"night of the full moon"

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Chapter 6: what about me?

Sirius' POV

Everything had been clearing up since Mary's miracle working on Moony. The infection died down and his lungs got stronger and his cuts healed. He hated being cooped up in that stuffy old hospital room as he was getting better. I often brought the marauder book with me on visits and entertained him. Mary came by an awful lot since she was in town now. A few weeks after Mary woke him up, Remus was let out of the hospital. It was a real treat for him to finally be out.

We decided to have it at my flat since James and Lily didn't volunteer and Mary's was too small and Remus' was too destroyed, (it hadn't been repaired after that full moon that caused everything). I was putting out some food when James and Lily arrived, early, with a little pop. Lily teetered backward a little because of her swelling belly and James steadied her.

"How much longer?" I asked them.

"Oh, about three months now," said Lily, beaming with pride and rubbing her belly.

"Wow." I replied. "And I'm the godfather, right?"

"Of course Sirius, of course." James said, nabbing a few pretzels from a nearby bowl.

"I can't wait to teach this little boy some pranks!" I said, patting Lil's stomach.

"What makes you so sure it's a boy?" Lily inquired.

"Vibes Lily, vibes." I said, eating some pretzels too. She chuckled.

Suddenly, there was a pop. Remus and Mary had arrived. I hurried to meet them. "Remus," I said. "I thought you weren't supposed to be apparating."

"He isn't." said Mary, disapprovingly and helping a drowsy looking Remus sit on the couch. "He kept insisting upon it and I kept saying no and then he just apparated before I could protest anymore!"

"I'm fine! You people just, overreact about a little fatigue!" he attempted to get up but sank back onto the couch, covering his eyes with his hand.

Mary looked worried. "Sirius, do you have any Pepper-Up Potion? The doctor said he should take that if he feels like this."

"Sure, I'll get some."

I went into my bathroom and quickly found some. As I was walking back I heard the four in the living room talking. Is stopped short of the room to listen in.

"Yes, it's all thanks to Mary." Remus was saying. "I wouldn't have woken up if it hadn't been for her."

"You're a real miracle worker Mary!" Lily said.

"What would we do without you?" James asked.

I fumed. This was all I had been hearing for the past month. "Good job Mary" and "you're so great Mary". Well, these people kept forgetting who'd stayed with Remus the whole damn time! Who saved him from a gruesome death in his house? Who had taken him to St. Mungo's and demanded they take care of him? Who'd given him CPR when his lungs failed? Who was there every step of the way, watching him or helping him or reading to him? Not bloody Mary, that's for sure. She was out of town. I was here, reading him old notes and talking to him and praying for him to get well. I was a little put out about this. How could they completely forget about me? But I wasn't about to ruin Remus' coming back party.

A voice broke me from my reverie. "Sirius? Where's that potion?" It was Mary. I remembered what I had been doing and put on a happy face, crossing into the room everyone was gathered in.

"Here you go!" I said, in what I hoped wasn't a too cheerful voice, handing the bottle to Mary. "Sorry I took so long."

"That's okay. Here Remus." Said Mary, passing the potion to him. He tipped the bottle into his mouth.

"Ah, I feel better now." He said, rummaging in his pocket for something. "In fact, I feel good enough to make a little announcement."

Everyone looked at him quizzically. He took a small box out of his pocket and got on one knee in front of Mary. I groaned.

"Mary, would you like to spend the rest of your life with me? Would you like to be my partner in everything I do?"

She wiped tears from her eyes. "Of course Remus!" she flung her arms around Remus' neck. When she withdrew herself, Remus slipped the ring on her finger and kissed her while James cheered and Lily "awwwed". I scowled. I was losing another friend to marriage. What about me?

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