CCM: 'ello, 'ello! Long time no…erm…fanific writing….Wow, am I off to a smooth start or what? Anyway, after a very long…incredibly long pause I have decided to revive this fic…if only a little. Mainly because my sister found it, read it, and is threatening to harm me if I don't continue. So if you like it, thank her. (Equally, if you don't, blame her. Hehehehe…) Well, R&R fans!

Disclaimer: Everything Harry Potter obviously belongs to the fantastic, brilliant, wonderful J.K. Rowling…who I am kissing up to in order to convince her to give me Fred and George. (…is it working?)

Chapter Two: Library Meetings

Lily

Lily peeked sheepishly around the bookshelf she had been concealing herself behind in hopes of getting a decent look at the boy reading very intently at a nearby table. She examined the way his scraggly hair fell over his gaze and the grace with which he turned every page of the book he had in hand. Quickly, Lily spun around, pressing herself gently against the bookshelf. After a few slow breaths she raised her fingertips to her rosy cheeks to feel the heat that radiated off them.

Lily could not believe that her friends were right…it was true that she liked Remus Lupin. The exact Remus Lupin that was friends with some—or at least one—of the most troublesome 6th year boys at school. When had this happened? Or more importantly how had it happened?

She clenched her eyes tightly trying to think back, but could not come up with an answer. She decided it must have been from her encounters with him every time James had hung around her like a rather annoying fly. Lilly let out a sigh. "Liking his friend might be problematic." She grumbled as she relaxed her tight stance.

"Evans?" Came a voice a few feet away, startling the girl enough to jump a bit forward. She glanced around to see who's attention she had gotten and flushed enormously when she realized it had been the very boy she was spying on who had called her name.

"That's a rather odd way to be reading a book." Remus mused as the girl stepped forward. Lily decided there was no shade or red to describe the color her face was. (But if one was to try crimson would be closest…)

"I didn't think anyone could see me…" Lilly mumbled truthfully as her eyes sank to the floor. 'Hoped' would have been the correct word.

"Oh? Are we doing something we shouldn't back there?" Remus joked as his eyes fell upon the book in her hands. "Or perhaps reading something…?"

Lily's attention quickly fell to the book in her hands. She had grabbed it absentmindedly off a shelf in order for any passersby to mistake her for someone studying—not spying. But her stomach sank dreadfully when she read the title.

"One Hundred Ways to Remove Unsightly Warts and Rashes Using Simple Potions." Reumus read aloud. "Interesting choice."

Lily felt as if she could collapse and die of embarrassment that instance. "NO..! I mean…it's not for me—I don't have…well it's always good for future reference I suppose…" Lily stuttered nervously, choking down the need to flee.

Remus smiled. "Don't worry Evans." He said sweetly, rescuing her from her tied tongue. "I didn't assume anything. If I had I might be embarrassed to be reading this." Remus happily held up a book titled Identifying Magical Sock Funguses. Lily let out a small laugh and the two got into an animated conversation about funguses they hoped to never encounter.

James

"Where's Moony?" James asked even though that had not been what he was thinking. His thoughts had actually been circling around what they always seemed to circle around these days—Lily Evans. He hadn't really come in contact with her for nearly four days now. What's worse is that he hadn't even really heard anything about her either. Wormtail was supposed to have spied on her earlier that week, but he came back with the regretful response of having fudged up the mission by being chased by Mrs. Norris the entire time.

"Don't know…Library, perhaps." Sirius responded in a rather bored tone. James looked at his friend and frowned—the two really hadn't done anything interesting within the past few weeks. James thought of how his devious nature had been somewhat put aside in pursuit of a girl and how that might have left his poor pal a bit…downhearted.

"Well, what say we grab him and head into Hogsmeade? I've got a few sickles that have been begging me to spend them." James said slyly. "Besides…I've got a few jinxes that I want to try out…"

Sirius' face instantly lit up with the same mischievous expression James had. "Where have you been, my dear old friend?" Sirius asked as the two got up from the table they had been 'studying' at and quickly produced some fake passes to hand to the teacher in charge.

