Chapter 11

The next morning Remus was the first to arrive at in the Great Hall for breakfast. He made his way to the Gryffindor table and took a seat. The events of the previous night were still fresh in his mind. He poured himself some cereal while Sirius's words rang in his ears either I'm gonna tell him or else you are! How could Sirius do this to him, didn't he deserve to be happy to. He immediately felt guilty for this last thought. He knew that Sirius was only looking out for James' best interest, after all James had always loved Lily.

At the thought of Lily Remus felt another twinge of guilt, How could he let Lily down again, he just got back with her. If he broke it off again it would shatter her. Just then the others came into the Great Hall and James sat down moodily beside Remus as Sirius and Peter sat directly across from them.

"What's with you James?" Remus asked trying to sound cheerful.

"Lily turned me down again, I just can't win with her. I even tried talking to her as if she was a normal person."

"Well sorry mate but I don't have any advice for you but maybe…" Sirius said with a dangerous tone in his voice. He turned at looked Lupin in the eye " Maybe Moony here could give you some pointers."

This caused Remus to start choking on his cereal. What was Sirius doing!

"Not a bad idea." James replied. Remus stopped dead in mid cough utter confusion overcoming him. Surely James wouldn't be considering it. He didn't need his help. "Evans seems to talk to you well enough Remus. Please help me… Please!"

"I d'know Prongs I don't really think there's much I could do I mean really talking to her is on thing but making her fancy you is a whole other."

"C'mon Moony…" Sirius said lightly punching Remus in the shoulder "I'm sure you could do it if you really tried."

"A..Alright then fine. I'd be glad to try mate, but I'm not promising any results."

"Good enough for me. YES!" James said punching the air triumphantly.

"Lets get to class." Remus said getting up slowly. His insides seemed to turn to lead as he thought of helping James become boyfriend material for his girlfriend.

As they descended the staircase to the potions room Lupin's mind was racing with thoughts of how he was going to pull this off. On top of that he was dreading the thought of having to let Lily down again.

"Today we will be preparing a simple sleeping draught today" came the professor's voice from the front of the class. He gave a wave of his wand and the instructions appeared on the board. The class was filled with the sounds of people assembling their equipment.

" Remus I hope you realize I did that for your own good." Sirius said in the lowest whisper he could muster.

"Sure mate of course I know what it is your doing." Replied Remus hanging his head. "Just leave me alone Sirius." Sirius turned away from Lupin thinking of the look on his face when he had threatened to reveal his secret to James. At this thought Sirius felt torn, on one hand he felt guilty about what he was doing to Remus. I guess he does deserve the chance to be happy with somebody, he thought to himself, but why would he choose Lily knowing James loves her.