Authors note: Thank you for all the reviews. I feel so special! *Ü* This is quite short, but you know… Well, on with the show! Sirius and his quest for the Pop tart I wanna hold your hand Remus looked up, startled by the bell. It was the end of the lesson. Damn it. Why had he said to Sirius he would delay Dinkerella for him? Why didn't he say no when Sirius asked. Well, begged. Sirius thought he, Remus, was 'accessible' to girls. They thought he was sweet. He was a goddamn werewolf! Grrr! Arg! … What was the point? He here and he was doing it. Of course, James was usually the one who had to do things like this… That would be because James' tongue usually still worked around girls. Always useful when having to talk to them. But James was in Care of Magical Creatures with Sirius. Remus wasn't. Remus was here. And Remus had to do this. He could do this. Yes, yes he could! Go him!

And with this resounding thought, Remus drew himself up to his full height, and marched straight over to where Dinkerella sat, at the front of the classroom, tensing and relaxing her hands, while staring at them intently.

Remus eased himself around the desks between him and Dinkerella. He was barely two desks away. Damn you Sirius! He fell over a chair. Nice going there Remus. He couldn't work out why he was so nervous; it wasn't like this was really anything to do with him. Nothing at all. Nothing… Only that Sirius would make his life living hell if he buggered it up. Ah… that'd be why he cared then. He was in front of her desk now.  He raised his hand, tried to make his tongue work.

"Haooo?"

Dinkerella looked up. She cocked her head to one side; blinking and regarding his worried look through her bespectacled eyes. She drew her hands up level with her chin and wind milled them around her head once, before stretching one arm forwards, pulling one back, pointing at Remus the whole time.

"Yo."

If Remus hadn't known what to say before, now he was completely speechless. His right hand was lifted in greeting and his mouth hung wide open. Dinkerella regarded him again, head on one side. She removed her glasses and cleaned them. Remus frantically tried to think of something to say. How could it take Sirius so long to get there? He glanced towards the door, willing Sirius to appear. But, alas, no. That was not to be his fate. Instead in the doorway were two more girls, a Griffindor and a Ravenclaw. Great, just great. He couldn't cope with one, so lets throw some more at him. Somebody hated him. They hated him, and they were laughing at him right now. They were probably eating popcorn while they did it. Bastards.

"Dink? What are you doing?" The Griffindor girl had spoken. Remus glanced down at Dinkerella, and it was at this point he became aware that the girl was holding his right wrist, manipulating his hand, then allowing it to relax. Remus immediately tensed his hand.

"Relax your hand!" muttered Dinkerella frantically.

"Hi, Remus." The Griffindor lifted her hand in greeting. Dinkerella was still intent on Remus' own hand, now sketching it frantically on her Arithmancy textbook.

"Um… Hi." Remus looked at the girl properly now, recognizing her as Kara Kanapka. Sirius had talked to her a couple of times with James. She hung around with Lily occasionally. They had been pumping her for information… She wasn't all that helpful.

"Um, Kara?" The Ravenclaw prodded, coughing and nodding in the direction of the clock. It was lunchtime, and this particular Ravenclaw looked hopeful that she would get fed before her stomach declared civil war on itself.

"No, no. No good." Dinkerella pushed Remus' hand away in disgust.

"Right."

Remus felt no better. He looked nervously around himself. Surrounded by girls. It was times like this he was glad James was always asked to do this kind of thing.

"Oh Remus," Kara had noticed his uncomfortable look, "This is Niamh O'Donnell."

"Hi," Niamh smiled at Remus briefly, "Look Kara I think we should-"

"Remus, there you are!" Sirius, smiling his irresistible smile, stuck his head around the door, looking perfectly composed, and looked from Remus, to Kara, to Niamh, to Dinkerella. "Having a party are you?"

"Ah… um…" Remus wasn't sure whether he was happy to see his friend, or whether he wanted to kill him. It was now he became vaguely aware that a thin sheen of sweat had broken out on his forehead under the strain. "Bah!"

"Okay then. So Remus, you going to introduce me or what?"

"What."

Sirius looked slightly shocked by Remus'… shortness, but retained his composure. "Okay then." He turned to Kara. "How you doing, Kanapka?"

Kara rolled her eyes, "Sirius, this is Niamh O'Donnell and Dinkerella Pop."

Sirius smiled a particularly winning smile. Niamh giggled and started to twiddle her long, fair hair around her index finger in what she hoped was a coy manner. Sirius ignored her, instead looking right at Dinkerella. Showtime.

"Hey, were you-" he started.

"Um… excuse us Sirius, need to eat. Come on Dink. Bye Remus"

Dink, who had been watching Sirius with interest, stood up, and started to follow the retreating form of Kara, telling Remus on the way past to, "stay cool."

Remus watched the girls go, relief flooding his body. He looked across at Sirius, watching the girls go in disbelief, mouth-hanging open.

"What the hell did you do Moony?"

Author Note: Okay… where now…? I hate writers block! Suggestions would be very much appreciated! Thank you!