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Chapter Two "Revealed Feelings and Secrets"
"Professor, I need your help," Laur said giggling.
"Oh, and with what? Are you having trouble with? The Crystal Ball?"
"Err," she sighed and put on a sad little girl voice. "With everything Professor."
Mel elbowed Laur under the table playfully, the mocked Laur by sneezing before and after she spoke. "Remus!"
"Did someone call me?" Remus asked from across the room.
Laur ignored Remus comment and "listened" to the professor's instructions while looking into his baby blue eyes.
"Well, you see, you must gaze into it, as if it were you're one true love," he told her
"But sir," Laur sighed sadly. "I don't know how to gaze into it like as if it was my one true love. I haven't found him yet sir."
"Well, senorita, love is lurking around every corner."
"So can I look at the ball like I'm looking at you right now," she titled her head flirtatiously while smiling hopefully up at him.
"Uh, sure, senorita," he replied confused.
Mel kicked Laur under the table, causing Laur to let out a yelp.
Lily laughed at them as the professor walked away. They glared. "So professor, can I do you a favor?" Lily mimicked Laur and nearly fell out of her chair laughing, or maybe she fell out to dodge Laur's arm.
But what ever it was, Laur managed to hit her anyway. "Ow! That hurt!" Lily said, rubbing her side.
"You deserved that!" Laur complained.
"Well if you weren't trying to flirt with someone who's 30!"
"He's only 19!" Laur shot back.
"Laur, come on. He's 25 by the way."
"Well, he looks 19," Laur pouted.
"Why don't you go for guys more in your league?" Lily asked.
"What?" They both asked at the same time.
"Never mind, its a Muggle thing," Lily said, remembering both being Pureblood.
"Right," Laur rolled her eyes. "It's cool I guess."
"Well, Lily is our potions master in 'our league'?" Mel joked.
"Man we don't have potions today," Lily said ignoring her last comment.
Sirius punched Remus from across the room.
"Stop staring at Laur," Sirius muttered.
"No, what are they talking about?" Remus said, ignoring the pain in his arm.
"Are you obsessed or something mate?" Sirius asked, waving a hand in front of his face.
"What does Martinez have that I don't?" Remus asked.
"A nice ass?" Sirius suggested.
Remus snapped out of his gaze, and looked up at Sirius. "Are you saying that you think Martinez has a nice ass?"
"No," Sirius spat. "Prongs what's wrong with you?"
"I don't like Lily," James reasoned.
"Okaaay," Sirius turned back to Remus. "Anyway."
"What's wrong with her?" Sirius didn't have to ask.
"Nothing's wrong with her."
"Yeah!" Remus insisted. "She snogged me. And then she ignored me!"
Mel looked over to Remus, and heard his last comment. She glanced back at Laur and Lily who were still arguing and got up from her seat.
"Did you ever guess there was a reason she was ignoring you?" Mel asked sitting in between Sirius and Remus.
Sirius and Remus stared at her.
"A reason?"
"Yes, Laur oddly enough, has a reason for everything," Mel smiled.
"And what is it this time?" Remus asked desperately.
"Why do you want to know?" Mel said with a smile.
"Don't make me say it," Remus complained.
"Say what?" Mel asked her smile growing.
"What's going on?" Sirius asked confused.
"Look," Remus frowned. "I like her okay?"
"Duh," Sirius rolled his eyes.
"And," Remus continued ignoring Sirius. "I--well she's a great kisser," he grinned. "But I want to know why she's ignoring me after our--our great--great-great kiss," Sirius laughed.
"Great, great, great, great, great," he taunted. Mel couldn't help but laugh.
"So, I'm guessing it was a good kiss?" Mel teased. "Do you want to know?" Mel stopped teasing him.
"Yes!" Remus said desperately.
"Okay, okay, calm down," Mel said.
"Well?" he asked impatiently.
"It's because," she cleared her throat. "She's an idiot."
"No she's not!" Remus defended her.
"Yes she is!" Mel insisted. "Why else would she ignore you? After your great great great great great great-"
"Great kiss!" Sirius finished for her.
"Exactly!"
"What's up?" Laur turned around.
"Nothing," Mel answered.
"So Laur," Remus began.
"Sorry guys, gotta concentrate," Laur shrugged and Remus stared.
"What did I do?" he demanded again.
"I'm trying to concentrate!" Laur told them.
"What did I do?" Remus asked again. "Why are you ignoring me?"
"I'm not ignoring you! Why would you get that idea?" Laur said innocently.
"Because you won't talk to me after our kiss!"
"It was just a thank you!"
"Really?" Remus said sadly.
"Really."
"Uh, okay, you can go back to concentrating I guess," Remus said with a sad look in his eyes, as he turned back around to his own glass ball.
"Bitch!" said Mel mockingly again, with her sneezes, receiving a glare from Laur.
"Look Rem--"
"It's Rem-us. R-E-M-U-S. And honestly it's not that hard to say."
"Look Remus-"
Mel kicked her hard under the table and whispered, "Talk to him later."
"Um, Remus can you help me with this? I can't see anything can you?" Mel interrupted, grabbing Remus' attention.
"Sure," he turned toward her and ignored Laur.
When the bell rang Laur grabbed her things and left the classroom before anyone. She ran to the Room of Requirements to get away from everyone.
Mel watched her run up the flight of stairs away from everyone else, and knew where she was going right away.
"Remus, are you going to be okay?" Mel asked him, as they walked out of the classroom.
"Does she not like me?" Remus asked for some reason looking peakier then usual.
"Remus, I think she likes you a whole lot, but she's really confused right now," Mel answered, not sure if she was right or not.
"Look I have to go talk to James really quick. See you at lunch."
Mel rushed over toward James.
"Hey Mel!" he greeted her.
"Uh, yea, hey James. I need to ask you something," Mel told him.
"What is it?"
"Is something wrong with Remus? He looks a little well, I don't know, sick."
"What, uh no, I'm sure its just a cold or something," James said quickly.
"Um, yeah, but that's not all I wanted to ask you about."
"Okay, what else do you need?"
"Can you go talk to Laur for me? I think she might not like me very much right now."
"Can't you go get Remus to do it? He's good at that stuff."
"No, you have to. She's your sister. Plus, Remus is why she's upset," Mel said pushing him toward the stairs.
"Because of the kiss?"
"Yeah."
"Right," James shook his head.
"Whatcha talking about?" Lily said out of nowhere.
"Nothing that concerns you Evans."
"It's Laur," Mel ignored James' comment.
"I'll talk to her!" Lily offered.
"I'm her brother I'll talk to her," he snapped.
"Whatever," she walked away.
"Why do you have to be like that?" Mel said to him while hitting him.
"Be like what? She started it," James insisted.
"Whatever, will you go talk to her now?" Mel asked.
"Yeah, I'm going, just, I don't know."
"Don't worry, I'll save some food for you at lunch, now go!" Mel ordered.
