You people had better like this chapter. I pulled an all nighter and my motehr is going to be pissed at me. Seriously. The sun is coming up. It's like 6:00 am. I have been typing all night...morning.

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"That was brilliant!" Sirius exclaimed as he threw an arm over my shoulders.

I stopped walking and glared up at him, "Get your damn arm off of me!"

His smile faded and he slowly took his arm off of my shoulder, "Sorry…" He mumbled.

I sighed and moved over to Remus, "You look happier." And he did.

He smiled at me and shrugged.

I looked up at him and smiled back, "Prefect rounds tonight?"

"Yeah," He answered, then something flickered in his eyes, "If you feel comfortable with it that is…" His grin disappeared and he directed his eyes towards the floor.

I positioned myself so that I was in front of him and looking into his down cast eyes, "Remus, what the hell are you talking about?" I gave him a smile. He returned it with a small one.

We stood like that for a moment and then Sirius went, "Ahem." Remus and I looked around and everyone else was ahead of us, Sirius being the only one that stayed behind.

"May we help you with something, Sirius?" I asked, trying to sound nice.

"We have to go to lunch," He murmured.

I stared at his slight frown and walked up to him with an amused expression on my face, "Is anything bothering the great Sirius Black? Perhaps he is…upset, about something?" I smiled.

"No," He casually answered, but his eyes gave him away.

"Sirius, you're eyes betray you." I said.

"It doesn't matter," And he stuffed his hands into his pockets and walked in the opposite direction, away from the Great Hall.

I sighed, damn me and my need to make people happy, "Remus, I'll catch up with you later? Okay?"

He forced a smile and nodded.

I started after Sirius's retreating back, feeling horrible at the thought of having make him feel better.

"SIRIUS!" I called.

He turned around and, looking reluctant, waited for me to catch up, "What?"

"What do you mean what?! You've been acting like a huge douche to Remus, then you snap at me, and now you get all sad on us. What the hell is your problem?"

He shrugs his shoulders and starts walking again, and I follow, waiting for him to say something. He glances at me every so often, and each his eyes fall on me, I feel nervous.

Finally as the picture of the Big Fat Lady comes into view, he says, "I'm just…upset…I don't really know why I've been acting like this." And he slumps onto the floor beside the picture. With a sigh I sit down beside him.

"Well, what made you want to be mean to Remus? He hasn't done anything to you."

He looked down and changed the subject, "When you said that Remus mustn't be in his right mind…did you mean that…he kissed you?"

I blushed, "What does it matter to you if we kissed or not?"

"Cause if he did, then he's fraternizing with the enemy, and I don't like that."

"I'm not Remus' enemy, only yours…and those 4 girls Lily and I beat up…and Gina's and Mary's and Miley's, speaking of which, what did McG do to them?" I asked turning my head to him.

"You haven't even been here a whole week, and you already have a group of girls waiting to kick your ass," He smiled at me, "But I have no idea what happened to them."

"Pssh, no girl could kick my ass…except maybe Lily."

"Now that's something I would enjoy seeing."

"In a pudding pit?" I asked, glaring.

He smiled, "Yes, that would make it more entertaining."

"Mhm, so why are you being an ass today? Not that you aren't one everyday, it's just I've never seen you be mean your friends…of course I've only been a few days, but all the same."

He frowned and shrugged.

"That's not an answer," I sang.

"Well you didn't answer my question either."

"Wrong, I answered it with another question."

"That's not a proper answer."

"I don't have to give a proper answer."

"Well, then I don't have to give you a proper answer," And he stubbornly turned his head away from me, looking like an eight year old.

I giggled and sighed, "Fine, but if I answer your question, you have to honestly answer mine. Deal?"

"Deal."

"Okay…YaIuh,made,hehhem,outwitem..in the,umm,owlery." I mumbled really fast.

"Sorry, didn't quite catch that Love." He looked a little…upset?

I took a deep breath, "Yes, Remus kissed me…and I kissed him back, now answer my question."

"Did…you like it…"

"Why the hell do you care?! Just answer the damn question!"

He sighed, "Like I said before, I don't like Remus fraternizing with you. I feel like he's betraying my friendship, by doing so."

"Ugh, Sirius, darling, get over it. Don't ruin mine and Remus' relationship just because you're a big baby and don't want him hanging out with me."

"Relationship?"

"Friendship." I rolled my eyes, "By what if we were an item?"

