A/N: Again, not much to say. But I'm going to wait about two weeks before updating this fic from now on. Maybe quicker if I get more reviews. : ) And instead of writing Samantha all the time, I'm just going to call her Sam.

"Have wonderful dreams, Lily Flower. I will because you'll be in them," James said, closing the door on his way out, pausing long enough to shoot her a grin and a wink.

"Don't call me that!" she shouted at the closed door. She heard him laugh and shut his own door.

Lily let out a sigh of frustration and got ready to go to bed.


In the girls' dormitory, Patty and Samantha weren't having a lot of luck getting Amber to talk.

"What's wrong, Amber?" Patty tried again.

"Shut up and leave me alone," Amber grumbled, yanking the hangings shut around her bed.

"C'mon, Amber, you and Remus sleeping together isn't that bad," Samantha said.

Amber pulled the hangings back just enough to glare at Samantha. "Sammy, Patty, just shut up." She yanked the hangings closed again.

Sam and Patty sighed and climbed into their own beds.


In the boys' dormitory, things weren't much better.

"Is she any good?" Sirius asked Remus.

"I don't want to talk about it," he said dully, pulling off his shirt.

"So it was bad?"

"No."

"I knew it! I knew she couldn't be that bad in bed!" Sirius said triumphantly, punching the air. "She's got too much sass to be bad."

Remus sighed. "Would you just shut up?"

"Do I ever?" Sirius shot back, grinning hugely and climbing into his bed.

Remus mumbled something incoherent and yanked the hangings shut around his bed, ignoring Sirius's laughter.

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"Amber, wake up," Sam said, pulling the covers off of the still-sleeping girl.

"Go away and let me die," Amber muttered, placing her head underneath her pillow.

Patty and Sam exchanged glances, pulled out their wands, said a spell, and cold water poured onto Amber's back.

She shrieked and rolled over, landing on the floor. "What in the bloody hell was that for?" she asked furiously.

"You have an hour before classes," Patty reminded her, quickly following Sam into the common room before Amber could get her wand.

Cursing everyone she could think of while still groggy, Amber slowly dressed and went downstairs, yawning. She was in mid-yawn when someone crashed into her.

"Ow! Hey, watch where you're going, you stupid, fricking– Remus!" Amber said quickly, blushing like mad. "Er– sorry about the names. Must we bump into each other every year?" She grinned awkwardly as they tried to disentangle themselves while trying to touch the other as little as possible.

"It's a curse," Remus said, helping her up and grinning back. "Every year on the first day we have to start with a bump on the head to wake us both up." They laughed and left the common room.

"So, ah, sleep well, Am?" Remus asked nervously.

"Yeah…I finally figured out how to get rid of Patty's snoring problem without her knowing about it." She kept her gaze on the ground. "You?"

"Besides the fact that Sirius kept talking to me? Great." He grimaced. "He's getting really annoying, don't you think?"

"Yeah. Why is he asking me out anyway? I mean, we used to date on and off but his sudden interest in getting into a serious relationship with me is sort of freaky."

"Oh. Um…" Remus racked his brains, trying to think of something to tell her. "Well, James and I always thought he liked you more than he would admit so we finally made him admit it."

Amber looked up at him, trying to decipher if he was lying to her or not. His expression didn't give away anything to say he was lying so she decided he was telling the truth. "What do you think I should do?" she asked.

"Go out with him."

"But I don't like him that way!"

Remus shrugged. "Go out with him anyway." They took seats opposite of each other at the Gryffindor table. "Maybe you'll start to like him."

She shook her head. "I'm not sure if I'm ready for a serious relationship. It's just...not a good time."

He looked up sharply. "Did Cory do something to you after…well, you know."

She bit her lip. "Not really. Well, kind of. I took your advice and kept away from him as much as I could. But he came to Chloe's three days ago, drunk again. I was alone in the house and he hit me in the side before I could Disapparate." She sighed. "I don't know what to do anymore, Rem. He's joining the Death Eaters soon, I just know it. He's like some big shadow hanging over my life."

Remus reached out and covered Amber's hand with his own. He smiled gently at her. "Am, you know that you've always got your friends behind you."

Amber smiled back. "Thanks."

Just then, Lily and James showed up, arguing…as usual.

"You should have knocked, Potter!" Lily said furiously. "But no, you just barged in without even thinking."

"Well sorry, Evans! How many times do I have to apologize? I'm sorry."

"What's up, you two?" Amber asked casually, taking her hand away from Remus's.

"Potter came into my room while I was getting dressed!" Lily said, blushing.

"Nice knickers, by the way," James said, grinning.