"Padfoot, Moony," James began walking the other way. "I'll see ya in Transfigurations." Sirius nodded but Remus stared.
"Later," Sirius called walking into the Great Hall.
James ran up to the Room of Requirements and saw Laur sitting down staring at the ceiling. "Laur, what's wrong?" James asked, coming into the room, and grabbing a chair to sit in.
"You know, I came up here to be alone," Laur said.
"Laur, come on. I want to know what's going on with you. I haven't been the nicest of brother's lately."
"Understatement of the year," Laur said quietly.
"Come on. I'm only trying to help you. What's wrong?"
"You're wrong," Laur said. "Nothing's wrong. So leave."
"Then why are you staying in here all alone? Something's wrong," James insisted.
"Look," she turned toward him. "I appreciate you guys standing up to Podmore but he's bugging me. And it's really not a big deal."
"Oh this is why you're acting like you are? Because you have a stalker? Do you know how many stalkers I've had?" James said.
"Your stalkers are different."
"How so?"
"You can deal."
"What do you mean? You're one of the strongest people I know."
"Look, if you had someone all over you, you could push them off," Laur said quietly. "If I were to be alone with him he could really hurt me."
"So you came up here alone because you were frightened of being alone?" James asked.
"No, I came up here to think of how to stop Podmore."
"Just get another boyfriend."
"Easier said then done."
"You've got the Potter charm," he reasoned grinning.
"I really don't want another boyfriend," she said though she pictured her and Remus in her mind. She shook her head to clear the thought.
"So forget about boys," James grinned standing up.
"Stick with me," he held out his arm.
"Okay," she laughed taking it.
"But I must say, a lot of guys will be very disappointed." James made as a afterthought, as they headed toward the Great Hall.
"Like who?"
"Never mind. I think you need to check you're eyes," James said smiling slightly.
"What! Is my eyeliner messy!?" Laur said frantically, pulling out a small mirror.
"No," James laughed. "You should check your eyes to tell whether you need glasses," he pointed to his as they entered the hall.
"Oh." Laur put her mirror away as they sat down at the Gryffindor table. She stared at her empty plate of food, trying to avoid eye contact with anyone.
"Are you sick Laur? You're not eating anything," Lily pointed out. "That's not common."
"I'm not hungry."
"Well I"m starving!" Mel said grabbing the corn happily and pouring it onto her plate. Laur looked up and laughed slightly.
"Corn is gross," she stated.
"Corn is delicious," Mel argued, taking a big bite of it.
"Okay," Laur said holding in her vomit. "I'm definitely not eating now."
"Well, I think I might eat even more corn now!" Mel said happily. "That is, if someone I'm not saying who, doesn't throw it at some stupid gits!" Laur picked up the bowl threateningly.
"Don't you dare!" Mel said trying to grab it out of her hands. "That's my corn! And if you do, I'll throw your tators!" Mel picked up the mashed potatoes.
"Go ahead," Laur said dangerously. "I'm not eating it."
"Stop starving yourself," James reasoned.
"Crap! She's right. But don't hurt my corn! Those Slytherins don't deserve it!" Mel said. "Oh, and James is right," she added.
"I'm not starving myself! I'm just not hungry," she said taking out her mirror and searching for her eye liner.
"Here," Remus said, handing her the eyeliner that had fallen out of her bag.
"Thanks," she said which made him smile a little. Laur said still avoiding his eyes.
"You missed some right," he pushed it toward her eye, here." He leaning over and fixing it. Laur looked up t him, and felt a weird pull come from her stomach. How can he still be so nice to me?'
"It's just who I am," he said.
"What?" Laur asked.
"You said it outloud," he laughed.
"Oh. Oops." Laur blushed scarlet. "Uh, didn't mean to do that."
"Yeah," he laughed sitting back down and looking away from her.
"Wow, you two are funny." Mel had been watching the whole scene between the two. "Oh, and I'll be taking that!" Mel grabbed the corn Laur had forgotten about.
"C'mon Laur," James said walking out of the hall with her. "I'll walk you up to the tower." They didn't notice someone follow them. "Laur do you have a thing for Remus?" James asked quietly
"James I--" Laur began then blushed. "I--I don't know," she said truthfully.
"Well, no wonder." James sighed to himself.
"What do you mean?" Laur stared at him.
"Well, Mel's been telling me that for years, and I just now believe it."
"Mel told you that I had a crush on Remus?!" she half yelled.
"Mel's always saying that," James said, hoping it'd calm her down.
"Look James," Laur stopped walking. "Remus is one of your best mates. I--I don't want to like him," she said honestly.
"Wow, isn't that weird," James said talking more to himself then Laur.
"You should be one to talk."
"Why? What did I do now!" James said defensively.
"You should be the one to talk... when you've fallen for my best friend!"
"What! What do you mean! That's gross!" James retaliated, but not very convincingly.
"Besides you're the one who has fallen for my best mate."
"James I don't want to argue with you," Laur said. "Just go down to dinner, it's only two more floors."
"You sure?" Laur nodded and James walked back down the stairs. She sighed when she couldn't see him anymore. He loved Lily. That was obvious. But did she really love Remus?
"Nobody here to save you," said a voice from behind her breaking her thoughts.
"Podmore," Laur turned around.
"What happened to Sturg?" he asked walking up to her.
"Go away," she said.
"Awe, c'mon. You know what I want, just give me a little and I'll leave you and poor gothy alone," he pushed her against the wall and started kissing her.
Laur found herself kissing back for some reason. She was caught in the moment. Sturgis had been her first love.
"I used to love you," she said as he started kissing her neck.
"I just want you," he complained.
"And we can be together?"
"Sure," Sturgis said. But Laur could tell he was lying.
They made their way to the Room of Requirements. Laur was pushed on the bed and Sturgis continued kissing her.
"Get off!" But to Podmore's surprise, it wasn't Laur.
"Oh, its you gothboy, what do you want?" he asked irritated, still pinning Laur down.
"I told you, get off!!" Remus yelled coming toward him threateningly. Laur looked from Strugis to Remus, getting confused, and pushed him off of her, still thinking of what to do.
"Come on you know you want me," Sturgis said to Laur. He looked at her with his big blue eyes. He pinned her back down without much struggle.
"I--I," she looked at Remus.
"Get off her," Remus demanded again.
"I--please Sturgis," she kissed him. Remus stared at her.
"Please Laur, we can do whatever you want after. I promise."
"Okay," she said.
"No!" Remus said.
"Yes Remus," Laur said. "Please go."
"Don't make me hurt you!" Sturgis threatened.
"Please Remus, I really want this."
"You--you, do?"
"Yes." Remus left the room and sat down next to the door. He was sitting there thinking until a moan came from the room. It wasn't a moan from Laur, mind you. It was a moan from Sturgis and Laur came running out of the room laughing.
