"The New Moon"

Disclaimer: I do not own darling Remus or stunning Sirius. This is a sequel to my other story entitled "night of the full moon". You should read "night of the full moon" before reading this; you'll be lost otherwise! ((Note: I apologize for putting that slash in at the end, I know I said it wouldn't be, well, I changed it, lol. Sorry!))

Chapter one:

On a warm spring night, two young men stand in front of the refrigerator.

"So, what do you want for dinner?"

"Oh, I don't know, choose something."

"You must have some opinion on the matter…"

"No, I don't really."

"What's got your wand in a knot?"

"Nothing…"

I sighed, Sirius had been moody all week and no one had any idea why. I had felt pretty moody ever since that night Sirius stuck his tongue in my mouth and didn't explain himself! But did you see me taking it out on other people? Of course not, but Sirius can do as he pleases, can't he? He can go kiss people whenever he wants and not even care the confusion they feel afterwards.

Sirius walked over to one of the stools that stood by the counter adjoining to the kitchen. He sat down with a huff of breath. I sighed, give me strength.

"Well we've got to eat something."

"I already said I don't care, all right? Pick something for Merlin's…"

"Okay, how about this leftover pork…"

"Gross."

"Chicken?"

Sirius made a motion like he was going to stick his finger down his throat.

"All right, all right…what about…"

"Look, I'm gonna go out to eat tonight. Don't wait up."

I stared into the fridge, not wanting to look back at him, he just wanted attention. I heard the door slam, stood up and kicked the fridge door closed. Why was he always so difficult? Even when I was in love with him, he made me mad.

I took a few deep breaths and then opened the refrigerator again. I was beginning to unwrap the chicken when someone knocked on the door of our flat. I walked to the door and peered out the peephole. Standing there was the very wet, very pregnant Lily Potter. I quickly unlocked the door.

"What are you doing here, Lily?"

"Oh, just visiting…"

"You should be at home resting," I looked her up and down. "I take it it's raining?"

"Yes, quite hard, really."

"Here, let me take your coat," I took it and hung it on a post near the door.

Lily toddled over to the couch and plunked down. "So, how's the bookstore?"

"Oh, wonderful, really enjoyable and we're making a pretty decent profit."

"Wonderful."

There were a few moments of silence. Why had she come over here? Just to ask how the store was going? Surely not…

"How is Sirius?"

Aha. "Why do you ask?"

"Just wondering…"

More silence.

"He's…fine…"

"He's been over at our place quite a bit lately."

He'd been going to James and Lily's all those times he'd said he was going out to eat? Where was this going?

"Yes, he's been there a lot and, well, I know this is touching a soft spot, but he's told us…"

I cleared my throat, it seemed a lump had accumulated there. "Um, what are you talking about?"

"You know what I mean, Remus. And frankly, it's making Sirius miserable."

"I'm making him miserable? He's the one who won't even look at me, much less talk about the damned incident!"

Lily looked at me with a skeptical eye. "Are we talking about the same thing?"

I froze. "I don't know, are we?"

"Well, I'm talking about the fact that Sirius told us about a month ago that you're a horrible cook. He's been coming to our house to get a decent meal once in a while. Sorry…"

"Is that all!" I hooted with laughter and slapped my head. "Oh, well, I thought you meant! Ha!"

"Is there something else going on here, Remus? You can tell me."

"No, no, of course not. You're right, I'm a dreadful cook, well, nothing you can do about it though…" I was so relieved, it was like thinking someone was about to expose you as a leper and then all they say is that you have a small head cold.

"Remus, honestly, is there anything the matter?" she peered at me, and I had that strange feeling I always got when Dumbledore peered at me, like he could see right into my head. "You seem a little strange, is the moon coming?"

"Oh, yeah, that must be it."

"Well, I just wanted to see how you were doing." Lily got up from the sofa and made her way to the door.

I jumped up and grabbed her coat. "Yes, thank you for stopping by. Give James my best."

"We were thinking of having a little dinner party next weekend, you, me, James and Sirius? What do you think?"

"Oh, um," I had to admit I was a little wary of such situations. Just me and some friends sitting around a dinner table, a wonderful breeding ground for conversation, a certain someone may let it slip that a certain incident took place in the backroom of a certain bookstore only a month ago. Well, a month and two weeks, but who was counting? "I'll have to see what's going on that weekend, send me an owl, all right?"

"Sure will," lily leaned forward and gave me an awkward hug around her belly and smiled. "See you soon, Remus."

And with that, she left. I walked over to the kitchen again, thinking about dinner, only to find that the chicken I had taken out was spoiled.

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A/N: Finally! The sequel! I have had a horrible streak of writer's block and just a busy schedule and I apologize for not getting this out sooner! But here it is now, right? And I want to know what you think of it so far! Please review! I luv you all!