Yay! Chapter 2 is up!!

I woke up in the upstairs bedroom with my arms wrapped around Starlyn. We were both bleeding and bruised.

"Star? Are you ok?"

I brushed her hair back out of her face and looked into her eyes. She was crying softly. I leaned down and kissed the tears that stained her cheeks.

"I think so. I've got a really bad headache though."

Her hair was sticking to her forehead where she was sweating, mine was doing the same.

"Don't worry, it'll go away, I promise. Do you think you can make it back to Gryffindor? We'll be able to sleep there." The bed that we were laying in was quite torn up, after all many of my transformations that had taken place in that room, and I wasn't very kind to the furniture.

"I think so."

I climbed out of the bed and found some of my spare clothes. I usually made a habit of keeping some around in case my transformation began before I was ready. I pulled on my boxers before searching for an extra set of clothes for Starlyn. I found one of Sirius' shirts that he had left here on our last run. I knew it would be way too big for her, but that worked out because I didn't have any pants for her so she would have to wear one of my robes over the shirt. As I helped her slip the shirt on, I noticed a gash across her back.

"I'm sorry."

I knew I had done it. I was starting to vaguely remember the events of the previous night, but we would be able to talk about that later. She was still weak. I noticed that she was blushing and I couldn't help but smile as I realized I was still only in my boxers. I laid a robe on the bed beside her and finished dressing. I looked back over at her when I realized that she had been watching me. Sirius' shirt reached her knees, and my robes hung loose on her shoulders. I suddenly had the urge to take them off of her again.

"Something wrong Remus?"

she looked up at me through her long eyelashes. I couldn't tell if she was intentionally driving me insane or if it just came naturally to her, but she was.

"No, nothing's wrong. Come on let's go."

We almost made it back to Gryffindor tower without any problems, until we ran into Malfoy and Snape that is.

"Well, well what do we have here? Two Gryffindors, skipping class?"

Malfoy's drawl was enough to make my blood boil.

"I'm not really in the mood to deal with you Malfoy, so why don't you just go on with your business and leave us be."

"Bothering you is our business isn't it Severus?"

Malfoy turned his head to look at Snape, who was busy observing Starlyn's current state of dress. That really made me mad.

"Do. You. Have. Something. To. Say. Severus..?"

I said through clenched teeth. Severus knew I was a werewolf, he had know since last year.

"Just looking Lupin. Got a problem with it?"

He scowled at me. I didn't like the way he was 'just looking' at Starlyn, she was mine.

"Yes as a matter of fact I do have a problem with it. I don't like the way your 'looking' at my girlfriend."

All three of them were surprised to hear me say that, hell I surprised myself by saying it.

Beyond the surprise, I saw something flicker in Snape's eyes. Was it jealousy? Suddenly the strong scent of blood hit my nose nearly knocking me backwards. I looked to Starlyn, I should have known better than to bring her straight to Gryffindor. I should've taken her to the hospital wing, this was after all her first transformation. Sirius' once white t-shirt was now splotched red with her blood from wounds that I had previously overlooked. I reached her before she fell and caught her in my arms. I caught the scent of worry and fear as I passed Snape with her in my arms. I would have to watch him closer. I laid her on a bed as I entered the infirmary.

"Madame Pomfrey!"

I called for the medi-witch and sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Yes dear, is everything alright?"

She came into the room from her office in the far corner.

"It's Starlyn, she passed out before I could get her here. I'm not sure how bad she's hurt."

I looked back down to where she lay on the bed and then back to Madame Pomfrey. She had the same look in her eyes that she always had when she looked at me. Sadness, sorrow, and worry shone in her eyes as she looked at the both of us.

"Don't you worry about a thing Remus, you're bleeding yourself. Now, go sit on the other bed over there until I finish with her and I'll be over in a minute to fix you up. I watched her as she pulled the curtains around our beds, hiding us from the view of anyone who might come in, and from each other. She came over to see about me after about ten minutes.

"Ok dear, let's see how bad you got it this time."

I slipped my shirt over my head, not even bothering to unbutton it. There were scratches and bite marks along my arms and on my chest. It was no where near as bad as it used to be. When I was little my parents always expected me to die from the wounds I inflicted upon myself, obviously I never did. I still had the bruises that came with the transformation though.

"Well, it's not that bad compared to your first year here now is it?"

She said as she busied herself with healing my various cuts and bruises.

"What about Starlyn? Is she ok?"

I asked as she pulled the curtain away from my bed.

"Don't you worry Remus, I want you to go back to your dorm and get some rest. You can come down and see her later."

She said ushering me out of the infirmary. I made my way up to the Gryffindor and met James and Sirius in the common room.

"Hey Moony! Where's Starlyn?"

Sirius asked, he was always concerned for his sister. Even before she was bitten.

"She's still in the infirmary."

For the first time since he had found out I was a werewolf, I couldn't meet Sirius' eyes. I didn't know what my own held. I knew it was partly my fault that she was cut so badly, it was me that had scratched her.

"Is she going to be ok?"

He asked, I could hear worry in his voice.

"Yeah Madame Pomfrey says she'll be fine. She's just keeping an eye on her. Don't worry about it. I'm going to go up and try to get some sleep."

They all knew my post transformation routine by now and knew that I really needed my sleep to recuperate. I met James' eyes as I turned to leave, his gaze held so many questions. Mine told him to wait, he seemed to understand this and looked away.

~*Starlyn's p.o.v.*~

I didn't know where I was, but I knew it was too bright. I sat up slowly and let my eyes adjust to the sunlight streaming in through the open windows. I had a dull ache in my back that I chose to ignore. Apparently I was in the infirmary.

"So your finally awake?"

I turned to see Severus Snape sitting to the right of my bed.

"Severus? What are you doing here?"

I was surprised to say the least.

"I wanted to see what happened to you. What were you doing with Lupin the morning after the full moon?"

He looked at me quizzically. I remembered that he knew about Remus after the stunt my brother pulled last year.

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

I smiled at him. He wasn't as greasy or slimy as my brother and the others liked to think. He was actually a nice guy.

"What about you and Lupin? Were you two coming back from the Shrieking Shack?"

His eyes were downcast.

"yeah, we, I…I was bitten just before school started back. Remus has been helping me cope with the changes."

I looked away from him. I didn't want him to treat me the way he treated Remus, I didn't even know why I had told him.

"Are you really his girlfriend?"

I was shocked by this question. Why did he want to know that.

"I don't know, why?"

I couldn't help but smile. I did kind of like Severus, but I would never tell the others that.

"I..Its nothing, I was just wondering that's all."

Was he blushing? I'm pretty sure he was. Did he like me?

"Severus, do you like me or something?"

Hey leave it to a Black to be blunt. He looked at me for a minute, yeah he was definitely blushing. He wasn't being very Slytherin-like.

"Yeah, but I don't want to cross Lupin. I can tell he likes you and I don't want to make him mad."

I almost laughed at that, the thought of him not wanting to make Remus mad. He was looking around like he was trying to make sure that nobody was in the room.

"I'd better go, I'm supposed to meet Lucius. I hope you get better."

He got up and left silently, almost like a shadow. He had always appeared like that to me, a mere shadow. I sat there for a moment thinking about him before Remus drew me out of my thoughts.

More soon! Hopefully I'm getting better at this….R&R tell me if I'm right.