Chapter Eleven

Adam looked at Sam in surprise. "Okay, you're a full-fledged witch and you have a Muggle disease." His brow wrinkled in confusion. "Why?"

"My mother's a half-witch. I must've got it from her or something." Sam sighed. "Look, Adam, I don't want anyone else to know about this. Bad enough Snape knows—"

"How does he know?" Adam asked. Sam glanced down at the floor.

"He's related to me."

"Oh shit, that bites," Adam said with a smile. Sam grinned slightly and crossed her arms. "You're gonna have to tell Lily and Mattie that."

"I just got close to them, Adam, I don't want to push them further away," she argued. "I don't even think I'll come close to telling Remus, James and Sirius. Especially Sirius."

She blushed slightly at that. "You really like him, don't you?" Adam said softly, a smile on his features. Sam shrugged slightly.

"I have no idea. I mean… We used to be great friends. But… I don't know what to think right now." She sighed and coughed slightly. "I'm tired… I'm gonna rest."

"Do you want me to bring you to the Gryffindor common room?" he asked. Sam shook her head and closed her eyes, her head spinning. "Okay, I'll take that as a yes."

He picked her up and she collapsed in his arms. "Damn. This girl has a fever." Adam checked her temperature. "Forget the common room. I'm heading to the Hospital Wing."

"Hey, have you guys seen Sam anywhere?" Sirius asked, flopping on the couch in the common room. Mattie looked up from her book and shook her head. Remus's eyes widened. "What?"

"I'll be right back." Remus ran outside and headed over to the Hospital Wing. He saw Adam talking to Madam Pomfrey and Sam sleeping on the bed. "What happened?"

"Sam fainted," Adam explained. He turned back to Madam Pomfrey. "Will she be okay?"

"I'll observe her for awhile. The poor girl's lost a lot of weight by the looks of it." Madam Pomfrey sighed. "You two better not tell anybody. This girl's bloody secretive."

"It's her disease, isn't it?" Remus said softly. Adam looked at him in bewilderment and surprise. "I sort of overheard her and Snape talking. He says she has a disease of some sort."

"She does." Madam Pomfrey checked up on Sam. "Now you two better scat. I will tell you what happens tomorrow. And I repeat: Don't tell anybody. Especially that bloody worrywart Sirius Black."

Remus and Adam nodded before turning around and leaving the Hospital Wing. Remus sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Damn it, when was she gonna tell us?" he asked.

"She didn't want to tell you. I don't think she was planning to. I guess she was gonna tell you once you guys figured it out. By then it would be too late for apologies," Adam said quietly. They appeared in front of the Gryffindor Common Room. "I'll talk to you tomorrow."

"Yeah, later," Remus said with a weak smile before entering the common room. Mattie came up to him and raised her eyebrows at him. "What?"

"I know you know something that we don't. Spill."

"It's not my place to tell," Remus replied. "Sam's my best friend. I'm one of the only people who have the right to know. I swear."

Sirius's eyes lit up. "That's it!" he said gleefully. Remus looked at him in confusion. He dragged Remus upstairs and into the dormitories. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good!"

Remus's eyes widened. "Oh no! You can't do that!" He ran to James's trunk and got the Marauder's Map. Sirius tried getting it from him. "No! Sam needs her privacy!"

"I just wanna know where she is! I swear I won't go to her." Sirius held up his right hand. Remus hesitated. "Come on Remus, Sam's like my best friend, aside from my ultimate crush. Please."

"I will regret this…" Remus held up the Map. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good."

The Map formed and Sirius checked everywhere until his face went white. "What's she doing in the Hospital Wing?"

The next day, James nervously walked to Charms with Lily. "I can't do this," he said. "Please don't make me do it."

"You have to!"

"Oh shit, I can't!" James panicked. "What if I fail again! Oh no, mum's ready to throw me into a large box and ship me off to India!"

"That's why you forget everything. You get nervous!" Lily said, whacking the back of his head. James glared down at her.

"I can't help it."

"Okay, think this. If you do get shipped off to India, you get to party with the elephants. And it's highly unlikely if you do. Relax." Lily smiled reassuringly. James sighed and tried calming his nerves. "What do you need for you to relax? Just find your fricking happy place!"

"Happy place… Right…" He tried picturing a nice white beach with her by his side. But then an image of elephants crossed his mind. "Oh crap! Elephants!"

"What can I do to make you calm down?" Lily asked softly. "God, you're the tensest person I've ever met!"

"Give me a kiss," James said innocently, a smile on his features. Lily rolled her eyes and kissed his cheek. "Oh come on, Lily!"

"Keep quiet. We aren't really together anyway, you didn't ask me anything. The feeling's just mutual," Lily explained. She smiled slightly and pecked his lips. "There you go. Now ace that bloody test or your ass is mine."

"Okay," James said dazedly, a goofy smile on his face. But before he entered, he turned to her. "By the way… Have you seen Sam lately?"

"No actually, she didn't go up to the dorm last night," Lily said in confusion. Her eyes filled with worry. "Oh no… What happened to her?"

"If I were you, Mudblood, I'd check the Hospital Wing," Severus said with a smirk as he passed her. Lily's brow wrinkled. "Maybe she has a Muggle disease or something."

Lily glared at him and walked inside. "Impossible," she murmured. "Quite impossible."

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