Here is chapter 3! I acually finished it on new years eve but havent gotten any time to post it. Thanks to my friend Molly aka Westwardcircle for beta-ing for me! i own nothing but the plot and charactors that aren't in the books. Yup. Enjoy and happy holidays!

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First Man Crush

Chapter 3

"Have I ever told you how much I hate you?" Remus asked as he slipped his new Rolling Stone's tee-shirt over his black, long-sleeved v-neck shirt.

"Yup," Lily nodded, fastening the strap on her heeled shoes, "But you actually love me."

"You just keep telling yourself that," Remus mumbled as he stood up from the arm of the couch in his small apartment.

"Ready?"

"Yeah," Remus lead the way down the stairs to the thrift shop under the apartment.

"Don't forget your key this time," called the tall black man as Remus and Lily made their way out of the back of the shop.

"I won't, Benny," Remus answered over his shoulder. He had forgotten his key to the shop the last time he went out and had to wake up Benny; and Benny was awful when he didn't have enough sleep.

They climbed into Remus' old brown Chevy truck that sat in the shop's back parking lot.

"Come on," Remus muttered under his breath when the engine choked after he turned the key.

"Ever think of trading this in for a car that actually starts?" Lily asked stubbornly as she cranked down the window and leaned on her elbow.

"This one is fine," Remus said as the engine finally started to run and he pulled out of the parking lot.

"Just keep telling yourself that."

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"James we're going to get caught," Sirius insisted as he slipped on his Alice Cooper tee-shirt.

"No one's gonna friggin' find out your gay! Relax!" James snapped.

"Stop yelling!" Sirius barked as he paced in front of the door.

"Boys! We're going!" Mr. Potter yelled from downstairs. "Behave and no parties!"

Sirius whimpered nervously at James as he sat down on James' bed.

"Oh shut up and help me get ready," James ordered,

Sirius grumbled but followed him down the stairs to where Mr. and Mrs. Potter were about to leave.

"See you later Mum, Dad," James smiled at his parents as he and Sirius stopped at the bottom of the stairs.

"See you in the morning James," Mrs. Potter said as she kissed his forehead. "And Sirius, your mother asked you to be home before midnight this time."

"Will do, Ma'am," Sirius forced a smile onto his face.

"You look awfully pale, Sirius," Mr. Potter said as he opened the front door and his wife stepped out. "You should try and rest a bit more. Well, have fun boys."

Sirius just nodded as Mr. Potter followed Mrs. Potter out the door behind them.

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"Lily," Remus sighed as he parked his truck outside of the large house with the sound of a pounding bass coming from inside and surrounded with a number of cars and jeeps. "I don't want to be here. And I don't think you bringing me to a party is going to help your social standing at all."

"You'd be surprised," Lily took off her seat belt and turned to the brunet boy. "A bunch of girls are crazy about you. You're sexy and mysterious and obviously really smart, skipping a year of school and all."

"Wait a second. Go back. Did you just call me sexy and mysterious?"

"I said that's what some other girls have been saying," Lily said, blushing and opening the truck door.

"Still Lily," Remus said as he too jumped out of the truck and followed Lily to the house in a quick stride, "I'm gay. So you won't be getting any social standing points with your girlfriends."

"Well no one knows that. Jesse thinks we're having an affair."

"Good. Maybe he'll break up with you," Remus mumbled under his breath as they stood at the door and, after a moment of hesitation, Lily rang the doorbell.

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"Hey James," a bubbly voice said from behind James and Sirius. "You look nice. And you look just as sexy as usual, Black," the girl said to Sirius.

Sirius just smiled and chuckled nervously.

"Sorry, but I have to go," James smiled politely at the girl, "I can hear the doorbell. See you around Caroline."

"Bye," Sirius mumbled awkwardly, waving and hurrying after James.

"No need to knock," James said as he opened the door to his house, "Oh, Lily! Hey! How are you?"