"Then I would have to disown Remus as a friend." He smiled, "Or kill you. But I think disowning him would be easier."

I laughed and Sirius looked positively pleased with himself, "Why do you looked all accomplished?"

He smiled at me and shrugged his shoulders.

With a sigh I stood up and started walking back to the Great Hall.

"Where are you going?" He asked, catching up to me.

"To find Remus and Lily-Billy."

"Why?"

"Because I told Remus-Wait, why have to you taken such an interest in my life all of the sudden?" I asked whiling glaring suspiciously at him.

"I haven't," He said casually.

"Then stop questioning the motives behind everything I do."

"I'm not."

I could see it was useless, so I dropped it and started singing, cause I know how much Sirius loves my singing, "…Forced to think that hell is a place called home. Nothing else to do but get some clothes and pack, She says she's about to run away and never come back."

"What have I told you about your singing?"

"That it was horrible, but I've decided that whenever to annoy me, I'm just gonna sing to annoy you even more."

"You're so nice aren't you?"

"Not nearly as nice as you."

He chuckled at my sarcasm, "True. I am one very nice man."

"Don't make me start singing again."

"Oh dear God, please no!" He looked so scared that I might actually start again that I had to laugh, "See I'm not that bad!"

"Pssh, you could not be more wrong. You are one of the worst people I have ever had the misfortune to meet. I just happen to find a few things that you say…humorous."

"No need to spare my feelings or anything," He actually looked a little hurt.

It got quite. I'm bored. I wanna do something fun, "We should have a party."

"Okay, but it might be kinda boring with only you and I there, Love."

"NO! I meant with James, Remus, Lily, Frank, Alice, Me, and you…I guess."

"Don't sound too excited about the idea of me being there."

"I won't."

"Samantha!" Lily called from the Gryffindor table, while waving her arms at me.

I smiled and walked over to her, "You looked like a mad woman, flailing your arms all over the place."

"Well, I am pretty crazy." She smiled.

"So we're having a party." I said while tearing a piece of bread up.

"Define 'we're'…"

"Us," and I waved my hand out to everyone in our small group.

"But why them?!" She didn't even indicate who she was talking about.

But I knew who she meant all the same, "Remus and Frank needs some other dudes to be there. And it would be a perfect time to pull our next prank."

"Hey," James yelled, "It's our turn to pull the prank!"

"Is not!" Lily and I yelled.

"Yeah it is! You did the whole getting mugged prank!"

"And you did the pudding pit!" Lily yelled.

"That wasn't our original prank though," Sirius defended.

"Well, all the same, you pulled a prank, so now it's our turn." I smiled triumphantly.

"We didn't even do a prank!" James said.

"PUDDING PIT JAMES! PUDDING PIT!"

"THAT DOESN'T COUNT!"

"LIKE HELL IT DOESN'T COUNT!"

Remus touched my shoulder, "Inside voices ladies, please."

We each took a deep breath, and I smiled at Remus.

"So, Sam," Frank started, changing the subject, "I was kinda…uh wondering, what made you afraid of Werewolves."

"FRANK!" Alice shouted. Although she and everyone else looked at me with interest.

"Umm…I…umm really don't feel…comfortable…talking about it." I mumbled while looking down at my plate.

"Uhh…let's go to Charm!" Lily said while grabbing her bag and standing up.

"Does Lily know the secret memory?" Damn you Frank.

"Please Frank…can't we just drop it?" Lily asked, clearly stating that yes, she knew it.

"Yeah, I'm sorry, curiosity got the better of me," He mumbled.

I smiled at him and followed Lily out of the Great Hall, "Rather nosy, isn't he?"

She giggled, "That's Frank for ya." We walked in silence to the Charms room.

The Professor was walking pass our table and did a double take, "Why hello. Are you a new student?"

I had to force myself not to cover my ears and shield them from his squeaky voice, "Uhh, yeah. I'm Samantha Montgomery." I gave him an oh so Charming smile.

"Professor Flitwick," He said holding out his hand. I shook it and he walked away.

"Lily, I can't hear!"

She through back her head and laughed then said, "Told you so."

The chair next to me slid out, I looked over to see Remus sitting by me.

"Do you guys mind if I sit here?" He asked.

"Not at all," We each replied.

"Looky Padfoot! More spectacular seats!"

"Why Prongs, this is simply splendid!"

