OK you guys, I've been noticing the lack of reviews. I know how many of you are reading my story, so how come no reviews? I want to know if I should continue or not… Pretty please?
Remus POV
As soon as Remus regained his ability to think again, he stood up. When he was standing, the other three turned back into humans. As usual, Remus felt exhausted and sick to his stomach. Then he remembered Becca, and he almost fell back down. Peter and Sirius grabbed his arms, and they all started walking back to Gryffindor Tower.
"What time is it?" he asked.
"About 5:15 in the morning," James answered over his shoulder.
"And what happened last night?" Routine questions.
"Well," Sirius hesitated, "Becca was there." Remus braced himself for the worst.
"And?" he whispered. The three boys wouldn't make eye contact. For a long minute, nobody spoke.
"What happened?" Remus begged. Finally, Sirius spoke up.
"Me and Prongs… Er… Weren't exactly fast enough." Nobody looked at Remus. He felt like he was about to start screaming. His worst fear, finally come true.
"So I… Bit her?"
"We're not exactly sure. It might be that your teeth just grazed her neck, but…" James's voice trailed away.
"Sorry, mate." Sirius looked over at Remus.
"Let's get upstairs," Remus managed. As they walked up, he felt like he was going to pass out. The four boys walked into their dormitory to find Becca sound asleep on Sirius's bed.
"What is she doing here?!" James whispered. In spite of everything that had happened, Remus had to smile. Becca was just so kind sometimes!
"She was probably waiting for us," he whispered back. As Remus looked at her, he saw she was wearing a tank top. He bent down to see a monstrosity. Becca's shoulder was ripped from her collarbone all the way down to the very edge of her shoulder. It was bloody and torn, looking like it had come from a rabid bear.
"I did that?" Looking closer, he saw multiple smaller cuts running parallel to the largest one.
"Wait, who gets to sleep with Becca? Because there is no way that I'm sleeping on the floor after last night," James said, completely ignoring Remus. Behind his back, Remus rolled his eyes. James continued, oblivious.
"Well, we all like her enough that we wouldn't let Pete sleep there. Go to bed, Wormtail." Obediently, Peter climbed into his own bed. James continued.
"Moony, you can't even hug a girl without practically fainting." He paused to smirk at Remus, then kept on. Before he could say a word, however, Sirius interrupted.
"You've pledged your undying love to Lily… How many times now? I lost count around 36."
"I stopped counting somewhere around 42," Remus answered. Sirius grinned.
"Which leaves me! See you all later today." Remus got into bed.
"Night."
Sirius POV
"Hey, Prongs. I need advice on something."
"The Great and Mighty Padfoot needs help?"
"Advice, not help. Git." James smiled.
"What is it, Pads?" Sirius sat down on his bed. Becca stirred, then was still again.
"How do I make Becca realize that it isn't just an act around her? I really want her to know, but I she'll think it's all just another act. I pretty much just screwed myself."
"That's easy. Pledge your undying love to her."
"The only problem with that is that I would never do that." Sirius raised his eyebrows.
"Get her alone sometime. Kiss her. I don't know!"
"Fine. 'Night."
"Good luck, Pads." Sirius got into bed, taking off his shirt. He smiled. If there was one way to start anything, why not make it amazingly funny? Silently, he brushed his lips against hers, then fell asleep.
Becca POV
When Becca woke up (When did she fall asleep?), she immediately realized something was different. Did the boys' dormitories have heavier blankets? She looked down, opening her eyes for the first time. Another pair of legs was intertwined with hers. Looking up, she saw Sirius's face right in front of hers. Becca's heart almost stopped. Then she started noticing other things. Tiny details such as the fact that their two bodies were loosely pressed together, Sirius had his arms around her, and the miniscule fact that he wasn't wearing a shirt.
"What? Where did you guys come from? Where is your shirt, Sirius?" she said, sitting up.
"Whasgoinon?" he yawned.
"How long have you guys been here?" Before Sirius could reply, James called from across the room:
"Before we get into, er, smaller details, shouldn't we check your cut?" Grudgingly, Becca nodded. This was more necessary than knowing other details, no matter how important they might seem. Almost immediately, however, she regretted saying yes. Kind of. Well, not so much. Sirius pulled her over and put his arms around her waist, then laid his head on her right shoulder.
"Hey, Moony! You need to go check on the lovebirds!" James called. Becca shot him a look. Hesitantly, Remus walked over, closely followed by James and Peter. Remus bent down and looked at her face. His eyes stared at her for so long she started laughing.
"Becca! I'm never going to see anything that might be different if you don't stop laughing!"
"Sorry." She calmed down quickly. Please, please don't let anything be different!
"Becca? What color are your eyes?"
"Brown. Why?"
"Because they're not just brown anymore. Your eyes are flecked with gold. The same color gold that my eyes are." Everyone looked at her. Even Sirius took his head off her shoulder to look. Becca's eyes widened.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, definitely gold."
"Padfoot, why didn't you tell us? You slept with her last night and you didn't tell us?" James looked offended. Sirius laughed.
"I wasn't exactly paying attention to her eyes…"
"Nobody slept with me!" Becca turned red.
"Well what do you call last night, Becca?" Sirius looked sad.
"Nothing! How long were you guys here, anyway?"
"About four hours," James said.
"You laid here for four hours?!"
"No, I got laid here for four hours," Sirius corrected. Becca tried to look mad. Really, she tried. But when James started laughing and even Remus cracked a smile, she lost all resolve. When she broke down and smiled, Sirius patted the spot next to him.
