Author's Note:

Anarane Anwamane: She didn't really, i know it seems like that, but she wouldn't have let it go too far.

Draco's Slytherin Vampiress: James and Harry will be friends eventually!!!!!!! It will just take some time. James really hates Harry at the moment if you haven't noticed, lol. :o)

Lyny Angell: Yeah, I know! I feel bad for Harry to. Whenever I re-read it, I'm like 'wow, that sucks...' lol :o) Anyway, you'll see what happens in the Astronomy Tower. I'm not going to tell you, it's not going to come until next chapter.

siriuszsecretlover: I promise I will read it as soon as I get the chance! I am sooo busy! I'm taking like 5 AP classes this year. I barely have time to write this story. But the first chance I get I will!

Also thanks to bobby, creeppieness, Eman, faith, lovely-lily-flower200, Lynx Irisa Black, pixieballerina, PyroGurl4, rachel132, sav, Siriusly Padfoot 12, and Werewolves are People Too (lol, I love your pen name whoever you are!), thank you all for reviewing!

Chapter 7: Suspicions

Harry slowly entered the Gryffindor common room. He saw only Remus. Harry was quite relieved that his father was not there. Harry slowly made his way over to the couch and sat down without a word to Remus.

"Sorry about James," Remus said apologizing for his friend. "He does have a bit of a temper."

"A bit?" Harry asked placing a hand over his stomach once again.

"I know some healing spells, I can make those bruises hurt less if you want," Remus offered. Harry nodded. Remus then muttered an incantation and Harry's bruises became less vivid. "They aren't going to disappear completely, but they're a lot smaller," Remus said putting his wand away.

"Thanks," Harry said gratefully. Good old Professor Lupin.

"No problem," Remus replied. Harry felt very grateful at that moment that he was so close with Remus in his present time. He was very kind. But what Harry did not understand is why he was friends with James. Harry wanted so badly to ask him. He knew he should wait and just ask the future Remus, but he wanted to know now.

"Why are you friends with him?" Harry asked. Remus looked quite taken aback by the sudden question.

"What?"

"I said, why are you friends with James?" Harry repeated.

"Because he is one of the few people in the world who was befriended me. Not caring about..." he paused, thinking of a way to put it, "my differences."

Harry knew immediately that Remus was talking about being a werewolf. So James wasn't prejudice... yes that was a good thing, but he was still arrogant, close-minded, cruel, this list went on. "Oh," was all Harry said in reply.

"I'm sorry he's been so unkind to you," Remus said. "But there is good in him, I promise. Everyone has their bad sides to them. You've just done a fabulous job at bringing out James's bad side this past week."

"Yeah, a terrific job," Harry mumbled in agreement.

"Don't worry Harry, I'm sure it will not be like this forever," Remus reassured him.

"Yeah you're right, I'm leaving in a few months," Harry muttered.

"What was that?" Remus asked.

Harry cursed himself in his mind, how could he say that? He had let something slip. It's okay, just cover it up, he told himself. "I said I'm sure everything will be okay in a few months."

"Oh, okay," Remus said suspiciously.

With Sirius and Peter

"Okay, did you hear her say 'how would you feel if your father'?" Peter asked. "She didn't actually say father, but she was about to, I'm positive of it."

"Yes, that's what I thought she was going to say to. And the fact that she freaked out as soon as she said it and reworded things makes it even more suspicious. But it doesn't make any sense, how would you feel if your father..." Sirius trailed off and started pacing. "Okay, let's take all the facts into consideration. These two kids mysteriously show up one day saying that they're transfer students, even though Hogwarts doesn't take transfer students, they don't have any of their stuff with them because it was 'stolen,'" he said making quotation makes with his hands. "Harry looks exactly like James except for a few differences, and none of the stuff they say makes sense," he finished. "This is driving me crazy! Maybe I should just ask Hermione..."

"She wouldn't tell you," Peter replied. "I think they're death eaters," he announced.

"What?" Sirius asked enraged. "Hermione is not a death eater! And don't you ever say that again!" he warned.

"Look Padfoot, I know you fancy her, but you have to admit that at this point it's the most likely answer," Peter said.

