I sat on my bed with Jenny lying against me. April, Lily, James and Sirius were sitting in a circle on the floor playing truth or dare. I personally think it's a rather stupid game and if they didn't answer the question or do the dare they had to lose an item of clothing, so really it's strip truth or dare. You should have seen Sirius' face when Lily suggested it. Of course, the girls are the ones who haven't lost any item of clothing yet. Jenny shifted and smiled as she saw me looking at her. I never really thought I'd end up with the Chinese beauty, I'm glad I did. She makes everything in my life so much easier, everything from my homework to my transformations.
I shivered as I thought of the upcoming full moon. I really wasn't looking forwards to it, as usual and it was only a few days away. I knew I looked a bit ill and my senses were getting more sensitive. I would be forced to endure the pain and the torment becoming moony brought onto me, I'd have to succumb to the wolf. How I hated him so much. Every single month since I was bitten when I was five I've gone through this torture. I'm so grateful I have friends like these but Lily and April still don't know where I go every month. I know they get curious because they ask Jenny and Jenny doesn't know what to say. She's had to sneak out of the common room at full moons just to see me and James can't get away anymore. As Sirius says, Lily has him tamed and on a leash. It's ok but I know that Moony sometimes misses the companion ship. That's what I call the wolf Moony, he's not Remus and I'm not the Wolf, so the Wolf is Moony.
"Ok, April. Truth or dare?" Sirius asked his girlfriend.
"Dare" April said.
"About time" Jenny muttered. April grinned and I smiled. Sirius grinned like an idiot.
"Why do I have the horrible feeling that I know what he's going to ask?" Lily asked everyone. We all looked at Sirius, yep, I knew what he was going to ask. He had this strange fixation that Lily and April were together and he'd been determined since Christmas to get them to snog in front of him. April rolled her eyes.
"Kiss Lily." Sirius said like he'd just received a Christmas present.
"Sirius, I really don't thing that-" I started to say but April cut me off.
"No it's fine." She said.
"Wouldn't be the first time either." Lily told us. We all looked at her confused, well us boys did.
"Long story, there was some Vodka, a bottle, Petunia's best friends' boyfriends. It was a bit of a strange night." Jenny explained. All the girls grinned as they remembered it.
"That was so fun though, you should have seen Petunia when I got off with her boyfriend." Lily said.
"When was this?" James asked protectively.
"Oh, last summer" Lily said casually.
"You've gotten drunk?" Sirius asked, he seemed more amazed by this then anything else.
"Oh lots of times," Lily said.
"The Lily you see here is not the Lily you see when we get to parties." April said putting an arm around Lily. Lily grinned.
"And you," Lily said to April. "You're too sensible at parties."
"If we're not going to stay sober who is?" Jenny asked them.
"True." Lily said putting up a finger. I sat there listening to their conversation. I was as amazed as James and Sirius. Lily, Jenny and April went to parties, got drunk and got off with their sister's boyfriends? Ok, I can see April doing that and I can sort of just about see Jenny but Lily? No, she has to be kidding me.
"You're joking right?" James asked Lily with a smile. Lily looked at him with a plain face, no expression.
"What? You don't believe that I get drunk?" Lily asked.
"No, you're just so…sensible." James said. Lily gave him a grin.
"Looks can be deceiving." April said in a sultry voice.
"Well, if you two kiss, with tongues, I'll believe you." Sirius said. April and Lily both looked at him, they were really quite amusing that four.
"What is your obsession with us kissing?" April asked.
"Please?" Sirius said, giving that look that I knew April couldn't resist.
"Fine." April said. She turned to Lily who seemed to be thinking.
"Oh my god!" Lily suddenly shouted making everyone including myself jump about a foot in the air. "I just had the best idea." She quickly put her mouth to April's ear to whisper the idea to her. Sirius and James looked at me.
"Tell me." Jenny said getting up quickly. She climbed over me and went to her friends, accidentally elbowing me in the process.
"Ow" I muttered.
