REMUS

I can't quite figure out Ella. Then again, I've never been good at figuring out the female species in general. It's like they purposefully try to be as vague as possible. If it weren't for their boobs guys wouldn't pay attention to them. Guys are so easy, if we like you we'll show you we like you, we won't play games. Girl's think that flirting with other guys and not flirting with you is the most direct way of telling the guy they like them. I don't know who decided this was a good idea and passed it around. Whoever started this theory should be killed.

My plan to get Sirius and Ella together is not working one bit. Every time I mention Sirius Ella sighs as if she's annoyed by him and responds with short answers. Although, that's how girls usually react, isn't it? They act and say they don't like a bloke when they really do. So if I'm thinking in girl code Ella is madly in love with Sirius.

Then why is getting them together so difficult?

"Moony," James moaned as he barged into the room, flopping dramatically onto his bed and letting out a heavy sigh.

"What?" I asked, annoyed he disrupted my thought process.

"It's Lily," of course it is. "She's been paying attention to me, and not in the 'I'm going to hex your face so it looks like your bum' kind of way."

"You're saying this like it's a bad thing."

"It is," James wailed. "If Lily wants on me I can't pursue it because of this sodding bet."

"Well," I said slowly looking for a window of opportunity. Maybe if I could get James to fold then I wouldn't have to set up Ella and Sirius. "You could forfeit the bet, you know. You've been wanting Lily for five years or so now, you could ruin progress by denying her."

James turned his head so that he was looking at me. His glasses were hanging crooked on his face and his hair was sticking up at odd angles, "Moony, are you mad? I love my Lily-Pad more than life itself but I do not even want to begin to think of the diseases I would catch if I laid my lips on Snivellus's. Not to mention I wouldn't want Lily-Doodle catching whatever poisons Snivellus has lurking under his pin thin excuse for lips."

"You seem like you've been studying Snape's lips quite closely."

"Shut it," James said flipping onto his back and staring at the ceiling. Every motion the boy made was some dramatic sweep, nothing he did was quiet. "So, who was the girl you had in here last night? I've seen Sirius with her a few times as well, I'm feeling slightly put off not knowing her."

I sighed and looked anxiously fiddled with my blanket. Towards the end of dinner the lads had come back from Hogsmeade and walked in on me and Ella in the middle of dinner. Ella was embarrassed and quickly rushed out of the room, making the situation look like something it wasn't. I quickly tried to think of an excuse as to why she was here, I couldn't very well tell James I was using Ella as bait so that I wouldn't lose the bet because he would tell Sirius.

"She's just a friend," I said lamely.

"She's pretty attractive, you should go for her Remus. Wait, isn't she the one that sack tapped you?"

"Do you have to be so crass about those sort of things?" I pinched the bridge of my nose and sighed, "but yes, that is her."

"I think that you may have lost the best, dearest Moony."

"Oh please Prongs, if I'm going to lose the bet I better have a hand down my pants not grazing them."

"Do you have to be so crass?" James said mocking me. "So I've had a brilliant idea."

"Fantastic," I said dryly.

"Since we can't actually touch women," James continued, not catching onto the fact that I couldn't give a toss what he had to say. "I thought there's no harm in friendly gazing. I propose the idea of a party in the Head boy and girl's bathroom. The bathtub is even larger than the Prefects and would give girls an excellent excuse to get into bikinis, which in turn would leave us with some excellent gawking."

"And loads of cold showers."

"Moony, stop being such a downer. I don't know about you, but this whole girl thing is taking its toll on me."

"James, when is the last time you snogged a girl? You swore off girls fifth year saying Lily was the only one for you."

"Yes, but now I don't even have the option, should an attractive girl come up to me and I decide to throw caution to the wind and forget about Lily for a few hours of glory."

I sighed and weighed the options. I would be able to see girls out of their uniforms which would be a welcomed site. The down, I would see girls out of their uniforms and possibly have even more problems with this bet than before. And for some reason the image of Ella in a skimpy bathing suit keeps flashing through my head. This could be a dangerous night but my hormones overruled my sensical side which is why I said to James, "I'll bring the chocolate."

