Author's Note: mischief manage: I have an idea for "Hey There Delilah" to be incorporated in this story, and your answer to Loraina figuring Remus out is in this chapter. Enjoy!

The three weeks in which Sirius had been cheating on Delilah went by in a blur. Delilah had thrown a party for him and Remus, with only their closest friends. That had made him feel even guiltier than before, but he repressed it. Loraina had taken to hanging around them more often, but pretending like Remus didn't exist at all.

Remus had made one last, desperate attempt at apologizing before the next full moon, when he was too tired and upset to care. He, James, and Sirius planned out their excuses much more carefully this time, and when the time came, Remus went to the Whomping Willow with a grave expression on his face.

Sirius and James soon joined him in animal form, and they took him onto the Hogwarts grounds, as an upset Remus made for a much slower werewolf. Remus, or Moony more correctly, began to perk up, James and Sirius, in their Prongs and Padfoot forms, were much more content, glad to have brought some happiness to their depressed friend.

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Loraina pulled a sweatshirt over her head and shoved her feet into her warmest slippers. Her thoughts were simply racing too fast to sleep, and she tiredly set out for a walk to clear her head, curfew be damned. She figured her best bet would be to go outside, where people only patrolled in the early hours of the night, and headed out in that direction, quietly humming to herself.

Remus had tried his hardest to get her to forgive him and she knew that. She just couldn't accept his apology until he gave her a straight forward reason and proof as to why he couldn't be there. Without that, she just couldn't forgive him.

She knew that Delilah would be worried if she awoke and Loraina was gone, but she continued on anyway, in her exhausted state. When she finally reached the lake, she lay down under a tree and stared at the full moon. She'd always found the moon so beautiful...

A loud growl and a pained yelp interrupted her thought process, and she sat up, her breathing unsteady at the scare. She saw three large figures dashing at her, two of them obviously chasing the other. With no wand and no other form of protection, Loraina ditched her slippers and began to sprint back toward the castle.

She could hear the pounding of paws, or some other form of animal feet, behind her, and she continued running, the muscles in her legs burning in protest. The loud, feral growl that ellicited from her persuer was enough to make her keep going, before she was forcibly tackled into the ground.

She only caught a short glimpse of the terrifying werewolf before it was thrown off of her by a giant deer. She was then dragged by a big black dog, which she fought all the way. The big deer was attacking the werewolf, and Loraina just didn't have the heart to let that happen. As she was being dragged, she picked up a rock and chucked it at the massive being, which didn't seem to do much. She then realized that her only way of helping the werewolf was to get away from the dog, which she did successfully by punching it.

She dashed toward the werewolf, mentally asking herself if she had a death wish. When she finally reached them, she realized that the deer was a massive stag that was more than half the size of her and she gulped, before throwing caution to the wind and jumping on its back.

It all happened in a blur. The werewolf leapt toward her, and she screamed. The dog jumped in front of her, the stag began to push her out of the way, and the three animals began to brawl. Suddenly, a pained howl was the only sound to be heard as the werewolf began to transform. She watched with wide eyes as Remus Lupin passed out where the werewolf had been standing moments before. She rushed to his side, suppressing her shock as the dog and the stag became Sirius Black and James Potter. The Marauders had a lot of explaining to do...

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Remus awoke to find Loraina watching him with worried and utterly exhausted eyes. They were rimmed red, an obvious sign she had been crying.

"Loraina..."

"Remus..."

"I'm sorry for trying to attack you," Remus croaked. "I...I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want you to hate me more than you already did."

"Remus, I could never hate you, especially not for something you have no control over. I'm sorry for being so ignorant."

"So we're okay?" Remus said slowly and hopefully.

"Yes, you idiot, we're okay," Loraina giggled, kissing him lightly on the cheek. "I'm going to try and get some sleep. You rest, okay?"

"Of course."

"And Remus?"

"Hm?"

"I'm really glad I know now."

"Me too."

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"James?" Lily asked, creeping into the boys' dorm. She found her boyfriend, laying on his bed in exhaustion, cuts covering him. "James!"

"Lily," he whispered, sitting up painfully. "Ouch. Hello there, darling."

"Why didn't you come up to our dorm last night? And what happened to you? And where's Sirius? Shouldn't he be in your bed, not you?"

"Woah, there, Flower."

"Sorry."

"I didn't come up last night because I couldn't make it that far. And as for the rest, sit back and listen, darling, because this is a long story..."

And with that, James filled his girlfriend in on the Marauder's most secret of secrets. The fact that Loraina knew opened him up to telling Lily, and, although he was terrified of her reaction to his breaking of the law, he knew she needed to know.

"We really didn't want to break the law, but it makes our friend's life a little bit less of a hell, and if we can do that, then it's all worth it," James said fiercely, looking up into her eyes. He was surprised when she kissed him slowly and gently, as not to hurt him.

"James," she whispered. "I love you."

His heart was in his throat. That was the first time Lily had ever said that to him, and he grinned at her.

"I love you too, Flower."

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Delilah rushed to Sirius's bedside in the Hospital Wing, tears on her face as she took in his scratched up face and bruised forehead.

"Delilah?" he groaned as he awoke.

"Sirius," she whispered, her voice thick with tears. "You're okay."

"Yeah," he said, wincing as he tried to smile. "I'm fine, love. Nothing to worry about."

"Loraina came to tell me you were here, and I was so scared," Delilah sniffled, tears falling down her cheeks.

"Hey now, don't cry," Sirius attempted to console. "I'd hug you, but I can't really move right now."

Delilah held his hand and kissed it gently. "Don't ever do that to me again, Sirius. You have no idea how afraid I was. I-I think I'm in love with you, Sirius."

Sirius gulped down the guilt that threatened to overwhelm him as he whispered back, "I love you, too, Delilah."

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Loraina sat in her room, hours later, surrounded by her werewolf books. She was berating herself for not seeing all the signs; she had been so wrapped up in Remus's perfection that she hadn't bothered to think he possessed any faults. Her heart swelled at the thought of the blonde boy, whom she now liked even more then she had before. He had held in that dark secret for so long, trying to protect those he cared about.

Loraina made a vow to herself to never leave him alone, to never let him suffer alone like he had been. He had had James and Sirius, of course, but she still felt like there was something beyond friendship that she could give him. When she was positive she was ready to forget their slightly rocky past, Loraina vowed to give him her whole heart.

Author's Note: Okay, so Loraina and Remus still aren't together, but we got two "I love you"s! I am so excited to keep writing about this Delilah/Sirius/Missy thing. I have big plans for that one, particularly Delilah's reaction. Keep looking for chapters! The next one (or two. Or three) should be up in the next couple of hours.