Sirius quickly looked right and saw Peter telling dirty jokes to
James. Sirius lowered his voice and told Moony "It wasn't Noel. It was
Lily. It's always Lily." "I know, friend. But James will have to know..."
Lupin said in his tired, scratchy voice. "Never. James can never know. He's
my best friend, Moony, my lifeline, my, my, he's like my brother." Sirius
uttered in a low voice. James stood up, still laughing at a joke, swept all
of his stuff into his arms with a Summoning Spell, and threw an amused
glance at Lily, who was staring at him. She jerked around and began to talk
to Noel again, obviously distracted. James sighed, put his stuff down once
again, and marched over to Lily, who was watching him approach with a
curious glint in her amazing green eyes. Wormtail followed him in awe, and
beckoned to Lupin and Sirius to follow suit. Sirius waved at him to go on,
trying to look busy, but was really listening to the conversation. "Hey
Evans. What are ya doin?" said James with a cocky voice he knew no girl
could resist. He quickly ran his hands through his hair, and smiled at
Noel, who was watching Lily's reaction with amusement. "What am I doing?
What are you doing? Showing off again, I suppose. It's like you. Don't you
do anything else?" Lily in the coldest voice she could muster. Lily could
obviously resist James' charm, or could she? "Only for you, Lily, dear. Why
don't you help me with my Transfiguration homework tonight in the Common
Room? I could use the help from the smartest girl in the seventh year."
James said, not at all affected by Lily's cold response. 'Okay, I love
James like a brother, but seriously, can't he take a hint? She doesn't like
him. Right?' Sirius mused on this until Lily said back "Leave me alone,
Potter. Even if I did help you, you couldn't fit anymore into the over
inflated head of yours." She said very quickly. She gathered her stuff, and
swept out of the library going by Lupin and Sirius, who she smiled at
before slamming the library door behind her. Sirius could see her blushing
before she left. Sirius was happier than he had been in a long time.