"Come on Rem," she grabbed his hand and led him to the Gryffindor Common Room. They both ran into the Gryffindor Common Room hand in hand, and sat on the couch, trying to catch their breath.
"So what exactly did you do to him?" Laur began laughing at the thought of it.
"Do you really want to know?"
"Well, yeah, I mean, I thought you were gonna, umm, uh-"
"Gonna what Rem?" Laur asked.
"Well, you know..." he said in a shy voice.
"And you were going to listen outside the door?"
"No, I was just, no of coarse not!" Laur laughed.
"Never mind. Well you wanna know?" Remus nodded slightly.
"I was going to you know, give him a present. And when he pulled down his pants I took advantage of it."
"You kicked him?"
"It was one or the other."
"What's the other?" he asked shyly. Laur smirked as the rest of the crew walked into the Common Room.
"What are you two talking about?" Mel asked, as she noticed both out of breath, and Laur smiling broadly.
"Oh, nothing, just what happened a couple minutes ago," Remus answered.
"Well, what did happen a couple of minutes ago?" James asked. "I mean, I was with you a couple of minutes ago."
"No, after you left me alone," Laur told them.
"Well, what happened?" James asked.
"Exactly what I thought would if I was left alone."
"Did he try to-"
"Who try to what?" Lily asked.
"Nothing Evans," James spat returning his attention back to Laur. Well trying to. He couldn't help but notice how cute she was when she was upset. He smacked himself in the head. He did NOT love Lily Evans. He wasn't just thinking about how cute their children will be.
"So what happened?" Mel asked, irritated that she didn't know.
"Well, Podmore tried to you know...again," Laur answered.
"So what happened, I don't know if I like that smile on you're face or not," Mel said eying her.
"Trust me, you like the smile on my face," Laur said.
"Well!?" Remus interrupted, "I think they want to know what else happened."
"Oh right. Okay, so when he was trying to pull his moves on me, you know I kind of.... hit him where it hurts! Man, I've never seen a guy cry before that. Well, unless you count third year, James."
"That's not funny!" James said.
"Well, you should have seen Remus!"
"Remus?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah he was all, 'no Laur! no you can't do that with him'."
"And you were all, 'anytime Sturg anytime!'" Remus shot back.
"It shouldn't matter to you," Laur said.
"Well it does!"
"I appreciated all you did Remus but I. Don't. Like. You." Silence swept the common room.
"I'm sorry Laur, I was just trying to protect you," Remus said angrily.
"I already said I appreciated it! But I don't think about you that way. And I think you should get over me!"
"Get over yourself! I'm not stalking you! I'm not obsessing over you! And besides, what right do you have to tell me what and what not to do!?"
"If it concerns me I can tell you what to do! If you keep looking at me like you want to fuck the shit out of me then I'm going to stop you!"
"I don't stare at you like that! I wouldn't think of acting like that! I actually respect you! I don't think of you as some sort of slut!!" Remus yelled.
"Well thanks! I'm not a slut! Now I feel better about myself! Not that I thought I was a slut to begin with! You don't stare at me?! I'm not blind, Remus Lupin!"
"Excuse me if I just happen to glance at you every once and a while! I'm sorry, I'll never look at you again! You happy now!? You don't have to deal with me!?!"
"Yes! I am happy! I'm not a sex toy here! Is that how all you guys look at me?" she stared around the room. Everyone who had been watching the scene snapped back to what they were doing before, trying to stay out of the fight.
"Will you just shut up for one minute? And maybe then you'll realize that there are more people then you! And those people actually have feelings! Not that I can say the same for you!" Remus yelled, turning around on the couch to not look at her.
"I don't have feelings? Really, I don't? Look at what just happened today! I was going to--" she stopped talking. "You know what happened! It's not fair! I do have feelings. And you have feelings?"
"Yes I have feelings! What do you think this emotional roller coaster I've been going through is called? Why do you have to be so complicated?!"
"I'm a girl that's how! And besides if it weren't because of guys like you, I wouldn't be me!"
"What do you mean?! Guys like me?!"
"If guys wouldn't do this every single time! If guys wouldn't like me and obsess over me then I'd be nice!"
"Now don't you think that sounded just a bit on the cocky side?!" Remus half yelled, forgetting about all the people watching them.
"Cocky? Forget about it being cocky! It's true!"
"Ugh! You're so frustrating! You think I wanted this to happen?! Do you think I want to like you? Out of all the girls chasing after me, I have to like the one who's a stubborn arrogant ass!"
"So now I'm an ass? Yeah Remus, you really like me," she wiped her eye. "Besides! I didn't want to like you either," she clapped a hand over her mouth.
"Are you implying that you have feelings for me!?!" Remus yelled outraged. "And you're giving me hard time about liking you!! When you've been lying to me this whole time!? Making me feel guilty for liking you! Ugh!"
"What? How can you say that? I'm--I didn't. I'M SORRY!" she yelled and turned to walk away but was caught by James who pulled her into a hug.
Remus looked over at Laur who was hugging her brother, her face hidden in his robes. He felt like hitting himself for making her feel this way. But he was too upset to do anything about it now, and stormed up stairs. Laur turned to stare at Remus who was going up the stairs.
"Why do I want him so bad?" she accidentally said out loud which caused her to push her face into James to stop everyone from seeing her face.
Remus stopped on the stairs, and turned to face Laur who had buried her face in James' shoulder again. 'Ugh! why does she have to do this to me!?' Remus thought, sitting down on the stairs, trying to decide what to do.
"Calm down Laur, it's okay," Mel said soothingly taking Laur's hand and moving her over the couch. James sat down next to her still. She sighed really loudly and choked. (A/N: You know how you sometimes are crying then you kind of cough and choke at the same time, well try it! lol) "It's all right Laur, don't worry. Calm down, it's all right. You want to go get something to eat?" Mel suggested.
Laur didn't want to say anything, or had drowned out Mel's voice all together. Remus looked over at Laur who was sobbing silently, trying to wipe away the tears that were rolling down her cheek. He could hear Mel and Lily trying to make suggestions or saying things to try to get her to say something. He made up his mind, and stood up from the step he had been sitting on, he walked down the stairs as quietly as he could, finally reaching the bottom step. He moved across the room, near the couch Laur was sitting on. He looked at Laur, and tried to say something, but found no words. Laur, felt his gaze on her, and looked up at him, seeing in his eyes, a mixture of guilt and sadness. Remus tried to talk again, but couldn't, so headed out the portrait hole, his head hung low, and full of thoughts.
"Where's he going?" Laur asked softly.
"I'm not sure," Lily said quietly back.
"You wouldn't know," James spat.
"I'm going for a walk," Laur stood up.
"Are you all right?" Mel asked.
Laur nodded and walked out of the portrait hole to find Remus sitting against the wall. "Hi," she said softly sitting down next to him.
"Hey," Remus replied trying to avoid her eyes.
