Just Like Me -Remus Lupin

7.

"I'm sorry, love, but I have to go," Remus said as we put on his prefect badge. I was sitting on his bed, reading a book. Sirius and James were practicing and Pete was there watching, as usual.

"You've went to every single one of these. It's okay to miss just one," I groaned

"But just because I can, doesn't mean I will," he chuckled as he leaned against the dresser, crossing his legs and folding his arms over his chest.

"Remmy," I pleaded as I got up and walked over to him. "Please,"

"I can't," he said.

"Just this once. I promise I won't ask again for the rest of my life, I swear by it,"

"Why do you want me to stay so bad, anyway?"

"You're always gone. Either doing your rounds with Lily, or executing your pranks on Snape. We never get time alone,"

"Well it's kind of hard. Keeping you a secret from these gits is a lot harder than it seems," he chuckled

"You think you have it hard? My roommates are nosy as hell. I love them, but it's getting hard coming up with new excuses every night when I sneak out,"

"I'm sorry," he sighed. "I just want something to be mine. Not anybody else's. Mine,"

"Well you haven't made anything official, so I can do as I please," I joked. "Is Sirius still single?"

"Oh sod off," he said. I hooked my arms around his neck and kissed him. We were soon interrupted by James, Sirius, and Peter bursting through the door.

"What the hell!?" James yelled

Quickly, I pulled away from Remus. The three boys looked at us in shock. "Well done, Moony!" Sirius chuckled as he patted him on the back.

"Don't to that," James said. "He's was just snogging my bloody sister!"

"Technically, she kissed me," Remus said

"It doesn't matter! You two still had each other's tongues down your throats!"

"Christ, James. It was just a kiss, you act like you caught us shagging," I said

"It's basically the same thing!"

"Can we talk without you overreacting?" I asked

Remus, Sirius, and Peter all left the room. "How long?" James asked

"2 weeks,"

"You better pray to the gods that I don't strangle him,"

"We're not even related, James," I said as I crossed my arms over my chest.

"We might as well be, considering you live with me!" We stayed in silence for a moment. "There are going to be rules,"

"James-"

"No. You two are my best friends, I feel like this is perfectly reasonable. Rule number 1: his hands don't go further than your shoulders. Rule number 2: don't snog in front of me, seeing what I saw today traumatized me enough,"

"You can't control everything I do with him,"

"Yes I can," he said

"No you can't. I'm older than you, just so you know," I said

"And? You're still my sister," I rolled my eyes and scoffed.  "I could've let you live in an orphanage, Calista," he growled

"Yeah, but you didn't! And I wish you had, because if you did, I would be able to do as I fucking please with my own fucking boyfriend!"