"Sorry." Jenny said giving me a sympathetic look before being dragged to the floor by April. Those girls, I swear, they're have the bodies of seventeen and eighteen year olds but sometimes they act like five year olds, other times like fifty year olds. I saw Jenny's face burst into a grin
"Yeah, do that." Jenny said, giving them a smile before returning to me and putting a kiss on my lips. I wrapped my arms around her and gave her another kiss as Lily announced what they'd do.
"We'll kiss, with tongues, if-" She paused for a minute, I didn't see what she did but there was something about her tone that made me very curious. "You two kiss." I broke away from the kiss to see James and Sirius' faces. Sirius looked horrified and James looked like Lily had just asked him to cut off his man parts.
"You must be joking?" James asked. I started laughing and got a pillow in the face from Sirius.
"Well, I'm afraid unless you do we're not doing it." April said, "Come on Lily, lets go to bed. You coming Jenny?" Jenny shook her head.
"I'm going to stay with Remus for the night." Jenny said. April nodded and got up tiredly. Lily reluctantly got up as well. James quickly got to his feet and helped her up.
"Such a gentleman." Lily said with a grin. She gave him a kiss and his horror struck expression turned into a smile.
"You sure you don't want to stay here either?" James asked, wrapped his arms around Lily. I have to admit that I don't really mind them doing anything in public because I know that both of them have reputations to maintain and responsibilities I know they don't want to lose.
"Remember what I told you the other day." Lily breathed but everyone still heard.
"What did you tell him?" Sirius asked. Lily rolled her eyes and turned slightly.
"That I don't want to sleep with anyone until I get married." Lily said. Sirius burst out laughing.
"James isn't getting any." He laughed as he rolled onto the floor.
"Padfoot!" James said slightly annoyed. I shook my head in pity and to prevent myself laughing. I may not be 'getting any' as Sirius put it but I knew that Jenny didn't mind what we got up to before we got married. As for Sirius and April, everyone knew they'd slept with each other on Valentines day. But now we finally knew the reason why Lily and James weren't as close as the rest of us.
"It's really killing her that thing is," Jenny whispered into my ear. I smiled at that and pulled Jenny closer.
"Good night guys." I said as I started to pull the hangings closed.
"Oh, Remus, can I ask you something." Lily said. I was halfway through closing my hangings. I looked at the red head curiously.
"It depends what it is." I said slowly. Lily nodded and glanced at April. April shrugged and Lily rolled her eyes. I swear those two are also psychic. They seem to have these silent conversations.
"Well, April and I were talking the other day-"
"You said you weren't going to bring me up." April said. Lily ignored her.
"And we were wondering where you went every month." Lily said slightly nervously. "I mean, we've been told that it's because your mum is ill but we don't think that's it." Everyone looked at me uneasily. I knew everyone in that room except the two girls that weren't on my bed, knew where I went. I looked at Jenny uneasily and she gave my hand a squeeze.
"You could tell them." She muttered to me. "They won't freak out-" Jenny stopped uneasily, "I think" That gave me a lot of courage. I think! She's supposed to be their best friend and all she can say is I THINK! I swung my legs over the edge of my bed and looked at Lily, as opposed to April. April had a knack of being able to know what people were saying before they said them and I'd rather tell the girls this myself.
"Well-" I started, ok, please don't freak out, please don't freak out. "It's because I'm a werewolf." Lily gasped and April let out a small squeak of fear. The usual, natural reactions.
"And, and the others-" April pointed to the other boys. "They're were-"
"No" Sirius said with a sigh, "Prongs, time to let out our secret." He said to James, who looked a bit reluctant. Lily looked at him sharply as James shifted uncomfortably. Jenny sat on her knees and wrapped her arms around my chest and leant her head on my shoulder from behind. Just having her there seemed to make it easier. I remember when I told Jenny. She hadn't spoken to me for about a week after.
"Do we have to?" James muttered.
"James!" Lily snapped annoyed, "What secret?" April looked like she wanted to know as well. James looked at me and then Sirius before closing his eyes.
"I think we should tell them first" Sirius said hesitantly as James turned into a huge handsome stag. Lily let out a start of surprise.
"Oh my god." Lily gasped. I felt Jenny's arms grip slightly tighter.
