"The Bonds of Friendship"

Disclaimer: I don't own anything here, surely not Remus, no matter how I may like him. But if I did own him and he was sick like in this chapter, I would be nursing him back to health. What fun! Thanks for all your reviews! Luv ya!

Chapter 4: caring for Remus

Sirius' POV:

"Oh my God, Remus!" I cried. He slumped forward into my arms, clearly unconscious. "It's Remus! He touched the silver, come help me!"

Kingsley and Tonks came quickly with Moody stumping along behind them.

"Oh my god," said Tonks, her eyes tearing up. "Is he…. you know?"

"Almost." Said Kingsley, taking Remus' pulse.

"Come on, let's get him to the couch." I said. I put my arms under his shoulders and Kingsley grabbed his feet. We carried him into the sitting room and laid him gently on the couch. I stood back to examine him a bit. His face was a grayish-blue, his eyes were closed, and his breathing was shallow and faint. I also noticed the numerous amount of scratches and bruises on his visible skin. He was sweating and when I put my hand to his forehead, I felt that he was burning up.

"What do we do?" said Tonks, tears streaming down her face.

"Maybe St. Mungo's will do a house call?" asked Moody.

"Not for a werewolf." Said Kingsley.

"He's right, there's only one person who can help him now." I said, and went to the fireplace to call Dumbledore.

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A few hours later, the best nurse in the world was in my house. Madam Pomfrey was leaning over the deadly sick Remus Lupin. She had said that he had a fever of 104, some breathing problems, a few broken ribs and the fever was probably caused by an infection from one of his numerous cuts. He was in bad shape. She had gotten rid of the problem that he'd touched the silver with an injection of some of her secret silver-countering medicine.

I was worried out of my mind, only second to Tonks. I was way guiltier then she was though. She hadn't thrown him out of the house and said such horrible things to him. She hadn't forced him to spend the full moon in some drafty hotel and catch this bloody virus. I felt horrible.

Moody caught me talking to him one night. "He can't hear you, you know." He had said.

"How do you know? Maybe he can, maybe if he knows I'm sorry it'll give him the will to live. Just maybe…."

Moody walked out and I continued. "Remus? Moony? I miss you. Tonks misses you too. Though I reckon she mostly misses those lonely nights upstairs, right? Heh…I want you to know that I apologize for everything I said to you that day. I never should have gotten so mad; I never should have thrown you out either. It all comes back to my stupid idiotic self. It's all my fault."

A/N: that's all I got! For now. Please review!