Chapter 15: Anything But Ordinary (Remus' Secret)

"Ok, disappearing every month for a few days time," Sirius said slowly. "What the hell can that mean?"

James sighed and shrugged. It was that time of the month, when Remus left. It was about 8 o'clock that evening. They decided this would be the perfect time to do some research on Remus, while he wasn't there.

James stood up. They were in the library, sitting near a window. James went over to the window and looked out. It was a full moon. Nothing . . . wait! Last month was a full moon, and the month before. All the times Remus was absent.

"Sirius!" James called over to his best friend.

"What?" he complained. As he stood up and looked out the window too. James pointed to the moon. "Ooh, a full moon! Scary!" Sirius said sarcastically. "Don't worry Jamsie no, werewolf will attack you!" Sirius said jokingly.

"Sirius!" James said.

"What?" Sirius asked again.

"We-were-wol-wolf!" James managed to say.

"We- were- what?" Sirius asked confused.

"Remus is gone once a month, correct?" James questioned.

"Yes," Sirius answered slowly. Sirius looked at the moon. He gasped.

Sirius opened his mouth. "Let me finish!" James exclaimed. Peter looked at their expressions and frowned. He came over to where they were standing.

"He's gone once a month, and every few days he's gone, is around the time of the full moon! I didn't get it at first, until you said that joke about the werewolf. Sirius, Remus Lupin is a werewolf!" James finished. Peter gaped.

"A . . . a . . . werewolf?" Peter winced.

Sirius frowned. "Humph," Sirius said.

James thought. What were they going to do?

"We have to confront him," Sirius said slowly. "But it is sort of cool," Sirius added smiling.

James shared the smile.

"Cool?" Peter gasped. "B-but, w-werewolves a-are bad!" Peter gasped.

"Remus? Bad?" James said. Sirius and James laughed.

"We've known Remus for over a year now; he is far from bad, or evil. I mean all those stories are parents used to tell us, aren't all true? Remus wouldn't kill purposely." Sirius defended.

"We should just ask him about it. He's our friend, and we'll stick by him, no matter what he is," James said. Sirius nodded his head in agreement.

"Are you with us, Pete?" Sirius asked.

Peter looked horrified. His friends were nuts. Peter sighed, and nodded his head slowly. James and Sirius broke out into identical grins.

"Great! Let us wait for the arrival!" James said.

Remus' Return

Remus sighed. It was the night after the full moon. Remus quickly and quietly snuck up back to Gryffindor Boy's Dormitory. Last night had been rough, as it usually was.

As he entered the second year Boy's dormitory, the lights were already on. Remus heard snoring, though it must have been Frank, because James, Sirius and Peter were standing in the middle of the room. Remus gulped hard.

"W-what are you d-doing up?" Remus stuttered.

"We were waiting for you," said James seriously.

"W-why?" Remus was afraid of what might happen next. They caught him! They would abandon him like everyone else. He was done for. He would be an outcast. No, he would have to leave Hogwarts.

"Well," started Sirius. "We wanted to ask you something."

"I d-don't think w-we should wake up F-frank!" Remus said quickly.

"Oh no, it's perfectly ok, Frank is out like a log. Frank can't be woken, we mad sure of it," said James slyly. Peter nodded.

"I'm g-going to bed n-now!" Remus said quickly as he headed to his bed. But Sirius stopped him from doing so.

"So how long have you been a werewolf?" Sirius asked frowning. Remus panicked at this question. He was done for. Remus felt all his insides squirm as if they would come up at any moment.

Remus swallowed down hard on him being sick.

"Were you planning on telling us at all?" James asked frowning deeply.

They were going to abandon him. This was Remus' last day at Hogwarts. The whole school would know of him being a werewolf in three hours. Remus closed his eyes tightly.

"Were you?" Peter asked for James.

Remus just gulped. He shrugged, but it was unnoticeable, with the exception of the three awoken occupants.

Sirius nodded slowly and sat down. "How did it happen?" Sirius asked slowly.