"Holy shit." April shouted as she moved away from Sirius and towards Lily. "What are you?" She asked Sirius.
"Dog." Sirius merely said.
"Jenny's Dog?" April asked, "The one on Christmas day that-" Sirius nodded. April turned to me and Jenny. "You knew and you didn't tell us?"
"Well, I kinda wasn't supposed to have found out myself." Jenny said, and that was true, she had accidentally stumbled in on James and Sirius changing into their animagus forms, one of the reasons she didn't speak to me that week. Lily's eyes were still on James.
"Sorry, this is just-" April seemed to be taking a lot worse then Lily was. In fact I think Lily was more curious. Prongs stepped towards Lily and nudged her hand, a smile was playing on Lily's face but April grabbed her and left the room with her before Lily could say anything. Sirius sat on his bed with his head in his hands.
"No." He muttered as James turned back to himself.
"Well, I don't think that went too badly." James said nervously.
"Do you want me to go and talk to them?" Jenny offered.
"Will you be safe?" I asked her cautiously. Jenny thought for a while.
"Actually April might get a bit…heated." Jenny said, "Probably beating herself up over how she couldn't see it before." Jenny sighed. She moved so that she was sitting across my legs and had her arms wrapped around my neck.
"What's that mean?" Sirius asked, looking at Jenny distraught
"Well, April can kind of read people's minds and she'll probably be so annoyed that she wasn't able to read all this in you guys before." I knew that Jenny wasn't telling us everything but I wasn't going to push her for more information. I ran a hand over the back of her head and then sighed.
"I'm going to sleep." I said eventually. Jenny smiled and closed the hangings for me.
* * * * *
"Remember, just come out when the transformation is over." Madam Pomfrey told me as I walked into the shrieking shack. I nodded as she turned to leave before I transformed. Every month that I had been in the school I had come here. Oh how I hated this place. I just wish I could get rid of the transformations and be a normal boy, a normal teenager. I knew I couldn't have children because if I did they'd also be werewolves. I sighed as I took off my shirt. I didn't want to ruin yet another shirt because of my transformations. I carefully put it on the floor and I was about to take off my trousers when I could feel the pain of the transformations taking over.
"AH!" I screamed as I fell to my knees clutching my head. The pain was so intense. I could feel the fur poking through my skin and growing like a million needles stabbing at my skin. I could feel my insides change and my bones twist and grow longer. It felt like I was being pulled apart. After over ten years of this I still haven't gotten used to it. The transformation felt like it was taking an hour when I knew it only took a few minutes, if that. And that's it. I was Moony. Moony took over all my emotions, feelings and actions. I looked around the room I was in. The smells and sounds were suddenly so overpowering. I started to pace around anxiously. I knew it would only be a matter of minutes before I started hurting myself in boredom. I could hear the night birds outside the shrieking shack, I needed to get out, it was so confining in the shack.
I wondered through the rooms and came to the entrance to the tunnel that led to the school. I could feel the wolf wanting to go through it. I tried not to, it would mean that I would be free on the grounds of Hogwarts, if I got past the Whomping Willow. I slowly walked down into the tunnel. I never used to do this until Padfoot, Prongs and Wormtail encouraged me. I never even knew this passage was here, well not in my wolf form. I slowly walked down the tunnel, my nose picked up the familiar scents before I heard of saw the people they belonged to. I was soon under the roots of the whomping willow and I could hear them.
"Damn, we need to try and get that knot" came Padfoot's human voice.
"What about Peter, where is he?" came Jenny's voice. I could feel the wolf calm down. Jenny was the only person who could touch Moony and not get hurt.
"I don't know…got it." There was a thud on the ground above and I knew this was my opportunity to get out. The wolf took it. I bounded out of the small passageway and onto the ground. I heard Jenny give a scream and a dog was growling.
