Rated: PG for romantic content
Pairing: lily/james and lily/lupin
Disclaimer: I still do not own anything. Keep reading! Keep your arms, and legs inside the fanfic at all times. It's gonna be a bumpy ride. For Lupin anyway.........
Chapter 3: Lily Interlude
Lily's POV:I woke the night after we had been up playing Exploding Snap feeling like something wasn't right. It wasn't until Sirius walked into the kitchen with a strange look on his face that I knew what it was. Remus wasn't there.
I wondered why this had made me feel strange. I know he had been acting rather strange the past week but I hadn't paid much attention. I didn't have a spare moment too. James was always pulling me aside for a bit of kissing. Not that I was complaining.
"Lupin's gone." He said, in a strangely calm voice.
"What?" exclaimed James. I just sat there, dumbstruck. I didn't know what to think.
"Where could I have gone?" I asked, finally coming out of my reverie.
"I dunno," Sirius answered, pouring himself some orange juice and picking up a muffin from the table. "He sure was weird last night."
"He has been all week." James murmured suspiciously.
"No, weirder." Sirius shot back, taking a bite of his muffin. "He was crying."
"Crying?" James inquired, looking flabbergasted.
"Why would he be crying?" I asked. "Is it close to the full moon?" I had known about Remus' condition for a year now. I was very sympathetic and concerned.
"Nope, three weeks till the next one," Sirius said thickly, looking at the calendar hanging in the Potter's kitchen.
"Hmmmm, don't get it." James said, and started eating.
I couldn't eat. I knew what was wrong. Remus had had a bit of a crush on me in past years. I would bet anything that James and I were bugging him with all the kissing. Poor Remus. I had to go find him. I didn't even know why I cared so much.
I sneaked out that night. I passed thru the barrier. If Remus had left to get away, he would have gone to the Muggle world, where he couldn't be found. I walked for about a half an hour when I spotted a large hotel towering over all the other buildings. That must be it; I made for it at a jog.
I asked the clerk if there was a Remus Lupin there and she said, yes, that he was in room 914. The ninth floor? My mind was racing; he hadn't committed suicide because of me had he? I raced to the lift and punched the 'up' button. It took what seemed like an eternity for it to reach me. I scrambled in and punched the 'nine' button. It seemed to be going extra slow!
It finally reached the ninth floor and I raced thru the hallways searching for 914. I found it and knocked frantically. I heard footsteps approaching inside and I thought, well he's alive.
Remus answered in the same clothes I had seen him in last night. He looked like he hadn't gotten much sleep. Needless to say, he was very surprised to see me.
"Lily?" he exclaimed, trying to fix up his hair with his fingers. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm looking for you, what else would I be doing?"
"Well, I- it's just that I- come in."
"Lupin, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing." He said, staring at the floor, anything but my face.
"Look, it's obvious something's wrong so just spill! Sirius said you were crying last night!"
"He did?" Lupin looked very angry at hearing this. He looked as though he would like nothing better than to go beat Sirius up.
"Yea, and I'm glad he did. I needed to find you."
"Why would you care about me? You have James." He said, looking very teary eyed.
"I do care about you."
"You do?" he said, with an expression of hopefulness on his face.
"Yea, you're my friend."
"Oh,"
"Look, Remus, I know it has to do with me."
"Well, I might as well say it then, I love you Lily."
"What?" I hadn't been expecting that.
"I do. What? Did I come on too strong? People say that's my problem."
"No, no, I just wasn't expecting it that's all. Remus, it's not that I don't care for you. I might've even loved you at some time down the line, but, I have James now and I,"
I didn't get to finish because Lupin did something so un-Lupin-like that I was appalled. He kissed me. He just leaned forward, grabbed my chin and kissed me. What scared me even more than his boldness was that I liked it. We seemed to kiss for an eternity. We must have spent a whole lot of time doing it because it was Sunday afternoon when we started and when I came to my senses, it was Tuesday morning...
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