Lily headed straight for the Gryffindor dorm after she got out of the hospital wing. Madam Wood hadn't been sure if she was ready to leave so she promised to stop back after dinner as long as she could leave. She needed to get out of there, she hated hospitals and band-aids, and anything in general that reminded her of injuries or blood. She couldn't stand being injured, and it was even worse when other people saw her like that. That was one of the reasons she had been so angry when she had originally gotten herself stuck in there. She knew she had to apologize to James. She just wasn't sure how, though she knew she had to do it soon because otherwise her conscience would get to her too much. She stepped through the portrait hole and spotted Remus Lupin on a chair in the corner. She took in a deep breath and walked over to him.

"Um, hi there Remus. Do you know where James is?" She looked down at her feet as she talked and then looked up when she was finished a light blush on her face. He looked up at her obviously surprised and nodded his head. He cleared his throat before starting to speak.

"He's up the boy's dorms. You can go up there if you want…or I can get him?" He watched her questioningly as he marked his book and stood up. He looked a foot taller then her and seemed to loom above her. Lily just bit her lip and shook her head.

"No, that's ok. I guess I'll go get him…" Lily backed away from him and headed up the steps to the boy's dorm. She stopped outside of the door marked fifth year and knocked.

"Doors open." She couldn't help grinning a little as she recognized Sirius's voice calling out from his dorm. She cracked the door open and stuck her head in.

"Err, Sirius? Is James here?" Sirius was lying on his bed levitating a book above his head, which fell down once he saw Lily. He rubbed his head with his hand and swore a couple times under his breath before he nodded and pointed her towards the bed at the end of the row with the curtains drawn around it. She smiled her thanks at him and walked over. She paused for a moment and then opened the curtains, she figured James couldn't get to be to mad at her for invading his privacy. Besides she was already there to apologize she could always do it a second time if she had too. She opened the curtains and came face to face with James's wand.

"Sirius I swear… LILY? What are you doing here?" He lowered his wand and sat up from where he was slouching and Lily couldn't help but notice he didn't have a shirt on. Lily bit her lip and stood there awkwardly, wondering why she couldn't have waited to later to do this.

"I just came to say sorry about yesterday… and… I was a jerk." James patted the seat next to him, but Lily just continued to stand there. She didn't care if it was awkward standing there, sitting on James's bed, while he was in his boxers, was a little too much for her.

"Yah, it's no big deal. Don't worry about it." He waved it off, and that's when Lily noticed that his eyes had begun to sparkle again. "Hey Lily want to go out with me?" He asked her before she even had a chance to consider the slight sparkle in his hazel eyes. Lily's eyes narrowed menacingly as she heard his request. She couldn't believe this, she had come to apologize and to try to maybe call a truce, but no he had to ruin it.

"Potter you are the most egotistical sad excuse for a person I have ever met and I wouldn't agree to go out with you if I were bloody mad! Which I just might be considering I actually came here to apologize to you, you insufferable git!" Lily turned on her heels and stormed down the steps. She couldn't believe him, he was such a stupid.. stupid.. wonderfully stupid…. Very handsomely stupid git. No, she had to stop thinking like that, I mean she was thinking of Potter here. Lily shook her head and went to the corner of the common room where she sat down on one of the many overstuffed chairs and watched the fire.

"So I take it you're back to thinking that James is a git who doesn't deserve to live?" The infamous Sirius Black had unfortunately put a shirt and pants on and followed her downstairs.

Lily looked over at him surprised that he cared what she thought about James. Though then again he was James' best friend and had probably come down here to try and talk her into going out with him. Before she could retort with some kind of rude reply insulting one of his parents or relatives or something equally as rude in hopes that he would go away he started to talk.

"Well I can't say I blame you. He does tend to act like a git from time to time. I don't think I'd like to date him much." Lily couldn't help laughing at this. She hadn't expected him to agree with her, and here he was doing just that. He just smiled and leaned back in his chair, brushing some loose hair out of his eyes.

