"The Beauty Within"

Rated: PG

Pairings: Lily/Lupin

Disclaimer: I do not own Remus or Lily. If I did, Lily would have married Remus, not James. Oh well, keep reading. And please review!

Chapter 2:

Remus woke up in the hospital wing with Lily's green eyes on him. He tried to smile feebly at her but it quickly turned into a frown.

"They hate me."

"What are you talking about?"

"James, and Sirius and Peter! They must've figured it out cause they were there when I transformed."

Lily gasped and put her hand to her mouth. "Did anyone get hurt?"

"No, they must've gotten out just in time. But they came back in the morning, James said he didn't want to be friends with me and the others followed his lead." Lupin finished with a gloomy sigh.

"Oh," Lily said sympathetically, sitting down next to him on his hospital bed and gently rubbing his back. "Sirius wouldn't do that to you."

"You didn't see his face Lily." Silent tears began streaming down his face.

Lily pulled him into a hug as he began to sob. "It's ok, it's ok."

"I finally had friends!" he cried. "For once in my whole life I had friends! I knew they would abandon me!"

"You still have me." She whispered in his ear. They were so close she was tempted to kiss him.

"Thanks," he said, pulling out of the hug and wiping his tears away. "I appreciate it Lily."

"I know you do."

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Later that night, Madam Pomfrey released Remus and Lily helped him up to Gryffindor Tower. She brought him to the boys' dormitory and tucked him in. he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

A few minutes later, the other three marauders ambled in laughing and joking and pulling off the invisibility cloak.

"Did you see the look on old Filch's face?" Sirius chuckled.

"I know!" said James, between guffaws. "I bet he's never seen a cat glued to the wall before!"

Peter chuckled nervously, as though trying to fit in. they all stopped dead in their tracks when they saw Lily.

James cleared his throat and, trying to look dashing and handsome, stepped forward. "Ah, Lily, my beautiful rose petal, what brings you up here?"

"Cut the class act and act normal, Potter!"

James looked taken aback. "What did I do now Evans?"

"That's better. Now, what's all this about you guys not wanting to be friends with Remus anymore?"

"Well," said Sirius, leading her toward the door. "I don't know how to say this but, Remus is a-"

"Werewolf," Lily finished, wrenching her arm out of his grip. "I know!"

"Oh, well, you, uh, still want to hang out with him Lils?"

"Don't call me Lils. And yes, I do! He's just a s normal as you or me when it's not the full moon. And that's 353 days out of the year!"

"He doesn't look to normal to me," said James, stifling a chuckle. "With all those scratches on his face."

"Hey!" Lily said, pointing her finger in James' face. "How would you like it if your mind turned on you and you turned into a murderous beast once a month?" Tears of fury ran down her face. "How can you be so cruel?" she stormed out of the room, leaving the marauders with Remus.

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