Hi guys. You know the drill. I don't own the Harry Potter crew, much less Fred and George, even though I would love to...but alas, i don't! So dont' sue me, cuz I don't have anything you'd want anyway!!

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BTW, this is just drabble; short, sweet, you get the picture. :P

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Dearest Journal;

Yet another day passes. It's always the same, really…going to class, letting Padfoot cheat off my notes, watch Padfoot and Prongs chat up girls all the time, and Wormtail just…sits there. Oh well…can't exactly say I'm not used to it, since it's always been this way. Except, this year, it's gotten a bit worse.

Not to mention the endless taunts and teases about Severus increased, too. I used to believe that it would be an 'once-in-awhile' type deals, but I think I'm wrong. Actually, I AM wrong. And not to mention a little peeved that they still have the audacity to say such cruel things. I mean, for goodness sake, we ARE in our 7th year. I would've thought that most of us would have grown up and settled our differences.

I'm not saying Sirius, James and Peter are children mentally. After all, Sirius can get downright sirius [mind the pun] on some certain issues, as well as James and Peter, but honestly, the teasing is something that was 'cool' when we were twelve.

Then again, I'm guilty, too, since today, every time we saw Severus, it ended with Severus, James and Sirius firing hexes at each other as I stood there with Peter, who was really just cowering away, watching and not doing a damn thing about it. Did I feel bad? Of course I did. Severus really wasn't such a bad guy if people only gave him the time of day, but the thing was, not many people DID, and so he became an outcast.

And don't you DARE try and turn this around and blame me. I'm quite aware that I'm guilty of the similar crime as well, and even more. After all, I was best friends with him…until Sirius and James came into view. It went downhill from there. After seven years of being associated with those who made his life hell, Severus probably hated me as much as he hated them. Can I blame him? No, not really.

I wish it wouldn't be that way.

I wish I could talk to him on my own free will without having Sirius question every move I make.

I wish I could sit with him in classes we share together without having James tug me away, or Peter's ever watchful eye staring me down.

I just wish I could do something to show that I actually still do care about him, and probably will always. I will care about his well-being, his welfare, his chapped cherry lips in the winter. I will even care about his greasy hair.

I will care. Whether he likes it or not, I will. Whether Sirius, James and Peter like it or not, I will. And no one can change that or tell me otherwise. I won't listen.

I don't think people – witches and Muggles alike – can help who they fall in love with, regardless of the gender, sexual orientation, what have you.

I'm off. Goodnight.

With love,

Remus