A/N: Okay dudes, this is why I wrote this. I keep reviewing other pplz stories (nicely! Hint hint) & they kept sayin 2 me, when r u gonna write one? I've been toying with the idea of a fan fic for ages, but yesterday, I was like, okay, let's do it! This is my first fan fiction, & I know that you are all going to be really good to me :-D, so I hope u enjoy it, & although I wont enjoy it, I know I'm going to get a lot of 'constructive criticism' from everyone. So feel free to review, say what you think, coz im not gonna go mental!
PS: I do not own any of the characters ('cept maybe some background ones), and the plot may not even be original! But I think it is…
ENJOY!
Why Remus Lupin never married!
There she was again. Flowing, silky red hair cascading in curls down over her shoulders, emerald green eyes laughing along with her mouth at a joke one of her friends had just told. Remus Lupin blushed as he caught himself staring at her once again, and quickly turned back to his group of friends.
"God she wants me!" James Potter exclaimed. Remus's shoulders drooped a little. James was talking about Lily again.
"I know man… she has the hots for you heaps!" James' best friend, Sirius Black agreed. The last in the group, Peter Pettigrew, nodded fervently. Remus gave a quick smile and tried to turn his attention back to the Transfiguration book he was supposed to be reading. But the conversation around him was too loud and annoying for him to concentrate.
"Do ya think I should talk to her? Nah, maybe that would look like I'm easy…"
"Yeah man, because easy isn't a word we would use to describe you!" Sirius teased. It was a well known fact that James had been through his share of girls in their last 6 years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Now in their 7th and final year, James had his sights on only one girl: Lily Evans. And he had done his hardest to let her know that he was interested, but as far as Remus could tell, she had never responded. As far as Remus could tell, Lily Evans wanted a guy who did not think that his talent on the Quidditch pitch equalled manners and friendliness, and who did not have trouble fitting through door ways thanks to his over-sized head. But James would not back down. Popular, funny, smart, and good looking (though not classically), James was what every girl was after. Every girl, except the one he was after!
Being one of James' best friends meant that Remus had to come through for him a lot. He knew that James would- and had- done the same for him many times, but this was one time Remus did not want to return the favour. Remus knew that wanting the girl that your best mate had already practically asked to marry him was low, but he couldn't help it. Lily was pretty, smart, and diplomatic with everyone. Out of Remus and his friends, Remus was the only one who did not face detentions most nights. Peter wasn't exactly the brightest boy in their year, and he also had a habit of being lazy. Not a good mix when you're in your NEWT's (Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests) year and the tension among the teachers is high.
James and Sirius, on the other hand, were both so smart they found lessons boring. Instead, they put more of their energy into 'lightening' up classes; playing practical jokes was a favourite pastime of theirs which saw them in detention almost every week.
Remus, however, was studious, patient, and mellow. Getting good grades from studying, other than just using his brains, he was Head Boy and was hoping for a career in the Ministry of Magic. Unfortunately, having been bitten by a werewolf as a child, he now suffered the 'side effects' every month, and he knew that the chances of a werewolf being let into the Ministry were practically zilch. Remus knew that James would have a much better chance of getting into the Ministry than he would, even though James aspired to be nothing but a decent person earning a decent living. Pureblood, popular and smart without trying described James to a tee. Remus had never felt jealous of him like this before, not in 7 years of friendship. Then again, he had never felt this way over a girl ever. Remus sighed in frustration as the situation swept over him. James and Sirius looked at him.
"Okay, Moony?" Sirius asked. Remus nodded automatically. God, he had to stop brooding on Lily. Chances were neither James nor him would ever get her. He should just focus on the here and now. Remus gave the first genuine smile for the last hour.
"Yeah, sure, Padfoot. I'm fine. Just thinking about… stuff."
"Yeah, okay. Does that 'stuff' have two legs and a rather feminine body?" James asked teasingly. He, Peter and Sirius were always joking with Remus about the fact that he had never had a steady girlfriend. Not that he wasn't attractive, but Remus refused to go out with just anyone and with hot Sirius and talented James around, not many of the girls would go for him probably. Peter was one step behind Remus; he had never even been kissed, but he would never admit to that; apparently, on a summer holiday to France with his parents two summers ago, he had 'gotten lucky'. Remus, James and Sirius did not believe him, but they did not say anything: he was their friend, who are they to judge?
The bell went and the four of them got up to go to Transfiguration. James started to talk as they walked into the Great Hall.
"You know, with Lily after me, Sirius with any girl he wants, Remus after 'stuff', and Peter hanging onto that French chick, we could all be taken soon."
"How sad for every other girl at this school," Sirius stated solemnly. The other three laughed, and continued up to Transfiguration. As he walked, Remus Lupin reflected on the fact that, when Lily wasn't the topic of conversation, everything felt like normal again.
Yeah i know, you found it predictable and boring. But don't just think it, tell me! R&R, repeat after me, R&R. You know you want to...
Luv ya all:)
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