"night of the full moon"

Disclaimer: if I did own Remus, he would not leave the house and we would be planning our wedding right now. Heehee. But alas, I don't own him or Sirius. If I owned Sirius, I would give him to Araceli. LOL.

Chapter 3: desperate times…

Sirius' POV

"This man is a werewolf."

"So?"

Blood was now dripping on their clean, hospital floor but I didn't care. All I cared about was that Remus was getting weaker as I wasted breath talking to this prejudiced person. I was furious.

"SO?" I repeated louder.

"Well, it's a little dangerous to have him around the other patients."

"What are you talking about lady? The full moon was yesterday! That's why he's so sick and injured! Or don't you have a calendar?" I said, rather rudely.

The woman looked taken aback. "Look, the most I can do for you is let you put the man in a spare room and maybe some doctor will be brave enough to-"

"ARE YOU BLIND LADY??" I exclaimed. "This man is not capable of hurting anyone right now! He is DYING! All we want is some help."

Everyone was staring at us now but I could care less. Remus was my best friend next to James and now that James was married, Remus was all I had. I was not about to lose him to someone else's ignorance!

"Um," she said, looking pale and afraid now, as though she were more afraid of me than a werewolf now. "Here," she handed me a little door hanger with the number 2 on it. "Put this on the door of room 202 and I'll see if anyone wants to come and help."

"Yeah, you do that." I said, snatching the hanger from her and storming over to the lifts.

When I got into the lifts, I lay Remus down to give my arms a rest. Plus, I was feeling like being rude to these people and was hoping he would leave a blood stain on their precious carpet.

I got out at the second floor and quickly found room 202. I laid Remus down on the bed they had and sat next to him. He looked horrible. His eyes were half open but you could only see the whites of his eyes. His face was pale and his lips parched. His mouth was open and I could hear him trying desperately to draw breath. After a while of just watching his chest rise and fall, I fell asleep.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I awoke early the next morning. Remus was still there and still looked pretty bad so I knew no one had come in. I cursed the prejudiced people here. His leg had stopped bleeding though. I sat there for a while trying to figure out was different. Then I froze; I didn't hear Remus' raspy breathing anymore. I looked over at him and saw his chest and stopped rising and falling. I put my hand to his heart, no heartbeat.

I had to work fast. I tilted his head back and pinched his nose closed. I lowered my mouth to his and breathed oxygen into his deprived lungs. His chest rose. I pumped his heart and repeated the operation. After a while, still nothing had happened. I laid my head on his chest and cried.

"Remus," I sobbed. "Why Remus? Why?" Then, through my dazed anguish, I heard something. Remus had taken a deep breath! I looked at him and as I stared, he breathed again! It had worked! Then, right before my eyes he cracked his own eyes open and looked straight at me.

"Padfoot…." He croaked.

I almost started crying right there. I bent down and hugged him gently and said, "Moony."

"Thank you." He said as I let him go.

"Anything for a friend."

A/N: there will be more. I think. I apologize for any tears I caused you to shed. I am immensely proud of this story. Thank you for the reviews. I loved writing this chapter; I hope you loved reading it. Stay tuned! And check out my profile for more Lupin-y goodness. LOL.