Remus burst into laughter and shook his head, grinning in amusement. "Not a chance. I'm flying as solo as I always fly. No girl is gonna want to go with me and I don't fancy putting any of them in the sad position to reject me. That ain't right. I'm a gentlemen, I'll die alone without bothering them."

It wasn't that he felt it was entirely hopeless to get a date but usually when girls got interested, they were interested cause they couldn't get James or Sirius so they settled for him. He was the 'other one' ... which was better than what Peter had - he was the ugly one so, you know, could be worse.

"I'm going exclusively to watch James strike out with Lily. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother going." And that suited him just fine.