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Ch. 20- Certain Feelings

"But Emmmmm…" whined Lily as Hestia and Emmeline dragged her out the door. "Why do we have to go over there?"

"Because I promised we would," said Emmeline vaguely, tugging at Lily's arm.

"But I don't wanna go!" sobbed Lily childishly. "I can't stand him!"

Monica, who had been walking quietly behind them, grabbed Lily's shoulder. "Lily, I will not hesitate to break the laws against underage wizardry to put a Silencing Charm on you," she growled fiercely. "Now shut it. We're going."

Lily whimpered slightly but was silent.

"Mon, are you going to be alright?" asked Hestia, biting her lip slightly as they made their way up the front stairs to the Potters'.

"I'll manage," gasped Monica, her face now quite pale. She extended a trembling finger forward and rang the bell.

After only a few moments, the door opened, revealing the four Marauders clustered in the doorway.

"Em!" said James, Sirius, and Peter brightly, shooting furtive glances at Remus who muttered a tight-lipped hello.

"Longbottom," said Sirius evenly.

"Black," said Monica softly, keeping her gaze fixed on the floor.

"Evans," said James politely as he ushered everyone into the living room.

"Potter," said Lily stiffly. "I hope you don't plan on throwing anything else at my window?"

"Not in the near future," said James, suppressing a grin.

They all settled themselves on various chairs and sofas and everyone looked around at each other, waiting for someone to speak. Hestia looked expectantly from Emmeline to Remus and three of the Marauders did the same.

Blinking rapidly, Emmeline noticed the rather lopsided grins and smug smirks on James, Sirius, and Peter's faces. "You told them!" she yelped loudly, staring pointedly at Remus.

'Erm…" began Remus, shifting uncomfortably. "They forced it out of me!"

"Really, Em, darling, we knew it would happen sooner or later, so it wasn't too difficult to figure out when Moony's looking like this!" said Sirius, putting on a dreamy, love-sick face.

"That's exactly how she looked!" said Hestia excitedly, pointing at Emmeline. "I mean, granted, I thought it was because of that bloke from the beach, but after she told me the truth-"

"You told Hestia?!" interrupted Remus. "And I've been feeling guilty about telling these three and you've already… wait a minute… bloke from the beach?!"

"He doesn't exist!" said Emmeline, exasperated. "And I didn't promise not to tell anyone! I only made you promise not to tell Sirius because I wanted to be there when he nearly wet himself with glee!"

"Wet myself with glee?" repeated Sirius, rather offended. "Do you take me for some ninety-year-old chap with bladder trouble?"

"Would someone please tell us what's going on?" screeched Lily. "And what are you talking about, Em? There most certainly was a bloke from the beach! You were talking about him when Monica was sobbing over-"

"My broken nail!" yelped Monica, shooting a glare at Lily who winced, realizing what she had been about to reveal. "I mean really, it looked horrible! And yeah, Em, I remember you mentioning this bloke from the beach too, despite t he crying over my erm… broken nail. I mean you did say-"

"What are these two on about, Emmeline?" demanded Remus. "If you honestly think I'll just-"

"Hey a Sickle!" shouted Sirius excitedly, picking the coin out form between two of the sofa cushions. He glance dup and saw everyone glaring fiercely at him. "Oh don't mind me. Do carry on."

"As I was saying…" began Remus. "If you really think I'm going to just bend over backward and-"

"I'm not asking you to bend over backward about anything!" said Emmeline tiredly. "There isn't anything you should be-"

"Honestly, Evans, she hasn't told you yet?" said James smugly, meeting Lily's angry gaze. "I would have expected Em to run over screaming happily in a high-pitched voice about it, you know since girls are very prone to doing that sort of thing-"

"JAMES POTTER!" said Lily hotly. "That is by far one of the most insulting and chauvinistic things you have ever said, including that time you-"

"Don't get your knickers in a twist, Longbottom!" moaned Sirius as Monica beat him over the head with one of the sofa cushions. "I was only joking! I only said-"

"Sirius!" cut in Emmeline, Remus, James, and Peter. "We told you to keep your bloody mouth shut about-"

"I WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON NOW!" roared Lily.

"Em and Moony snogged and they're going to get married and have lots of little Moony babies, alright?" said Sirius, irritated.

"WHAT?!" squeaked Lily and Monica as well as Emmeline and Remus.

"Well it's fairly obvious," said Sirius to Remus and Emmeline. "I mean, he's liked you since about third year and… PRONGS! GIVE ME BACK MY SICKLE!" Sirius dove at James, fighting for ownership of the small silver coin. "PRONGS! GIVE IT BACK!"

"And they wonder why women live longer," muttered Hestia, invoking snickers from Lily, Emmeline, and Monica and cries of indignation from Remus and Peter.

Sirius finally wrestled the Sickle out of James's grasp and pumped his fist in the air, victorious.

"Congrats, truly," said Monica with an exasperated sigh.

"I'm sure the Minister of Magic will be arriving any time now," added Remus.

"There will be photo ops and press junkets, I can just see the headlines now, 'Two Idiots Fight Over Meager Sickle, Bigger Idiot Wins'," said Emmeline wryly.

"Seriously, you and Remus?" Lily asked, turning to Emmeline. Emmeline nodded timidly. "Nice catch."

Remus turned bright red and James let out a cry of protest from where he lay crumpled on the floor.

"Leave Remus alone, James," warned Lily. "Or I'll have Sirius beat on you again."

