A/N: Okay, here's the fifth chapter. I'll update in a few days, seeing as I know where I'm going for chapter six.

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Harry slowly raised his head in hopes of catching a glance of Remus. Somehow, he needed to know if Remus was crying, too; he needed to know he wasn't weak for feeling this much pain.

Fred and George cast uneasy glances at each other, they thought the video was hilarious; they had no idea how much despair it was causing Remus and Harry.

"I think it's time for lunch," Hermione said suddenly. Ron gave her a pleading look, but she just looked at him harshly and grabbed him in a claw like grip. Ginny stood up, too, followed by Fred and George.

One by one, they left the attic, descending through the icy feeling ceiling. Ginny bit her lip and looked at Harry sadly, before following everyone else down.

Harry sniffed a few times and quickly tried to wipe away his tears. He suddenly realized it was only him and Remus left in the attic.

Remus stirred slightly, his head in his hands. Harry wiped at his cheeks more vigorously, getting more and more ashamed that he had cried.

"Don't try to be strong for me, Harry," Remus said quietly, his face still in his hands.

Harry took a deep breath as a single tear slipped down his cheek.

Remus finally raised his head from his palms, looking weary, "Don't feel ashamed for crying. You'd be surprised how many times I have cried over this."

Harry nodded and for some reason; his head was throbbing as if he was drained. Finally, his tears began anew, and he looked at Remus painfully, "Why'd they have to die?" He asked as if Remus would know the answer.

Remus stayed silent for a while as he shifted to look Harry in the eye, "You have no idea how much I want to tell you, 'It was there time, they were ready to leave,' but I can't, because that would be a lie. Your parents were just beginning their life with you, they were so young. You were their entire world Harry. But I don't think they were scared of dying; they were scared of leaving you."

There was a noise deep inside Harry's throat, it sounded sort of like a growl, but both he and Remus knew it was a stifled sob.

"They were so frightened of leaving you to grow up without parents, without the love that they would have provided you," Suddenly tears began brimming Remus' eyes, "Then everything went wrong, and you were left right where they were scared to leave you, without the love you needed."

Harry shook his head slowly, "I miss them so much, and it seems silly…I didn't even know them. It's only a memory I'm missing, a shadow I never knew existed."

"It's the farthest thing from silly, Harry," Remus said, "The only time you remember your parents is when you are reliving their deaths because you are forced to. Now you finally have a chance to get to know the people they were, and it pains you. It pains you to see how clever they were, how amusing they were, and how you'll never get to see them again."

Harry nodded, "You're telling me I don't need to be strong for you, so why are you being strong for me?"

"This is your time to grieve, not mine."

"No it's not," Harry argued, "You're the only one here who understands what I'm going through."

"I have no idea what you are going through." Remus said firmly.

"But you have the closest idea," Harry said, "No matter how much you deny it; this is as hard for you as it is for me."

"Right there," Remus said, nodding his head towards him.

Harry spun around in his seat, wondering what on earth Remus was talking about. "What?" He asked, bewildered.

"Right when you were talking, I saw James." Remus told him, almost proudly. "I get that a lot, when you're talking, or even sitting there, I see one of your parents and sometimes…sometimes Sirius."

Harry felt his heart expand slightly. No matter what Remus said, he knew how to make anyone feel better, even if it was only for a little while.

"I remember when…" Remus' voice cracked, and he coughed as if trying to cover it up. "I remember when your mum and dad would always want people to look at their baby boy…they were so excited to send you to Hogwarts. 'Quidditch Captain' your dad would say, 'Head Boy' was what your mum said. They love you so much Harry, always will."

Harry's lip quivered and Remus lurched foreword, pulling him towards into a rough hug, "It'll be okay, Harry." He whispered into the top of his head, "They're with you always, even right now."

"Thank you, Remus." Harry said sincerely, leaning back to look at him.

Remus shook his head, "Thank you, Harry." He paused They're not really gone…because whenever I see you, I also see them."

Harry smiled slightly, "C-can we watch the other one?"

Remus nodded, "You're a brave boy, Harry." And when Harry opened his mouth to question him, Remus continued, "There aren't many who would listen to Sirius and James sing."

As soon as Remus enlarged the picture and it began to play, Harry immediately realized what he meant.

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"Sometimes I get this feeling when you're around…" James sang, looking into the camera.

"When you are around…" Sirius echoed, closing his eyes and rocking from side to side.

"And when I see your eyes I get all squishy inside…" James sang, attempting to dance along with the beat.

"So squishy inside…" Sirius sang in an oddly high pitched voice.

"Your hair…it brings out the lion within…"

"The lion within…" Sirius sang, now in a deep voice.

"Lily Evans! Can't you see?" James asked, placing a hand over his heart as he twirled around.

"Can't you see?"

"Yeah Lily Evans, you cast your spell on me…"

"Your spell on me…"

"WOULD YOU TWO STUFF IT ALREADY? WE'RE TRYING TO GET SOME WORK DONE, BUT WE CAN'T WITH YOUR BLOODY SCREAMING!"

"SINGING!" James countered, somewhat hurt, "OUR BLOODY SINGING!"

"Maybe it's best you two stop," Remus said cautiously, "And James, I don't think you should have shouted, he's Head Boy."

