The rest of the week seemed to go by in a blur for Remus. He saw Felicity a
few times, in the halls and such, and he would smile at her, and she would
smile back. Her smile made his stomach do flips. Little did he know, he had
a similar effect on her. He couldn't wait for Saturday. Felicity was also
quite excited about the date. She thought back to the first day of her
second year, when she watched The Sorting of the new first years. She
remembered commenting to her best friend, Hannah Haxton, how cute "Lupin,
Remus", and "Black, Sirius" had been. She found it funny that they were now
best friends. She had kind of forgotten about Remus for a long time, until
this year, when Hannah had become Head Girl. She was constantly telling
Felicity what a pain those "Marauders" were.the four Gryffindor 6th years,
Remus Lupin, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew.
"And Lupin's a PREFECT!" Hannah would rage. Felicity couldn't imagine telling her best friend she had a date with one of the biggest troublemakers in the school.
The day of the Hogsmeade visit came, and Felicity was in her dormitory, getting ready, when Hannah walked in. "Hey Felicity! I've been looking all over for you!" "Hey Han.what's up?"
"I was just wondering if you wanted to come to the library with me to study together for that big History of Magic test."
"Hannah I would, but I can't."
"Oh its ok.why not?"
"I.I have a date."
"Really!? With who? Oh wait, is it with Adam Fletcher? I saw you and him walking to Divination together the other day." Hannah trailed off.
"Umm nope.not Adam." Felicity really didn't want to tell Hannah.
"Well with who then?" Felicity sighed. She knew Hannah would get angry if she didn't tell her, and, well, she was going to get angry if she did.
"Remus Lupin."
"No really Fel, who?"
"I told you.Remus Lupin!" Hannah's mouth dropped open. She was speechless for a moment.
"LUPIN?! ARE YOU CRAZY!?"
"Hannah, I don't see what the big deal is."
"Felicity, Lupin and his little gang of friends are exactly what keep me up to my elbows in nervous tension all day long!"
"Well from what I gathered of him, he is a very caring, kind, and sweet person, and." but Hannah cut her off.
"You know what Felicity, I don't care! He's a menace and that's all there is to it. All he's good for is trouble. It's your mistake." And with that Hannah stormed out of the room. Boy, was Felicity thankful her best friend was Head Girl.
Saturday morning came about quickly for Remus as well. Too quickly, he thought. As was his routine, he was awake before just about everybody in Gryffindor Tower. He got out of bed and got dressed, grabbed his bag, and just like he did every other morning, headed straight to the Library. He was the only person there, as usual, besides Madam Pince of course. Remus always loved the peace and quiet of the library in the morning. Morning had always been the time when Remus was very solitary and keeping to himself. He always isolated himself in the morning. He was very surprised then, when he received an unexpected hello.
"Good Morning, Remus." Lily Evans said in a sing song voice. Remus jumped.
"Holy crap, you scared me, Evans!"
"Well fine then.I just wanted to say hello." Lily said with a mixed look irritation and frustration on her face. She turned to leave. Remus sighed.
"Wait, Lily, I'm sorry. How are you?" Lily turned and gave Remus a warning look that quite obviously said piss-me-off-again-and-I-leave. She sat down across from him.
"Ok, I guess.been having a bit of a problem lately."
"How so?" Remus figured she was going to ask for help with her Herbology homework again, like she did last week.
"Well.there's.there's this.oh Remus, I can't tell you!" Lily suddenly seemed on the verge of tears. "I want to.I need your advice.but you'll tell him!" Remus had a vague idea as to who her problem was.
"Him.?" asked Remus, fetching for a name.
"James!" Lily gasped and put her hand to her mouth. "I didn't mean to say that."
"It's ok.I'm good at keeping secrets." Remus said with a smile. Boy, that was the truth.
"Oh Remus, he's impossible! He hasn't left me alone at all this week.just keeps pestering me to go out with him..I think he's just jealous that you got that 7th year to go out with you." Remus cut her off.
"How do you know about that?" She waved an impatient hand.
"I have my sources.but what's with him Remus? Why won't he leave me alone?"