"Shut up, Potter," Lily snapped as she shoved pashed him, "I'm only here because of Jesse."

"I haven't seen him around yet. So…wanna hang out with me?"

"Go to Hell, Potter."

"Lily you're a guest as his house. Be polite," Remus nagged.

"Who's side are you on?" Lily turned and raised an eyebrow at the younger boy.

"Well, considering I don't want to be here…"

"Well that's awfully rude, Lupin," a deep voice came from behind them. "You're supposed to be my girl's little doggy, you shouldn't be allowed to go siding with these dirty mutts," Jesse Din sneered as walked in and put his hands on Lily's shoulders.

"I am not on any side hers or anyone else's," Remus spat as he pushed past all three of them and camouflaged into the crowd of growing people.

"Remus!" Lily called as she stared at the spot where he had disappeared.

"What was that about?" Jesse asked.

"Jesse!" Lily glared.

"Nice to see you too, doll."

"Hello Jesse," James sneered crossing his arms.

"So what's the matter with Lupin?" Jesse ignored James. "You sure he doesn't have some sort of anger-management problem? He's always so jumpy if anyone says anything that he doesn't like."

"You we're sort of a bitch to him," Sirius said bluntly, "Us, too. In case you didn't notice."

"Well sorry," Jesse rolled his eyes.

"What the Hell's been up with you lately, Jess?" Lily asked.

"I told you I don't want you hanging around Lupin so much," Jesse ordered.

Sirius rolled his eyes. Everyone here is so stupid. James is love drunk, Din is obviously a bitch but always gets this sweet look in his eye when he talks to Evans, who is stupid enough to fall for the jackass's evil mind controlling power. Sirius was already bored with this argument. What happened to that guy who left? Din's right, he did seem like he had anger-management problems or something. Lily called him Remus and Din called him Lupin…Remus Lupin? Weird name. Sounds familiar, though. Is he that kid who skipped his junior year? Doubt it. He looked like he was almost twenty. He had nice hair…and nice eyes…and the shape of his lips were perfect, like in a painting or something. He's actually pretty cute for someone who hangs around brains like Evans.

"Right, Sirius?" James asked looking for me to support something he had just said to Din.

"What?" Sirius snapped out of his trance-like state.

"You're hopeless," James rolled his eyes.

"See you around," Sirius mumbled. His thoughts were still hanging around Remus with his nice hair, and lips, and eyes…mainly his lips.

"What the Hell?" James yelled as Sirius walked away. "You're supposed to back me up!"

Sirius just ignored James as he went back to his fight with Din. Sirius walked to the kitchen, ignoring all the girls that were giving his flirty smiles or batting their eyelashes. His lips looked so soft, too. Very…kissable.

He opened one of the coolers in the kitchen and pulled out a beer. He popped the cap off with his teeth and sat down on the counter. The kitchen wasn't any quieter than the rest of the house – there were only a few slutty girls in there, but they all had already found guys to entertain themselves with.

Sirius took a swing of his beer. Kissable. The more he thought about it the more he like the idea of it. Now that I think of it, all of him seems very kissable. Sirius smiled to himself and took another sip of beer. That would be just wonderful.

"Oi! Black!" James called as he walked into the kitchen.

"You and Din done with your sissy fight?" Sirius responded.

"The only reason I didn't hit him was because Lily wouldn't approve."

Sirius just chuckled to himself, "Just keep telling yourself that."

"What was up with that look you were giving Lupin?" James rolled his raised an eyebrow.

"What look?"

"You looked like you were about to jump him when you first saw him," James laughed. "I think that was one of the reasons he left, not only because Din is a bastard. And then when you were staring off in space you started licking your lips and it was pretty obvious you were just thinking of Remus."

"What in Hell are you trying to say?" Sirius felt himself blushing.

"I think you officially have your first man crush," James smiled, grabbing Sirius' bottle of beer and bringing it to his lips, draining the last few bits of beer.

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