Okay, so I know I haven't been on lately (I've been reading 'Hermione Granger and the Heir of Slytherin' so go read it it is soooo good) but I just finished my research paper on the environment (YAWN) and I'm ready to write a lot more hopefully. Once summer comes I will have a lot more up I promise. But anyways, be happy, because this is a REALLY LONG chapter, Like 3000 words. It's more than I usually write anyway, my chapters tend to be about 1700-2000 words. So say thanks!

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"So, who are you going to bring to Hogsmeade with us?" James asked, as he and Remus walked outside for the Quidditch game that was set to begin in two hours.

"I dunno, I haven't asked anybody..." Remus trailed off, thinking of the pleasant time he had as being a werewolf for the last few days.

Sadly, it really was pleasant. Just him and the guys hanging out, no crazy girls stalking him... it was nice. But once he got back, it felt as though it got worse. Really, you'd think the girls at this school had never seen a guy before!

"Moony!" James exclaimed. "You've got to ask someone! Our double date will be ruined if you don't."

Remus snorted. "Please. Your date will be ruined, not mine."

James rolled his eyes. "Details, details... anyway, I've got to go get changed. Go get in your spot commentator!"

Remus shook his head, but waved good-bye and started towards the commentator's podium in the stadium.

Professor McGonagall spent the next fifteen minutes telling him how to work the commentator's microphone. She patted him on the back and walked towards Dumbledore's seat when she was done, and Remus settled in for the next couple of hours.

He was reading a book from the library when he heard a loud crash below him.

He looked down and noticed a short girl with long, curly, brown hair laying on the steps. Remus rushed down there to help her.

"Are you ok?" He asked her, and she looked up. She started, and gave him a timid smile.

"I think I'll live." Remus chuckled and looked to where she had blood coming from.

"May I?" He motioned to her leg. She nodded and he lifted up her robe slightly to see the oozing scrape just below her kneecap.

"Ah," he said, and murmurred the required charm. The blood disappeared, and a new stretch of skin appeared over the sore. "Easily fixed."

"Thank you." Her smile became bigger as she looked up at Remus.

"No problem." He held out his hand. "I'm Remus Lupin."

She shook it and laughed. "I think everyone knows who you are."

"That bad huh?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Oh, I've had to listen to it for a while, but I was the only one of my friends who thought you were just fine before."

"Really?" Remus asked, incredulous.

"Yeah." She smiled, and started walking with him back up to the commentator's podium. "I mean, looks aren't everything. You're smart, helpful, and loyal to your friends. Sounds pretty good to me."

Remus shrugged. "I really didn't think it would make that big a difference."

Her eyes grew big. "Well, I think it takes more than looks to make a person. But it's cool. My friends and I do that to each other when we're bored."

He smiled, and realized at that moment just how pretty she really looked.

She giggled slightly and tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear. "I'm Nora Waylor. My brother's on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Seth Waylor." She motioned towards the field where both the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff teams were warming up.

Remus bit his lip. What to say? How did the other guys manage with this? "Sounds like I'm fratenizing with the enemy then?"

She rolled her eyes. "Very funny. I'm only here this early because I had to get my book from my brother." She held up a tattered biography of Rowena Ravenclaw.

"So? You're a closet Ravenclaw?" He raised an eyebrow. Yes, he could do this. Just because he could feel his heart pounding, that meant nothing. As long as she didn't ask to shake his hand. He wiped it on the inside of the pocket of his robes.

"Not really. It's part of a set. But he was doing a report in History of Magic." She shrugged.

"Isn't he a sixth year?" Remus asked.

"Yeah, but he wants to be a historian. Total dork." They both laughed together.

Nora looked down at her feet and started nudging a rock on the stairs. "Well, um..." she started, "I guess I'd better..." she motioned away and waved good-bye. But she didn't start walking. Remus noticed she almost looked expectant, hopeful.

Ding, ding, ding! There was a lightbulb going off in Remus' head. "Unless you'd rather sit with me?" he questioned.

Nora shook her head. "Love too."

Remus took her books (she was quite the bookworm) and he led her to the podium. He conjured up a chair beside his and they both sat down.

"This is really nice, way better than where I was going to be before." She smiled her thanks to Remus.

