The Things That Happen In The Night - Wolfstar

Chapter Eighteen: Changes

The second week of October was cold and rainy. Remus and I never mentioned our little "date" but there was something different about our friendship. A good kind of different. Tonight was the full moon and I could tell Remus was nervous. It's been a while since he's spent one alone. James and I have been trying to persuade Remus into letting us come with him but Remus wouldn't budge. He wouldn't even allow us to stay in the Shrieking Shack with him. Deep down I that it's best. McGonagall would surely find out as I'm sure she will be watching for us and our consequences would no doubt be far worse than just detention.

My three friends and I were currently in our dormitory as there was nothing else to do on a cold, rainy evening after classes. Remus was in his bed doing homework, Peter and James were arguing over who won their last game of wizards chess and I was sitting on the floor next to the arguing boys, levitating one of my beat up school books. "Hey Sirius, can I borrow your transfiguration book?" My book dropped as my concentration broke,"yeah, will you write my essay too?" I ask with a smile. Remus shakes his head and rolls his eyes,"no, but I will help you with it if you'd like." I sigh dramatically and ask myself,"why do I have a smart friend if I can't use him?" Remus throws a pillow at me and it hits me in the head. "Hey! You messed up my hair you wanker!" I get up from the floor and grab the pillow. "You're gonna regret that, Moony!" I shout as I jump onto Remus' bed and tackle him while whacking him with the pillow. "Padfoot! Watch where you're hitting! You're crumpling my parchment!" Oh Moony, always worried about such irrelevant things.

Remus ends up flipping us over so I'm under him as he starts to tickle me. I try to pretend I'm not affected by it but I can't contain my laughter any longer as his hands tickle my sides. "Moony, stop!" I laugh loudly as James comes over. "Didn't know you were that ticklish Padfoot," James says with a smirk as I'm finally able to crawl out from under Remus. I grab his pillow again and pelt it at him, hitting him in the face. I go to grab Peters pillow as I'm picked up from behind and thrown over someone's shoulder. I immediately know it's Remus,"let me down! You started this!"

"And I'm going to end it," Remus says matter-of-factly as he dumps me off head first onto my bed. I'm about to get up and throw another pillow when there's a knock on the door. Remus goes to answer it as I jump off the bed. "Madam Pomfrey wants Remus down in the hospital wing immediately," said a younger student to Remus, obviously not knowing who he was talking to. "Shit! I lost track of time," Remus cursed before turning back to the student,"thank you." He closed the door before checking his watch,"shit I'm ten minutes late! I gotta go and don't even think about coming to visit tonight!" Remus runs out the door and a sudden feeling of sadness rushes over me.

I feel the urge to follow Remus and I obey it. I bolt out the door before Remus gets too far ahead. I finally meet up with him in the corridor. "Remus! Wait up!" I call to him. He turns around to see me,"what are you doing?" I catch up to him and keep up his fast pace. "I just wanted to walk with you," I state awkwardly. Remus nods as we round a corner.

"I'm sorry you have to do this alone tonight." I know Remus has been thinking about this all day. The boys and I have tried to distract him from it by keeping him busy all day and it seems to have worked until now. "It's alright,"Remus replies with a sigh,"I'm thankful that you and the lads have been there for me this long, even though I shouldn't have let you risk this much for me." I can tell Remus feels guilty. "Well you know us Remus, we do risky shit all the time. At least we did this for a reason though," I say in a sore attempt to cheer Remus up.

We reach the hospital wing and Remus is about to head in. "Wait,"I say as I grab his arm," I know the boys and I can't be with you tonight but everything's gonna be okay." Remus smiles at me as he pulls me into a hug. I return the hug as my head leans onto his shoulder,"thank you." The hug lasts slightly longer than a regular friend hug but neither of us comment on it. Remus slowly pulls away and enters the hospital wing, leaving me alone in the corridor.

I head back to Gryffindor tower hoping to distract myself. I sit in the common room in a chair secluded in a corner.  I pick up a book laying on the little table by my chair and pick it up. Hogwarts:A History. I recognize the book as I have seen Remus reading it several times. I open it and flip through the book. I'm about a third of the way through the chapter about Hogwarts founders when I'm interrupted.

"Sirius, I want to talk to you," I look up to find Marlene. I haven't even seen her outside of classes since Remus and I's "date". I sigh as I know I should talk to her but I just really don't want to right now. "Okay, you have five minutes," I say to Marlene as I look down at the book again. Marlene grabs the book and closes it,"if I'm going to talk, then you're going to listen." I glare at her as she continues," I made a mistake breaking up with you Sirius and I-" I cut her off before I hear her ask me to take her back again. "I'm not getting back with you Marlene. Just get to the point. What do you need to tell me?" I grab my book back from her but don't reopen it. "I was getting to that but you won't listen," Marlene argues back. I roll my eyes as I can see this conversation going nowhere. "Anyways, as I was saying, I know you miss me and I miss you so why not just get back together?" I stand up and walk away. I'm not about to have this conversation again. "Wait! Where are you going!?" Marlene yells at me, causing several people to look over. "Either get to the point or leave me alone!" I stare at her for a moment before turning and heading to my dormitory.

I slam the door as I enter and the two boys look up at me. "What's wrong with you mate?" James asks. Peter and James are now working on their homework as they should have been doing a long time ago. "Bloody Marlene! She's keeps trying to get back with me and she won't tell me what's going on!" I yell angrily as I pace the room. "There's something going on?" Peter asks, completely confused. I nod,"remember when we followed her to Dumbledores office?" Peters mouth goes into an "O" shape as he remembers. "And Lily told me that Marlene needs to tell me something and neither of them will tell me!" I sit down on my bed and put my head in my hands. "Wait, Lily talked to you?" James asked curiously. I nod and try to change the subject. "I need to get working on that essay." Peter and James nod as we all get started on our essays.

I'm able to completely finish my essay but I find myself unable to go to sleep that night as I lay awake and think of Remus, all alone in the Shrieking Shack.

A/N:

Hey guys! Just wanted to say that  I won't have another chapter up until sometime after thanksgiving. Sorry for the slow updates and thanks for reading!