Chapter 7

Melissa was surprised when James came and sat on the other side of me at dinner. I whispered under my breath that I'd explain to her later that night what was going on.

James and I greeted each other with secret looks that Melissa noticed with her eagle eyes. James sat down and Sirius sat down across from us with Remus. Peter must have had detention or something else going on at that time.

Melissa was felling much better after Remus sat down. She sort of, kind of, had a hugely major crush on Remus.

James saw then looked at me. He leaned over and whispered into my ear, so no one else would hear, "Does Melissa like Moony?" I just smiled and whispered back "Yes. Why?"

"Well, he likes her too."

"Ooh. Let's play matchmaker."

"Let's." With that I asked Melissa to meet me in the library after dinner. James asked Remus the same but Remus said he had prefect duty because he thought that James was going to have him pretty much do his homework for him. Then James mentioned that Melissa was going to there and he agreed to come.

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Melissa got to the library at the same time as Remus. They acknowledged each other politely. He walked towards James who was a few tables away from me and Melissa walked towards me.

Once they had sat down I told Melissa, "I need to go ask James if he can help me find this spell book I need."

"Sure but will you ask Remus to come over and help me with my potions homework?"

"Sure," I said as started towards James. They looked my way as I came over.

"Hey, James. Hey, Remus."

"Hi, Lily," they said in unison.

"Um, James can you help me find a book I need for my extra credit Charms homework."

"Sure. I'll be back, Lupin."

"Oh. Wait. Remus, Melissa asked me if you could help her with her homework because I still need to finish mine and she has this huge report due in Potions tomorrow. Will you help her?"

"Uh, sure. I can help her."

"Thanks a bunch. You can help me now, James." With that I took his arm and led him around to look for books where we could watch Melissa and Remus.

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"Hey, Melissa. Lily told me you wanted some help with your homework."

"Yeah. That would be great."

"Lily mention something about a report in Potions."

"Yeah. I've kindda forgot to do it and its due tomorrow morning," Melissa said blushing beautifully.

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"This is working," I whispered to James as we watched through the bookshelves. I was smiling slightly.

"Yeah," he replied sadly "but I wish that my other plan was working."

"What 'other plan'?" I asked, curious, tilting my head to the right slightly.

"Well. This one's is sort of a huge secret," James replied. Now it wasn't Melissa blushing, it was him. His face was turning a bright beat red.

"Does it involve me?" I asked, catching on to what his plan was.

"Well. Yes it does. The plan was to get you to like me." He was backing away, like he thought that I would hit him. That was the farthest thought from my mind.

I started to smile. Everything went to place in my mind. The way he had just the book I needed to the way he was willingly telling me one of his deepest shared secrets that put him and his friends in a lot of trouble.

I couldn't believe that this was his plan. Now I came to realize that my heart belonged to him. I couldn't ignore the feeling anymore. I loved him and I still do, but back to the story.

"James," I said, trying not to grin from ear to ear, "Why would you say that, your other the plan was not working?"

"Well. You just didn't really seem to like me the way I want you to like me."

"And what way would that be?" I said; ready to tell him my secret.

"I kindda hoped that you'd fall in love with me." James was blushing a deeper, brighter red that went to the roots of his messy jet-black hair.

"Let's leave them be and go for a walk," I whispered in his ear as I took his hand in mine and lead him out of the library.