Remus Lupin One-shots

Teasing and Secrets

Lily and I had always been best friends. We met on the first day of first year and have been inseparable since. Which is why we knew more about each other than ourselves. Somewhere along the last six years, we became closer to the marauders and secretly, we both were hoping (against the odds for me) that we'd find love within that group.

One night we were the only two in our dorm, me in bed with a book and Lily looking through her trunk for something. I looked over at her and remembered something I had noticed earlier that day.

"Hey, Lils?"

"Yeah?"

"This morning, I couldn't help, but notice that you were staring at something during breakfast." She stopped rummaging through her trunk. "Or rather someone. A certain dark haired admirer of yours."

She turned to face me. "I was not staring. I glanced at him a couple times because he wouldn't stop staring at me." She stood up and walked over to sit on her bed.

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure? 'Cause being the fairly observant person that I am, I remember James being very interested in the sports section of the Daily Prophet all morning and not even you could take his mind of the results of a quidditch game."

She didn't answer, just moved the covers so she could get under them.

"Oh my god! You are finally starting to fall for James fucking Potter! After years of chasing you, he has finally had an effect. This is to good. I can't believe it! Don't get all sappy on me Lily, 'cause I know what happens after the first stage." I teased.

"What do mean 'first stage'?"

"The first stage of having a crush. The first stage is realization. Then comes all the gooey romantic stuff, all the cute thoughts about him. You start to think about the colour of his eyes and how you could get lost in them. I know that stage, please don't tell me any of your thoughts when you are in that stage. They get sickeningly sweet."

Lily frowned at me. "The only reason you know all this is because you're over the moon for Remus!"

"HEY-... was that a werewolf joke?"

"Yep."

"Nice one. I do NOT like Remus!"

"Oh that's right, I'm sorry, you love him!"

I sat up on my knees, facing Lily and putting my book on the table beside me. "And you love James!"

"No, I don't!"

"Okay... sounds fake, but okay."

"I don't love him."

"Than what was with you eye fucking him this morning!?"

"As if you don't do the same thing to Remus!"

"I don't!"

"Really? So all those times you weren't paying attention in class and had to ask for my notes? That wasn't because you couldn't take your eyes off him?"

"My mind wanders in class okay?"

"Yeah, only in the classes that we have with him!"

"That's it! I'm telling James!"

"You tell James and I'll tell Remus!"

We stared at each other for a moment. I looked at the clock on the wall to see that it was just past midnight.

"I'm tired, wanna continue this tomorrow?"

"Yeah. 'Night Y/N/N."

"Goodnight, Lils." I said, picking up my wand and muttering a spell to turn out the light. "Tomorrow's gonna be a mess, isn't it?"