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A/N: Hi! I know that some people were waiting for a James/Lily POV, but we know so little about their characters that I felt it was best to just leave them alone. I hope you like this, please review!
The Things We Do
**Aurora**
"You know Chris, it would be perfect if you asked Remus to go with you this weekend." I wheedled. Chris hated it when I teased her about Remus, but it was so much fun!
"Shut up Auri! I've told you a million times to mind your own business when it comes to my love life, but you never do." Chris said hotly. I just grinned back at her.
"That's right! And I never will. It's not that big of a deal, just go and ask him!" Chris just shot a glare at me and left our dormitory. I looked over at Lily and shrugged.
"Well, there's always tonight, she can't avoid me forever."
"No, but maybe you should avoid her for a while. She's not likely to be in a good mood." Lily advised and with that, she left the room. I followed her in silence. I wonder what Lily thought about Christine's crush. Usually she just kept her mouth shut when we bantered and rarely voiced her opinions. She was more comfortable being the peacemaker I guess.
The Hogsmeade trip was in two days. Shortly after Sirius and I got over our little spat, I began constantly bothering Christine about her crush on Remus. I don't really care all that much. It's just that I know she likes him and I don't want her to feel left out. That sounded incredibly stupid, even to me. Chris can take care of herself. Oh well, if I stop now, she'll get suspicious that I'm planning something. So I'll keep bothering her about it. Maybe she actually will ask him.
When Lily and I made our way down to the Great Hall, Chris was already sitting with the boys and talking to Sirius and James about quidditch. I like the sport, but I can't stand it when they talk about strategy and tactics. For someone who doesn't play, it can get a little boring.
"Hey." Sirius said as I sat down. Wow, he should get a prize for his great conversational skills. Or maybe one for great hair. I know it sounds weird, but that boy has got great hair. I winked at Lily when James greeted her. Those two were so cute together.
Another thing that happened after my fight with Sirius is that the three of us began hanging out with the boys a lot more often. I didn't even notice it at first; it just seemed natural. The Marauders, as they call themselves, became more destructive with their pranks too. The lugheads are doing it to impress us I suppose. Well, honestly, I do like their pranks. Chris and I can get just as bad as the boys sometimes. 'Course, Lily hates it; she always has. She's right though, if they get caught, they won't be able to go to Hogsmeade at all. Boys are stupid.
**Sirius**
He's staring at her again. Really, I thought this was going to stop after he asked her out. That James is turning into a softy. Peter told me that he missed an opportunity to curse Snape the other day. When Peter asked him about it, he said that Lily would disapprove! That girl is going to turn him into a steaming pile of mush. If Aurora disapproved of me cursing Snape, it wouldn't stop me. Well, okay, maybe. Oh, who am I kidding, I'm mush too. But that doesn't mean I have to admit it. Thank goodness she hates the greaseball as much as I do. I wonder who Remus likes. I haven't had anything good to tease him about in ages. I'll write him a note when McGonagall isn't looking.
"Moony, quick question, who do you like?" I wrote.
"Why do you want to know?" He wrote back.
"Just bored and curious. You know, it's only fair that you tell. You know who James and I like."
"So? Maybe I don't like anyone."
"Liar. Come on, tell me or I may be forced to put a tickling charm on you in the middle of class."
"It might be worth it not to tell you. I know you're just gonna bother me about it."
"I promise I won't."
"Didn't you tell Auri you weren't going to be making any more promises?"
"Just to her. Now quit dodging the question and tell me."
"Fine. But you can't breathe a word to anyone."
"I won't! On my word as a Marauder. Except maybe James. But he's safe. Tell me already!"
"Christine." I'm sure my jaw must have dropped. I looked over at Remus in disbelief. He was avidly watching McGonagall write on the blackboard.
"You're right Remus, I am going to bother you about this. You like the Irish Wench?"
"Thanks Padfoot, you really know how to support a guy." I winced at the sarcasm practically seeping through the paper.
"Moony, I didn't mean it like that. Chris is great. Were you going to ask her out?"
"NO!"
"Jeez, why not? You like her, so ask her out. Don't make me go through for you what I did for James."
