A/N: Finally, an update! I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long. As always, thank you so much to everyone who favorited, followed, and reviewed! To answer some questions, I think that some of you have been wondering about Lily, who has yet to make her first appearance in this fic (trust me, she will not always be absent!). At this point, Lily still hasn't showed any interest in James, and he has been turned down so many times that he doesn't believe she is interested in him at all. So IF Lily has any affectionate emotions towards James at this point, she hasn't showed them what so ever. Also, I think that James hasn't changed his mind about Lily per se, I just always thought that given how many times Lily turned him down ruthlessly, there had to have been other girls. And don't get me wrong, he is not lying about his feelings for Lia, they are real, but that doesn't mean that he has completely forgotten about Lily.

They were pretty much inseparable the weeks following that initial kiss in the alcove outside the great hall. If Aurelia had been mad about James before, it was nothing compared to how she felt now. He had soon become the centre of her world, and they saw each other every day, and nearly every night, as soon as they got the chance to. They met in alcoves, broom closets, in the kitchens, under the tree by the lake, and under his invisibility cloak in the corridors. Of course, nobody ever saw them together. Except for the marauders of course, and perhaps Marlene, who hadn't been around as much lately during the evenings by the lake. Aurelia wasn't sure why the blonde Gryffindor had retreated as of late, but she suspected things had ended badly between her and Sirius. James always did say that Sirius could never stick to one girl, which presumably was what had happened. Whenever Aurelia did meet Marlene, though, she was greeted with a warm smile and a bone-crushing hug. In all honesty, Marlene was much friendlier to her than anyone had ever been, at least in public.

On a particularly cold May morning, Aurelia had been waiting anxiously at the Hufflepuff table in the great hall, all but staring at the doors waiting for the marauders to enter; waiting for him to enter. But once the infamous Gryffindor boys made their way through the great hall for breakfast that morning, James wasn't with them. And he hadn't wanted to see her last night either for that matter. Despite the fact that she wasn't one for being in the centre of attention, and despite the fact that their relationship was quite the well-guarded secret, she couldn't stop herself from marching over to the Gryffindor table. Truthfully, she was worried sick; worried that he was avoiding her, worried that something was wrong, worried hat something had happened to him.

"Where is he?" she demanded, crossing her arms over her chest in determination as she eyed the three hungry boys with guilty looks on their faces.

"Fawley, don't lose your wits, but he's in the hospital wing. He's fine, it's just…"

Sirius didn't get the chance to finish his sentence, because she was already on her way, one of her worst fears confirmed. By the time she got there, she was crying, overanalysing and shaking. He looked pale, where he lay on the bed, right arm wrapped in a white bandage which was turning pink from the blood. It made her sick. The other three boys had looked just fine. Well, except for Remus, who had also been a bit pale and ill-looking. What could possibly have happened to leave James in such a delicate state but not affect the rest of them? Had he done something on his own? Surely, he wasn't that stupid, was he?

"What happened?!"

"It's nothing to worry about, love. Just an animal bite. We were just messing about as per usual, in the forest."

"The forbidden forest, you mean? Merlin, James, how could you be so stupid? And yesterday was a full moon, for all we know you could've…"

She stopped herself, putting the pieces together in her mind. Pieces she really didn't want to put together. It all made sense now, Remus' nickname, the scars across his face, his worn appearance this morning, and James' arm. It was the most terrible truth she had ever learned, and understanding that the bite on his arm wasn't simply an animal bite had her hands shaking and tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Moony. Merlin, James, it was Remus, wasn't it? And your arm, you'll… you'll be just like him. How could you be this stupid?" She was shifting from crying and holding him, to beating his chest with closed fists, devastated and furious all at once. Poor Remus was a werewolf, and now James, her poor James would share his fate. If this was anything other than a nightmare, she had no idea how she would cope. How he would cope.

"Keep it down, woman, would you? And calm down, alright? It's fine, Lia. I'm not infected, it's going to be alright. It'll leave a scar, that's all."

His attempts to calm her down weren't exactly successful. While she wasn't beating on him anymore, as she was held closely to his chest, she was still crying uncontrollably, struggling for air. He was saying these things to comfort her, but she knew that there was no way that they were true. Anyone who had been bitten by a werewolf were infected, and there was no cure. Either he was lying to her or he was lying to himself. Either way, it didn't make things any better.

"Stop lying to me, will you? I know my facts, I've read the bloody literature, and a bite always leads to lycanthropy. I don't need you to protect me!"

"Lia, it's fine. It's not the first time I've been bitten, see?"

He pulled his shirt up slightly to reveal his perfectly toned abs, and a fading scar along his side, which did look dangerously similar to a bite mark. It didn't make any sense, though. Aurelia had never heard of anyone who had been bitten by a werewolf and avoided infection. Even scratches had been known to be infectious, so how could James possibly have been bitten twice without consequence?

"How?" she asked, finally allowing herself to draw in a breath as she traced the scar on his side with her fingers.

"I've honestly vowed not to tell you this, but you're not leaving me much of a choice, are you? Let's just say that only humans can be infected with lycanthropy."

"What? That doesn't make any sense, you're…"

She stopped herself, thinking about what he had just said. He was human, of course he was. How could he not be? Sure, Remus was living proof that things weren't always as they seemed, but Aurelia couldn't see how James could not be human. Unless…

"Prongs," she finally mumbled, partially with a sense of understanding in her voice, yet still hesitant, as though she didn't quite dare to make the guess.

"You're an animagus?"

"You should get to class, Lia. We can talk more tonight. I'll come fetch you around ten, alright?"

He hadn't confirmed it, but he hadn't denied it either. It made sense, though. It was the only thing that made sense, given what he had said, given their bloody nicknames. Their nicknames. Were they all animagi? He did say that he had vowed not to tell her, and if it were only him then they wouldn't give a damn if he told her, would they?

"James?"

"Yes?"

"This doesn't make you any less of an idiot, you know that, right? Quite the opposite, really," she teased, planting a light kiss on his lips before getting up on her feet to leave the hospital wing. He was somewhat of an idiot, and he had quite the talent for dangerous stunts. But she had known that long before she actually got to know him, and it was one of the things she loved most about him. One of many things. To be honest, she couldn't think of anything she didn't love about him. She realized just how deep trouble she was in. She was madly in love with a troublemaking, possible-animagus, Gryffindor chaser. She was madly in love with James Potter, and however stupid it was, she wanted to believe that he was in love with her, too.

A/N: Thought I'd give you some fluff before the drama. As you may have noticed, the school year will soon be over for them, but that does not mean the end of drama! The summer will bring weddings, death eaters and unexpected friendships! What do you guys think? Who is getting married? Who will become unexpected friends? And who are these death eaters? Let me know what you thought of this chapter, and what you expect to happen in the future. As always, any favorites, follows, and particularly reviews, light up my days immensely so please let me know if you enjoy this story!