Over the next few days, James was allowed to leave the Hospital Wing, though he still seemed slightly depressed. The Slytherins were not helping, they spent most of their time teasing James about his defeat. Because of this, Peter, Sirius and Remus had received detention for hexing Severus Snape... again.

"You guys shouldn't have done anything." James stated when Remus, Sirius and Peter entered the Common Room with bored expressions after their detentions. "He was r-"

"The James Potter I know," I interrupted, closing my book and placing it down. "Would never say that Severus Snape was right about anything."

"She has a point, mate." Sirius said and sat down on the floor, in front of the small table which was in the middle of the couches. "You didn't get brain damage or anything did you?"

James let out a small laugh and shook his head. "No, I did not."

"He's still asking Lily out so I'm guessing he's fine." Peter stated and we laughed as he sat down in one of the armchairs and Remus sat down beside me.

"Serverus Snape isn't right about anything." James stated and leaned against his chair. "Is that better?"

"Yes very, thank you." Remus answered. He yawned and sighed, placing his head on my shoulder.

"You okay?" I asked him.

"Full moon coming up." He mumbled and now placed his head in my lap. I ran my hand through his hair.

"Ah," I looked up at the other Marauders. "Snape just sucks, I see why you guys don't like him. He's a terrible Potions partner because he spends the whole time acting like he is better then you-"

"But is he?" Sirius asked and raised an eyebrow, smirking. I glared at him.

"Why can't you just yell at him like you did with me?" James asked. "That'll make him shut up."

"Well that didn't work on you anyway! Besides, I think he gets that I hate him after I punched him in the nose when he called Lily a M- a... well you know what he said."

"Fall." Sirius said and pointed behind me. I turned around and saw Lily. She looked at all of us and sighed.

"Sorry." I mumbled.

"It's fine." Lily replied, then walked over to the portrait hole. "I'm going to the library if anyone's looking for me."

"Hey Evans..." James started. "Will you go out with me?"

"Um... no." Lily answered and walked out of the common room. James grinned and looked us.

"She hesitated."

I groaned and face palmed, however Sirius smirked and started clapping. "Well done Prongs, you're getting there."

I rolled my eyes. Remus took out a chocolate bar from his bag and opened it. I looked at it and quickly, broke a few squares from it. "Hey!" He exclaimed and sat up. I looked at him.

"It's just a little bit. Besides our chocolate war is almost finished and I have no more chocolate." I stated. Remus looked at the chocolate in my hand then sighed.

"Fine, have it." My eyes widened and the Marauders gasped.

"Really?"

"Are you sure you didn't get brain damage, Moony?" Sirius asked with concern and Remus chuckled.

"No I didn't. Because Isabel has a point, she is loosing this chocolate war." I glared at him playfully and he let out a laugh.

"So does that mean the Christmas holidays are coming up?" Peter asked and I stopped eating the chocolate in my hand.

"Yeah..." I mumbled and the Marauders looked at me. Remus grabbed my non-chocolate covered hand and squeezed it gently.

"Are you still going to go back?" Remus asked me. I sighed.

"Well... I kind of have to, because Hugh is there now and I can't just leave him there, can I? Who knows what they will do to him if I leave..."

"You don't have to go back. It's dangerous, and your parents aren't going to do anything to Hugh."

"You don't know that!" I yelled and stood up. "Have you met my parents?"

"No I haven't and I honestly don't want to." Remus stated and stood up as well. "I also don't want you to get hurt."

"Well I don't want Hugh to get hurt and if I leave, there's a chance he will be!"

"And if you do leave you will be safe!" He argued back.

"But Hugh won't! I can't leave him there! I don't care about my safety, all I care about is his!" I shouted and stormed up to my dormitory.

Remus sighed and looked at the other Marauders, who shrugged and looked around, whistling awkwardly.

I sat down my bed and looked around. I sighed and walked back downstairs, waiting at the end of the staircase. Remus turned around and I sighed again.

"So I was planning on doing a dramatic exit..." I started and he smiled slightly. "But I left my book down here so can I just..." Remus nodded and grabbed my book that was resting on the table. He gave it to me and I muttered a Thanks. I looked down and stayed there for a minute. Then I hugged him tightly and sighed softly. Remus hugged back.

"I'm sorry." He stated.

"I shouldn't have yelled." I admitted, burying my face in his chest. "I'm sorry... I just don't want-"

"I know. You don't have to explain."

