Wendy couldn't help grinning at the look on Remus' face - as if he he wished the flagstones would open up and just swallow him whole. He was just so endearingly awkward, especially the first time he asked her out, when he stuttered so much that she mistakenly thought he was asking her about the score for the latest Holyhead Harpies game.
"I'd help you carry them but uh, I'm, uh, waiting for someone. To do, not illegal things with," Remus managed to stammer, as he helped her with her books. She was such a sucker for the nice guys, especially ones who treated books with as much love and respect as Remus did. Wendy had to squash the urge to tease him mercilessly about the "not illegal things with" part of his last sentence; making a comment about Black right now would probably send Remus to pieces. The poor boy looked even more jittery than usual, which was saying a lot for him.
She tilted her head to the side as she looked at him, hoisting up her stolen goods a little higher. "Everything peachy, Remy? You look a little like your head might explode. Just the tiniest smidge."
Ten to one, she thought, it had something to do with Black. You didn't need to be a seer to see that.
"Everythings fine! Yes! Lovely." He cursed himself inwardly. Lovely? Smooth Remus. Sirius would be so proud...
oh God, don't think about Sirius right now...
"Why wouldn't it be?"
Did my voice just squeak? I am so hopeless.
"Well, I, uh, wouldn't want to keep you from your... Books. Wonderful things really, books. I quite like them." He mananged not to glance around wildly. If only James would show up and save him from his own awkwardness...
"I'd help you carry them but uh, I'm, uh, waiting for someone. To do, not illegal things with," Remus managed to stammer, as he helped her with her books. She was such a sucker for the nice guys, especially ones who treated books with as much love and respect as Remus did. Wendy had to squash the urge to tease him mercilessly about the "not illegal things with" part of his last sentence; making a comment about Black right now would probably send Remus to pieces. The poor boy looked even more jittery than usual, which was saying a lot for him.
She tilted her head to the side as she looked at him, hoisting up her stolen goods a little higher. "Everything peachy, Remy? You look a little like your head might explode. Just the tiniest smidge."
Ten to one, she thought, it had something to do with Black. You didn't need to be a seer to see that.
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oh God, don't think about Sirius right now...
"Why wouldn't it be?"
Did my voice just squeak? I am so hopeless.
"Well, I, uh, wouldn't want to keep you from your... Books. Wonderful things really, books. I quite like them." He mananged not to glance around wildly. If only James would show up and save him from his own awkwardness...
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