"Do I really have to say it? What happens if she finds out why I'm gone every full moon?" Remus wrote. I didn't want to say it, but I was pretty sure the girls already knew about him. Between Aurora and Lily, they probably had it figured out sooner than James and I did. I left the note as it was. I'd talk to him later.
**Aurora**
Hmm, Sirius and Remus are passing notes. I wonder what they're talking about. Ugh, this class is sooo boring! I think McGonagall tries to make each lesson even more boring than the last. Well, I'll write to Chris. I would write to Lily, but she frowns on that sort of thing. Unbelievable. I pull out a piece of parchment and she leans over to see what I'm writing. She must be bored too. Well, I don't care if she sees.
"Will you at least try flirting with him?" I wrote and passed the parchment to Chris.
"No." She wrote back.
"Really, it's not hard, compliment him on his good manners and study habits." I wrote back. I knew that'd make her mad, so next to it, I drew a happy face to show that I was kidding. Lily nearly burst out laughing when she saw what Chris had done to the happy face. She turned the eyes into X's, put a head and body on it and drew a rope around its neck. Then, she drew an arrow pointing to it with the caption; "You, if you keep talking about this." Underneath the normal conversation, she wrote; "Lovely weather we're having isn't it?"
"Yes, it should be wonderful on Saturday. Too bad you're too chicken to ask Remus to go with you, you could enjoy it together." I wrote back. Now Lily did start laughing, much to her embarrassment. Poor girl, McGonagall was furious.
"Is there something funny that you would like to share with the class Miss Evans?" She asked Lily sharply. She smiled weakly.
"No, not at all, I just let my mind wander for a second. I'm terribly sorry Professor, it won't happen again." I knew she was praying with all her might not to get points taken away.
"No, I should think not." And she turned back to the board. There's something to be said for being one of the best students in the class. Whenever Lily actually does something wrong, it's easily ignored. I'm glad she got off. What would the world have come to if Lily Evans lost house points?
**Sirius**
"Talk to her."
"No."
"Ask her if she wants help with her homework."
"No."
"Tell her you think she flies well."
"No."
"Just bloody talk to her!"
"Sod off Sirius!" I shook my head as Remus stomped off to the dorm room. Oh sure, he laughed when I teased James, but he can't take it himself.
"What on earth are you bothering him about Padfoot?" James asked me. We were in the common room, pretending to do our homework while we stared at the girls. Even me. We're pathetic piles of mush.
"A girl." I responded. I'd just tell him right out, but Peter was there. I told Remus I'd only tell James and I wasn't about to break another promise anytime soon. James gave me a highly amused look.
"Moony likes someone?"
"Yep."
"Are you going to tell me who it is?"
"I can only give clues right now."
"Okay, so who is it?" He was getting impatient. I leaned closer so that no one else could hear.
"When you figure it out, don't blurt it out. You know her, she's in our year, and she's not at all like Moony." James frowned at me.
"That's not very helpful."
"Well, okay, one more. She can fly better than every guy on the Slytherin team." At that, James' eyes nearly bugged out of his head. Then they flicked over to where Chris was sitting.
"Are you serious?" I smiled widely at him, but before I could open my mouth, he stopped me. "That's not what I meant and you know it. Are you certain?"
"Yeah, he told me in Transfiguration today."
"Why won't he talk to her?"
"Oh, he'll talk to her, but he won't ask her the right question."
"Why?"
"Because he's an idiot and he's afraid she'll find out."
"He doesn't think she already knows?" So James had come to the same conclusion as me.
"I didn't want to say anything. He'll get paranoid. But I'm pretty sure all three of the girls know."
"You're pretty sure we know what?" A female voice said from behind us. I must have jumped a foot. I turned around in my chair to find Aurora standing there with a curious expression on her face. I did some very quick thinking and put on my most charming smile.
"How beautiful you are." She got a peeved look on her face.
"By the stars, Sirius, you are such a liar! What were you really talking about?" I hated that she could do that. I can never lie to her. Instead of answering her question, I turned to James with an incredulous expression.
"Can you believe that? You tell a girl she's gorgeous and she calls you a liar."
