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Authors' note: We got a review earlier that stated you guys want to see more of Remus and Mary's relationship. Well, there you go! Hope you enjoy the story!

Chapter 3: Hogwarts

Remus's POV:

Remus bumped his shoulder against Mary's, chuckling slightly when she pulled a face and bumped him back. She was sitting next to him in a compartment in the Hogwarts Express.

He ignored James when he rolled his eyes and looked at the ceiling exasperatedly. He also ignored Sirius who made gagging noises, and said something like, "You're the most disgustingly cheesy couple I had the displeasure of meeting."

Remus snorted, "You're ones to talk!"

James raised his hands in mock surrender. "I don't have a girlfriend…yet." He gave a pointed look in Lily's direction, who pointedly ignored him in return, focusing on her book instead. "Never even had the chance to act like an idiot with a girlfriend, so don't look at me."

"No Prongs, you acted like an idiot before," Sirius said, rolling his eyes.

Lily looked up, raising an eyebrow, "Prongs?" she asked.

"Oh, NOW you look at me! You were ignoring me for the past hour!" James exclaimed indignantly. She ignored him again. Remus smirked.

"Hey!" cried James. "Just because you got YOUR girlfriend doesn't mean you get to laugh at people!"

Remus shrugged, "I'm not exactly laughing, am I?"

James bristled and glared at a laughing Sirius. "Shut up you too!"

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"Mmm, I'm so full!" James said in satisfaction. The common room was full of chattering students, all catching up with each other.

"Well, of course, you'll be full. You haven't stopped stuffing your mouth with food throughout the whole meal." Lily commented.

"Hey! I was hungry!"

"Surprisingly. Even though you ate sweets from the trolley lady on the train." Remus said, rolling his eyes.

Sirius put his arm around James. "Don't worry, mate, I support you."

"Yeah. We both ate like starved Hippogriffs."

One by one, they started yawing.

"Let's sleep then. We have classes tomorrow." They all went up to their dormitories, Lily and Mary to the girls', and James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter to the boys'.

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The first few weeks passed with no incident. It was a bit boring for James and Sirius, but Remus was okay with the peace. He and Mary were getting to know each other more and Remus was happy. He decided to take her on a date to Hogsmeade. He felt a bit nervous because he had nearly no experience in that department. He stayed away from girls, even though lots of them thought he was handsome and date-worthy. He just didn't want to fall in love with any of them and then gets heartbroken or breaks their hearts just because of what he was. A werewolf. Mary, though…She was a special case. He couldn't get rid of her if he tried. Not that he wanted to.

He waited at the bottom of the stairs leading to the girls' dormitories, waiting for Mary to come down. He had already asked her to go with him to Hogsmeade and she agreed. When she made it down the stairs, he looked at her properly. She looked pretty, like always. She was wearing a beige jumper over a pair of tight trousers and boots that reached halfway up her calf. An elegant grey cloak was wrapped around her shoulders. Her attire was simple, and beautiful, just like her.

Smiling, he offered his arm for her to take, and she, smiling back, took it. They walked all the way to Hogsmeade and Remus took Mary to the Three Broomsticks for a drink and a rest from their long walk. They sat on a table for couples and ordered Butterbeers. Mary took off her cloak and draped it around the back of her chair. While waiting for their drinks, Mary and Remus talked. A lot. About many things. They talked about their friends, about some teachers, though Remus was a bit reluctant because Mary wanted to criticize them, they even talked about the latest gossips, though it was mostly Mary talking, and Remus shocked or amused. Then the drinks came.

"I don't know why I ordered a Butterbeer even though we're allowed to have Firewhiskey now. It just tastes creamy and it's soothing." Mary said, sighing in bless after taking a sip.

"Yeah. I agree. It's very refreshing, especially after such a long walk from the school to the village." Remus said, leaning back on his chair.

"Come on, Remus, the walk wasn't that long. You're exaggerating. It was fun even." Mary scowled at him.

"Of course it was. I was with you after all." Remus smiled gently at her. His smile widened when she blushed and looked away.

"I never imagined the day when I would see you blush, Mary." Remus teased lightly. He put his hand over hers on the table and squeezed slightly, gently. She looked back at him and their eyes locked. It was perfect. Everything around them seemed to vanish and it was only Remus and Mary. It seemed like they were being pulled closer by some magnetic force. Neither one of them was complaining as both of them leaned closer…and closer.

A loud clearing of a throat brought them back to real life.

Remus turned and scowled at whoever dared to intrude. It was Sirius. Remus growled.

"What are you doing here, Sirius?"

"Calm down, mate," Sirius raised both hands in a placating manner, "I was just really bored and when I saw you guys here I decided to join you. If you two don't mind of course." Without waiting for a reply, Sirius grabbed a chair from a nearby table and sat with them. Ignoring the two glaring pairs of eyes.

