Chapter five: Pleas to a friend, love for a girl and love for the boys

"Oh my God James, what the hell? Lily can you go and get Dumbledore. I'll see if he's ok!" Remus said rationally.

" Remus I can't, someone obviously locked that door for a reason! Please, you go you're get there much faster than I can."

"What if the person comes back Lily ?"

"Just go Remus we'll be fine." answered Lily in a firm tone. Remus turned to go however, he was pulled back and Lily kissed Remus passionatly. Momentarily surprised (Wow! That was wow! Snap out of it your best friend needs you!), Remus registered what had happened then took off running to fetch the headmaster exclaiming as he was running "I'll be back as soon as I can Lil!"

Lily lifted the spell from James, but he was still unconcious. "Come on James, wake up, I promise I won't tease you as much and i'll even go to Hogsmead with you and your friends!" Lily sobbed into his chest.

"Hey Evans, do I get a kiss with that?"

"Oh my God your ok! YOUR OK AND YOU WANTED TO SEE WHAT MY REACTION WAS! I HATE YOU JAMES POTTER!"screached Lily.

"Yeah but you still promised to go with me to Hogsmead and like it or not I now know you care if i live or die!"

"Your absolutely right James I did promise to go with you and your friends!" concluded Lily with an air of triumph, then she remembered her worries "Are you ok James,I mean seriously? What happened? Remus has gone to get Dumbledore! And we need to look out in case who ever did this is still around so..."

"Lily flower calm down! I'm ok I just have one hell of a headache. As for what happened Bellatrix and Malfoy were trying to keep me from helping you, they were trying to scare you coz they think you are a ... um..."James trailed off from his speach.

"A what? ... James what?"

"They think your a filthy mud...mud...mudblood who thinks she knows everything,but Lily I swear your not filthy your beautiful! Flower they're just arrogant because they don't know anything about anything!"

"If you say so." (maybe Malfoy is right).

"Sss... I do, now help me up and we'll make sure Dumbledore knows everything!"

"I have already been told the basics Mr.Potter" exclaimed Dumbledore walking into the classroom"But as for knowing everything no-one knows everything and if I did I should imagine my head would be thouroughly overcrowded!"

"Thats brilliant sir, your amazing!" replied James in awe.

"Thankyou Mr.Potter, but I think we should accompany you to the hospital wing so that Madame Pomfrey can look you over!" Dumbledore helped James out of the room, leaving Remus and Lily trailing behind.

"Lily I was wondering if, well if you'd like, if you'd consider being my date to the masquarade ball and if next Hogsmead trip you'd like to come with me?" asked Remus in one breath.

"Oh Remus I'd love to go to the ball with you! I can't go to Hosmead with you though on the next trip I promised James I'd go with him and I ..."Lily was cut off by Remus.

"Oh. It's ok well I um..."

"It's not what you think, it's quite stupid really whilst he was unconscious I was trying to wake him up and so I said I'd promise to go with hime and the rest of you if he woke up! Well being the sneaky sod that he is, he then asked me if he'd get a kiss with that! He was awake, I just wanted to hit. Maybe the trip after next we can go together? Just you and me?"

"I'd like that Lily."Remus said with obvious excitment in his voice, giving her a smile that reached his eyes. (You don't see many of those smiles,he should smile more often he looks truly handsome when he does that...not to mention I get butterflies in my stomach. I really want him to kiss me, oh Merlin what if he doesn't like me? Is he only asking me out because he feels sorry for me? ...Don't you dare think so low of Remus, Lily Rose Evans! He is the sweetest boy you know and he would never do that to you.)

As if Remus could hear her thoughts he lightly kissed her knowing that a make out session was not an option in front of the headmaster.He whispered "Will you meet me in the common room tonight when everyone's gone to bed?"

Lily muttered"Yes" which was almost barely audiable however Remus heard and his eyes gleamed with joy. (Its official I've fallen for remus, I just want to give hime a hug he's just so adorable! Oh shut up Evans don't get so soppy.)

After everyone has gone to bed Lily made her way down to the common room to meet Remus. When Lily entered she was greeyed by Remus sitting by the fire, he looked up and smiled at her. They walked towards each other, time seemed to stop just for them, they were centimetres apart knowing what the other wanted, yet not afraid to take action. As if a wind passed through them and released the walls they were holding up, they fell into each others arms and drew into a mindblowing kiss.

It was Friday the day before the Hosmead visit, things between Remus and Lily were still a secret as they wanted to make sure they would work out as a couple before letting everyone know. James was being acceptionally nice to Lily although remus guessed that it was only because James wanted to be on her good side.

"Hey Lily flower, are we still alright for going to Hogsmead tommorrow?"

"Sure. I'll meet you and the boys by the entrance in the morning, do I need to bring anything?"

"Just your beautiful self!"

"Ok I'll see you tommorrow, i've got to go and meet Remus he's helping me study for Transfiguration! I can't seem to get anything right in Mcgonnagals lessons!"

