The next day Lily practically pounced on James.

"Thank you so much!" Lily said hugging James tightly.

"I haven't done anything." James said softly, his hands on her hips, trying to pull her away, he didn't want to be this close to her.

"You spoke to Remus, he apologised and we talked and I told him how I felt about it all, and made him understand. And it's brilliant, I don't think I've been happier." Lily gushed happily, she was practically bouncing. James smiled grimly at her before simply walking away, was he imagining the stabbing feeling in his chest? Lily watched him confused, hadn't he wanted her and Remus to be together?

Sighing Lily walked towards the Slytherin Common room and waited at the entrance patiently. Eventually it opened and a fifth year boy walked out.

"Sorry, could you possibly get Regulus for me?" She asked, the boy grumbled but went back in and brought Regulus out a few minutes later, stalking off looking annoyed. "HI." Lily said linking arms with her younger older brother.

"What do you want?" Regulus asked with a laugh as he let Lily drag him up to lunch in the Great Hall.

"I would usually ask one of the girls, but I was wondering if you might help me." Lily informed him.

"What kind of help?" Regulus asked unsure if he would even want to know.

"Where would you go if you needed to stay away from Sirius, but were with someone else." Lily said pointedly, Regulus groaned and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"You're not...?" Regulus asked.

Lily looked horrified.

"NO!" She exclaimed "I would have asked one of the girls if it were that!" She sighed. "I want to spend sometime with Remus, somewhere it is almost certain Sirius isn't going to appear, because Sirius has been moody recently and is constantly butting his nose in my business." Lily explained.

"Well in that case I would say the old Head Dorms." Regulus suggested. "It's got a couch and a fireplace, and Sirius hates it because he once caught one of his girlfriends cheating on him in there in sixth year, you know Drew? Ravenclaw, tall, blonde?" Regulus said. "Well he caught her cheating on him in there."

"Aw, that's awful." Lily said. But brightened. "So he definitely won't go in?"

"No, what exactly do you want to talk about?" Regulus asked as he sat down beside Lily on the Gryffindor table.

"Us, his problem, the impact of that on our relationship, and how to deal with it." Lily said as she shovelled pancakes onto her plate, Regulus nodded and smiled at her.

"You really want this to work, don't you?" Regulus said.

Lily blushed.

"I-I don't really know, it's like different, and exciting, and so confusing... But it's great and new." Lily admitted.

"Sounds like someone is feeling the affects of a heated and passionate relationship." Regulus said, he looked a bit concerned. "Look, I know mum probably talked to you about the birds and the bees and everything, but be careful, y'know..." Regulus said, Lily blushed but nodded quickly before tucking into her food.

"Do you think we're really doing the right thing?" Regulus asked Sirius that night as he watched Lily walk away from the group with Remus.

"No, I don't Reggie." Sirius replied.

"Guys, let her go, if she's happy, what's the issue." Nay said, rolling her eyes at the brothers.

"You don't get it Nay, I saw my little sister lying there with her arms ripped to pieces, and she continues to put herself in danger." Sirius growled.

"It's not Nay's fault, don't get annoyed at her!" Lucius snapped.

"None of you get it." Sirius sighed.

"What you think I don't worry about Mikaela?" Mars snapped. Mikaela was Marlene's little sister, who was growing a reputation for herself among her house.

"I didn't-"

"Yes you did." Mars said.

"Sorry, I-I just don't know what to do." Sirius muttered.

"Padfoot, she really likes him, and this is something that she has to work out for herself." James sighed.

"So when were you attacked?" Lily asked, she was curled up on an old sofa next to a roaring fire in the old Heads Dorms, it seemed the house elf's still cleaned this room.

"I was five, outside the house in the woods we lived next to." Remus told her. "My dad had upset Greyback, a werewolf so evil he waits around and positions himself so that the person he is preying on has no hope." Remus said. "Well I didn't realise anything was going on until I was already bitten, and then I realised I'd been attacked. I was so young I just didn't understand."

"That's awful." Lily said, taking his hands into hers. "I'm sorry it happened to you, you don't deserve it."

"Well, it did and now I have to deal with the affects of it." Remus sighed.

"We have to deal with the affects." Lily said softly.

"Lily, I know you don't want to part because of me being a werewolf, but being together is too hard." Remus said softly, he held her face in his hands and smiled softly. "You will always be in my heart Lily, but I think we both know this isn't going to work."

"I don't want it to end." Lily whispered. "I never been with someone where everything just seems so right." Lily murmured.

"Just because it seems right doesn't mean it is." Remus replied. He smiled at her, and leaned in, kissed her once more, it was a lasting kiss that said one thing, Goodbye.

When they returned to the Gryffindor common room it was to find the others still sitting around the fireplace, talking, they looked up and saw the pair, and thought it slightly strange when instead of holding hands their arms were linked. Lily smiled at them.

"Don't look so surprised, I think the most of you saw it coming." Lily said smiling softly at her friends.

"It's alright guys, let's face it, things were way to dramatic for either of us. I'm a quite guy." Remus said.

"And we're agreed that best friends would work better for us."