Amour

vingt-trois

Lily and Charlotte had become rather good friends by now, spending most days with Marlene there was no reason not to be. Although one thing that bothered Lily slightly, was that Charlotte was constantly having to talk into this wand or try and mask her accent just to form a coherent conversation.  

That, Lily decided, was not okay. Marlene had the advantage of being bilingual, speaking French was a walk in the park for her. And that is why Lily found herself in the library today, Wizarding Languages From Around The World open in front of her.   

It was pretty difficult to not marvel over Kelpie or Mermish. She didn't understand how all these different screams could translate into actual words. But by the end of the week, Lily was quite confident in her understanding, and went for a walk to test it out. 

James, Peter and Sirius were messing around by the black lake, as always. She wondered why Remus hung out with them at all. 

"Peter, I bet if we chucked you in the lake, the Giant Squid would drag you to the bottom!"  James jumped at the already shaking boy, making him cry out and leap away. 

"Fuck you! Sirius control your beast!" 

"I am not seeing anythinggg," He grinned, covering his hands with his eyes. 

Lily sat down on the grass, in sight but still hidden. Remus decided to show up a few arguments later, sitting by the lakes edge with a book. 

Now, she knew that Sirius was into men, she didn't know that there was a specific one. Not that looking over at someone every few minutes, or seeking out a  single persons reaction when you've done something meant you liked them. But it was a pretty good indicator and Lily was hitting herself for not knowing sooner. 

And it wasn't like the actions weren't reciprocated.

"Oi, Remus, ten Galleons to jump in the lake!" James shouted over when it was starting to get dark. 

"Ten!?" 

"Yup!" 

"Ugh, fine, but just because I need money for presents." 

"WHEYYYY!" James and Peter yelled simultaneously, making Sirius laugh.

"Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck-" Remus said, jumping into the--probably freezing--water. "I'M GOING TO FREEZE MY BALLS OFF OH MY FUCKING GOD!" 

"s'il te plait ne!" Sirius shouted back, not using the translation charm. Please don't!

Lily snapped her head around, but surely it was just friendly humour? She didn't know what guys talked about...

Hm. 

"Oh fuck me," Remus got out the water, probably about to turn blue. 

"oh je souhaite..." Sirius said again, very much looking at his soaked clothes. Oh I wish. 

Okay, Lily thought, Definitely not friendly humour. Oh my God, this is perfect, they are like opposites and so cute and Sirius will make Remus go out more and Remus will make Sirius concentrate more and they're getting married. It has to happen, it will happen.

Oh my fucking God!

"I'm going for a shower that will melt my skin off, but I'll enjoy it" Remus groaned, walking away. 

"I am joining!" Sirius jumped up. Remus went discretely red before Sirius corrected himself, "up to dorm, in tower yes?" 

"Mhm," Remus turned and left. 

"Brilliant!" James added with a smile, trying to fill the silence.

Lily jumped up, dusting off her ridiculous skirt (She still wished they could wear jeans as a part of the uniform) and trotted off to find Marlene and Charlotte. They were out in the courtyard, sat on the ground  with a deck of cards open.