((I'm having some trouble updating To Know True Love...so I'm using this to stem my writer's block. Enjoy this for now, and for other updates check my livejournal—a.k.a. my homepage. I have a question for one of the reviewers: Who's Artemis? 0o#))
Mischief Has Its Moments
A moment of embarrassment
"What is that?"
"Please...please don't ask."
"Oh-ho-ho, I've hit a nerve, have I! C'mon, what is it?"
"Remus, do I bug you constantly about your personal life?"
"Yes."
"Oh...erm...well.... I won't anymore! Now leave me alone."
"Liiily."
"Don't poke me, Remus!"
"Come on, Lily! There's no one else in here; Madam Pince has gone down to dinner, just tell me!"
"You'll just laugh at me."
"So what else is new?"
"You're mean."
"Again: information we're already familiar with. Now! Stop stalling, put away your essay and tell me why you have a big red heart on your neck!"
"It's...not a heart; at least it's not supposed to be. Stop laughing..."
"Is that what I think it is, Ms. Evans?"
"Oh, Remus...please..."
"Lily has a hickey!"
"Shh!"
"Who the hell's gonna hear me? Hey! Hey, Peeves, Lily has a hickey!"
"Remus! Do you really want to die a virgin, 'cause I will kill you!"
"You've got a mean streak too, Lils... I think it has something to do with the red hair."
"So what's your excuse?"
"Don't change the subject. So, is that James' work?"
"Of course, Remus! Lord."
"And it's shaped like a heart...why?"
"-mumble-"
"What was that?"
"He thought it would make it less noticeable..."
"Ah...never very bright, was he?"
"McGonagall made me explain why I had a 'discoloration upon my person' in front of the whole class!"
"I always thought Transfiguration with the Slytherins would never turn out well."
"Malfoy nearly had a bloody fit! I thought I would die!"
"And yet you've survived. Don't look at me like that! C'mon, Lily, you'll get over it...someday."
"That, strangely enough, doesn't make me feel any better. You really have to get better at these little 'pep talks' of yours."
"I'll work on it, but for now we should finish our essays."
"Bored with me already? I tho--...Remus?"
"Yeah?"
"What's that...just there?"
"What? What where?"
"There...just above your collar bone."
"Wha—Oh my G-d!"
"Why, Remmy...it looks like a little red... 'discoloration', more commonly known as a-"
"Lily, please. I can explain! I-"
"More commonly known...as a hickey!"
"Bloody hell."
"Hypocrite."
"Make it go away..."
"Shall I Charm it into the shape of a heart for you?"
((hmm...I love suggestive banter SO! Any guesses as to who gave Remus that lovely little 'discoloration'?...I have someone in mind -grin-))