"Remus." Jenny shouted as I ran off over the grounds. Padfoot close behind me. I could smell humans, they were everywhere, I wanted to kill something. I stopped for a moment and I could smell something coming from near the lake. It wasn't the usual scent of the lake or the squid inside it. There was something else on the wind. The very faint smell of Coconuts and Grapefruit. I slowly walked towards the scent, my eyes searching for the source. Over the smell of those foods I could smell humans. There was a bark behind me and I turned to see Padfoot running towards me. I ran, I didn't want to be cooped up in the shrieking shack, I wanted to be free. I wanted to hunt something. I ran towards the lake and saw two girls sitting at the edge of the lake. I knew them, I couldn't really tell who one of them was it was too dark to see but the moon shone off the blond hair of the other girl.
"I don't know. Why do you think they tried to hide all this from us?" I heard the blonde one say. She was still really far away but my hearing was incredibly good.
"Well it is a big secret, I suppose." Said the one with darker hair.
"Lily it's different for you." Said the blonde one.
"It is? How?" I slowed down as I approached them. I didn't want them to know I was coming. I hadn't hunted in a long time. All my life I was cooped up. There was a bark behind me that echoed over the ground. The two girls turned and saw me.
"Shit!" screamed the blond one. Oh well, too late. Never mind, I ran for them, they held their wands out ready to fight when I was tackled in the side by Padfoot. Stupid dog! Always ruining my fun. I fought with him for a while but every minute that I did the girls were getting away.
"Lily! April!" shouted Jenny as she came running up breathlessly. "Come with me." They started running away from me. They were not going to get away. I leapt over Padfoot and ran for the girls. "Lily!"
"I've twisted my ankle!" She shouted. I saw her start to slow down and headed for the one that smelled of coconuts.
"Lily! He's right behind us!" I felt someone pulling me from behind, something had a tight grip of my tail. I turned and growled at Padfoot, who was trying to stop me from getting to the humans.
Moony, down boy! Fight me! I heard the human padfoot say in my head. I shook my head, I hated it when they did that. I pulled away and snapped at Padfoot. He tried to fight back but I managed to get free and ran towards the girls.
* * * * *
I could feel my head pounding. I knew I was in human form because my hands were over my eyelids. I couldn't remember anything that had happened. Where was I? What day was it? Slowly I opened my eyes and looked around. I was in a bed, without my top on and curtain drawn all around me. I sat up and winced. I looked down to find my chest covered in cuts and scratches. Shit, what had I been up to? My eyes widened and I quickly got up. I saw a shirt draped over the end of my bed. I pulled it on and went through the curtains. Jenny was standing against the wall looking anxious.
"Jenny." I said quietly. Jenny looked at me and ran to me. She hugged me tightly and pressed a kiss against my lips.
"Don't go near James." She whispered urgently as she pressed her forehead against mine.
"Why?" I whispered back. I got my answer almost right away as the curtains around another bed parted and James came storming out of them and glared at me.
"You're awake." He said angrily. Jenny turned around in alarm and stood in front of me.
"James, it wasn't his fault" Jenny said. "I saw him." James didn't seem to be listening. He pulled Jenny out of the way and pushed me against the wall.
"You hurt her." James said. I felt my head hit the wall and I closed my eyes in pain.
"What?" I asked, "Who did I hurt?" I had no idea what he was talking about. What did I do? Then it dawned on me. Moony must have done something.
"What do you mean who did I hurt? You hurt Lily!" James shouted at me.
"Will you guys please keep quiet!" Sirius said coming from somewhere. I looked at him as well. "James it wasn't Remus' fault that-"
"It is his fault." James said. James looked at me again, he looked so angry, I've never seen him like that before. "Do you see any other werewolves around here?" That really hurt, such a low blow from one of my best friends.
"What did I do?" I asked them. I looked at Jenny, Sirius and James. James's eyes were dangerously narrow. He pulled me forwards and pushed me through the curtains. Lily was lying in a bed, unconscious with several cuts and scratches over her. I gasped, I hadn't done that had I? I couldn't have, that would mean that Lily was a-
"You didn't do that Remus." Jenny said. "James you know it wasn't him."
"Who was it then?" James asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
"We don't know but it wasn't Moony. I know because I fought him down." Sirius snapped at James.
