Disclaimer: I wish I owned Lily and James…however I add my own spice into their lives as well as my own plot…and

Here is some Remus and Alexis perspective. I'm going to start putting in part of the previous chapter to refresh your memories since the updating spans for this story are longer than I wanted. I'm going to try using the review reply thingie for people who review this chapter and see how that thing works. But for now,

Steelo: Thank you very much. Hope you enjoy this one as well.

Sarcastic spastic: smeg…lol I like it. Our little Sirius is growing up. You'll see what I mean if you keep reading. You might have been expecting more Lily action this chapter and I was expecting to write that, but my characters ran away with me and left me with this product below, which I actually kind of like because it set the stage for a lot in the future. )

Emma-J-Riddle: sorry no Lily action here, but I can guarantee that you will get to see that very soon. Revenge is sweet )

Last time:

(Lily is being taken care of by Alexis. Sirius acts and helps all his friends try and overcome the shock. Sirius tends to Melissa…

Sirius turned her to him and put his finger under her chin to turn her face to him, "Meliss, Lily needs you now, even if you weren't there before. You can make it up to Lily now by being strong and hanging in there for her now. The past is done, just work on fixing the mistakes that were made before."

Melissa looked at Sirius, her eyes were bright and glistening from the tears in them. Sirius handed her the drink and she downed it and then collapsed into his arms. Surprisingly enough, in his embrace she felt comfort and security. She felt safe….)

And now the story…

Chapter 10: My Safest Place to Hide

A few hours later Melissa, Sirius, and Alexis were heading downstairs to the Great Hall for dinner. James remained in the dorm with Lily to watch over her.

Lily happened to be in pretty bad shape, even with Alexis's healing skills. The bruises on her face were diminished, and so were the ones along her arms. Alexis tried to make her broken leg more comfortable because she wasn't exactly sure how to heal that, and for the bite mark on Lily's neck, Alexis was able to stop the bleeding and patch it up so it didn't get infected. Lily had remained unconscious all afternoon. Alexis decided to go down for dinner to replenish herself and clear her head perhaps.

Alexis walked into the Great Hall and looked around. She wanted to see Remus. And although she wouldn't admit it outright, she wanted to sink into his comforting embrace. She wanted to smell his scent and get lost in him for awhile. She just wanted someone to hold her and help her, and ease her pain. She spotted him talking to another girl from their year. He looked up and saw the three of them. He waved at Sirius, but pointedly ignored Alexis. Alexis stopped dead in her tracks. She was hurt. And then suddenly she remembered the argument that she had had with him in earlier in the morning that day.

Sirius looked over at her as he sat down at the end of the table with Melissa, watching her and helping her eat. Alexis was torn. She wanted to go and talk to Remus, she needed him, but then, at the same time she felt her pride begin to get into her way and keep her from going to him. Alexis took a deep breath and walked over to Remus. She tapped his shoulder and waited for him to look up at her.

"Remus," she said softly, "I need to talk to you for a few minutes."

Remus looked as if he was pondering her question, until finally he said, "Why should I talk to you?"

Alexis was hurt and she held back the tears that were so close to falling.

Alexis was beyond asking now, she was ready to beg, "Remus, please don't do this, please."

Remus didn't look up at her again, he merely said, "I'm in the middle of dinner and I'm having a conversation with Melinda here. I'm busy at the moment."

A few seats down the table, Sirius overheard Alexis and Remus talking. He looked up and watched them.

"Remus, why are you being such a bloody jerk?" Alexis questioned.

Melinda excused herself from the middle of their fight and left the Great Hall. Remus simply glared at Alexis.

"Remus, I need you please," Alexis whispered.

"Well I don't need you Garcia," Remus muttered.

Alexis heard this and the river of tears came forth. Remus looked up at her, just in time to see tears streaming down and to see her turn on her heel and run out of the Great Hall.

Sirius moved down to his friend and said, "She was right mate. You're being a bloody jerk."

Remus was about to say something, but Sirius cut him off.

"I don't know what happened between you two this morning, but you should get over it. She's in a right state. And whatever did happen this morning, she wanted to go fix it, but I kept her concentrated on Lily. Our Lily that's been hurt beyond belief. And Alexis feels so guilty that she wasn't able to stop it. She's been trying to heal her best friend for hours now. And Lily still isn't much better. Alexis hasn't eaten all day, not breakfast, she wouldn't stop for lunch, and now you've prevented her from eating dinner, and on top of that she's on the verge of an emotional breakdown. She came to you, because she trusts you, and even if she won't admit it, you mean something to her. And in case you didn't notice, she was trying to fix things up right now. You of all people should know how much Alexis cares for Lily, and the way you acted was asinine. And I can't believe I'm about to be the big boy and say this, because this is your department, but you need to go and make it right now."

Remus looked at his friend shocked. Sirius was growing up, and now Remus was behaving as the child. And Sirius was perfectly right. Remus was about to get up, but first he put his hand on Sirius's shoulder.

"Thanks, mate. I needed that. But how are you holding up?"

"Just go and make it right."

Remus nodded and with that he left the Great Hall and out onto the grounds to see if Alexis was there. And sure enough, she was sitting in front of the lake with her arms wrapped around her knees.

Remus cautiously walked up to her. He wasn't really sure how he was going to handle the situation.

"Alexis," he said tentatively

She didn't answer him. She just continued looking out over the lake her eyes focused ahead.

"Alexis, you're right I'm a jerk, and I'm sorry, can we talk?"

She finally looked up at him and in a small voice said, "You're not a jerk, Remus, I didn't mean it."

Remus sat down next to her on the grass and she turned away from him. It was silent between them for a few moments.

Alexis broke the silence, "I didn't mean for you to find out like that."

"I was hurt that you didn't tell me something like that."

Alexis looked at him puzzled, "I wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. Coming out and telling people, 'Hey I can read your mind' isn't exactly the easiest thing to do. I can go inside minds without people noticing me, but today I got carried away.

"Remus, you can't tell me that you've never been through that. Telling people something big isn't always easy, especially when those things have the possibility of scaring people away."

Remus gulped wondering how deep inside his mind Alexis had gone. Now would be the perfect time to tell her about his furry secret. It wasn't fair for him to get mad at her about something that he's also been doing.

"Remus," Alexis said tentatively, "I didn't mean to go inside your mind today. I would never mean to invade your privacy like that. Your feelings are emanating around you so powerfully that I can tell you're worried. Your mind is your private sanctuary. Life is about learning things and experiencing them first-hand I don't want to find out about you by going through your mind.

"I don't want you to have to be guarded around me. I want you to trust me just like I trust you."

Remus nodded in silent thought.

Alexis had been watching Remus intently during her speech. Something was up and she could tell he was keeping something from her.

Remus quickly shook himself out of his thoughts. He moved closer to Alexis and held her close to him.

"I'm here for you Alex. Lily is tough, and I know you'll pull her through it. I'll be right here standing by your side all the way. I can be your safest place to hide."

Alexis moved closer to him and sunk into his embrace. She felt so safe and protected with him. With him standing by her side and holding her up, in the end, Alexis knew they would all make it through.

Yes. A shorter chapter again. It felt like a good place to end for now. There's big drama coming up for these two love birds…but now its time to submit a review and tell me what you thought. I would really appreciate some reviews so that I would know that there is support out there for my story )

Oh and before I forget can you guys tell me which you like better…chapters these lengths or the longer chapters like they were towards the beginning? Let me know please…Gracias and did the beginning reminder of the last chapter help? Should I continue doing that? Please everyone that reads this just let me know so I know how to make my readers happy. Thanks guys