Title: Transforming Thoughts
Author Name: DarkForest214
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: none really…
Summery: Another full moon, a difficult decision, a surprise answer. It's the Marauders at their best!
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters or Hogwarts School. I did not write this to try and make money. I am not stealing from JKR and the publishing companies and whatnot… I own nothing!
Author's Note: Since I was sooo mean and left you with a cliff hanger I decided to give you all a special Halloween Treat! Yes, it's the final chapter of Transforming Thoughts...

Chapter Sixteen

When Sirius, Remus and Peter finally emerged from the boys' dormitory they were surprised to find James sitting on the couch in front of the fireplace glaring into the flames.

"I thought you were going down to breakfast," said Remus.

"I'm not hungry," James replied, his voice monotone.

"Did somebody die?" Sirius asked.

"I don't want to talk about it," said James.

"Typical," Sirius said with a snort. James cast Remus a questioning glance, eyebrow raised, but Remus just shrugged. Then he noticed the blood.

"Er, James…you have blood on your shirt. Are you sure you don't want to tell us what happened?" said Remus.

"I ran into Snivelly," he replied bitterly.

"What?!" said Sirius, forgetting to be upset with James.

"Yeah, broke his nose, split his lip, and I hope I cracked a rib or two," said James a sour look on his face.

"But…" said Remus, knowing that there was something else to the story.

"Who cares what happened!" said Sirius excitedly. He broke Snivelly's nose!"

"Shut up Padfoot," both Remus and James said at the same time.

Remus eyed James warily and said, "But that's not what's troubling you, is it?"

James shook his head. "Lily saw the whole thing," he said quietly. "He insulted her and I lost it. I lost control in front of her and now I've screwed things up for sure."

"But you were defending her," said Sirius.

"You didn't see the look on her face. I think I scared her…" said James as he hung his head in his hands. "She got me out of trouble with Filch and this is how I repay her?" he said, disgusted with himself.

Remus looked up as the portrait hole opened and Lily stepped through. She looked upset and he wanted to run up to her, give her a big hug and reassure her that everything would be all right. But it was James that needed to do it, not he. "James why don't you talk to her?" Remus suggested, his eyes never leaving Lily's.

"Because she hates me. I just know she'll never speak to me again," said James.

Lily heard this and looked to James then back to Remus who nodded at her. She came up behind the couch, leaned over the back of it and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I don't hate you, Potter. I would have thought what happened yesterday would have proved that," she said slyly.

Surprised, James dropped his hands, looked up and turned around. "Lily…" he said, unsure of what to say.

"Shh," she said, putting a finger to his lips.

"We'll leave you two alone," said Remus.

Lily smiled her thanks as she moved around the couch and knelt down on the floor in front of James. When the three were gone Lily looked up at him with a nervous smile.

"Lily, I'm—"

"No, I should be the one to apologize," she quietly interrupted.

"But I—"

"Would you let me finish?" she said with a small smile. "I got scared, James," she said, her smile fading. "When you looked at me with all that anger and hate in your eyes…" she shuddered.

"Oh, Lily it wasn't you I was angry at," James said quickly. "I could never hate you like that."

"I know," she admitted. "But I have never seen you look at me like that before. I was afraid," she said, a tear sliding down her cheek.

"And for that I'm greatly sorry," said James as he reached out and gently brushed the tear away. "When he called you that… nobody should ever be called something like that! I lost control, I couldn't stop myself. It kills me to know that I frightened you so. And that I acted so rashly in front of you." He let his hand fall from her face and rest in his lap, he tried to look down to avoid her eyes but because of where she was sitting, he couldn't.

She reached out and grabbed his hand. "Remus was right, you are fiercely loyal and protective," she said with a smile.

"Lily, can you forgive me?" said James, unable to fully understand what she had just said. 'When did she talk to Remus about me?'

Lily let out a quiet laugh and nearly threw herself around his neck. "Only if you can forgive me," she whispered in his ear.

"For what?" he asked, looking confused.

"For thinking this was all over before it even started," she admitted. She pulled back from the hug, arms still around him, and looked him in the eyes. He reached up and held her face in his hands. He pulled her closer, and when she didn't resist he kissed her.

All was forgiven.

When they parted Lily looked at him with that sly smile James had grown accustomed to and said, "You were right."

"About what?" he asked, looking shocked.

"Everything will work its way out in the end, just follow your heart and give it time," she said. It took a while, but when it finally registered in James' mind that he had said that a smile lit his face.

"You mean you were worrying about me?" James asked.

"Not worrying. Thinking," Lily corrected. "Remus had said some stuff that got me thinking and, well," she shrugged, "here I am today!"

James smiled and immediately wrapped her up in a snog filled hug. "Remind me to thank him later," he said between kisses.

"I guess you could say he transformed my thoughts," she said with a smirk. But her subtle innuendo about werewolves went unnoticed as the two enjoyed each other's embrace.

The End(or is it?)

A/N: Okay, so it's not really the end. I've got a sequel in the works and I've already got six chapters ready to post, only problem is I have no idea what to call it... So, if one of you lovely reviewers would like to suggest anything I'll take them into consideration and add them to my brainstorm list thingy. In fact, maybe that's how I'll spend my down time during school tomorrow... R&R please!

Check out the sequel, it's called "A Time for Change"

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