Seeing James so completely smitten made Remus think that maybe he could find love.

Hey, don't get him wrong, he knows Lily has no interest in his best friend at all, but the way James looks at her makes him think that someone will look at him like that one day. That's a thought that makes him smile.

And Sirius keeps on ditching them to go hang out with a boy he likes. They all know he likes them, Sirius just refuses to admit it.

If his two most insufferable friends have found themselves absolutely head over heels, then he's sure he'll find the right person eventually. Sure, the two aren't werewolves or anything, but he likes to think he has a better personality than them both combined.

But for now though... he's perfectly happy being single. Although he probably has more of a chance at actually finding a relationship than James does. And Sirius would rather keep pining for his mystery boy than actually doing anything about it.

And it doesn't matter. He's still got time. He doesn't need a relationship right now. And it's not like a relationship will solve all his problems. Maybe a lot of them, but not all of them.

Peter, however, is just as hopeless as he is when it comes to a love life. And he feels bad for thinking like this, but it does make him feel a little better.

Right now, this situation he finds himself in is so cliché he wishes he could go back in time and make sure it never happened. He's in the library, he reached for a book, someone else reached for the same book, their hands touched, and now it's just awkward.

Remus quickly withdraws his hand, stuffing it in his pocket. "Uhm, you can have the book," he says, looking away. "I don't really need it urgently anyway."