A/N: Okay, here's the second chapter, sorry it's a bit late. You'll probably get another one later today.
Remus Lupin was feeling jealous, and he had no idea why. He wasn't sure what was worse, whoever he was jealous of or the fact he didn't know who they were. Actually, maybe he did have a bit of an idea. It was most likely something to do with the fact that Sirius was dating Melissa Tompson. OK, so he wasn't exactly dating her in a very 'boyfriend and girlfriend' type way, because twelve year olds don't really do that. It was more of a 'he fancied her, she fancied him, they both knew that and often sat beside each other' way. Admittedly that can't really be considered dating, but Remus felt that he had some right to call it that now. You see, Sirius Black had just asked Melissa Tompson out.
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He hadn't actually spoken to Sirius since then (he'd been in the library) so you may be wondering how he knew. Well, there's a simple answer to that, it was hard to be a second year and not. It seemed to be the sole topic of conversation for most of the girls in his year and most of the boys had at least mentioned it to their friends in between discussion of the latest so called 'friendly' quidditch match that had taken place during lunch break. I say 'so called' because it had resulted in three people being sent to the hospital wing, two getting detention for fighting and the rest with several minor cuts and bruises.
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Now, onto the more important part of this. What about that made him jealous? Well, actually, I can't really tell you that, because he himself had no idea why. And this is why we find him, chin resting on one hand, staring at a Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook with a glazed look on his face.
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He had gone over seemingly every possible cause for his jealousy in his mind and was still just as, if not more, puzzled than he'd been before. Was he jealous of Melissa for stopping him spending time with Sirius? No, it couldn't be that, Sirius was spending just as much time with him as he had before. Was he jealous of Sirius for having Melissa fancy him? No, not that. He hardly knew her. Could it be that- No! Definitely not that! Remus Lupin was perfectly straight. The crush he had had on Louise in Hufflepuff last year proved that. Didn't it?
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By four O'clock he was just about to leave the library and had finally come up with an idea that he couldn't find fault with. He was probably just jealous that Sirius had got a girl to go out with him before him. That was probably it. It would be perfect, if it weren't for the fact he didn't really care about girls all that much and that there were plenty that would be willing to go out with him, should the need arise. But as it was, this one worked and was probably the most likely of his ideas so far.
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He picked up the book he had been reading, putting it back on the shelf, and left the library. As he walked up the stairs towards the Gryffindor common room he had time to ponder his idea and with every second that passed it seemed to become more and more unlikely. With every step he took he seemed to come up with another reason that he was wrong. In fact, by the time he got to the twenty second step (he'd been counting, a habit he'd picked up in first year) the only thing that made him believe it was his need for an answer.
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After going up another hundred or so steps, he finally got to the portrait of the fat lady. He told her the password and went into the common room t be immediately greeted by James who, although he had been gone for barely half an hour, seemed to be under the impression it had been several years. "Remus! Where the heck've you been? You ran off as spoon as we finished potions and we couldn't find you anywhere. I swear, we searched the entire castle for you!" Remus smirked,
"I take it the library isn't in the castle then?" Both James and Sirius looked slightly embarrassed due to the fact they hadn't worked this out but after a few seconds Sirius muttered something about it not being the first place that came to mind.
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There was silence for a couple of minutes after this and James seemed to be in deep thought. Finally he seemed to work something out and announced to them all that they ought to make a map or something that would show where anyone was at any time. Remus was a bit apprehensive about this but Sirius thought it was a great idea and soon they were discussing how it could be made.
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It was almost eight O'clock by the time they stopped talking about it and got up to start mapping out he castle. "We should probably split up to do this," James pointed out, "that way we'll get it done quicker." Sirius nodded is head in agreement,
"We should go in groups of two. That way we won't have to work by ourselves."
"Okay." James said, stopping walking just outside the portrait hole. Without thinking about it, Remus added in, "I'll go with Sirius." James looked slightly disappointed, Remus supposed he had wanted to go with Sirius, but agreed anyway and they each set off in a different direction to start the mapping out of the school.
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As Remus and Sirius walked along in silence, Remus couldn't help but notice how fast he had been to add that he wanted to walk with Sirius. He hoped nobody else had noticed because this seemed to make it obvious that perhaps his third idea had been right. Perhaps Remus Lupin, Marauder and werewolf had another word that would describe him. Perhaps he was gay. "Shit!" he said out loud, causing Sirius to look round smirking. He blushed slightly as Sirius kept on walking. This idea, he couldn't find any faults with.
A/N: Please review. Also, so that I can be lazy and don't have to think up names, does anyone want to a random person in this? Just leave your first name in a review and I'll use it if I need a name for someone. You might also want to say if there's any type of person you especially do or don't want to be.
EDIT: I've changed the rating because I'm not sure about that little swear word at the end. Could someone tell me if that's allowed in T rated fics.