Remus sighed. "I was six," Remus croaked. "I snuck out of the house, and it was late. It was a full moon. I went into the . . . the wood." Remus said slowly. "T-then I was bitten. My parents were sure . . . I wouldn't g-get into Hogwarts. Then D-Dumbledore came. He came up with a solution. And it's worked, until n-now," Remus added. He sighed. "I guess I better start packing," Remus winced slightly.

James stood up in front of Remus. "Why?" he asked.

"Because you're going to tell everyone, no parent would want their child working with a werewolf." Remus explained.

"We're not going to tell," said Sirius defiantly.

"We want to help," James said smiling. Soon Sirius and Peter were smiling back at Remus.

"Why? How?" Remus questioned.

"Why?" Sirius repeated. "Because you're our friend, and friends stick together forever."

"How?" James continued. "We don't know yet!"

Remus smiled. "Thanks," he said quietly. James and Sirius clapped Remus on the back.

"Always," they said smiling.

Lily and gang

"Well," Lily started. "This has been a crazy year so far," Lily said smiling slightly.

"Yeah," Tess said quietly.

"OH!" Britney exclaimed.

"What?" asked Alice smiling slightly.

"Ew, you'll never guess what I found out," Britney said smiling.

"What?" Daisy asked, fully interested.

"My sister almost did it, with James' brother!" Britney exclaimed.

Lily stopped smiling, to think about what Britney had just said.

Lily made a disgusted face. "Really?" she asked.

"Yeah!" nodded Britney furiously. "Haylie Potter," Britney said thoughtfully.

"Weird," muttered Daisy.

"Yeah I know," said Britney excitedly. "I wonder if they'll get married?" Britney questioned.

They were sitting outside in the snow. It was a Sunday, and they were enjoying the afternoon outside.

"Are they in love?" asked Daisy.

"I don't know!" Said Britney exasperated.

"I wonder what its like," said Britney out loud.

"What?" Lily asked.

"Love," she answered shortly.

Alice shrugged.

"I know what it feels like!" said Tess dreamily. Daisy gave Tess her full attention.

"How does it feel?" she asked.

"Er, like love!" Tess answered smiling nervously.

Daisy looked confused, while Lily just shook her head.

"I know . . . but what does 'love' feel like?" Daisy asked.

Tess looked around at her surroundings. "Like snow," she said.

Lily and Alice snorted.

"Snow?" asked Daisy. "So it feels wet and cold?"

"Yeah!" said Tess.

"Why would someone want to feel that?" Daisy questioned.

"Because, it's er, a new feeling," Tess said quickly.

"A new feeling?" asked Britney seriously. "You can just go and jump in the snow and you'll feel 'love'," Britney said frowning.

Lily and Alice started laughing.

"It doesn't work like that!" snapped Tess.

"How does it work?" Daisy asked.

Tess was being put in the spot, and she didn't know how to answer.

"It's very complicated," Tess said trying to sound important. "I mean, what I feel for Patrick, is love. I feel, er, cold and wet. I just feel like I'm in the snow. You know?"

"Oh, I don't!" said Lily sarcastically. Tess glared quickly.

"Well," continued Tess. "I love the feeling of -,"

"Snow?" asked Britney. She went back into the silent laughter with Alice and Lily.

"Love," Tess said, trying to ignore Britney's comment. "It's a wonderful feeling! It makes you feel -,"

"Wet?" Lily asked laughing.

"Happiness," Tess continued once again. "You will be so thrilled when you feel love!" Tess said happily.

"I don't think I'll want to waste my time trying to feel wet and cold, thank you!" said Daisy finally.

Everyone could no longer contain their laughter, except for Tess, and Daisy who was thoroughly confused.

A/N: I'm sorry it took a while to update...I was trying to write the wedding chapter...which ended in like 3 000 words...just finished it like 5 minutes ago, and I'm eating pizza (yummers)...I'll update again when I'm done this next chapter...

R/R!