I'm really sorry this didn't come up sooner…

Anyway, I was on a trip for three days, I'll have chapter thirteen up soon. It looks like a very good chapter!

Chapter Twelve

Confrontation

Lily walked into the hospital wing. She looked for Madame Comfrey and not seeing her, hurried over to where she saw Remus.

"Remus?" Lily asked. Remus looked up at her, his yellow eyes looked scared.

"What are you doing here?" he asked in a low growling voice.

"Remus, did James come and see you this morning?" Remus turned over and groaned.

"Yes." He said not facing her.

"Remus, I know." Lily sat down next to her friend.

"Why are you here then?" Remus turned over to look at her.

"Because Remus, you're my friend and I care about you. No matter what you are." Lily looked at him.

"You don't care?" Remus asked in astonishment.

"No. it's not your fault you were bitten." Lily said.

"You don't care that I'm a werewolf?" Remus asked.

"No." Lily said. She saw his eyes go bright with tears.

"God, I've never had such good friends." Remus turned over on his pillow.

"What more did you expect, you're so nice." Lily said.

"But I'm a monster." Remus said.

"At least you didn't want to be and you try to be normal." Lily said.

"I wasn't supposed to come to Hogwarts. I was going to be home schooled. I couldn't have a little brother or sister, I had nothing to give my parents, and now-" Remus shook slightly as he cried into his pillow.

"Remus it's okay." Lily said, slipping onto the floor and touching her friends check. "Remus, I'm still your friend no matter what happens. I think-" Lily stopped to comprehend her words but then went on "I think I would die for you."

Remus looked at her in complete shock. "Why? Why am I afflicted with this? You should hate me by rights and you don't!"

"Remus, I know it's not what you expected, but I'm still your friend. I'm going to go now. I'll come back at the end of the day."

"Thank you Lily." Remus sobbed. Lily stood, patting Remus on the back and hurried out of the hospital wing before anyone saw her.

Lily hurried into the great hall, wondering if she would be too late to grab some breakfast. Luckily she still had half an hour to eat. She sighed as she sat down next to Arabella.

"Where were you?" Arabella asked.

"I was wandering the halls, what do you think?" Lily asked, glancing at her schedule.

"Oh I don't know." Karrie said loftily, "You could've been doing something with someone."

Lily blushed horribly. "Kare, we're eleven." She reminded her friend.

"I know." Karrie said. "I wasn't talking about what you're thinking about-"Arabella, Lily and her all went red "But you might have been kissing someone."

Lily rolled her eyes. "I was in the library for your information."

"No you weren't." Arabella said. "We went looking for you."

"What is this? The Spanish inquisition?" Arabella and Karrie stared at her.

"What?" Karrie asked.

Lily shook her head. "Sorry, Muggle thing." She looked down at her plate.

"So where were you?" Arabella asked.

"I was talking to someone." Lily mumbled. She wasn't sure if Remus would want anyone to know about him being a werewolf, and Lily didn't want anyone thinking she was breaking any rules, which she had done.

"Who?" Karrie asked raising her eyebrows.

Lily pushed her toast around her plate. "I'm not telling."

"But aren't we your friends?" Arabella said with a pout.

"Mad horses couldn't drag it out of me." Lily said. "Pass me the jam."

Arabella handed the platter to Lily thinking. "Where were you?" she asked.

Lily put the jam on her toast and looked up, her green eyes wide, "Now that would more then likely give me away, unless you're as thick as the castle walls."

Karrie considered for a moment. "Well, you weren't in any of your usual spots, so I'm guessing it was pretty danm secret." Lily only nodded, grinning slightly. "Well, with a Slytherin."

Instead of rising out of her seat livid, Lily kept a check on her temper and shook her head amiably. "Far from it Karrie. It fact, opposite direction."

"So a Gryffindor?" Arabella asked.

"Why should I tell you?" Lily asked. She glanced at her watch and groaned. "We have Defense Against the Dark Arts."

"Wonderful." Arabella said, searching in her bag for her homework. "Do you get this Circle of Magic stuff?"

"Circle of Light." Karrie corrected at the same time as Lily.

"Yeah, it's really stupid." Lily said, digging in her bag and pulling out her homework.

