The library: the one place Remus could sit, work and put his troubled thoughts aside, usually.

As he sat, hidden in a far corner, with his Charms essay, he found himself being less and less able to explain the usefulness of the aguamenti charm. 'Come on Remus, pull yourself together, it's a crush! A stupid, stupid crush!' his thoughts getting very frustrated, 'it's all his fault, he has to go and be so close to me recently. Not that that means he feels the same way, of course it doesn't. He's just lonely because James is off with Lily all the time, that's all.'

Remus continued trying to tell himself that what he was feeling didn't mean anything, nothing at all, and he managed to only start thinking of Sirius' incredibly handsome face three time before it came around the corner. Sitting opposite him at the small table, he threw him a very Sirius-ish grin. All lopsided and cheeky, but still making him look more handsome than should be physically possible. And as his deep grey eyes caught Remus', Remus' stomach began to twist, but not unpleasantly. 'Oh god, stupid git, what's he doing here? Seriously, I thought the one place I could always escape Sirius Black would be the library.'

"Hey Moony."

"Pads," Remus replied, "What are you doing here, I always thought you'd never want to be caught dead in a place where people actually study, and do work."

"Well, I used to, but since you work and study everywhere that's not really an option anymore. But really, I'm here cause Peter doesn't want to stop stuffing his face and watching him gets quite boring after a while. So here I am," and then he threw Remus an incredibly dashing smile and a wink before adding, "and you couldn't be happier!"

"Harhar, very funny," Remus said, failing to hold back a smirk. He knew he was such a fool, but he could not stop himself. Every smile, wink, accidental brush of skin sent Remus further and further down the path of actually falling for Sirius Black. Sirius wouldn't care, he would never feel the same way, he was sure Sirius would never think bad of him, but no, never feel the same. Remus knew that no one could love a werewolf, no one could love the monster he was inside. So that only left one option for Remus, and that was to put an end to these feelings, no matter how hard it was.

After a mere half an hour in the library, they were sent away by a very angry looking Madame Pince. Sirius had of course gotten bored whilst Remus finished his work and began swinging on his chair. He had then proceeded to fall of said chair, knocking a table behind him that had been holding a stack of books. The racket had caused the librarian to chase them from her precious library.

Remus couldn't help but laugh a little, he had never liked Madam Pince very much so enjoyed when the Marauders caused her displeasure. The pair walked back to the common room, James and Lily were nowhere to be found so they took seats by the fire. Sharing the small couch right in front of the glowing embers, the boys relaxed, which, for Sirius, meant putting his feet on Remus and spreading across the whole couch. Remus rolled his eyes and threw a small cushion at his head.

For the next hour they chatted and laughed, until James and Lily walked back through the portrait hole. Sirius seated himself upright at their entrance and the pair sat in armchairs on either side of them. Remus noted that James' hair looked messier than usual if that was possible and he was attempting to flatten it whilst him and Sirius began talking. 'Typical,' Remus thought, 'as soon as James comes along, I'm nothing.'

"Lily," Remus said, ignoring the laughing boys, " can I talk to you please?" Lily seemed to sense the importance of this conversation and stood up.

"Of course, come on, lets get out of here," she said making her way to the exit, waving at James as she went. He waved back but cast dubious looks at Remus who just smiled and made space for Peter, who had just walked in, by leaving with Lily.

Remus and Lily wandered through the castle and out into the grounds. They took seats in the Quidditch stands, it was a perfect place to talk without being overheard.

"So what is it you need to talk about?" Lily questioned.

"It's, well, the thing is, it's about Sirius.." a small blush was creeping up on his face. He wished that he could just not tell anyone, but if he wanted to get over it he needed help, and James and Peter weren't going to be the ones to help him.

"What about him, Remus? Has he done something to upset you?"

"No no no, nothing like that, it's just," the blush deepened as he spoke, "I just think that I have a little crush..on him.." he almost whispered the last part but Lily still heard.

"Oh, that, you've finally realised?"

"What? What do you mean finally realised?"

"Well, I kind of realised a while back."

"Oh god, is it that obvious?"

"No, I'm pretty sure everyone else is completely unaware, I'm just good at picking these things out."

"Well, how can I get over it? Please help me Lily," Remus begged her. Lily only threw him a puzzled look.

"Get over him? Why get over him?"

"Well, it's not like he's ever going to feel the same way is it? So why shouldn't I get over it?" Remus was starting to snap a little now, wasn't it obvious why he wanted to get over him!

"Never mind Remus, come on I'm starving, lets get dinner," Lily ended the conversation firmly, so Remus knew it was pointless trying to start it up again, so he just followed her to the Great Hall.