Sirius chuckled, still amazed that James had finally won his girl. He closed his eyes for a moment, hating to think that it seemed lonely, with the year starting to wind down, with them each moving in different directions and with James now looking forward to starting a life with the love of his life. Even Peter seemed like in a few short months he would be off in a brand new world with him moving to Wales for an internship once the school year finished.<br/><br/>He didn't like these, thoughts, though, so he picked up his glass of fire whiskey and turned to James, raising it and toasting, "To you and Lily, may you succeed in making her very happy. We already know from the noises common to broom closets these days that she pleases you rather well!" He then took a good sized swing and smiled at his best friend.<br/><br/>Lowering his voice, he asked, "And now that you have the bonny lass, what are you going to do about our bet? I agreed to do one task of your choosing should you ever succeed in winning her heart..."<br/><br/><br/><br/>Racheal breathed in the scent of Dervish & Banges, musty and full of strange magical spells, though it was. At least it was better the breathing in the scent of Lupin and the scent of lust that mixed with her sweat whenever he was close these days... Damn it!<br/><br/>She hated it! The feeling that always formed in the pit of her stomach at his presence, the calm he brought her once her stomach had settled, the desire to protect him, the fact that she just wanted to plain old fuck him. It was annoying as all hell. Severus would only make it worse, Remus' friends would insist that any Slytherin was a mistake, which left Meagen. So here she was, in the old nick-knack shop shop about to ask the other girl for advice.<br/><br/>"Hey... Meagen, you think well enough of Lupin, right?" she began, feeling immediately stupid for the fact that nerves disrupted her usually blunt nature.