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James was torn. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he knew that what Sirius had said was right, that Remus had no control over what the wolf did. However, Remus had still attacked someone, and to James and what he had been taught, it meant that his parents had been right all along…werewolves were evil creatures who could not be trusted. He definitely didn't think that Peter had been doing the right thing though; he supposed that it just hurt him to think that maybe Remus was a monster after all. Last year when he and Sirius had finally came to themselves and helped Remus, he had thought that nothing could shake his resolve to be his friend…then this had happened and he had spoken without thinking. Of course he couldn't let Sirius know that, he had to uphold his reputation, but it had cost him and he didn't know if he could repair the damage that a few thoughtless words had caused. How could he have been so stupid as to accuse Remus of attacking Peter on purpose? There were times when he thought that he must be one rather large idiot, and this was one of those times. James sighed and ran his hands through his hair, why did he have to be such an idiot?

Sirius:

Sirius cursed under his breath, he was ready to pull his hair out in frustration. Couldn't there be one time when Remus wasn't so good at hiding? Just once couldn't he be easy to find? Of course if the map had been done, then he would have found Remus a long time ago and he wouldn't have been aimlessly wandering the castle for who knows how many hours, searching for him.

Oh look, the hospital wing. Maybe I should go in there and bug Peter—silence the curtains around his bed, perform a few good hexes, maybe punch him twice—no, no, I have to find Remus. Bugging Peter will have to wait, but it is so tempting. I am right here; Peter is on the other side of the door. It won't take more than a few minutes…yeah, I have time.

Sirius opened the door to the infirmary and stepped inside, he was immediately accosted by Madam Pomfrey. Sirius smiled at her, put on an innocent and concerned expression before he spoke.

"Madam Pomfrey, I am sorry that I haven't been in to see Peter yet, I have been a little busy though. Do you think I could go see him, and make sure that he is going to be alright? It would be a pity if none of his friends came to see him while he was under the weather, oh please Madam Pomfrey, let me see him."

"Oh alright, but no longer than fifteen minutes, he does need his rest." The matron waited for him to acknowledge her before she turned and went into her office, filling out forms and writing the requests for more potions to refill the cupboards.

~7.5 minutes later~

Sirius continued his search of the castle, his hands in the pockets of his robes as he whistled a rather cheerful tune. Now he had to continue his search for Remus, he only had about four more floors and two towers left to search…that shouldn't take more than a couple hours in order to search every single nook and cranny. Maybe he should stop by the kitchens and grab himself and Remus some food, surely he was hungry by now.

Remus:

Lily and Severus stayed with him until his stomach gave a rather loud rumble. Their stomachs were not to be outdone and gave equally loud rumbles, causing all three of them to look at each other and laugh. It felt so good to actually laugh, Remus wasn't sure when he had last laughed, he was sure that it had been awhile though. Much to the surprise of the other two, it was Severus who spoke first.

"I suppose we should be looking for some food then. Perhaps we should venture to the kitchens in order to avoid certain people."

He smoothly got to his feet and strode down the corridor. Lily and Remus looked at each other than they too got up and hurried after him. The three of them traveled through numerous passageways and darted behind various statues when they came across other people, it was actually rather fun and the three of them were sporting large smiles when they made it to the kitchens and sat down for a mini-feast. They sat there eating and laughing for quite some time before they all decided that they needed to head to the library to get their homework finished before the weekend was over.

Remus was feeling much better about himself at least, though he didn't think that he would ever feel better about what he had done to Peter. As the three of them walked to the library, he decided that he would have to apologize to Peter, and it would be best to do it that very day. He had already put it off for far too long…he had to at least attempt to apologize to him, even if it wasn't accepted. He would know that he had tried, and that was what mattered.

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