A/N: Wow...I love you all! Hehe! I was just so amazed when my buddy CrazyforSirius calls me and says "Dude, you have fourteen reviews!" It was a real shock because the most I have ever gotten before this was like seven or something like that. Thanks to everyone who has made a comment. Weirdly enough it was right after chapter twelve which I found was my pride and joy chapter so far. You all are just egging me to write on now! Congradulations! I just have some notes before I continue on:
PotterManiacGrl: You are right. Remus would already be in the Shrieking Shack and I did realize that after I wrote out the whole chapter but I just loved it so much that didn't have the heart to change it. But we all make writing errors so I'm hoping that everyone can forgive me. Thanks for the correction and review!
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Thankyou also to: CrazyforSirius, LazyLibra, Joe, froggifrog, and Amanda.
All right. Here's chapter thirteen. I hope you like it. Chapter fourteen is halfway done and should be up next Thursday, hopefully with chapter fifteen. EDIT: I kept this A/N when I edited this chapter just so I could still honor all those people who reviewed and made valid points. Cheers!
Chapter Thirteen: The Night Before
The sun shone bright on the school grounds the next day and as sunlight crept through the seventh year boys' dorm window, Lily began to stir. Opening her eyes slowly against the morning light she tried to keep the dream she had tight in her memory. It had been so scary, so weird but yet so real and had ended with a beautiful stag turning into James. Suddenly Lily sat straight up, eyes wide. She looked around and took in her surroundings finding that she wasn't in her bed. For one thing, the blanket her mom had made for her was gone and the pillows smelled a lot like-
"Hey there sleepy head," James said coming out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist and Lily pulled the curtains open.
"James," Lily said staring at him, "why am I not in my bed?"
"Well, after you passed out last night-"
"Passed out?"
"I couldn't bring you up to your dorm because you know boys aren't allowed up there."
"Wait a minute," Lily said putting up a hand to stop him. "You mean last night wasn't- I mean to say that what happened last night was real. I wasn't dreaming it?"
James looked at her confused and started walking over to his trunk. "What? You thought you dreamt all that?"
"Well, yeah. I did," Lily said sort of embarrassed. After some thought James said, "Well I can see where dream and reality could have mixed last night, I suppose."
James had finished getting his clothes out for the day and Lily realized he was about to get changed.
"I better go so you can get changed in peace," and she stood up and walked towards the door.
"Well you don't have to. I'm kind of used to not getting changed in peace. I mean, I do share this room with three other people." Lily looked at him and smiled.
"Nice try James. I'll see you in a little bit," and she left the boys' dorm to go and take a shower herself.
Remus jolted awake. He lay in a dusty dirty four poster that had its hangings practically torn off. He had a throbbing headache and felt like he was about to vomit. Covering his face with his hands, he closed his eyes and tried to think. He didn't remember getting into the Shrieking Shack and wasn't fully sure what had happened the night before. The last thing I remember Remus thought, is talking to Lily and then-. He groaned. He couldn't remember much after he started to transform and figured that the feeling of vomiting was brought on from the guilt he was feeling. He wasn't sure if he had bit Lily or not but prayed desperately that he didn't.
Slowly Remus stood up and looked down at his appearance, and felt another pang of guilt. The costume Lily had bought for him was torn so bad that there was no hope in fixing it. Just hopefully I didn't bite her or else I'll have that on my conscience too, Remus thought. Gathering up his courage, and praying there was another pair of clothes he could change into somewhere, he headed towards the secret passageway that would lead him back to Hogwarts.
Remus made his way into the seventh year boys' dorm and thanked the heavens that it was so early. Not finding anything he could change into he was thankful that there had been no one to meet in the corridors or in the common room so he had made it quite safely to the boys' dorm. Slowly creeping inside he found that everyone still had their bed curtains drawn closed. He walked over to his own four poster and laid down, closing his own hangings. Then he heard movement from one of the beds as someone sat up quite quickly. Remus held his breath. He didn't know why but he just didn't want them to know that he was back already. Remus heard the bathroom door open and heard James' voice.
"Hello there sleepy head."
Remus lay perfectly still thinking that if James saw him he would think that he was just an illusion. But to Remus' surprise he heard curtains being opened and Lily's voice in reply, "James, why am I not in my bed?"
"Well after you passed out last night-"
"Passed out?"
"I couldn't bring you up to your dorm because you know boys aren't allowed up there."
"Wait a minute. You mean last night wasn't- I mean to say that what happened last night was real. I wasn't dreaming it?"
Remus heard movement as someone, his guess was James, walked across the room. He then heard the squeak and clink of a trunk being opened and rested against the back of the bed.
"What," Remus heard James reply. "You thought you dreamt all that?"
"Well, yeah. I did."
There was a silence that was only broken by the sound of James shifting through his trunk. "Well," James finally said. "I can see where dream and reality could have mixed last night, I supposed."
Remus heard the sound of James' trunk closing and shifting in the bed as Lily said, "I better go so you can get changed in peace." He heard Lily get up and walk towards the door. But she stopped when James said, "Well you don't have to. I'm kind of used to not getting changed in peace. I mean, I do share this room with three other people."
Remus didn't know why but he grit his teeth at the thought of James getting Lily to stay in the room. He let out silent cheers of joy though when Lily replied, "Nice try James. I'll see you in a little bit."
Remus heard the opening and closing of the boys' dorm door as Lily left. The only sound then was of James getting changed and mumbling to himself, saying how he should've tried a different tactic to get Lily to stay. Then he walked to the door and left, closing it behind him. Remus was just congratulating himself on a job well done of keeping quiet when the door opened again and James stuck his head in.
"Oh and Remus," he said. "I suggest you get up. You're wasting a perfectly good Saturday."
"Hey!" Remus said in surprise. "How'd you know I was in here?"
James laughed. "Well you're not that hard to miss, buddy boy." He was about to close the door when he stopped and said, "Oh and Remus. Don't worry, Lily's fine."
Then he closed the door leaving Remus the only one awake in the dorm. He got up and grabbed some clothes out of his trunk, the whole time smiling, thinking gladly of how he didn't ruin any friendships because of the night before.