"If you tell anyone, I will set a cursed fire on the school no one will be able to put out." Lily pointed a finger accusingly at Remus, who was smirking and holding his nearly complete charms essay. "I won't, you can trust me. We have to finish the charms homework anyway."
"You gotta swear to whatever god, you won't tell a soul." The redheaded girl's fuming face and one hand on her hip, another hand firmly gripping a charms textbook.
"Ok, I won't tell James, or Sirius, or Peter or any other soul about your little crush on one of my best friends.." The werewolf gave her a reassuring smile, and she calmed a bit as they both continued their prefect duty, attempting to communicate and finish homework at the same time.
"Now that you know mine, I can have a guess at yours." Her cheeky grin showed that she may already be having a guess, and from Remus knowing her all-too-well, it was probably accurate. "Is it a girl, or a boy?" She analyzed him, attempting to see directly into his secrets.
"It would be cheating if I told you." He chuckled, and she lit up again with the same smile.
"Then it's a boy. One of your mates, then?" She was definitely paying attention to Remus these past few years.
"If I tell you, it's cheating." He repeated, smile slowest fading as he knew Lily was not far from the answer.
Then, her smile slowly faded into a frown, and she whispered, "Is it, by any chance, James?" Remus suddenly felt gross thinking of him and James together and quickly answered with a shake of his head. "Thank Merlin. That would've been disastrous." She sighed, then again, observed Remus, searching for any clues. "Peter?" She really wasn't getting any closer.
"Not at all." Was his response. Suddenly, she nearly jumped off her feet when she exclaimed in the loudest voice, enough to attract Mrs. Norris or Filch, "Sirius! It must be h-". Remus quickly sent her an alarming glare and covered her mouth with his hand, bringing a finger to his mouth.
"You mustn't tell anyone, got it?" Lily nodded and Remus let go of her mouth, and the same cheeky grin on her mouth was even bigger than the last one.
"I've got to come up with a plan." The green-eyed girl exclaimed, as though a light bulb popped onto her head, and rushed back to the girls dormitories.
"Hey, prefect duties, woman!" He shouted at her, but she yelled back,
"I'm sure you got this, I've got to deal with our love lifes!". Remus sighed, fearing what would come after and what would he do if lily failed. Maybe it was not a good idea to put all faith in Lily Evans.
The common room at 3 o'clock at night only had four boys and a first year female crammed in a corner reading a transfiguration textbook, and nearly dozing off onto her notes. "Tell me what's up with you and Evans. Was there any talk about me?" James asked, wriggling his eyebrows and had a smug look on his face before Remus answered.
"No. we just finished charms homework and patrolled." He wouldn't dare talk about what they said, for it could cause trouble in his friendship with lily and a mess for himself to clean up.
"You could've talked about how amazing my quidditch skills are, or my amazing hair." The messy haired boy blurted, striking a pose that nearly made the werewolf giggle.
"Or you could've talked about how amazing and wonderful I am," The boy behind them broke in, even louder than James, though trying to challenge his friend.
"Or my beautiful brown eyes, and my everlasting smile-" The two troublemakers talk was cut short when they realized that their friend with the 'furry little problem' was missing from the common room. "Did you see Remus go up to the dorms, Wormtail?" James questioned the other of the marauders, and he nodded his head. So James and Sirius didn't bother going up there for Remus assuming he's sleeping, but he was rather doing the opposite.
"So, what you're saying is-" Remus looked confused as Lily's wand flicked to make the paper move, to show her diagram in a less confusing manner.
"I can do most of the work here, you needn't do a thing. You already have enough on your hands to deal with from the start."
Remus almost interjected but was patient enough for Lily to continue her plan. "I know you will say, 'but Lily, you already have enough on your hands, why do this for me?'. And my answer would be because you two would look so adorable together, and because I want to see one of my best friends happy." Lily's warm smile quickly turned back to the beam they all knew her wildly for. "I'm going to initiate plan A tomorrow. Or next week. Or the week after. I certainly do have a lot to do, it's O.W.L year, after all. You get your rest, I'm going to go to the girls dormitory now."
Lily slid out of the room, using her wand to levitate her plan and the door slammed with a click. Perhaps he shouldn't be putting all faith in Lily Evans.