ELLA

Who would even think of bringing a bathing suit to Hogwarts? Aside from Lily Evans who is constantly prepared for everything, no one. While Lily slipped on her modest green swimsuit, the rest of us were forced into undergarments. I tried to wear boxer shorts and a t-shirt but everyone quickly told me that that would not do, and Gwen reminded me that if I wanted any chance in hell to get Remus I would have to reveal more than that. So now I'm stuck in a cream laced bra and black underwear. I felt exposed and quickly threw on a sweatshirt and sweatpants over it, hoping that I wouldn't have to take them off at any point tonight.

Gwen, Lily, Marlene and Dorcas were waiting for me as I wasted time, trying to prolong the party. All the girls in my room were stick thin, I was the only one who had curves out of them. So next to them I would look like a giant. They're always walking around in their bras and underwear and not a piece of them jiggles when they walk, nor do they have the tinniest bit of cellulite.

"Hurry up El," Lily hissed. "James is waiting for us at the stairs to escort us to the heads bathroom."

"I don't see why we need an escort." I huffed as I threw on my shoes.

"Because it's after hours and I couldn't afford to get caught."

"Speaking of which, why did you agree to do this? This seems very un-Lily." I said as we walked down the stairs.

"Oh," Lily blushed. "You know, I like to have fun here and there. It's our last year," once we'd reached the bottom of the stairs Lily and James locked eyes and she blushed profusely.

So that's why.

"Ladies, don't you all look lovely." James said with his trademark grin. "And I don't believe we've officially met, I'm James Potter." James said walking over to me and extending his hand.

"Ella," I said shaking it. James winked at me and turned to the five of us.

"Well, now that we're all here I've been told the coast is clear but we must hurry because I don't know how long that will last for."

James guided us out of the common room and we all walked quickly and silently to the Heads bathroom. The walk didn't take very long and was on the third floor. I was surprised when we stopped in front of a simple wooden door as I'd walked the path many times before but I'd never seen it. James withdrew his wand and muttered something under his breath. The door flew open and voices reached our ears. We stepped inside the bathroom and I was shocked, you could hardly call it a bathroom.

It was huge with a bath that was nearly the size of a swimming pool. Bubbles overflowed from the bathtub and onto the floor. There were at least six other people there, all down to their bathing suits and swimming. I searched around and found Remus sitting on the edge of the tub with Peter, their feet dangling in the water as some seventh year Ravenclaw girls splashed in the water trying to get Sirius's attention while he chatted with a bloke from Hufflepuff.

"I thought this was only going to be for Gryffindor," Lily hissed to James.

James shrugged and gave her an innocent look, "I can't help who my friends invite."

Lily rolled her eyes and scoffed. "Whatever Potter," Lily said kicking off her shoes and throwing off her shirt. She ran to the bathtub and jumped in, James's eyes following her the entire time.

The rest of the girls started pealing off their clothes and I hung back awkwardly, not wanting to disrobe. I looked up and Remus caught my eye and waved at me. I waved back awkwardly and could feel my cheeks redden as I took in Remus's naked chest. He didn't have as much muscle as James who was in quidditch, but he wasn't exactly bad to look at either. He was a little skinny and didn't have much definition but he had two lines at his pelvic bones that traveled down his waist. And that little patch of hair that traveled from his belly button past the waist of his boxers was out in the open. I almost sighed out loud, good thing Gwen was there to snap me out of it.

"Ella, stop staring, it's rude," she said giving me a sly smile. "Now get out of your frumpy gear and join the rest of us. I'll grab us some firewhiskey." She darted off to the corner where a tub of liquor was. I felt like a teenage cliché right now, watching girls walk around in bras and underwear and drinking. If only I had a theme song for my life. I wonder what that theme song would be.

I didn't have time to pick out my theme song however, as Sirius came strolling up to me. I couldn't help but have a 'whoa' moment as he walked up. Water was cascading down his body and his black hair was slicked back, his grey eyes focused on me. For a moment I almost forgot about Remus.

"El Bell, what are you doing in that get-up? Why don't you join the rest of us?" Sirius said throwing an arm around me, soaking my sweatshirt.

"I'm cold," I said weakly.

