Her classes were finally here. Remus' whole life she couldn't wait until this moment. It was finally time for her to learn to do magic. If she studied hard enough, perhaps, just perhaps, she could find a cure.

First she had potions with James and a smaller, rounder boy that followed him around like duckling. It was kind of cute, in a way. Then she had charms with Sirius, and then lunch. After lunch she had Defense Against the Dark Arts with James Sirius, and that smaller boy, and then she had Astronomy with Sirius and the smaller boy whose name she found out was Peter.

The first day was easy. It was mainly teachers explaining what they're expectations for their students were. Remus was beginning to relax a bit around her friends, and it was nice.

Over the next few weeks, however, homework started piling up, and Remus spent most of her time coaching the others in DADA, charms, and astronomy. Those were the classes she was best at. DADA was so easy for her due to the fact that she happened to be one of the creatures you learned to defend yourself against. Charms just clicked with her, and astronomy was something she was rather forced to learn at a young age. The only thing she did not understand was potions. She had to stay after class and get help, but that only made it to where she was scraping by in the class.

At least she was no longer making coughing potions that turned her green with a purple tongue. The professor didn't even know how she managed to mess it up that bad. Sirius joked that it was her true gift.

"Guys," James complained, sprawled out on a chair. It was two o'clock in the morning, and they were all frantically cramming for their finals.

"What?" Peter asked, nibbling on a piece of cheese.

"Let's take a break."

"I'm for that!" Sirius said. Remus rolled her eyes and hit him with her book. He let out a sharp yelp, and Remus wanted to call him a baby. She didn't hit him that hard.

"No. You all just took a break three minutes ago."

Sirius rubbed his sore arm and pouted.

"Those puppy dog eyes don't work on me." Remus snapped and put her nose back into her potions book.

"What's gotten into you?" James asked.

"Yeah?" Peter seconded, as he always did with James.

"Nothing." She snapped once more. Sirius smiled his mischievous smile that read, "We found a soft spot, lets annoy the crap out of her until she spills it."

"Guy problems?" he asked, waggling his eyebrows.

"Yes." Remus said sarcastically. "I am so completely infatuated with a man that I can't have. Good for you."

"Who?" James asked, obviously not getting her sarcasm.

"You." She said, the one word dripping in as much sarcasm and "duh" as she could manage. He still did not get it.

"She's joking." Sirius helped. James brushed it off like of course he knew the entire time. Remus rolled her eyes once more.

"So what is it, then?" James asked. "Got a problem with us?"

"No!"

"Are you secretly a criminal?"

"No."

"Are you upset about the whole getting you in detention thing?"

"I'm over that."

"Is this about laughing when you fell off your broom? Because come on, that was pretty funny. Even Peter managed to stay on his!"

"NO."

"What is it then?" James said, exasperated. He flopped down on his back, his limbs strewn over the sides of the chair. Peter finally looked up from his parchment.

"Is it a girl problem?" he asked.

"What's a girl problem?" Sirius and James asked at the same time. James started laughing, "Breaking a nail?"
"Or finding out that Linda snogged Joey, the guy you called dibs on?" Sirius added in. The two boys started laughing, until Remus told them to shut up before Filch came.

"Those aren't girl problems." Remus said.

"Then what are?"

"Peter," Remus said, sugar coating her voice, "Since you suggested it, you explain it."

Peter looked like a deer in the headlights. His beady little eyes protruded from his sockets.

"Umm…well, you guys know, once a month, girls um…you know." He mumbled. Sirius and James both looked slightly confused. "They have their period." He finally said in a whisper of a voice.

James and Sirius started gagging. "Ew! Too much information, Remmy!"

Remus just smiled. If only they knew that her "monthly" was much, much worse than other girls.

"Now get back to studying before I tell you all about my 'girl problems'." That got them to shut up.