"I've been…distracted, mate. But I reckon I'm in for some good ole' fun if you catch my drift." James responded as he opened the door which Sirius strolled out with ease. They had nearly got to the library doors when the very person they had been looking for walked out while talking to a companion of his own—a female companion who James recognized very well.

"Remus…" James barked, disrupting whatever Lupin and Lily had been laughing about. He swiftly cleared his throat before speaking again. "Evans." James nodded to her, a hopeful and sincere expression blossoming on his face.

"We were looking for ya, mate." Sirius chimed in when James remained silent.

"Oh?" Remus said with a smile.

"Yeah—" Sirius continued but was cut short by his comrade.

"But we can see that you're…otherwise detained." James said in a scornful tone as he noted how close the two were standing and how animatedly they had been laughing…things he never had gotten to do with Lily by his side.

"Not really." Remus said with a shrug as he glanced at Lily. "We were just leaving the library to go our separate ways. Right, Evans?" James noticed, with envy, that a slight blush rose to Lily's cheeks as she responded.

"Yeah." Lily said softly. "I'll be seeing you Remus….boys." Lily left the group with a parting smile before bounding off down the halls. For a moment there was an eerie silence. Sirius, very uncomfortable in the situation, decided to be the one to break it.

"So…" Sirius spoke lightly. "What now?"

"Don't know. Why don't you ask Evans' new...friend?" James suggested bitterly.

"Oh come now!" Lupin exclaimed. "We were just talking, that's all Prongs!" Moony looked hopefully at his friend who seemed to be sorting something out in his head.

"You solemnly swear?" James asked intently.

"It's as true as me being a…you know." Moony said with a small grin and right hand over his heart. James smiled.

"A what, Moony?" Prongs asked, trying to tease his friend.

"I think he's trying to confess something to us, mate." Sirius replied malevolently. "Let's see…a girl? A troll? A devoted admirer of me…? Any of these ringing a bell there Moony?" The trio laughed as they headed off to the closest Hogsmeade tunnel.

Wormtail

Peter Pettigrew paced anxiously in the Gryffindor common room awaiting his friends. Alas, to his disappointment, he hadn't seen any one of them for the later half of the day. Had they gone off without him? Was he being punished for not completing his given mission?

Little did his friends know, Peter had spied on Lily Evans as asked. But when he heard their topic of discussion…he decided it best for his wellbeing not to be the bearer of such bad news. So he had told them that Mrs. Norris had disrupted his excursion. However, now he was regretting having done that seeing as he was feeling left out.

Letting out a long sigh, the tiny boy collapsed into a nearby arm chair and sunk as deeply in it as possible. After a few minutes of self loathing, the boy's thoughts were interrupted by a group of giggling sixth year girls entering the empty (with exception to Peter Pettigrew) common room. And to Peter's misfortune (or luck, he wasn't sure which) the group contained the girl he was original meant to spy on— Lilly Evans.

Peter curled up into a ball on the chair, making himself impossible to see from anyone on the other side of the room and did his best to listen. Hopefully he could make up for last time with this encounter.

"So, you spent the whole time with him in the library? Lily you fox!" Squealed one girl who was immediately shushed.

"Quiet! What if he's here?" Lily asked nervously.

"Don't worry. It's dinner time. When have we ever known Gryffindor boys to pass up a meal?" Another girl said in a nonchalant manner. "So, tell us more. What did you talk about? How did he act? Do you like him now?"

"Well…" Lily began and she must have looked embarrassed because the group of girls broke into a choir of giggles. "He was smart and funny and sweet—very gentleman like. And we didn't talk about much…just school and what we like about it and that sort of stuff."

"Oh Lily you're so boooring!" Another girl jested as she collapsed heavily onto a leather couch.

"Ah, but you didn't answer our last question." Another girl said swiftly. "Do you like the bloke?"

"….maybe." Lily responded shyly and the girls broke into a hundred questions at once as Lily broke from their bombardment and ran up the stairs, the group following closely.

Peter slowly slid to the floor from where he had been perched. "Why do I always have to be the one to hear the bad news?" He asked himself miserably. After sighing deeply he decided that this time he would report what he had heard seeing as last time it hadn't turned out so well for him.

