A/N: Thank you guys once again for your lovely reviews. They are amazing and they make me write! The quirky ideas just keep coming! I'm trying to piece them together but still needs some work. I have a vague idea of what might happen in the story but I'm also open to ideas! So what you think people? What would you like to happen and I'll try incorporate some ideas in!

TO: ember marieclaire I was meant to write this message in the previous chapter but I forgot to stick it on so here it is. I do think you should go on to write your next chapter, I would like to see more of Peeves and as a tribute to you I thought I would mention Peeves (in last chapter) in the story! You reminded me there was such a character that I had totally forgotten about, he is one source of major mischief; I'm sure he would be useful in this story. XXx

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RED TEMPER

She doesn't know.

James tried to reason with himself but his better judgment was arguing back with a gut feeling he was trying very hard to turn a blind eye to.

She knows.

Lily never called him 'Prongs'. He had always been 'Potter' or any possible abusive name that she could come up with on the spot but never ever 'prongs'. It wasn't exactly hard to figure out once she had seen what type of animal he could change into and the names were kind of self-explanatory...

Had he been wrong in not using a memory charm? No, James trusted his own judgment of character and it was highly unlikely that Lily would turn them in. However it was unsettling to know that someone outside of the four knew their secret.

Moony had returned with Padfoot and Wormtail in the early hours of the morning. He was pinched with tiredness, looking a lot more scratched and damaged than the others did. He was also withdrawn and very quiet. He listened with indifference to James' suspicion of their secret circle now increased to accommodate five people. Then for the rest of the time, the others respectfully left him alone, patiently waiting for him to start speaking to them first. They knew it must be painful for him to be aware yet have absolutely no control over his lupine instinct. At the same time they also knew they could never truly understand it either.

And so the day stretched on. After lunch they trooped to Potions, a double lesson that the Gryffindors shared with Slytherin. It was a lesson that the Marauders traditionally loved partly due to the amount of friction that they could cause between the Houses.

By the time they got there, half the class had were already seated. James spotted Lily chatting animatedly to her best friend Cerise with Yoanna listening in with a smile. Automatically James made a beeline to her but surprisingly Remus got there first.

"Lily, I uh...wanted to say that I'm truly sorry about...about..." he started with great difficulty and aware that Lily's friends were also listening with curious looks.

"Remus!" Lily looked quite taken aback. Remus didn't dare meet her gaze because he felt a kind of shame that he could not explain. "Remus." She said again, this time more gently. "It's okay. I understand." She said quietly, offering a smile. Remus met her glance. "Honest." Lily made a cross shape over her heart.

Sirius and James having witnessed everything also approached the desk. The two girls that were already seated in the row in front of Lily's was forced to move away so that there were enough room for the guys. Sirius smoothly caught Remus in a headlock and dragged him onto the seat.

"You see that, Moony? We live yet another day as free men!" He declared.
Remus smiled for the first time that day, grateful and relieved. James flopped down onto Lily's desk with admiration. Not everyone could accept a werewolf as easy as that. Of course he and the guys were different because they had already been good friends when they found out.

"You've just reinforced every single thing I feel for you." He told her. Lily rolled her eyes in disgust but Cerise leaned forward, interested in what he had to say.

"And what are these feeling for our Dear Lily then?" she purred. "Has it something to do with Remus' apology." She grinned like a person who had just happened across a juicy piece of gossip.

"No Cee Cee, you don't want to know." Lily interrupted effectively dropping the subject to a halt. Not wanting to draw attention back to Remus, James said no more and got into his seat just in time as Sirius spotted Severus Snape walk in. James shook his head to himself as the pallid Snape deliberately walked straight by them as if wanting to start something.

Lily gave a low moan of disgust. These boys had some issues that they felt needed to be resurfaced every time one or the other was present.

"Don't-" She began to warn but Sirius was already starting.

"Pale, hook nosed and as greasy as ever. Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Hogwarts' finest. The ugly, Miss Severus!" Sirius pretended to commentate as a beauty pageant host. Beside him Peter snorted with a laugh whilst James grinned. Others around also snickered and Remus opened his book.

