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This chapter is rather short, sorry about that.

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Chapter Three: Ancient Runes

"Is it true?" Remus asked.

"Is what true?" Lily said.

"That you finally said yes to go out with James?"

"Yes, Remus. All of the wild rumors that James put me under a love potion or the Imperious Curse aren't true. I finally decided to give James a chance. Maybe then he'll stop bugging me," Lily sighed, sounding like she had answered the question a thousand times already.

"I see what you mean. You made a good choice in saying yes. James might appear... all of the words you've called him before on the outside, but on the inside, he's a really sweet guy that I hope you'll get to know,"

"Wow, that's really sweet, Remus. If what you say is true, I think I might try to find that guy," Lily said, thoughtfully.

"I'm glad you'll try to find that person," Remus smiled. James SO owed him for that!

"Right. But if they're just empty words..." Lily let the sentence trail off, and her eyes narrowed threateningly.

"I know, I know. I'll have to run to hide in Mexico for the rest of my life,"

"Exactly!" Lily said, far too cheerfully.

Hermione approached Lily and Remus nervously. Lily muttered some excuse about 'copying homework from Alice', and quickly walked away.

"Uhm, Remus?" the brunette asked, uneasily.

"Yeah, 'Mione?"

"Well, maybe, I was wondering, well you know, if maybe, you would want to go to Hogsmeade with me on Saturday?" she breathed, nervously.

"OH! Well, I- er, I mean-," Remus looked startled, thinking about his 'FLP'.

Lily had overheard everything, and quickly scribbled on a note. Then, she charmed the note and it flew towards Remus.

'Say YES, Remus, or I'll cancel my date with James. I can tell you like her, even if you don't know it yet, and that she likes you back'.

Remus scribbled back, ignoring Hermione for a few seconds, and charmed the note to fly back to Lily. The redhead opened it and read, 'No fair! It's blackmail!'

Lily rolled her eyes, and wrote, 'It's all fair in love and war!' Remus mouthed, 'I hate you' to Lily. She rolled her eyes and mouthed back, 'I'm doing you a favor'.

"'Mione?"

"Yes, Remus?" Hermione asked, her eyes lighting up.

"I would very much like to go out with you on Saturday,"

"Hey! I have an idea!" Lily approached them.

"What is it?" Remus asked.

"Maybe you and 'Mione could double date with me and James," she suggested.

"I'm not sure James would like that on the first date. Maybe on the second," Remus said.

"Yeah, I'd rather just go alone with Remus," Hermione said, not unkindly.

"Has anyone ever heard of triple dating?" Lily asked.

"Nope," Hermione replied.

"I'm not sure I want to know," Remus responded.

"It was just a question guys, geez," Lily said.

"After you've been James and Sirius' best friend for seven years, it's questions like these that scare the shit outta you," When Lily and Hermione had taken a step away from Remus, Hermione asked, "Why do you ask?"

"Well, my sister Petunia said that she did it once,"

"What IS triple dating?" Remus asked.

"Like double dating only with three couples instead of two," Lily explained.

"OOOOHHHHHH. I knew that," Hermione said.

Lily and Remus looked at each other, each of them thinking, ','

"How did the triple dating go with your sister?" Remus asked, curiously.

"Not so good. The guy she was with fell for her best friend, whose date fell for Petunia, and Petunia fell for her other best friend's date, which fell for her own date,"

"That made absolutely no sense," Remus said, automatically.

"I think what she's trying to say, is that triple dating is a bad idea," Hermione stated.

"YES! YOU WIN, 'MIONE!" Lily grinned.

"Cool! What do I get?"

"You get..." Lily paused for a few seconds, thinking. She snapped her fingers, and exclaimed, "A big smoochie from Remus over here!"

"Yay! Pucker up, Remus!"

"At least this time I like the girl," Remus said.

"WHAT?" Lily exclaimed, shocked.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Hermione asked, stepping away from him.

Remus thought of all everything James and Sirius had forced him to do. Each and every one of them had left a scar in his memory, and both the girls would be repulsed by that. "Never mind. Come on, 'Mione. Let's go off to the broom closet," he said, WISELY choosing not to answer.

"Okay!" Hermione grinned, and they left when the teacher wasn't looking. Lily would cover for them.

"Am I not a genius?" Lily laughed, patting herself on the back for her accomplishment.

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