Disclaimer: Maru and Rose are characters of my own creation. No one else.

Reaka: I don't want to wait to make this chapter. I'm doing it now. So...yeah. Let's get this one started.

Remus

Sirius and Remus listened to every part of my story from beginning to end. I didn't leave out the fact I was in love with him. Remus sat back on his chair with his eyes closed. He didn't react when I mentioned my crush on him. Sirius, on the other hand, was a different story. He looked like he wanted to find Peter again and kill him. He took a deep breath and stood up.

"I need to find Lily and James," Sirius said. "With my luck I'll probably find them doing a little more than snogging. I'll be back."

With that, Sirius left the Common Room. Remus and I were left alone. Neither of us said anything for what seemed like a long time. I didn't know what to say, and Remus was probably going through the same thing. But who wouldn't if you were alone with a person who just confessed they've been in love with you for four years? Or what if you were the one that did the confessing?

"So..." Remus began. "What now?"

"Maybe you tell me how you feel?" I asked. "I just confessed my secret. Why not you?"

"That would be fair wouldn't it? Well..."

I tensed. I couldn't help myself. What if he didn't like me? Remus took a deep breath and let it out again.

"I do like you," he said. "But you're my friend."

"Oh."

"Don't feel bad though. You can't help how you feel. And I can't help that I'm sexy."

"Says who?"

"You like me don't you?"

"But who said I liked you because you claim to be sexy?"

"Touché."

I was only humoring him and myself. It's hard to describe how my heart felt when he told me I was only his friend. It was as if I was actually hearing it crack and slowly shatter from the inside.

"You look a little tired," he said.

"I'm not. I'm just cold."

Remus got up from his chair and strolled over to my side. He sat down next to me. I suppressed a gasp that wanted to be free from my throat.

"Sure you are."

I blinked twice. He was right. I was a little tired from all that's happened. A decent, good night's sleep was out of the question when Peter and I were an item. He'd always send notes to me saying when to meet him in the Common Room, and I'd only come because I was afraid of what might happen if I didn't.

Remus looked down at me and smiled.

"Trying to stay awake?" he asked.

"I'm not sleepy."

"Yes you are. I can tell. Your voice gives you away."

He said more things, but I never heard them. I ended up falling asleep on his shoulder.

(Remus's point of view)

Remus looked down and saw Maru sleeping on his shoulder. He wondered why it felt like a body was laying on it. There really was. He smiled as he looked at her a little longer.

"Told you. But you didn't believe me," he said. As carefully as he could without waking her up, he took her in his arms and got off the couch.

Sirius, Lily, and James walked in the Common Room at that point. Sirius was carrying the still unconscious Peter up to his dormitory. The three of them stared at Remus.

"What?" Remus asked. "She fell asleep. I was just going to take her to her dorm."

"I wouldn't," James said. "The stairs will just turn into a slide once you try to go up them."

"And you know this how?" Sirius asked.

"None of your business!" Lily said quickly.

"James! You dog!" Sirius exclaimed.

"I'm a stag," James corrected.

"On to the situation at hand," Lily said. "I don't think you want to explain to Maru how she managed to split her head open while she was asleep, do you Remus?"

"No," Remus agreed. "How about I just put her in my bed in my dorm?"

"Because Peter sleeps there too," Sirius said. "How would it look if he found his, hopefully soon, ex-girlfriend sleeping in your bed? Not very good, if you ask me."

"Then what do I do with her?" Remus asked.

"Just lay her on the couch," James said. "I'll get an extra blanket for her to use."

"Get one for me too, while you're at it," Remus commanded. "I might as well stay out here as well."

James smiled and went up to his dorm. He came back down with two blankets. Remus carefully laid Maru on the couch. Sirius took a blanket from James and covered the sleeping girl with it. James put the other one on the chair.

"I don't envy the neck-ache you'll have when you wake up," Lily said. "I tried sleeping on the chair once, and I had to go to Madam Pomfrey just to get the kink out of my neck because it hurt so bad."

"Why were you there in the first place?" Remus asked curiously.

"Homework," Lily answered. "Lots and lots of it. I think it was during the OWLS."

The four guys cringed.

"Well, I'm turning in for the night," Lily announced. "See you in the morning."

She turned and went upstairs. James, Sirius, and the still unconscious Peter followed a few seconds after her.

Remus turned back to Maru. She didn't stir at all. She probably didn't hear a single word of it.

"See you in the morning," Remus whispered. He bent down and kissed her forehead. Then he sat on the chair and fell asleep soon after.

(Rose and Maru)

"About time you told someone about Peter!" Rose said. "I was about to beat you senseless for taking so long."

Maru laughed softly and looked out her window. The sun had set long ago, and the stars were starting to appear. She wondered to herself what Remus was doing right now. Or if he was even alive.

"You're not ending it there, are you?" Rose asked. "There's got to be more! You guys had to hook up somehow!"

Maru looked at Rose for a while.

"The story's not over yet. There's a little more to go."

"What happened to Peter? That's what I'm curious about."

"No one talked to him for a week. They told him that they wouldn't until he apologized to me. Once he did, I forgave him and we both went on with our lives."

"And that's all you have to tell me?"

"No. There's more, but it all happened after I got out of Hogwarts."

Reaka: Wondering what all that was? Well you'll have to wait for a few days. I'm not going to go right away. The next chapter, I'm going to write it in Remus's point of view. You might understand some stuff a little better. And...yeah. The next chapter will be uploaded in a few hours. Stick around!