AN:

Sorry it took me so long, I just have so many exams lately...

Thanks for the HP and Twilight lover for the help with the translation(:

Oh and I went through the first chapters and figured I have lots of spelling mistakes (like clock instead of cloak). I'm really sorry about that..and to think I was laughing yestarday on my friend for having spelling mistakes in hebrew (he's from the states). anyway, I'll try to get better at that. if you find any mistakes please tell me (:

Enjoy!

Chapter 6

Remus' point of view

On Friday night the four Marauders sat at dinner and planned their next prank. They didn't decide what it will be yet, but they knew it will have something to do with the slytherins, especially Snape.

Remus didn't really concentrate on his friends' plans. He was busy thinking about his conversation with James that afternoon. He couldn't believe that finally, after all this time he'd been in love with Sirius, he really had a chance with him. He hoped James wouldn't screw it, though.

Remus looked at the handsome guy in front of him, who talked to James and Peter enthusiastically. He was so beautiful, with the black hair that fell gracefully on his forehead, and his full red lips that captured Remus' attention when Sirius talked. Remus wanted to kiss those lips again, but knew it would take time until that'll happen. After all, it will be at least two weeks until the Unspells potion will be ready.

Suddenly Remus noticed his friends stopped laughing, and when he looked at Sirius' face again he seemed tense. After glancing at Remus for a second, he turned to James who sat next to him.

"Moony," Remus heard him say, "Can I talk to you for a moment, alone?"

James sent Remus a look that said you're so owe me, and then smiled at Sirius and nodded. They both got up from their seats and went out of the Great Hole.

Remus' stomach started to ache and he knew he couldn't do it. He had to know what they were talking about, and if James will keep his promise. He gave Peter some lousy excuse and went after his two friends. At first he didn't see anyone, but then he noticed the gate to the grounds was open.

He hurried to get the invisibility cloak out of his bag, covered in it and went out. He and James decided it was best if the cloak stays with him for now, in case Sirius or Peter will want to use it. It'd always been at James', and it was better if it will stay that way.

Remus saw Sirius and James sitting next to a big tree by the lake. It was the place where Remus had kissed Sirius last week. He hurried towards them and stopped behind them, close enough to hear what they said but too far to see their expressions.

"-something important to tell you," he heard Sirius' voice. He sounded much more stress than when he'd talked with Remus a few hours ago.

"Oh, really? What is it?" asked James, sounding nervous as well.

"I wanted to tell you this for a long time, but I never found the right time." Said Sirius, and when James didn't response he continued, "It's hard… I… I'm gay."

There was a short silence between them, and Remus could see the nervous glance Sirius sent to James.

"Oh," he said at least. Remus noticed he'd tried to sound surprised. It sounded a bit pathetic from the side.

"Yeah… I know it's a bit of a surprise, but that's just the way it is…"

"It's okay, Padfoot," said James.

"I'm glad you're okay with it, but that's not all…" Sirius stopped for a second, and then continued with a shaking voice, "I'm in love with you, Moony, for a very long time now. I want to be with you. I want to be there for you when you'll need me. I want to make you happy, and I want to see you smile all the time. I want to be there for you at the full moons and help you, and to make sure you'll never have to go through them alone."

Remus remembered his answer for these things; I want all these things too, but he doubted James' answer will be the same.

It took the boy a few minuets to answer, but finally he said in a clear voice, "That's… that's great, Sirius."

"Really?" Sirius sounded surprised and happy, "you don't find this disturbing?"

"No," said James. "I… I feel the same."

"You- you do?"

James nodded.

For a few seconds no one said a word, and Remus started to worry Sirius might suspect something, but then the silence was broke.

"You have no idea how long I've wanted to hear you say that!"

Remus saw Sirius getting close to his friend, and felt a pang of jealousy in his chest, but the pale boy raised his hand to stop Sirius before he had the time to do what he wanted.

"Not yet," said James in a calm voice. "I'm not ready for it yet."