"I think there are a few reasons, Lily. For one, he really truly likes you. Two, he's not exactly used to rejection." This time it was Lily's turn to interrupt.
"Well that's just it Remus! He can get any girl he wants! Why would he want me?"
"Maybe because you don't want him?"
"Well, I'm not so sure about that anymore.I just.I just don't know if I could ever trust him!"
"Lily, James may be a jerk sometimes, but he would never double cross you, or any girl for that matter. James is one of the most trustworthy people I know.I would trust James with my life, Lily."
"Ok.thanks so much for listening to my problems Remus. I think I'm gonna go talk to him.I still can't see myself dating a Marauder though.no offense." She said with a smile.
"Oh come on Evans, were not that bad." but she had already turned to leave. "See you at breakfast!" She called back to him.
Remus finished up the Potions essay he had been working on before Lily arrived, and then packed up and headed to the Great Hall for breakfast. No sooner had he sat down at the Gryffindor table, Sirius, James, and Peter came and sat beside him. James appeared to be sulking.
"What's up with you?" Remus asked. Hadn't Lily just talked to him? He figured James would've been bubbling over with happiness. But James just glared and ignored his question. Remus glanced at Sirius with his questioning look. Sirius sighed.
"I don't really know what happened, mate. We were just sitting in the common room, and Lily Evans came in and said she wanted to talk to James. So me and Peter left, and we don't know what they were talking about, but Lily was yelling at him, and she was practically sobbing when she left. He hasn't said a word to anyone since."
"Why do I have to be such a prick, Padfoot? James had suddenly spoken up.
"You're not a prick, Prongs! Well, at least not most of the time." Sirius responded, surprised.
"I am too. She came over, actually talking and being nice to me for once.but I had to be all rude and offensive. She should know better than to try and talk to me this early in the morning!" James grumbled, and then let his face fall on to the table, narrowly missing his porridge. The other three had to try very hard to stifle there laughter.
"So, Padfoot, going to Hogsmeade today?" Remus asked cheerfully.
"No, Moony," Sirius said, slightly annoyed, "but we all know you are.you've only mentioned it about 47 times in the past 5 days. Remus felt his face turn bright red.
"Wow Moony! That's the least pale I've ever seen you!
"Can it, Wormtail." Remus ordered, his cheeks still flaming. "Or I wouldn't want to be you next full moon." Sirius laughed.
"When are you meeting her?" he asked.
"As soon as breakfast is over."
"Well, good luck, mate."
"And Lupin's a PREFECT!" Hannah would rage. Felicity couldn't imagine telling her best friend she had a date with one of the biggest troublemakers in the school.
The day of the Hogsmeade visit came, and Felicity was in her dormitory, getting ready, when Hannah walked in. "Hey Felicity! I've been looking all over for you!" "Hey Han.what's up?"
"I was just wondering if you wanted to come to the library with me to study together for that big History of Magic test."
"Hannah I would, but I can't."
"Oh its ok.why not?"
"I.I have a date."
"Really!? With who? Oh wait, is it with Adam Fletcher? I saw you and him walking to Divination together the other day." Hannah trailed off.
"Umm nope.not Adam." Felicity really didn't want to tell Hannah.
"Well with who then?" Felicity sighed. She knew Hannah would get angry if she didn't tell her, and, well, she was going to get angry if she did.
"Remus Lupin."
"No really Fel, who?"
"I told you.Remus Lupin!" Hannah's mouth dropped open. She was speechless for a moment.
"LUPIN?! ARE YOU CRAZY!?"
"Hannah, I don't see what the big deal is."
"Felicity, Lupin and his little gang of friends are exactly what keep me up to my elbows in nervous tension all day long!"
"Well from what I gathered of him, he is a very caring, kind, and sweet person, and." but Hannah cut her off.
"You know what Felicity, I don't care! He's a menace and that's all there is to it. All he's good for is trouble. It's your mistake." And with that Hannah stormed out of the room. Boy, was Felicity thankful her best friend was Head Girl.
