"JESSICA, WAKE THE HELL UP!"

"He's innocent!" Jessica yelled sleepily, she was still in her dreams. It took her a solid 10 seconds to become conscious of the current situation, "What the hell, Natalie! What are you doing, waking me up . . . " She glanced at her pocket watch "In the bloody middle of the night!"

"Well I wouldn't have had to do the pleasure of waking you up if your dog didn't keep moaning and whining so incredibly loud!" Natalie said the word, dog sarcastically.

"What?" Jessica asked stupidly.

"Yes. Apparently he was having nightmares. I tried to wake him up but he wouldn't budge! You do it."

Jessica looked annoyed and shot daggers at Padfoot and started shaking him, "Padfoot!" She whisper-yelled "Padfoot! Padfoot! For Merlin's sake, WAKE UP!"

Padfoot kicked, but opened his eyes up abruptly, looking annoyed, but over whelmed at the same time.

"Sorry I've ruined your beauty sleep, Pads, but whatever nightmares you're having, they shouldn't wake me up in the bloody middle of the night!'

Padfoot turned his face away, clearly uninterested at what Jessica had to say. If it could scoff or sneer, it would've definitely done so at the indignant looking girl

"You aren't taking me serious right now, but if you don't stop whining, I'll murder you, Sirius bloody Black." Jessica whispered.

"Honestly, in his dog form, he kind of looks like a girl —" Natalie chuckled, but was stopped as Sirius barked his head off, waking up their other dormitory mates.

"Alright enough!" Jessica snapped at the dog "If you don't sleep right now, I'm going to mess up your fur, or worse, dye it green when you're sleeping, do you hear me?"

   Padfoot barked one last protest before he settled down, spinning round and round on the spot, and finally fell asleep.

"Some father he is, he acts like I'm his father." Jessica muttered before falling asleep herself.

"Good morning Sunshine." Jessica woke up to the voice of to two complete moron, whose faces were so very close to hers with identical Chesire grins.

      Those bloody twins. Wait . . . this is the girls dormitory, how did they get in? Jessica heard that boys couldn't get in girls dormitories.

"If you're thinking how we got in Jess, we've got our ways." Fred said reading her mind

"You gits!" Jessica flung a pillow at one grinning red-head, and then another at the other. "Get out!"

They walked out of the dormitory, snickering at the astonished gazes of the girls who saw the, pass.

Jessica yawned lazily and after changing and using the bathroom, she made her way towards the Great Hall, but was stopped by a pair of strong hands

"Oi!" Jessica shouted and was responded with a familiar voice snorting.

"Oi wolfie!" Jessica exclaimed in utter annoyance "Can you explain why you pulled me away and in case you haven't noticed, you're a freaking bloody teacher!"

"Language!" Remus warned.

Jessica snorted, "Is that all?"

Remus sighed, "No." He scratched the back of his neck and continued warily "Well I heard that you were Gryffindor's new Chaser. How come I didn't hear this before?"

A wave of guilt hit Jessica, "Freaking shit! Sorry Remus, I was so wore out after tryouts, I forgot to tell you!"

"I just told you not to swear."

"I just told you not to swear." Jessica mimicked while making a face, "Honestly, no one would be able to believe you're in your late thirties. You sound like a sixty year old grandpa."

"If you let your, er, mass murderer of a friend's daughter speak like that to you, no wonder she doesn't have any respect for anyone." came a voice behind us.

I held back the strong desire to roll my eyes, as I turned towards the speaker. Severus Snape. "How much did you listen?" Jessica asked, and sarcastically added, "sir?"

"Enough to hear you call him Wolfie." Snape snickeres, as Remus turned a bright red, "My my, Lupin. I didn't know you were beginning to take such pride in your, er, condition that Black calls you by the name, 'Wolfie,'"

   No one insults Remus. No one in the world can except Remus, except me or Padfoot, Jessica thought.

"My, my, Snape. I didn't know you were beginning to take such pride in your, er, nature, that all the students in the school — including the Slytherins, mind you — call you old git, dungeon bat, slimy old man, potions —"

"Detention, Black!" Snape roared, and Jessica smirked, having got the desired effect on him, "Lucky for you, I'm busy today. Well, of course you know, making a certain potion for a certain someone," Snape threw Remus a nasty look who looked away, "and Flich is busy today as well, taking Layla Pole's detention for using the Confundus charm on trying out rivals, and by the way, congratulations for becoming the new chaser, I heard. I rather thought you'd take after your father — a commentator, right? Didn't have enough talent to be on the team, of course —"

"Were you on the Slytherin team, sir?" Jessica asked. It was a genuine question. She didn't know whether he was on the team or not. But something told her he wasn't. Actually, his sneer told her.

"About your detention," Snape sneered, ignoring her question, "both Filch and I are busy today, and it wouldn't suffice to let you have detention with someone other than that, so you will have detention tomorrow. Evening, at seven, with Filch, as I will be busy again." Snape said, and after throwing one last nasty look both Remus and Jessica, he was gone.