"First, you said beautiful, not gorgeous. Second, that's not what you were lying about. What do we supposedly know already?" Another thing I hate, she never lets me get away with anything. Well, time to see if she really knows or not.
"Remus." She gave me a confused look.
"Yeah, we know Remus. So?" I sighed exasperatedly.
"You know about Remus." Now she understood.
"Oh! Yeah, we know. So? Is that a problem or something? We've known since first year and we haven't said anything." I smiled at her and shook my head.
"No, It's not a problem. It's a very good thing if I can get my plan to work."
"Sirius, what are you planning?" She asked in a threatening voice.
"Nothing yet. And you'll have nothing to do with it this time, so you don't need to know 'til it happens." She gave me a wary look, but just shook her head and went upstairs.
**Aurora**
"He's planning something again Lily." I told her the next morning. Lily looked at me in the mirror we were standing in front of.
"Don't let it bother you, it might be something for you."
"I doubt it. He asked me if we knew about Remus last night. What would that have to do with me?" Lily shrugged.
"It's not worth it to worry about it. Think about... what you're going to wear tomorrow." I looked at her strangely.
"It's nearly December. I'm going to wear jeans and a sweatshirt. How is that going to occupy my mind? This is Sirius we're talking about. It's not like I have to dress up for some candlelight dinner. We're probably going to spend most of the day in Zonko's." Lily blanched at that thought. Obviously, she hadn't thought of that before.
"They're going to drag us off to Zonko's?" She asked.
"Don't worry, I'll go with you to the bookshop for a while." I smiled at her and she cheered up a bit. "We're not going to be chained to the boys or anything, we can go off by ourselves for a bit."
"Well you had better, because I don't intend to spend the whole day by myself." Shot Chris from the doorway.
"You wouldn't have to if you asked Remus to spend the day with you." I replied sweetly. She just rolled her eyes at me.
"Would you two hurry up, I'm hungry." I shrugged and walked past her.
"Nice to meet you Hungry, I'm Aurora." She groaned at my corny joke.
"Auri, most people give up that joke in first year." I smiled widely at her.
"I don't know why, it's still so effective in annoying you."
"That's another thing I wish you'd given up in first year." Chris said.
"No you don't. If I stopped being annoying, life would be boring. And you really should give up that wish. I'm never going to stop annoying you." Chris just rolled her eyes at me.
"So... jeans and a sweatshirt? Shouldn't you wear something a bit nicer?" Chris asked tentatively.
"You too? What do you people have against being warm? I'm not going to freeze for some boy." I said, exasperated. Lily and Christine just laughed at me.
**Sirius**
I was wearing Remus down; I think. Or he was getting mad at me. Probably the latter. Either way, he was about to make some sort of outburst in front of Christine. We were sitting in the Great Hall and Remus had his back to the door, so he couldn't see the girls walking over. They were getting closer, come on Moony, yell at me about it.
"Sirius, would you just shut up! So what if I like her, nothing's ever going to happen, so just lay off! I never should have told you." Damn, he didn't say her name. I looked up to see Chris' expression. I wish Remus had turned around right then. Chris looked like she was hurt, or maybe disappointed and the other two were looking at her in sympathy. I raised a questioning eyebrow at Aurora. She just shook her head at me. I'd get her to tell me eventually.
**Aurora**
Poor Christine. She had this dazed expression on her face all day. Finally, at dinner, she told us that she didn't want to go to Hogsmeade. She was going to stay at the castle and catch up on her Potions essay. She needs to come up with better excuses though, because I know for a fact that she's already finished her Potions essay. Lily and I tried to convince her to come, but she just kept refusing. We didn't dare press the issue.
Later, in the common room, Sirius came over to talk to me.
"So what was up with Christine earlier?" he asked. I shrugged at him.
"Nothing, she's just not in a good mood." Okay, so I need to come up with better excuses too.
"Yeah, right. Come on, tell me Auri." He gave me puppy dog eyes. Ugh, I'm such a sucker for that! I looked away, but I knew he was still doing it.
"Sirius, stop, that's not fair!"
"I'll stop if you tell me."
"I can't, it's a secret!"
"You know you want to tell me." I risked a glance at him and held his gaze.
