Confessions
His jaw was unhinged, his hands were paralyzed around Lily's waist, who looked calmer than ever. At least, he wasn't the only one surprised at the confession; Marlene, smiling like a fool, started to clap her hands, but Mary got up from the couch and left the house through the front door.
“Wait, Mary!” Sirius called after the girl.
Lupin stared at the floor, his cheeks flushed and somewhat worried about everyone's reaction. Peter wasn't entirely happy either, instead he gave a long sigh and shrugged his shoulders.
Both girls, who were neither angry nor surprised, pounced on Lupin, especially Lily, who even complimented Remus.
“You're telling that Lily knew!” James exclaimed. Lily stuck her tongue out at him, “Even before we did! I mean, I didn't know you were gay, just shy. It doesn't bother me that you like boys, it's actually okay that you like boys, because that would mean that from our group, there shouldn't be another gay anymore. Or so it was supposed to…”
“I like women” Marlene added, giving Remus a kiss on the forehead.
“That's not the point Marls! You're a lesbian, not gay” James clarified, trying not to get lost in his train of thought. “What I'm getting at… What was my point?… I remembered! Sirius, he's a liar! He made me think he was into girls, when all this time he was with you!”
“James, you don't know anything about the LGBTQ+ community” Marlene said. “B, for bisexual. Do you even know what that word means?”
James looked at her with confusion. He shook his head and said.
“L-G-B What? Look Marls, we're getting off the point, as far as I understand it there are only: straight bastards, gays who are too good to be straight and lesbians who are too pretty to be straight” he explained. Marlene rolled her eyes and said no more. “Moony tell me why? Because Sirius didn't say anything to me first. He and I… Bloody hell! I want to hit him for being a lying bastard.”
“He… I tried to get him to tell you, personally” Remus excused, “but he was afraid of, I-I-what-know, maybe you'd get mad at him or end their friendship.” Remus looked up, and saw that through James' glasses, he had started to cry. “Why are you crying? I should be crying!”
“I'm not crying!” James turned around and rubbed his eyes, before continuing to speak. “It's just… Sirius. There's not supposed to be any secrets between us.”
Not taking it anymore, Remus got up from the couch and walked over to James. He was more than a head taller than him, but still, he squeezed his shoulders.
“Well, he's not hiding anything now, is he?” Lupin concluded, James sniffled, and without holding it in, he hugged Remus.
“Wait! Why are you hugging me now?”
“You two are such jerks. Since when you started dating?” James muttered, shaking Remus, “You know what, you better not tell me! I hope they didn't do anything while me and Pete' were sleeping.”
Lily started laughing, as did Marlene. Lupin, hearing this last, his whole face lit up, something that didn't go unnoticed by James
“For Merlin's sake!”
“W-we haven't done anything.”
“I don't believe you!”
“That's why Sirius had those marks on his neck!” added Peter, embarrassing Lupin further.
“And the scratches on your back” James pointed out, “Damn! I thought it was because of that other one.”
The girls were suddenly alarmed and grabbed Lupin from both sides.
“What's that other one?!”
“NOTHING!”
They could insist no more, because Mary re-entered the room, her eyes bathed in tears. All she did, was give Lupin a look of hatred, before locking herself in the girls' dormitory.
Lupin became despondent again and sat down on the couch. He was glad he wasn't at Hogwarts and instead was in the middle of the Potter room. When James' parents had decided to go out to watch a movie.
Sirius, came in again, pouting his lips and his cheek with the mark of a recent slap.
“Did Mary just slap you?!” James asked, very surprised. Sirius nodded and rejoined the group. “I guess she'll get over it.”
Sirius sought out Lupin and sat down next to him, somewhat dejected, sighed and then exclaimed:
“Why didn't anyone tell me that, in third and fourth, I was a big jerk?”
“I told you about a dozen times,” Lupin replied, “but since you never listen to me….”
“Lupin, but you should have yelled it at me!”
“I hit you with a book! Now don't yell at me!” He snorted, crossing his arms, “Now she's mad at me, for your hormonal actions!”
“Yeah… but don't yell at me.”
“You yelled at me first.”
“And you're yelling at me!”
“I'm not yelling at you!”
The rest of their friends started laughing, the boys stopped fighting for a minute and looked at them in confusion. The most hilarious was James.
“What are they laughing about?” Sirius questioned.
“They're fighting like a newlywed couple!” James slapped Sirius on the shoulder, “Why didn't I notice that before? But it was more than clear!”
Sirius sat back down with his arms crossed.
“Marls, you need to tell me more about this LGYA+ community thing!” James said
“LGBTQ+” corrected the girl.
“Same thing. Besides don't be silly Sirius, you were the one with the unleashed hormones!”
“Let me tell you, the Muggles in the cinema were your idea! Not to mention that stupid bet!”
James was about to reply, but Lily held James by the red polo shirt, and with a Machiavellian grin said:
“What Muggle girls, Potter?”
“I can explain… Darling.”
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The GIF below is a nonsense, but it's too Remus to ignore. Sorry not Sorry
