"Is he sick again?" Lily asked with a frown, as they made their way to charms.
"Uhm… Yeah… He's got flu," James said and messed his hair nervously.
"First mumblemumps, now flu," Lily shook her head. "He's always been away often, hasn't he? Does have a bad immune system of something?"
"Something like that…" James said, hating to lie to her and her bit surprised, that she had actually observed Remus' absents, considering how much time she had spend making sure not to look at the marauders.
Wait. She hadn't figured out how regular his absents had been, had she? James looked at Lily, she just looked questioning at him. He shook her head. No. Not yet. But she would soon, she wasn't stupid, he couldn't keep telling her Remus had mumblemumps or flu or that his mother had dragon pox. He would have to convince Remus to tell her. He frowned. That wasn't going to be easy.
"What?" Lily asked.
"It's nothing…" James said, and got into the charms classroom.
No. Differently not going to be easy.
"I said no, Prongs!" Remus said and took out some blank parchment. James and Remus was in the boys dormitory as the only ones, and James had be practically pleading Remus to tell Lily about his 'Furry little problem' for over a half hour.
"But I can't keep lying to her!" James said. "Besides, she'll probably figure out soon enough, anyway."
"Then let her do that," Remus said and dipped his pen in the ink.
"No way! Then she'll know I lied to her! And then she'll never trust me! Mistrust will destroy our love and tear us apart!" James cried melodramatic.
"Don't be stupid. She'll understand why you lied," Remus said.
James sighed and sat down.
"But I don't want to lie to her! Damn it, Moony!"
"Do you think I want to face her? Do you think I want to force it down her throat and force her to accept me?" Remus shook her head. "It's better if we let her figure out herself. Then she'll have time to adjust to it."
"Like you made us do?" James asked darkly.
"I believe I have both apologized and explained that. Even if I wanted to tell you, I had been told not to."
"Yeah. Little prefect Remus always does as he's told right?" James said and gritted his teeth.
"What's your problem?"
"My problem? My freaking problem is that I'd have to keep lying to Lily because you're a coward!"
Remus' eyes flickered with anger and hurt.
"Well, if you have that big a problem with me then don't be company me," Remus said, returning to his homework with an emotionless face.
"Fine!" James yelled and slammed with the door as he left.
Remus looked at the door for some long moments, the frown on his forehead increased every second. Then he looked away, shook his head and went back to his homework.
Notes: Hey! First chapter of yet another Remus short story. It's either going to be a two-shot or a three-shot. I'd looooove if you would take the time to review! Especially if you take the time to correct mistakes and give constructive criticism. If you liked this, you might also like 'Friends Like These', another of my Remus short stories ^^
Does two sicknesses referenced to in the start of the chapter, is some I found on Harry Potter wikia, so it's actual wizard sicknesses ;) The only one I could come up with, without looking something up, would be dragon pox, but it'll seem a bit much, right? That's supposed to be pretty bad…
Anyway! Hope you liked the chapter, and thank you very much for reading! :D