"Fine, but stop." Instantly, he was back to normal. Or, as normal as Sirius can get anyway. "She likes Remus a lot, but this morning she heard him say that he liked someone else." Now Sirius was smiling really widely.
"No he didn't. He didn't name anyone." Sirius said, still grinning like mad.
"Oh Heavens, does that mean..." I didn't even finish the sentence and Sirius was nodding emphatically. "Well, why does he think that nothing will ever happen?"
"Because, he's paranoid about the whole wolf thing. He doesn't want her to find out."
"But she already knows!" I exclaimed. It was so loud, half the common room turned and looked at us. Once they turned back, Sirius answered me.
"I know! But he doesn't know that."
"Then go tell him! Honestly Sirius, I'm surprised that you haven't yet." I just shook my head at him and left.
**Sirius**
"Go tell him," she said. So I did, I told him. And now, he won't leave the dorm, let alone go to Hogsmeade. Well, I'm exaggerating. James and I did manage to drag him down to breakfast, but when he caught a glimpse of Christine sitting with Lily and Aurora, he went back upstairs. Jeez, the things we do for friends.
"Where's Remus?" Aurora asked. I fought the urge to glare at her. It's not really her fault anyway.
"He's in the Tower." She gave me a questioning look, but didn't say anything else. Just then, Chris got up. "Where are you going?" I asked her.
"Back to the common room."
"Aren't you going to Hogsmeade with us?" James asked.
"No, I have a lot of work to do, so I'll pass." Whoa, that was not like Christine. She must have been more upset than I thought. But wait, this day might not be so bad after all. They were both going to be in Gryffindor Tower all day, with only first and second years as company. They were bound to talk. After Chris left, I told the others what I thought was going to happen.
"Well, let's hope you're right Sirius. But for now, let's just enjoy the day," were the wise words of Lily. I couldn't argue with that. Chris and Remus could take care of themselves for a while.
A/N: For those of you who were expecting Chris and Remus to get together, sorry. I just didn't think it would happen for them for at least another year. Besides, Not everyone should pair up at the same time; it's just not natural. : ) Well, please review!
A/N: Hi! I know that some people were waiting for a James/Lily POV, but we know so little about their characters that I felt it was best to just leave them alone. I hope you like this, please review!
The Things We Do
**Aurora**
"You know Chris, it would be perfect if you asked Remus to go with you this weekend." I wheedled. Chris hated it when I teased her about Remus, but it was so much fun!
"Shut up Auri! I've told you a million times to mind your own business when it comes to my love life, but you never do." Chris said hotly. I just grinned back at her.
"That's right! And I never will. It's not that big of a deal, just go and ask him!" Chris just shot a glare at me and left our dormitory. I looked over at Lily and shrugged.
"Well, there's always tonight, she can't avoid me forever."
"No, but maybe you should avoid her for a while. She's not likely to be in a good mood." Lily advised and with that, she left the room. I followed her in silence. I wonder what Lily thought about Christine's crush. Usually she just kept her mouth shut when we bantered and rarely voiced her opinions. She was more comfortable being the peacemaker I guess.
The Hogsmeade trip was in two days. Shortly after Sirius and I got over our little spat, I began constantly bothering Christine about her crush on Remus. I don't really care all that much. It's just that I know she likes him and I don't want her to feel left out. That sounded incredibly stupid, even to me. Chris can take care of herself. Oh well, if I stop now, she'll get suspicious that I'm planning something. So I'll keep bothering her about it. Maybe she actually will ask him.
When Lily and I made our way down to the Great Hall, Chris was already sitting with the boys and talking to Sirius and James about quidditch. I like the sport, but I can't stand it when they talk about strategy and tactics. For someone who doesn't play, it can get a little boring.
"Hey." Sirius said as I sat down. Wow, he should get a prize for his great conversational skills. Or maybe one for great hair. I know it sounds weird, but that boy has got great hair. I winked at Lily when James greeted her. Those two were so cute together.