Hate them. Actually not James that much. He's kinda funny. But, I guess I really don't like either of them. Sirius more so than James though.

"Moony! Why aren't you sitting by me?!" Sirius asked. I turned around to see him wearing a pout.

"Because, Sirius, Lily and I aren't annoying like you and James," I said with a smile. He just stuck his tongue out.

"But Remus loves us more than he loves you two! Isn't that right Moony?" Sirius pouted again. Damn, that's an adorable pout.

"No he doesn't! Lily and I are so much more lovable than you two!"

"Like hell you are!"

I looked at Remus, but directed my words to Sirius, "Sirius darling, I know that you are desperately in Love with our Remus, but he is mine and Lily's. I hear that Potter guy is single though. Maybe you should see if he's interested."

Lily snorted and Remus laughed.

Sirius looked at James and wrinkled his nose, "Ew. He's to conceited for my liking."

I started laughing and Sirius smiled.

"Okay class, today we will be discussing the theory of…" Once again I tuned out and resorted to doodling on a piece of parchment. Lily and I were in the middle of drawing a hilarious picture of Professor Flitwick, when the piece of parchment disappeared. I snapped my head up as quickly as I could and turned around and saw James and Sirius leaning over our paper.

They each had huge smiles on their faces as they studied our drawing.

"Can we have our picture back?" Lily hissed.

"Since when do you doodle in the middle of class, Miss Evans?" Sirius whispered back.

"I don't, Samantha does."

I looked at her, "Hey! If my memory serves me correct, I do believe it was you who the shorty Mcshort shorts on our dear Professor!"

"Shorty Mcshort shorts?" Sirius raised an eyebrow.

"Yes."

He just smiled and looked back at our picture.

"Lily…why would you draw those? Do you want to see Flitwick in shorty shorts?" James asked.

"Shorty Mcshort shorts," I corrected.

He glanced at me, then looked back at Lily.

"Potter, why would I want to see our 60 some year old teacher in shorty shorts?"

"You forgot the Mcshort!" Sirius interrupted.

Lily glared and James shrugged his shoulders at her comment.

"Because you like older men Lily…extremely older men." I said.

Lily started laughing and James looked horror struck. Remus had stopped writing notes to listen to our little conversation.

"Is something go in in the back of-" Flitwick's voice was cut off by the bell. I snatched the picture out of Sirius' hand and shoved into my bag.

"Care of Magical Beings is next," I smiled.

"Don't you mean creatures?" James asked.

"No, I mean beings."

We all met up with Alice and Frank and walked outside to the edge of the forest. This class was pretty boring. We just talked about what we were going to be doing this semester and other junk. Then we were assigned a 3 foot long essay on the powers of the Unicorn.

How the hell am I supposed to know the powers of the Unicorn?

I started laughing to myself.

"What's so funny?" Lily asked as we were walking back to the castle.

"I was thinking about the 'Power of the Unicorn'" Then I started laughing again.

She rolled her eyes, "Sometimes, I wonder about your sanity…"

Remus interrupted, "Aw, Lily, we all know she's completely insane."

"Life needs a little insanity," I defended.

"Yes, but you have enough to supply light for the whole city of London for an entire lifetime."

"Lily don't be ridiculous! Insanity doesn't produce light. It produces water." I sighed.

Sirius and James chuckled.

"What class do you have next?" Remus asked me.

"Uhh, Lily, what class do we have next?"

"Umm, Muggle Studies."

"We have Muggle Studies, Remus dear." I said turning to him.

"We have that too." James says, indicating him and Sirius.

"I bet you only signed up for it because you knew Lily would take it." I said.

"…so…" James said.

I smiled. Then we parted with Remus, Frank, and Alice as they left for Ancient Runes.

"So James, when's Quidditch season start?" I asked.

"Next month." He answered.

"Thinking of signing up for the team?" Sirius questioned.

"Hell no. I was just wondering."

"Why won't you sign up?"

"Oh I don't know Sirius. Maybe it's because I suck at flying. Or that I'm totally uncoordinated?" Why does he keep questioning everything I say?

"Oh."

We entered our Muggle Studies class and Lily and I sat down. James and Sirius took the seats in front of us, instead of behind.

