Here's the next part. I don't know if I'll be able to update as often as I was before. I may only be able to get about one or two up a week. Sorry guys. School is being crazy right now.

Sunday morning at breakfast, Remus, Lily, and I walked down early. James had refused to come down the stairs when Lily had called up asking him if he wanted to come with her. He told me to tell her that he was in the shower.

Peter had reluctantly stayed behind to get James to calm down enough to come and eat.

Lily was chatting happily away about school with Remus. I never did understand how they could so easily talk about such a boring subject.

"Hey Lily, I have a question for you. Last night, James was complaining about spilling butterbeer on you. I always thought girls didn't want drinks spilled on them. How come you enjoyed your date so much?" I cut in randomly.

Lily smiled dreamily. "Well, you see, when he was being all flustered, he wasn't acting like a big prat like usual. Seeing him make all those nervous mistakes was extremely endearing."

"So, are you two a couple or something?" I asked.

"I really hope so, but James has to stop avoiding me first. It really wasn't that bad," She sighed, sitting down on the bench.

"He'll come around," Remus assured as he sat down.

Soon after they had seated themselves, James and Peter appeared. Lily smiled and waved at them from her seat.

James looked ready to bolt from the Great Hall, but Peter took him firmly by the arm and dragged him to where we were seated.

"Hi James!" Lily exclaimed with a bright smile at him.

"Hi Lily," James replied nervously, taking a seat next to her. He jumped about a foot off the bench when Lily suddenly took his hand, and started talking animatedly about their date.

I smiled, and turned to Remus, who was watching them with an amused expression. "Look at that, we made James have a chance with Lily."

Remus snorted. "Yeah, sure," He laced his fingers with mine, and we continued to eat our breakfast peacefully.

That is, until a few Sixth year Ravenclaws walked by and pointed at our locked fingers. "Fags," They said with a sneer. I don't know why I didn't see this coming. I guess I really hadn't known how close to a breaking point Remus had been. I started to pull my hand away from him, but he held onto it with an iron grip. He stood up angrily from the bench.

"I'm sick of this!" He all but shouted at the rather shocked Ravenclaws. The Hall fell silent as they swiveled around to watch.

"Everyone is acting as if they're so much better than us just because we fancy other boys. Well, you know what? You aren't. In fact, I think you're below us. You act like you're all that, but maybe you're just covering for the fact that you're gay to. I know for a fact that you are at least Bi. I walked in on you kissing another boy in the Prefect's bathroom. I never told because I didn't want you to go through all this," Remus snarled, pointing at the Ravenclaw Prefect who stood frozen, eyes wide, in the middle of the group. The others moved a few steps away from him. I watched in amazement as my Moony ranted.

"And you lot. If I hadn't said that, would you have backed away from him just then? He's still the exact same person. I mean, he hasn't come onto you has he? So, get over yourselves. If I ever hear the word 'fag' again directed at anyone, I'll give you all a week's worth of detentions," Remus sat back down on the bench, and stabbed angrily at a piece of sausage on his plate.

I looked at the side of his face, about to say something, when suddenly Lily was clapping loudly, along with James who joined in. Pete started in as well, and slowly people around the hall were clapping. Not many, granted, but a good number of people, along with Dumbledore, who's eyes were twinkling more than ever.

The Ravenclaws hurried out of the Great Hall as McGonagall swept down the path between the tables. "Mr. Lupin, as much as they deserved that, I would appreciate it if you didn't start screaming in the middle of breakfast," She said sternly, though a smile was tugging at the side of her lips.

"Sorry Professor," Remus said, slightly embarrassed.

She walked back up to the Head Table, where Dumbledore gave a broad smile to Remus, who looked away quickly, blushing.

"Good show, Remus," James said enthusiastically. Lily nodded vigorously next to him.

"I feel bad, I shouldn't have outed him like that," Remus said moodily, pushing his plate away suddenly.

"He deserved it," I told him gently, squeezing his hand reassuringly.

"Either way, it wasn't my secret to share," Remus insisted. I shook my head, kissing him lightly on the cheek.

"Aww, you two are so cute," Lily's friend, Alice, said, watching us with a smile.

"I know aren't they?!" Lily said excitedly. I could feel my face heating up, so I pretended to be absorbed in my pancakes.

The rest of the morning past by uneventfully. Lily, James, Pete, Remus, and I spent the day lounging in the Gryffindor common room.

"Hey guys?" Peter asked, looking towards Remus and me.

"Hmmm?" I hummed, looking up from the chess game I was currently losing.

"Well, I was wondering, when Remus said the whole thing about secrets this morning, I started to wonder how Snape how found out yours?" Peter asked nervously.

"…Well."

-Flashback ahead-

I glanced around the bookshelf, looking at Moony who was surrounded by a pile of books, looking up information for his Potions essay.

I crept forward quietly, smiling madly. Looking around to make sure no one was watching, I wrapped Remus in a hug from behind and kissed him sloppily on the cheek.

He squeaked, dropping his quill, and turned to glare at me as I dropped into a chair. "No fair, you know if I'm concentrating too hard I don't hear anyone coming," He pouted.

I grinned like the Cheshire cat. "I know, that's the point,"

He frowned at me, shaking his head, and looked back down at his essay. "Look what you made me do Sirius. There's ink splatters all over it."

I rolled my eyes. "There's o n drop, Remus, calm down."

"But it's covering up three words! I'm going to have to start all over again-" I leaned towards him as he ranted gesturing madly at his paper, the quill, the ink bottle, and me.

"You talk too much Moony," I whispered huskily, kissing him mid-sentence.

Unlucky for us, Snape walked around the corner at that moment, muttering about something. He froze when he saw us, and we stared equally as shocked. Snape's face broke into an evil, twisted smile.

"Oh Remus, you are full of secrets aren't you. I may not be able to share the other one, because of Dumbledore, but I can definitely talk about this one," He turned on his heal and fled from the Library.

"-And that's what happened," I finished.

Remus smiled slightly. "The look on his face was priceless, looking back."

I smiled, glad it wasn't as painful to look back as it first had been. Maybe things were looking up after all.

Hope you enjoyed this one. I hope to update soon. =S