Another thing that happened after my fight with Sirius is that the three of us began hanging out with the boys a lot more often. I didn't even notice it at first; it just seemed natural. The Marauders, as they call themselves, became more destructive with their pranks too. The lugheads are doing it to impress us I suppose. Well, honestly, I do like their pranks. Chris and I can get just as bad as the boys sometimes. 'Course, Lily hates it; she always has. She's right though, if they get caught, they won't be able to go to Hogsmeade at all. Boys are stupid.
**Sirius**
He's staring at her again. Really, I thought this was going to stop after he asked her out. That James is turning into a softy. Peter told me that he missed an opportunity to curse Snape the other day. When Peter asked him about it, he said that Lily would disapprove! That girl is going to turn him into a steaming pile of mush. If Aurora disapproved of me cursing Snape, it wouldn't stop me. Well, okay, maybe. Oh, who am I kidding, I'm mush too. But that doesn't mean I have to admit it. Thank goodness she hates the greaseball as much as I do. I wonder who Remus likes. I haven't had anything good to tease him about in ages. I'll write him a note when McGonagall isn't looking.
"Moony, quick question, who do you like?" I wrote.
"Why do you want to know?" He wrote back.
"Just bored and curious. You know, it's only fair that you tell. You know who James and I like."
"So? Maybe I don't like anyone."
"Liar. Come on, tell me or I may be forced to put a tickling charm on you in the middle of class."
"It might be worth it not to tell you. I know you're just gonna bother me about it."
"I promise I won't."
"Didn't you tell Auri you weren't going to be making any more promises?"
"Just to her. Now quit dodging the question and tell me."
"Fine. But you can't breathe a word to anyone."
"I won't! On my word as a Marauder. Except maybe James. But he's safe. Tell me already!"
"Christine." I'm sure my jaw must have dropped. I looked over at Remus in disbelief. He was avidly watching McGonagall write on the blackboard.
"You're right Remus, I am going to bother you about this. You like the Irish Wench?"
"Thanks Padfoot, you really know how to support a guy." I winced at the sarcasm practically seeping through the paper.
"Moony, I didn't mean it like that. Chris is great. Were you going to ask her out?"
"NO!"
"Jeez, why not? You like her, so ask her out. Don't make me go through for you what I did for James."
"Do I really have to say it? What happens if she finds out why I'm gone every full moon?" Remus wrote. I didn't want to say it, but I was pretty sure the girls already knew about him. Between Aurora and Lily, they probably had it figured out sooner than James and I did. I left the note as it was. I'd talk to him later.
**Aurora**
Hmm, Sirius and Remus are passing notes. I wonder what they're talking about. Ugh, this class is sooo boring! I think McGonagall tries to make each lesson even more boring than the last. Well, I'll write to Chris. I would write to Lily, but she frowns on that sort of thing. Unbelievable. I pull out a piece of parchment and she leans over to see what I'm writing. She must be bored too. Well, I don't care if she sees.
"Will you at least try flirting with him?" I wrote and passed the parchment to Chris.
"No." She wrote back.
"Really, it's not hard, compliment him on his good manners and study habits." I wrote back. I knew that'd make her mad, so next to it, I drew a happy face to show that I was kidding. Lily nearly burst out laughing when she saw what Chris had done to the happy face. She turned the eyes into X's, put a head and body on it and drew a rope around its neck. Then, she drew an arrow pointing to it with the caption; "You, if you keep talking about this." Underneath the normal conversation, she wrote; "Lovely weather we're having isn't it?"
"Yes, it should be wonderful on Saturday. Too bad you're too chicken to ask Remus to go with you, you could enjoy it together." I wrote back. Now Lily did start laughing, much to her embarrassment. Poor girl, McGonagall was furious.
"Is there something funny that you would like to share with the class Miss Evans?" She asked Lily sharply. She smiled weakly.
"No, not at all, I just let my mind wander for a second. I'm terribly sorry Professor, it won't happen again." I knew she was praying with all her might not to get points taken away.
"No, I should think not." And she turned back to the board. There's something to be said for being one of the best students in the class. Whenever Lily actually does something wrong, it's easily ignored. I'm glad she got off. What would the world have come to if Lily Evans lost house points?
**Sirius**
"Talk to her."
"No."
"Ask her if she wants help with her homework."
"No."
"Tell her you think she flies well."
"No."
"Just bloody talk to her!"