"Look at me," she asked. "Please?" She put her hand on his cheek and he slowly turned his head to look at her.
"Yes?" he asked slowly, feeling choked up as he looked up at Laur, thinking about how Laur might respond if she noticed her beloved eyeliner was smudged from crying.
"Crying does wonder for your eye liner."
"You know how I am," she smiled at him.
"I wouldn't want you any other way," he said and she blushed scarlet.
"What do you want to do?"
"About what?"
"Never mind," Remus looked away.
"No, what were you going to say?" Laur asked.
"No, nothing I told you to forget about it. I'm gonna go for a walk, you wanna come?" Remus asked, trying to get off the topic.
"Where are you going?"
"Just around."
"Oh, okay I guess I can go just around with you," Laur said standing up with him.
"I think I want to go for a little ride," Remus said thoughtfully.
"What do you mean?"
"A broom."
"I don't like that comment," she said quietly.
"I know," he smirked at her. She hit him playfully.
"Just pushing my buttons, eh?" she smiled at him. "Remus Lupin flirting with his best mate's sister? I thought I'd never see the day." At this he blushed.
"Ah, Laur Potter, flirting with her brother's best mate, never thought I'd see the day," Remus joked back, hoping his cheeks were turning back to their normal color.
"Admit it," Laur said to him. "You knew you'd see the day."
"Well, I couldn't exactly say I never thought I would. I mean, you flirt with even our Divination teacher, Martinez," Remus said as a after thought.
"And you are so jealous," she laughed.
"No, I'm not! I just don't know what you see in Martinez!" Remus said not very convincing Laur only laughed more.
"Sorry, it's not what I see in him. It's what I see on him," Laur winked watching Remus blush.
"Oh, uh, yeah, okay, can we get off this topic?" Remus asked hopefully.
"Hey Remus!!" A girl from Ravenclaw yelled running up to them. "How have you been?" she asked winking at him playfully, flipping her hair as she did so. "Oh Rem! Have you been working out?!" She shrieked touching his arm. "I think so Rem," she flirted. Laur cleared her throat loudly, "And you are...who?" she asked with an annoyed tone.
"Oh! I'm Elizabeth!" She said excitedly, turning back to Remus, "So where are you go Rem?" She asked, running her hand through his hair.
"Oh, we were going to just going to go flying for a while," Remus told her. Laur watched where Remus' eyes were staring, and instantly felt her temper rising.
"I remember my brother talking about you!" Laur said quickly.
"Oooh! James!?" she asked letting go of Remus and walking towards Laur.
"Yeah, he said something about you."
"Ooooh! He's so hot! Don't you think?"
"He's my brother," Laur could have smacked her. "Anyway what he said wasn't nice." "
"What was it?" Laur whispered something into her ear and Elizabeth ran off.
"What was that for?" Remus asked.
"Sorry, did you want her around?"
"What did you say to her though?" Remus asked.
"Nothing that bad."
"What's nothing that bad?"
"Does it matter?" Laur asked skeptically.
"Yeah! She's my friend." Laur stared at him.
"Oh my god Rem! I'm just blond and fun! Let's go back to your room and I can show you how easy I am!" Laur imitated the girl by pulling on his arm.
"Oh, come on, she wasn't acting like that." Remus reasoned.
"Yes she was! Besides, you were too busy to notice."
"Busy doing what?"
"Looking at her stuffed bra, what else?"
"I wasn't looking at her bra! It's covered with her robes!" Remus stated. "Besides, does she really stuff?" Remus asked on a more serious tone. "What's wrong?" Remus asked, tilting her chin up to look at him.
"If you don't know, I'm not saying," she said stubbornly, looking away and crossing her arms over her chest.
"Are you okay?" Remus asked confused.
"Yeah why wouldn't I be?" she didn't meet his eyes. Instead she was thinking about him. How did she really feel? She did think he was cute. But did she really like him? She liked some things about him... What does that mean?
"Is this about that what is her name again? I never seemed to remember. Oh, Elizabeth, that's right. Is it about her?" Remus asked, trying to get eye contact with her.
She looked at him. "Is it?"
"Uh, what? I asked you. I mean, I wouldn't know unless you told me so," Remus said just as confused as ever.
"You confuse me," she said without laughing. "And not just from that comment," she eyed him as if she was trying to figure him out.
"I confuse you?" Remus said with a smirk. "I think you confuse me."
"Is that what I'm good for?" Laur stopped walking and sat down again.
"What do you mean? Is what, what you're good for?" Remus asked, sitting beside her.
"Confusing you."
Remus smirked slightly as he responded, "You know you're good at a lot more things then just that."
"Oh really?" The way she looked at him suggested that she really wanted to hear what he had to say.
"Uh, yeah, really," Remus answered her nervously, staring down at a speck of dirt as if it were the most interesting thing around him.
Laur laughed at him. "You're so cute when you're nervous." She turned away from him and started playing with her fingers because she obviously, didn't mean to say that.
"And you just happen to be cute all the time," Remus said barely above a whisper.
Laur turned towards him. "It doesn't have to be like this," she whispered taking his hand.
"What do you mean?" Remus asked. She stared at him.
"Remus I--"
"Wait before you say anything," he kissed her. She looked at him in shock. "I--I love you Laur." Laur stared at him. Then she ran, back to the common room and up to her room.
"Remus you moron!" Remus yelled at himself. "Why did I have to go do that?"
"Because maybe you really do love her." Someone answered for him, sitting beside him.
"You saw that?" Remus asked.
"Yeah. Pretty much, I was gonna stop you, but I decided to see how it was going to work out," Mel said.
"Why are you here?"
"I had to see if you and Laur were going at each other's throats again," Mel answered.
"Happy?" Remus asked bitterly.
"Um, well, not exactly as happy as I thought I'd be," Mel replied truthfully.
He looked at her wearily. "I should go."
"I hope you don't mean to go check on Laur," Mel said as he stood up.
"No," he said gritting his teeth. "She's never going to talk to me again."
"Why not? How do you know she doesn't love you back?" Mel said smiling at the way he was acting.
"Look Mel, nobody could love me."
"What do you mean?"
"Never mind. I--it's nothing," Remus looked away.
"I think you should give her some time."
"Sure." Remus and Mel walked to the common room in silence. The group was sitting down discussing Laur when they walked in.
"Oh, there you are," James said referring to Remus.
"What happened to Laur?" Lily asked. But Remus didn't answer, he just sat beside Sirius on the couch, his face in his hands.
"Come on Lily. Let's go check on Laur." Mel said, staring at Remus with a mix of curiosity and pity.
"Yeah, let's go."
They headed up the stairs to the girls room silently. Down in the common room the guys stared at Remus.
"What happened?"
"Erm... nothing."
"What did you do to Laur?" James asked.
"I kind of said..."
"What?"
"Dammit tell me!" James swore.
"I said I loved her!" Remus said receiving stares from the boys. He ran upstairs.
