I never mentioned the fact that Peter had seen us. He never mentioned it either. I felt guilty as hell for a few days but, by the time full moon rolled around, I'd forgotten all about it. Peter seemed to as well. Anyway, it was late at night, the night before full moon, and Remus, Sirius, Peter and I were sitting on our beds, throwing dirty socks at each other and calmly discussing what we would do the next night. Well, calm for us, anyway.

'Why don't you just eat your foul sock and be done with it, Peter, you never want to do anything good!' Sirius was pouting. No, I'm serious. The boy's bottom lip could easily rival that of a giraffes. I never knew a human being's lip could hang so low.

'Stop it, Padfoot, he probably just wants a night off,' Remus berated gently. 'I know I do sometimes…'

We all went silent for a moment. Then-

'Let's invite Lily.'

'Are you serious!'

'Why yes, yes I am.'

'Shut up.' I cut him off. 'She could get badly hurt! She can't transform, she'd be susceptible to a werewolf bite!'

I felt a stab of guilt when I said it aloud like that, as though it was disgusting. Usually, I called it Remus' 'hairy little problem'. People mostly thought he had a wild cat or something. The teachers knew, they glared at me whenever I said it. But a grin and they were handled. I still didn't want to hurt one of my best mates though.

Remus nodded at me. 'James is right, Lily can't know.'

Sirius grumbled under his breath. 'Imagine if we told Snivellus. The idiot would go chasing after us to see if it's true…' He looked up and was met with three identical glares. He shrugged. 'Well, it'll get that idiot back for telling my family that I was planning on being an Auror, won't it?'

We didn't bother answering. Instead, us marginally sane ones (not Sirius) put our heads together and planned.

I was in my own little world. We had discussed out plans until late, going over and over what we needed to do, where we were going and what terrors we were planning on inflicting upon nearby people. Sirius had been strangely quiet. Normally, he's the one firing ideas. But I think that fact that he hadn't been anywhere near Susan in ages (probably because she called him a troll faced pig) was getting to him. I was the only one who knew that Lily knew about Remus' illness. But still, I didn't want her or anyone else getting involved.

'You done that essay yet?'

I groaned. The person in question was hot on my tail, Susan and Bianca trailing more slowly after her.

'If I said I hadn't, would you be very disappointed?'

'Yes.'

'Then yeah, I did ten inches, all top class stuff. You'll be proud.'

'Potter!' Her fist whacked into my chest and I grabbed at my shirt over my heart. 'Oh! Oh, you broke it!'

'I'll more than that if you're not careful.'

Automatically, my hand went between my thighs. 'Ok, so I haven't done it, so sue me. I'll have it done tomorrow, anyway. Why? Need help?'

'No, I was going to ask you the same thing. And why not tonight?' She shot me a look so foul it would have made a troll keel over and die.

'I'm busy.'

'Doing what?''

'Studying.'

'Liar.'

I turned to her and shook my head dramatically. 'You know, lily, our relationship can't grow if you keep doubting me like this.' I gripped her shoulder. 'Let go. I'm here. I'm safe. Our love will flourish and burn as bright as the stars and-'

I ducked as she swatted at me with her hand and tore off down the hall. What? The less she knew about what we did on the full moon, the better.