Sempiternal Romance |Remus Lupin

Chapter Four

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"Remus? Why would he have my book? It's mine, not his." Mare frowns, "it even has my name on the inside, and it's a sixth year book. There's no reason for him to have it."

"I don't know, Mare. He came in our dorm with two Defence textbooks and you said you lost yours so I put two and two together."

"Look at you, James, using your brain. I'm proud." Mare pats him on the head, "that doesn't explain why he took my book, though."

"Like I said, I don't know why he still has it. We've asked him about it but he doesn't respond. He's being very secretive lately and none of us are liking it. It's uncomfortable, ya know? He's not usually like this."

"Who are we talking about?" Sirius asks, putting an elbow on the desk and he leans down in front of James.

"Remus." Mare answers, causing Sirius to scrunch up his face.

"Ah yes. The bastard who won't tell us things."

"Remus, you mean?" Peter asks appearing beside Mare, he puts a hand on her shoulder, squeezing it with a smile.

Sirius stands up straight, "speak of the devil... Hey, Remus!"

Remus walks over, standing beside Sirius. He looks at Mare quickly before turning his attention to Sirius who was making silly faces to make Peter giggle. Remus sighs while watching his friends goof around before class. He returns his attention to Mare who was watching Sirius and James in amusement as they were making ridiculous faces at each other to see who could make the worst one, having Peter be the judge.

"Why don't you paint a picture, it'll last longer." Mare says with a smirk, causing Remus to look away from her rubbing his neck with a soft awkward chuckle.

"Why paint a picture? That takes longer than staring." Sirius points out, sharing the same cocky smirk as Mare.

"Gives you something to do." Mare shrugs.

Frieda enters the classroom, frowning when seeing the four boys surrounding Mare. She flicks the blonde hair from her face before walking over and standing beside Sirius with a grimace.

"You're in my seat, James."

"Oh yes, I noticed."

Frieda scoffs, glaring at James as Sirius switches his attention to her, watching in amusement at her angered facial expression. Peter squeaks at her expression while Mare chuckles, James gulping and Remus' eyes had returned to Mare.

"Sit by.....Lily." James says softly, not wanting to grab the attention of the bubbly redhead who was speaking to a Ravenclaw, "I'd like to sit by Mare."

"Why's that?" Asks Frieda, cocking an eyebrow.

"I'd like to sit by the smartest Dark Arts student.... She'll give me all the answers."

Mare laughs loudly, "yeah, right, James. I don't even have my textbook right now. It's missing."

"Doesn't mean you don't know what the Professor is talking about."

Remus squints at her when she mentions the textbook. She'd already told everyone hers was missing and she brought it up again. Did she know Remus has it? Did one of the guys tell her. It was a mystery Remus wanted to solve.

"Frieda just sit in front of me, Lily will accompany you possibly." Mare smiles weakly, causing Frieda to huff in annoyance before sitting down in the table in front of hers.