"Lily!" Lily turned from Sirius and blushed slightly. She had been staring at him, though no one could really blame her and had suddenly been distracted by a random person she didn't know calling her name.

A girl with long black curly hair and small wire rimmed glasses walked over towards them with a potions book in her hand. She smiled nervously at Sirius before sitting down next to Lily.

"Hello Lily, I'm Brandy, and well." She let out a loud sigh and glared at her potions book. "This 'thing' doesn't seem to like me very much." Brandy attempted to show Lily by trying to open up it, only to have it cackle evilly and try to bite her hand off. Sirius just sat there looking amused.

"Well, no, it doesn't seem to like you now does it?" Lily smiled at her kindly and took the book from her. She had no idea how you got a man eating book to stop eating people, but she figured she would try and help anyway, what was the worse that could happen? Ow. Apparently that was the worst that could happen. She tried to force the book open only to have it bite her, and now the bloody thing won't let her go. She wiped away a few tears as she tried to pull her hand free from the stupid book, how could a book that was only made out of paper hurt so much? She looked over at Sirius for help only to find that he was snickering wildly on the verge of tears.

"Sirius Black you get this damn book off me now!" Lily didn't know if this 'thing' was his creation or not, but he was going to pay for it and a lot more if he didn't get it the hell off of her fast. Sirius just shook his head and grinned. He croaked out a brief 'I can't' but Lily didn't care. She just stood up and walked over to him before smacking him over the head with her hand that was incased in a very hard potions book.

"OW! What was that for?"

"What was that for?" Lily mocked innocently before hitting him over the head again.

"What was that for! I'M GETTING EATEN ALIVE BY A BLOODY BOOK AND IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!" Sirius just snickered one last time and tried to look serious.

"Well then I suggest you study less. Maybe if you spent less time with books, they wouldn't be trying to devour you." Lily had had enough and started to smack him over and over again with the book before two strong arms plucked her away from the cowering Sirius. Lily looked up into the face of her captor completely ready to commit a murder when she saw that it was Griffen who looked highly amused.

"Well no more sugar for you love." Lily just glared at him and tried to wiggle free, but he held her tight. "Now, I'll let you go if you promise that you won't kill Sirius, and that any severe injuries you give him will be to the head, since that can't get screwed up anymore than it already is. Remember he is our best beater and you wouldn't want to jeopardize the team, now would you?" Griffen's eyes twinkled mischievously as he looked between the pair of them. Lily just rolled her eyes and gave him a pleading look which he raised an eyebrow too.

"Fine then. I won't kill Sirius, but make him get this bloody thing off my hand!" Griffen looked down at her hand that was clasped firmly to her side. He carefully let her go and then looked over to Sirius. He raised his eyebrow even higher and crossed his arms.

"This would be a good time to get that thing off her mate, least if you want to keep your head. I have a feeling Lily would be more than happy to knock it off for you, and I can only hold her back for so long." Sirius just rolled his eyes and took his wand out of his back pocket he waved it at Lily's hand and mercifully the book slid off and fell onto the floor with a loud thud. Lily looked down at her and breathed out a sigh of relief. Their were bite marks all over it, and it looked like someone's dog had decided that she would make a lovely chew toy and was gnawing on her hand. She just shook her head before picking up the book. In one smooth motion she hit Sirius over the head one final time before handing the book back to Brandy with a smile and sitting back down.

"Sorry about him. He's a git, don't take it personally." Brandy just smiled at her as if it the fact that her book had recently been turned into a flesh-eating monster, then tried to eat someone, before being turned back was completely normal.

"Oh it's no problem." Brandy looked down at Lily's hand pointedly before looking back up at her face. "You might want to get that looked at." She smiled crookedly and pointed to a little cut where the book had drawn blood. "You never know, flesh eating books might have rabies." Lily just laughed, and shook her head.

