To State the Obvious

A/N; I'm going to put thoughts as --thought-- Thanks

Ch.2 The Fake Out

"We've got street-sense radar We're supposed bad news You better lock up your daughters You never know what we'll do

Good news bad news It's all the same Alleys or main streets They give us the blame

We're a sign of the times Havin' fun ain't now crime We're a sign of the times Havin' fun all the time." Sign of the Times by Quiet Riot

Remus had his doubts about Sirius' little plan. Eventually, they would actually have to act like they like each other, which was not necessarily a truthful thing to do. How cold Remus act like he liked Sirius, when Remus was head over heels for Peter? Why would he like Sirius? Sure, he was handsome, funny, mischievous, and all around a great guy, but Remus was more timid. He could never see himself with someone so loud and boisterous; therefore, Peter seemed like the perfect type. Peter was shy just like Remus, plus Remus was deathly attracted to the mystery about Peter. Yes, Peter was the guy for Remus.

--Oh well, it's for the better good of James and Lily. --

Remus got up from his bucket that he was sitting on, and went to find Lily.

"So James baby, how's it going?" Sirius said in a suave tone.

"Hey Padfoot." James responded.

"You know who's looking fine today? Moony. Wow, even those dark circles under his eyes make him look great." Sirius led on.

"So do you like Remus?" James said, a smile twisting upon his face.

"Me? Remus? Please. Sure he's deathly mysterious and hot as hell, but me and him, no way, I don't like him that way."

"Sure Padfoot?"

"Yea... You know what? I sorta wish someone would hook me up with my dream guy. Of course, they would have to spend plenty of time with the guy's best friend, but if someone did that for me... wow I would owe them everything." Sirius said, hoping to drop a fake hint of lust.

"Yea... don't worry Sirius, I'll get you some one. In fact, I'll start looking now..." James got up and left.

A mischievous smile played on Sirius' lips. --I am the scam master...--

"Hey Lils." Remus confronted Lily in the Entrance Hall.

"Hey Remus, what's up?"

Remus thought of the right way to say this. "James... He's got this crazy idea... that I should go out with someone else to make Peter be jealous and notice me."

"Merlin, that boy knows nothing of love. Trust me Remus, I'll go talk to him right now and give him some advice. Even if we hate each other, I will teach him, and he will learn how to properly set up his best friends." Lily smiled at him, gathered her things and left to find James.

Remus soon got up and went back to the broom closet, hoping that Sirius was there. He waited a few minutes and soon saw Sirius running down the corridor.

"It worked Moony!" He exclaimed.

"Good." Remus said, quite unenthusiastically.

"What's wrong?"

"I just still think something smells fishy about this whole thing." Remus said, eyes down cast.

"Well, I did see Snivellus walk down this corridor, maybe he left his stench." Sirius said chuckling, "Come on Moony, nothing could be wrong when you're spreading the love."

"I guess so..."

"Come on, let's go check out the results."

"So did it work?" A female voice whispered in the back of the library.

A male voice whispered back, from the other side of the bookcase, "Yea." He looked down, "Here they come, remember to drop hints."

Lily and James met in the corridor in front of the library.

"You want to do what Potter?!" Lily yelled.

Sirius and Remus peered from behind the statue of a centaur.

"Shh... I'm just trying to help some friends of ours."

"Fine Potter, but we'll have to meet everyday to get this to work out." She said, but still loud enough for Sirius and Remus to hear.

Sirius looked at Remus and gave him a wicked smile.

He whispered, "Checkmate."

Remus looked at him,"Never use chess terms to define your accomplishments again..."