A.N—Thanks to Blue Lover5000, Sharpied. To. You. and anna lily potter who added me to their favourites/alerts. Also, thanks to anime-4-ever001 who has kindly taken up being an unofficial beta for me. You rock.

Okay, I promised you a long chapter so here you go. Read, review and enjoy. A bit of girl talk in here. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED…LOL

Disclaimer—*sighs* Do I really have to say it? Fine. None of this is mine…..Happy?

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Chapter Thirty Seven

Girl Talk

Lily and James were gone all day.

It was that simple and it was so cute I felt I was going to throw up. Mary was being mushy about it, Marlene was itching with impatience and I was fighting the urge to rip their throats out because their blood was pounding so hard.

We had stationed ourselves in Lily's dorm in the Heads Tower. Remus, Peter and Sirius had done the same and were waiting to ambush James about his date. I thought it was really cute that they cared so much, but it turns out they were only going to tease James about finally getting the girl.

My head snapped up when the door opened and Lily came in, slumping against the door and letting out a sigh. She bit her lip, smiling as she touched her lips. Her blood was pounding and from the way she was breathing, I would hazard a guess that James had kissed her.

And thoroughly at that.

"So, how did it go?" Mary asked, making Lily jump. She laughed at our expressions.

"I guess that you're staying the night then?" she countered, taking her pyjamas from her trunk. She dressed and we followed her movements, changing as well. We all jumped onto the large bed that was hers and grinned at her.

"So…what happened?" I asked, prodding her with my finger. She giggled.

"Well, he took me to the Three Broomsticks, bought me a butterbeer, then we sat there and talked." She answered, pulling a box of chocolates from her bedside cabinet. I took one and bit into it.

"You just talked? That's it?" Mary asked, a little disappointed.

"Yup. We walked around for a bit, then came back to the castle. We got to the common room downstairs when he pulled me in and kissed me." she stopped, a glazed look coming across her eyes.

I grinned.

"Aaaaaand? How was it?" I asked. she grinned, touching her lips again, almost unconsciously.

"It was…perfect."

Mary squealed and threw herself at Lily, wrapping her short arms around her and squeezing. Marlene laughed while I grinned. Mary and I were resting our heads on Marlene's shoulders, gazing at Lily as she told us the story. When it came to the part when he kissed her we all went 'Awww.' at the same time.

We got onto the subject of boyfriends so that the conversation included us all.

"So Mary, who far have you gone with Peter?" Marlene asked, nibbling on a chocolate frog. Mary laughed.

"If you mean 'have we had sex' then no." she answered. "Serious snogging, a bit of touchy feely, but nothing apart from that." I smiled at her answer because it sated Marlene's appetite.

Mostly.

Marlene started asking questions about how Peter looked with his shirt off, how good of a snog he was and all that jazz, but I tuned out. There were some things that I really didn't need to know.

"Sophia, what about you and Remus?" she asked. I choked on my frog.

"What?" I croaked.

"Have. You. Had. Sex. With. Remus?" she enunciated every word clearly, like she was talking to an idiot.

"No," I replied.

"Buuuut?" she prodded.

"But nothing." I giggled. "We haven't gone there."

"You've been dating for three and a half months!" Marlene exclaimed. I shook my head at her as she continued. "Just…jump his bones already! It's not that hard! Girl likes boy. Boy likes girl. Sex."

Mary and Lily snorted.

"This applies to you too Mary." Mary shut up pretty damn quick after that. "And it's not that simple Marlene." I said. Marlene sighed dramatically.

"How is it not that simple?" she asked, sounding genuinely curious. I bit my lip, unsure how I was going to explain this.

"I want to have a sex life, Marlene, just not right now. A relationship shouldn't have to always be physical. I can talk to Remus about things, like books and the future and music. He listens to me when I'm having an emotional breakdown and he lets me cry on his shoulder when I need to. Sure, he can kiss, sure, he makes my knees go weak, sure, sometimes I want to drag him off to the nearest broom-closet and snog him stupid, but I don't because we're taking it slow." I explained. "Remus is amazing, but I don't want to go there yet." I blushed when I finished.

Lily and Mary were smiling at me like I was the cutest thing in the world and Marlene was blinking rapidly.

"But…the sexual tension is there?" she questioned. I laughed, flopping back onto the bed.

"Sometimes it's like I'm suffocating." I admitted. "But Remus is too much of a gentleman to make a move and I respect him for that."

Marlene groaned and grabbed another chocolate. "Okay, I'll forgive you for not telling me about your sex life—like a good friend would do—if you tell me you have seen him shirtless."

The other leaned forward at this and I nodded through my giggles. Mary squealed.

"Details! Details!" they cried. I sat up.

"I am not telling you about my boyfriend's chest. Do you honestly think that he's in the dorm opposite telling the others about how sexy my legs are?" I asked rhetorically but I got an answer anyway.