"He loves her?" Sirius asked uncertainly.
"I guess so, I mean he seems pretty upset about it. Why is he so upset?"
"I don't know."
"Its not like Laur doesn't like him back," James pointed out.
"You're right, but I think he doesn't think anyone can love him, because you know, he's a well-"
"He's a what?" Someone asked, sneaking up behind them.
"None of your business Evans," James said.
"Laur's not okay, you know?"
"Why should you care?"
"She's my best friend!"
"Shut UP Evans!" James yelled.
"NO! You shut up Potter! Don't you care your sister is crying her eyes out!? What the hell's wrong with you?!"
"Remus isn't at the top of his game either!"
"It's not a game Potter. He LOVES her! She can't take this right now. Neither can I!"
"Take what!? What's your problem Evans!? What could possibly be wrong with you now?! UGH! You're so annoying! Why are you trying to make this about you?"
"I'm not! If you would just try to be nice to me--" she was cut off.
"Be nice to you!?! Be nice to you!! Why don't you try being nice to me!?! Then maybe I wouldn't be such an asshole to you!!" James yelled.
"How am I not nice to you!? If you didn't grope me..."
"GROAP! Groap you!? Why would I do that!?"
"You already did! Look! You did! Remember? How could you forget? After Potions?"
"Ugh! Why would I have purposely done that?!" James asked outraged.
"Purposely or not! You did!"
"Well I'm sorrrry! Okay?! Happy now!? I'm sorry I ever touched you! I'm sorry I ever talked to you! I'm sorry for knowing you! And I'm sorry for living! Because obviously I make your life a living hell!" James yelled.
"Glad to see you finally understand," she smirked at him flirtatiously.
"Ugh! You're such a bitch. That's all you can say!?" James yelled, more angry with him self then Lily, for thinking she looked cute with that smirk.
"Sorry," she said simply licking her lips. James turned away from Lily, hitting his head repeatedly for letting Lily get to him like she did.
"Is there anyway I can get up there to see Laur?" He asked, his eyes closed.
"Maybe you should get your broom," Lily suggested playfully pushing him onto the couch then laughing at Sirius. James smiled ignoring what his brain was yelling. "Sirius, you're such a moron. Are you that easily entertained? Evans pushes me and you start cracking up?" James asked.
"I guess so."
"Anyway!" Lily said jumping on James.
"Do I get a lap dance?" Sirius laughed.
"Umm," Lily jumped on Sirius. "You're a good seat," she laughed at him.
James felt a ping of jealousy. James shook his head trying to shake the thoughts out with it. 'What's wrong with me? Its only Evans, its not like I lo-' shake shake.
"Come on, I really need to go see Laur, tell me how to get up there and I promise I won't ever do it again." James reasoned, looking away from Lily and Sirius.
"Yeah right! You'll come up there and--and do what you do," Lily smirked at Sirius who shifted underneath her licking his lips, James threw a pillow at him, "Calm down Padfoot, no need to act like yourself," James said trying to say it in a teasing voice.
"Seriously Lily, if you could get off of Sirius, you could go get Laur for me," he said irritated. "I mean Evans." James added quickly.
"Huh? I think Sirius is fun to sit on. Possibly the cutest couch I've ever seen."
"What can I say?" Sirius grinned
"Come on! Get a room. Wait don't."
"Why not?" Lily looked at him.
"I don't know," he said quickly.
"No, really, why can't we get a room?" Lily pestered.
"I don't know, just, don't." James said. "And Mel, if you're standing behind me, if you dare accuse me of something you'll be sorry," James said just in case she was.
"Accuse you of what?" Mel was there, as if she was meant to intrude during the most inconvenient times.
"Nevermind."
"Nevermind what?" Laur said coming down the stairs in her cloud p.j.'s.
"Speaking like Remus," Sirius said from the couch. "You look hot Laur."
"Cheating on me Sirius?" Lily played.
"You and Sirius are not a couple!" James snapped.
"Calm down, no one said that," Sirius said looking at James with the same accusing look that Mel always gave to everyone.
"I just thought of something! I'm so brilliant!" Mel yelled sounding random. "Come on Sirius!! Let's go!" Mel yelled, grabbing Sirius by the hand and pulling him off the couch, causing Lily to fall on the floor.
"Ow! Bring back my couch!" but Mel had already dragged Sirius with her out the portrait hole.
"What'd you want, babe?" Sirius asked, as Mel finally stopped, and began panting for breath.
"I...just...had...a....brilliant...idea!"
"I understood that part, now what's the plan?" Sirius asked leaning up against the wall, and crossing his arms.
"Brilliant I already told you!" Mel said jokingly.
"Come on, tell me! Pleeeaaase!" Sirius said, giving her his best puppy-dog eyes.
Mel giggled slightly, but snapped herself out of it, trying to sound less flirtatious. "Well...I was just thinking...."
"Thinking what?" Sirius asked leaning into her.
Mel took a step back. "Well, it's obvious that they like each other right?" Mel asked.
"Who likes who? You like me!" Sirius asked in what sounded to Mel as a mock hopeful voice.
"I'm being serious-"
"Now, I'm being Sirius." Sirius joked.
"You've been saying that since we were 11, it wasn't funny then, and its only sorta funny now."
"Will you just tell me?"
"Oh right, I just thought, that since, James likes Lily then we can get them together with my brilliant plan!"
"What!? James likes Lily? Where'd you get that idea?"
"Come on. Its so obvious. Like you didn't notice," he grinned sheepishly. For, he had noticed it.
"Now anyway...my plan!" Mel said.
"Right, yeah, why do you need me for this plan?"
"Well, I thought, that maybe if we get him jealous then maybe he'll just go on and say he likes her."
"And you're suggesting that these two people would be.....?"
"Who do you think it was? Me and you?" Mel asked sarcastically.
"What, oh no, uh, of course not. So me and Lily, right?"
"Well, I just thought you could flirt a little more then you usually do with us girls," Mel said.
"You want me to flirt with Lily Evans?" Sirius repeated.
"Like you weren't flirting before. What do you think?"
"Should I ask her out?"
"Umm," Mel thought for a moment, "No," Mel shook her head after feeling slightly jealous over the comment. "She'd probably say no."
"Okay," Sirius looked taken aback. "Let's go!"
"Come on! Let's skip!" Mel said excitedly.
"Erm, no."
"Ugh, come on, You know you want to skip with me," Mel said in a flirtatious tone, grabbing his hand, and trying to skip.
"Erm, I don't think so," Sirius said grinning at her.
"Please for me? I'll give you something?" Mel offered, wanting to skip even more now.
"I don't think we should be doing this because of the plan," he grinned at her.
"By doing what? Besides you're only going to flirt with Lily, not skip around. Please? Now I want to skip with you even more! Come on what do I have to do?"
"You can skip. But I am NOT looking like a fag. Sorry Melly."
