Hey guys, I'm sooooo, times 10, sorry. Life has just gotten in the way lately, and it has left me no time to write. I wrote all this today in about 3 hours, so I hope that you like it. I tried posting it Saturday and Sunday but something was wrong with the system, but its up now! And big thanks to Nita, my wonderful beta! Well, I'm done babbling, so go read and review please!

Disclaimer: I haven't owned Harry for about 3 months, so I don't now. :-)

James absolutely loved being in the air; for some reason it calmed him more than anything. He did some loops in midair just to let out some pent up energy. James took a deep breath, taking in the beautiful smell that only Hogwarts could have. Opening his eyes, he saw two people sitting by the lake. He didn't even have to take a second look to know that it was Lily, her bright red hair shining in the sun. But it did take him a little longer to figure out who she was sitting next to. There weren't many guys that she would sit next to; she thought that most were just trying to get her to go out with them. He cringed, because he knew that he was definitely in that category; he only knew that because Remus told him. She and Remus were talking quietly together, and he wondered what they were talking about. James decided to take cover so that he wouldn't be spotted by his friend.

Finding a spot that he could easily see his friends and they wouldn't see him, he quickly flew over to a spot near the castle. It was a small indent in the castle beside a turret that he could look around and not be spotted. James was proud of his spot, but right as he was getting comfortable, someone swung the nearest window open, scaring him to the point of almost falling from his broom, but thankfully, he stayed on. His legs were clinging to the broom as if his life depended on it, even though it kinda did. Thankfully he was able to get out of the person's view, so they wouldn't spot him. Then, after they left, he was able to get back up onto his broom by doing a swinging motion that he had been taught early in his Quidditch career.

By the time he had gotten back up and he looked around the corner again, Lily and Remus were gone. Flying out from behind his hiding spot, he saw Lily and Remus walking towards the castle. For a second it looked like Lily looked back towards the lake and saw him, but then she turned around and continued walking with Remus. He thought for a moment, wondering where they might be going to, then the answer came to him: the library. That was one of the only places that Lily and Remus would go together. He decided to just continue flying; afterall, now that Remus was out of the way, Sirius and Peter wouldn't be able to find him. Well, Sirius might be able to, but he hoped that he wouldn't. He just needed a few hours to keep out of his friends' hair, and then he could go to bed without any trouble. But first, he needed to get extremely tired.

Without a second thought he shot through the air on his Shooting Star 500. He was going to make himself so tired that he would pass out the moment that his head hit the pillow. At least, he was doing something he enjoyed while making himself exhausted. While thinking of Lily and wondering what she and Remus were up to, a disturbing thought crossed his mind: Lily and Remus in a secluded corner of the library, hands in each other's hair, both making out like there was no tomorrow. But as soon as it came, James squished the thought out of his mind. Remus would never betray him like that, neither would any of his friends for that matter. And besides, Lily loved him, he thought with a smile, and he sped up toward the field to do some practice, even if it was alone.

Lily was trying so hard to keep her mind on her work, but sadly she wasn't doing a very good job so far. Remus kept on asking her if she was alright, because she had kept day dreaming, her mind always going to a messy black haired man. She decided to finish her essay first, and then worry about James. But just as she thought of this Remus was again trying to get her attention. "Lily? Are you all right? You've been out of it for a while, is something wrong?" he asked questioningly.

Lily shook herself mentally and looked at Remus. "No, I'm fine, Remus. I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night. A closet isn't as comfortable as a four poster bed," she told him while giving him a piercing look.

Remus smirked sheepishly, "I know, I'm sorry, Lily. I knew that once we did it, you wouldn't be happy, but you didn't have to deal with James talking about you all day long. I think that he loves you a lot, but he doesn't know when to stop. So we decided to take things into our own hands and try to either get you together or get James over his crush. I'm not sure which one worked yet though," he told her.

Lily was trying very hard to think up a remark to that statement, Remus was very good at discovering things, especially things that were meant to stay secret. But then again, she was also good at finding out things that were meant to stay secret. As she looked at the smirking face of Remus Lupin she thought of what she found out last year...

One night she was looking out the window of her dormitory window and watched as the door opened from a side door off of the Great Hall, and out came Madam Pompfry and a very sick looking Remus. Curious, she kept watching, wondering what was going on. She watched as nurse and student walked toward the Whomping Willow, and watched as the Hogwart's nurse stopped the wild branches and the two walked out of sight. After about three minutes Madam Pompfry came out of the tree and walked back toward the school. Lily waited only about five minutes before she heard a horrible sound: the howl of a werewolf. From that moment on, she knew what Remus was, but never told him she knew, and never looked at him differently...

She decided to just get this essay done and then try and pull off going to bed early. "Well, there's nothing going on with me and James," she told Remus, but leaving out the 'yet' part. "So, I'm going to get this stupid essay done, and then go to bed early, since I didn't get a good night's sleep yesterday. Besides, there's school tomorrow, so I want to be refreshed for tomorrow. I don't want to be sleeping when I need to focus on passing my NEWTS," she told her friend.

"Alright," Remus said, as he made himself more comfortable, as Lily went back to the books. This time she kept her mind on her animagus essay, and completed it in thirty minutes.

Lily put her quill down with a sigh, she already knew most of the stuff that she got out of the books, so she thought that the essay would get her an O. "Well, I'm done. I'm going to get something to eat and then go to bed. You want to come?" she asked Remus.

Remus shook his head, "Nah, I'm not feeling too hot, I'm going to skip dinner tonight,"

Lily quickly did a check of the lunar chart in her head, the full moon was in four days. She knew why he wasn't looking too great, she hadn't thought of the moon's cycle for a while, but she knew something that would help. "Hey, Remus," she started, but she wasn't sure how to tell him. She had been working on a potion to calm the effects of the rough cycle of the werewolf transformation, nothing big, but it would help a werewolf to do regular things that he or she did up until the transformation, such as eat and sleep regularly. But once the transformation started, then it wouldn't help.

"Yeah?" he asked, wondering what she was going to say that was so bad, Lily looked nervous.

"Could you come with me for a minute? I need to speak to you in private really quickly," she asked him.

"Sure," Remus nodded, "I know the perfect spot," he told her. And grabbing her essay, Lily followed Remus down the hall, still wondering how she was going to broach the subject about knowing that he was a werewolf.

Hey, hope you liked it. And if you guys are lucky you might get another chapter either tomorrow or Wednesday, again if you're lucky, and if life gives me about 2 hours to just sit and write! Which probably won't be likely, but I'll try for missing the update last week!

PLEASE REVIEW! -Jen

PS. The potion that I was talking about isn't exactly the Wolfsbane Poition...it just helps up to the transformation, but it doesn't do anything during it...like help to keep the werewolf sane or anything, like the Wolfsbane Potion does. Just wanted to make that note, didn't want you guys to think that she invented the Wolfsbane Potion. But she might have…don't know. Hope you enjoyed it, and please review, an author needs some reinforcement here. lol.

PSS. There's a story that I am reading along with several others that I thought you should all know about it's called Harry Potter and the Crisis at Nemesarium. Julian, the author, has about 4,000 hits but only 6 reviews! So I thought I would pass along the message to go read and review to a great story! Well, I'm done, and now that you mention it, I wouldn't mind some reviews for my story either.