"Lily, wait!" Remus pushed his chair back as he stood up but he went no further from his spot by the table. He expected Lily to be upset, of course, who wouldn't be upset given these developments?
But...but what?
His hands were in fists, holding onto the table and his pants as he thought about...why he had called Lily, why he was on his feet why...
Remus didn't think, he couldn't. Not now, not while everything feels like they're all by an edge. He still disagreed with Lily but what if he was wrong? But what if she was wrong? Like they were wrong with Peter, his good friend no matter what she might say of him...
"Forgive me, Lily," he said. "Please forgive me, Lily." That was all he could say.