"I'm so sorry James" I said. I couldn't believe that I'd done that. James was looking at me coldly while Jenny rolled her eyes.
"You didn't do anything. Something else attacked us last night." She said like her words weren't getting through.
"Oh yeah, how do you explain the bites on April's arms?" James asked.
"James, how many times do we have to tell you." Sirius shouted at him. "It wasn't Remus!" James just glared at the lot of us and forced us beyond the curtain barrier.
"Go away." He just muttered as he closed the curtains. I turned to Jenny and Sirius. They both looked quite disturbed.
"What happened, I want the full story and I don't want either of you to lie." I said to them sternly. Sirius and Jenny looked at each other uncertainly. God was it so difficult? If I didn't in fact attack April and Lily then why were they so uncertain and scared? What did I do? I wanted to know. I could vaguely remember the actual transformation but nothing more then that, well I remembered an intense desire to hunt. Neither one said anything.
"TELL ME DAMMIT!" I shouted at them. I turned and hit the wall in frustration. Jenny ran forwards and held my arm.
"Don't hurt yourself." Jenny said concerned. She put her arms around my waist and put her head on my chest. I put my arms around her, feeling some of my anger seeping away.
"What happened?" I asked Sirius, slightly calmer. Sirius took a deep breath.
"You got out last night. Jenny and I were going to go and keep you company when you got out and chased Lily and April. We managed to get them away but something else attacked them." Sirius said defeated. "James thinks it was you despite Jenny and I trying to tell him that it wasn't you because it wasn't." I let go of Jenny and took a few paces away from them
"How do you know?" I asked as I looked at the door darkly. Everything was just so drab in the hospital wing.
"Because I was holding you back when they were attacked" Sirius said seriously. Sirius and Serious. Two words that shouldn't be put into a sentence together. I sighed and felt Jenny's hand on my arm.
"I saw it." Jenny said. "It wasn't you." She said reassuringly. I turned to look at her. She looked so concerned and looked quite upset. "Trust me. I saw Sirius fighting you when we were attacked"
"We?" I asked her curiously. Jenny nodded and pulled up her sleeve where there was a long thin cut along her arm. I took her arm and looked at her. She got hurt, she shouldn't have come, oh shit.
"Are you ok?" I asked her. She nodded seriously.
"April and Lily kind of pushed me out of the way and they got the full force of the attack." Jenny said. I pulled Jenny into a tight hug, which she returned. I looked at Sirius and he looked at me sadly.
"And James doesn't believe you?" Sirius shook his head. That was great. My best friend didn't believe that I didn't attack his girlfriend. As the weight had lifted off my shoulders as Sirius and Jenny told me it wasn't me that attacked my friends it came crashing back down when I thought of how James would hate me.
"He wants to hear it from Lily." Jenny said. I leant against the wall and closed my eyes. I couldn't believe this had happened. How did I get out anyway. I should have been in the shrieking shack. I let out a frustrated shout and Jenny looked at me.
"Are you ok?" She asked me.
"Is there anything else I should know?" I asked Jenny and Sirius. Jenny sighed and nodded. "What is it?"
"The entire school now knows you're a werewolf" Jenny said quickly.
"WHAT!" I asked in surprise, "How-"
"Word got round" Sirius said quietly. "It wasn't us. They got a curious as to why the girls and you were in the hospital wing, some of the Slytherins and I think Jessica Lowe and a few others started to spread it around"
"Slytherins? Was it Sniv-" I started to say but again Sirius cut me off
"No, it wasn't. Remember James put that charm on him that stopped him from being able to tell anyone you were a werewolf?" Sirius asked. I nodded. I went back to my own bed and sat on it. Jenny and Sirius seemed slightly lost as to what to do. There was a noise from the bed next to mine, beyond the curtain and Sirius looked at the curtain.
"I'm going to check on April." Sirius said slowly as he went through the curtains.
"I presume April's there." I said. Even I could hear the depression and disheartenment in my voice. Jenny sighed and got onto the bed and gave me a kiss that just seemed to go on forever. I didn't want it to end because in that kiss it was just Jenny and me. She sighed as she pulled away.