"Why is this better? Where were you going to sit before?" Remus asked.

"I was going to sit with my best-friend and her boy-friend. They're both great, but I'd feel like a third wheel." She shrugged.

"That's cool. I feel like sometimes too with my friends." He sighed and thought of Abbie and Sirius.

The stands were starting to fill up slowly. He watched, and started laughing as many Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, and even Slytherins made their way over to where Wormtail was sitting, obviously expecting Remus to be coming by. One lone seat remained open next to him. This only made him laugh harder.

Nora looked confused. "What? Tell me."

Remus pointed out the spectacle, and Nora couldn't help but laugh either. "I guess I've got the seat of honor today. Perhaps I could auction it off."

"Yeah, right." Remus rolled his eyes.

"No seriously, I mean it," Nora teased. "I'd get, what... fifty chocolate frogs? And maybe three bottles of Firewhisky?"

"Shut up!" Remus exclaimed, and laughed.

They continued their banter until it was time for the game to start. Remus turned on the microphone and saw purple sparks. He started, and then realized the whole stadium was waiting.

"Welcome everyone!" he said into the microphone! "I'm Remus Lupin, and it's time for the match to start!"

"For Gryffindor we have Potter, Black, Meadowes, Evans, McKinnon, Longbottom, and Kindle!"

"For Hufflepuff we have Diggory, Waylor, Drew, March, Alector, Stanley, and Fortescue!"

"Let the game begin!" shouted Remus. A collective cheer erupted throughout the stadium.

"And Potter has the ball, he's off towards the Hufflepuff end, and he shoots... oh Waylor blocks and it's to March, he's coming back down.... oh that's a nice Bludger hit by Sirius Black!" Remus said into the microphone. In between following the game, he would just talk about other things.

"Hey, anyone love that essay from McGonagall? Isn't she great?" He smiled over towards where all the teacher's sat, and he could've sworn he saw a blush.

"Didn't you all love that last prank James and Sirius pulled on the Slytherins? I know I did." A collective laugh went over the stadium, and he even saw some Slytherins laughing at that one. Girls, that is.

"Game is tight. Hufflepuff is up by ninety. Come on McKinnon, we really need that Snitch caught now! Oh, look Potter has the Quaffle, he's flying through all the loops, will he make it? He goes for it... YES! Gryffindor scores!" He looked over at Nora, who was smiling along with him. "Hufflepuff 230, Gryffindor 150!"

He was about to keep going when he saw McKinnon and Alector going for a glint of gold. "And the Snitch has been spotted! Who will have it?" The whole crowd held their breath and waited.

"And the winner is... Gryffindor, with a marvelous catch by McKinnon!" Marlene held the Snitch high over her head, and the whole stadium burst into cheer.

"Wasn't that awesome, Nora?" Remus asked.

Nora smiled. "Even though we didn't win, yeah, it was good." She giggled. "My brother will kill me for saying that later."

Remus caught her up in a hug. When he put her down, he asked, "Will you go to Hogsmeade with me?"

Nora's eyes widened. "Oh... yes!"

A collective gasp went up in the stadium. Remus closed his eyes, and counted slowly.

Yes. He had definitely forgotten to turn the microphone off.

He looked out into the stadium, and saw every girl looking at him. Well, every girl except for one. He could see Parker off in the distance, walking back towards the castle.

He looked down at Nora. "Oh joy."

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"Parker!" Remus screamed. "Look at me!"

He was up in their dorm. And apparently, she was mad at him for asking Nora out.

She undid her bed curtains, and put her face inches away from his. "She's just not right for you, ok?"

"What gives you the right to say that?" He asked, feeling a heat in his chest.

"I'm your best friend, and I don't think she's good enough for you."

He rolled his eyes, and walked to the other side of the room, and stared into the fire.

He heard quiet footsteps, and then felt her hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry. I just think you deserve better."

Remus whirled around. "Who then?" He asked loudly, throwing his hands up. "Who do I deserve?"

She was quiet for a minute. She bit her lip.

"Right then." He sighed.

"I just..."

He looked at her, hopeful.

She turned around and walked back to her bed and sat on it. She looked at him. "I'm sorry."

But Remus couldn't have her apologies. He loved her too long, and she would never care.