I sighed and looked at Lily. She stuck her tongue out at me. I flipped her off. She smiled and crossed her eyes. I giggled and made my tongue look like a four leaf clover. (A/N it is possible. I know of couple of guys at my school that can do it. It looks so cool)

"Welcome to Muggle Studies!" A small, enthusiastic lady smiled, "This year we will studying on how Muggles live, and actually get some fist hand experience at it. That being said I would like to ask that everyone pair up into boy girl groups."

I sighed as Sirius turned his chair around and smiled at me. James did the same to Lily.

"Who said we wanted to be your guy's partners?" Lily glared at them.

"Well by all means, pick some other guys," James gestured with his hand to the rest of the class.

Lily and I looked around the room and saw that all the other guys were…how to put this nicely…nerds? Yes, nerds is the best way to put it.

We each cringed as a couple of guys with thick glasses and lots of pimples smiled at us. I looked at Lily, "Fine," We each sighed.

The teacher looked around the room as soon as everyone was with their partner, "Evans, Potter? Are you sure that's a wise choice?"

"Don't worry Professor, it's fine." James smiled.

"Okay….Well now, this will be your Muggle Studies partner for later in the year. Now your first project will be to find a same gender friend, and you will be renting an apartment with said friend. Muggles traditionally do this as they move on in life to a thing called 'College.' This is like a school after school, where Muggles further their education. Now in these college's students share apartment like buildings and live there. So for the rest of the week, we will be studying the different apartments we have set up for you all. Each friend group will get an amount of fake money. This money will be how you pay rent, buy food, clothes, books, and whatever things you might need while living there. But be careful not to use it all up at once. For you will only get paid each month by the school. Now any questions?"

Some dude raised his hand, "Umm, well if we're going to be staying with a same gender friend, then what was the point of picking and opposite sex partner?"

"Good question. The opposite gender partner will be your partner later in the project. Any others? No? Okay then, you may relax for the remainder of class, but make sure you have a same sex partner by tomorrow."

I stood up and motioned for Lily to do the same. After she did so, I kneeled down on one knee, like I was proposing, and said, "Lily. I would be ever so honored, if you would be my same sex partner."

She laughed, "Oh I thought you'd never ask! Yes! Of course I will!"

I stood up and threw myself at her and pretended to cry tears of joys. She did the same.

"Weirdos." James muttered. Sirius let out a bark like laugh.

"You're just jealous, because you two will never be as happy as Samantha and I!" Lily said, smiling.

"James and I are just as happy as you two!" Sirius defended.

"No one can be as happy as Lily-Billy and I!"

"Says who?" James asked.

"Says us." We each said. The bell rang then and we walked out the door.

"History of Magic is next!" I sang.

"You guys took History of Magic?" Sirius asked, walking beside me.

"Yes. It's an interesting subject!" I replied.

"Actually," Lily said, "We just wanted to see how loud we could be without Binns noticing."

"Why?" James asked.

"Why not…?" It's so weird how we say the same thing.

"Whatever," They each replied, walking up a set of stairs.

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As it turns out, the only way Binns will notice you is if you yell.

Lily and I slumped down at the Gryffindor table for dinner. Remus came next, seating himself beside me, James and Sirius across from us.

"So how did your guys little experiment with Binns go?" Sirius asked, while putting some steak on his plate.

"Well," Lily said, "We started talking obnoxiously loud for the beginning of class. Next we tried laughing hysterically. Then Samantha pretended to break down into a very loud crying fit. None of these things got his attention. So in the end, Sam just yelled as loud as she possibly could, Binns stopped talking and goes, 'What?' And she replies with, 'Thought I saw a ghost' and got a detention."

Everyone starts laughing, including me.

"Bloody brilliant!" James replies.

"Speaking of which, I have to go do now." I said while putting my fork down and standing up.

"Why so early?" James asked.

"Cause I told him I have Prefect duties and he gave me an early detention. So I'm off you dust his old nasty books. Not much of a detention if you ask me, but whatever."

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Here I am, walking back to the Common Room. It didn't take long to dust his books, he let me do it with magic. I don't that ghost understands the concept of detention. But I guess I shouldn't complain.

"Animagus" The portrait whole swung open. No one I was looking for was in the Common Room. So I climbed the stairs to the boys dorm. I walked in and found Lily sitting on James' bed, doing an essay. I took my bag off of my shoulder and walked over to Remus' bed, where he was reading.

I plopped onto the end of it and took out my own homework.

"I thought you dubbed Sirius' bed as yours?" Remus asked, smiling.

"I did. But it smells weird."

