A/N: This might be the last post before school starts, and then they will be much more spread out because I'm taking AP world and Latin III. That should be fun. Well, no, just lots of work. I have a special POV for you guys this chapter, so please tell me what you think! So anyways, I really like this chapter and I hope you will too!

Disclaimer. Haven't done this for a while, I don't own anything HP, but I do own a billion notebooks and tons of pens!

Last time: Lily folded the letter and sent it off with the still waiting owl. She then changed into her purple pajamas and crawled into her bed, falling asleep almost as soon as her head hit the pillow.

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Chapter 7: In which Remus is brave

The next morning marked a Hogsmeade trip, and everyone was going Christmas shopping. Lily went to breakfast with some money and the note from the night before. When she got to the great hall, she saw that the ceiling reflected the snow falling outside. Lily located her friends and went to show them the latest note.

"Aww! That is sooo romantic!" Amee exclaimed after Lily read the note. "I wish I had a guy like that!"

"Someone romantic?" Lily asked, thinking about someone she knew she had in mind.

"Yeah"

"Someone smart?"

"Yeah…"

"Someone like Remus?"

"Ye—wait, what!" Amee choked.

Lily and Charlie burst out laughing, drawing many strange looks from the peole near them. Amee looked like she wanted to drop through a conveniently placed hole in the ground.

"Guys, shut up," she begged, bright red.

"Well, I'm going to go Christmas shopping now, if any of you would like to join me." Charlie announced, noticing that people were starting to leave.

"I will!" Sirius offered, popping up out of nowhere. He put his arm around a now very irritated Charlie.

"You will not." Said Charlie, glaring daggers at Sirius's hand.

Sirius looked alarmed and quickly removed his arm, then smiled, "Well ladies, I must be off, places to go, people to see…" he winked at Charlie before sauntering arrogantly away.

Lily and Amee rolled their eyes and laughed as he left, but Charlie was stil glaring at his retreating back. "I hate him." She declared defiantly as they gathered their things and began the walk to Hogsmeade.

"Oh come on, he's harmless," Lily reasoned, "he's never had a serious girlfriend in his life, he's just having fun."

The rest of their journey was mostly silent unless one of them was asking how much farther it was. When they got there they decided to split up and shop for each other first. They would meet up at The Three Broomsticks at 1pm.

Lily decided to shop for Amee first, so she headed for the nearest bookshop, Bob's Big Book Barn. She saw Remus in the corner and decided to go say hello. She hadn't talked to him for a while, except in prefect meetings.

"Hey Remus," she said from behind him. He jumped almost a foot in the air and turned around.

"Oh, hello Lily, I didn't see you coming," he stammered.

"Soo, what's up? You seem a little distracted," Lily paused before going on, "is it Amee?" she inquired slyly.

"What? How do you know about that?" Remus said, blushing furiously.

Lily smiled, thinking maybe she could get them together, that would be cute. "You know, you guys would be great together, you compliment each other." Lily replied truthfully.

Remus grinned shyly, "Really? But she probably doesn't even like me…" he finished, face falling.

"You don't know that, the only way to find out is by asking her," Lily thought about this, and got a brilliant idea, "okay, I know you want to ask her to the dance, right?"

Remus nodded cautiously.

"Well, she's going to be at The Three Broomsticks at one, for lunch. Charlie and I can conveniently disappear if you'd like some privacy." Lily offered. "Well, I'm going to go find her a Christmas present now. I'll see you at one." She winked, and with that she walked to the other side of the store, leaving Remus alone with his thoughts.

Lily picked out a book on fencing for Amee, knowing not very many people would know that she liked it, and no one would guess it. A little known fact about Amee is that she was once in a fencing club during summer with Lily, and was one of the best people there. Lily however, was horrible, she would rather just watch, because it was lots of fun to watch, but not so much to actually do. She practiced classical fencing, which wasn't really about the competition, more about the art form. Still, it was much more fun for Lily to watch rather than to risk being poked in the eye, even if that was virtually impossible. She glanced over to where Remus was and saw him quietly pacing back and forth, muttering to himself as he went. Lily smiled, thinking how sweet he was, and she was sure that he would be good to Amee. The fact that she liked him also gave him big bonus points in her mind.

