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Reaka: Well, you didn't have to wait as long as I thought you might for this chapter. Oh well. I had to write this one down or else it would just nag at me, and I would never get any sleep from it. Well, okay. Here's the chapter.

Peter's Confession

Peter stared in the fire for a little while, and then he looked up at me.

"Are you okay, Peter?" I asked him. "You look a little mad about something."

"I am mad," he said.

"About what?"

"You."

"Me? I don't understand."

"I've had a crush on you ever since you started hanging around Lily. But yesterday, I found out I could never have you. You know why?"

My heart sank as I heard this. All this time, Peter Pettigrew had a crush on me, and I was in love with Remus.

"You like Remus," he said. "Plain and simple."

"How do you know about that?"

"I realized it yesterday. You know, you're kind of obvious with the way you look at him. For someone as smart as he is, I'm surprised he doesn't know about this little twist, does he?"

"You're not going to tell him, are you?"

"I might."

"Please don't!"

"And why not?"

"He probably doesn't even like me! Just don't tell him okay?"

"Fine. I won't. But I'll only not tell him under one condition."

"Anything."

"You have to be my girlfriend."

"But I'm not in love with you! I won't do it!"

Peter looked a little hurt when I said that. But he just smiled and put his hands behind his head.

"Poor Maru. Poor, little, shy Maru. Won't Remus have a little laugh once he finds out your little secret?"

"He won't find out because you won't tell him!"

"If you don't want him to find out, then be my girlfriend."

"You despicable creature."

Peter laughed at me then put his arm around me.

"Maru, you'll learn to appreciate me. Now, do you want Remus to find out your secret, or are you going to be my girlfriend and keep him in the dark?"

I shook with anger as he talked. Out of all the Marauders, I liked Peter the least. Now I hated him for what he was doing. It was either I date him and keep my secret or choose not to and have Remus know.

"All right," I said softly. "I'll be your girlfriend."

Peter hugged me then looked at me.

"That's a good girl," he said. "Now good night."

Before I realized what was going on, Peter put his disgusting lips on mine. His tongue ran across my lips begging to be let in my mouth, but I wouldn't open it. There was no way he was going to get that lucky. He finally pulled away from me and sighed.

"For your sake, let's hope we don't have another kiss like that again," he said. He got up off the couch and left, but he stopped mid-step.

"One more thing," he said. "If you tell anyone, that's including our friends, that I'm forcing you in this relationship, I'll make sure Remus knows. And just to make it better, I'll even add my own colorful little touches. Good night."

He walked to his dormitory. Once I heard the door close, I laid down on the couch. I started to cry because of what happened to me. Remus had seemed impossible to me, now I knew I'd never have any chance of ever being with him. Peter was making sure of that.

"That...bastard," I cried.

(Rose and Maru)

"You let him manipulate you like that?" Rose asked in disbelief. "How could you possibly do that? I would've of let him tell Remus I was in love with him."

"But I was a very different person when I was a teenager," Maru reminded her. "I was afraid of Remus rejecting me."

"Even though this guy was manipulating you like that? Come on Maru! There was still a chance he had a little bit of a crush on you right?"

"I never thought that far ahead. And I wasn't about to even take that chance anyway. I was very stupid back then, I'll admit it. But let me continue with the story. There's still more to tell."

(Maru's point of view)

"Hello? Maru? Are you awake?" Molly, my roommate was saying. "You better wake up! You're going to be late for class!"

I opened my eyes and looked at her.

"Maru! Get up!" Molly exclaimed. "You're going to be late!"

Quickly, I got up and changed. When I finally made it into the Common Room, Lily and the Marauders were waiting for me.

"Well, well, Sleeping Beauty," Remus teased. "I thought you'd never get up."

"I overslept," I lied. Truthfully, I didn't want to get up. I knew Peter would be waiting for me.

"Maru and I have something to tell you," Peter said happily. "We're now dating!"

He took my hand then started to kiss me, but I turned my head. From the look on his face, I knew he'd probably find a way to make me pay for that later.

"When'd this happen?" James asked.

"Last night," Peter answered. "We liked each other a lot, so we decided to just start dating!"

My heart sank even more as I listened to Peter lie like that to his friends. I started to wonder if he should've been in Slytherin. That smile of his was starting to make me sick.

"Well, good for you, Peter!" Sirius exclaimed. "I knew you'd do it! Might've taken you a while, but I knew you'd do it and prove you're not gay!"

"Congratulations Peter," Lily said.

Remus had not said a word at all. Instead, he was studying me the whole time. Was it possible he knew Peter was lying about how we started dating.

"Well, Wormtail," Remus said. "I'm glad you could get yourself a girlfriend. Congrats. Now if we don't hurry, we're going to be late for class."

Peter didn't let go of my hand as we walked to class. Instead, he insisted on walking me to class first then going to his own, even if it meant he was going to be late. I didn't even bother to look at him the whole time. I was beginning to hate even the sight of him.

"Good-bye for now, Maru," he said. He left me to my class. I'd never been so happy.

At that point, Hogwarts was starting to become hell for me.

Reaka: What will happen next? Do you really really want to know? Well, I'm not telling you! You'll have to wait! Haha! See you next time!