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"Moony, where ya' goin'? I thought we were gonna' go to Honeydukes," Sirius asked Remus as they walked down the streets of Hogsmeade, Remus was walking into the Three Broomsticks. "I'm meeting someone," he replied shortly and disappeared into the pub. He walked to the back and sat down in front of a red headed girl who looked at him curiously.

"Remus, what was so important that you needed to talk to me about?" Lily asked him perplexedly. "Well, um, you see...." the sandy haired boy trailed off as he tried to find the right words. "Um, Remus, are you ok?" she asked him impatiently. "Would you go out with me?" he asked quickly, all the words getting rushed together. Lily looked at him surprised and didn't say anything.

"Forget I asked," he said after he saw her face. He made to get up, but was pulled back down. "I'd love to go out with you," Lily said with a warm smile. "That's great!" Remus said and punched his fist in the air. "You're starting to act more and more like Sirius and James," she said and shook her head. He laughed and they walked out of the pub.

"So, where to, first?" Lily asked Remus. "Er, I don't know," he replied. "How about Flourish and Blotts? I need a new quill and ink," she suggested. The new-found couple browsed through the dusty, yet cozy book shop for a nearly a half hour. They then went to a few miscellaneous shops, but Remus purposefully stayed away from Quality Quidditch Supplies.

Remus was trying to avoid James; he knew that he would be livid if he knew that Remus was going out with Lily. At the end of their "date" they stopped for ice cream. Remus, a chocolate lover to his soul, got a chocolate chip cone, and Lily got strawberry. "So I'm really the reason you broke up with Gillian?" Lily asked and licked her strawberry ice-cream cone.

"I suppose..." Remus answered. Lily nodded. "Hey, Moony, Evans, wait up!" a voice called, causing the couple to turn around. The other three Marauders were jogging to catch up with them. "Um, hey James," Remus said nervously. "What's up? Have you asked that special someone out yet?" Sirius asked and wiggled his eyebrows. "Um, yes," he said slowly as they resumed walking to the castle.

"Who is it?" James asked eagerly. "It's me," Lily said with a mischievous smile. "Evans, I asked who Moony's girlfriend was," James said to her. "And I said that I was his girlfriend," she repeated exasperatedly. "What!?" James and Sirius exploded at the same time. "Um, Lily and I are going out," Remus said and winced at James' harsh expression and Sirius' hurt one.

Wait, hurt? Why is Sirius hurt? He shook the question out of his mind. "You – she – girlfriend," James stuttered and pointed from Remus to Lily and back again. The rest of the walk was a tense silence. The Marauders went up to their dorm while Lily went to hers.

"What the hell are you doing, Moony?" James asked sharply after he had shut the door. "W-what do you mean?" he asked, though he knew perfectly well. "You know damn well what I mean! You know how I feel about Lily!" James shouted. "Well she apparently has no interest in you, seeing as she's going out with me! Face it Prongs, she'll never go out with you. Never," Remus said coldly.

James glared at him and stormed out of the room, Sirius hot on his tail. "Well Peter, you're not going to abandon me, are you?" Remus asked Peter. "No, I don't think you've done anything wrong," the plump boy said and shrugged. "Thank you," Remus said. After a while the boys went down to dinner, the other two having never returned.

Remus sat down beside Lily, and Peter sat beside him. When James and Sirius walked in, they made it a point to sit on the other end of the table. "Was there a Marauder fight?" Lily asked, noticing the group split in half. "James is just being a bit of a prat, nothing important," Remus told her. He looked over at the two black haired boys, James looked bitter and Sirius looked glum.

What did I ever do to Sirius to make him mad? he thought. He supposed that Sirius was following James' example. "Remus, could you help me study for the charms test tomorrow?" Lily asked him as they got up to go back to the common room. "Sure," he said. They went through the portrait hole and sat down on the couch. Lily pulled out a charms text, and Remus began to quiz her on vocabulary.

The study session ended with Lily sprawled on the couch, her head in Remus' lap, and him playing with her hair. James and Sirius treated the scene with indifference when they walked past. "Good night," Remus said when Lily announced that she needed to get to bed. She smiled warmly and the two departed to their separate dorms.

The next morning Remus woke up before anyone else in the dorm, as usual on week days. That morning at breakfast (James and Sirius were still ignoring him and sitting at the other end of the table) Remus received a letter from an unknown owl. He tore it open and his eyes grew wide at the text.

"What is it?" Lily asked him. "A poem," he said and handed the letter to her. It read:

I'll stop loving you when

Diamonds never sparkle

And flowers cease to grow

When thunder doesn't echo

And rivers do not flow

When hearts no longer wonder

And hands are never held

When smiles are only memories

And hope is never felt

When trees no longer blossom

And the stars refuse to shine

When autumn has no falling leaves

And winter no longer dies

When time has no more tomorrows

And rainbows have no hue

When God alone commands me

Then I'll stop loving you

I still love you.

Yours truly,

Your Secret Admirer

"Wow, whoever wrote this is a wonderful writer; this is beautiful!" Lily exclaimed. "I wonder who wrote it....." Remus said and pocketed the parchment. "Well, I don't recognize the handwriting........ It looks kind of like a guy wrote it, it's a bit messy," Lily said. "I don't recognize it either; the person could have disguised their writing," Remus said.

The day went by as normally as it could have possibly been, aside from the fact that James and Sirius were still giving Remus the cold shoulder. The day ended once more with Lily in the position Sirius used to assume (her head in Remus' lap).

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I eye Lily and Remus. That used to be me. Ah, well, it's not like Remus ever liked me in that way. I walk up to the dorm with James. "Shouldn't you cut Remus some slack?" I ask Prongs. "I guess I should..... But because of him I don't have a chance with Lily! You know how much I like her......" James says dejectedly. "Well it's not his fault that he has feelings for her too," I say sagely.

"If anyone should be sad it's you," James says with a wry look. I look at him skeptically and say, "I respect his decision..... I s'pose. Ok, look, he's not even gay or bi. You have a better chance with Lily...."

"What's that supposed mean? And how do you know he's not bi?" he responds. By now we've made it to our dorm and we're lying on our different beds. "Just drop it," I say dejectedly.

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