Remus groaned mentally at the task ahead. Curse his loyalty to his forgiving and equally-loyal-back friends. He wondered for a brief moment why James had decided to, at the very least, cause him mental or possibly physical trauma. After all, Lily was a natural at jinxing and hexing.

Remus briefly went through his memories. Had he done something wrong? Force his friends to do homework... No, that happened once a week, James probably would've made him do far worse if this was about homework. Refusing to do a particularly dangerous prank... No, even Sirius agreed that it was too dangerous. Studying in the library with Lily Evans, James Potter's crush and probably love of his life... Darn it...


'Remus was working in the library with Lily on their Transfiguration and Charms essays. Both subjects were easy to them, but they agreed that working together was much more fun.

They were just finishing up when a chair a table down them toppled over. Remus and Lily groaned.

"'Remus, you traitor!" hissed James, who was wearing a black ski mask and glaring at him.

"'James, can't you-"

"'How could you?!" wailed James quietly, glaring at Remus.

"'How could he what?" whispered Lily venomously.

"'How could he go on a date with you?" whispered James back, beaming as though Lily talking to him was the best thing that a boy could ever hope to have happen to him. 'Then again, he probably does think it's the best thing in the world,' thought Remus dryly.

Lily didn't reply, her face turning crimson, then taking on an interesting purplish hue.

"'Er, James? Probably best if you leave..."

"'Her face is so beautiful when it's purple," sighed James, gazing at her adoringly.

Remus looked at him in alarm, backing away cautiously.

"'Hey, Lily, by the way..."

"'What, Potter?" She spat out the word like it was the worst word in the world. 'Then again, she probably does think that it's the worst word in the world,' thought Remus, again dryly.

"'Go out with me?" '

Remus sighed. James had been hexed with so many curses that he couldn't even stand up. Though, that might have been because he was hit with the Jelly-Legs Curse. And now the idiot was asking him, Remus Lupin, to do the impossible.

"Hey, Lily," called Remus in what he hoped was a casual, off-hand voice.

Lily turned and smiled. "Hi, Remus!"

Remus paled slightly and gulped. How could he ruin such an innocent child's life? 'Where's your Gryffindor courage, you idiot?'

Muttering a quick shield charm, Remus said,"Er, would you like to go out with Ja- I mean me?" It was like someone had locked Remus away inside his body while an imposter took over. He was horrified. His life was over.

Lily grinned mischieviously."Sure, why not?"

Meanwhile, James, from the beech tree, grinned in excitement for apparently no reason at all, though in his mind, Lily was happy, so he should be happy. Simple.

When Remus came over with an extremely pale face, James beamed at him. "What did she say?"

Remus tried to smile. "I'm going on a date with Lily next week."