Seems like in those discussions it's always the people who know the least that say the most. [Remus shrugs, trying to ignore the irrational stab of guilt.

He can sense the way the conversation is going; it's wholly expected, but it still makes him intensely nervous.] I like to think so. I know you don't always agree with my other choices in friends, but... [Merlin, this sounds an awful lot like someone's about to ask someone else on a date. Probably looks it too. Good thing no one else is around, the rumors would be intolerable.]