Chapter 4
“James, help” sirius exclaimed as soon as the two boys were alone. DADA had been a rollercoaster and sirius still hadnt fully processed everything that had happened. “He was my boggart! And then he checked on me! And then i put my hand really close to his and he didnt move it! Hes so warm prongs! I could feel the heat radiating off his body. I want to hold his hand!”
James just looked up from his bed at sirius who was wearing a hole in the carpet from his pasing. “Damn, your really gone for him arent you.” he remarked.
Sirius fell down onto the bed. “I am. James i dont know what to do. I cant stand this. Hes so close and im not allowed to get closer. How am i supposed to deal with it?!”
James shook his head. “I dont know mate. Is flirting not working?”
“Well i mean he keeps looking at lily whenever i flirt with him! Hes probably thinking about how inlove he is with her! I mean i cant keep flirting with him if it's reminding him of his love for lily!”
“Im sorry mate, i dont know how to help you with this.” james said, sounding genuinly lost.
“Merlin, i just need to get over him already. Its not going to happen and i just need to accept that.”
James looked at him sadly but didnt object.
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“He was flirting with me Lils!!!!” Remus cried. He and lily were sitting my the black lake having a “romantic” picnic and ranting.
“Did you see him??? He looked right at me when slughorn was talking about love potions and was blowing me kisses!!!!” Remus tried to remember that Sirius was a flirt and he did that with everyone but it felt different. “He’s so pretty lily!!!”
“Lily was not paying attention at all. “Ok but like did you see Mary???? She’s so gorgeous and her eyeliner is soooo pretty.”
“WAIT” Remus cut in. “Do you think they do each others makeup????” The thought was distressing.
“No there’s no way!” Lily tried to convince herself. She hated the idea. She wanted nothing more than for Mary to do her makeup and the idea of her doing that for someone else was distressing.
The thought of Mary sitting on her hips and doing her makeup made her blush and Remus gave her a look.
“What’s got you blushing?” He asked.
“Oh I’m just thinking about Mary.” She responded.
“Well I got that. I want deets babe.” Remus said with a smile.
“Ugh fine, I was thinking about her doing my makeup. Her skilled hands making my pretty.” She said looking at him with faux exasperation.
“You would know all about her skilled hands wouldn’t you.” Remus said, full on laughing at this point.
“Oh shut up” lily said, throwing a pillow at him. “Besides your not much better. If I have to hear you wax lyrically about Sirius’s hands again I’ll kill myself”
“Their just so pretty!” Remus cried dramatically, dodging another thrown pillow.
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“She’s so pretty!” Mary exclaimed. She and Peter were hanging out for a gossip sesh but it quickly turned into Mary ranting about Lily… again. Peter considered telling Mary Lily liked her back but he knew Lily had something planned.
God why did he have to be such a romantic. It was ironic how invested he was in all his friends love life’s when he had no interest in a love life of his own. Even if he didn’t want his own romance didn’t mean he couldn’t assist in the romances of others. He had played wingman so many times he was becoming an expert. He had to admit it was fun helping plan large romantic gestures and in this case that meant listening to Mary rant without tell her her crush was reciprocated.
“She’s so smart and good at quidditch and I love her so much” Mary was saying. “I love her hands. God you should see how she looks when she’s focused on an assignment. Her tounge sticks out a bit when she concentrates and her hands fly over the paper. It’s so hot.”
Peter smiled. He was excited for the reveal. Having his friends together would be nice. He hoped that Sirius and Remus would figure their shit out soon. Then he could focus all his energy on James and regulus and all his friends would be happy. He’s glad that Marlene and Dorcas finally got together and he might of had more to do with it than most people knew. He had been behind most of the major couples in his circle (and almost every breakup in his year, he didn’t keep grudges he just gets his revenge)
“I just need to get over her I guess.” Mary sighed. “She’s clearly straight and I’m just making myself miserable.”
At this Peter cut in. He didn’t want Mary to be completely hopeless. “She’s not straight”
“What.” Mary said stunned.
“Yeah she’s bisexual” Peter felt a bit bad for outing Lily but he was sure it would be ok in the end.
“Oh” Mary said and she had a bit more energy in her voice. Peter smiled. He hoped everything would work out.