Lily was determined to not get pelted by questions from all the giggling girls in her year so she headed to her spot out under the tree by the black lake. It had been her spot since the first year. But for some reason today she felt as if she was being watched, but that was impossible. She was imagining things. Maybe she needed some sort of invisioned adventure to get her mind off of James and Sirius. They were both terrible but she couldn't help liking Sirius. The only problem was, she wasn't sure if she liked him as more than a friend or not.

She was deeply involved in her homework when Remus Lupin came up and sat next to her. Everyone thought he was such an angel but he was really in disguise. He had manners, yes. But he was not the person everyone thought he was. She had befriended him in the first year when they had run into each other in this exact spot. She had been slightly shorter than him but still with the flaming red hair that was her trademark. She also had the firery temper that everyone assumed she had because of her red hair. She hated when people assumed that.

"I daresay, this is my spot!" she had announced when she walked up to him in the first year.

"No, I believe it is mine." he had responded quietly.

"Unless you want me to hex you to Jupiter I suggest you move." she replied just as quietly.

"Ok I will." he had smiled and scooted over, patting the ground.

She had sat down next to him and said thoughtfully, "I like you. What's your name?"

"Remus Lupin. Yours?"

"Lily Evans."

"Do you want to work on homework together Lily? You're in the same classes as me, I think."

"Ok, sure."

And that's how their friendship had begun. 'I'm tempted to say happily ever after, but that might sound bad' she thought to herself jokingly. Remus was always at the tree when she needed him and today was no different. He always came here for an hour and told his friends that he was going to the library. Remus was funny and good looking also, but she couldn't love him because he was her friend. He had really beautiful grey/green eyes and brown hair that was short enough to look good. Really good. Actually, he could have had as many girls drooling over him as James except he wasn't a quiditch player and he didn't seek attention. No one really knew him for himself, except Lily.

Actually, he was her best friend. He allowed her to tell someone secrets that no one else knew and in return he told her secrets about him. She and the other three marauders were the only ones in the whole school that knew why he was nicknamed Moony. The marauders didn't even know that Lily knew. The poor guy had been bitten by a werewolf when he was a child by someone named Greyback who bit for vengance. Lily couldn't think of anything more terrible than a werewolf that attacked just for spite, and on young children too!

But Lily had figured out by the signs and inturn for keeping the secret, she also helped him by making potions to help him every month around full moon time because well, she was the best potion maker out of his friends.

But even with the potions he couldn't help turning into a beast that would kill his own buddies if given the chance. He had so much stress with trying to lead a normal life. That's probably why the girls weren't automatically attracted to him. He had a softer side and he was different from everyone else. Different, unfortunately, was bad to all the stupid girls that fawned over Sirius and James. He was the perfect companion for the wit challenges that she needed and was interested in school and to make something out of his life just like her. He was...well, he washer best friend.

"Hey Moony." she said, looking over at Remus.

"Hey Lils. What's up?" he looked up at her to study her facial expression. Besides being brilliant, he was also good at noticing how she was feeling.

"Just lots of homework and avoiding the awkward questions about James. The usual." she replied, smiling.

"Wanna work on homework together?" He looked a bit concerned.

"Who says wanna?" she laughed.

"Me." he replied and pulled out his potion's essay he had already started.

"Well I wanted to tell you about what happened today..." Lily started, while still scribling on her scroll.

"I knew something was wrong! What happened Lily?" he dropped his homework and sat crosslegged looking at her.

"It's the usual, I just wanted to talk. You didn't have to put down your homework, Remus!"

"You have my undivided attention now, so please.. go on." he smiled.

"Well..ok. He asked me out. Again."

"He being James?" Remus asked.

"Yes, he being Potter. Well, Potter asked me out again except he said he'd stop ruffling his hair for me and that he showed off for me. And then he told me that he was gonna call me Lilyflower."

"Who says gonna?" he asked lightly.

"Me." she grinned.

"Did you say yes this time?" Remus tried to mask the joy on his face but Lily knew better.

"Do you really think I would say yes to POTTER?" she almost yelled.

"Didn't think so." He chuckled. Another thing about Remus was he wasn't intimidated by Lily's frequent outbursts of anger or frustration and just acted as if she hadn't had the outburst at all. "Then what's the problem?"

"That's exactly it. There was no problem...well besides the fact he was asking me out. Anyways.. then I asked Sirius if it was possible to think someone was attractive and not fancy them and he thought I was talking about Potter! So now he's gonna run off and tell him that I think he's good looking!" she continued.

"Who were you asking about then, if not James?" he asked with sheer interest, and nothing else. She was glad he wasn't annoying or anything or she might have slapped him.

"Uh..er...it was hypothetical."

"Lily." He didn't say her name with hate, happiness, or any emotion at all. He said it quietly with a bit of warning tone to it. She knew that he knew that she was lying, and he would get his answer eventually.

"If you must know, I was asking about Sirius."

"Oh I see." Did she trace a hint of disapointment?

"You asked Sirius if it was possible to think someone was attractive and not fancy them, and you were asking about him?" Remus had a weird look on his face, that she couldn't exactly desipher. He looked shocked, dissapointed...maybe sad?

"Yeah I think so."

"And what did he say.?

"Well he obviously didn't know I was asking about him so he told me yes it was possible and then asked me if I was thinking about Potter."

"And you said no and he still didn't believe you?"

"Right."

"Well that's Sirius for you. He can be so stubborn in his thoughts, there's no way to change them."

"And well, I don't want Potter to think I think he's attractive because I don't."

Remus smiled, and he knew that she was lying. But he'd get nowhere arguing about James' looks.

"So what did you put as the countercurse in number 20?" he asked.