The Moons of the Past

James

I'm no matchmaker, but I believe that Sirius and Remus are… flirting with each other.

When I first noticed it, I almost gagged.

I mean, I had been a homophobic my entire life! It just wasn't natural.

But it seemed right between those two, I think. Remus refused to go out with any girl at all, and seemed to be completely involved in Sirius. Sirius went out with way too many girls, but never got serious with any of them and always broke up with one at the snap of Remus' fingers.

"So… I hear you have a new girlfriend," I said, nudging Sirius in the ribs. "When is she going to meet us?"

"Never," Remus said sternly, just as Sirius opened his mouth.

Peter and I both turned to face Remus with open mouths. He seemed to have stopped dead in his tracks, as if he had just realized what he had said. I gagged.

"… I talked to him about it earlier. Me and Veronica are about to break up, anyways," Sirius said with a shrug, bailing Remus out effortlessly.

"Oh, I see… What's wrong with this one?" I asked, not even a small part of me believing that what Sirius had said was true.

"She's way too dominating and possessive…" Sirius began.

"Sirius, honey! Why are you always talking to your friends instead of me?" Veronica whined, as if on cue, from behind.

I winced. She was about to get it. And Sirius was notorious for letting girls down… hard.

"Veronica, babe, I don't think is working out," Sirius said before turning, and, giving the girl no second glance, walking away and continuing to talk to us.

I felt bad for the girl, because it was so obvious, to me at least, why exactly it was that Sirius dumped girls so easily.

After a little while, I even tried forcing them together sneakily.

"You know, Sirius has been spending a lot of time with that girl…" I commented casually to Remus.

"Yeah. He has," he said, a deep frown on his face.

"I don't think they're right together," I added, pretending to pick a nonexistent bit of dirt from underneath a nail.

"You sure? He seems happy," Remus noted, folding his hands behind his head.

"Oh, that? Every guy is like that when he's going out with a girl. Veronica is an easy hit."

"You mean she's promiscuous?" Remus asked, not quite getting the terms I used.

"Yeah. That. That means she's slutty, right?" I asked in confirmation. Remus nodded in response and sighed.

"You're probably right. I hate seeing him like this…"

"Maybe you should talk to him about it," I suggested.

"Why don't you?" Remus asked with a sigh. Shit. I hadn't been expecting that one.

"Because, quite frankly, I've had her as well, and when we went out, I was just as 'happy' as he is now. So, of course, if I spoke to him about it now, he'd think I was jealous or something," I explained, pulling an excuse from thin air.

He bought it, and the next day, Sirius announced they were over.

And, of course, my favorite memory of that was during a Christmas Eve, in which all of the Marauders were trying to decide what type of girl (person) would be best for each of us.

"Okay, what type of girl deserves me?" I asked, my voice, tone and manner all arrogant.

"Hmm... Temperamental… would keep you on a short lease… beautiful… wild… smart… Flaming red hair and dazzling green eyes… That about sum it all up?" Sirius asked with a smirk.

"Ah, if only such a girl whom existed would simply say 'yes'…" I said, my voice somewhat similar to Romeo's.

"No," Lily said from the couch, not even glancing at me from her book, her eyes transfixed upon the page.

"What about me?" Sirius asked, hitting his chest in excitement.

"I think someone who's not liberal, because you'd be all over them constantly otherwise… Smart, to balance out your idiocy… Good with scheduling, because otherwise you two would never make appointments… Kind and maternal, because God knows you need to be babied and spoiled…" I said, ticking off Remus' qualities. Remus obviously had a vague idea of what I was doing, because he kept glancing at me.

"I wish someone like that existed…" Sirius said with a sigh. "Now, let's see… Moony!" he exclaimed, turning to Remus and grinning.

Remus blushed. "I… I don't think…" he began.

"Well, they couldn't be extremely smart, that would be annoying, but they couldn't be a complete idiot… He'd have to understand Remus' predicament… Messed-up, because Remus needs someone to look after… Messy, because two anal-retentive people together would drive the world mad… Loyal, because Remus would automatically figure out if the other was cheating… Funny, because otherwise Remus' already small sense of humor would die out…" once again, I was ticking off Sirius' qualities. Remus sighed when I finally finished and gave me a look that pretty much said "What did I do to you?"

Trying to keep up the game, Sirius pointed at Peter. "What kind of girl does Peter need?"

"Desperate," I answered automatically.

I miss those days…

A/N: Obviously, written from James' POV when he was alive. It would make no sense for a dead person to reminisce… Though for a dead person to be nostalgic, yeah, I can see that. XD Well, review! Next (and last) chapter should be out soon! )