Remus John Lupin had a problem. It was not a small problem, either. True, it wasn’t quite on the same level as what James so eloquently described as his “furry little problem” but it was still a major issue. In approximately thirty eight minutes (not that he was counting), he had a date. With a girl. Splashing some cold water onto his face in a vague attempt to calm his nerves, he stepped out of his bathroom into the dormitory, where his friends were waiting. “Do I look ok? I really wasn’t sure what to wear. Is it too formal? Too casual?” He fretted, tugging at the collar of his shirt.
“For Merlin’s sake Moony, it’s only a date. I don’t know why you’re getting in such a flap about it!” James laughed, “If Peter can survive his first one, …show more content…
Moments later a small object was launched in Remus’s direction. Presumably Sirius had intended for Remus to catch it, being all too accustomed to throwing things at James, the star chaser. However, he had clearly forgotten that Remus was in fact, not a star chaser at all, and that he wasn’t even a spectator most of the time. In the time it took for Remus to process this, the thing had bounced off of his forehead, leaving a small red mark, and landed on the floor, skidding a few metres.
“He’s a muggle char… ow!” Remus bent over to pick up the object, and was slightly mollified upon finding that it was a chocolate frog, and not- as he had first thought- a small rock.
“I thought it might calm your nerves slightly,” Sirius explained with a lopsided grin, however Remus responded with a small frown, unwrapping the frog and peering at it myopically as it squirmed in his hand. After nearly six years, he knew better than to accept food from any of his friends without inspecting it carefully first, unless he wanted to turn a bizarre colour, or to lose the ability to speak anything other than Gobbledegook for several hours. Or days, as had once happened to poor Peter.
“Your mistrust wounds me!” Sirius exclaimed dramatically, “Even I would not be so cruel as to sabotage your first