Amber seized Lily's wrists so she couldn't dump a bowl of porridge on James. "What's the big deal, Lils? I've walked in on James getting dressed before, Sirius getting dressed before…I think that's it." She shuddered. "I've been scarred ever since."

"You forget about Re–" Remus clapped a hand over James's mouth and hissed, "Shut it. We're trying not to talk about it."

Amber pretended not to hear them as she finished her breakfast. She received her schedule from Professor McGonagall and checked her first class. "Dammit! I've got Potions first! Just what I wanted to do every Monday, and Friday, morning; look at Professor Narley's face." She looked over the rest of her schedule and brightened somewhat. "At least I've got Defense Against the Dark Arts every day, Charms after Defense on Tuesday and Thursday, and Transfiguration every day." She punched the air. "Fantastic!"

"Cool. We've got a bunch of classes together," Sirius said from above Amber. He took the seat next to her. "See?"

Amber groaned. "Maybe not so fantastic. I'll see you lot later." She picked up her bag and hurried away.

"What's her problem?" Sirius asked Remus, since James was still trying to apologize to Lily and she kept telling him how much of a jerk he was for not knocking.

"Amber's problem? You," Remus answered simply.

"Well, actually I was talking about Evans but since Amber has a problem with me, do tell," Sirius said, pouring himself a glass of orange juice.

"Well, Prongs walked in on Lily while she was getting dressed," Remus said. Sirius nearly spit out his orange juice. "And Amber's problem is the fact that she's a little freaked that you suddenly want a serious relationship with her."

"Did you say Prongs walked in on Evans in her knickers?" Sirius asked incredulously.

"Make up your mind, Padfoot. Do you want to hear about Amber or Lily?" Remus asked, exasperated. "And Lily does have a first name, you know."

"Whatever. Tell me about Amber."

"Well, she said that she's a little hesitant to get into a relationship with you, she doesn't like you in that way, I expect she's a little confused because she and I–"

"–shagged until you couldn't walk," Sirius interjected.

Remus glared at him and continued. "And then we agreed it wasn't supposed to happen –"

Sirius interrupted him again. "How did you two end up in bed anyway?"

FLASHBACK:

Remus sat in the living room of Sirius's home, reading a Muggle novel he had picked up earlier that week. School had been out for two weeks and already he had completed all of his homework when he wasn't hanging out with James and Sirius. Peter was always saying he was too busy to get together with his friends. Sirius was staying with James's family for the week and had asked Remus to watch his place for him. Remus had, of course, obliged.

Remus shut his book just as the doorbell rang. He grabbed his wand and answered the door. "Amber! What's wrong?" he asked, stepping out of the way and letting her in.

Amber wiped away a few tears and looked Remus in the face. A bruise was forming slowly under her right eye. "M-My cousin a-and I had a f-f-fight," she choked out.

"Go sit down and I'll get some ice." Remus guided her to the couch and rushed to the kitchen and filled a plastic bag with ice. He went back into the living room and handed her the bag.

"Thanks, R-Rem," she stammered, putting the ice to her eye. Remus noticed her hands were shaking.

"Here," he said gently. He held the bag for her and asked, "What happened?"

"I-I've been staying with Chloe, m-my step-sister, and Chris, her husband, a-and Cory came over while I-I was alone. And we started t-to argue over something really stupid a-and he just p-punched me r-right in the eye. I-I Apparated out of there a-and went to your house, but your f-folks said you were staying with S-Sirius so I-I came here." She looked around with her eyes. "Where is he?"

"He's staying with James," Remus said gently, putting the bag down. "He'll be over there the rest of the week. Why'd you go to my house?"

Amber shrugged and tried to take a deep breath to calm down. "You're a great guy and I knew you'd keep this a secret." She eyed him hopefully. "You will keep this a secret, right?"

"If you want me to," he answered honestly. She smiled and wiped away her tears. "Thanks, Remus."

They hugged each other for a few moments before turning their faces to look at each other. A second later, they kissed gently, but it grew in passion. Somehow, they would never really remember how, they ended up upstairs in one of the guest bedrooms.

END FLASHBACK

"We just did, okay?" Remus snapped irritably. "I'm going to Potions." He picked up his bag and left the Great Hall.

"Touchy," Sirius muttered. He turned to watch Lily and James argue about something that had happened in fifth year.

A/N: Okay, that was a crappy chapter, but I'm tired because of it being Election Week and I've been typing this while keeping an eye on the news during speeches and stuff and I've got loads of homework. More might be added to the flashback later/flashbacks going further forward or backward in time. Review, please!