Stuck on Her

Chapter 2

You're in Love Mate

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Remus sat at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall, shoveling a forkful of scrambled eggs into his mouth. He chewed and swallowed silently before looking up at James, who was sitting across from him. "I wonder how long it's going to take Sirius and Peter to get down here." Remus wondered, not receiving any type of response from James.

Taking one more forkful of scrambled eggs, he looked back up at James wondering why he was being so quiet. "Why aren't you eating?" Remus asked, curiously. Usually, James didn't stop eating.

"Huh?" James said. "Uh, it's too hot…." He muttered in a dismissive sort of way.

Remus raised an eyebrow as he curiously looked down at the bowl of cereal in front of James. He looked back up at James, now noticing that James was preoccupied with something else. Remus swiveled in his chair…Nothing exciting was going on.

"Uh, James?" Remus asked, chewing away at some buttered toast. James merely dipped his spoon into the bowl of soggy cereal. "James, are you alright?" Remus turned again to see what it was that had captured James' attention

"Who are you looking at?" Remus continued as he scanned the crowd of students stationed at the Ravenclaw table. There was no one around that could have caught James' attention…only a group of boys and…Lily.

"James?" Remus tried again. "James Potter!" He said, this time a little more loudly. There was still no response as James ran a hand through his thick black hair, his eyes still glued on the red head.

Sighing, frustrated, Remus tried one last time. "Lily Evans."

James removed his eyes from Lily, refocusing them on Remus. He picked up his spoon, before saying, "What'd you say about Lily mate?" He asked, like he had not been zoned out of the conversation.

Remus narrowed his eyes at James, "What's going on between you two?" He curiously asked.

"Between Lily and me?" James asked, glancing once more at the red head before directing his full attention to Remus.

"Of course." Remus replied, knowing very well he was only to try to buy time by repeating his question while he tried to think of something to say.

James shrugged, eating a spoonful of cereal. "Nothing." He stated, less than convincingly.

Remus shook his head, chuckling. "No really. Just tell me." He insisted.

James frowned, "I am. There's nothing going on between us." James said, which was truthful. There really wasn't anything going on between them…At least nothing tangible.

"I'm not stupid James." Remus said, setting his fork down on his plate. "You haven't taken your eyes off of her. Just tell me you at least made out with her?" Remus questioned, he was going to get to the bottom of this.

James shook his head, "I was looking because I think she's hot." He said, which was partially true. He did think she was hot. But he thought a lot of girls were attractive, and he never starred at them so intently. "But no. I haven't even so much as kissed her on the cheek…" James said, rather regretfully, as he watched the red head pass out some papers to the Ravenclaw boys.

Remus studied James before a knowing smile spread over his face. "I knew you would crack first." Remus said, forcefully slamming his fork on the table, catching James' attention again.

"What do you mean 'crack'?" James asked, his eyes returning to Lily for a split second before they settled back on Remus. He curiously frowned before eating another spoonful of cereal.

Remus shook his head. "I knew the Marauders Policy wouldn't last." He took a sip of his orange juice. "I mean," He set the glass down on the table and wiped his face with the back of his hand. "How is it possible not to really like a girl ever?" He questioned. How could anyone hold up the Marauders 'Looking. No Loving' policy? Eventually they would have to cave in…At least, that's what Remus thought.

James shook his head, "I-But I-." He was trying to find a way to explain himself. A way to explain that didn't involve James breaking the Marauders' Policy.

Chuckling, Remus interrupted James' useless babbling, "And to think you and Sirius gave me all that crap last year when I asked Gina to be my girlfriend…"

James, in fact, remembered Sirius and himself teasing Remus endlessly. When Remus had told James and Sirius he asked her out, after they got over there fit of laughter, decided to make an exception to their Marauders' Policy. If a Marauder uncontrollably turns into an animal on full moons, he is then incapable of sorting out his hormones. Therefore, he is exempt from the Marauders' Policy when deemed necessary.

"Well-I." James shook his head, trying his best not to look at Lily. "I never said anything about asking her to be my girlfriend…Honestly, that sounds a bit immature." He said, shrugging.

"Then you're asking her out?" Remus questioned, though he was pretty sure James was going to ask her out regardless of whether he denied it or not.

James shrugged, letting out a sigh, "Fine. Yeah I'm thinking about it."

A sly grin crossed Remus' face. "Aw, well isn't that cute!" He cooed. "James and Lily sitting in a tree…" He sang, enjoying his friend's pain.