"Sorry Remus, I didn't know he was listening in." Jessica apologised, after breakfast.

"It's alright," Remus sighed, "You got your punishment. Detention with Filch." Remus almost chuckled, despite how tired he was, the full moon was coming soon.

"You look tired, Remus," Jessica frowned.

"Well, favourite time of the month's coming up," Remus half groaned, half grinned fakely, as he turned to face the window, catching a glimpse of the moon behind the clouds, masked by the bright sunshine.

"Which one?" Jessica asked cheekily as Remus glared at her.

"Who's going to cover up for the Defence lessons while you're gone?" Jessica asked, walking towards the door.

"I'll sort it out soon," Remus said. Jessica noticed that he didn't look her in the eye while saying that, "anyway, class is about to start."

"Now as you know that this is your O.W.Ls year, most of the things you studied in your previous year will be making appearances in advanced forms, or just the same." Remus told the class, "You might remember the Boggart Banishing charm in your third year. Today, we're going to be revising that topic."

    A huge rattle behind Remus interrupted the lecture. It was a small dresser, and no doubt had a boggart in it.

"Most of you should remember all about Boggarts. And as for those who don't, no problem. We'll just revise it a little, shall we? Can anyone tell me the proper definition of a Boggart?"

Jessica raised her hand into the air before Judith Clearwater or Layla Pole could process Remus' question.

"Yes, Miss Black?" Remus asked the girl the answer.

"A Boggart is an amortal shape-shifting non-being that takes on the form of its observer's worst fear. Because of their shape-shifting ability, no one knows what a Boggart looks like when it is alone, as it changes instantly upon encountering someone."

"Very good." Remus praised, "Now, how do we finish off a Boggart."

Jessica's hand was once again, up in the air at once before Remus had even finished the sentence.

"Yes again, Miss Black?" Remus asked.

"The Boggart-Banishing Spell is Riddikulus. The charm requires a strong mind and good concentration. The incantation and wand movement alone will not affect a Boggart. The spell can be tricky, because it involves making the creature into a figure of fun, so that fear can be dispelled in amusement. If the caster is able to laugh aloud at the Boggart, it will disappear at once. The intention is to force the Boggart to assume a less-threatening and hopefully comical form."

Jessica stopped to take in a gush of air, only to be interrupted by none other than Layla Pole.

"Sir, Black has missed a point." she said, all prissy.

Jessica glared at her and managed through fritted teeth, "I was getting their, Pole, if you hadn't interrupted me." Jessica said, leaving Layla to shoot daggers at her.

"Having multiple people facing one Boggart may reduce its effectiveness of frightening its victims, since it would not be able to determine which form to take." Jessica sat down.

"Brilliant again, Miss Black. 5 points to Gryffindor."

The Gryffindors exchanged gleeful glances and some even wolf-whistled. A few Gryffindors sitting near Jessica even thumped her on the back, while Fred, George, Aiden and Natalie proudly looked around, having a triumphant, "that's my best friend" look on their faces.

Remus tried to suppress a smile on his face but failed, so he turned around, to hide it from the rest of the students.

"Now I need everyone to make a line in front of the dresser inclosing the Boggart." Remus said, "nicely, please."

Layla rushed to the front of the line and so did Jessica, but Layla made her way in place point three seconds before Jessica did, resulting in Jessica glaring at a smirking Layla.

Remus told Layla to ready her wand, and opened the dresser, allowing a wisp of smoke to whip out of it, and take place in front of the girl. It turned into Layla herself, but she was talking to house elves, goblins, and giants while eating on the same tabel as them.

Jessica could hardly control herself from busting out laughing, Fred and George didn't even both to try and laughed like maniacs.

      Layla yelled "Ridikulus!" the image turned into Layla sitting above all others in a throne like chair. This just made Fred and George wheeze harder.

"Next!"

      Jessica stepped in front of the boggart and it noticeably changed a lot before it came to a final conclusion, Sirius Black, as a mad murderer, killing every living being at sight. Jessica collected herself, bit before Jessica could speak the incantations, it changed. It turned into Fred, George, Aiden and Natalie making fun of her, and sneering at her. But once again it changed. It changed into Remus, dying, killing himself, and he had the claws of a werewolf.

       Jessica's eyes widened and she suddenly felt numb. A shout behind her which sounded like Remus telling her that this wasn't real, brought her back to her senses and she yelled, "RIDIKULUS!", and so, the terrible scene changed into a bunch of party poppers going off.

        Jessica looked at Remus who had a small smile on his face, a small smile, which spoke more words than a continuous speech by Severus Snape on why Gryffindor was the worst house.

       After class, Jessica stayed and rushed to Remus' arms. After a long, but not awkward silence, Remus spoke up,

"I didn't know you cared that much about me." Remus admitted,

"Then what did you think? I would love Padfoot, my friends, and not you?" Jessica asked.

"Well," Remus awkwardly scratched the back of his neck, "I mean, you have your own dad now —"

"Remus, Remus, Remus," Jessica shook her head, "You were never like my dad. You were my first real best friend."