A/N: I know you'll all love Chapter 6. You'll love Chapter 7 as well. Chapter 8's pretty damn good also. Actually, there all really excellent, just stay with me. So here it is, full of memory loosing, Sirius actually being serious, bed sharing, and really disturbing (and yet true, sigh…) dreams.

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Chapter 6: Dream, Just A Dream

James didn't remember anything. The last thing he did remember was sitting in the common room with Remus after asking Lily to be his tutor. His mind was cloudy and he could feel a bump on the back of his head. From the plastic smell of the room he was in and the soft pillow beneath his neck, he guessed he was in the hospital wing. Someone had removed his glasses, so he couldn't see clearly, but he could make out two dark figures looking down at him.

"You okay, Prongs?" said an echo of a voice.

"Padfoot?"

"Yeah."

"And Moony?" One of the figures shifted slightly.

"Yeah," he said in a strangled voice. James felt left out, he didn't know what was going on, and Remus and Sirius seemed to know something he didn't. As he put on his glasses (upside down) he saw that they kept sending each other nervous looks.

"Are you feeling better?" Sirius asked nervously. James shrugged.

"What happened?" he asked groggily.

"You can't remember?" Remus asked, his tone almost hopeful. James stared at him quizzically.

"No, we were doing homework, muggle studies, and I can't remember after that." His werewolf friend released a sigh of relief. "What happened?" he repeated.

"You fell down a flight of stairs and hit your head, you've been out for a couple hours." James blinked as Sirius sat down on the edge of his bed.

"Did I miss anything?" he asked.

"No," Remus said, a little too quickly.

"You sure? You're not telling me something." Remus shook his head franticly as Sirius examined the floor tiles.

"Nothing!" James didn't have the energy to argue.

"Where's Lily?" he asked casually, and was stunned by the response. A guilty look stretched across Remus' face and Sirius gazed at him expectantly.

"How should I know?" he said quietly. The bed-ridden boy felt his eyes drooping.

"Whatever, I feel-" but he dropped off to sleep. Sirius tutted at Remus, as Mme. Pomfrey came out of her office behind them.

"Is the poor boy awake?" she asked sharply, standing beside the occupied bed.

"He woke up but dropped back off. He seems fine, but he can't remember the past sixteen hours or so." Mme. Pomfrey sighed.

"I thought that might happen. There's a complicated spell I could do to retrieve the memory, but it is very draining, and should only be preformed if something important he must remember occurred." Remus shook his head.

"No, no, nothing of importance." Sirius glared at him, and he found it highly unnerving. Mme. Pomfrey nodded and returned to her office.

"So you're just not going to tell him and pretend nothing happened?" Sirius asked him, looking down at James' sleeping figure.

"What good can come out of telling him?" he answered.

"So he's just going to remain blissfully unaware that you pine after his crush? How could you not tell anyone, Remus?" Remus wandered aimlessly over to the window and looked over the snow-covered grounds.

"It wasn't important…"

"Of course it's important!"

"What did you expect me to do?" Remus asked, whirling around. "Just tell James that I love his 'property' as he puts it? Have him turn on me like all the other suitors? I didn't want to loose my best friends in the world!"

"We wouldn't ditch you, you could have told us!"

"After what happened last night? I don't think so." Remus had a point, but Sirius hated that his best friend couldn't confide in him.

"At least now you don't have to hide this any longer, at least not from me."

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Lily did her homework in the candle lit room all by her lonesome. She didn't expect Remus to come and find her; she just enjoyed the quiet and the dim lighting. Her bag sat on the foot of her bed, her clothes neatly folded inside. It was peaceful, calming, and the room still smelled like him.

After she finished her potions homework, she felt lethargy spread through her, and the bed called to her. So what if she missed lunch, she could eat a big dinner, and a nap would be perfect. Silently she slipped off her clothes till she was in her underwear, and slid under the cool silk sheets. Lily pulled her hair out of her ponytail and let her smooth locks pool around her pillow. How had she never seen this room before? This was sooo relaxing. She could just doze off…

She woke up suddenly when a door clicked shut. Opening her eyes cautiously, she saw it was only Remus. The room was dark, and lit by moonlight streaming into the window. It seemed well past dinner.

"Oh, it's you," she muttered sleepily. He nodded, and then stood awkwardly by the foot of the bed, holding onto one of the bedposts.

"I got worried when you didn't come to dinner, so I snuck out to see you." She rubbed her eyes and sat up, forgetting about her lack of proper clothing. He did his best to look away and cleared his throat. She gasped and pulled up the sheet up to cover her.