"Sod off Sirius!" I shook my head as Remus stomped off to the dorm room. Oh sure, he laughed when I teased James, but he can't take it himself.
"What on earth are you bothering him about Padfoot?" James asked me. We were in the common room, pretending to do our homework while we stared at the girls. Even me. We're pathetic piles of mush.
"A girl." I responded. I'd just tell him right out, but Peter was there. I told Remus I'd only tell James and I wasn't about to break another promise anytime soon. James gave me a highly amused look.
"Moony likes someone?"
"Yep."
"Are you going to tell me who it is?"
"I can only give clues right now."
"Okay, so who is it?" He was getting impatient. I leaned closer so that no one else could hear.
"When you figure it out, don't blurt it out. You know her, she's in our year, and she's not at all like Moony." James frowned at me.
"That's not very helpful."
"Well, okay, one more. She can fly better than every guy on the Slytherin team." At that, James' eyes nearly bugged out of his head. Then they flicked over to where Chris was sitting.
"Are you serious?" I smiled widely at him, but before I could open my mouth, he stopped me. "That's not what I meant and you know it. Are you certain?"
"Yeah, he told me in Transfiguration today."
"Why won't he talk to her?"
"Oh, he'll talk to her, but he won't ask her the right question."
"Why?"
"Because he's an idiot and he's afraid she'll find out."
"He doesn't think she already knows?" So James had come to the same conclusion as me.
"I didn't want to say anything. He'll get paranoid. But I'm pretty sure all three of the girls know."
"You're pretty sure we know what?" A female voice said from behind us. I must have jumped a foot. I turned around in my chair to find Aurora standing there with a curious expression on her face. I did some very quick thinking and put on my most charming smile.
"How beautiful you are." She got a peeved look on her face.
"By the stars, Sirius, you are such a liar! What were you really talking about?" I hated that she could do that. I can never lie to her. Instead of answering her question, I turned to James with an incredulous expression.
"Can you believe that? You tell a girl she's gorgeous and she calls you a liar."
"First, you said beautiful, not gorgeous. Second, that's not what you were lying about. What do we supposedly know already?" Another thing I hate, she never lets me get away with anything. Well, time to see if she really knows or not.
"Remus." She gave me a confused look.
"Yeah, we know Remus. So?" I sighed exasperatedly.
"You know about Remus." Now she understood.
"Oh! Yeah, we know. So? Is that a problem or something? We've known since first year and we haven't said anything." I smiled at her and shook my head.
"No, It's not a problem. It's a very good thing if I can get my plan to work."
"Sirius, what are you planning?" She asked in a threatening voice.
"Nothing yet. And you'll have nothing to do with it this time, so you don't need to know 'til it happens." She gave me a wary look, but just shook her head and went upstairs.
**Aurora**
"He's planning something again Lily." I told her the next morning. Lily looked at me in the mirror we were standing in front of.
"Don't let it bother you, it might be something for you."
"I doubt it. He asked me if we knew about Remus last night. What would that have to do with me?" Lily shrugged.
"It's not worth it to worry about it. Think about... what you're going to wear tomorrow." I looked at her strangely.
"It's nearly December. I'm going to wear jeans and a sweatshirt. How is that going to occupy my mind? This is Sirius we're talking about. It's not like I have to dress up for some candlelight dinner. We're probably going to spend most of the day in Zonko's." Lily blanched at that thought. Obviously, she hadn't thought of that before.
"They're going to drag us off to Zonko's?" She asked.
"Don't worry, I'll go with you to the bookshop for a while." I smiled at her and she cheered up a bit. "We're not going to be chained to the boys or anything, we can go off by ourselves for a bit."
"Well you had better, because I don't intend to spend the whole day by myself." Shot Chris from the doorway.
"You wouldn't have to if you asked Remus to spend the day with you." I replied sweetly. She just rolled her eyes at me.
"Would you two hurry up, I'm hungry." I shrugged and walked past her.
"Nice to meet you Hungry, I'm Aurora." She groaned at my corny joke.
"Auri, most people give up that joke in first year." I smiled widely at her.
"I don't know why, it's still so effective in annoying you."