Saturday morning came about quickly for Remus as well. Too quickly, he thought. As was his routine, he was awake before just about everybody in Gryffindor Tower. He got out of bed and got dressed, grabbed his bag, and just like he did every other morning, headed straight to the Library. He was the only person there, as usual, besides Madam Pince of course. Remus always loved the peace and quiet of the library in the morning. Morning had always been the time when Remus was very solitary and keeping to himself. He always isolated himself in the morning. He was very surprised then, when he received an unexpected hello.
"Good Morning, Remus." Lily Evans said in a sing song voice. Remus jumped.
"Holy crap, you scared me, Evans!"
"Well fine then.I just wanted to say hello." Lily said with a mixed look irritation and frustration on her face. She turned to leave. Remus sighed.
"Wait, Lily, I'm sorry. How are you?" Lily turned and gave Remus a warning look that quite obviously said piss-me-off-again-and-I-leave. She sat down across from him.
"Ok, I guess.been having a bit of a problem lately."
"How so?" Remus figured she was going to ask for help with her Herbology homework again, like she did last week.
"Well.there's.there's this.oh Remus, I can't tell you!" Lily suddenly seemed on the verge of tears. "I want to.I need your advice.but you'll tell him!" Remus had a vague idea as to who her problem was.
"Him.?" asked Remus, fetching for a name.
"James!" Lily gasped and put her hand to her mouth. "I didn't mean to say that."
"It's ok.I'm good at keeping secrets." Remus said with a smile. Boy, that was the truth.
"Oh Remus, he's impossible! He hasn't left me alone at all this week.just keeps pestering me to go out with him..I think he's just jealous that you got that 7th year to go out with you." Remus cut her off.
"How do you know about that?" She waved an impatient hand.
"I have my sources.but what's with him Remus? Why won't he leave me alone?"
"I think there are a few reasons, Lily. For one, he really truly likes you. Two, he's not exactly used to rejection." This time it was Lily's turn to interrupt.
"Well that's just it Remus! He can get any girl he wants! Why would he want me?"
"Maybe because you don't want him?"
"Well, I'm not so sure about that anymore.I just.I just don't know if I could ever trust him!"
"Lily, James may be a jerk sometimes, but he would never double cross you, or any girl for that matter. James is one of the most trustworthy people I know.I would trust James with my life, Lily."
"Ok.thanks so much for listening to my problems Remus. I think I'm gonna go talk to him.I still can't see myself dating a Marauder though.no offense." She said with a smile.
"Oh come on Evans, were not that bad." but she had already turned to leave. "See you at breakfast!" She called back to him.
Remus finished up the Potions essay he had been working on before Lily arrived, and then packed up and headed to the Great Hall for breakfast. No sooner had he sat down at the Gryffindor table, Sirius, James, and Peter came and sat beside him. James appeared to be sulking.
"What's up with you?" Remus asked. Hadn't Lily just talked to him? He figured James would've been bubbling over with happiness. But James just glared and ignored his question. Remus glanced at Sirius with his questioning look. Sirius sighed.
"I don't really know what happened, mate. We were just sitting in the common room, and Lily Evans came in and said she wanted to talk to James. So me and Peter left, and we don't know what they were talking about, but Lily was yelling at him, and she was practically sobbing when she left. He hasn't said a word to anyone since."
"Why do I have to be such a prick, Padfoot? James had suddenly spoken up.
"You're not a prick, Prongs! Well, at least not most of the time." Sirius responded, surprised.
"I am too. She came over, actually talking and being nice to me for once.but I had to be all rude and offensive. She should know better than to try and talk to me this early in the morning!" James grumbled, and then let his face fall on to the table, narrowly missing his porridge. The other three had to try very hard to stifle there laughter.
"So, Padfoot, going to Hogsmeade today?" Remus asked cheerfully.
"No, Moony," Sirius said, slightly annoyed, "but we all know you are.you've only mentioned it about 47 times in the past 5 days. Remus felt his face turn bright red.
"Wow Moony! That's the least pale I've ever seen you!
"Can it, Wormtail." Remus ordered, his cheeks still flaming. "Or I wouldn't want to be you next full moon." Sirius laughed.
"When are you meeting her?" he asked.
"As soon as breakfast is over."
"Well, good luck, mate."