"HEY! My bed does not smell weird!"

"Fine, it smells unfamiliar."

"Yeah, now it does! Because you made it smell like Vanilla!"

"I thought I smelled nice!" I said, remembering what he said to me last night.

"Well, yeah, but you don't smell nice mixed with my nice manly scent."

I snorted, "Manly?"

"Yes, manly!"

"You smell like you just walked out of the woods!"

"Yeah, the woods smell nice."

"They use to," I murmured, thinking about my 10 year old self, running through the woods. And my love of the wilderness being crush by the Werewolf. Then of Shane and how the Werewolf had crush his innocent life. Taking away the comfort of it from him.

"…okay?" Remus was saying.

"Huh? Oh sorry, what were you saying Remus?"

"I was asking if you were okay."

"I'm fine. You look a little peaky though. Feeling alright?"

"Couldn't be better."

I eyed him suspiciously, "Okay…" And I turned back to my essay.

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I threw my parchment down and stretched. 3 hours. It took me 3 hours to write two essays.

I was still sitting on Remus' bed. He had helped me quite a bit with my Magical Beings essay.

"Almost time for Prefect round," He commented.

I looked at the clock, "Good. My butt and legs fell asleep." I stood up and started walking around on trembling legs.

"Lily, dance with me!" I called out desperately.

She looked up from her book and shook her head.

"Fine…Remus dance with me!"

"I'm not much of a dancer."

"Damnit.," I sighed and turned towards Sirius, "Sirius! Dance with me!"

"Later love."

"So there's no one to dance with." I frowned and slumped onto the floor.

"What about me?!" James sounded offended.

"I can't dance with you!"

"Why the hell not?!"

"Because you are Lily's man."

"And who is yours?" Sirius asked.

"I don't have a man. I have many." Then I laughed, stood up and swept over to Sirius, "Please? You're the only one who said you would!"

"I did not."

"Yes you did. You said, and I quote 'Later Love'" I put on a fake manly voice and he laughed, "And…it's later."

"That I did. Fine," He stood up and held his hand out to me.

I took it and turned to Remus, "Can you make some waltzy music?"

He started humming the waltz. I put my other hand on Sirius' shoulder and he put his other one on my waist. He took the lead and marched across the room, then he turned and dipped me. I laughed and he lifted me back up right and marched to the other side of the room. We went back down to the other end and he flung me out from his body and twirled me back in, so that his arm was twisted around my body and I was up against his chest.

Remus stopped humming and Sirius released me. Then he grabbed my hand and kissed, "Thank you for the lovely dance Madame."

"You're very welcome, Sir…although I now have to burn my hand."

He smiled and walked back over to his bed and laid down on it.

"Remus, can we go do Prefect duties now?"

"Yes," He stood up and guided me out the door, resting a hand on my back.

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Remus and I were walking along some empty corridor that held the Charms room. We'd been talking and laughing for the last hour and were now on our way back to the Common Room.

We walked pass a huge window and the almost full moon caught my eye. I stopped walking and stared at it, "Full Moon's next week," I murmured.

He stopped and walked up beside me, "Yeah."

I gazed up at his face, studying it, "Do you want to hear a story Remus?"

"A bedtime story?" He said smiling

"This could hardly fall into the 'Bedtime Story' category. I'd say it belongs into the horror and love and sadness categories."

"If you want to tell me it you can."

"Okay…Once upon a time there was a little girl. She had the most amazing brother, he was caring, and funny, and always looked out for his little sister. One day, the little boy's and girl's family decided to take a trip to their cabin in the woods of Oregon. The little girl had always loved the woods and the smell of the moss and the rustle of the leaves in the wind. She felt at home there. It was a wonderful trip, just being away from the real world, spending time with each other. Everything was perfect, until the second to last day of the family's trip.

It was getting late in the day, and the little girl had decided to race her brother to the lake in the middle of the woods. As they ran through the trees, the little girl quickly lost sight of her brother. She wasn't scared though. She'd run through this forest hundreds of time before. So she just carried on her way, knowing that once she got to the lake, her and her brother would splash and play in it's shallow edge.

The little girl stopped running for a moment to get her breath slowed down, she was almost to the lake and decided to walk the last bit. As she stood breathing, she heard a sound. Knowing it was a wolf, she started running again. With a quick glance behind her, the little girl saw that it was no ordinary wolf. It was the type of wolf that she had seen in her brother's school books. It was a Werewolf.

