A/n I'm really really really sorry I had that happen to Bella. Anyway here we go:

        Before Christmas the three were commonly found together but you would see them alone often. No one knew what happened over Christmas break but the three became inseparable. Bella's wounds healed but the scars still ran deep of what her father did. Lily was still shaken from it and the two of them often cried themselves to sleep. Cassie hid her emotions. Ever since the train ride she hadn't cried. She had to be strong for them.

        June watched the three, worriedly. She wished with all her heart that she could have spared her sister the pain over Christmas break, but she couldn't. It was written, written in the stars that it was to happen.  Even she, a strong seer, couldn't prevent it. No one knew she was a seer, save Dumbledore. But she had seen what would happen if the Marauders and the three never made up, and she did not want it to come true.

        Meanwhile the Marauders were feeling beyond guilty. After all it was there prank that got Bella beaten and raped. No pranks were played and they didn't eat much (a change for Sirius). Sirius himself had large bags under his now dull eyes and was often seen writing in this small black book. James was thinking of ways to get Lily to forgive him day and night and Remus was found walking around the castle in a sort of trance.

                Classes seemed to go by in a blur and the six's grades faultered a little, but not to much. The school's inhabitants avoided them at all costs, fearing each of their tempers. Needless to say the six had changed.

Cassie sat in the common room, he knees drawn up to her chest and her chin resting on them. She was gazing into the fire, her black hair falling gracefully over her shoulders and her hazel eyes looking thoughtfully.

        She felt someone sit next to each other, but she was too busy thinking of her two best friends who lay upstairs asleep.

        "I'm sorry," she heard someone whisper. It was a male voice, deep and strong. She looked up and saw Remus sitting there, looking deeply sorry.

        "I know," suddenly the prank didn't seem like that bad, not after what had happened over break.

        "I don't think you do, we were idiots. Just because you three pulled a prank on us, it didn't give us the right to do what we did. I don't know what came over us, no never mind I do, a little thing called alcohol and a damaged male ego." Cassie gave him a half smile and put her legs down leaning back.

        "It seems so petty now, like nothing at all. But…I have to be strong. I can't cry everything will fall apart if I do" she whispered, tears filling her eyes.

        "Of course you can cry" he said, patting her back tensely. She had tried to be strong, for Bella and Lily, but she just couldn't do it. She started sobbing and Remus put an arm around her shoulder as she started to cry into his chest. Apparently Cassie was only human. 

        She woke up the next morning, in her own bed. She was still in her clothes but the covers were on top of her, keeping her warm. On her end table sat a single rose floating in the air with a note.

Never be afraid to cry

        A/n FANFICTIONS BEING STUPID!!!!!!!!! It wont let me on *sobs*. By the time you read this it'll be fixed but still…..

Rhi