"Remus." She said seriously.
"Yeah."
"I love you." She said with a smile. I smiled at her. I loved her so much to, but there was only so many ways you could express love. I know Jenny loves me. She's told me she'd die for me and I'd do exactly the same to her. I wanted to stay with Jenny forever, I wanted her to be mine forever even if I couldn't give her any normal children.
"Marry me" I said. Oh shit I didn't just say that did I? Jenny looked at me slightly taken aback.
"Huh?" She asked "Did you just propose?" She asked. She looked incredibly confused. Please say yes, please say yes. What, no we're too young. Oh my stupid head, why am I arguing with myself. The silence between us seemed to go on forever. Jenny wanting me to clarify what I'd just said and me, well what was I doing? Arguing with myself over whether I wanted to marry Jenny or not. I took a few deep and heavy breaths as I made up my mind.
"If you don't mind marrying a werewolf then yes I did just propose." I said nervously. Jenny's face twisted with worry. Uh oh.
"I don't know, my parents and my age and-" She fumbled.
"It's just a yes or no question" I said desperately. I wanted to know. My heart was thumping. Jenny licked her lips as she seemed to be thinking about it.
"I really want to but I'm not sure what my family would say." Jenny said. I smiled, if it was just her family that was worrying her then that was no problem, well it was but not right now. I sat up properly and pulled Jenny into a deep kiss. I heard her let out a quiet moan. There was a soft yet stern cough from behind Jenny. We broke apart and saw Madame Pomfrey walking towards us. Jenny scrambled off the bed and straightened her uniform.
"So, you're awake." She said. She didn't sound happy at all. "Well, at least you all ok, a few scratches." She muttered.
"I think April woke up." Jenny said pointing behind her.
"Thank you. Mr. Lupin, Miss. Chang, you may return to classes now, you are well enough. I will be sending Mr. Black and Mr. Potter out soon." I nodded and got up. Jenny took my hand and gave me a smile.
"You need to go and get changed, and I need to get my school bag." Jenny said.
"I'll come with you." Sirius said as he left April's bed. I managed to get a glimpse in between the curtains and saw April sitting there looking rather pissed off. She had a bandage over part of her face and her arm was in a sling. I winced as I imagined the pain she must be in. Jenny nodded to Sirius' statement and we all left the hospital wing. The school was so quiet, probably because everyone was in lessons and that I was grateful for. If everyone now knew that I was a werewolf I didn't want them all standing there pointing at me or whispering stuff behind my back. We managed to get to the common room quite quickly. My mind stuck in thoughts of Jenny or how to convince James that I hadn't hurt Lily but then my mind would drift back to Jenny again. I couldn't believe she was mine forever. I wouldn't be able to give her any children but still, she was mine. As if sensing my thoughts Jenny squeezed my hand slightly tighter and gave me a smile. Well I suppose even if James does continue to be cold towards me and the school may turn against me but Jenny will always be there. I returned her smile and we went to the common room.
"I'm just getting my bag, I'll see you two in a bit." Jenny said, reaching up to kiss me. I gave her a kiss and she almost skipped up the stairs to the girls dorms. Sirius watched her curiously and then followed me as I went to our own dormitory.
"Jenny seems happy." Sirius said casually. I smiled and nodded as I pulled my shirt off and got my school uniform out. Sirius picked up his bag and twirled his wand. "What happened? She was worried sick this morning." I smiled again, should I tell Sirius? How would he react, we always thought it would be Sirius or James that got married first, obviously not! I put on my uniform in silence before turning to Sirius.
"I don't know." I said. I didn't want to tell him. I wanted to savour the fact that I was now engaged to Jenny. A very sudden and unexpected engagement, yes but an engagement none the less. Sirius nodded suspiciously. "So who did attack Lily and April?" I asked him as I searched for my bag.
"We don't really know. It was dark but we know it was a dog like creature. I personally think if was Hagrid's dog because it was Hagrid that managed to knock you out." Sirius said. I found my bag and nodded as I took in this new information. Hagrid's dog was quite a big animal and no matter how tame they appeared to be animals were still animals.