Sirius pulled away and looked at his friend, "Alright, we'll take it slow." He sounded a bit offended, but he still had a grin on his face. "What do you say about coming to Hogsmeade with me next weekend?"

"Sure," said James, and a huge smile spread on Sirius' lips.

"Great! It will be our first date." He called while getting up, offering his hand to James. They both started to get back towards the castle, and Remus hurried to move out of their way. He went behind them until they got to Gryffindor tower, and then waited for half an hour before he entered the common room.

For the whole weekend Remus tried to think of a way to return James a favor for what he'd done for him. Until on Sunday, he finally found an idea.

"I'm going to make Lily agree to go out with you." He announced to James while they sat in the common room, catching up on every new thing in the other's life. Peter was sleeping in the dorm, while Sirius was at detention for a comment he said to Snape about how it would be lovely to change Snivellus' hair to spaghetti, don'tcha think?

James seemed skeptical, "I've tried to convince her to go out with me for four years, what makes you think you'll do any better?"

"Well, first of all, I'm not really you, in case you forgot," Remus grinned and ducked to defense himself from the pillow that had been thrown towards him. "Besides, I've been watching you all those years, and I know exactly where you were wrong and why you didn't succeed until now."

"So why didn't you tell me?" asked James angrily.

"You didn't ask," said Remus and ducked again when a second pillow been thrown at him.

"So what are you going to do?"

"Wait and see."

The next day Remus waited quietly for his chance. He knew exactly how to catch Lily's attention, but it wasn't just up to him. During lunch the opportunity finally arrived.

"Hey, Potter," said a teasing voice behind him.

Remus smiled to himself, he knew who this voice was belonged to. He glanced at the Redhead girl that sat with her friends a few seats from him, then turned around in a calm face.

"Yes, Snape?"

"I heard they were going to kick you out of the Gryffindor Quidditch team," Said the slim teen and smiled his unpleasant smile at Remus, "because of this injury in your leg." Remus had made sure the whole school will know that he stopped his practices because his ankle had been injured. Of course, that was a lie.

He glanced to his right and saw Lily staring at what was happening in examining eyes. Bingo.

"You heard wrong." He said calmly and turned back to his plate. In front of him sat two shocked boys and a third who seemed like he was about to knock his head on the table.

"I won't be surprise if you don't even have an injury," Snape kept going, raising his voice so everyone in the Great Hole will hear him. "Madam Pomfrey can cure everything in a second. Your team probably threw you away because you suck at Quidditch."

Many of the students' mouths opened wide. Some of them started to whisper between themselves and wonder if it was true, and some of them were just shocked from Snape's insult. After all, everyone knew James Potter was one of the best, if not the best Quidditch player at Hogwarts.

Remus noticed James was about to get up and hurried to kick his leg under the table. Don't say anything, he ordered soundlessly.

"See, Potter? If you don't have anything to say, it must be true then."

Remus turned again, looking at the Snape's arrogant smile. He smiled to himself and got up, "That's a lie, Snape," he said in his calm voice, "and even if it wasn't, I don't think it's in your concern." He saw how Snape's mouth started to get wide in surprise from his reaction. It wasn't a normal James Potter's reaction.

"And now I would be most grateful if you could let me get back to my lunch." He said and sat down back in his chair with a satisfied grin. He started to eat again, sensing how all the eyes were focusing on him. But all he wanted to see was one person's reaction- Lily's.

Like all the other students, she stared at him, not believing to what she had just seen.

Remus could see the shock in her eyes for a second before she turned her back to him and started to eat as well, ignoring him and Snape completely.

Snape sent him one more hostile glare and then walked away while mumbling, "This isn't over, Potter."

During the next week Remus tried to stay away from Lily as possible, and gave her space. He didn't try to act like James and hit on her every minute he saw her, and just smiled at her when their looks had crossed each other's during classes or meals.

"Your hair looks nice today, Lily," he told her while passing by her in his way to Potions on Thursday. Only two more days left before the Hodsmeade trip and Remus wasn't planning to miss the opportunity. He only hoped his plan would work.

