This was it. This was their last and final year at Hogwarts. After this, well, there was no telling really. They could all go their separate ways. Peter decided that an auror really wasn't what he wanted to do, so he was hoping his N.E.W.T's would e good enough to become a healer. James and Sirius were still dead set on an auror, and Lily was going to be a teacher. Remus wasn't sure. She wanted to do anything, really. She kind of wanted to just travel the world and help people, muggles and wizards alike that had these gifts thrown at them. She wanted to be there for children going through their first transformation, and most of all, she wanted to rip Fenir Greyback's throat out.

The wizard, Voldemort, but nobody really said his name, and Remus never quite understood that, he was trying to recruit giants and werewolves for his army. It sounded about right. He wanted monsters like Fenir that fed on children to go along with the evil in him. It made her furious. Maybe she could get the other werewolves to see the truth, if there were any other werewolves out there. She would have to leave her friends. There was no question about it.

And that would be the most difficult thing of all.

"Hey, Moony!" James waltzed up to her with one arm around Lily, and the other in his pocket.

"Hello, Prongs. How's it going, Lily?"

The girl smiled at Remus and made her whole face feel warm. Lily really was a beautiful girl, and it was nice to finally see her and James together.

"Great, actually. I can't wait to get this year over with."

Remus smiled and said her too, but she really didn't. Hogwarts was truly her home. This was where her friends were. This is where her family was. She really didn't want to leave these guys behind.

"You seen Siri around?" James asked.

"No, I haven't. He's probably just getting up to trouble somewhere."

"Probably." James shrugged and kept walking along with Lily. Tonight was their date night, so Remus wasn't going to be seeing much of them. And Peter was off serving detention, so that only left two of the Marauders. Remus decided to go out side and sit near the Whomping Willow, watching its branches sway in the breeze.

"Moony,"

Remus practically jumped out of her skin when Sirius said that. She turned around and threw the stick she had been playing with.

"Don't do that!"

Sirius pulled out their map and smiled, "How can I help myself when I have this wonderful thing?"

"You could try being mature."

"Mature? I don't think that word is in my vocabulary."

Remus laughed. "Siri, a lot of words aren't in your vocabulary."

"That's why I have you, my walking, talking dictionary and encyclopedia."

"What would you do without me?"

Sirius sat down next to her and shivered as a breeze brushed past the two young adults.

"I don't know." He answered truthfully. They sat in silence. It was not a nice silence, but a much more awkward silence with a topping of tension and frustration.

"What are we going to do?" Remus asked.

"I don't know." Sirius said again.

"I mean none of us really have anywhere to go after this."

"And it's obvious Lily and James are going to get married."

"Which means they'll have to buy a house."

"And we'll be left on our own." Sirius finished. He sat there for a moment before chuckling.

"You're going to have to buy a flat." He said.

"Why is that funny?"

"I don't know, it just is!"

Remus laughed too, glad that the awkwardness went away. She hated feeling awkward around Sirius. He was the one person she was ever truly herself with, and it was awful having to feel like something was going to take that away from her. Maybe that's why she kept her emotions bottled up. If anything got out, she could ruin what she had here, and she truly loved what they had.

"I could never live in a flat."

"Why not?" Sirius asked as he put the map up in his bag.

"The full moon. Where would I go? I'm sure the neighbors would be bound to hear something."

"Then where are you going to go?"

"I don't know."

They sat in silence for a bit longer.

"Do you think it would be wrong if two friends started going out?" Sirius asked.

"What do you mean? Like, best friends since first year?"

"Yeah," he answered quietly. Remus knew what he was asking, and she knew that her answer was going to determine the rest of their year together. She swallowed.

"I don't think so, but I think it would be very difficult, and if it ended wrong, they would never be able to be friends again."

"But don't you think it's worth the try? What if they are meant for each other?" Sirius was now looking at her, his eyes begging her to say yes, it was worth it.

"What if they never could have that type of relationship? What if at one point, they could have, but one of the friends did something that the other could never truly get over."

"Moony, what are you talking about?"

"I'm saying, hypothetically speaking, if one friend were to, I don't know, spill the other friend's deepest, darkest secret by accident, and that friend was finally able to be friends with the first one again, do you really think their trust could ever be repaired enough for a relationship?"

