"That's not like Remus to just walk off and leave us with a detention like that, don't you think, Sirius?... Sirius? Hey, you listening?" James waved his hand in front of my face while I was cleaning the floor of the boys' bathroom while James was cleaning toilets.

"Hm? Oh, yeah, yeah." I mumbled, not quite paying attention to what he was mumbling on about. I was lost in thought, why did Moony just leave us? Did he know something we didn't?

...

"Here, let me help you with that," Severus had just been knocked down by some group of idiots and spilled his books all along the corridor.

"Oh, er..."

"It's alright, in case you've not noticed, I'm not like the others."

He looked a little sceptic before offering his hand for me to help him up. Severus mumbled a thanks before going to pick up his books. Someone else came along and took one of books off the floor and ran off with it.

"Hey, that's my Potions book! Come back here!" Severus began to run after the person before pausing to look at his other books on the ground.

"I'll get your Potions book, you get the others and wait for me in Transfiguration."

Bolting off after the poor bloke, he had stopped at a trash bin and looked ready to toss it out when I leaped on him, pinned down his arms, grabbed the book and, as quickly as I appeared, left.

...

"What the-? Who was that, Sirius? Someone helping Severus or trying to steal from us or.. what?" James stood up and brushed off his robes and rubbed his arms, looking at the slowly disappearing figure that had just pounced on him.

"I couldn't tell, he was running so fast..."

"J-James! Are you okay!" Pettigrew hobbled over, as quick as his legs could take him.

"Yes, I'm fine, Peter. Just curious..."

"C-Curious? What about?"

"Well, who would pounce on me and not be afraid? And who in their right mind would help Snivellus?"

...

Severus had his mouth slightly open, staring at me with his Potions book in either surprise or shock.

"H-How'd you get it so fast?"

"Well, I was taught how to run fast when I was younger. I was in Muggle school before I received the letter for Hogwarts, I learned track and field. A Muggle sport."

Severus gingerly took his Potions book and mumbled a thanks before going off to his next class, presumably Potions.

I told Lily what had happened after classes and she smiled.

"That was very nice of you, Remus. No wonder Potter was disgruntled today! You pounced on him and helped Sev!"

"What?"

"Oh, James was rambling on in Charms about how he got 'attacked' by someone. It's about time someone took action against him!" Lily beamed at me and gave me a quick peck on the cheek, "And Sev really appreciates what you did for him."

"It... It was no trouble. I only pounced on my best mate to help him, so it's no big deal."

"Yes, actually, it is a big deal. You helped out Sev, who thinks no one cares about him, but now he thinks differently of you, and you alone."

"Well, I..." James and Sirius entered the Common Room, "I got to go talk to him." I whispered before rising from the couch and going over to greet them. Hoping James wasn't about to kill me.

...

"Stupid people think they can bloody well attack me... When I get ahold of that git, he will pay!" James ranted on to me as I sighed and pretended to listen.

"Hi James, hi Sirius. What's wrong?" Remus came up to us as we headed to our shared dormintory.

"Some idiot knocked James over. So, do you have any passwords yet?" I asked, trying to distract James from ranting anymore.

"Ya, they're in my bag upstairs. Did you get the map and spellbooks?"

I slowly looked over at James once Remus said this, who paled.

"Thanks to you, we got stuck in detention! Although we did get them, no thanks to you." James snapped.

...

It was then I decided not to tell James I was the one who helped Severus and attacked him to get it.

"Ya, sorry about that, I figured you two would be good distractions while I got the passwords from Portraits, that's all. Now, are we going to the dormitory or not?" I grinned.

Sirius and James looked at one another, seeming to communicate through body language before racing to the dormitory, myself following behind.