James shrugged as he looked around at his surroundings. "I thought the common room was the best environment for me to unleash my feelings." He told his three friends, "Little did I know we'd be bashed," He suddenly twirled around to face the Head Boy that was still out of sight, "YOU HEAR THAT? BASHED. LIKE YOU ENJOY DAMAGING MY ALREADY BRUISED EGO, YOU NO GOOD-"

The Head Boy marched into view; a tall, well built boy, and James received a detention.

"So," Sirius whistled after a while, "What are we doing today?"

"I don't care," James said glumly, and with that he strolled over to the common room couch and resumed being lizard boy.

"He is so lucky Lily isn't here," Remus said quietly, "She would have killed him."

"And James would have had his third funeral because of her," Peter added.

"I say we play match maker," Sirius said suddenly.

"What do you mean, match maker?" Remus asked tiredly.

"James and Lily obviously are going no where except down," – Remus and Peter nodded – "So I say we get them together."

"I don't think that's such a good idea," Remus said uncertainly.

"Of course it is," Sirius dismissed, "Now, what should we do?"

"Love potion?" Peter suggested.

"No," Remus said, "It would wear off sooner or later and Lily would be furious."

"So you're going to help?" Sirius asked hopefully.

"Only so you don't mess it up." Remus told him sternly.

It went black for a while, and when it became light once more, it was entirely different scenery.

"Okay, so it really has been two hours, but Remus spend up the camera so it seems like twenty seconds to you guys." Peter informed.

"You do realize there's no one watching this, we're just talking to the camera." Remus said.

"Hey, people will see this some day," Sirius said, "Anyways, we are in an empty corridor, standing by an empty broom closet. Soon, Lily and James will come and we will stuff them inside. They'll snog and then all will be good."

Remus rolled his eyes, "I'm sure that's what will happen, Sirius. I'll be surprised if James comes out of this alive."

"That's a risk we're going to have to take." Sirius said firmly. "Okay, Lily left the common room to go to lunch a few moments ago, so she should be passing that corridor, there."

The three boys followed where Sirius was pointing to see a herd of students scrambling to get to lunch in a crowded corridor down the hall.

"There she is!" Peter whispered excitedly, pointing to a patch of red hair a mist the other students.

Sirius cleared his throat. "HAHA, WE'VE GOT YOU NOW SNIVELLUS!"

"OH NO, NOT ME! NOOO!" Peter cried in his highest pitched voice.

"What the bloody hell do you think you're doing?" Remus asked harshly, "Snape doesn't talk like that, nor does he plead."

"So?" Sirius asked impatiently.

"So, if we're going to make this happen, we have to make it believable." Remus said.

"I think it worked," Sirius said, nodding towards the patch of red hair that was starting to veer away from all the others.

Lily pushed her way through the crowd, and when she finally emerged into the empty corridor, she marched up to the three boys. "What are you doing?" She asked angrily.

Sirius gave Remus a 'I told you it would work look.'

"What do you mean?" He asked sweetly.

"I mean, why was Peter pretending to be a girl version of Snape?"

Remus snorted while Peter blushed.

"Where is James?" She asked suddenly.

"He should be here about now," Sirius said, "I told him you would meet him here."

"Why would you do that?" Lily asked uncertainly.

As if on cue, James came bounding towards them, a beaming smile on his face, "Hey Lils!"

"What's going on?" She asked, taking a step back.

"You said you wanted to meet me, right?" James asked, looking a little crestfallen, "You said so in that note!"

"I did not!" She said defiantly.

"NOW!" Sirius bellowed, and with that the three boys heaved the two bewildered captives into the small confines of the closet. "ACCIO WANDS!" Sirius cried, catching the wands that flew out of there pockets.

The camera floated in after James and Lily, and with that the door slammed.

Lily could hear them muttering locking spells, and she could feel her anger boiling. "LET ME OUT!" She shrieked.

James sniffed her hair, considering they were pressed up against each other. "You smell lovely."

"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" You cried, pointing a finger into his chest aggressively, resulting in him stumbling back and knocking over a bucket.

"I didn't do anything, I swear!" James said.

It was rather dark, but there was still the dim light from the corridor drifting into the cracks in the door. Lily sucked in a deep breath, realizing she was pressed up against James, and it was impossible to move back from him. She could feel his chest press up against her cheek and she inhaled his scent. Shaking herself vigorously, she pushed him back, causing him to bang into the shelves behind him and send empty buckets crashing on top of his head.

"STOP DOING THAT!" He wailed, rubbing his head sorely, while elbowing Lily in the process.

"LET ME OUT!" She shrieked again, attempting to turn around and bang on the door, but knocking over a broom in the process.

"Lily, calm down," James said soothingly, "See the light in this whole mess."

"WHAT LIGHT IS THERE?" She shrieked, some what desperately.

James smirked, "You get to spend who knows how long in a broom closet with me."

Lily had to bite her tongue to prevent herself from vomiting.


A/N: Evil laugh Okay, well the sixth chapter will be the other half of the fifth tape. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it was mostly about Harry and Remus bonding, and a beginning for the next chapter. Sorry if you found this one boring and meaningless, too. The next one will have more humor, so bear with me! I'll update in a few days, because I know where I'm going for chapter six! Please read and review!