Sirius began pacing again. "She's not a death eater," he said. "I can tell."

"What do you mean you can tell?"

"Look, if she were a death eater, she would have been sorted into Slytherin," Sirius said in Hermione's defense.

"Not necessarily," Peter responded. "I don't think you have to be in Slytherin to become a death eater."

"She's not a death eater so just drop it!" Sirius yelled.

"Fine, forget I said anything," Peter said.

"I gotta go, I'm supposed to meet her at nine," Sirius said glancing at a nearby clock.

"What are you guys gonna do?" Peter asked with a mischievous grin on his face.

Sirius grinned back. "Get your mind out of the gutter Wormtail, I just met her," Sirius said.

"That's never stopped you before," Peter replied.

"I know that, but like I told you, she's not like the other girls. Anyway, I don't want to rush her into anything she's not ready for," Sirius explained.

"Wow, that's deep," Peter said jokingly. "So, if you don't intend to actually do anything with her, then why are you meeting her in the astronomy tower?"

"Um... because its one of the few places we can talk without anyone bothering us," Sirius said as if it were obvious. "You never know when Lily will burst into the common room yelling about something, or when Professor Dumbledore will walk in on you shagging in the Room of Requirement."

"Professor Dumbledore walked in on you shagging in the Room of Requirement?" Peter asked.

"Yeah... that was definitely not my best day," Sirius said.

"Who were you with?" Peter asked.

"Um... Megan... or Meredith... I don't remember, some 'M' name!" Sirius said.

"You don't even know the name of the girl you had sex with?" Peter asked.

"No, I resent that. We never got to finish because Dumbledore walked in on us," Sirius said in his defense.

Peter rolled his eyes. "I didn't even know that Dumbledore knew about the Room of Requirement."

"Believe me, it was quite a shock for me and my date too," Sirius said. Peter chuckled.

"But I mean, it is his school, I bet he knows everything that goes on here," Peter said casually.

As soon as Peter said that, Sirius's head shot up as if he had just thought of something. "Of course Wormtail, you're a genius! Dumbledore never misses a thing that goes on in Hogwarts! So that means, if there is something up with Harry and Hermione, Dumbledore knows about it," Sirius concluded.

"What are we going to do, go and ask him?"

"Of course, what else would we do? Not tonight though, we'll wait until tomorrow," Sirius decided.

With Harry and Lily

"Ugh, why did I even consider going out with him?" Lily asked angrily as she sat down next to Harry.

This is great, my mom hates my dad's guts and my dad hates my guts. We would have been a really functional family, he thought sarcastically. "Because you liked him," Harry replied simply.

"I thought I liked him," Lily corrected him.

Harry wanted nothing more than to agree with Lily, to tell her that he thought she was too good for James, and that he could really be thick somtimes. But he knew Hermione would strangle him. After all, he was supposed to be trying to get his parents together, not make them hate each other even more. He decided to try and take Remus's approach. "Everyone has their bad sides Lily," Harry said.

"Yeah, James just happens to show his bad sides all the time, right?" she said sarcastically.

Harry looked at her seriously. "Lily, I really believe that you shouldn't give up on James."

But instead of replying with some comment about what a jerk James was (this was what Harry expected), she answered him so seriously that it scared Harry. The tone of her voice said that she would never take him back. "Harry, it's never going to happen. I guess it was just not meant to be. I gotta go to the library, I have some homework," Lily said as she started to walk away.

"Lily!" Harry called. She turned around. "What if it was meant to be?" Harry asked. "What if you and James are destined to be together?"

Lily looked into his pleading eyes. She would never understand why Harry wanted James and her to be together so badly. And she knew there had to be some good reason. But what was it? "If it is meant to happen then it will happen," she said at last. Then she turned back around and left.

"Not necessarily," Harry said to himself.

At the Astronomy Tower

Hermione paced around the tower, nervously. What does he think is going to happen? she wondered. Oh, don't be thick, you know what he thinks is going to happen, Hermione told herself. Maybe you're underestimating him. Hermione jumped when she head someone enter.

And to her surprise, it was not at all who she expected. "Um... hi, what are you doing here?" she asked.