It's sooo obvious…
The number of times I catch them staring at each other. They don't even know the other one is looking…like now.
Sirius saw me watching him, and smirked. SMIRKED! I climbed out of portrait hole, hoping to escape.
"Hey, Evans," Ugh…speaking of the devil.
I turned around, "Yes, Black?"
"I never knew you had it for me…" he winked. WINKED. How dare he?
"You mean like you have it for Remus?"
His arrogant, flirtatious grin turned to a horrified expression. Hah…! I smirked myself. "I'm afraid that I don't fall for perverted, egotistical, womanizing gits who are gay for their best friends. Sorry Sirius."
I spun on my heel and tried to walk away but Sirius had recovered from his shock and grabbed my wrist and dragged me into an empty classroom. I struggled free from his tight hold on me and settled myself on a desk. I folded my arms and leaned back, "So…what do you want? Need a teenage rendezvous?"
Sirius closed the door and glared at me. I flinched, his grey eyes was turning canine-wild.
"How did you find out?" He hissed. Woah, that was scary. Yeah, 17 year old Sirius Blacks look menacing when he does his dominance stance in front of me.
"W-what?" Damn, I stuttered.
"How. Exactly. Did. You. Know?" He took a deep breath. "Me…liking…Remus." The name came out in a whisper. He shook his head and recovered from his 'fragile' state and snarled, "Answer me NOW, Evans!"
Sirius growled when I hesitated. Such a mutt…
"The way you stare at him? The way you're so worried before full moons? The way you rush to the hospital wing when he's inside? And your absolute need to sit next to him in Potions, Transfiguration and Charms class? It's obvious, Sirius."
Sirius' eyes grew to the size of tennis balls, "Oh, damn…it is. Well, except for that last one, I need to copy off his work." I smiled knowingly, I had bested the Marauder Black. I nodded. He buried his face in his hands, slumped onto the teachers table and we sat in silence for a while.
"Lily?" He peeked out of the holes between his fingers.
"Yeah?"
"D'you…D'you reckon Moony knows?"
I thought for a moment. I was pretty sure Remus Lupin likes Sirius back. He just doesn't know it. Like Sirius, the smartest Marauder probably stared at the other for a bit more than 60 seconds. It's just sad that Remus doesn't trust his own heart…much less Sirius.
But I couldn't let Sirius know that, could I? Love finds it's own way, and what position am I in to interfere with its progress?
I look up, "Well, Sirius, I don't think so. I could tell him, if you want me to…"
Sirius jumps off the table and is standing in front of me in a flash, his finger pointed right between my eyes. "Don't you DARE tell Moony. You hear me, Evans?" He hisses, "If I hear a word…" He does a violent gesture with his hands, "That happens."
So he's planning to shut me up, huh? "I'll do what I want to, Black. You know you can't hurt me!"
He sighs. "Damn James and his profound love for you." I blush. "Oooh.. Embarrassed?"
"Like you're not trying to hide your homo-ness!"
"That's different. No one will hate you for being the object of James's affection. I'm gay. People will blame me for it. Discriminate me." He sounds so sad.
"I don't."
"Huh?"
"I don't discriminate you for liking Remus. I'm happy as long as he's happy. As long as you're happy." He smiles at me. Hmm… Weird. "To be honest I've been rooting for you two since fifth year." He looks confused. "The time you kept trying to apologize to him? For whatever you did? It was so sweet."
"So the great Lily Evans does harbor a 'sweet' infatuation with me, huh?" Sirius smirks again. The laughter back in his eyes.
"Don't flatter yourself!" We laugh.
"Honestly, don't tell Moony. Or Prongs. Or Wormtail."
"We'll see." I grin as cheekily as I can and run out of the room. I hear thundering footsteps behind me and know that he's chasing me.
I speed into the Gryffindor Common Room, laughing wildly as I land on the sofa in between Remus and James. Sirius crashes into the room, sees me next to Remus, totally poised to tell his big secret and yelps.
"DON'T TELL THEM!" He clambers his way to our couch and lowers his voice, pleadingly, "Don't tell them!"
I was about to answer him, but Remus beat me to it, "Don't tell us what, exactly?"
James and Peter both raises their eyebrows questioningly.
"Nothing. It's nothing." Sirius sends me one last glare and plops himself down onto Remus's lap. "So, what did I miss?"
The Maurauders launch themselves into conversation and I take it as my cue to leave. Remus doesn't even bother wrestling him off. How obvious ARE they?
A/N: So this is a little short story I came up with one of my friends and I co-wrote this with her. Yes, it will be continued and finished since we're pretty much 75% done with it.
And if anyone is wondering about 'Wolf Moon', don't worry. I am currently working on the final chapters of it, squeezing writing into the minuscule free spaces in my schedule. Although I'm not sure when can I upload it...
Cheers,
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