Sirius laughed, "don't make me hex the clothes off of you. Now join in on the fun and stop being such a square. I'll leave you to it, I've got to go and impress the ladies." Sirius winked at me and wondered off to the bathtub again.

I sighed and gave up figuring people would be pressuring me all night if I didn't join in. I slipped my pants off and kicked them to the edge and hesitated before pulling the sweatshirt over my head and running into the bathtub before people could get a good look at me. The water was warm and the bubbles made the air smell like lavender.

"Finally," Gwen said swimming over to me. "You better start putting your goods on display, looks like Marlene has beat you to the punch." I looked over by Remus and saw Marlene sitting next to him. She had her arm on his shoulder as she threw back her head and laughed, sticking out her chest in the process. I could feel jealously boiling up inside of me and adverted my eyes, not wanting to watch a girl throw herself on Remus.

"I'm going to get a drink," I muttered to Gwen and swam over to the other side of the bathtub. I stepped out of the tub and walked over to where the alcohol was and started digging through. I wasn't much of a firewhiskey fan, the taste was unbearable, I would have to be already drunk in order to drink that.

I sighed and settled for a Red Currant Rum. I stood up from the crouching position I was in and turned around. When I turned around however I was met with a hard object, mainly Remus's bare chest. My entire body was pressed up against Remus, I could feel his hot skin touching mine, from this close I could see all the scars that littered his body, I wonder where those scars come from. Slowly, I raised my eyes to meet his, he was already staring down at me an unreadable expression on his face. He gave me a small smile and I realized the position we were in and quickly jumped back, embarrassed.

"I have something for you," Remus said almost shyly. He jerked his head to the side and started walking, I followed after behind him. He walked over to his clothes pile and pulled something out of his robes, when he turned around he held a red bottle of wine in his hands. "I made a special request for this when James and Sirius were getting supplies." He looked embarrassed as he held out the red wine to me.

I couldn't believe how thoughtful Remus was. I took the red wine bottle from him and gave him the biggest smile I could manage, although I didn't have to force it, this simple thought from Remus had made my day, maybe even week.

"If you don't want it you don't have to drink it," Remus said awkwardly, running a hand through his wet hair.

"No, this is perfect! I hate hard liquor," I said smiling. Remus looked relieved and dropped his hand from his hair smiling at me. "Do you want some?" I asked.

"Yeah," he said smiling even wider and taking the bottle from me, using a spell to get the cork out. He handed it back to me and I took a sip from the bottle, handing it back over to Remus.

"So are these types of parties normal for you guys?"

Remus shrugged, "I guess. It's more of James and Sirius's thing then mine, not that I can't say I don't enjoy the benefits of these parties." He said looking down at me. I blushed and turned away, taking a larger gulp of wine. "Hey," Remus said putting his hand on my bare arm. His touch caused my skin to burn. "You never made me that list of books."

"Oh right," I said trying to not react to the fact that Remus's hand was still on my arm. "I'll make one for you tomorrow."

Remus smiled down at me and I was still alarmingly aware of the fact that his hand was on my arm. However, it dropped the instant Marlene came strolling over. "Oh Remus," she sang. "What are you doing over here?" She asked shooting me a glare.

"Talking to Ella," Remus said smoothly.

"Well come and join the rest of us," Marlene said taking Remus's arm and guiding him away from me. I walked to keep up with them, not wanting to be left standing by myself. I walked in front of Marlene and Remus, it was clear he wanted to be with her and not me. However, while I walked in front of Marlene I didn't see her foot sticking out and tripped over it. I had no time to react and the wine bottle went flying from my hand and I heard it crash to the ground. I was so surprised by it that I didn't stick my hands out to protect myself and my face hit the ground, my body landing in small shards of glass. When I stood up blood was pouring from my nose and various parts of my body. I took one look at Remus's horrified face and ran out of the bathroom.

A/N: I'm not too pleased with this chapter. I really am starting to like my Remus though I know a slightly pervy Remus isn't what you're all used to but he is a hormonal boy and I know we all view him as holy-er than though but he did like women. So anyway, review, even though this kind of sucked. And again, I'm leaving for the air force the 18th so for 2 ½ months I won't be able to update after that so I'm trying to turn out chapters quickly :( But I WILL be back around mid-march.