"Yes." They chorused and I rolled my eyes.

"Please tell us?" Lily pleaded. "Remember that favour you owe me?

"Which one?" I asked. She shrugged.

"I don't know, take your pick, just tell us!" she demanded. I looked around at their eager faces and blinked.

"You really want to know?" I asked. I thought that they had been winding me up, but they were serious. They wanted to know. Very little was known about Remus and Peter. James and Sirius were no strangers to taking their shirts off in public.

"Abbs?" Mary supplied.

"Washboard." I admitted.

"Oooooooh." Lily purred. I laughed and threw a pillow at her.

"Pecks?" Marlene prodded.

"Not as defined, but they're there." I replied, wondering how the hell we had gotten onto the subject of my boyfriend's chest muscles when we were supposed to be focussing on Lily.

"Bicep, triceps?" Lily asked. I shrugged.

"He was strong enough to lift me when we were at your sister's wedding and I'm 63 kilos." I said, biting into a frog. This seemed to satisfy them but they weren't done yet.

"Is he a good kisser?"

"Why the hell are we even talking about this? And why the hell do you want to know?" I exclaimed, laughing a little. They looked at each other, and discussed something silently, like only best friends can do.

"Well…can you blame us? Remus hardly ever dates and whenever he does, the girl is over him in three seconds and doesn't say anything about him. Not much is known about Remus's romantic life, so can you really expect us to pass by this opportunity to learn more?" Mary explained. I bit my lip and twirled a strand of hair around my finger.

"You make a good point, dammit." I muttered. "And yes, he is a good kisser."

For the next ten minutes they interrogated me about Remus and those were the most uncomfortable ten minutes of my life. Eventually they let up and left me alone. I tuned out of the conversation as they gave a detailed analysis on Sirius's experiences in bed. Ew!

The sound of chuckling reached my ears and I looked around. That was definitely Sirius's chuckle…I would know that anywhere. The others didn't notice anything, but I had heard it. There were voices coming from my bag and I walked over to it, frowning. I dug around until I pulled out a mirror.

The two way mirror.

The other half that James had.

In his dorm.

Where Remus, Sirius and Peter were also staying.

Oh fuck.

"Sophia? You okay? You look so pissed you could explode." Marlene said, oh so delicately. I turned around and smiled innocently.

"Hmm? Oh, I'm fine, I…just remembered that I borrowed this from Remus. I should return it." I lied, walking over to the door.

"Now?" Mary whined. I didn't answer as I walked down the stairs, across the common room and up the stairs to James's room. I didn't even bother knocking as I walked in. The boys were lounging about on James's bed, a small mirror identical to the one I had clutched in my hand. They looked up as the door swung open and I stalked over.

"What makes you think that you have the right to spy on us?" I demanded, throwing the mirror onto the mattress. I crossed my arms, glowering.

The boys were staring at me and swallowing frequently. I realized I was dressed in a very short purple nighty that reached halfway up my thigh (at the longest). Oh well.

"Sophia, I think you're going to kill Remus." James said, seriously, looking at his friend. I waved a hand nonchalantly.

"He'll get over it." I said waspishly. I pointed at the mirror. "This is girl talk, not a place for men."

The boys seemed to have recovered some of their wits because they were frowning, well, most of the boys. Remus had thrown an arm over his face, and was lying on his back, taking long, deep breaths.

"Why can't we hear?" Sirius asked. "I, for one, want to hear more about your analysis' of Remus."

James and he laughed. Peter bit his lip as Remus sat up.

"Yes, thank you for that. I had no idea you thought I was that good looking." He said, his eyes raking my body with hungrily. "And just so you know, I don't need to tell the boys you have sexy legs…they can see that for themselves."

I blushed and shifted my legs to they were crossed while I was standing up, a really good accomplishment actually. "Thank you?" I said awkwardly. I pointed at the mirrors. "You do know that the conversation we just had was not meant for your ears."

"Hence the term eavesdropping." Sirius smirked. I glared.

"Sirius, this is a huge breach of privacy. If I had wanted you to know all of that about Remus and me, I would have told you directly. But I didn't; that should tell you something." I watched as his expression faltered and he looked guilty for a moment. I glared at the others and left the room.

I got back to Lily's room smirking. The girls were intrigued by it and I told them about the mirrors and what I did. Marlene was especially proud of me.

"You go girl. Oh, I would have killed to have seen their faces." She gasped through her laughter. Lily made the sign of the cross.

"Amen!" she fell into a fresh peal of laughter, rolling around on the bed. Mary was chuckling, trying to avoid getting knocked off the bed by her two friends. This only caused us to laugh harder and we all huddled around, trying to control our breathing and clutching at our stomachs. We got into bed a while later, still smiling from our laughing fits.

A.N—a bit of a weird chapter but I hope you like it anyway. Please review. And I need some more inspiration for the pranks people!