ONCE AGAIN

Disclaimer: The usual: Nothing recognizable from Harry Potter books belongs to me.

A/N: Hey, I'm back!!! Thanks for waiting all of you… About this chapter: a reviewer asked me to explain a few things and that's what I tried to do here. If someone has more questions, they're welcome. Praises are welcome as well. If you're going to flame me, that's all right. I reserve me the right to ignore them! I guess that's all… Enjoy!

A/N 2: Sorry, it's over 2:00 am… I can't think og a title!

Melissa twisted on her bed at the girls dorm, the clock on her arm said 2:00 am. Staring out the window she could see the giant full moon beaming down at the Forbidden Forest. Sleep eluded her, she had already tried everything.

She heard when the person on the bed at her left stood up. A moment after Dianna was sitting on her bed.

"I can't sleep either."

Melissa smiled. "All right, lay down here with me."

Dianna did as she was told and for a couple minutes they didn't say a word.

"Why you can't sleep?" Melissa whispered.

Dianna pressed her lips against each other, deciding whether she should answer or not. "It's full moon."

Melissa sighed deeply. She had suspected, of course, that something was wrong with Remus, but she wasn't one of caring too much about one's secrets. If he did not want to tell her, it was alright… But Dianna's answer confirmed what she had long suspected.

"It's Remus, isn't it? He's a…"

"Werewolf, yes." Dianna completed for her.

"And you're ok with that."

"If he is, why should I bother? Will you think of him as some kind of monster now that you know the truth?" the apprehension in Dianna's voice was almost touchable.

"Hey, we girls become some kind of a creature once per month, so does he!" They both laughed silently so their roommates wouldn't wake up.

"And you, what's keeping you awake?" It was Dianna's turn to ask.

"I was thinking about Sirius and I…"

Dianna half snorted. "I should've suspected. You… I mean, Sirius and you slept together last night, am I correct?" Even in the dim light she saw Melissa nod in agreement. "And now you regret it…"

"No! God, no! It was amazing… I don't even have words to describe it…" Melissa flushed at the memory and she thanked the darkness for hiding it.

"So what's the matter?" Dianna frowned.

"Your brother turned my life upside down. Before I met him I was so sure of what I wanted for me. I had already traced my whole life! I would graduate here, at Hogwarts; then I would be admitted at the International Med-Wizard Academy, become a great doctor, and after getting old, I would teach, buy a house with a white fence and do some gardening. Everything would be perfect!"

"Question: Where's the part in which you get married and has a lot of chubby kids?"

"That's the problem! I had never thought about things like that, I never had time to. All that mattered to me was what I would be able to do when I'd become a doctor. But then I met Sirius and everything I always had as a certain went puff! I suddenly found something that would make me give up everything. And that scares me, I just don't know what to do…"

"Sirius likes you a lot and you know it. He's not this ladies man everybody believes him to be. He sure flirts a lot, but that's all! But it's amazing to watch him around you; it's easy to see you're meant to be."

"I don't know if I'm worth all that…" Melissa said to herself but Dianna heard.

"Hey, don't ever say that again! You're funny, intelligent, you play along with Sirius, you're not too possessive, and you respect his space… Not to mention you're beautiful!" Dianna turned to face her friend, the moonlight shining on her face, and smiled. "You'll just have to learn how to deal with both things: your plans for your future and your love for Sirius."

"Maybe…" Melissa smiled. "Now we better sleep. Our first class tomorrow – better, today – is Transfiguration, and you know McGonnagal hates delays."

Dianna stood up and went back to her bed.

"Good morning ladies of my life!" Sirius greeted Melissa and Dianna cheerfully and then sat by Melissa's side at the Griffindor table. "Great! We have brownies! I love brownies."

Melissa groaned. "Why, or why, are you such a morning person?!" she still had dark circles under her eyes.

Sirius laughed. He lifted her chin with his index finger and kissed her lips softly. "Good morning to you too, love."

Soon, the other Marauders came around and they all started to eat heir meals.

After a long while and lots of brownies later, they were heading towards the common room and James was checking his schedule.

"We have 45 minutes before Transfiguration. Anyone has any idea of something to do?"

"I guess I'm going to finish my History of Magic homework." Peter said and quickly sneaked out to the library.

"I'm going to visit Remus to see if he needs anything…" Dianna was the next to leave.

Sirius sighed and looked down at Melissa, who was comfortably sleeping against his shoulder. "I have no choice but to take Sleeping Beauty to her bed. See you at class, folks!"

James watched his friend leave, when Sirius was out of sight he turned to Lily, embracing her around her waist. "I guess it's just you and me, then…" he grinned wickedly.

Lily smiled. "Does it give you any idea?"

Melissa woke up a few minutes later to hear a weird beating on her ear. It didn't take long for her to notice that it was the sound of Sirius' heart beating. She looked up to find him smiling down at her.

"I can see you have a soft spot for kidnapping me…" she smiled and started to stroke his hair.

"The more tempting this idea may sound, I was actually taking you to bed. And since no man can climb those stupid stairs to the girls' dorm – and I couldn't fly all the way to there with you sleeping in my arms – I decided to take you to my bed." He kept climbing up the stairs.

"Tell me you had no second intentions." She smiled provocatively at him.

"I had, indeed. I couldn't let you snoring…"

"I don't snore!"

"… at the Common Room, it would disturb everyone in there. Besides, someone could accidentally trip over you, fall to the floor, hit the head, and then there would be blood everywhere. Really nasty!"

"You can stop now, Sirius I got the picture." She laughed. "You're so dramatic!"

He placed her on the floor and opened the door to the dorm, a mischievous grin lingering on his mouth. Almost pushing Melissa to his bed, he said: "We still have half an hour left. You could go back to sleep, or we could…" he leaned down towards her, their lips almost touching. "… Spend sometime together."

Melissa smiled slyly. "It's a very good idea." She kissed his forehead. "I'll sleep now." And she made herself comfortable on his bed.

Sirius rolled his eyes. "I don't think so."

That was all he said before capturing her lips.

Later that day, Lily and Peter were helping Remus to catch up with the classes, Dianna was taking some notes, James was playing with his ever present snitch and Sirius and Melissa were playing chess.

"Check." Sirius said.

Melissa moaned. "Not again! If we weren't playing chess, I'd say you're cheating."

Sirius pulled her closer and kissed her. "It's amazing to see how you trust me, my darling."

"Hey Padfoot, training time!" James stood up and dragged Sirius with him.

"The glory of being a Quiddich player! And yes, I'm being ironic." He kissed Melissa goodbye and left with James.

As the boys left, Dianna left aside the heavy book of Charms and sat by Melissa's side.

"Did you tell him?"

"Did I tell him what?" Melissa was organizing the chess board and didn't look up.

"You know, that thing about your future and all…"

Melissa sighed deeply. "Not yet, but I will."

A/N: ok, guys, That's all for today and God knows how long time. As I already explained before, I'm temporally without a PC, so if there's still someone out there who's reading this fic, I'd like to say I'm sorry and that I'll try really hard to update more often. The good news is that I finally concluded high school, so I expect to have some more time to write! Hope to see you all soon!