Note: Nothing special to say except Happy Summer Vacation to you readers who are done with school for the next 2-3 months. Hey let me know who's on break, I'm curious now:)

They all stood there in silence, almost stunned. It wasn't they heard the door close that they were brought back to relatively and they looked around the room at one another.

Lily and Marlene shared a look and decided to be the first to speak.

"Remus?" Lily said softly and look him in the eyes, knowing it wouldn't do any good if she avoided them, "We don't think any different of you because of what you are."

"Yeah," Marlene agreed, "If anything its pretty wicked."

Remus looked at them as if he couldn't believe what they were saying.

"I mean," Marlene continued. "Who would think, you of all people. You so mellow and down to earth you're the last person I would ever think of too, but hey all of us have to let our wild side out sometimes right? I guess that's just you outlet."

"That's true." Lily said, "Besides you've never given us any reason to think differently of you."

Remus gave a sheepish smile.

"Well said." Sirius smiled at them and James nodded in agreement.

"Thanks... That means a lot actually." Remus spoke finally.

"No problem." Marlene and Lily said at the same time.

"See Moony." James said.

And Sirius finished, "We told you."

"You thought that we would think badly of you because you a werewolf?" Lily asked in disbelief.

"Well... I mean not many people would want to be around me if they knew."

"Well those people aren't your friends and don't know the real you." James said.

"Yeah, the furry you and the boring git that forces us to do our homework." Sirius joked, patting Remus on the back.

Remus smiled at them all, "You guys are the best." Then turned to Sirius and James, "I wouldn't have to force you to do your homework you know if you actually just took the time to do it on your own." He mock glared at them.

"Well now that that's all taken care of, we need to settle one more thing, well two, but ones bigger than the other." Marlene said.

"What's that?" They asked.

"Dumbledore called us all up here and gave us the speech because all of us made a mistake or got the wrong idea about something. Remus got what was bothering him settled because we cleared it up for him and told him ourselves. Now Sirius and I both know that we made our mistakes about this whole situation and that it's our fault that it got this far in the first place. I've apologized to Lily and unless I'm greatly mistaken Sirius apologized to James." She glanced at Sirius who nodded from James's and Remus's side. "We've explained ourselves and know that nothing we did can be forgotten or easily forgiven, though you guys did to an extent and is amazing. However..." Marlene trailed off.

"The one thing that hasn't been settled is the issue between you guys." Sirius said taking over and looking at Lily and James. "You guys became pretty good friends and before Marlene and I...erm...intervened you were both happy, but after that you wouldn't talk to each other, let alone look at one another."

"Now we've not saying that you have to become the best of friends, or go out of anything, just come to talking terms at the very least, because neither nor I want you to look miserable every time you see each other."

"I am not miserable." They both protested at the same time.

"OK then talk to each other." Marlene said, but then when they looked away from each other rather than at each other and talk Marlene nodded her head, "That's exactly what we're talking about."

"Now we're going to leave the room and please don't end up killing each other." Sirius said with a small smile and talked to them like they were small children.

That earned an eye roll from James.

"Yeah, now come on Wolfy." Marlene said as she followed Sirius out the door from Dumbledore's office taking Remus with her.

"Don't call me Wolfy." Was the last thing you heard before the door closed leaving Lily and James alone in the room.

...

There was an awkward silence that quickly filled the room.

They both glanced at each other, but what could they say? Was there anything to be say?

Finally a breath was taken and a sigh was given.

"Look." They said at the same time.

"You go first." James said.

"They're right." Lily sighed, "This is ridiculous, we can't even be in the same room together without it being awkward for one of us and everyone around. Why can't we just work this out? It shouldn't be this hard..."

"I know..." He said, "But-..."

"But nothing..." Lily said, "You heard them, we don't have to go out or anything, just become on civil terms..."

"Well we're talking with no problem right now…" James pointed out and they ended up sharing a small smile.

"We really are a sad pair." Lily said.

"You could say that again Evans." He said then looked her in the eyes for a moment, "Now before you say anything else, just let me say one thing..." Then he looked away from her, "Why did you get so mad at me when I...fought I guess you could say...with Snape?"

It took her a minute to think of something to say, "Well I guess at first it was because Severus was my friend and you, well, were just you..."

James wouldn't admit it, but that one stung a little.

"Anyway after that, I guess maybe it was just the way that you handled him, there are better ways to handle things then dangling someone by their ankle you know." She said which caused James to give a small sheepish smile, "Sorry if that doesn't really answer your question, but that's that best I can answer it..."

He nodded and seemed satisfied with her answer.

"Now answer me this…" Lily said, "Back on the night of the full moon, you said that you were 'done'..."

James bit his lip, not really wanting to answer that at the moment, or in that life time, he really wanted to take that one back.

"Listen about that-"

"You guys almost done in there?!" Sirius's voice came from outside the door, "Come on its lunch and some of us need to eat."

"Leave it to Sirius to put his stomach first." James's laughed slightly.

"So what were you going to say?" Lily asked thinking that Marlene could keep Sirius from barging in for another few minutes and she really wanted to know what he was going to say.

"Oh that? Nothing... Now come on, let's go before Sirius decides to go down and eat all the food first."

She nodded, slightly disappointed that he just blew it off, and followed him to the door when he stopped short for moment.

"Just one more thing." He said and turned around holding out his hand, "Friends?" He was hoping Lily didn't just blow it off.

Lily looked at him then his hand before putting out her's and shaking his hand, a smile forming on her face, "Friends."

Note: Sorry it's not one of my best, but I wasn't sure how else to do this, but the ended turned out right, I think... Anyway night all! Or good day depending on where you are and when you read this.