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This chapter finally has James and Sirius!

My favourite year at Hogwarts was my seventh year. That was the year James and I started dating. James matured when he became head boy- he realized that there was a war going on and that he couldn't pretend it wasn't happening. I realized that his pranks could be a good thing; they cheered people up. We became good friends. By Christmas, as cheesy as it sounds- we were a happy couple.

I felt bad for Remus. He was a nice person but he didn't have a girlfriend. Even Sirius had a girlfriend (actually it was more like girlfriends). There were girls that liked him, but he never noticed them. At least, that's what he told me. I knew it was because he was a werewolf. He didn't want somebody to have to date a werewolf. I didn't care though. I continually set him up on dates. James, Sirius and I would spy on his dates. We wanted to make sure things went perfectly. Usually, he was polite. They would make small talk and have a nice afternoon/evening together. They would talk afterwards, but he never asked the girls I set him up with on another date. The few that were brave enough to ask him out again were always turned down. He would put it nicely, but they got the message.

One day near the end of January, we forced him into another date. He seemed even more mad than usual. Sirius, James and I decided that was probably his worse date ever.

"He looks like he's about to punch someone in the face! Most likely it will be her! Hey, I'll be you, give me a sec, here it is, I'll bet you 10 sickles and 7 knuts!"

"Sirius! Shut it! If he sees us, he'll kill us! And can you blame him, it's two days 'til the full moon. He always get irritable 'round now! And by the way, you must have blown all your money before we met up, because that is not nearly as much as you had last night!"

"I said I was sorry! This is the last Hogsmede weekend until Valentines! I wanted him to have someone to go with! He always look so lonely! I swear, him and Peter are determined not to go on dates!" Well, it was true.

"Peter gave up trying to get girls a long time ago- he's just not the kind of guy that gets a lot of dates. And you know why Remus doesn't want a girlfriend-"

"He's crazy!"

"Sirius!"

Sirius was right about one thing, Remus was not in a good mood. He was at a table with Alexis, a Gryffindor in sixth year, at the Three Broomsticks. James, Sirius and I were at a booth hiding behind our menus with our butterbeer. We knew the date wasn't going well. Alexis kept trying to talk to him, but all he seemed to do was glare. At her, at the wall, out the window. Whenever he talked, you could hear the anger in his voice.

"So, Remus, are you going to the quidditch match next Saturday?" Alexis asked.

"No."

"Oh, I thought you would, since James and Sirius on the team. They seem pretty excit-"

"No, I said I wasn't. Just because my friends are on the team doesn't mean I have to go. It's not like I'm on the team." We were getting worried. As angry as he was now, it was only going to get worse if Alexis kept talking. We couldn't blame her though. She didn't know why he was so angry and she was only trying to be nice.

"Okay Remus, calm down! I was only asking a question. No need to get upset. Let's talk about something else." All three of us breathed sighs of relief- she wasn't going to make it worse.

They continued on with their date for a while. Alexis talked about random things while Remus sat there and glared. We thought he was going to get through the date without snapping. Oh, were we wrong.

"My friends and I are going out to the lake on Monday night. We're going to study the moon for astronomy- we need the extra marks. Want to come with us? It will be a lot of fun, you have to go!" Sirius choked on his butterbeer. Alexis was about to be shocked.

"WHY would I want to go with YOU and your bloody FRIENDS to the bloody lake? IT'S JUST A FULL MOON! THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT! WHY WOULD IT IMPROVE YOUR MARKS? WHY WOULD I BLOODY CARE?"

"I was just trying to be nice, I-|

"I DON'T CARE! PLEASE, STOP TALKING! I WANT TO BE LEFT ALONE!" People were starting to stare.

"GOSH REMUS! No need to be such a git! I invite you to do something and you act like I suggested handing you and your friends over to the death eaters! There's no need to be so angry! If you didn't like me, why didn't you just say so! I never want to talk to you again!"

Alexis ran out the door. Remus stood there for a bit. He seemed to be in shock. I was just about to go talk to him when he stormed out. We saw him walk back towards the castle. I looked at the others, the others looked at me. We ran after him.

"Remus! REMUS! I'm going to kill him if he doesn't stop! REMUS LUPIN! Why is he ignoring us? REMUS!" James shouted.

"Oi, Remus! He is such a git sometimes- what is wrong with him? REMUS! REMUS, WHERE ARE YOU GOING, MATE? REMUS? REMUS LUPIN!"

"Be quiet! He's obviously not going to stop. You might as well save the energy and use it to catch up to him. Where do you think he's headed?" I asked as we started to hurry.

"Probably down by the lake. Nobody would be there so he would be alone," James replied.

James was right. Remus was sitting in the snow, staring out at the lake. He looked depressed.

"Remus?"

"Leave me alone, I don't want to talk to you guys."

"What did we do?"

"What did you do? Come on Sirius, you know what you did. You set me up on a date that I didn't want to go on, TWO DAYS before the full moon, you forced me to go on the date, spied on me, then had the guts to come and ask me what you did!" He was not in a good mood.

"Look, you couldn't just stand Alexis up, that's not something you would do. We spied on you to try and stop you from doing something you would regret- obviously that didn't work. We froze up when you start getting mad at Alexis. And we came to talk to you because we know how awful you must be feeling." That was James for you, even when you were mad at him, he would find a way for you to forgive him.

"But why did you choose to do it two days before the full moon?"

"I.. well I-"

"It's all my fault, Remus! I didn't realize it was so close to the full moon- I was only trying to find someone for you to go to Hogsmede with on Valentines. I thought if you had a good time today, you could ask her out again. Of course once I realized about the moon, I knew that wasn't going to work."

"Then why didn't you cancel it?"

"I tried, believe me, I tried. But Alexis seemed to ignore my attempts. I am so sorry Remus- will you ever forgive us?" I begged.

"Of course I'll forgive you guys. I.. I just need to be alone for awhile, okay?" he asked.

"Of course."

"Oh, and Moony? Don't worry about Alexis- we'll handle that for you." James said.

"We do owe you, after all." Sirius stated.

After what happened, it made me realize, forcing Remus to date wasn't going to work. He was going to have do in on his own. That worried me. Knowing Remus, he wouldn't be dating for a very long time.