Remus knocked twice on the door and a stern voice came from behind it ushering him in. Remus opened the door. Professor McGonagall was sitting behind her desk sorting through papers.

"Sit down Mr. Lupin, I'll be done in a minute," she said without even looking up. Remus sat down in the familiar chairs in front of her desk. McGonagall seemed to be sorting through files. Remus wondered if they were his records. She would probably go through his papers and read all of his infractions out loud. She might even send it to his parents. Remus was unsure that his parents knew about half of the things that McGonagall might know about. Remus' parents would definitely not be happy with him. He could just see them pouring over his transcript, talking about all of his past happenings.

He could see himself saying to them that most of them were not his fault. That James and Sirius had encouraged him to do so. Remus never wanted to rat on his friends. He was loyal to them, nothing would get in the way of that, but he would have to bend his integrity when it came to his parents. Nobody could be as loving and yet as stern as Remus' parents. They wanted what was best for their son, and they would not let him get in the way of that.

"Now, just to clarify, I did not call you into my office because of the incident this morning. I have called you and Miss Evens in for something else…something of a little more importance," said McGonagall finally looking up from her papers.

"I am very sorry for what happened at breakfast. I am sure it was not intentional. It just happened. I had no idea," said Remus. "I think we should have a detention, or points off of our house. That would only be fair."

"I have all intentions of giving you some type of punishment," said McGonagall. "What you did this morning was very silly and particularly impractical to do in front of such an audience as the whole school and the professors. Both of you should have known better."

"I know," said Remus. He did not know whether to save himself and blame it all on Lily, or just apologize, serve his detention, and get on with it. "It just happened," he said again. "There was no…" he searched for the word. "…control."

"There was certainly no control," she started laughing. "You fell right onto the ground." McGonagall burst out laughing.

"Please don't laugh at my first kiss." Remus mumbled.

"All this time I was wondering what you two really were doing when you were on prefect duty." McGonagall managed between fits of laughter.

"Oh, nothing that interesting." Said Remus mockingly.

"I am both mortified and proud of you Mr. Lupin," she said, finally composing herself. "What you did this morning was a testify to creativity and adoration. It was a very sweet gesture and I am proud that you, an introvert, like myself, could come to do something so drastic. You will find that the whole school, teachers included, found your episode this morning, if not slightly amusing, very entertaining."

"It was really embarrassing," admitted Remus. "She just did it. I had no idea."

"Do you like her?" The question caught Remus off guard.

"Sorry?" He said.

"Do you like her, Remus?" Even a second time did not take away the initial shock. Professor McGonagall was not the type to be asking questions such as that, and yet she was.

"Sure, I like Lily, but I don't like her. She just did that. I don't know why. Well, actually I think I do. It was just a random act." McGonagall leaned foreword.

"Remus, do you understand why this is important to you?"

"Sorry?"

"Remus, I am sure you do not enjoy discussing it, but I am glad that you do not let your lycanthropy get in the way of such matters. I am proud of you. You are usually very shy, but what you did this morning was contrary. I am sure your parents would be very proud of you." McGonagall had missed the point all together.

Remus wanted to say: 'Professor, it was a fluke. I did not know it was going to happen, Lily just did it because she wants to get back at James. It has nothing to do with me,' but all that came out was:

"Yes, ma'am."

There was a sudden knock at the door. "Come in." Called McGonagall. Lily walked into the room. Her hair was messy and her face was very red. She came in and sat down next to Remus without looking at him. Remus didn't want to complicate matters so he did not say anything.

"As I was saying earlier to Mr. Lupin," continued McGonagall. "This meeting has nothing to do with this morning, Miss Evens." Lily looked down at her lap. Remus turned again to look at McGonagall. "However, that can not go overlooked. I am afraid that I will have to give both of you a detention. You will serve it at seven o'clock on Friday night. Mr. Filch will hold it." Remus cringed. Filch was infamous for holding awful detentions. Once James and Sirius had been caught putting laxatives in the punch bowels at the Halloween feast. They had to serve a detention with Filch who made them clean up all of the bathrooms in the castle without magic. The job was extensive and it took many nights to complete. A task, they said, that was irrationally given and only somewhat deserved.

McGonagall continued. "However, that is not the primary reason that I have called you to my office," she said. "It seems,' she said heavily, 'some students in the Slytherin house have misplaced some of their items. They say- and I will have you know they are quite biased- that their possessions have been stolen."

"Do you mean that somebody has stolen stuff from the Slytherins?" Asked Remus.

"I am saying, Mr. Lupin, that some possessions that belong to students in Slytherin house have been misplaced. I doubt that anything has been stolen. Please don't jump to conclusions. However, there is substantial evidence to support their theory. They reported them missing last night. I do not know what good you can do besides being aware that certain articles are missing. If, in fact, these things are being stolen, then you must take care to stop and question anyone who might hold suspicious qualities. We have interviewed the ghosts and we have come to the conclusion that they have not taken anything. So, it seems it is up to you to report any clues that you come across to the possible location of these objects,' McGonagall looked down at her desk. 'I am sorry I took you from you classes. I think that is all, you may leave." With that Remus got up. Lily followed him. Remus walked over to the door and opened it.

"Oh, Mr. Lupin, Miss Evens, I almost forgot. I have had the Slytherins make a list of all the items that they have misplaced." She handed the piece if parchment to Remus. "Don't look too hard for them, these things will most likely turn up in a few days." Remus looked down at the parchment. The very first item on the list was a solid gold wristwatch.

A/N: Again with the watch, more on that in the next which will be next Monday. That is the week that The Half Blood Prince is released Excellent!