James had excused himself and walked out of the café and hadn't come back. Remus was in his room. Most likely on the phone with Kingsley, trying to sort things out before charges were made. Sirius sat shirtless on the bathroom counter while Lily wiped the drying blood off his face. There was a bruise already forming under the skin.

Lily couldn't help the apologies coming out of her mouth. "Please, it was all reflex for him. He was caught of guard when you touched him."

She couldn't tell the emotions Sirius was trying to display as around his nose and eyes were swollen. She thought it best to continue though she could hear Kingsley's lawyer voice telling her to wait for representation.

"His can get phantom pains and sometimes unexpected touch can trigger that pain."

Still there was no change in emotion on Sirius' face. He looked at her as if to continue though.

"Please don't press charges. Remus is already having a hard time dropping false charges and this won't help the chance of that happening."

Lily did recognize the next emotion to flicker in his eyes. Anger. "I wouldn't. I think you know why."

No charges would be pressed. A sigh of relief was let out. Remus would have one less thing to worry about. As for that reason, that was a conversation for the two of them to have. She had promised not to meddle. Not to speak on Remus' behave in any matter regarding soulmate to Sirius.

"How about I get him to clean up the rest while I try and find James, does that work?"

Sirius nodded too eagerly. She knocked on the door of Remus' room. He sat on his bed tracing the blood on his knuckles. Lily usually had a soft approach when it came to Remus. He had been hurt enough for a lifetime. If soft was an option, she would choose it. Right now, she thought a hard and quick approach would move things in the right direction.

"He's requesting you to help in the bathroom. I need to find James."

Remus got up slowly and bushed past her to get to her bathroom. This was going to end up good but hurt like hell going down for Remus. Lily thought of the first time Remus let her touch him after the incident. He had held back tears of what she knew now were phantom pains. Eventually, he would call her when he couldn't sleep to trace his scars to sooth those pains.

Lily never held anything but platonic feelings for Remus, but this was the moment of realization in her mind that she was no longer going to be that person for him. That the emotional connection they shared would no longer be needed. He had found the universe's design for him. She had just been the place holder. Those sleepless dark mornings would slowly stop for her and begin for Sirius.

Where would she be once, they stopped completely? Alone? Playing pretend with a stranger she had randomly met at a bookstore? She wished more for her mother to tell her what to do. For her father to tell her that she was welcome to come have tea with him when she was lonely. She even missed the moments between fights, where Petunia would braid her hair when Lily was taking too long to do it.

She felt a bit of herself die as she saw Remus smile in the mirror at himself. Something he hadn't done in years. Remus was doing it because of him though. One minute with Sirius and Remus had been able to look at himself and smile. Lily had tried for years to get Remus to even remotely like his reflection. Lily didn't want to feel this way. She grabbed a few of her things and picked up her phone.

When she had moved in, Remus had looked over her shoulder while she had deleted his number, but she had always had it memorized. It hadn't changed in the years they had known each other. He was bound to take her back. He had even told her she would crawl back to him. He was right. She needed him when her friends eventually didn't need her anymore.

The phone rang once, twice, before she heard the deep voice of Severus on the other line.