Knowing she would never be able to out run it, but still trying to do so, the little girl pushed her legs to the limit, running as fast as her 10 year old legs could carry her. But of course, it caught up to her. It tackled her and was about to sink it's teeth into her skin. But something blasted the wolf away. The girl looked around her and saw her brother standing there, his wand pointed at the wolf. He quickly told her to get up and started dragging her through the woods, trying to find his way back to their cabin.

The little girl felt safe. Nothing would try and harm her when she was with her big brother. He'd always made sure of that. But suddenly, it was back. Her brother was taken to the ground. The only thing of him that she could see was his legs, trying, and failing, to kick it off of him. Asking God for some way to save her brother, the girl spotted his wand.

Remembering a spell she had read in one of her brother's books, she blasted the thing away. It hit a tree and fell unconscious to the ground. The girl frantically ran to her brother's side. Praying she would find a heartbeat. Once she did, she grabbed his bloody, broken body and panicked.

Which way to home? She couldn't find the right direction and ended up stumbling around the woods for half and hour. Each minute her brother was loosing more and more blood. And he just got heavier and heavier every second. Seeing a cabin through some loose trees, the girl yelled for help. She didn't care who it was. Just as long as it was somebody who could save her brother.

Luckily the little girl's mother came running out of the house. Yelling for her father. The little boy was taken to a hospital. He was saved and some man in purple robes came to the little girl's house. He said that her brother would never be the same. He would be judged by society. He could never be what he hoped to be. Just because of what he unwillingly became.

The little girl cried. Her brother was no monster. He didn't ask for this. It didn't seem fair. Why judge him on what he couldn't help but become. He was still funny. Still loving. Still caring. He hadn't really changed. The girl didn't understand.

And to this day, I still don't. I don't understand why he had to be bitten. It should have been me. It attacked me first. Shane should have ran. Gotten help. It was my fault after all. I had wanted to go to the lake. It was my idea." I had started crying and looked up at Remus' face. He looked frozen. Then he grabbed me and brought me into a hug.

"It's not your fault and don't you ever think that." He said, almost sounding angry.

"Yes it is," I whispered into his chest, "Shane would never say it, but I know it is."

"Don't you ever say that again! It. Was. Not. Your. Fault!" He sighed and picked me up.

I just silently cried into his chest until he opened the dormitory door and set me on my feet. I looked around, everyone was staring at me. I looked up at Remus. He looked mad and aged. Lily had concern written all over her face.

She stood up and started walking towards me, I waved her down, gave her a weak smile and said, "I'm fine."

I started to walk over to Sirius' bed, but Remus grabbed my arm and pulled me back over to him. He kissed my forehead and mumbled against it 'Not your fault' He released me and started walking over to his bed. I went over to Sirius' and sat down on it. He was there, looking at me through confused, caring eyes.

I gave him, what I hoped was a reassuring smile. I don't think it was though, because he just kept staring at me, the same way.

I sighed, "Can I borrow some of your clothes again?" My voice sounded groggy and strained.

"Yeah." He got up and dug a pair plaid, flannel pants out of his trunk and a grey T-shirt. He gently handed them to me and sat back down onto his bed. I pulled the pants on under my skirt. Then I pulled that off. I just took my shirt off and put his on over the red bra Alice had borrowed for me to wear.

Lily came over to pick my dirty clothes off of the floor. She gave me a hug and mumbled, "You told him about Shane didn't you?"

"The whole story," I mumbled back.

She pulled back and gave me a smile, then walked back over to James' bed.

I sat down on Sirius' and got under the covers. Crying always makes me tired. I laid my head on his pillow and he shut the hangings around us.

He got under the covers as well and pulled me towards him. He wrapped one of his arms around me and laid his head on his other one. I placed my hand on his cheek and rubbed my thumb against his smooth face. I traced his cheek bone and jaw. Then I ran my thumb over his perfectly straight nose and outlined his lips. He gave a sigh of contentment and rested his mouth against my forehead.

We laid like that in silence for a little bit until he asked softly, "Are you alright, Love?"

I smiled a little, "Yeah."

He didn't pry, only kissed my forehead, like Remus had. I reached up with my right arm and intertwined my fingers with his. He squeezed my hand gently and tightened his arm around my waist.

I moved the hand that had been tracing his facial features to rest at his jaw line and listened to his steady breathing until I fell asleep.

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