A/N hey, i'm sorry about taking so long to update- but I've been sleeping at weird hours lately as i'm on my holidays now and well, I don't really like the idea of posting an update at like, 2 AM.

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Okay, FINALLY there is a chapter that gets us somewhere. You'll see. Read on beautiful Harry Potter fans- read on.

Chapter 21: The Truth (Two days)

'Two days to go girls.' Dorcas muttered miserably as she walked into our dorm. We were all there apart from Lily.

'Yay' I called sarcastically throwing my hands up in the air.

Marlene rolled her eyes at me, 'What makes you think Andrew won't ask you? I mean you are going to Hogsmeade with him later, right?'

Wait what? I'd totally forgotten about that. 'Oh merlin I totally spaced. What time am I supposed to be there?' I jumped off my bed and ran to my trunk pulling out some clothes that I hadn't bothered to unpack. I prayed I wasn't late- I mean how could I forget about it, it was all I was thinking about yesterday.

Marlene frowned at me, 'You forgot? Babe, Are you sure you want to be going with this guy?'

'What? Yes, I think - why?'

'You think? Girl- you should definitely not be going.'

'Why not?' I frowned as I looked over at her. So I forgot, I have a terrible memory. It's forgivable surely?

She tutted at me, 'don't you ever listen to me: If you have to think about it, then you don't like the boy.'

I remembered her saying that the other day and laughed. 'That's ridiculous- You'd never fall in love with anyone if you aren't allowed to think about it'

'You didn't have a problem with it back then? And you still don't understand. When you like someone, I mean really like someone you won't have time to wonder if they are the right one – to think and consider- your mind'll already be telling you and showing answers in your face. No thought necessary.' she shrugged as she used her wand to curl her blond hair.

I bit my lip and couldn't stop 'Remus' coming into my mind, all those times that I've accidently said that I had weird fuzzy feelings for him in my head. No, Marlene was wrong. It's a ridiculous philosophy.

'Well…' I hesitated forming an argument in my head.

'Did you find out his last name?' Dorcas chimed in interrupting what I'm sure would have been a great argument.

'Um, no. I couldn't find him actually.' But last names aren't really important, are they?

Marlene stared at me, 'You don't know anything about him. Except that his name is Andrew and that he's a Gryffindor. And what he looks like. For shame, Gwen, for shame.'

I bowed my head unwillingly, they were right; I didn't know anything about this boy. Dorcas bit her lip, 'Did you make up with Remus?'

'No.' I said raising my chin stubbornly. Her frown deepened.

'You should talk to him. Like, right now.' She hopped off her bed and dragged me through the common room and up the boy's stairs.

'Dorcas! No! Absolutely not! Merlin you are stronger than you look. Ow, okay stop. Seriously. Okay fine I'll talk to him if you let go!' I said. She rolled her eyes and dragged me to the seventh door.

'Do you think I was born yesterday? you'll just run away.' She said. She held my arm and knocked their door.

I froze as Sirius' voice boomed lazily, 'whoever you are: Go away!' from behind it.

I looked at Dorcas, 'They have spoken - better to do as they-' I made to run but she grabbed me back.

She knocked harder, 'It's Dorcas and Gwen.'

The door swung open. It was Sirius, he was topless. Figures.

'Hello ladies.' He waggled his eyebrows at us. Then he saw me and looked back into the room.

'We came to see Remus.' Dorcas said shaking her eyes from Sirius' bare chest. I rolled my eyes at her.

'But if he's not there then I guess we'll just go back-'I started off.

Dorcas' firm grip stopped me moving even an inch. I glared at her. She smiled back.

Sirius looked at us then opened the door, 'About time I guess, Come on in Gwenzy, and Dorky.'

Dorcas rolled her eyes but never the less pushed me, quite violently a third party spectator might add, into their room. It was messy and smelt of boy. Which made sense, of course. I saw that Remus was standing by the only neat bed that I assumed quickly was his.

'Hey Gwen.' He looked at the floor.

'Lupin' I nodded by way of unfriendly greetings. Dorcas stomped on my foot while James laughed from his bed. James sighed then grabbed something that looked like a robe from his trunk and gestured to Sirius and Peter, 'Well, we should probably go and leave you to it.' they walked to the door.

'Wait' Remus called and for a second I thought he would just leave with them rather than stay and talk to me but he just walked over and stopped them. I watched thoroughly confused as Remus grabbed the fabric James was holding, 'I'll take that then. Since you're so very concerned about our privacy.' He shoved what I now saw as a silvery cloak into James' trunk.

James, Sirius, Peter and Dorcas left. Sirius and James were muttering about him being a buzz kill and ruining their fun. Remus glared at them. Dorcas gave me lily's 'Warning look' that meant I was to be good. She pulled it off pretty well which was surprising.

The left.

Leaving Remus and I. Alone.

'I'm sorry Remus.' I said after a long silence.

He looked up shocked, 'What? Why are you sorry?'

'I'm sorry that I called you Lupin, I'm sorry that I was rude before when we spoke, I'm sorry that I jumped on you in the corridor and I'm sorry for making you avoid me in the first place, I'm even more sorry because I don't for the life of me know what I did to offend you. Which is pretty bad.' There was silence.

Remus seemed to be having some mental battle with himself judging by his changing facial expressions. It looked pretty funny but I'm sure that this wasn't the time.

I preoccupied myself by studying his dorm, the dorm of the notorious 'Marauders'. I'd never been in here before I don't think. They were very 'Gryffindor' true- well, at least one of them was. I looked at the messiest bed beside Remus neat one and saw that the walls around it held Gryffindor banners and Quidditch teams and then Muggle posters of women in provocative clothing. I rolled my eyes- If that wasn't Sirius' bed I'd eat my heart out.

My eyes fell to the bottom of the bed, down below the headboard I saw an opened trunk that was almost vomiting up his possessions all over the room. I followed the trail of belongings not at all surprised by the oddness of them or how random they were. There were normal things like clothes, socks, a comb, shoes, Gryffindor Quidditch robes, a broomstick caring kit then there were weird things like: a toothbrush, a box of feathers, a vial of blue liquid that was probably dangerous and a lot of sweet wrappers.

The trail led right down to my feet and I raised my eyebrows. A book. Huh, that was probably the most surprising of all the things Sirius owned and put in his trunk.

I looked at a book on the floor. 'The most terrifying Monsters to Walk the Wizarding World.' It was exactly the same as the one I have, well- had. I'd lost it somewhere in my dorm.

I bent down to pick it up, 'I have this book, but I lost it. Didn't get to finish. How far have you read?' I said and I opened it for a bookmark or something and a purple one fell out.

Remus' head snapped up and he gulped a big breath, 'No, Wait, Gwen!'

I looked at the bookmark as it feathered slowly towards the floor of their messy room. I recognised that bookmark. It was mine.

This was my book, 'er? Huh.' What? I looked up to see Remus staring wide eyed at me in horror.

What was happening? 'You, erm... took my book?' though it was probably Sirius or James. Maybe I left it in the common room and they found it. Maybe I was subject to some kind of prank by them. Bit of a boring prank though, taking my book. Not their style at all.

Remus' eyes were still wide with horror. I looked at the book in my hand and flicked through it seamlessly. Yes, this was mine, I recognised where I'd folded over the corners with my index figure absentmindedly as I'd read.

Why would they take my book?

'Gwen I'm a werewolf' Remus blurted into the silence just as my fingers flicked to the chapter title in my book, 'Werewolves'.

*GASP* Merlin Remus! You can't just drop something like that on the poor girl...

Yeah, I thought I'd be cruel and end the chapter here. Tell me what you think her reaction will be...

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