"That's another thing I wish you'd given up in first year." Chris said.
"No you don't. If I stopped being annoying, life would be boring. And you really should give up that wish. I'm never going to stop annoying you." Chris just rolled her eyes at me.
"So... jeans and a sweatshirt? Shouldn't you wear something a bit nicer?" Chris asked tentatively.
"You too? What do you people have against being warm? I'm not going to freeze for some boy." I said, exasperated. Lily and Christine just laughed at me.
**Sirius**
I was wearing Remus down; I think. Or he was getting mad at me. Probably the latter. Either way, he was about to make some sort of outburst in front of Christine. We were sitting in the Great Hall and Remus had his back to the door, so he couldn't see the girls walking over. They were getting closer, come on Moony, yell at me about it.
"Sirius, would you just shut up! So what if I like her, nothing's ever going to happen, so just lay off! I never should have told you." Damn, he didn't say her name. I looked up to see Chris' expression. I wish Remus had turned around right then. Chris looked like she was hurt, or maybe disappointed and the other two were looking at her in sympathy. I raised a questioning eyebrow at Aurora. She just shook her head at me. I'd get her to tell me eventually.
**Aurora**
Poor Christine. She had this dazed expression on her face all day. Finally, at dinner, she told us that she didn't want to go to Hogsmeade. She was going to stay at the castle and catch up on her Potions essay. She needs to come up with better excuses though, because I know for a fact that she's already finished her Potions essay. Lily and I tried to convince her to come, but she just kept refusing. We didn't dare press the issue.
Later, in the common room, Sirius came over to talk to me.
"So what was up with Christine earlier?" he asked. I shrugged at him.
"Nothing, she's just not in a good mood." Okay, so I need to come up with better excuses too.
"Yeah, right. Come on, tell me Auri." He gave me puppy dog eyes. Ugh, I'm such a sucker for that! I looked away, but I knew he was still doing it.
"Sirius, stop, that's not fair!"
"I'll stop if you tell me."
"I can't, it's a secret!"
"You know you want to tell me." I risked a glance at him and held his gaze.
"Fine, but stop." Instantly, he was back to normal. Or, as normal as Sirius can get anyway. "She likes Remus a lot, but this morning she heard him say that he liked someone else." Now Sirius was smiling really widely.
"No he didn't. He didn't name anyone." Sirius said, still grinning like mad.
"Oh Heavens, does that mean..." I didn't even finish the sentence and Sirius was nodding emphatically. "Well, why does he think that nothing will ever happen?"
"Because, he's paranoid about the whole wolf thing. He doesn't want her to find out."
"But she already knows!" I exclaimed. It was so loud, half the common room turned and looked at us. Once they turned back, Sirius answered me.
"I know! But he doesn't know that."
"Then go tell him! Honestly Sirius, I'm surprised that you haven't yet." I just shook my head at him and left.
**Sirius**
"Go tell him," she said. So I did, I told him. And now, he won't leave the dorm, let alone go to Hogsmeade. Well, I'm exaggerating. James and I did manage to drag him down to breakfast, but when he caught a glimpse of Christine sitting with Lily and Aurora, he went back upstairs. Jeez, the things we do for friends.
"Where's Remus?" Aurora asked. I fought the urge to glare at her. It's not really her fault anyway.
"He's in the Tower." She gave me a questioning look, but didn't say anything else. Just then, Chris got up. "Where are you going?" I asked her.
"Back to the common room."
"Aren't you going to Hogsmeade with us?" James asked.
"No, I have a lot of work to do, so I'll pass." Whoa, that was not like Christine. She must have been more upset than I thought. But wait, this day might not be so bad after all. They were both going to be in Gryffindor Tower all day, with only first and second years as company. They were bound to talk. After Chris left, I told the others what I thought was going to happen.
"Well, let's hope you're right Sirius. But for now, let's just enjoy the day," were the wise words of Lily. I couldn't argue with that. Chris and Remus could take care of themselves for a while.
A/N: For those of you who were expecting Chris and Remus to get together, sorry. I just didn't think it would happen for them for at least another year. Besides, Not everyone should pair up at the same time; it's just not natural. : ) Well, please review!