"Had to fight each other again like animals I see." Snape growled, the corners of his thin mouth lifting ever so slightly. Remus, Sirius and James tensed. Peter stopped his giggling immediately. Snape's words had double meanings. James wondered how he could have blissfully thought there were just five of them that knew; the secret circle was extended to six with one member highly unwelcome. Snape discovered their secret due to an unfortunate prank but he had sworn secrecy to Dumbledore, however this never quite stopped Snape using it as a weapon in their arguments. "Or were you just itching to pass your fleas to each other?"

Lily narrowed her eyes. Some light was shed at last but did Snape know? There was silence in the classroom as everyone waited eagerly to see what would happen next. "They do look bruised and I can see bandages. I wonder what they've been up to." Cerise whispered to Lily who shrugged guiltily. She never was good at lying so she opted to feign ignorance.

"Don't make me regret saving your greasy ass, Snivellus." James warned, his voice low and losing the charm it usually held. This part was beyond Lily but she knew if she didn't do something it would end up with drawn wands just like it always did.

"Potter, stop this right NOW!" she said with her most no-nonsense tone. Cerise tugged at the sleeve of her robe wanting her to not interfere.

James turned around to face her with a restored smile. "I will if you go out with-" he stopped. It was always the first thing that always came to his head and it had taken a lot will power to stop it since it began in his fifth year. It never worked and he had no idea why it suddenly came back.

"Shut up, Mudblood. Who asked you to join in?" Snap snapped. Lily bit her lip and looked up to the ceiling with a strange sense of Déjà vu. Contrary to everyone else, the term hardly offended her at all. She was Muggle born after all and some things just didn't bother her as much as it would others.

James was on his feet in a second, wand already in hand. Sirius were also up glaring at Snape. Snape stared back with equal loathing on his skinny face.

"Hey! HEY!" Lily also got up moving around the desk to stand beside the fuming James. "PUT THAT WAND DOWN! This is MY business." She forcibly tried to push James back onto his seat but he held his ground.

"What so I take it you are siding with low class filthy dogs, now Mudblood?" Snape sneered giving Sirius a pointed look as he spoke. Sirius stepped forward but Lily yanked him back by the collar of his robes and snatched away his wand.

"Shut up, Severus. There's no reason for all this." She said coolly but Snape continued.

"Figures, can't expect anything better from a dirty blooded witch such as yourself."

"I SAID, 'THIS IS MY BUSINESS'!" Lily shouted as James made another move at Snape.

Snape now felt that he had the upper hand. "Shouldn't even be allowed to be called a witch. Good-for-nothing-" Lily had had enough; her patience had been tried and tested. She seized James' wand and together with Sirius' wand she pointed them at Snape. "I said SHUT UP and I mean it!"

Snape's eyes flickered down his hooked nose to the dangerous points of the two wands giving him a cross-eyed look. He wasn't stupid, he knew what Lily was capable of doing and he made the right choice by backing off. He glared at her all the while, his eyes never leaving hers until he sat down in an empty seat.

The Marauders were impressed and also rather frightened by Lily's anger but they were not happy over how the confrontation ended. By the end of the lesson just as they were leaving James did the quickest bit of magic on record. With a point of his wand he had Snape sprouting unsightly hair from his ears making him look like his side burns had gone horribly wrong.

"It's to match you nose!" he called out as the crowd pushed him out of the class.

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A/N: I must say that I'm not particularly fond of this chapter but I felt the story needed something different so that it didn't feel like it was being rushed forward. Plus, Lily seemed awfully understanding and accepting in the last chapter so maybe it was time to show that she's human after all and does have a temper. As for James, he's a Marauder after all and going neck to neck with Snape is part of the job description.

Chap: of course she would have figured it out, she wasn't stupid. Snape. Rose. Sirius flirt potions class. I'll stop if…trails off, both know what he was about to say.