"Oy! Wormy!" James bellowed with his mouth full of blueberry pie. Peter scurried shyly to the seat next to his friend and helped himself to a few cookies.

"Where's Remus?" Peter asked quietly looking to Sirius who was seated on the other side of James who proceeded to stuff his face.

"Moony? I think he stopped off in the library. Something about a book he forgot to get for potions or whatnot." Sirius explained in a bored sense. "The way he acts, you'd think he was a serious student or something."

"He is Padfoot." James commented. "We're the slackers, remember?"

"Oh, right. My mistake." Sirius said in a joking manner.

Peter poked at his cookies absentmindedly, unsure of how to bring up what he had come down to do.

"Somen't the matter there Wormtail?" James asked raising a brow.

"Yeah, it's not often you pass up sweets." Sirius noted. Peter looked up at his friends and then back to the table.

"I just happened to overhear something in the Gryffindor common room earlier…" Peter said rather softly and a bit nervously.

"Oh?" James inquired, shoving another heaping of pie into his mouth.

"Yeah…Evans and her friends were going on about something…so since I fudged up my last mission I thought I'd make up for it by listening…you know?" Peter continued. James swallowed the mass he had been chewing.

"And?" He prodded.

"And…They were talking about crushes…" Peter said slowly. He had James' full, undivided, anxious attention now and Peter was becoming even more nervous because of it. "Turns out Lily Evans fancies someone…"

James quickly dropped his fork and spun himself towards Peter. "Who?" James asked sternly. Peter hesitated. "OUT WITH IT MAN!"

Peter winced at James' command, but gave one last sigh before obeying. "…Remus Lupin." He said in the smallest voice possible.

Moony

Remus laughed to himself as he selected the book One Hundred Ways to Remove Unsightly Warts and Rashes Using Simple Potions down from the bookshelf. Earlier that day he would not have pegged himself for needing to withdraw it, what with his encounter with Lily Evans. However his small trip to Hogsmeade with Sirius and James had proved otherwise when one of them called out a hex that gave Remus warts on his bottom. He was now wishing that he had had better reflexes instead of having to withdraw such a book.

"Interesting choice." Rang a voice to Remus' left who he quickly spun to face. He couldn't help but slightly blush when he saw Lily Evans standing there. "I can't say it was exactly thrilling, but it was informative. Oh and don't worry, I'm not assuming anything."

The two shared a slight giggle as Remus placed underhis armthe book that, little did she know, he needed. "Yeah well, you made it look like such a fascinating read that I couldn't help myself, Evans." Remus retorted.

Lily smiled and then scrunched up her face. "Lily." She said sternly. "Don't call me Evans. It reminds me too much of Potter."

"And that's a bad thing?" Remus asked slyly.

"Yes." Lily responded firmly. "I don't think of you the same way I think of James Potter." Remus looked at her questionably.

"Oh? And how is that?" Remus inquired, cocking a brow.

"Well…he's a mischievous, ignorant child and you're..." Lily paused to blush. "Someone I really like." Lily's eyes slowly met Remus' and he froze.

"I'm not quite sure I understand." Remus said slowly, hoping she did not mean what he thought she meant. Sure Lily was a wonderful girl, but she was James' girl—or at least she was in the eyes of his friends.

"Oh, do I have to spell it out for you Remus?" Lily mumbled anxiously. The two stared at each other for a moment, their faces nearly inches apart. When Remus gave no response Lily let out a heavy sigh and closed the gap. Her lips were soft and she smelt like what Remus fathomed to be roses. Her touch was alluring—so much so that Remus had to fight his urge to let the kiss continue and break apart from her.

Unfortunately, when he did he noticed that he hadn't been the only one to see and hear Lily's affections. For, a few feet away stood Padfoot, Wormtail, and to Remus' complete horror…a very hurt lookingProngs.

Author's Note: Noooooooo! James! Don't worry for I shall heal your broken heart! Haha yeah. So there you go! I have left you with the beloved cliffhanger. Don't you adore me for that? (C'mon, you know you do! xD) Well anyway, hope you enjoyed this installment. I will try to update soon. Until then, Ta!