"Shut up mate." James said, a smile breaking across his face. "And sorry Sirius and I gave you such a hard time last year." He earnestly said. "I didn't realize girls could do this to you…" He shrugged, his eyes adjusting into the background where Lily had just finished giving all the young Ravenclaw boys some papers.

Remus shook his head, "I told you mate." Remus stretched his arms over his head, letting out a yawn before saying, "Sirius is going to get a kick out of this."

"Sirius is not finding out about this from you." James said, setting his spoon down next to his plate. "I want to talk to him about it first." James figured Remus would make some dramatic story up about James being in love with Lily, just to get him back at James from when he and Sirius teased Remus about Gina.

"Mate he's gonna be pissed when he finds out." Remus said, deciding (as he shoveled more eggs onto his plate) that he was still hungry.

"Pissed?" James questioned. "Why would he care?" James had known Sirius since they were in first year and James knew he could talk to him about anything. He saw no reason for Sirius to be mad.

"Because," Remus began. "He's gonna have no one to run around with girls with-" Remus shrugged.

"He'll have Peter." James said.

Remus raised an eyebrow curiously at him, "Peter?"

"Good point." James said, looking down at his empty bowl. "Peter isn't any good with picking up the ladies."

Remus looked over at James and shook his head, "You know how Sirius gets. But I'm sure he'll be fine with it, you might just have to give him some time." Remus said, truthfully. Sirius, though loyal, could get jealous. Remus knew that this jealousy would make him very upset if he found out James and Lily were going to be an 'item'. It would mean that Sirius would have to share his best mate.

James merely shrugged. "Yeah, you're right." He said, taking a peek over at Ravenclaw Table to see that Lily was gone. "Then again, maybe he won't be that upset." Remus looked at him with doubt. "Happy maybe? After all, Lily does have a nice arse…" He joked.

"And tell me, James." A voice came from behind the messy haired boy. "Why is it that every time I come over here, I overhear some comment about the way I look?"

James turned in his chair, though he didn't need to to know who it was. "Lily." He breathed, managing to smile, as his heart caught in his throat.

Lily smiled in return, placing some papers down on the table next to James. She leaned over the table, still standing, to look through them. "McGonagall wants us to start handing out the schedules." She said, pulling a few of the papers off to the side.

Remus looked from James to Lily and back again. He's not listening to a word she's saying… He thought, trying to conceal a grin.

"I split them into two piles." Lily said, giving James about half of the papers. "I mostly gave you the girls…Figured you knew them better than me." She joked, flashing a grin at James. "And if you don't know them, it'll give you a good opportunity to met them." She glanced over at Remus before asking, "Would you mind helping too?"

Remus look at James, who was staring at Lily's lips then back at Lily. "Course, no problem."

"Thanks." She leaned over the table to pass a pile of him, as she did, a whiff of her shampoo caught James' attention. Smells like lavender…He thought, before taking another deep breath of it…Yeah, lavender.

Remus noticing this, tried so hard not to laugh. He screwed his face around, trying not to show a smile, but he couldn't help it. Lily furrowed her brow as she heard James take a deep breath, she turned to see him in mid-breath, his eyes closed and smiling. "Are you smelling me?" She questioned, curiously.

James opened his eyes to see Remus shaking with silent laughter. "Your hair smells good." He admitted, giving Remus a sly grin before looking down at the schedules in front of him.

"You've got to be kidding me." She said, looking from James to Remus, noticing that there were now two more boys behind Remus; Sirius and Peter. Both who were starring at her. "What?" She asked the pair.

"We can see down you shirt." Peter said, getting a roar of laughter out of Remus and Sirius, though James didn't seem so amused. She was leaning over the table just enough for both of them of have a view.

"We're teaching him well." Sirius joked, slapping his friend on the shoulder.

Lily blushed, standing up immediately. "Honestly, you boys act like you're twelve." She said, with a roll of her eyes before heading off to finish handing the rest of the schedules out.

"Smelling her hair…" Remus muttered, standing up from his seat, after getting a good laugh out of Peter's comment, though his comment didn't even compare to James smelling Lily's hair. After all, Peter did that kind of thing all the time. James, however, did not make it a daily thing to go around smelling girls' hair. "Did it smell good? Make you horny? Or did it just smell like good old love?" He joked, batting his eyelashes at James.

James glanced over at Sirius to see if he had heard Remus, but he was still busy congratulating Peter on his previous comment. "Shut up." He said, grinning, as he through his spoon at Remus.

Remus dodged the spoon easily before jokingly winking at James. "You're in love mate."

A/N Yay! The second chapter! I hope you liked it! I enjoyed writing it.

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