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43: Remus Lupin - Emotions

House: Slytherin

 "Hey Remus!" I said excitedly as I saw him enter the defence against the dark arts classroom followed by his three friends.

"Hi (y/n)... good summer?" He asked and my eyes widened with happiness at the question.

"It was great thank you! How about you, did you do anything fun?" I asked eagerly.

"Not much if I'm honest. I guess it was nice to be home at least for a little," he said. He glanced back at his friends who were sitting down at the some of the desks at the back of the classroom. "I should probably go."

"O-okay- yeah, of course," a little bit of unhappiness crept up on me at his sudden departure. I watched him go as he sat beside Black, Potter and Pettigrew occupying the desk in front of them.

"Smooth," Charlotte, my closest friend teased me but I rolled my eyes. She knew of my incredible crush on Remus - in fact I think it was hard not to notice it as I wasn't exactly discreet. The extent of my feelings for Remus were probably bordering love at this point, as I'd had feelings for him for years. He had never outright declined my feelings and because we were now in seventh year I knew I had little time to woo him. "What do you even see in him?"

"What do you mean? He's smart, handsome, funny and obviously brave. I mean those scars must have awesome stories behind them," I said dreamily, looking back at him and accidentally locking eyes with Black. I looked away sharpish, my cheeks heating up but thankfully the professor came in and began the class.

Throughout the class I found myself looking back towards Remus' desk but I always awkwardly caught eye contact with Black instead of my crush. "Miss (l/n)," the professor suddenly asked, snapping my head back to the front of the class. "Is there something interesting at the back of the classroom?"

"N-no sir, sorry sir," I muttered awkwardly, keeping my attention on my desk. Beside me Charlotte chuckled but I decided to try not to think about Remus for the rest of the lesson. Thankfully the lesson went by quickly so we were soon packing up our parchment and quills ready for the morning break. I glanced over to Remus who was laughing with his three friends, the four of them heading out the classroom as a group.

"Okay (y/n), I'm gonna be serious with you," Charlotte suddenly said as we left the classroom together. "You've had feelings for him for years but you've never properly spent time with him outside of classes. You've had the occasional conversation granted, but that's all it's been. I don't want to sound harsh but maybe... maybe you should move on to someone else," she suggested much to my surprise.

"But last year you kept on saying I should go for it. We got quite close last year, I mean we sat together in potions and spent ages working together on the potions," I defended and she sighed. "Plus we had a conversation only this morning. The only reason we were interrupted was because class was starting."

"(y/n) you only asked how each other was," she said and I felt a little pang in my heart.

"Even still... I think I have a chance. After all, he's never turned me down, and I think I've caught him blushing from time to time," I said with a confident smile.

"I just don't want you to get hurt... I don't want you to be desperately chasing Remus and miss the chance to have someone else," Charlotte said.

"I know you're just looking out for me, but I know Remus is the one," I said and she sighed.

"If you're so sure then it seems I can't change your mind. C'mon, lets take a breather in the courtyard before heading to transfigurations," she said, taking my hand and running out of the school and into the sunshine.