The next day, Sirius and Remus went scouting. They sat on the bottom steps on the Marble Staircase, watching each and every girl go by.

"Her?" asked Sirius.

"Nah."

"What about her?"

"Nope."

"You're not even looking! Her?" he asked starting to get aggravated.

Remus sighed, "Let's just forget about this."

"No! We are going to find you another girl!" declared Sirius.

He sighed again, "OK, fine."

"What about..." Sirius scanned over the hall. "Aha! Her!" He said pointing at a pretty girl. "I think she's in Ravenclaw."

"N-" he started to say then caught site of who Sirius was pointing at. She glanced over at him, and smiled.

She walked over to him and he saw that she had pink hair, and hazel eyes.

"Hello." She said.

"Ugh, Hi." Said Remus.

"Say," She paused. "Would you like to come on a walk with me?" she asked.

"S-sure." Remus got up and followed her out onto the lawn.

"My name is Tonks, by the way, Nymphadora Tonks." She said as they left.

"R-Remus." He stuttered leaving Sirius, once again, in silent fits of laughter.

"So? How'd it go?" asked James when Sirius met up with him later.

"Great!"

"So, he'll leave Lily alone? For me?"

"Should." He replied.

"Yes!"

Just as he said that Lily walked by, she stopped and looked down at Sirius.

"Have you seen Remus?" she asked.

"Yes!" James said butting in. "He's ov-"

"I didn't ask you!" she snapped.

"I don't know, but it appears that James does." Said Sirius, smirking.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Fine then, James do you know where Remus is?"

"Yes, he's over there." He pointed at the bench where Remus had kissed her the previous day. When she looked and saw him talking to another girl, she ran off in the other direction, in tears. James ran after her.

He found her in the common room; she was sitting in the corner, knees close to her chest, head down.

"Lily? Are you OK?" He asked.

"How could he? He kissed me yesterday." She wept.

"Actually, you kissed him." He pointed out.

"No, he kissed me first, it's none of your business anyway!" she snapped.

"Sorry," said James, backing up. "I just wanted to see if you were ok. Will you be alright?"

"I think so," she said, James got up and started to leave. "Wait!" He stopped and sat back down next to her. "Thanks."

"For?"

"Caring." She replied.

"No problem." He said. "Anytime." He added as an afterthought. He stuck his hand down to her. "Come on, let's go."

She took his hand and let him led her out of the room. People staring as they left, whispering.

They walked across the lawn, hand in hand, right past Sirius and Peter, they stared, open mouthed. Then right past Remus and Tonks, who, like the others, stared open mouthed too. It was common knowledge that Lily hated James, so then why was she holding his hand?

They walked around for a little bit, then headed into the Great Hall for lunch.

"So, today is Saturday, what do you want to do?" He asked her when they had finished their lunch.

"I have to go to the library, but you're welcome to join me." She said, and of course he did. They made their way up the marble stair case, together. When they got there they found Snape sitting alone at a desk reading a book and copying down something on a piece of parchment. "Let's go over here." Said Lily steering James away from Snape, it was also common knowledge that Snape and James hated each other, also. They worked for a little bit, James looking over his shoulder at Snape every few minutes, only to be brought back to his senses by Lily's soft hand on his. "James." She would say.

Later Sirius and Lupin came into the library and sat down with them. Sirius conjured up a glass of water and crept up behind Snape; he was almost finished with his paper, and tipped the glass all over him, ruining his paper.

James, Sirius, Peter, and Lupin all laughed. Lily scowled at them, and left the library. She walked briskly to the Common Room and sat down at a table to finish her work. A few minutes later James came in and sat down next to her.

"Why'd you leave?" he asked.

"That was very mean, he was almost finished with his paper and you all ruined it!"

"OK, it was all Sirius' idea not mine, and no one likes ol' Snivellus anyway."

"James, you have to learn not to be cruel to people just because you don't like them." She said. "Look, I'll forget that that ever happened, if you promise me you will quit picking on Snape."

"I'll try." He said.

"Trying's not good enough." She flirted.

"Oh yeah?" he said.

"Yeah!" He pulled her up out of her chair and twirled her around, landed on the couch, and kissed her.

Just then Remus and Sirius came in followed closely by Peter, Remus stopped dead in his tracks, Sirius crashed right into him, then Peter into Sirius. James and Lily looked up and she got off of him. Remus darted off toward the boys' dormitory.

"What's wrong with him?" Lily asked.

"I don't know." Said Sirius.

"I'm going to go talk to him." She said as she headed up the stairs after him. When she walked in he was sitting on the end of his bed with his head in his hands. "Remus? What's going on? You've been acting really weird lately. Is it that girl you've been hanging around with?" she asked.

"Tonks? No, she's great. I'm ok." He lied.

"Don't lie to me! What's on your mind? You can tell me, we're friends, right?"

"I guess so."

"You guess so? What happened to the sweet man I kissed the other day? Is it because of James?"

"No. It's not James."

"Then what is it? Please, don't play this game with me."

"I, I can't tell you." He said.

"Remus, you can tell me anything."

"Not this." He said.

"Fine!" she got up and left the room.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

She stormed back down the stairs and left, slamming the portrait, James got up, and got the portrait slammed in his face. He stood there shocked for a second then, snapping back to his senses, left right out after her.

"Lily! Get back here!" he yelled after her. She didn't stop, so he ran after her. Once he caught up with her and stopped her, she threw her hands around his neck and cried.

"What did he say?" asked James.

"It doesn't matter, just hold me." She said. They started walking, not paying attention to where they were going. They walked to the library and James going back to get their stuff, left her there. She went inside and found a seat for them. When he came in he sat down next to and put his arm her, this time she didn't object. They set to work, when Sirius came in the room and sat down too.

"What up with Remus?" he asked.

"I didn't get anything out of him." Said Lily.

"Oh, well he'll come around."

"Eventually." Said James.

"If at all." Said Sirius.

"SHHHH." Came the voice of Madam Price, the librarian.

"Did something happen between him and that Tonks girl?" asked James.

"Not that I know of." replied Sirius.

"Speak of the devil." Said James, as Remus had just walked in, he looked pale and ill.

"Hey, Sirius, I think I know the problem." Said James. "It about time." He said.

"Time? Time for what?" asked Lily.

"Yeah! That's it!" said Sirius, pretending he hadn't hear her.

"What's it?" she asked again. "James, tell me what's going on, or..." She thought for a moment. "Or I'm breaking up with you."

"Ugh, OK, but you can't tell anyone OK?"

"OK." She said.

"Promise?"

"I promise." She vowed.

"You swear?"

"Yes, now tell me what's going on."

"OK, come over here." He and Sirius led her to a vacant shelf. "Lupin is a, well, how would you put it?"

"A werewolf." Said Sirius.

"Sirius! I was trying to lay it on easily." Said James.

"A-A-A....What?" she shrieked.

"Shhhh!" said Sirius.

"Yes, he's a werewolf, and it's about time for him to...change, that's why he's been acting weird lately, and that's why we call him Moony, too, see?"

"Oh, my." She said.

"It's not that bad, really." Said James, but she didn't hear him. She fainted. "Lily? LILY!" he bent down over her and picked up her head. "Wake up! Come on Lil' wake up." He picked her up in his arms and carried her out of the library and down to the hospital wing.