"But what if things like that just make the couple stronger? They already know the absolute worst and best in each other, and they've already learned how to overcome things that seem impossible."

"Well, why would one friend even want to go out with the other friend in the first place?"

"What if that friend is really nice and awesome and kick ass?" Sirius said.

"What if that friend could never get married or have children or a job?"

"What if the first friend didn't care about the other friends problems?"

"But that doesn't make any sense!" Remus said. She felt like stomping her feet and screaming at Sirius just to get her point through his thick skull.

"Love doesn't make any sense!"

"But they would never work out, so why would they feel any connection?"

"Whose to say they wouldn't work out?"

"Whose to say they would?"

Sirius took a deep breath, like it was him who had to get his point through her thick skull. She huffed. He new she was right.

"Both friends have emotional baggage. Both friends are stubborn arses that won't say how they feel for each other. Both of them like the same things. The both fill in each other's faults. They are sitting here like five year olds talking about hypothetical situations instead of just coming out and saying it!"

Remus let out a scoff. She was not a stubborn arse.

"And what is that?"

"You like me!"

How dare he?

"No, you like me!" she yelled back.

"Oh, no, you liked me since the start of second year."

"You were head over heels with me since the end of first year!"

"You loved me ever since I sat by your side and told you you weren't a monster."

"You were in love with me ever since I stood up on that train and took a hex for James because you never thought a girl would do something like that!"

"Maybe I was!"

"Maybe I was too!"

"But," Sirius started, his voice never dropping a decibel, "I always loved you more."

"Ha! Who was the one that constantly took punishment for your actions?" Remus asked because it was just so apparent that she loved him more than he loved her.

"Who was the one that went against all magic laws to help you during the full moon?"

"Who was the one that stood up for you when your mother called you a dirty heathen?"

"Who was the one that healed you every morning?"

"Who's the one that got your arse through school?"

"Who's the one that taught you to dance?"

"Who's the one that helped you make your patronus and not fail DADA?"

Remus and Sirius both stopped yelling at each other for a moment, trying to think of their next comeback, and that was when it hit the both of them. They finally realized what they had been saying. Remus's face went even redder than it already was from the lack of air. Sirius smiled.

"I won."

"No, you didn't. I had the last word." She snapped.

"But I got you to admit you loved me."

"Doesn't matter," she replied, "it's all about who had the best comeback."

Sirius raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, really? Well, then, who's the one that made the first move?"

Remus grabbed Sirius's shirt and pulled his mouth crashing into hers'. It was nothing like any of her other kisses that had always been very chaste and just lips touching, really. This one hurt. His lips were bruising hers, and she made sure to bruise his right back. No way was he getting the best of her. Remus stopped the kiss, pushing him back away from her. A strand of drool pulled from their lips. Ew. She wiped it off. This wasn't exactly the most romantic moment of her life, but for some reason just felt so right.

"I did. So, I win." Remus said with a smile. Sirius starred at her for a moment.

"Alright, but who's the better dueler?"

Remus rolled her eyes. "Easy. Me."

"Ah." Sirius said, wiggling his finger at her, "Without magic."

"Without magi-" she was cut off as he pounced on her, ticking her sides. Remus started laughing so hard it hurt. She was going to pee if he didn't stop. She knew they were on a slight incline, and she gave herself a high five in her mind. With a small push, she used his weight to send him rolling down the hill with her entangled.

At the bottom, Remus sat up, smiling down at Sirius.

"Me. Again."

"You know, most guys don't like it when a girl is better at them."

"You're not most guys."

"That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me."

Remus stood up and held out her hand for him.

"Shut up and go put you big girl pants on. We have to go study for our Newts."

"You know, you should feel lucky."

"Why's that?"

"Because you are the only girl that has ever managed to capture Sirius Black."

"I really do hate you, you know that right?"

"Of course, Moony. I hate you too."

It's done! I'm so sorry about spamming you guys tonight, and I know this probably isn't edited to the best of my capabilities, but I just really wanted to post it all. :)

Also, I had a really hard time thinking of a how Sirius and Remus would actually confess their love for each other, and I know their relationship would be tough and heartbreaking, but I couldn't decide how they would get together.

And then came this.

I hope you enjoyed this fic!