"Come on over closer, Becca dear. Aren't you still tired?" There was no way Becca was going to give him the satisfaction of saying yes, even though it was the truth.
"I would rather sleep in my own bed, thank you very much."
"So you're still tired?"
"Maybe…" The little git. She looked over at James, who was practically falling over from laughing.
"Did you have fun last night, Becca?" he managed between laughs.
" Oh, ha ha." Suddenly, Remus cleared his throat.
"Can I finish, please?" When everyone was facing Remus again, Becca mouthed a silent Thank you!
"As I was saying, I can't tell if anything else is wrong, so we're going to have to wait until the next full moon." Inwardly, Becca groaned. Then she remembered something.
"Moony, sit down. Did you already put any dittany on your scrapes? Stop it!" She aimed the last comment at Sirius, whose hands had been moving up from her waist. When she turned around, they went back down to around her waist and stayed.
"No, I used the last of my bottle last month. I meant to get some in Hogsmeade, but I forgot to, what with… Things."
"That's fine. I brought mine – Or rather, Lily's."
"Lily?"
"Shut up, James." Becca pulled out the dittany and started dabbing some on Remus's face. In a couple minutes, she had an almost-brand-new Remus in front of her.
"There. Now Sirius, can you please get your hands off me!?" Laughing, he took his hands off her and pressed his entire body up against hers. She couldn't help noticing that he had absolutely perfect abs. When she looked up, her heart practically stopped for the second time that morning. Perfect teeth smiling, grey eyes challenging her to protest, and black hair ruffled from sleep.
"You're such a big, fat, ugly git, Padfoot," she said. Sirius turned to James.
"Do you think I'm ugly, Prongs?"
"Ugly as hell, Padfoot," James replied solemnly, no hint of laughter remaining on his face. Sirius detached from Becca, falling down on his bed with a look of pure agony on his face.
"My life will never be the same!"
"Now that that's all cleared up, does anyone have a hairbrush I could use? I can't exactly use my own right now. Oh, and I need clothes, too. Nobody comment on that," Becca said. Sirius sat up, snickering.
"Prongsie's got two. And some hair gel. Plus his potion and hairspray, too."
"Don't forget that mousse he got last week," Remus interjected.
"Like you don't use it too, Padfoot."
"All I ever asked for was a brush…" Remus tossed her a brush.
"Thanks." He shrugged. Suddenly, James turned to Becca.
"Why were you even out at the Willow last night, Becca? You never got to tell us why."
"Talk to Pete. He said that you guys had told him to ask me," she said, not adding that she came to be with Sirius.
"Pete?!" Sirius looked murderous.
"Why did you almost kill Becca? She could have died. She was almost bitten! Not that it was your fault, Moony." Sirius glared at Peter. Behind his back, Remus rolled his eyes.
"Of course it wouldn't be my fault. The werewolf couldn't have given Becca a werewolf bite. No, that would never happen."
"Well, Pete?! Why did you tell Becca to come?"
"I-I-I don't know," Peter stuttered.
"Yes you do." He glared at Peter, and soon Peter ran out of the room without saying anything.
"There's the Padfoot we all know and love," James muttered sarcastically.
"Who said anything about loving? Or knowing, for that matter," Remus replied.
"He deserved it! He almost killed Becca. Or got her bitten."
"About that, I'm really sorry, Becca. The cuts look really bad."
"It's fine. You didn't know what you were doing, and besides, we already determined that it wasn't that bad." Becca smiled, then James cleared his throat. Here we go again.
"I hate to break up this lovely, festive atmosphere," he said, glancing at Sirius, who had snuck his arms around Becca again and was practically falling asleep on her shoulder, "but we slept through breakfast and I'm starving."
"Lunch sounds great. Let's go," Becca said, standing up.
"Can I at least put some clothes on before we go?" Sirius yawned.
"Don't we all need to change?" James looked around at Becca in her tank top and sweatpants, Remus in his pajamas, and Sirius in just his sweats.
"Wait, did Pete run out in his pajamas?" Sirius asked, grinning. James's eyes widened, then he nodded. They both turned to Remus, who was obviously already coming up with a plan. Becca leaned against Sirius, completely relaxed and happy. Today was going to be a good day, she just knew it.
Lily POV
Lily woke up to find Becca gone. Just when she had finally forgiven Becca, she had to run off again. Sigh. Lily turned to her other friend, Emily.
"Hey, Emily? You awake? It's time for breakfast."
"Yeah, I'm up. Where did you go last night, though? You disappeared for a couple minutes, right after you asked me where Becca was."
"Oh, yeah. I found Becca." Lily kept her face emotionless. Emily smiled.
"Really? Did you forgive her?"
"Well, yes. But she's gone now. Yet again. If she's with Them again I'm going to freak." She scowled. Emily looked thoughtful, then turned back to Lily.
"You know what we should do tomorrow to guarantee that Becca will be here?"
"What?"
"One of our dorm group thingies!"
"Huh?"
"Oh, you know! Where we sit around… Like a huge sleepover? Well, not really huge…" Lily smiled.
"Sounds perfect! I'll tell Becca as soon as I can find her." She couldn't wait. If she planned this just right, she could finally figure out why Becca loved to be around James. Lily just didn't get it! Who would want to be around an arrogant, selfish, kind of cute, amazing seeker? Oh crap. Back where she started this whole mess… She had to stop before it got out of hand again.
OK you guys, please review? At this point I really am considering stopping the story if I don't get any feedback.
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