AN: I know, I'm sooooooo sorry it's been so long. I had a terrible case of writer's block, then I had to write so many essays for school that I just really got out of the writing mood, but I'm going to try my best to be more consistent from now on!
Over the next few weeks, Hermione and Remus became very close; so close they were practically dating. The only thing was that they hadn't made it official yet, because neither of them could seem to work up the courage to make a move (despite the fact that they were both Gryffindors). Lily, James, and Sirius were extremely happy with this, and were spending plenty of time together themselves huddled in corners, plotting.
Hermione and Remus were quick to notice Lily's sudden group jump. Normally she spent all of her time with the other Gryffindor girls in her year, and avoided James as much as she possibly could. This coordinated well with Hermione's plans to give Lily a little nudge toward James, but she also had an idea of the reason she was spending more time with him. This was one of the main reasons she hadn't made a move on Remus; once they were together, the plotting committee was likely to break up.
One night, Hermione and Remus were sitting by the fire in the common room, working on the potions essay that Slughorn had assigned earlier that day. Normally Lily would have worked with them, as she was exceptionally gifted at potions. She was, however, once again in the corner with her new posse, doing something far from academic.
Since everyone was so busy scheming, no one seemed to notice that Peter had been spending less and less time in the common room. No one that is, except for Hermione. She hadn't brought it up, because she was hoping to save him from what she knew he would become by herself before involving his friends. She didn't want them to find out about what he would come to do in her reality and break their trust. Her biggest problem was that she wasn't exactly certain when he began to turn, or where he went to meet up with the future Death Eaters. She could borrow the Marauder's Map, but she had no idea how she could sneak it out of the boys' dorms without them noticing.
She was shaken out of her thoughts by Remus, who had broken their long silence by asking if she could pass him a book. "So, er, Hermione," he started awkwardly, "there's a, um, Hogsmeade weekend coming up, and I was, uh, wondering if- if you'd, erm, like to- to go with me?" As he said this, he turned a brilliant shade of scarlet that very much matched the décor of the room. Hermione stared at him in surprise for a moment. "I mean, if you don't want to, I completely unders-" he started, but she interrupted him. "No, no, I was just surprised, that's all. Of course I'd love to go with you!" "Oh, well, great! That's… great!" He visibly relaxed back into his chair, letting out the breath that he'd been holding.
Over in the corner, Lily, James and Sirius were sneaking looks over at the duo. "Do you think he's asked her yet?" asked James. "I would certainly hope so. We've been talking up the idea to him all week" Sirius replied. "Well he'd better get a move on," said Lily, "it's only a couple of days away!" "Speaking of which…" said James, "Lilypad, would you like to go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend?" Without looking up from the piece of parchment she was writing on, Lily replied "yeah, sure." "Oh, come on, Lils, you know you- wait- WHAT?" he practically shrieked. He had been trying to get her to go out with him for years, and he had gotten quite used to her saying no in a variety of colorful ways. "You heard me," she said, again without looking up, "I'm not saying it again." James leaned over to Sirius and whispered "Padfoot, am I dreaming?" "If you were, would I do this?" Sirius immediately reached around behind James and tugged his underwear as hard as he could. "Nyaaahh! Okay, no, because in a dream you'd snog me or something- I mean- yeah, so this is real…" he said, turning a bright magenta. "You two are idiots" said Lily, who then gathered her belongings and went to join Remus and Hermione.
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