Mel blushed slightly. Sirius was one of the only people to ever call her Melly and every time she blushed. "Oh come on, you won't look like that much of a fag! I'll make it so you won't look like a fag at all afterward."
"How's that?" he grinned putting his arm on her shoulder.
"Do you ever not have a perverted mind?" Mel joked playfully.
"Um, don't think so. So what are you going to do to not make me look like a fag?"
"Uh...let me think about it. After we skip, then I'll give it to you," Mel said with a pleading smile.
"Um....fine," Sirius said squeezing her tighter to him.
"Perfect. Now can we skip now please?" Mel asked, looking up at him, imitating the puppy-dog eyes that he had made his trademark.
"Whatever, but only to the portrait hole," he reasoned.
"Fine! But you better skip!" Mel said with a beaming grin. " You ready?" Mel asked grabbing his hand. "Now lets go!"
Sirius and Mel skipped all the way to the common room where Lily and James where yelling and Laur was trying to ignore them.
"Could you stop hitting on my best mate!" James was saying.
"Wait don't go in yet," Mel said holding Sirius back, hiding in a corner, trying to listen to what was going on.
"What are you talking about?" Lily demanded.
"Don't act like you don't know!" James argued.
"Oh my god! Potter, spit it out!"
"I've already said it! Stop hitting on my friends!"
"Hitting?" Lily laughed. "I don't hit on guys, Potter."
"Well, you've hit me on a few occasions!" James yelled, his words coming out the wrong way, but didn't bother to correct himself.
"I've hit on you? There's a difference, and a player like you should know. I hit you, I don't hit on you."
"Ugh! Evans, why do you have to act like that!? And I'm not a player!"
"Act like what? And you surely are a player."
"No I'm not! And besides! Do you monitor all the girls I go out with!?"
"No, I just monitor all the girls that are crying and I know it's because of you."
"Why would I make them cry?! And do you have some weird physic thing going on where you just know what everyone's thinking?!"
"Okay! I don't know how we got to this but I know it's ending right here."
"Fine! End it now! Do you really think I want to be talking to you right now!?"
"If you wouldn't have brought up this stupid discussion about me actually hitting on your friend-" Lily was cut off.
"That's because you actually did hit on my friend!"
"Ooh okay. I did hit on your friend. What are you gonna do about it?" She pressed her body towards his. They were touching as she looked up when they were an inch a part.
James froze up. He had no idea what he was going to do, and if his hormones could stand this any longer.
"Hey you guys whatcha doin'!?" Mel interrupted, hoping to split them apart from the shock of her sudden appearance.
"He was just telling me how I was hitting on Sirius," Lily pulled her arm around his shoulder and pointed toward him like he was crazy.
"Well, I didn't mind it too much," Sirius said playfully, winking at Lily.
"Oh really?" She let go of James like a bad potato then walked toward Sirius. He wrapped his arm around her and kissed her firmly. "Didn't mind that too much either," Sirius said playfully, receiving a wink from Mel and giving one in return.
"Shall we get a room now?" Lily said looking towards James.
"Sirius!" James said defensively. "I--don't." But Sirius wasn't listening. Him and Lily were on the couch 'getting to know each other.'
"Where are Laur and Remus?" Mel asked James, whose face was turning red with anger. He didn't answer.
"I'm right here," Laur said standing up slowly.
"Are you all right?" Mel asked, moving her attention to Laur.
"Yeah, but they aren't."
"Oh, I'll tell you about it later." Mel said, forgetting James was by her side.
"Tell her about what? How her tongue is down his throat!"
"I think it's the other way around," Laur laughed. James didn't say anything, but turned his head in disgust.
"Hey Sirius! Can you take a break so I can talk to you?!" Mel yelled, trying to get their attention. He softly ended the kiss and looked at her. "But I'm having fun."
"Man he can kiss!" Lily said giggling.
James exploded. "Slut!!" He screamed across the room.
"Uh, Sirius you can snog her later, can I talk to you?" Mel said.
"How am I a slut?" Lily yelled. "Your best mate did as much as I did!"
"Not the whole world revolves around you! How do you know I wasn't talking to Sirius!?!"
"Maybe because you hate me! And you don't hate him! And you constantly remind me how much of a slut I am!"
"Well, at least you've admitted you're a slut!!" James yelled back.
"I am NOT a slut! Why do you have to be like that?"
She jumped off of Sirius' lap. "Be like what!? I never did anything! I'm not the one rubbing up on everyone I see!"
"Rubbing up? What the hell do you mean Potter?"
"Oh don't act like you don't know! You are always looking for a good snog, so whatever guy you see, you decide he'd do just fine!!"
"Oh really? You really believe that? Is that what you believe too Sirius?" She turned so James couldn't see her wipe a tear away.
Sirius took notice of Lily's tear, and felt bad for agreeing to Mel's plan right away. "No Lily, of course not. I know you don't do that," Sirius said trying to comfort her.
"What?! Aren't I your best mate?" James said indignantly.
"Yeah, you are my best mate. But I have a mind of my own don't I?"
"So you're saying I'm wrong?"
"Um...yeah mate, for once you're wrong about this," Sirius said cautiously.
"I'm wrong?! Yeah right! You where just snogging her. Of course you'd say that!"
"Uh....I still need to talk to you Sirius?" Mel interrupted, hoping to end the fight.
"So you are saying," Sirius began ignoring Mel. "That if Lily were to snog you, that you'd never say another bad thing about her?"
"Ugh! I never said that! Besides why would I want Evans to snog me!?" James yelled.
"Sirius, I need to talk to you still," Mel said yet again only to be ignored.
Lily stared at the two friends. "What are you saying James?" she said softly. "Oh, I think I know." She ran out of the portrait hole.
"You both are a bunch of jackasses! Don't you care about anyone's feelings?!" Mel asked, extremely pissed off.
"Hey what was I doing? I defended Lily!" Sirius said.
"Yeah! But you completely ignored me! You could at least said a 'wait a sec Mel, let me finish yelling.' Did you say anything!? No! Forget it, I don't need to talk to you anymore. Just leave me alone. I'm going to go find Lily!" Mel screamed.
Before she left she looked at James. It was a look that said, 'If you dare speak I will kill you.' James ignored it. "Whoever would like one of those losers is a stupid prat," he said to Sirius.
"Oh shut UP James! At least I'm not obsessing over someone who hates my guts!" Mel yelled back."No wonder Lily hates you. You're just some stupid prat that doesn't care about anyone, or how they feel! You should lay off of Lily, she has a hard enough time as it is without you making her life worse! But I bet you get pleasure out of doing that don't you? I'm sorry I even tried."
"Tried what?" James asked ignoring the rest of her rant.
"Forget it! It was a stupid plan anyway! And Sirius, if you dare utter one word about this to James, I swear I'll make it so you'll never be able to have children!" Mel threatened.
