I rolled my eyes and continued walking up the stairs. When we finally got to the top we went to the fifth year dormitories. Sirius was snoring as usual and Peter had his head covered with his pillow and his butt was sticking up in the air like a flag! I have very strange friends.

"Did you tell her?" James asked in a worried voice. He always seemed worried when it came to me talking to different people. I would never tell anyone that I just started talking to that I was a werewolf!

"No!"

"What?!" Sirius woke up and then fell out of his bed. "You 'old—tha—ya—werpwolk?"

"No!" I said smiling and trying not to laugh. "You need to shape up on your English!"

"Yaz, Moony," said Sirius standing up stretching. "What ya do las' night?"

"I studied with a friend," I said shaking my head. Sirius forgets things so quickly in the morning. It's amazing that he can remember what we study in our first two classes!

"Who?" Sirius asked intriguingly.

"You finally said a word right, Padfoot!" I said laughing and then turning towards James. "If you say anything you will be next on my list!"

"What list?" James asked questioningly.

I gave a straight smile and walked to my bed. I really didn't have a list, that was just my way of sort of getting attention from my friends. It really did work to because they sat there and nodded along. I knew they would forget about that morning before classes begun so I let Sirius and James whisper to each other. When Peter got up we went downstairs and had something to eat. I guess Maria had waked up while I was upstairs because she wasn't in the chair when we went back down.

I hadn't realized how much I had missed Hogwarts until I started some of my classes. I truly missed my Potions class for some reason. No one in that school except the Slytherins loved that class because they always got house points. I loved it because I got to show off in front of Sirius and James. Let's face it Peter couldn't have made a decent potion to save his life...maybe a death potion to kill someone.

"Remus, can I borrow your notes at the end of class?" Sirius asked yawning. "I'm just going to stare into space and act like I'm listening, because I really don't feel like listening to Professor Ghoul going on and on."

"I guess," I said shrugging and sitting up straight.

I don't really feel like talking about the entire lesson, because it was continuous. Professor Ghoul talked for an hour about the Wigglebres Potion and what it was compossed of, the many things that it can do, and how over the years the plant has become more extinct. I looked behind me once to see what Maria was doing. She was scribbling down as many notes as quickly as she could, and then she looked at me. I turned back around and focused my attention back on the Professor. James was watching Professor Ghoul walk back and forth and taking a few notes every now and then. Sirius was, like usual, asleep the whole time. It's surprising that he can pass this class and not even pay attention.

"That will complete the lesson today," said Professor Ghoul. "I would like you to work on pages twelve through seventeen. I want the work turned in first thing in the morning."

Half the people in the class moaned.

I left James to wake up Sirius since he was completely out of it and I wanted to get to class early. And besides I wanted to see if Maria would come and talk to me again, like that would happen during school.

"I saw you looking," said Maria walking beside me.

Damm muggles...why can't the magical world have clocks and I could have told her that I was just looking at the clock! As usual I didn't say anything and waited on her to say something.

"What class do you have next?"

"Transfiguration," I said in an up beat tone. Like I needed practice in that, I do it every month.

"I wonder what Professor McGonagall has planed today?" Maria looked up at me. "I enjoy her class, but I mean we never do anything. We've basically been doing the same thing for five years."

"It's been a long time," I said thinking about the past five years.

"How about we go out this weekend?"

"That will be a problem," I said biting my tongue and thinking of something to say. "Umm, I have to...I mean I have to go...I really want to."

"What's the problem?"

'Come on Remus think of something,' I told myself searching for another lie.

"You promise you won't say anything," I said grabbing her to the side and lowering my voice. I made sure that no one was around.

"Yes."

"I'm not exactly what you call normal on any standards."

"Meaning..."

"Full moons and I don't mix...do you get that one?" I asked rubbing my head.

"Werewolf," she stuttered and backed away.

"Please don't tell anyone," I pleaded as quietly as one could. "I've never hurt anyone and they always lock me up and all that. You can't tell anyone because if this gets around Dumbledore could get fired. Please..."

"That's a lot of information to take in," said Maria exhaling heavily. "All is forgotten and I won't tell a soul."

"Thank you," I said walking along side her to class.

I know she had millions of questions to ask me...who wouldn't. All I know is that if I wasn't one and I knew one I would be asking them as many questions that I could think of. What does it feel like, do you have any control, how long does it last? And all those other questions. It was probably killing her.

"It does hurt though," I said pausing and looking around. "I have no control over it, and I'm not sure how long they last."

"Oh," said Maria, "tell me how it all began tonight when we go back over Potions."

She sounded like she didn't want to hear about it, which sort of relieved me.

"Move out of the way filthy halfblood," said Malfoy pushing Maria to the side.

"I hate it when he does that," said Maria straightening herself up. "It's horrible when someone says that, I bet it is even worse when they do it to someone whose parents are both Muggles. What are you?"

"Full," I said shrugging. "Which one of your parents went here?"

"Neither," said Maria smiling. "My dad is the wizard, but he went to school for magic at a school in France called Bauxtons. It was supposed to be the best school until Dumbledore came to Hogwarts and now this is the best school."

"Maria," said Alicia walking up to us. "I need to talk to you right now!"

"Why?" Maria asked raising her eyebrows.

"It's about Lee," said Alicia grabbing her friend's hand and dragging her away. I decided it best not to wait on her and walked to class.

When I entered I found James, Sirius, and Peter were already there. They stared at me like I had just done something wrong.

"What did you say this time?" James asked walking up to me. Sirius and Peter followed him.

"The truth," I said pushing them out of the way.

"What?" Sirius asked quietly. "Are you bloody insane? She hangs out with Alicia so she is bound to tell the whole school in a mater of days!"

"She promised that she wouldn't tell anyone."

"I'll watch her," said James walking to his seat.

"Just be careful Remus," said Sirius. I sat next to him and handed him my notes.

"Copy them quickly that way you won't have as much to do tonight, because I have to help her with Potions tonight. And please don't act like my parents and sit at the stairs and listen to the conversation like a darn idiot. This is the closest thing to normal I have ever been and if you ruin it..."

"Okay," said Sirius