James whimpered pitifully, barely noticing Lily had called him 'James'.

"Now," said Hestia primly. "Why did we have to come over here anyway?"

All of the Marauders glanced at Emmeline expectantly and Emmeline was horrified to realize she'd forgotten to make up an excuse.

"Well, erm… James here thought we all should…"

"Grovel and bow down to him?" interrupted Lily.

"No…"

"Have a parade in his honor?" guessed Monica.

"NO..."

"Merlin's beard, do you all think I'm that self-centered?" asked James.

"Yes," everyone replied.

"Oh, well good to know," said James, taken aback.

"Anyway, James, what did you have in mind?" said Emmeline, giving him a sickly sweet smile. "I seem to have forgotten."

"We should do something for Em and Moony!" said James, running with the first thing that popped into his head. "In honor of their… er…"

"Snog fest?" suggested Sirius.

"Sure."

Emmeline and Remus both looked extremely offended.

"Well Em and I haven't really talked…" said Remus, his face quite red.

"Talk then," said Peter.

"Not with all of you here," whined Remus.

"Fine, we're clearly not wanted here, are we Prongs, Wormtail?" said Sirius huffily, standing up.

"Yes, clearly," said James. "Lily, Hestia, Monica would you like to accompany us elsewhere in the house so these two can 'talk'?"

"Gladly," said Monica, deliberately ignoring Lily's horror-struck face.

Finally, everyone had left and only Emmeline and Remus were left staring at each other, their faces red. Remus had since moved to the sofa Emmeline was sitting on.

"So…" said Emmeline.

"Yeah…" said Remus.

"Since third year, huh?" said Emmeline, nervously fiddling with a strand of her light brown hair. "I'm sorry. I never noticed."

"Well, I didn't want to make it blatantly obvious like James and Sirius do," said Remus nervously. "Especially since…" He paused.

"Since?" said Emmeline encouragingly.

"Since I didn't know if you felt the same way or not," said Remus quickly, his tongue feeling rather thick.

"Ah," said Emmeline, biting her lip. "It was the same for me. I was scared. I'm still scared."

Remus nodded in agreement. "I think kissing you then was one of the most spontaneous things I've ever done in my life."

Emmeline smiled. "I'm glad you did it though."

"So am I."

She leaned forward and kissed him gently. Warmth flowed through both of them.

Remus pulled away first. "There's really no bloke from the beach?" he asked hoarsely.

"Only you I guess," said Emmeline, giggling.

They kissed for a while before finally breaking apart.

"Then it's official then? We're dating?" asked Remus, wrapping his arms around her.

"I suppose," said Emmeline, grinning as she kissed his cheek.

"You sound thrilled," said Remus dryly. He buried his face in her hair and sighed.

"Oh I am," Emmeline said, smiling contently as she leaned against him.

"Can you hear anything?" whispered Peter.

"If you would stop jabbering, I'd be able to tell!" hissed Sirius, his ear against the door.

"I'm sure Em and Remus will be thrilled to hear you're listening in," said Monica loudly and both Sirius and Peter jumped away from the door as if they'd been burned.

"We weren't doing anything, Mon," said Sirius innocently, sitting down next to her. Peter had conveniently decided to go talk to James.

"Of course you weren't," said Monica, rolling her eyes.

"Those two sure look cozy," observed Sirius, nodding at Lily and James who were seated on opposite sides of the room, shooting the occasional glare at each other.

"Well it reassures us they're still sane," said Monica, feeling a slight nervousness welling up inside her stomach. She changed the subject. "Did you know about Em and Remus for awhile?"

"Well you know with Remus, it was all over the school, so everyone knew how he felt, but until we got here, I didn't notice anything gooey about Em.Finally, I noticedshe was going out of her way to stand by Remus or make him laugh or simply just to talk to him. After that, brilliant as I, I insinuated it and it happened. It's like they always say, 'If you insinuate something enough, it's bound to happen.'"

Monica squinted at him. "Who says that?"

"I do." Monica's laugh echoed throughout the room and everyone, including Sirius, stared at her, amazed.

Sirius grinned at her. "You have a really great laugh."

"Erm... thanks?" said Monica warily, her heart beating faster.

"I suppose I should go," said Sirius, standing up. "I have to get that French blonde out of my life."

"Ambre?" asked Monica, heart thumping. "But I thought you liked her."

"I thought I did, but you just can't be with someone when certain feelings aren't there, can you?" said Sirius wisely, completely forgetting the excuse Remus, Emmeline, James, and Peter had scripted for him.

"I suppose not," said Monica, shifting uncomfortably as her heart fluttered painfully. "I suppose not."

"See you," said Sirius brightly, winking at her, and stepping out the door.

Monica sat for a few minutes, head spinning and heart racing madly. Slowly, she stood up. Lily, Hestia, James, and Peter looked at her questioningly.

"I have to go break up with Gavin!" said Monica shakily, hurrying out the door.

After she disappeared, James slapped Peter on the back and grinned broadly. "I told you that Padfoot charm works every time!"

I thought that was a very fitting way to end the chapter, don't you? -grins- Don't think that Monica's going to run back and snog Sirius after she gets rid of Gavin, she's still wary of him, but she knows as Sirius said, she doesn't have those 'certain feelings' for Gavin and it's clearly not worth it to date him any longer. Anyway hope you all review! Have a happy New Year! TTFN! (Yes I do speak Tigger, brooklyngirl!) E.D.J.