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Remus stared after Lily as she turned and walked away. Him, James, and Sirius had split up to shop for each other, but all Remus had to do was stop at Zonko's and buy anything and everything he could afford.

He began pacing back and forth, trying not to freak out completely. He had never done anything like this before, and it was terrifying. He was the kid who sat quietly in the corner, knew all the answers, but never did anything like this. Sure he did dangerous stuff, but that was different. Remu chided himself, he went through a horrible transformation every month, that had to be worse than this, and he was scared of asking a girl out. As he paced hi thought about what he would say to Amee if he did pluck up the courage to ask her out. "Hey Amee," he practiced, "I thought maybe you would want to go to the ball with me? Nah, that sounds too desperate… I need James or Sirius for this, though neither one of them can get who they want. Hmm, Hey Amee, are you going to the ball with me? I mean, wait, that's not right…" he muttered to himself for quite some time, until he realized it was around noon, and he hadn't gotten the books he'd come for yet. He quickly purchased them and headed for The Three Broomsticks, walking much more slowly than he would normally, as if trying to delay the pain that was sure to come with his rejection. The rejection that was inevitable for someone like him. He was used to it by now, of course, but that didn't make it better. He knew deep down that she would reject him now or later when he revealed his secret, his "furry little problem" as James often called it in public.

When he got to the pub, it was almost one o'clock on the dot. He saw Lily, Charlie and Amee walking in just ahead of him. He gently prodded Lily in the back; she glanced back at him and smiled encouragingly. She then whispered something to Charlie, who nodded. They walked a little farther and then Lily spoke, "Charlie and I are going to go order us some drinks, could you get us a table?" she asked Amee pointedly.

"Yeah, sure, I'll meet you guys over there," Amee conceded, pointing to their usual corner. Lily winked at Remus once more, who was trying very hard not to faint, and walked to the counter behind Charlie. Remus tood a deep breath and followed Amee to her table.

"Hey Amee," he started once they got there.

"Oh, hey Remus, what's up?" she said politely.

"Well I was wondering if you were going to the New Year's ball," he sputtered.

"Yes, I am actually, why do you ask?" she smiled as if she knew what was coming.

"Well, umm, would you like to come with me?" he asked, biting his lip nervously, thinking of all the possible outcomes, her laughing in his face was the most prominent in his mind. He was sure he was bright red by the hotness of his face.

"I'd love to," Amee replied, blushing as she did so.

"What?" Remus asked disbelievingly.

"I would love to go to the Masquerade Ball with you, Remus." She repeated, turning a darker shade of red.

Remus smiled, "Good, so I'll see you there then? I mean, I'll see you before that too, but, umm, I'll just go now…" he mumbled, quickly walking away, but grinning broadly all the same.

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Lily saw Remus practically bouncing out the door and took that as a good sign. She and Charlie walked slowly back to the table. They set the drinks down and looked at each other briefly before they began to interrogate the beaming blonde. "Well?" asked Lily.

"Well what?" replied Amee, still smiling happily.

"Well, what did Remus want?" Lily asked innocently, raising a single eyebrow, having perfected that look long ago.

"Oh, that, well, he just wanted to ask me something…" Amee said evasively (A/N: is that a word?).

"Something like what?" Charlie challenged.

"He asked me to the New Year's ball." She admitted. They all started squealing and hugging like every other group of best (girl) friends in the world (not every girl, but you get the point). Charlie demanded details at once and was granted her wish. Lily sat back and smiled. She hummed the Matchmaker song from Mulan to herself. Thinking that she was a good matchmaker, she continued her wonderings about her mystery date, maybe date really, she never officially said yes. Turning back into the conversation, she realized they were back to debating the harmlessness of Sirius Black.

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A/N: I got my fencing info from wikipedia! wow, people wink a lot in the chap! okay, so that chap was pretty short, but it's my favorite so far, so yeah, it'll probably be my last one before school starts, I think the next one will have Christmas in it, but no promises! This chap had almost no Lily/James, so there will be a lot more of that next time. Well, I hope you all liked this chapter as much as I did, and I would appreciate if you would tell me just how much! I also do not appreciate flames, so tell me what you think is wrong, not just that you think it sucks. Review Please!