"No I'll be ok, actually it would be better for my mental health if I never had to enter another hospital wing again." She looked over at Sirius and glared. "Though given the psychotic people we are forced to attend classes with. I will probably have to go more often then I'd like, let alone stand. If I'm not passing out, or dieing, I don't need to go to one." Griffen and Sirius were watching the girls talked, slightly amused and bewildered at the fast exchange of words. It wasn't until Lily mentioned Sirius that they decided to jump back into the conversation.

"Hey! I resent that! I just saved you from a flesh-eating book and this is how you repay me? Ungrateful wenches. Should've let it eat you, then I'd at least be amused, but no now it's 'Sirius is such a horrible person' and 'Sirius is stupid' and 'Let's hit Sirius with big heavy books. Not even a simple thank you." Griffen smirked and sat down across from the other three.

"Of course you seem to have forgotten it was your fault they were attacked by the book in the first place." Sirius's face darkened for a moment and he scowled.

"True, but that's completely beside the point." Lily and Brandy just looked at each other and rolled their eyes and Griffen let out a very undignified snort that sent all of them laughing.

"Well I must say it's been fun Mr. Black but I think it would be best if I left while all my fingers are still attached." Lily said before she stood back up, and smoothed down her skirt. Brandy looked at her and then Griffen and Sirius. She didn't really know any of them well, and the two boys least of all so she got up too.

"Yes, I think I better be going as well. To make sure no of my other books are going to devour anybody. Plus I still have to finish my potions essay. I'll see you later Lily." The girls left through the portrait whole leaving Griffen and Sirius alone.

Sirius's Point of View

Sirius lounged back in his chair lazily evaluating the other boy sitting across from him. Griffen was taller then him and had a roguish unkempt look about him. Which was why Sirius reckoned many of the girls either hated him or loved him. At that moment Griffen was shaking his head at him, obviously mad about his most recent prank.

"Flesh-eating books? What if you hadn't been here Sirius? It could've taken her hand off!" Sirius just snickered and shook his head.

"No 'fraid it doesn't work quite like that. You see, the book doesn't eat people's bones. It would stop once it got past the skin and flesh and stuff, and besides Wood could always grow it back." Griffen gaped at him unbelievingly before smacking him over the head.

Sirius's eyes flashed with anger as he rubbed the small bump he knew would eventually swell to be the size of a mountain thanks to a certain red haired girl, and now Griffen.

"Why is everyone so fond of hitting Sirius today? Do I have a sign on me that says 'Smack me senseless' on my head? If so I would appreciate it if you would kindly remove it. Now." Griffen just shook his head and Sirius was tempted to hit it, but decided that it would be safer for his own head if he didn't.

"Sirius, mate, you need help." Sirius just batted his eyelashes and giggled girlishly.

"Do you really think so? Oh I'm just flattered! Thanks ever so much." He just let out another burst of giggles before getting up. "Oh dear I must go, so sorry to leave you, but I have to go tell Remus that someone else thinks I need help! I mean who ever would have thought? Ta-Ta!" He waved and giggled again before walking out of the portrait and into the hallway. He headed straight for the library since that was his friends usual retreat and spotted Remus sitting in the back surrounded by books. He skipped over and sat across from his friend.

"Oh Remus dear, you'll never believe this love! Griffen Larson believes I need help! Can you believe it? And all of these years I thought you were only trying to be a true friend, but can you believe it?" Sirius just let out another giggle and kicked his legs back in forth under his desk with difficulty since his legs were so long. Remus looked like he had been slapped in the face, though he quickly recovered and raised an eyebrow.

"Congratulations Sirius." Sirius just batted his eyelashes and giggled.

"I know isn't it just amazing! I really hit the ace on this one." He covered his mouth to stifle another giggle, causing many frightened stares from other people in the library. He looked around him and smiled and waved to each of them in turn before turning back to Remus.

"Oh and by the way, I think we should go with flesh-eating pillows or something next time. I have a feeling they would hurt less." Remus raised his eyebrow even higher, and the two of them started talking in whispered voices till eventually everyone stopped noticing them except for one pair of fuming eyes.