"Well I could help you if you want, if you need anything just ask."

"Thanks. Well I better go before Remus starts having kittens because i'm late!"

"See ya."

"Bye" Lily was walking up to the room of requirement to meet Remus when she realised she's forgotten her bag, if James found out he'd find it a bit suspious that she was going to study without her notes. In resolution she decided to head back for the common room, however when she got there what she found was James making out with Arabella (her best friend). To Lily's dismay she found that she was mad at James and jealous of Bella. She grabbed her bag and hurridly went to meet Remus, thanking Merlin that James didn't see her. James however, felt someone's presence in the common room and he looked up to find Lily rushing off. For the first time in his life he felt guilt for making Lily feel awkward. (Damn I must really like her.)

Lily arrived at the room of requirement and headed in, she was warmly greeted by Remus pouncing her and nibbling her neck."Your late."

"Sorry, James and I were talking then I was on my way up when I realised I left my bag in the common room. I thought James would get suspious if i came to study with you without my notes."

"Your a clever witch do you know that?"

"Only because I'm always studying, it's not like I have many friends to be around is it? Anyway enough about that I've missed you today. In lessons I couldn't pull my eyes away from you (and if I did I was starring at James...where did that come from? I can't be falling for James when I've already fallen for Remus. Its unethical!) "Did you miss me?"

"You know I did, I could smell your perfume from where I was sitting, I hardly took any notes thanks to you." Remus kissed along her jawbone to show her he didn't really mind the distraction.

"I'm sure you studies won't suffer your a very capable wizard who happens to know basically everything" Remus stopped with his ministrations, aggitaion clearly marked in his features.

"Thanks"Came Remus' sarcastic remark.

"Remus don't get you knickers in a twist I just ment that you are very intellectual, I love that about you. It's not a bad thing always knowing the answer!"

Remus could see what she was getting at and softened towards her once more "I'm sorry it's just everyone names me as the know it all, it just gets to me sometimes."

"Believe me I know how you feel, everyone thinks I don't have feelings because i'm always studying. They won't see past the bookworm and see the person. Apart from you that is!"

"He grabbed her hand, pulling her towards him enloping her with small passionate kisses. "Your'll always be a person to me, a beautiful, amazing person who I happen to love and adore."
"You love me?"

"Yes I do. I also have to tell you something and I think nows a good a time than any. The thing is ...it's just i'm ..."

"What is it? Is something wrong? Your not ill are you? Should I take you to the hospital wing?"
"No Lils, I'm fine well in a manner anyway. I want to tell you but I'm scared of your reation!"

"Your not gay are you?"

"WHAT? No I'm not!"

"Then I can handle anything you throw at me!"

"Ok, you may have to sit down." Remus leads her to sit on the bed wrapping his arms around her in case she wants comfort. "Well the thing is Lil, I don't know how to say this. Well the thing is I'm a...a um... I'm a werewolf Lil! I understand that you won't want anything to do with me now, but you had a right to know what your sleeping with. I'm a foul excuse for a man, an animal, thats what I am Lils I'm sorry to put you through this, I just..."

"Will you shut up for a moment. You actually thought I'd care about you being a werewolf, you expected me to run off screaming bet. I never thought you'd think so low of me Remus, I'm going to say this once and only once Remus so you'd better bloody well listen to me! Your not an animal Remus your a loving and caring humanbeing who I love and there is nothing foul about you. I understand also that the werewolf is a part of you and I love all of you which means I love the werewolf as well. Oh and just to let you know Remus I already knew about you being a werewolf I figured it out in third year." Remus was dumbstruck, he didn't know what to say. (She knew, she knew I am a werewolf and yet she's with me. I don't understand!)

"Now that we've spoken about that Remus, I would like to know what colour robes your wearing for the ball so I can see if I can find anything to match."

"I was thinking red Lils, is that ok? When are you buying your dress?"

"I don't know yet I haven't seen any dresses I like so when I see one I'll probably get it." The hesitation in her voice was clear, and the sadness that caught in her eyes for just a second didn't bypass him either.

(She's hesitating, all I did was ask when she was buying her dress.) It was then that it hit Remus.(What if she can't afford a new dress? She's probably embarrassed to say she'll being using an old dress. You fool Remus. Maybe I'll buy her a dress, I'm not the richest wizard in the world but by Merlin if she wants a new dress I'll buy her one. She won't accept it though. She'll think that I'll think she's some sort of charity...which i don't...I know I think I'll have to set it out as a game then she'll just think it's me being silly.)

"Your'll look beautiful in whatever you wear Lils."

Lily perked up a bit and then in a suggestive tone asked him"You know there is this lovely king sized bed and it looks awfully bare with no-one in it." Catching on to her insentives he pulled her in a firary kiss and then layed her down.

Two hours later Remus and Lily quickly got dressed, then rushed to the common room before curfew set in, neither of them particularly wanted Filch to ruin the mood that they were in by putting them in detention. They both walked in to find James (still) making out with Bella and at that moment Lily realised that she loved two men.