"How did you manage three rolls?" Karrie asked.

"I had a lot to say on the subject." Lily said glancing around. She spotted James, Sirius and Peter coming into the hall. "One second." She hurried up to the friends. "James, mind if I talk to you for a second?"

"Sure." James said looking slightly confused. He moved away from his friends saying "I'll be right back, you look at those books."

"Studying?" Lily asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Yeah well-" James said looking uncomfortable.

"Wasn't about that Potter." Lily said, holding out her hand. "I want my lunar chart back."

James frowned. "What?"

"Lunar calendar?" Lily asked.

"Oh right." James said sighed. He shuffled through his bag and took out a folded bit of paper. "No, not that—" he frowned at the paper then dropped it back in his bag. He pulled out a crumpled chart. "Sorry." He winced.

"I would hate you for this, but I've decided to forgive you, so may as well not start out like that again. And James, you could make a map of your bag so you know where everything is, like the one I made for charms." Lily pulled out her own. "See, you use the charm and then you can password protect it. Like mine is 'The Messier the better'." Lily touched her wand to the paper and lines formed. They revealed her bag, which was messy.

"Cool." James said. He frowned. "Lily, can I talk to you later?"

"Yeah, I just have to go see Remus later."

"A ha!" Arabella cried as she and Karrie walked over.

"So Remus is it?" Karrie crowed.

"No it's not Remus." Lily said in a condescending tone. "Remus was sick last night and I want to see if he's better."

"Then mind if we come?"

"Not in the least." Lily lied. The girls looked disappointed but then smiled at James.

"So you guys back to being friends?"

"Yeah, I guess." James said, running a hand through his messy hair. He straightened his glasses and said "Well, I have to eat in ten minutes, so bye."

"Remus?" Lily asked quietly. She had skipped lunch to come and talk with him. he could sit up now.

"Yes lily?" he answered. His voice wasn't growly any more either.

"What are they going to do?" Lily asked quietly.

"Who?" Remus asked.

"James and Sirius and Peter?"

"I don't know." Remus said looking puzzled, "why?"

"Oh ,I don't know. They're going around and actually studying and looking worried. They were talking about something to do with transfiguration."

"I don't know either Lily." Remus said. "But I'll tell you if they tell me."

"You will?" Lily asked, looking like Remus had offered her a gift beyond compare.

"If they will let me, then yes." Remus smiled at her. "You should go get some lunch."

"What?" Lily asked.

"Lunch, you, eat?" Remus asked.

"Oh right. Well Remus, I'll come back with the girls later tonight. And I promise I won't tell anyone I know your secret." Lily got up from her chair.

"Thanks Lily, you're the greatest."

Lily blushed. "No you are."

"I refuse to get into the contest none as 'no I/you are.'" Remus said with a small smile. "Even though you are."

Lily sighed and shook her head. "I'm off."

"Bye Lily." Remus said.

Lily smiled and hurried away from her friend. She was busy in thought when she bumped into James, again.

She smiled at him and at Sirius. "Hi you guys." She said.

Sirius backed away. "What's going on?" he asked slowly.

"I'm sorry about stepping on your foot." Lily said sincerely. "I just let my temper get in the way. sorry Sirius."

Sirius looked at her warily. Finally he offered his hand. "Okay. Apology excepted."

James gave him a look. "What?"

"Well Sir, I'm not sure about you but if Lily was mad at you, there must have been a reason." James said.

"Oh right. Sorry about whatever I did." Sirius said. Lily looked at him, sreaching for sincerity.

"Lily," James said. "Sirius has a problem with short term stuff. He had this problem when he realized he'd have to start apologizing every five minutes."

"Oh." Lily looked at Sirius. "So, apology accepted Sirius."

"Thanks Lils." Sirius said.

"So, what are you doing here?"

"Coming to see Remus." Peter put in. James and Sirius scowled at him.

"Well, he's in there and doesn't seem to be doing to badly. At least he's better from this morning." Lily said.

James frowned. "Yes well, it's a terrible deasease."

"Definitely." Lily agreed. "turning into a wolf every full moon is just so terrible." Lily grinned leaving Sirius to ask "How does she know?"

"I don't know." Was all James would say.