"Wow," Sirius said and started clapping slowly. "Moony, Fall, that was impressive." Remus and I broke apart and I glared at him. Before I could say anything, Marlene ran down the stairs and looked at us.

"Hey guys - aw, did I miss something cute?" She asked, turning to Remus and I.

"Yes you did... sort of." James said and sat up properly as he was leaning on his chair. "What's up?"

"Well I'm bored and I don't want to study so-"

"Lily would be so disappointed in you." I stated and Marlene laughed slightly.

"Yeah, well anyway I was wondering if we could play Truth or Dare again." I groaned loudly.

"Bells, stop being dramatic." Remus said to me then turned to Marlene. I poked my tongue out at him. "Sure we can, just someone will have to get Lily, Alice and Frank."

"I'll get Evans -!"

"No, I'll get Evans." Marlene interrupted, pointing at James who had started to get up. "She'll  be happier to see me than you."

James slumped back down on his chair. "Wow, thanks McKinnon." Marlene smirked slightly and walked out. 

"I'll go get Alice and Frank then." I said and walked over to the Portrait Hole. "They're probably together anyway-"

"Hang on! What about that dare?!" Sirius exclaimed, standing up suddenly. "The one where Alice and Frank couldn't be together for a week-"

"That was last week." Peter said. "And I remember because when the week was over, Alice told me to go away when she was with Frank."

"Oh..." I laughed then walked off to find the couple. 

Once I had found them, we headed to the Room of Requirement. The Marauders were already there, lying down tiredly. Sirius spotted us and looked up. "What took you so long?!"

"Have you seen how big this castle is?" I replied, crossing my arms. "And it didn't take that long..."

"Evans and McKinnon aren't here yet." James stated and sighed. "Honestly, for someone who suggested truth or dare, she sure takes a very long time to get here."

"We're here! We're here!" The doors burst open and Marlene and Lily ran in, though Lily looked extremely bored and didn't have that much energy. "No need to worry anymore!"

"Why'd you take so long?" Peter asked immediately. The Marauders sat up.

"Lily Evans is very stubborn." Marlene said and looked at Lily. Lily smiled slightly and sat down.

"Who's turn is it?" Frank asked and both him and Alice sat down. 

"It's mine!" I exclaimed excitedly and sat down beside Remus. 

"Why does it always end up like this?" James muttered.

"I don't know, stop daring me to do stuff." I clapped my hands together and looked around the circle.

"But the last thing you were dared to was to ask Remus out." Sirius stated with a smirk. "I don't think you're disappointed in that."

"No, no I'm not." I smiled slightly at Remus and grabbed his hand gently. He smiled back at me. 

"Okay, stop being lovey dovey even though it's cute and ask someone already." James said and both Remus and I turned red lightly.

"Alright, Marlene, truth or dare?" I asked. 

"Finally, someone asks me. Um... truth." Marlene answered.

 "Really? Why?!" I stared at her with shock. She gave me a look.

"Have you seen your dares?"

I thought for a minute. "They're not that bad."

"You're right, they are terrible!!" James exclaimed. "It took me a very long time to get salad dressing out of my hair!"

"Oh that's nothing compared to neon purple hair with slime, goo, snow and whatever else you put in my hair last year!" I yelled back. "Salad dressing was payback."

"I had pink hair. Bright pink hair." Sirius stated and pointed to James and me. "Stop complaining." 

I sighed and thought for a minute then grinned. "Marlene... do you like cats?"

Marlene frowned, probably hoping for a better question. "Uh... yeah. They're cute, why?"

Before I could say anything, Sirius gasped dramatically and placed a hand on his chest. Marlene looked at him with confusion.

"What?"

"You like cats??" Sirius asked dramatically and turned to her. Marlene frowned even more and nodded slowly.

"Yes... why?"

Sirius gasped again and placed a hand on his forehead, like he was going to faint. "I-I can't believe it. I-I feel betrayed... McKinnon, h-how could you?!"

"Sirius, I don't get where you're going with this..." Marlene said slowly and I used my hand to hide my smirk. 

"B-But cats! Oh Marlene I thought you were better then this." He turned away from her and crossed her arms. "My girlfriend, turned out to be a cat person!" James and Peter burst out laughing and Marlene looked at them then at me. Finally, she gasped in realisation and looked back at Sirius.

