James and Sirius did return, Sirius muttering darkly, James carrying a bag of provisions for the mini party. Sirius' hand was covered in fresh blood. Apparently they met Chris again... Remus sat up, his brow raised.

"What in the hell..." He asked, looking between the two guys.

"We met Pad's best friend again..." James said, his tone annoyed. "And yes, he was talking nice and loudly, saying a few very stupid things..."

"Sirius or Chris?" Remus asked, grabbing the old cold cloth, tossing it to his friend.

"Chris." James said, cringing a bit as he remembered what the boy was saying. Sirius caught the cloth, cleaning the blood off.

"You get cut?" Remus asked, standing up to help Sirius.

"Me?" James asked, shaking his head. "Nah, Pad's the one who fought him..."

"I'm fine." Sirius muttered. Remus rolled his eyes with a smirk.

"Actually, I was talking to Sirius. Anyway, I need some air... left a few things down by the tree, I'll be back in a bit." Remus said, opening the dorm door.

Chris was down on the grounds with a group of people surrounding him. He was cut badly by the hits, but still talking loudly. He basically was just repeating things he'd said earlier about Amy, but now, people were starting to believe him, to side with him, blaming Amy. No wonder Sirius had gotten so mad again...

"Still bad mouthing Amy? What's the matter, you can't do it to her face? Oh that's right, you hit that... well, no wonder..." Remus said, his arms crossed. "You know, golden boy, you're nothing but a woman beating coward."

"What's the matter, Lupin? Upset because I got to her first?" Chris asked coldly, glaring at Remus. Remus laughed.

"Got to her? Sure... that's why I'm upset. You were the first to hit her... the first to call her a slut, the first to break her heart, the first to cheat on her... did I miss anything?" Remus kept his voice calm, almost amused.

"The first to fuck her." Chris added, his voice still icy. Remus nodded, his hand going to his chin.

"So, let's see... you were the first to fuck her... and, wait, you were the one cheating on her... so, wait, that would make you the slut. And, I have to say, if any of these twits who are listening to your account of the story actually know Amy, they all would know that she plans on waiting for someone who loves her, to have sex. You're not even worthy enough to breathe the same air, let alone think about her in any inappropriate manner."

"You'd really take her side of the story? Funny, she seems to be the emotional one, prone to lies..."

"Emotional? You really don't know shit about women, do you? Well, besides how to use them, beat them, degrade them... How many hits did you get today? I'm sure everyone wants to know the grand total."

"Why so quick to defend her? You stand to learn a few things about this girl you seem to consider a goddess..." Chris realized his tactic wasn't working, so he changed.

"She's not a goddess, though she deserves to be treated as one. I've known the girl 7 years, sometimes when you're around a person for that long, a friendship forms. Not that I really expect you to understand." The crowd of people kept looking between Chris and Remus, not sure who to believe. One was a Marauder, and therefore a god. However, Chris was Chris... A hard choice...

"Sorry, was there a reason you were here?" Chris asked, smirking coldly.

"Yeah, actually, I came for my book," Remus said, summoning it to him, "But now that I've got it, I'm not sure I want to leave. It's such a nice day out. Hey, is Briget here?" he asked, looking around.

"What do you want with me?" Came the girl's cold voice.

"Nothing," he said simply, holding the book across his chest with one arm, "Well, no, I don't want anything. I thought I'd warn you though. When on my way to the grounds, there were a couple blondes who looked pretty pissed off, and asked me if I knew where you were. I, naturally, said I haven't seen you. But they said if I did, to tell you they'd be waiting in the Entrance Hall," he said with a shrug and a good natured smile, "I suppose I'll be on my way then. You all have a lovely day," he said, turning to leave.

Briget actually almost looked nervous, though Chris just scowled. Things were clearly going to be unpleasant around school for Amy, with Chris playing the wronged one, and so many people believing him. Remus made his way back into the castle, knowing he probably hadn't done much by standing up for her, but he couldn't fight, and he knew that.

