A/N: Okay, so... I'm REALLY sorry about this, but I have been forced to re-publish edited editions of the previously published chapters, as I've made a million tiny, but important changes. SORRY!

Disclaimer: They are not mine, they never have been and never will be... They belong to JK Rowling, aka God...sighs

Warning: Lots of fluff and lots of slash.

Sirius loves Remus.

Telling James

"JAMES! I need to talk to you, right now! It's urgent and it cannot wait." Sirius looked a James with eyes wide open and a rare pleading look. James had only seen his friend this upset once before… He knew this meant big news.

"Oh well, okay Siri… where do you want to talk?"

"Outside, by the Quidditch field. It's private there and I really don't want people listening to this."

Sirius was acting really strange. He was nervous, eager and reluctant at the same time. And eager was the only one of the three things James had ever seen him be.

"Okay Sirius, but when we get outside could you please try and stop being so scary? I haven't seen you this freaked out since you learned about Sirius's furry little problem.

They two boys finally reached the green fields next to the Quidditch stadium, where the Hufflepuff's were out practicing. The sun was They sat down and caught their breath. James looked at Sirius.

"Now Sirius, tell me; what is the matter with you?" James looked at his best friend with a worried look in his hazel brown eyes.

Sirius ran his hands through his hair a couple of times with a nervous movement, before he finally build up the courage to explain what was on his mind. He kept staring at some point far away in the horizon when he slowly started talking.

"James… I've really been thinking the last months, and there's something I've come to realize. I…" He paused, as if giving it all one last thought, before he continued; "I think I'm in love with Remus."

The words floated in the air and for a second Sirius regretted ever telling James that he was in love with one of their best friends. This certainly was big news. Or at least Sirius thought it was.

He slowly let his eyes turn to James, to see how his best friend was reacting to the news he had put out there. They were quiet for a moment then James looked straight into Sirius' grey eyes.

"Sirius… I am so happy for you. I think it's absolutely fantastic that you're in love. And I must admit that you and Sirius would be a perfect couple. I mean your personalities really… click. Just like I'm sure it's going to be with Evans and I, as soon as I get her to go out with me. Oh, but now is not about Evans and I. It is about you and Remus. Sirius and Remus." He smiled his characteristic mischievous smile and started singing. Sirius stared him silent. James lifted an eyebrow and stopped singing. "But Sirius. You really just "think" you are, or do you know you are?"

Sirius looked at James for a second and then answered.

"I know I am. I love him, I really do."

James smiled and started singing. "Sirius and Remus sitting in a tree…" Sirius gave him a slap with his wand.

"But actually Sirius", James continued in a slightly less cocky manner, "I already knew. I had sensed it. You see… they say that love makes you blind, and that is probably right, so I shouldn't be able to know how I behave myself sometimes. But, I've noticed that you act around Remus the same way it I think I act around Lily Evans." Sirius was genuinely surprised that his friend had found out on his own

"You had already noticed? But I thought I had been so careful…"

"Oh come on Sirius – you're as smitten as a toddler with smallpox. This I wonderful… Sirius and Remus sitting in a tree…"

"James, be serious! (Both boys were on the verge of making the comment: "there's only one Sirius here", but this moment demanded a bit more attention) Are you really okay with me… being, well you know… queer?"

James smiled at Sirius' concerned face.

"Sirius! If I couldn't accept that my best friend swung the other way, what kind of a friend would I be, honestly?"

Sirius chuckled at James' remark. Of course he's right, Sirius thought. His worries about telling James seemed kind of embarrassing now.

The two boys smiled at each other. Knowing smiles. Then James brought up something that had kept Sirius awake at night the last couple of weeks.

"So Sirius. Are you planning on actually telling Remus about your undying love, or were you going for the more silly approach and ignore it until it goes away, like you try to do with your Divination papers?"

Sirius pretended to be hurt by James' remark.

"I most certainly not do that with my Divination papers… If that old tart really is that good at looking into the future, she should be able to see that my papers will not be turned in at time so she should not give me unexpected detentions – she could at least give them to me in advance…"

James cut him off and looked at him with a surprisingly serious face.

"Sirius. You know that was not the most important thing to focus on right now. You are going to tell Remus about this, aren't you? I mean… You cannot just… not tell him."

He knew that James was right. But he had absolutely no clue as to how he was going to do it. He had made some thoughts on the matter, but not much. He looked at James with pleading eyes.

"Well James, I was kind of hoping you would help me. See, this is not just someone I want to hook up with for the night – this is the real thing. And I want it to be special – but I don't even know if he's even remotely interested in me."

Sirius' left hand was again buried in his hair, messing his long beautiful black stands into a web of tangles. His right hand was making gestures which James interpreted as up giving and clueless. He shrugged at the sight of his helpless friend.

"Well, Sirius. When have we Marauders ever thought about the important and practical things at first? I say that we (by "we", I officially mean "you", in reality I, of course, mean "we") start flirting, totally anonymous of course, with the unsuspecting Remus. This means that you will have to find out a tremendous amount of stuff about the dear Remus that you can use to impress him. We need to know about his favourite flowers, poets, books, anything he favours. To Remus it is the personal knowledge and small gestures that matter. He likes it to be rather intimate, with a lot of details."

Sirius looked at James with a suspicious look.

"James, how exactly do you know all this about Remus? If I didn't know better I would say you were the one being in love with him, and not me." James grinned at Sirius. "I promise you, I'm not going to snag your boyfriend from you. I just know this, because he told me once, when we talked about how I could get Evans' attention. I didn't find this out because I want him myself. By all means – he is adorable, but I don't quite fancy him the same way you do, so don't worry."

Sirius once again slapped James with his wand and James replied by singing "Sirius and Remus, sitting in a tree…"

"Oh James, when are you going to stop being so horribly annoying? Can't you ever be serious?"

"No, I cannot. Only you can be Sirius. I, on the other hand, do a rather good James when I have to." He winked at Sirius and ducked his head to avoid a third slap.

"Alright, alright, I'm sorry. I'll stop it now, I promise. Look Sirius; just promise me that you will find out the things I mentioned before. You need to know about the little things, and the big ones, that make Remus happy. Okay?" James looked at Sirius with a genuinely caring face.

"Right… You're right James… I'll go find out what makes him happy. And I'm going to do all of it – just to watch him be happy." Sirius felt warm inside, as he thought about how Remus would look if he showed up with a huge box of the best chocolate Honeyduke's could offer. How his eyes would light up in sheer happiness from receiving that much chocolate. Sirius imagined how Remus would hug him; a tight, warm, long lasting hug. Sirius smiled dreamily.

"As much as it is wonderful to see you this happy, I'm afraid I have to break the spell of your little day dream, 'cause we've got a prank to pull on Snivellus. Come on Sirius." James pulled his friend up from the grass and they walked back towards the castle.

Sirius kept imagining Remus' reactions to receiving wonderful gifts from him. And every time he imagined it, the hug lasted a bit longer and he held him a bit tighter.