When evening arrived Remus decided it was time for the next step in his plan. In the middle of his conversation with his friends about their plans for the next full moon (Remus reminded himself to hurry and find a solution to this issue as soon as possible) he noticed Lily going out of the common room, holding a notebook in one hand and a quill in the other.

"I think I'm going to bed," he told his friends with an apologetic smile, and got up to their room, making sure no one followed him. As soon as he entered the room he ran to his trunk, pulled out the Invisibility cloak and covered himself from head to toes. He returned to the common room quietly and waited for a chance to snick out.

He didn't have to wait long; some third year students entered and Remus hurried to exit the room through the fat lady's portrait.

His legs carried him to the library, where Lily had gone to. He saw her sitting next to one of the tables, reading a thick looking book. He took off the cloak, shoved it to his bag and moved to stand next to Lily.

"Hey, Lily," he said. The redhead girl jumped in surprise, then turned around in her chair and raised her gaze.

"Oh, hey, James," she mumbled distractedly, and it seemed like she realized what she'd just said, since she hurried to correct herself, "Potter."

"Can I sit here?" he asked her politely. He knew James would have sat without asking.

Lily looked surprise, but then said in an annoying voice, "I'm kinda busy," she pointed on her book.

"Maybe I can help you," said Remus with a smile. Lily stared at him.

"Are you serious?"

"Sure," he sat in the chair next to her and looked at the book. It was a copy of 'One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi'. Herbology wasn't his best subject, but he knew a thing or two. "So what is your essay about?"

"The Whomping Willow," said Lily, sending him a suspicious glare.

"You won't find anything on it in this book," said Remus, while chuckling to himself. Oh, the irony. Damn, I'm really starting to sound like James, even in my head!

"And how do you know that?"

Remus shrugged, stood up and started to look through the shelves. He arrived to the Herbology section and looked for a certain book he knew had all the information they needed. When he'd arrived to Hogwarts he'd tried to find anything he could on the tree that was supposed to keep the other students from finding out his secret. He found the book and pulled it from the shelf, then got back to Lily.

"There," he gave her the book and sat down. Lily went through the pages until she found the part about the willow, and then raised her gaze to Remus.

"How did you know?"

Remus shrugged again, "I just… knew."

"Are you sure you're James Potter?" asked Lily and put the book down on the table. "You're acting weird lately."

"Eh, yeah…" Remus smiled, nervously, "I guess I just matured."

Lily seemed skeptical. "I don't know about that," she said, but then added, "Although the way you answered Severus a few days ago was more… mature than usual."

"Thanks, I think." He smiled. "Why did you decide to continue with Herbology?"

Lily blushed, "I want to be a healer."

"Really?" asked Remus, amazed. She'd never mentioned it before, and he was sure she told him everything, like he'd told her. Well, almost everything. "I'm sure you'll be very good at it."

Lily blushed again and smiled, "Thanks."

There was a short silence between them. Remus knew what will be the next thing he was going to ask, but wasn't sure if that was the right time. After a few moments of thinking he decided this was a good time as any other time. "Listen, you're… look, I know I'd asked you this a lot of times before, and to all of them you said no… but I would be really glad if… if you could give me a chance, even one little chance. It's our last year and I want to know I used it properly and tried at least, even if it's my last chance." He felt like he's loosing himself, therefore he lowered his head and said quietly, "What I'm trying to ask is, will you go to Hogsmeade with me this Saturday?"

The silence that came after that question was so burdensome and long that Remus was sure the answer would be no, and that he'd failed. That's why he was very surprised when he heard Lily's quiet reply.

"Okay."

Remus stared at her. "Really?"

"Yes," she said and blushed. "I'll give you one little chance."

A huge smile spread across Remus' face. "Great! So I'll meet you on Saturday morning?" he asked, and when Lily nodded his smile got bigger. "Good night," he said happily, waved at her and left the library. It'd been smoother than he'd expected, and he straggled to realize he really did it. She really said yes, he thought, James is going to love me.