The next morning Sirius, James and Peter quickly shoveled down a light breakfast before heading to the Hospital Wing. Sirius and James led the way, and Peter followed in their wake, practically unnoticed by the two best friends. Even though Peter was being completely ignored by his new 'friends', he seamed oblivious.

Sirius murmured,"Bit annoying isn't he?"

"Who, Peter? Yeah, I thought he was reserved, but lately he can't keep his mouth shut."

"Do we have to put up with him? Can't we just tell him to leave us alone?"

"C'mon Sirius!" James said, "We can't just ignore him, because there isn't anyone else in our year. He can't be THAT bad."

"I guess we'll just have to get used to it."

Finally, after what seemed like hours, the three boys entered a nearly deserted Hospital Wing.

"There he is!" Sirius pointed at a dirty-blond haired boy lying motionless in a white, linen-covered bed. The boys crept over to Remus's bedside, and almost immediately, his eyes flickered open.

"What are you doing here?" he gasped.

"Came to visit you, of course!" James replied cheerily.

Remus groaned.

"Blimey! What's happened to you?" Sirius asked, aghast. He had just noticed the bandages wrapped around Remus's arms, and a nasty welt that was turning a deep shade of purple on his forehead.

"Nothing." Remus replied, timidly avoiding Sirius and James's expectant gazes.

There was a moment's silence, then Peter spoke. "Are you OK? I saw you limping off the grounds this morning with Madam Pomfrey!"

Remus gulped.

"Oh, no! We forgot! James and I never asked Peter who came out of the Whomping Willow." Sirius exclaimed.

"The only people I saw on the grounds all morning were the nurse and Remus." replied Peter.

"That's it! Remus, you're the werewolf Sirius and I discovered last night in that shack! You have a bruise on your head because you, or your werewolf self, slammed into that door after you saw Sirius. That's why Peter saw you coming out from the Whomping Willow with Madam Pomfrey. She was collecting you after your transformation."

Peter and Remus looked terrified when James finished.

"Gee! I didn't mean to hurt you Reemey!" Sirius said apologetically, now understanding the whole situation.

Peter backed away from the bed, his eyes wide with fright. "A-a werewolf, h-he's a w-w-werewolf?" he asked nervously.

"Yeah...Yeah, I am." Remus croaked, his face turning a greenish color.

At that moment Madam Pomfrey came bustling out of her office.

"Off you go! He doesn't need to be hassled anymore. No more visitors!" she commanded.

"But-" Sirius began.

"You have classes to get to! Out!"

"'Bye, Remus! We'll come back after dinner." James said, turning to the door.

"So...so you both are still my friends?" Remus asked, looking much more relaxed.

"Of course! Why wouldn't we be? See you later." Sirius said following James to the door. Peter was still rooted to the spot.

"Out!" Madam Pomfrey screeched.

Peter squealed and shuffled to the door.

"We're going." James replied, annoyed.

Double potions that morning went painfully by slow. Professor Slughorn seemed to drone for hours. When Sirius resurfaced from a daydream, the class was apparently supposed to be brewing their first potion of the year.

"What page?" Sirius asked James.

"I think he said 32, the hair growth potion." James replied, then leaned toward Lily and Severus, who were sitting in front of him and Sirius.

"Hey, Snivilus! You should be making a potion for less greasy hair, instead of a Hair Growth Tonic! Your hair could really use some decreasing," James teased.

Sirius started laughing. He caught James's eye and they both understood instantly what had to be done. Sirius and James uncapped their ink bottles. After pointing their wands at the bottles, slowly the containers rose into the air and moved towards Snape's head.

"One, two, three." They said together, then flicked their wands. The two ink bottles, now hovering over Snape's head, tipped over dumping their runny, black contents into Snape's greasy hair.

"What the?"Severus yelled, while his hand jerked up to his hair. He touched the ink now running down the side of his head, and tried furiously to wipe it out of his hair.

"Aw, what a pity, that didn't help a bit!" Sirius taunted.

Lily swung around. Her furious emerald eyes bored into James's dark ones.

"You!" she accused, "Why do you have to be so inconsiderate all the time? How would you feel if some one dumped ink in your hair?"

James stared right back at her, then smirked and shrugged.

"You're an arrogant gi-" Lily began, but was interrupted by Professor Slughorn waddling towards them.

"What's all this commotion about? And Mister Black, may I ask you why your cauldron isn't out?" Slughorn inquired.

"Sorry, sir, just doing that." Sirius replied, hurriedly bending down to fetch his cauldron.

"Apparently, James thought it would be funny to dump ink into Severus's hair." Lilly explained.

"I see, thank you, Lily, dear." Slughorn said smiling. "I think these gentlemen deserve detention."

"But sir, we haven't even finished our week-long detention." James pleaded.

"My apologies. Join me in my office Saturday at five. I suggest you get started on your potions, because I'm sure you don't want more detention." With that the professor headed back towards his desk.

"Serves you right." Lilly scoffed.

"I think in the future, we should try and get a minimum of one detention a week." James suggested.

"Agreed." Sirius said.

The boys now turned their full attention to their potions. The last hour of class went by quickly. Their potions didn't turn out badly, considering their late start. Just before the bell rang, Professor Slughorn teetered around the classroom, checking everyone's potions. As soon as he reached Lily and Severus's table he stopped short in awe.

"My, my! We have some talent here. You both made exceptional batches of Hair Growth Tonic. I hope to see these brilliant results the rest of your time here at this school!" He said enthusiastically. When Slughorn peered into Sirius and James's cauldrons, he merely murmured,"Acceptable," and moved on. Just as Slughorn finished examining the last potion, the bell rang and the class quickly filed out.

The rest of the day went smoothly for Sirius and James. They managed not to get anymore detentions - only a few reprimands. After a hastily eaten dinner, they ventured, as promised, back up to the hospital wing,this time unaccompanied by Peter. Sirius, James and Remus had a nice visit, which included a recount of the ink incident in potions. The story significantly raised Remus's morale, giving him quite a laugh. But before long, James and Sirius had to leave, for their third detention.

A/N: The next chapter should be up soon! Please remember to review, I would really like to know how this story is coming along.