𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 [𝙧. 𝙡𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙣]

chapter seven

REMUS

 James is the only person I know who had the temerity and just plain idiocy to do such a thing. When he woke up it was the first thing he spoke of.  

 "D'you guys think Evans would go out with me if she saw me with another girl?" he asked. I really didn't care about James' lovey-dovey problems at that moment, so I groaned and told him to go back to sleep.

 "I dunno," said Sirius. "It seems like a pretty stupid thing to do."

 "But would it work?" James wondered.

 "Maybe," said Sirius.

 "Yes, but would it?" James asked. 

  "Yeah! Yeah, it would!" I said, pulling the blankets over my head. If I had to listen to James one more time...

 "Thanks, Moony," said James, his voice sounding a little distant. I pulled the blankets off so I could shoot him a good glare, but he had already disappeared into the bathroom. 

 "It's not gonna work," said Sirius.

 I suppressed a snort. "You think?"

 But, more than surprisingly, when James returned from the Hufflepuff table he had a huge grin on his face.

 "It didn't work, did it?" asked Sirius.

 James sat down, the smile never leaving his face. "Oh, it worked."

 "Who'd you ask?" Peter asked. 

 James turned around to face the Hufflepuff table then turned back to us, as though he was afraid of being caught doing something wrong. 

 "Flynn," he said proudly.

 "No," said Sirius in disbelief. "You can't have."

 "I did, dear Padfoot, and she said yes," said James. 

 "What did you ask her for?" I asked. "Are you trying to get yourself killed?" 

 "Relax, Moony," said James. "Like I said, she's not my real girlfriend."

 "Well, that just makes it worse!" I exclaimed. 

"You were the one who told me it was a good idea, this morning." said James. Sirius started snickering as I covered my face with my hands.

"Besides," continued James, "I had to leave Leah for you."

"What?"

"Yeah," said James. "Wouldn't be fair for me to take her 'cause you two already have a thing going."

"We don't have a thing going," I said, struggling to keep my voice even. James gave me this knowing look from over the top of his glasses, and I was just about ready to deal him a telling off or something.

"I thought you said she was pretty," said Sirius.

"I didn't say it directly," I protested.

"I'm not three years old, Moony. That's basically the same thing." said Sirius.

"Why are you doing this to me?" I groaned.

"We're your best friends," said James. "What else are we supposed to do?"

Yes, I made a very wide decision when befriending these people.

"Go bother Sirius about his love life," I said. It only took me a second to realize what I had just said. Damn it, Remus, you really are good at messing things up. I wondered how Sirius was going to get out of this one.