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"Don't tell me it's a sin to love him instead of her.
Seriously, I mean look at him!"
Basically your traditional Wizarding World Marauders Era love story between two couples with a few twists.
Twists include lycanthropy, bicuriousity tur...
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On some level, I think it's kinda sweet how hard James tries to impress me but then I remember he's an inconsiderate, idiotic toerag who hates one of my best friends. But of course he took Remus in and they're best friends so I've learned to control my natural instincts which are to pull my hair out and throw stuff at him when he's around. It's just that I've had my fair share of guys but unfortunately they have all been rendered incompetent by myself or more importantly, by Remus. Of course I've had a little less luck now the entire school seems to think Remus and I are romantically acquainted, this is obviously because my school comprises of blithering idiots who couldn't identify a platonic relationship if it hexed them in the face. But if I'm being honest, it has its perks especially now since Remus is, well you know.
Anyway the whole reason I made the decision to bless these humble souls with my presence is because of Mary. We had gotten into a completely unreasonable and unnecessary argument that was -to put in the simplest and nicest way possible- caused by her raging hormones. She, despite being one of my best friends, was stupid enough to believe the newly bled rumours about me and Remus and thought it would jeopardize her chances of a relationship with him, an extremely shallow feat as her 'life-consuming crush' has been going on for about half an hour. Yeah me, that's the biggest reason a relationship with Remus wouldn't work, of course! Which is why I approached Remus' compartment, he's the only one I fully trust after Mary and my little conundrum. I mean I guess when I think about it, I can totally see why people see we're dating; we'd make an insanely cute couple but more on that later.
Unfortunately, I was bombarded with a butt load of James and his efforts of flirting, which usually I would have not only appreciated but maybe even reciprocated mildly. Of course James wouldn't realise it accounting for how stupid and oblivious he is 24/7/365. In fact, basically all the Marauders with the exception of Remus, are incredibly stupid. I mean those idiots still haven't figured out Remus swings both ways, and it's literally been 5 years and those imbeciles barely spend three seconds apart a day. I mean at least James and Sirius have an excuse, being so engrossed in each other, half the school thinks they're dating! But Peter has a reasonable mindset and spends enough time with Remus to have realized, considering I found out after a month of knowing Remus and watching an LGBT+ movie, not to mention I was 10 years old. Yes, Remus knew back then. Honestly it's not that hard!
So although I would have otherwise enjoyed the attempt at flattery, after my little spat, I just wasn't in the mood for it, and it may have come off as rather rude than the intended fed up.
"Could you just stop for a second!" I wanted to forget about the incident but at the same time wanted to organise my thoughts resulting in an outburst. It was rather abrupt and clearly unexpected based purely on the shocked faces staring at me, even Remus', which was really weird because he can usually anticipate my actions. James had returned to his usual seat, getting his and I quote, 'crotch out of Sirius' face' and his confidence and ego had sort of died out a little, something I had never experienced before.
In fact, I was so loud that I woke Peter up. He rose with a start, his head lightly hitting the window. He looked around the compartment, a smile creeping onto his face at the sight of James beside him, who was still taken aback, but as expected, Peter was far too oblivious to notice any kind of tension in the room and instead chose to focus on the 'stranger' in the compartment. He simply stared, his brows furrowed in mild confusion and his mouth hung open as if midway to questioning the situation but losing interest quickly and carrying on as if there wasn't -in his eyes- a stranger sitting among his best friends.
"So, are we there yet?" In all honesty, I was glad for Peter's mild stupidity, it gave me a chance to ignore the situation and the tension it held. I, after not much consideration -which is unlike me- came to the conclusion that if I was there any longer, the awkwardness would dwell until it crushed me so I didn't really have a choice. I gave a quick 'excuse me' to all those present, not waiting for anyone to protest and made my way out of the compartment towards my friends.
I took a quick detour to the bathroom to change into my robes considering our arrival approached. My new robes looked sleek as ever, the old cloth of memories of the previous year replaced every year. I was glad that I was put in Gryffindor, I was always reminded of this statement when I wore my robes, because now my robe linings match my dazzling hair. I can't begin to imagine if I was in any of the other houses. Like just thinking about bright red and emerald green honestly puts me on the verge of puke. So yes, I am grateful that I didn't evoke ideas of Christmas, not that I don't love it.
Anyway, I then rather reluctantly walked over to the girls' compartment comprising of my prior group of friends: Mary, Alice, Marlene and Olivia.
"Hey Lily. How's Re-Re?" Alice's smirk emerging as she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively. Of course, no one else knew of Remus' sexuality as we decided to keep it that way. He was not completely comfortable with revealing himself to the school and kind of wanted to survive Hogwarts without being exposed and just live with it without all the pressures after school ended. And I, fulfilling my role as the best friend, totally supported his decision and helped him with it, exceeding expectations as usual.
"I can't do this right now." I sat myself in between, with a Mary still half-fuming on the other side. My friends thankfully seemed to understand and didn't push for further information. Instead, they carried on making me feel less awkward which I was again thankful for.
"Ooh, we're here."
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PS. Lily's collage. Firstly, the bubbles are a direct metaphor for her bubbly personality but also how she can like burst at any time and you know. The books, exactly like in Remus' symbolise her love for reading, but also how, again like Remus, she seems boring, but if you get to know her, she is exciting and colourful. The Patronus is clearly hers. The dandelion shows how she looks delicate and how she sometimes grants people's wishes. Yay. The green eyes are hers, if you didn't know that, you're dumb. And finally, she smells like blueberries.