He walked towards the door. He couldn't stay here tonight. He would rather sleep on the couch in the Gryffindor common room.

"Where are you going?" Parker asked as he put his hand on the door.

"Not here." He said simply.

"Are you coming back?" He knew she didn't mean it in the literal term.

Remus shook his head, and she sighed.

He took one last look at her, and turned back around. "I can't keep waiting for you Parker. It hurts too much."

He turned the doorknob, and walked away.

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"It's Hogsmeade weekend, Moony!" James laughed, putting an arm around Remus' shoulders. "Come on, be happy! Nora and Lily will be here in a matter of seconds!"

Remus shook his head and took a deep breath. "Yeah, you're right." He tried smiling; it felt somewhat real...

"Remus! James!" He heard Lily shouting, and turned around. Nora was behind her, walking with a subtle grace he never caught the first time.

He knew this was the girl he should be trying to fall in love with, and she was really great.

But it was impossible with Parker's stare boring a whole through his chest. She had been trying to get his attention from a couple of days ago, but sad to say, he wasn't going to deal with it. Not anymore.

"Ready?" Nora asked, taking his hand.

"Definitely." Remus smile, and squeezed her hand in return. He looked at Lily, who had a look of disgust on her face. He then noticed James was holding Lily's hand.

"Way to go, Prongs." Remus said, sarcastically, and James laughed.

"Let's get this over with Potter." Remus looked over at Nora, and she rolled her eyes.

"Ten Sickles they're snogging before lunch." Nora whispered.

"You're on." He replied.

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"You owe me ten Sickles, or something to that degree." Nora said, as Remus and she sat in the Three Broomsticks, drinking their butterbeers.

Lily's and James' however remained sitting, starting to get warm from neglect.

"How do you know?"Remus asked, "We haven't seen them."

"I could hear them, though, definitely. It sounded in plain sight, although I couldn't hear them." Nora laughed.

"Probably his Invisibility Cloak." Remus added. "Fine, then."

We finished, and Remus left a note telling James they'd see him later. Nora and Remus made their way through Hogsmeade, looking through different shops. Remus had bought some Sugar Quills, and she bought the latest werewolf romance book. How ironic.

"Do you like werewolves?" Remus asked her, as they left to go back towards Dervish and Banges.

"Ok, don't laugh," she began, "But I find them so... fascinating. They're like my secret obsession."

His eyes widened.

"Stop it. No laughing." She said. "It's not like they want to be that way. And I just love how even the best person can sometimes have a bad side. It's really quite interesting."

Remus couldn't help it. He chuckled. If only she knew. "You really are crazy."

She pushed him playfully. "I said no laughing!"

"Sorry." Remus stopped chuckling. "But seriously, that's actually kind of cool, in a way."

She rolled her eyes. "Now you're making fun of me."

"I'm not. I promise." They both stopped walking. Somehow, They had gotten lost. 'We must've walked by the turn for Dervish and Banges,' Remus thought. 'We're near the forest.'

"I think we-" but he was cut off by her putting a finger on his mouth. She pointed towards the sky, and he realized. They were witnessing a beautiful sunset.

They sat there and watched it until the clouds were pink on the horizon. Nora sighed. "That is so beautiful."

Remus looked towards her. "Not as beautiful as you."

She smiled, and looked towards him. He put a hand on her cheek, and slowly bent down.

He kissed her softly, and she returned it.

He didn't do more than that; He didn't want to push it. He wanted this to really work.

She smiled and took his hand her face and held it in her own; they walked back to Hogwarts this way the whole time. Hand in hand, goofy smiles on their faces.

That night Remus managed to get some more clothes before going down to sleep on the couch.

Before he fell asleep that night, he thought about Nora.

He realized that he did like her, but to make this work, he would have to try and get over Parker. Because he couldn't give his entire heart to Nora if every time they kissed, he saw Parker's face there like just like today.

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Wow, that was long! Sorry such a long wait. I really don't mean to make people wait this long, I really don't! During summer I promise, I will get all my stories finished up!!! Or at least most of them.

During the summer I'll probably have time to update two a day, or more. Depends.

Anyway, I would love more reviews. They might give me incentive to update faster, perhaps??? ;)

Thanks,

KAY