Today is Remus John Lupin's birthday, in case you didn't know, and I decided to write a little one-shot for him. Happy birthday, Remus!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter.
"What did you wish for, Remus?"
Remus blinked, his shining moment popped like a bubble by the loud, boisterous voice of a certain Marauder.
"Shut it, Sirius," Lily hissed, kicking him lightly in the shin. Turning, she smiled at Remus with kind eyes. "Don't worry, Remus, you don't have to listen to that buffoon."
"Oi!"
Remus ignored Sirius.
"I know, Lily, I don't listen to him all the time."
"Oi! Shut it, Remus."
"Be quiet, Sirius," James scolded lightly, a smile on his face. "You're right. He doesn't listen to you. But he does listen to me." James turned to Remus. "What did you wish for, Moony?"
James earned himself a smack and a scowl from Lily, and a smile from Remus.
"Not telling."
James turned to Sirius and shrugged. "Oh well. I tried."
"But you didn't try hard enough." Sirius turned to Remus. "Moony! Speak!"
Remus rolled his eyes. "Shut up. No, I will not tell you."
Sirius looked petulant and put out for a second before he suddenly grinned. Waggling his eyebrows he said, "Ooo. You didn't happen to wish for a lady friend, did you?"
Remus rolled his eyes while James chuckled. "First of all, Lily's my friend, isn't she?"
"Yeah, but she's hardly a lady." This earned Sirius another kick.
"My point is, I'm not dating her."
"Fine. You prefer the term shagging partner, then?"
"Lady friend it is, Sirius. And no, I did not wish for a lady friend."
Sirius furrowed his brow in confusion. "A moustache?"
"No! Are you an idiot? Wait, Lily, don't answer that."
Sirius glared at Lily who shrugged and smiled sweetly in return.
"Fine. Er…you didn't happen to wish for socks, did you?"
"You must be kidding."
"Erm…oh, I got it! You wished to be me!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Oh, come on! What's with the silence? It's perfectly reasonable!"
"Padfoot," James sighed, placing a hand on his shoulder, "I know you're ego's a bit big, and you're running out of jokes as its seventh year, but calm down, okay?"
"Shut it, Prongs," Sirius mumbled. Turning back to Remus he asked, "Chocolate? You wished for chocolate, right?"
"Come on, Sirius," Lily scoffed. "Why would Remus wish for chocolate?"
"Not just chocolate," Sirius corrected. "The chocolate."
"Still, Remus wouldn't do that." Lily turned to face the werewolf. "Right, Remus?"
The sheepish grin on his face said otherwise.
Oh, Remus...
~D