Close, but still so far away. Without something to tie the two thoughts together, they couldn't make contact. The Wizards had put too much work into making sure Muggles didn't really believe in them. That magic wasn't real and it was all fantasy. Some came close to the truth than they knew, like Jake, but they didn't cross into it.

"Pick a time and date or two, but let me know a head of time. I'll do my best to make sure above all else that I have off work and am awake." He smiled at that. "I know most people aren't the night owls I am." Thought Remus was.