Hola! how is it going? well this is the sequel to Slytherin Outcast, so if you haven't read that yet read it first. This story might not make sense otherwise. Alright some new things about this story I should mention...well it's gonna focus on Sirius this time. So this time around it will have more than one point of view. The main ones I'm using is Marie, Remus, Sirius and James. There's some new people coming in a later chapter that might stir things up a bit so there's some new characters and I'm gonna try to stay away from Marie/Annabel drama. Even though those were pretty fun to write I just dont' feel like making that an issue. Also...the title. I'm not sure it'll stick because I honestly don't know what to call this yet. If you have any good ideas let me know. Iknow I kinda stopped using pictures in Slytherin Outcast, I really meant to but well...I was lazy. I'm gonna use anime characters to represent the characters this time though, because it was just easier to find what I was looking for and well I love anime. I wanted to install a little bit of what I loved. What else? hmmm...oh yeah...grins I'm really sorry but there will be some slash/yaoi in this story and I'm sorry if you don't like that but I really wanted to write a yaoi so I thought this was the perfect chance. Please don't hate me for what I'm about to do to one of my favorite characters...There's some swearing in this story, just a bit and other fun stuff, like firewhiskey fun! ah yes remember the good times in Room Of Requirements? lol yes this will be a good story I think. Well that's all I got for now, I think, so let me know what you think of this, k? I have alot more written, this is just kinda an intro to it and I wanted to start at Christmas Break because I wanted to write a cute one shot with Remus and Marie but I decided to add it to this story at the last minute.

Remus and I pretty much had the castle to ourselves. All the marauders had left, so had Lily and pretty much everyone in my house. It was finally Christmas Break and we were excited. We weren't planning to do anything…but still two weeks alone with Remus, my brother. If my sister knew she might call me a whore.When the Hogwarts Express left we went down to say goodbye to everyone and then hurried back to the castle. I mean we had to take advantage of the emptiness. This was a rare thing. James and Sirius were smiling those stupid smiles at us. I think they just assumed we'd do something but honestly it was still early in our relationship. I didn't' do that. Well ok I've decided I won't anyways. This wasn't only gonna be able that. I wanted this to last. This was Remus, he was special. My best friend, my everything. I'd hate to lose that.

We stayed in the castle the first day but the second day we ventured out early in the morning. It was snowing in a slow, gentle kind of way, which was nice. We walked in comfortable silence for a while, walking hand in hand, until I noticed him looking at me. I stopped abruptly.

"What?" I asked subconsciously. He smiled in a cute way and leaned toward me.

"Nothing," He said quietly and pressed his lips to mine gently. My eyes fluttered shut and I kissed him equally as soft. Neither of us tried to make it more. That was enough for the moment anyways. When I pulled away, I smiled at him. He smiled back and suddenly swept me into his arms. I wrapped my arms around him eagerly and closed my eye.

"Hmmm it's so nice to be able to do this…" He said and I felt his lips on my hair. For a second I had to remind myself to breath.

"I know. Someone's always seems to be around. It's a nice change," I mumbled into this jacket. I heard him chuckle faintly.

"I love you," I said, suddenly feeling the need to say it, and pulled away slightly to look into his eyes. They were bright and glowing again, like that day…

"I know. I love you, too."I couldn't resist, I had to claim his lips again. I felt him smile into my lips.

There was 10 other students still here and thank God none of them were Slytherin's. That meant that I had the common room all to myself, not only that but I also didn't have to wake up to giggling girls. Actually Remus and I had kinda made a habit of falling sleep together…it wasn't intentional, it just felt right the first night and it stuck. It felt so amazing to wake up to someone holding you…now that is love, isn't it? It had to be.

The marauders sent our presents early. I think it was meant to torture us. We put them somewhere we wouldn't be tempted to open them…under Sirius' bed. Who knows what's down there (lol)Christmas morning came pretty fast though. There was abig feast the night before and Remus must got some fire whiskey for us. We sat in The Room Of Requirements for hours. Somehow we much have gone back to Remus' dorm because I woke up there.I woke up to warmth surrounding me. I opened my eyes to Remus's arms around me and his face buried in my neck, his lips just barely touching my skin. I don't know what happened last night but it must have been good.

"Remus?" I barely managed to say before my head exploded suddenly with pain.

"Shit."When he didn't respond I pushed him away as unnoticeable as possible and went searching for the hang over potion the marauder's usually kept. I found it on top of Remus' night stand and took a long drink. My head cleared almost instantly. That was stuff was so good. I settled back onto the bed and stroked Remus's hair gently until his hand grabbed mine and pulled it down to his lips. I smiled.

"Morning sleepy head," I said in a teasing tone.

"Happy Christmas, Cotton." Oh I almost forgot what day it was…whoops!

"Happy Christmas Moony," I said, trying to sound as if I didn't forget. A sly smile formed on his lips.

"You forgot, didn't' you?" I blushed.

"You're so cute." He was teasing me now. I was tempted to argue with him but his lips touching mine shut me up. His unyielding lips were desperately searching for entry and I allowed it. Our tongues were dancing in a fight for territory and control. His body pressed against mine and I suddenly felt a foreign feeling. It didn't help with his hands touching my skin in that way and then…

"Shit!" He said when he abruptly pulled away and stood up, facing away from me.

"What's wrong?" I asked, very confused. Did I do something wrong? He only shook his head and stepped further away. I got to my feet and walked up to him, about to open my mouth again but stopped and blushed when I saw the reason for his retreat. My God I gave him a boner.

"How about we open presents now?" He asked after a minute of silence. I almost laughed out loud but restrained myself.

"Are you ready for my party?" James' voice woke me up from a deep slumber. I crawled out from under my blanket and looked at Remus, who was sitting on the floor, looking at his mirror. That's how we marauder's communicated when we were far away from each other.

"Yeah, it should be fun," Remus answered.

"Good, so when will you be here tomorrow?"

"Noon, I think."

I sat on the floor next to him and wrapped my arms around him. He looked over at me and smiled.

"Oh hey Cotton!" James said eagerly when he caught sight of me.

"Hey, how's it going with Sirius and everyone?"

"Pretty good…"

We talked for an hour about the party and then James had to go.

The next day we went to James' house and it was chaos there. Everyone was trying to do something. When we saw this we smiled at each other amused. It slowed down after a few hours and Remus, Sirius, Peter, James and I finally had a chance to talk. We joked around until the party started and Mrs. Potter gave us all things to do. I was in charge of the drinks, whenever the supply got low I had to fill it. It was a pretty easy job but It kept me busy.

At around midnight we were cut lose from our duties, just in time to get in a dance before the countdown. They played a slow song, "Amazed" by Lonestar. I found Remus across the room from me. We locked eyes and smiled at each other and subconsciously made our way to the middle. When we met there he instantly held close to me. I leaned into his chest and we danced until we heard the start of the countdown.

10...9.…8...I pulled away and looked into his eyes.

7...6...5...He removed his hands from around my waist and put in on my chin and pulled it up.

4...3...2...I smiled at him and leaned in until I was an inch away from his face.

1...HAPPY NEW YEAR!Even before it was over his lips were on mine. It was gentle and slow, something to savor. At that moment I never felt more in love. What a good way to start off a new year.When he pulled away he smiled gently and said, "Happy New Year Marie."

"Happy New Year Remus," I said and a smile formed on my lips.