"Sorry." There was an awkward silence. "What time is it?" Remus glanced at his watch.

"Eleven." He yawned. "I don't think I should sleep here, the guys may suspect something. James forgot what happened earlier because of his fall though, that's good."

"Yeah," she said, disappointed that she wouldn't be staying with him. She looked up to see him holding onto the bedpost tightly, as if it was holding him up. He was obviously tired, though he tried to hide it. "Your exhausted," she said. "Can you even make it back to your dorm?"

"Yeah," he said mid yawn. "I'll be – be fine."

"Are you sure? They won't notice if you stay one night." He shrugged as she edged over to make room for him.

"I – I guess not." He pulled off his cloak and shoes, and then stripped down to (gasp) only his boxers, too sleepy to be embarrassed. She eyed his chest eagerly, but pulled her eyes away to meet his gaze. A shiver went up her back as he smiled gratefully at her, before lying down on his back next to her. She dropped the shock and lay down next to him, burrowing into the sheets. Half aware of what he was doing, he pulled her closer, oh so gently, so that her head rested on his neck. Feeling warmer than they'd ever bee, she and Remus drifted off into a dream filled, calm sleep.

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Remus woke up first. He wasn't as surprised, but he couldn't help but wonder how he had fallen asleep with a half-naked Lily pressed up against him. He would have remembered if anything had happened, he was sure nothing had. But there he was, cuddling her. She shifted slightly and pressed herself against him, and he shivered, confused and bewildered. Had he even slept there? He had gone to dinner and Lily didn't show up, he was worried. He had waited in the common room but she didn't show, so he had… gone and checked on her. And never left apparently. He settled back into the pillows and closed his eyes, feeling her light breath puff against his neck every time she exhaled.

Lily walked slowly out from behind the rows of people, feeling her long white gown trailing behind her. The people in the chairs turned around in their seats to admire her. Her father held her arm and guided her down the isle toward an archway, under which a man stood, though she couldn't recognize him, he was too far away. As she neared, she saw it was Remus, with Dumbledore behind him. He looked unbelievably handsome in his black tux. Her father handed her off to him and Remus smiled shyly at her.

"We are gathered her to join Lily Evans and James Potter in the bonds of magical matrimony," said Dumbledore wistfully. Lily looked up at him in surprise, then at her fiancé, to find Potter in his place.

"What?" she snapped. He and Dumbledore looked at her quizzically. "I'm not marrying him!"

"But you have to! Your son must defeat Lord Voldemort!" Dumbledore argued, as James looked at her blankly. Then she noticed a figure standing behind him alone, swinging a locket between his fingers. He smiled at her sadly, nodding as if to confirm what the two were saying. He mouthed, "I will always love you," before he turned around. Lily sat up abruptly in bed, as Remus walked out of the wedding.

"What is it?" the real Remus asked sleepily. She shook her head back and forth as if trying to shake the dream from her head. It's just a nightmare, she told herself. Just a dream, not a freaky prediction, it was just a dream. "What's wrong?" He sat up next to her.

"Nothing, just a nightmare," she mumbled. He pushed some of her hair away from her eyes and she smiled at him weakly. What nonsense, her son would go on to defeat Lord Voldemort? Voldemort seemed worlds away, what did she have to do with it? Why was she still thinking about it? It was a dream. But it had seemed so real…

"Will you always love me?" she asked him abruptly. He spluttered nervously, surprised at the question, having never said "I love you," to her face, and having no way to tell if she loved him back.

"Wha - what?" he choked. She shook her head.

"Never mind, forget that, silly question," she said as she lay back down on her side, facing away from him. He gulped.

"Probably," he whispered, more to himself than her, but she heard him anyway.

"You're amazing, Remus Lupin," she said honestly. He sank back into the pillows, contemplating their odd relationship.

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A/N: Didn't you just love that chapter? I love that chapter. I bet you all hated that dream. Don't worry; you have at least (I don't know cause I haven't written it yet) chapters before James and Lily happen.

So, next time on A Well Kept Secret (AKA The Hogwarts Soap Opera):

"LIKE A VIRGIN! TOUCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIEEEEEEEMEEEEEE!"

Then later:

"I bet you're saving yourself for someone, aren't you Remus? I wonder who… oh look! It's Evans! Let's see if she knows!"

Then in the next chapter:

Remus gagged slightly on the potion, then gulped it down accidentally, trying to get air.

And later on:

"Remus! What in Merlin's name are you doing?" "Well, Sirius, I was under the impression I was snogging Lily Evans."

MWAHAHAHA! I bet you all hate me now. Toodles! (Feel the pain, Perry, this is my revenge.)