A/N I'm so sorry I missed yesterday! It's the middle of the Summer holidays here and my kids are demanding so much of my attention...which is, of course, highly rude of them but apparently I'm honour bound somewhat to entertain them during this gruelling time. Send wine, dear readers.

Anyway, I'll upload two chapters to make up for it!


Remus

"It's great, you know, this having a girlfriend malarky."

"Yeah Prongs mate, we know," Sirius replied with a snort.

"I'm not so sure," Remus said, his voice a mutter.

The other three boys frowned. "Everything alright, Moony?" Peter asked, and Remus was sure that Peter hadn't missed the brief glance that he'd shared with Sirius.

Remus shrugged. "Dorcas is great, she's great, but she's…" he trailed off.

"Overbearing?" Sirius offered, his voice and eyes both softening.

Remus nodded once and looked down. Dorcas was overbearing, but that wasn't the reason he was questioning his relationship.

He knew that.

Sirius knew that.

He wondered how long it would take James and Peter to know that, too.

Dorcas

Something is wrong and he won't tell me what.

Sirius

P,

I'm literally shaking at the thought of telling her.

M

Remus

M,

Just like we spoke about, just like ripping a plaster off.

P

Marlene

She swallowed, her throat dry. "Who is she?"

"I-there isn't any she."

"Bollocks, I don't believe you," she seethed.

"Marlene, I promise you. There isn't any she."

Peter

"I don't know, it's just weird, like they have this whole secret thing going on, that me and James just aren't in on."

Emmie offered a sympathetic half-smile. "Maybe they're lovers," she offered, laughing.

Peter snorted, ready to laugh her words off when a realisation that he knew should have occurred to him sooner descended into his mind. "Ems, what if they are?"

"I was joking, babe," Emmie replied, "I mean, we'd know if they were together together, and anyway, aren't they both straight?"

"Sirius definitely isn't, he's admitted himself that he fancies boys and girls, Remus on the other hand, yeah, I thought he was straight," Peter answered, puzzled, "but they both just broke up with their girlfriends, literally on the same day, and whenever we can't find one of them, they're always together...and then there was the other morning," Peter smacked his forehead with his own palm, feeling as though the truth had hit him like a tonne of bricks.

"What happened the other morning?"

Peter looked at her, unspeaking for a second, blinking. "I'm not certain, but I think they showered together."

"It's looking quite conclusive," Emmie replied, her eyebrows raised.

"It really is!"

Dorcas

This is the worst feeling in the entire world.

James

His prefect duties were done. The Quidditch practise schedules were complete and even his homework pile was significantly smaller than it could have been.

He wasn't entirely sure what had happened to him, but, as his arms wove themselves around Lily's midriff, he decided he simply did not care.

"You smell nice," he whispered into her ear, before planting a kiss upon her lobe.

She hummed a "Thank you" in response as she dragged her fingertips up and down the arms that encased her.

"Has Remus spoken to you lately, by the way?" James asked.

"About what?"

"Well, he's been acting funny, since just before he finished with Dorcas."

Lily swivelled around so that she was facing her boyfriend, frowning. "Well...yes, but we know why that is."

"We do?"

"Please tell me you are joking?"

James's look was one of definite confusion. "Should I be joking?"

"Okay, you do know why he broke up with Dor, yes?"

"She was overbearing," James replied, remembering the conversation between the four friends that had taken place six weeks prior.

Lily blinked. "Okay, allow me to rephrase, you do know the real reason that he broke up with her, yes?"

"I haven't got a clue what you're going on about."

"I honestly don't know whether to laugh, or check you into St Mungo's! Two of your best friends have been in a relationship for over a month now, and you have no idea."

James only frowned harder. "Who?"

"Remus," Lily replied, her eyes wide and her tone slow, "and Sirius."

"WHAT?"

"James they were literally holding hands this morning."

"Were they?"

"James, they sleep in the same bed."

"So?"

"You've seen them kiss."

"I have?"

"How can you possibly be this clueless?"