James and Sirius had Amy calm enough so that she was no longer crying, and she had actually smiled once or twice. Remus came in, collapsing on his bed,

"That ruddy bastard. I wanted to hit him so bad. If I knew how to fight..." Remus growled.

"Now what was he doing? Or don't I want to know...?" James asked, scowling slightly. Remus rolled his eyes.

"Just talking a load of shit. I managed to shut him up for the time being, and I think I scared that little wench Briget... someone needs to go tell Narcissa. I just sort of predicted her reaction." His voice was slightly muffled by the pillow he'd just pulled over his head. James hopped up, grinning.

"I'll go!" James volunteered. Remus chuckled.

"Have fun, mate. I just assumed she'd have a friend with her, as I told Briget two blondes were looking for her, and didn't plan on moving from the Entrance Hall any time soon."

"Oh bloody hell, this is going to be great..." James grinned a bit more, before racing down the stairs. Sirius laughed softly, shaking his head. Remus smiled with a soft sigh, pulling his arm over his eyes.

"So... how's things?" He asked.

"Remotely... boring?" Sirius smirked a bit. "Nah, I think you got the eventful time there..." Remus shook his head.

"I don't know about eventful... Interesting, for a moment, perhaps. I'll just have to go patrol the halls... stomping any rumors I hear to death." His voice held a bitter tone to it. Amy shook her head a bit.

"It won't do any good..." She sounded tired, defeated.

"Hey, watch it... You have the Head Boy and a Prefect on your side, and most likely Head Girl too... Hell, Ames, you're a Prefect..." Sirius pointed out. Amy just shook her head.

"You'd be surprised... I had most people very confused outside. They didn't know what to believe." Remus said. Amy shook her head again, closing her eyes. Sirius had her lying down on his bed, and knowing Sirius, she wouldn't be leaving tonight.

"I don't plan on letting this bastard win, Amy. He's got another thing coming if he thinks he can beat me in a debate of any kind." Remus said.

"Amy, we're not letting you give up here..." Sirius added, shaking his head. "You're better than that."

"Exactly. You're better than him." Remus and Sirius were good at this sort of thing. Joint lectures.

"So be a good girl, and just let us take care of it, alright?" Perhaps Sirius was a bit too patronizing in his tone. Amy didn't respond, having fallen asleep. Sirius started to laugh softly. Remus chuckled, having turned to look at her when she lacked a response.

"Well... alright then." Remus sounded amused.

"I'm certainly not going to wake her up..." Sirius said, moving back away from his sister a bit. Remus shook his head.

"Me neither. What did you guys get in town? I'm starved." Remus asked, sitting up. Sirius grinned slowly, pulling out butterbeer, all sorts of candies, as well as sandwiches. Remus' eyes lit up at the sandwiches.

"Food," he said softly, reaching for a butterbeer. Sirius grabbed a sandwich for himself, as well as a butterbeer.

"So what all was the bastard saying...?" Sirius asked quietly. He didn't want Amy to wake up to hear this. Remus raised a brow.

"Oh that he fucked her, basically... that's all he got out while I was there. Calling her a slut. But I pointed out a few things, so I'm not sure he can use those anymore." Remus' words didn't seem to soothe Sirius, however. Sirius shook his head, growling softly.

"Damn it... He's going to make her life a living hell while she remains here..." He growled again. Remus nodded.

"He can try..."

"He can, and he will... Bloody fucking hell..."

"Mate... you're Sirius Black... your whole reason for still being here is to make peoples' lives hell..." Remus smirked lightly.

"Yeah... This is true... But I'd rather just murder him." Sirius shrugged. Remus shook his head.

"That wouldn't do much good. Then you'd be locked away and where would we be?"

"But at least she'd never have to deal with him again..." Typical Sirius, too stubborn to see the downside of things.