"So," Sirius started cheerfully, "Are you guys on a date?"

"What do you think?" Mary snapped. Sirius didn't react.

"Yes, Sirius, we were on a date before you interrupted," Remus said, looking pointedly at Sirius, then at the door.

Sirius acted like an oblivious idiot. "Then how about you guys take me with you on your little adventure?"

"No," Remus said bluntly.

"I'll come along anyway, Moony."

Remus growled again.

Remus had to restrain himself from killing Sirius right then. They were out of the Three Broomsticks and walking by the shops, entering some every now and then. And Sirius? He was talking loudly, ignoring the fact that he interrupted Remus's first date ever. Mary didn't seem to mind very much. She told Remus that it was okay and that she was enjoying herself. But Remus wasn't. He wanted it to be a day for him and Mary, only.

Suddenly, an arm wrapped, or rather, thrown around his shoulder and when he looked back, it was James. He groaned.

"Hey! Don't be such a moody git! I actually came here to save you!" James said, grinning.

"Save me?"

"Yup. From nosy Padfoot over there." Sirius gave an indignant cry at that.

"Sirius, how can you have the heart to intrude on a date like that? Let Remus have fun for once." James said, giving Sirius a disapproving look.

"He was having fun while I was with them, right Moony?"

Remus glared at him.

"Okay, probably not."

Remus sighed in relief when James dragged Sirius away by the ear and looked back at Mary, who smiling slightly at his friends.

"I'm sorry, I'll make it up to you, I promise," Remus said quickly.

She shook her head. "Don't worry about it, Remus. Besides, I know you will." She smiled at him. He smiled back at her and took her hand in his.

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James's POV:

James shook his head at Sirius who was trying to justify his action to a glaring Lily, who had her arms crossed on her chest. She was waiting for James when he went to drag Sirius away from the couple. In fact, she was the one who told him to "Go get your idiot friend." She also said that she was going to strangle Sirius.

"That is still NOT a plausible excuse to go barge in on a dating couple, Black. Aren't you happy that Remus finally is happy? It's his first date, for Merlin's sake! I want to tell you that Mary was ecstatic to finally go out with Remus, who she had a crush on since third year! And you go and ruin it for them? Why? Because you were bored?!" Lily's voice rose by the end. James tried to calm her down by putting his hand on her shoulder, but she shrugged it off and glared at him. He backed away.

"Evans, I…I'm sorry! Please don't kill me!" Lily's glare intensified.

James facepalmed.

Lily opens her mouth to berate Sirius again when James interrupted them.

"Okay! That's enough of that, Lily, he won't do that again, will you Sirius?" He looked at serious meaningfully. Sirius nodded hastily.

"See? Anyway, we came here to have fun, so how about we actually do that?" They agreed and they headed to Honeydukes.

All three of them walked in the streets of Hogsmeade, each eating some type of sweet or another. James caught movement from the corner of his eyes. Looking quickly to the side, he saw the back of Peter's head, just disappearing around the corner. He motioned for his friends to follow him and they quickly tiptoed to the end of the street and James peeked his head around the corner.

"That rat! What the hell is he doi-!" Sirius started but James quickly put his hand on his mouth to shut him up.

Lily hissed at him to 'shut it'.

Peter was watching someone from afar but wasn't the thing that caught James's attention. It was the person Peter was watching. He was staring at Rosaline McKinnon with dreamy eyes while she was talking to a friend. When her friend left, Peter walked towards her slowly. When she noticed him, she smiled kindly at him. He returned the smile shyly. And that's what made Sirius almost throw himself at them.

James caught Sirius's arms and pulled him back.

"Sirius, what the hell is wrong with you?!" James whispered furiously at his best friend.

"How dare Peter try to pursue my own girlfr-!" Sirius started but was interrupted, again, by Lily.

"Rosaline is NOT your girlfriend anymore Sirius, remember?"

"Yes, but…but he should know that I still love her! He can't-!" Sirius's voice was shaking a bit and James was horrified that his best friend was actually on the verge of tears.

Lily put her hand on his shoulder, "Its ok, Sirius, we understand. But Rosaline is not your possession and it's her choice whether she wants to move on or not."

"Besides," James added, "we're not even sure that Peter likes her let alone if she shares the same feelings. Cheer up."

Sirius took a deep breath and nodded.

James took a last look at Peter and saw that he was talking to Rosaline, and he wasn't shy. He was actually talking to her with some confidence he never knew Peter had before. It surprised and somehow worried James. He wanted Sirius to be with Rosaline because she made him happy. And Peter having the courage to speak to Rosaline might eventually be more than that. He just hoped Rosaline won't use that to break his friend's heart.

That's it! The chapter is over. We know There isn't really any exciting scene here, but this chapter was sort of focussed only on some Mary/Remus, and to make you suspicious...Oooooh. See you in the next chapter! Hope you enjoyed!