"Sirius, I'm not a cat person. I prefer dogs over cats, you know that right?" Marlene asked calmly and placed a hand on Sirius' shoulder. Sirius sighed and turned back to her slowly. 

"Well, that's okay then..."

"What just happened?" Lily asked, looking at all of us.

"I don't know..." Alice said to her. "And a part of me doesn't want to know either." I laughed, especially after Marlene shot me a glare.

"It's my turn right?" Marlene questioned and I nodded. She looked around. "Peter, truth or dare?"

Peter's eyes widened and he thought for a minute. "Dare..." Marlene grinned and walked over to him. She sat down beside him and whispered something in his ear. Peter's eyes widened but he nodded.

"Wait, what's the dare?" James asked. Marlene shrugged and went back to her seat. "You can't do that! You have to tell us the dare!"

"No I don't." Marlene stated. "There's nothing in the rules that says that I have to tell everyone the dare." James and Sirius looked at each other with confusion. 

"There isn't." Remus said to them.

"Well who came up with those rules!?" Sirius exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air. 

"You did!!" We all yelled at him.

~~~~~~~~~

"Fall... Fall. Izzy! Isabel!!" Someone started shaking me furiously. "Fall, Fall, Fall, Fall, FALL!! Yep, she's dead."

"Sirius!!" Someone else scolded and the first person continued to shake me furiously. I groaned and swung my arm around. 

"Lily, go away..." I mumbled and turned on my side.

"Ha, she thought you were Lily."

"Shut up Wormtail." I smirked slightly. "Look! She's awake!" Sirius yelled and he started shaking me again.

"Sirius stop-"

"Fall, Fall, Fall, Fall!!"

"I am so closing to hitting you in the face..." I said quietly and the shaking stopped. I opened my eyes and raised an eyebrow at Sirius. Sirius put his hands up in the air and stepped away. 

"Fine, you win." He said. I yawned and sat up, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes.

"Sorry for falling asleep..." I said and looked up. My eyes widened. "Remus!"

Remus forced a smile then sighed. He had a slightly bloody scar across his left side of his face, starting from his forehead and ending at his cheek. He also had another scar on the other side of his face, from his cheek to his chin. I stood up and started walking to their dormitory. I turned around. 

"Well come on!" I stated anxiously. "It's going to get infected if you leave it like that." They nodded and followed me up the stairs.

I grabbed the first-aid kit from under Remus' bed and sat down on his bed. Remus sat down in front of me and the other Marauders sat down on their own beds. I grabbed the antibacterial wipes and started to wipe the blood off his face.

 "What did you do?" I asked Remus and looked down. My eyes widened again as I saw the large cuts on his arm. "You even have cuts on your arm! I'm going to have to see if I have bandages or something..."

Remus shrugged and sighed. "Wouldn't have a clue."

I sighed sadly and picked up the bandages. "It's really bad Remus. I don't know if I'll able to bandage it well, then again I'll have to... but maybe just-"

"You'll be fine."

"I'm not worried about how I'll be. If I get this wrong that you means you get affected and they will infected and-"

"No they won't. I trust you Bells. Do what you have to do."

I smiled at him softly and slowly started to wrap the bandage around his right arm. "Alright, there."  Then I sighed and took the bandage off. "I forgot to put the cream on. See? If I didn't remember that then your cuts wouldn't heal properly and-"

I stopped as Remus kissed me softly. I sighed and kissed back slowly, getting over my shock. Remus pulled away and grinned. I stared at him, blushing madly.

"You good now?" He asked.

"Uh - Um - Yeah... yeah..." I stuttered. He smiled and said,

"You seem very shocked, why is that?"

"Probably because you just kissed me... and I liked it a lot - no." I looked down with embarrassment, turning red again. Remus chuckled and placed a hand on my cheek, before kissing me gently again. I kissed back and soon his tongue slid into my mouth. I chuckled and pulled apart. We were both very close, our foreheads touching.

"Easy now Wolfie." I whispered to him, smiling at him. "Let me finish healing  then you can kiss me."

Remus smiled. "Alright."

"Well then I'm going." James and Sirius said in unison and walked out of the dormitory. Peter nodded and followed as well. A few seconds later, they came back in.

"Actually, if you two are left alone... it could get a bit... well you know, dirty so we'll stay here." James stated and sat on his own bed. I turned red and looked down, making Remus chuckle slightly. I sighed and started to rub cream on the large cut.