"Ok." I said. That gave me some comfort that Hagrid had been there, even though I could have hurt him as well, he would be able to tell people that I didn't hurt Lily and April. I would never hurt them, they were my friends. Sirius and I were about to leave when James stormed in, grabbed his bag and left without giving any of us a second glance. Sirius sighed and my smile went. James should know that I didn't hurt Lily, and if I did it wasn't purposefully. He normally believed Sirius but if it was only Lily who could convince him that it wasn't me then I hoped she woke up soon. Well I hoped that anyway but I didn't want James to be angry with me. We walked down to the common room where Jenny was perched on the edge of the sofa talking to James. He seemed slightly annoyed, probably with me, but he didn't look as angry.
"Tell Professor McGonagall I'll be late." James told Jenny.
"We're late already though." James nodded and started to leave when Jenny took hold of his arm. He looked at her. "Please don't blame Remus, he couldn't help it even if it was him that attacked the others but I know it wasn't him anyway." James nodded and just left. Jenny let out a sigh and stood up and took my hand.
"What was that about?" I asked her. Jenny shook her head.
"I just wanted to see if he was ok." Jenny said. I looked at her curiously. "Oh please, I'm yours Remus, so don't get all protective." Jenny said with a smile and kissing my chin. I hadn't shaved so I knew it was a bit rough. Jenny noticed as well and as we walked out of the common room she put a hand to my chin. "I like this." She said. I grinned in spite of myself. Sirius rolled his eyes as we turned down the corridor and went into Transfiguration.
"You're late!" snapped Professor McGonagall. The strict and harsh witch that was the Transfiguration teacher and the deputy head mistress.
"Sorry Professor but the headmaster said we could stay with the others until they woke up" Jenny said sweetly. The others in the class turned and looked at me. They all started whispering and those who I thought might not care about me being a werewolf looked at me fearfully. I held onto Jenny's hand tightly and she glanced at me for a fraction of a second while I tried to concentrate on Professor McGoangall. She nodded.
"Very well, nice to see you again Lupin." She said to me.
"Thank you Professor" I said. I didn't think I would be that nervous but my voice nearly cut out in my throat. Jenny, Sirius and I went to our usual seats.
"Killer" someone hissed at me as I passed
"Better off dead" muttered another person so quietly that Professor McGonagall couldn't hear. Jenny snapped around and gave the person a cold glare.
"Jenny" I said quietly as we sat down. Jenny turned to look at me. "Ignore them."
"No, they're insulting you." Jenny said in a whisper.
"Miss. Chang, no talking in class" Said Professor McGonagall. "Now I would like to continue on human Trans-" There was a clatter at the door as James walked in with April. April's arm was still in a sling but the bandage that had covered her face had gone, now it was just a bit red and there was a small cut down the side of her neck.
"Sorry Professor." James said,
"Please sit down." McGoangall said tiredly. "Now where was I?"
"Human Transfigurations Professor." Said a Ravenclaw girl behind me.
"Ah yes-" Professor McGonagall continued her lecture on human to Animal transfigurations as April sat down silently next to Sirius.
"You ok?" Sirius asked her. She nodded and got her things out and looked at the board. I scowled and looked at Jenny, who looked at April nervously. I carefully tore a piece of parchment off and wrote a quick note to April
Sorry about the other night. I hope I didn't hurt you. How are you feeling?-RI passed it to Sirius and indicated to April. He nodded and passed it to April. She read it silently and picked up her own quill. I looked at Jenny, she put her hand on my leg under the desk and squeezed it slightly. I felt slightly better but not much. Sirius passed the note back and I read it.
Forget about it. It wasn't you who attacked us, it was something else, not entirely sure what though. I'm feeling a bit depressed, my best friend is still unconscious and the school hates my other friend. Congratulations on the engagement by the way. Will celebrate later when Lily wakes up - A
I looked at the piece of paper and looked at April, she was staring at the board and seemed to sense my gaze on her. She turned and gave me a smile before turning back to the board. Jenny took the note and smiled and shook her head.
"Typical." She muttered with a smile.