"Isn't assuming that she's dating or will be dating assuming that she's looking to become emotionally involved with others? Did she tell you she's seeing anyone else?" Sighing, Remus quirked an eyebrow as he tilted his head to look questioningly at his young friend. "Let me ask you this. You said you were mostly friends, but a little more. What was the little more?"
Remus was beginning to put one conversation and a second conversation together and get a couple of very confused young people. "It is the same. If you were miserable, then maybe it's because you were trying too hard to change who you are for the wrong person? With the right person, you won't need to change who you are so fundamentally just to be with them. You'll change, but the changes will be because you truly want them and you'll change together.
"I'm not saying this friend of yours is the right person. But, just that in general, you shouldn't count yourself out."
Remus shook his head, his own 'mind over nature' buttons having now been pushed. He didn't believe there was any instinctual part of his condition that he couldn't will himself to ignore. "It's still her decision whether she wants to deal with that sickness by staying close to you or staying away from you. Instincts can be overcome and controlled. Werewolves deal with that every day. I'm dealing with it right now as I talk to you, controlling instincts that whisper at me. It's a constant struggle against our natures just to survive. Feeling the urge, the jealousy, and acting on it are still two different things. It doesn't always feel like it, especially when those instincts are telling us to hurt someone, to kill someone. But, it can be done with practice."