"Don't worry, I don't think I'm going to be talking to Prongs anytime soon anyway," Sirius sat down upset with his best mate.
"Well, fine then! I don't think I'm going to be talking to either of you for a while!" Mel yelled storming out of the portrait hole.
"Why aren't you talking to me?" James asked casually.
"Do you really have to ask?" Sirius replied.
"Yes! You're my best mate. You're practically my brother!"
"True. But you are my blind-practically brother, who avoids what's right in front of you. Besides that was mean what you said to Lily, and your sister is mad at me now too."
"What are you talking about? Blind? What's in front of me?"
"A lot of things are right in front of you! I swear all the Potters in your family, avoid everything."
"Damn, Sirius, I didn't ask for information on my family! I want to know what's right in front of me. Besides my sisters, my friends and Evans."
"You just said it!" Sirius said outraged.
"What? Evans?"
"Ugh! Yes Evans! You are a bloody moron you know."
"It's Evans. What about her?"
"You're practically in love with her!!"
"What?!" James stood from the couch and almost jumped onto Sirius.
"You heard me. I didn't stutter or mumble. I said you're in love with Evans! I can't believe this is a shock to you!"
"What? Why would you think that?"
"Well, the fact that you're constantly staring at her, and that, you complain about her when she hasn't done anything. And when you get all nervous. I don't know, you have to ask Mel."
"I'm not asking Mel. I'm not listening to a bunch of you tell me who I fancy!" James got up and was about to walk away when Sirius stopped him.
"Just admit it. Admit you love everything about her. Admit you can't look Lily Evans in the eyes without feeling something in your stomach. Admit that you get jealous whenever she kisses me. I can see it in your eyes. Admit it."
James turned to look Sirius in the eye, and knew, even if he tried to lie, he'd know. "Fine. You win. Mel wins. She's right. Happy now? I hate it when she's right about things," James said in a defeated voice as he sat back down on the couch.
"So does everyone. You know, she's probably gonna hurt me now," Sirius said sitting beside his friend.
"Why?"
"Don't exactly know why. I mean I did get you to admit everything. But does Mel really need a reason to do anything?" Sirius asked.
"Guess not. Oh that reminds me."
"Reminds you of what?" Sirius asked, staring at the fire place. "I forgot to tell her that Amos wants to talk to her."
"What does old pretty boy want?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know. Does it look like he told me?"
"No."
"Why don't you go ask her yourself," James suggested.
"I can't, remember, she's mad at me, because of you."
"You have a crush on her," James said smirking. "My best mates love my sisters. Go figure."
"What? Now I know you're crazy mate."
"Anyway, how did you know?"
"How did I know what?" Sirius asked.
"How did you know that I have feelings for Lily?" he spoke her name for the first time ever meaning it at least. It seemed to roll off his tongue. He loved saying it.
"Well, Mel kinda told the whole world."
"Ugh, she's annoying how do you love her?" James asked in a teasing voice.
"I never said I loved her!" Sirius retaliated.
"Uh huh, sure."
"Whatever," Sirius was about to get up.
"I mean," James said softly. "I guess I never realized how cute she looked when she was mad. Or how cute she was when she flirted."
"Oh so we're still on the Lily topic?" Sirius asked sitting back down. "Go on. What else do you love about her?"
"Her eyes. Especially when she's mad. But I don't think that's a good thing," James smiled slightly.
"Well, I guess you get to see her angry a lot don't you? You should be nicer to Lily."
"I guess," James said in a defeated tone. "Anyway, back on the topic of you. Why have you never told me?" James asked trying to switch the topic.
"Told you what?"
"That you fancied my sister." James replied simply.
"I never said that. And I don't show any signs of me doing so. I flirt with your sister as much as the next girl."
"Oh, right, then what's wrong with pretty boy Amos?" James asked smiling.
"Nothing, he's just, not good enough for her."
"And who is?" James pestered.
"So about Lily," Sirius changed the subject.
"What's going on?" Remus said coming down the stairs.
"Nothing, I just found out that James is madly in love with Lily," Sirius said with a smile.
"Yeah, and I just found out that Sirius is madly in love with my sister."
"Am not!"
"You love Lily?" Remus said ignoring James.
"Yes madly in love I'd like to add," Sirius chirped up watching James face turn red.
"No! I just think she's cute... kind of."
"De juvu." Remus muttered from what seemed out of no where.
"What's going on with you now?" James tried to change the subject
"Oh nothing. I was just remembering something that happened earlier, that Mel made me realize."
"And that was...?" Sirius asked as Remus yawned and sat down.
"Well, she just did something that made me realize how I felt about Laur," Remus replied sleepily.
"That we are all in love?" James said absent minded. "I mean, you two, not me!"
"What are you talking about!?" Sirius asked hurt. "I don't love anyone. You two are the ones obsessed over some girls!"
"Oh riiight," Remus laughed. "Mel has you on a leash."
"Ooh. Whipped!" James joked.
"Shut up! No she doesn't! I do whatever I want!"
"Uh huh," James rolled his eyes. "So let's talk about... Lily!"
"Oh no, I should have let you keep it a secret about your love," Sirius said under his breath
"I need to say something! If I don't, how will I know I really lov--fancy her?"
"What was that Jamesie?" A voice said from behind them.
"Laur," Remus went bright red. Laur smiled sheepishly.
"So what is this I hear?" She asked, sitting beside James on the couch.
"James has feelings for Lily!" Sirius grinned happily.
"Yours truly got him to admit it."
"Well, Mel should be happy about that!" Laur stated.
"I--damn. So when are you and Remus getting married?"
"What!?" Remus yelped off the couch. His face matched Laur's, bright red.
"Look I know you guys," James rolled his eyes. "You are just going to get mad at each other. Then the next thing you know you'll be calling me up and telling me I'm an uncle," he said with a dramatic ending in his voice.
"Shut up." They both muttered in unison, trying to keep the smile from showing on their faces.
"Have you seen Mel? I gotta apologize," Sirius said absent-mindly.
"Yes I've seen Mel," Laur smiled. "And I've seen the way you look at her."
"I don't know what you're talking about. I don't look at her in any special way!" Sirius said defensively.
"Just, where can I find her?"
"With Lily."
"She mad at me?"
"Yes, very." James sighed.
"Will she talk to me?" Sirius asked hopefully.
"Do I look like Mel?" Sirius tilted his head and licked his lips.
"Stop," Remus punched him.
"Okay, okay, if you were Mel, would you talk to me?" Sirius asked, smiling slightly.
"Not with you looking up my skirt," James gagged.
"What!? I'd never," Sirius said not too sure of himself.
"Uh huh, look what you just did."
"Don't look up my girlfri--Laur's skirt," Remus corrected himself and blushed.
"Well pardon moi!" Sirius said cracking a smile at Remus. "So Laur, where did you say I could find them?" Laur rolled her eyes and muttered something strangely like 'up your ass' then shrugged. "Room of Requirements is my guess."
