Title: Notice
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Rita/Remus
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 404
Summary: Rita and Remus are the same age. Rita is an outcast, and Remus is sympathetic.

Notes:

Crystals, Gemstones & Astrology: Garnet - Write about a longing to be popular. (150-600 words) Garnet - Write about a longing to be popular. (150-600 words)

100 Word Prompt Collection Challenge: 20. Morning

Pairing the Character: Rita/Remus

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry: September Event: Back to School Teamwork Event – 44. (dialogue) "Where should I sit?" / "Sit next to the [boy/girl] you think is the cutest." / 51. (dialogue) "My mum says I'm special on the inside."

Year Long Scavenger Hunt Challenge and Competition: C9. Write about a character feeling left out

Rita sighed. She watched as the students gathered. There were small groups and even a couple of larger groups, but she didn't fit in with any of them.

Rita had always been considered a bit odd. She never fit in with her peers. Her nose was always buried in a book. She dreamed of being a journalist and because of that, she read everything she could get her hands on.

And her being like that didn't endure her to other students. They just thought she was weird and was a girl they should stay away from.

Her eyes paused in their roaming when they landed on the infamous Marauders gathered at the very center. There were many vying to be recognized by the popular group, and Rita thought it would be just like every other morning. Potter would break away to flirt with Evans, and Sirius would break away to flirt with McKinnon. Then Pettigrew would nervously try to get a shy Hufflepuff to notice him, and Lupin would simply watch his friends, content to be on the outskirts of it.

Rita looked at her feet. She wished that for just once, she could be on the receiving end of a flirtatious comment, but she knew that would never happen.

She wasn't pretty like Evans or McKinnon. And she certainly wasn't as outgoing. Guys just didn't notice girls like Rita. "My mum says I'm special on the inside," she mumbled. Her mum always told her she was special on the inside, and it was important to remember that. If guys didn't notice her specialness, they weren't worth her time.

"Your mum's right," a quiet voice spoke, startling her.

Rita looked up with wide eyes. "She is?"

Remus shrugged. "You're not like other girls. You don't giggle and spend all of your time gazing at yourself in a mirror. I kind of like that."

Rita blushed. "Really?"

Remus nodded. "James and Sirius are busy, and I'm not even sure where Peter is. So, where should I sit?"

Rita swallowed. It was now or never. It was finally her chance to be noticed. "Sit next to the girl you think is the cutest."

And something in her stomach fluttered when Remus took the seat next to her. They looked into each other's eyes, and her heart erratically thumped at the intensity of their locked gazes.

Maybe, she finally met someone who wasn't superficial. She hoped so.