sclaimer: JKR owns it all
Written for The Twenty Minute Drabble challenge
Prompt: Personal
Pairing: Remus/Lily
Open Secret
Lily Evans watched her fellow prefect as they walked together patrolling the corridors. He looked extremely tired and worried. And Lily knew why of course, she had known the reason since quite few years, but had never mentioned it to him or any of his friends.
"Remus, are you alright?" she asked him, kindly.
"Uhh…wh-what?" he asked, looking as if her words had pulled him out of a deep thought.
"I asked you if you are okay," she said.
"Oh…I'm fine," he replied, vaguely.
"Are you sure?" she frowned.
"I'm fine Lily," he gave her a weak smile.
"Okay" she nodded, not convinced thoroughly. Whatever Remus was feeling, it was definitely not 'fine'. She knew that the full moon was fast approaching, and he was worried about it.
He always was. As soon as Lily had discovered Remus's condition, she had gotten herself more set of books on that subject and acquired all the information she could. And from the texts she had read, she knew that the wolf's transformation was the most painful occurrence.
Lily felt sad that she couldn't help him; in fact she couldn't even comfort him! Oddly enough, she thought of Remus as her friend. And he probably thought of her that way too. It was just cruel that Remus had to be inflicted with such horror; he was one of the kindest people she had met.
"You know what? I can finish the patrol from here, I think you should go rest," she said brightly; it was the least she could do.
"Lily, I'm f-" he started with a sigh.
"You look dead on your feet Remus, just go and rest!" she urged him.
He seemed to be in a dilemma, "Sure?" he asked.
"Why would I suggest it then?" she rolled her eyes.
"Alright, I'll leave," he surrendered, smiling more than before.
"Sleep well," she smiled back.
"Night," he called, and started walking toward the Gryffindor tower.
"Don't let Potter bully you out of it!" she added for good measure, knowing that James Potter did have a knack around getting his way with his friends.
"I wont!" Remus yelled back, laughing.
Shaking her head, and smiling widely Lily continued to walk further, Remus might not know that she knew his personal problem, but so what? That didn't mean that she could help him as much as possible, right?
A/N: I mostly write romance, and wondered if I could do a Remus/Lily romantic fic, but just couldnt imagine them together that way. It's all James/Lily in my head! ;)
So? How did you find it? I wrote this in around 15 minutes…so was it good/bad?
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