"I am going to hang her by her bright red hair and—hullo, Evans!"
"Hullo, Sirius. James and I were just going to snog in by the fireplace, weren't we?"
"Of course, love."
"Okay, then. We'll just leave you and Remus to have a nice, long talk on the couch that NO ONE IN THE COMMON ROOM WILL GO NEAR UNLESS THEY WANT TO BE DISEMBOWLED. Have fun!"
"That was…er…strange."
"Hello, Moony."
"Go ahead and sit down, Padfoot."
"Of course. Er…"
"This is awkward."
"Yes it is."
"Thanks have been awkward lately, haven't they?"
"Yeah, they have."
"Weird, huh?"
"Very weird."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"So…look at Evans and Prongs. Never would have thought that those two would have gotten together, huh?"
"I suspected. She said that she…er…loved him for a long time, but was too stubborn to admit it."
"Which was why she invented new hexes to keep him away from her?"
"Basically, yes."
"People in love are strange, aren't they?"
"Yes."
"Prongs is even reading for her. Something other than comic books and dirty magazines, which he hasn't touched since they got together."
"It's almost frightening."
"Yeah."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Evans told you, didn't she?"
"Told me what?"
"I knew this would happen! I knew it! Why did I—"
"What?"
"Moony, I'm sorry. So sorry. I didn't mean…just forget about it, okay? It isn't important. Just an infatuation of sorts. Nothing serious. She exaggerated. She and James are insane."
"So…he told you? Didn't he? That's why you're… It's okay. I'll forget about it. You're right. Just an infatuation. James must have told you…and she was exaggerating…so…"
"I didn't mean…"
"Yeah…"
"So…"
"Yeah…"
"And…I'm just sorry. You know? Lily and James…quite the pair. Too damn clever and confident for their own good. So she just exaggerated…and he was too…so…"
"Yeah."
"And…"
"Yeah…"
"Good. I didn't want you to hate me because Evans had the silly notion that I was madly in love with you."
"Yeah. Wait…what?"
"Um…that's what she said…right? James told me that she was telling you…that I…loved you. In a more-than-best-mates kind of way."
"She didn't…"
"What? She…and I… I just rambled for nothing?"
"I thought James told you."
"Told me what?"
"So he didn't tell you?"
"Lily didn't tell you?"
"She didn't tell me…that."
"What was James going to tell me?"
"Um…nothing."
"Moony, I already told you what Evans didn't tell you…that. So what didn't James didn't tell me?"
"Um…same."
"Same?"
"Yeah."
"So…strange minds think alike, right?"
"Right."
"Yeah. That's good. So…they didn't lie. I don't know where they come up with this stuff."
"Yeah."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Sirius?"
"Yeah?"
"James…wouldn't be lying."
"What?"
"He just…"
"What is it?"
"If he would have said that…he wouldn't have been making it up."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Really."
"Wow."
"I know. It's okay, though, Padfoot. I don't expect—"
"No, that wasn't what I was wowing about."
"What were you wowing about?"
"The fact that for two smart people, we're very stupid."
"What do you mean?"
"We're both utterly clueless."
"How?"
"Because both of them were right."
"Lily and James?"
"Yeah."
"You mean…?"
"Yeah. I love you too, Moony."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"That was…nice."
"I just snogged you in front of the whole common room and all you can say is that it was 'nice'?"
"It was very nice."
"…"
"…"
"Let's go upstairs."
"Why?"
"Because all of the clapping and cheering is giving me a headache, and I want to snog my boyfriend in peace."
"I agree."
"So…"
"So…"
"Maybe Evans and James aren't as devious as we thought."
"I'll make sure to thank them at some point."
"After I'm done snogging you senseless?"
"Much after."
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"I think we make very good matchmakers, Mr. Potter, even if we did have to resort to yelling at them."
"Did you scare poor Moony?"
"He admitted to being in love with Sirius. It worked in the end."
"We should start a matchmaking service. How about 'Potter and Evans: Matchmakers Extraordinaire'?"
"I like it…but it should be 'Evans and Potter', not 'Potter and Evans'."
"How about just 'The Potters'?"
"I like that. I like that very much."
"As much as Pads and Moony love each other?"
"Possibly even more."