When Remus came back in to the common room the next morning he was in a poor state. His hair was ruffled and he looked distressed. He saw James and Sirius sitting by the fire watching him.
"Hello James. Sirius." He said in a would-be pleasant voice. "what's the matter?" he asked seeing the dark sober looks on their faces.
James stood up grabbed Remus firmly by the arm and threw him into the chair he had been sitting in.
"What's all this?" Remus said his voice quavering.
"You know what this is" Sirius answered standing up to join James.
"Er…" Remus was trying to search for what could possibly be going on.
"Remus" James said. "we figured it out. We know what you are."
"What?" Remus exclaimed, startled. "Why? How?" but it's- no you- how-?"
"We followed the symptoms." James told Remus. "We know"
"Why, Remus, didn't you ever tell us?" Sirius asked, hurt.
"I thought that you might-"
"might what, Remus?" James asked
"I thought you might be afraid and leave-"
"Remus!" Sirius said "we would never!"
"You can tell us anything!" James confirmed
"Even-?"Remus stuttered
"Yes," Sirius said nodding, "you could have told us you were a werewolf."
"It doesn't change anything" James agreed "We're your friends."
"I really didn't want you to come where I have my transformations," Remus muttered. He bit his lip, "I didn't want to bite any of you."
"There's a resolution to that!" Sirius said so suddenly that James and Remus jumped a foot in the air. 'you know how James and I have always wanted to become animagi! Werewolves don't bite other animals! James and I can practice to be animagi. I mean, we've already decided what we want to be. James, a stag , Peter, a rat, me, a dog. That way we can be with you during your transformations without being bitten!"
"Sirius, my man you are truly a genius!" James said excitedly patting Sirius on the shoulder.