Sorry it's been so long since I've updated, my teachers are giving me way too much homework and tests and stuff so I don't really have any time. The last time I updated I put up two new chapters at once so if some of you thought I only put one up and only read the second one and got confused then yeah that's why. I only got one review on my last chapter, which is really pathetic, so PLEASE REVIEW THIS CHAPTER!!

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            Remus was the first of the Marauders to wake up on Saturday. He shielded his eyes against the sunlight streaming through the windows, and turned over to look at the clock. He groaned when he saw what time it was; he hadn't woken up on his own at 6:30 on a Saturday in years. He tried to fall back asleep, but after about a half hour he finally realized it was pointless; hs stomach was filled with nerves about the coming day.

            "She's just a girl you git, get a grip on yourself," he told himself as he realized what the funny feeling in his stomach was. He wondered why he was nervous, he was nothing like James and Sirius were but he had still been with his share of girls.

            He decided to go down to the Prefects bathroom and take a nice, hot bath to calm him. He figured that besides him nobody was up this early so he would be safe going down in his pajamas.

            He walked down the stairs too preoccupied to notice anything, and was almost at the portrait hole when he heard his name.

            "Remus?"

            He looked up and saw that it was Katie, and once again he felt like e had just missed a stair going down the steps. He realized with a pang that he was only wearing a wife beater and pajama pants. Blushing furiously, he walked over to her and sat down next to her on the couch. Since that day they had met, he hadn't really had much time to talk to her, because of all the work they both had and his quidditch training every night.

            "Hey Katie. Why are you up so early?" he asked, marveling at how she even looked beautiful right after she had rolled out of bed.

            "Oh, I couldn't sleep. What about you?"

            "Same thing."

            An awkward silence fell between them as Remus frantically searched for something to say.

            "So, er, what were you going to do when you came down here? I don't think the Great Hall is even open yet."

            "Oh, I was going to try to do my Transfiguration homework. It's my worst subject and I figured I might understand it a little better when nobody else is around so there's no distractions."

            "Oh," Remus said, trying to stop himself from grinning. Here was a ready-made excuse for him to spend more time with her. "Transfiguration is one of my best subjects, I could help you with it if you'd like,"

            "Thanks! That would be great!" Katie said, beaming.

            They sat down on the couch and began to work, but after awhile they started getting sidetracked every few minutes. Remus couldn't believe how easy she was to talk to. After about an hour or so, people began to wake up and come down to the common room.

Katie sighed and got up. "We'd better go get dressed, it's time to go down to breakfast,"

"Alright then, I'll see you later. We're still on for today, right?"

Katie nodded, smiling, and walked away.

Remus walked upstairs, smiling to himself. He felt guilty to think about it because Rebecca's parents had been killed just a few days ago, but this was the happiest he had been since school had started. He knew it was wrong that while the others were sitting around mourning he was out finding a girlfriend, but Sirius and Rebecca and James and Lily had each other. He had nobody.

He pushed open the door to the dormitory, and saw that the others were just starting to wake up. He was shocked to see that James and Sirius were there, but Lily and Rebecca weren't.

"Hey Moony!" James called when he saw him enter. Remus could tell that even though James was trying to be his old self, he was in immense pain. Remus couldn't blame him after all that had happened in the past few weeks. "We were just deciding what the four of us were going to do today."

"The four of us?" Remus asked, bemused. Then his confusion turned to panic. He really missed hanging out with his friends, but he definitely wasn't going to cancel his date with Katie. But he didn't want them to know he had been out girl hunting while they were in such pain; he knew somehow that they wouldn't be too happy about it. "Shouldn't you two be with Rebecca and Lily? It's only been a few days; they obviously can't be over it by now. They need comforting, spend the day with them."

"Naw, Lily and Rebecca are having a girl day and they don't want us there, and anyway you and Peter have been bitching that we don't ever hang out anymore, and that Lily and Rebecca have ruined our friendship, and all this other crap. Now when we actually can hang out, you don't want to?"

"No, it's not that, I swear. It's just, well, I have a date with this girl Katie and I really like her a lot so I don't want to cancel it."

"Katie? Katie who?" Sirius asked, frowning slightly. He definitely didn't remember Remus mentioning any girl named Amanda.

"She's in Gryffindor, a 6th year."

"How come you never mentioned her?" James demanded. "When did you meet her? What's she like? Come on Moony give us details."

"She's really sweet, smart, funny, nice, and REALLY hot. And I, um, I met her a few days ago," Remus said apprehensively.

"What do you mean a few days ago?" James asked, his face reddening as it always did when he got mad. "While we were all sitting there depressed, in mourning, you were out looking for girls? You've been best friends with Rebecca longer than any of us!"

"No! James it's not like that!" Remus said. He knew James would react this way, but he was surprised Sirius hadn't said anything; he usually overreacted just as much as James. "I kind of met her by accident. Remember the first time you met Lily? I guess it was kind of like that. I really, really like her a lot."

"I don't care if you like her a lot!" James screamed. "One of your best friends parents gets killed and you go out and look for girls to fuck days after it? Why couldn't you just wait a few weeks to ask her out until your sure Rebecca's getting better? It's not like we can only go to Hogsmeade on scheduled days, we're Marauders!"

"Look!" Remus shouted, he was starting to get pissed off too. They just didn't understand. "So much shit has happened lately, and you two have had Rebecca and Lily but I have nobody. I don't even have you anymore. You don't understand what it's like going through this alone."

"I-!" James started to yell some more, but Sirius cut him off.

"Look, Prongs, just stop. He's right you know, we haven't exactly been there for him lately."

"Yes, bu-"

"I said cut it out! Moony go with Katie and have fun, we can hang out tomorrow or something."

"Thanks mate.' Remus said gratefully. He turned to James. "You're not gonna get mad at me are you?"

James hesitated, but finally smiled. "As long as you give us every detail when you get back, we're cool."

Remus grinned at his friends and left.

"You know, we really should start spending more time with him and Wormtail." Sirius said, as the door closed.

"Well I think I know this Katie girl, and if she's the one I'm thinking of she's friends with Lily and Becca." James said, starting to get dressed. "So we can triple. Now all we need is to find somebody for him." He nodded at the lump of blankets on the bed next to him, under which they assumed Peter was sleeping.

"Yeah, well I think that's gonna be a bit more difficult," Sirius sighed.