He felt especially pathetic because after James and Lily’s date, when James had reappeared raving about how well it went and how they were planning to hang out the next day, his first thought had been that maybe with James out of the way as an option he and Sirius would actually have a chance. He hated how quick he was to accept being second choice. But then of course he was; Sirius and James had always been the closest, they’d always been the funny ones, James was confident and outgoing and popular, he was the quidditch star. Remus was just... Remus. He wasn’t being horribly down on himself or anything, he knew he had some things going for him; he was pretty smart, not terrible looking, he liked to think he was a nice person... But he wasn’t as much fun as the other two, he was a bit bookish, more plain, and a werewolf...