"And most likely, wouldn't ever get to see you again..." Typical Remus, calm and collected, always reasonable. Sirius scowled slightly.

"Yeah, that's probably true..." Sirius admitted. That was one of the strange things about the friendship between the two of them. They understood each other. Sirius could get Remus to confess just about anything, and Remus could make Sirius see reason. Remus smirked, starting in on his sandwich.

"I know it is..." He said.

"I just want to find some way to cheer her up..." Sirius sounded defeated, desperate. It was killing him to see Amy this way. Remus sighed, turning to look at the bed.

"I wouldn't know the first thing to do..." His tone matched Sirius'.

"She's gotta fall in love again soon, or she never will... " Sirius muttered. Taking another bite of his sandwich Remus wasn't sure how to respond to that, so he simply chewed and nodded. Sirius sighed, running a hand through his hair.

"Why do I get the feeling that'll be bloody impossible to accomplish?" Sirius asked. Remus raised a brow, leaning back on James' bed.

"Because she just went through hell?" Remus asked, something of a smirk on his lips.

"Because it'll be hard to find a guy she'd trust." Sirius countered.

"That too..." Remus said, his eyes going to the bed again, "That too." Sirius growled a bit.

"Damn it..." Sirius muttered. Remus looked up,

"Eh?" He asked.

"I just want to see her happy..." There was a hint of desperation in Sirius' voice. Remus sighed, sitting on the bed now.

"I'd like that too." Remus said softly.

"So any suggestions on what we do?" Sirius asked. Remus raised a brow.

"You're asking me? I don't know... take her out somewhere... try and get her mind off things..." Remus said, shrugging.

"I'm asking you 'cause you're the smart one of the Marauders, remember?" Sirius teased. Remus smirked a bit.

"Yes... but I'm also the one with the least experience with girls..." Remus pointed out.

"But she trusts you, she doesn't trust me... Not in the same way, at least..." Sirius said with something of a shrug. Remus raised a brow.

"She trusts me?" He asked, his voice one of disbelief.

"Yeah." Sirius didn't quite understand why his friend was so startled.

"What makes you think that?" Remus asked, rummaging through a bag for some candy.

"Because I was watching this morning when she was talking to you." Sirius said simply.

"Oh... that. Well, perhaps she does. Still, that doesn't mean I know what to do for her..." Remus said, running a hand through his hair. Sirius rolled his eyes a bit, choosing to not respond and continue to eat his sandwich. Remus rolled his eyes slightly as well, finishing his sandwich off.

"What's that look for, mates?" James asked, stepping into the dorm again.

"Moony's being a dork..." Sirius said, smirking.

"Padfoot started it." Remus said with an equal smirk. James whined.

"Stop it... You're both dorks..." James shook his head, reaching for a butterbeer.

"Misery loves company." Remus muttered.

"Yeah yeah, so what'd I miss?" James asked, smirking.

"She fell asleep mid lecture from us." Sirius said with a smirk of his own. Remus nodded, setting down the empty bottle.

"Pretty much, yeah. That's it." Remus said with another shrug.

"And then the dorkiness began." Sirius said, nodding. Remus nodded again.

"Aye... Course, it was when Sirius asked me how to help Amy. That was the epitome of dorkiness right there." He said with a smirk. James rolled his eyes.

"So let me get this straight... You think Pad is a dork because he asked you for help?" James asked, looking between his friends. Remus nodded.

"Yep." He said, crossing his arms over his chest. Since when was James the peacemaker?

"And Pad, you think Moony's a dork because he doesn't get that you're trying to set him up with Amy?" James asked, glancing at Sirius.

"Yep." Sirius said, nodding.

"I'm surrounded by idiots..." James muttered, falling backwards onto his bed. Remus blinked.

"I'm sorry, what?" Remus asked.

"I'm surrounded by idiots." James repeated.

"Before that," Remus said, shooting him a glare, now looking next to him at Sirius, "You're joking... right?"