually right."

"Is that what it says on his tin?"

"Nah on his tin it says 'Fragile, do not up-end', and on Peter's it says 'Damaged product, seventy five percent off, no refunds'."

"And now you're back to taking to mickey out of your friends."

"You weren't complaining when I was taking the mick out of James."

"Yeah well taking the mick out of James is one of my favourite pastimes, what does it say on your tin anyway, 'Warning, flowing locks liable to catch fire due to hot air which is routinely spouted from the oral orifice'?"

"Oi Sirius! You trying to chat up my girl?!" called James as he marched back over to the pair.

"I am not 'you girl' Potter, please do not refer to me as such."

"Aw, she likes you really James, she thinks you're an enigma."

"That wasn't a compliment."

"I think I'll take it as one anyway."

"I was just wondering how you can be such a bullying narcissistic dipstick most of the time, and then turn around and act so... caring."

"Stop it, you're making me blush!"

"Well if you're going to just go back into gobshite mode then I might as well stop talking to you."

"Oh please don't, I'll tell you my secret if you want."

"James, she really doesn't want to know about your shrine to here next to your bed."

"I do not have a shrine to you Lily, I'm not that much of a creep, Sirius is just even more of a gobshite than me."

"If I hadn't had the misfortune to meet him I wouldn't have thought that possible."

"I am still here you know."

"I know, I'm very painfully aware of it," said James, "I'm trying to show Lily my caring side and you just keep ruining the moment."

"This was never a moment Potter."

"Well it would have been if Sirius wasn't constantly trying to spoil it. If it weren't for him you wouldn't be able to keep your hands of me since you think it's just so sexy that I care so much for my sick friend."

"Do you think he'll be alright for the exam tomorrow?" asked Lily peering over James's shoulder at Remus.

"Yeah he'll be fine, he always manages," said James.

He was a bit put out that at the mention of Remus Lily had forgotten about him altogether, were his friends conspiring against him or something? Between Remus and Sirius James could never seem to have an encounter with Lily that didn't either involve shouting or being ignored completely.

"And a moment ago you were Mr Caring," sighed Lily, "Oh well, I knew it was too good to last, I think I go to bed before my loathing of you and Black pushes all that Transfiguration I've just revised out of my head."

"Oh come on you don't loath us."

"Not at the moment, that's why I kind of want to leave it on a high don't you? Sometimes it's best to quit while you're ahead Potter."

"True that, you're a wise woman Evans. I think I'll turn in too, or Pete, give me and Sirius a hand with this lump would you?"

"You could probably carry him on your own James, he weighs less than on of Peter's legs," said Sirius.

"You carry him then, I'll take up his stuff."

"You sure you don't want to show off your caring side some more," smirked Sirius.

"Shut up, it worked didn't it, she said I was ahead."