"Thanks!" Sirius jumped up out of his seat and ran over to Laur, squeezing her tightly.
"Bye you guys!" Sirius was almost out the portrait, when he stopped and called out to James. "Oh and Jamesie! I'll be sure to tell your Lilykins hello for you!"
James did some not-so-nice jester to him. "So," he turned to them. "Why don't you guys just hook up?"
"It's not that easy James," Laur whispered.
"It's not?" Remus asked.
"Rem I--" but he silenced her with a kiss. The kiss broke off and James was smiling slightly.
"It is," Lauren whispered again.
"What's hard about it?" Remus asked Laur, completely thrown off at her response to the kiss.
"Look, it's just," Laur looked away he took her hand and she stared. "I think I love you too."
Remus fell off the couch and landed on the floor from shock. "That doesn't explain anything. I still don't get it, why can't we be together?"
Laur smiled at him as he got back onto the couch. She stared at the way his eyes sparkled. Did she really love him?
"I--I just," she kissed him. He pulled his arms around her. James looked around confused of what to do next. He didn't want to be around when his best mate and sister were snogging on the couch. "So are you to together?" he asked hoping it would stop the kiss.
They broke apart quickly, looking embarrassed. "I-I-I-I-" Laur began to stammer
"Laur will you be my girlfriend?" Remus asked kissing her hand and pulling a lock of hair out of her face and behind her ear.
"Remus" she leaned giving him a small kiss. "Let me sleep on it," she whispered in his ear. She ran up the stairs leading to her room.
"You okay mate?" Laur stopped running when she heard James. When she turned around she saw Remus shake his head.
"I really... I just.." he couldn't string a sentence together. James patted Remus on the back.
"She'll say yes," James said. "Don't worry about it."
"I don't think she will. I mean she can't. Look at what I am."
"You're Remus and don't you dare say you're a monster," James warned. Remus turned away and wiped a tear.
"Remus?" he looked up as Laur walked out into the room. She sat down on his lap and fixed a piece of his hair.
"Yes," she kissed him. Lauren broke apart to stare Remus in the eye.
"What's wrong?" She asked quietly, seeing pain, sadness, and hurt in his eyes.
"Nothing. Really nothing's wrong. I just realized something." Remus looked away from her eyes that were piercing into his own.
"I don't think I'm gonna like what you realized."
"Well, it might be a relief to you," he muttered.
"Huh? Remus what are you going on about?"
"Maybe you're right. Maybe we shouldn't date. You deserve better than me."
"What are you talking about? I thought you wanted to go out with me?"
"Laur, I can't--it just won't work out."
"Why not? Remus, tell me what's going on."
"Look Laur you can't love me. You don't love me."
"Yes," she said softly.
"You don't know me!"
"I know you, I know everything I can know about you. I only want to help you. Please tell me."
"No!"
"I want to know." She kissed his lips. "Please?"
"Look it'll never work Laur! I--I'm not lovable."
She stood up. "You're wrong. I love you, isn't that enough?" She had pain and hurt in her eyes.
"Laur, listen to me. Forget about me. You can't love me. Its not possible. I can barely stand myself. How could anyone possibly love me?"
"No Remus you're wrong. I do love you. And I thought you loved me too. What's going on!?"
"Listen, you know those old muggle movies? The ones with all those monsters? Do they ever find love? No. And it's the same case here."
"Are you actually referring to yourself as a monster?!" Laur asked getting up form his lap.
"That's cause I am!" he slapped his hand over his mouth. "Forget it. Don't listen to me. I got to go."
"No," she took his hand. "You can't go because I--I need you to say."
"Laur don't do this to me. I told you. I-I-"
"No. You're doing this to me. Can't you see what's happening to me," she pulled her arms around him into a hug. She cried on his shoulder as he rubbed her back.
"Laur, I'm sorry, I know, this is very hard for me too. But you don't understand-"
"How can I understand when you won't talk to me?" she choked.
"If I tell you, I-I don't want to lose you from my life," he said, holding her closer.
"You can never lose me."
"No Laur, you don't get it. I'll lose you if I tell you. You wouldn't be able to look at me if I do. And you know what that would do to me? I wouldn't be able to comfort you, or talk to you, or help you, or even--"
"How can you know?"
"I can't. But, its just that-"
"Remus, you didn't lose us as your friends. You think Laur would do the same?" James interrupted, getting the attention of both of them.
Laur eyed Remus. "How do I start Prongs?"
"Just start from when it happened."
"When what happened?" Laur asked confused.
"I can't James. I don't-"
"Remus, trust me. If she does love you, nothing will change," James said.
"Lauren I'm--I'm a werewolf," Remus whispered.
"How did--how did it happen?" Laur took his hand asking softly. When she grabbed his hand he calmed down a little bit.
"I-I was young. My dad and I were camping once. We heard a faint sound. H-he went to go check it out and left me alone. I-I turned around to go back into the tent and I--I'd been bit." He sighed looking into the fire and trying to avoid eye contact. "Haven't you ever wondered what the Whomping Willow was for?"
Laur just stared at Remus for a long time, half expecting for him to turn around with a smile on his face saying 'gotcha!' But he never did. He just kept staring at the fire place, trying to avoid everyone. "Uh, um, uh, I, well, I, uh, guess the Whomping Willow was here because, uh, um, Dumbledore, likes, uh, stuff like that. But, um, uh, well.....what does the-the Whomping Willow have anything to do, uh, with you?" Laur stammered nervously, debating with herself about what to do.
"When I--transform... I go to the Shrieking Shack. The tunnel underneath the Whomping Willow helps me get there," he turned to look at her. "So now you know. I--can I just have one last kiss before you never talk to me again?"
Laur's heart skipped a beat, when he looked at her with his eyes. And without thinking, she leaned over, pressing her lips against his, slowly deepening their kiss.
Neither of them pulled away for a moment. But they both did at the same time. She looked into his eyes and took his hands.
"So," she smiled slightly. "When can we actually go out?"
"What?" For the second time that night, he fell off his seat and on to the floor, opening his mouth trying to produce some words. "I mean, what!? How-how--what-wha-wha-wha do you m-m-mean!?"
"I mean," she took his hand. "I'm sorry about it. But it's not you Remus. It's not you," she whispered to him.
"What do you mean? What's not me?" Remus was still in shock.
"Rem," she was fully smiling now. "The werewolf may be what you become whenever the full moon is present. But it's not who you are. You're Remus. My friend and my boyfriend," she added the last word taking his hand happily.
"Are-are you serious?" Remus asked, still not believing the situation.
"Will you two snog and get it over with?" James interrupted their moment half laughing.
"Of course." Remus smiled, pulling her onto his lap, and kissing her softly. "So I'm your boyfriend now?" Remus asked, just to confirm it.
"No," she said sarcastically but kissed him to prove otherwise.