Title: Under the Rain
Rating: PG-13 (I would say higer due to some of the snogging scenes, but I don't think it is R material.)
WARNING: Slash story. If you don't like it, PLEASE... read it anyway! If you like, flame me all you want! It really is quite an honour to be able to stir such emotion in someone that they would take the time to tell me that they hated my story or loved it, either way.
Disclaimer: The ideas are TOTALLY MINE! The characters and setting names are NOT! They belong to J.K. Rowling. BTW, "Evans" is Lily Evans... ya know? Harry's mum?
Pairings: James/Sirius, Remus/Sirius, implied & one sided Lily/James
scene switches
Chapter 1: The Perfect Couple...?
Day One...
"Hey, Sirius!" James called, whining from across the common room. The black haired man got up and sauntered over to his lover.
"What is it, James?" he asked. A smirk played across his lips as the older man grabbed ahold of his hips and pulled him down onto his lap.
"I missed you," he said. Sirius wrapped his legs around the torso of his boyfriend and pulled himself close enough to James that they seemed to mold together.
"I love you, Sirius... so much that it breaks my heart to be apart from you. Just seeing your face... it lights my day..." James said with a loving smile, brushing Sirius's hair behind his ears.
"And I... love you James..." he said, his tone almost as if he was having some internal struggle. James tried to brush it off by prolonging their already firey kiss and pulling him closer, but his heart told his something was wrong.
For a moment they forgot that the world was going on around them, that they were in the common room. Sirius pushed James down onto the couch so he was laying flat beneath him.
"I do love you, Sirius..." James whispered as he began to take off Sirius's shirt. His perfect muscles were illuminated in the firelight's glow. The shaggy haired man followed suit and removed James' t-shirt as well. He leaned down and met the older Gryffindor's lips with his own.
"Sirius..." James moaned as the dark eyed man began to nibble on his ear, trailing burning kisses down his neck.
"Mmmm..." Sirius tossed his head back in extacy, then looked his love in the eye as James ran his hands over his chest, playing his fingers across his pebbly nipples. He leaned up slowly and captivated his nipple ring in his mouth. He heard Sirius gasp for air as he began running his tongue over it and gently tugging on it.
"THAT'S ENOUGH, YOU TWO!" came a loud screech rattling the two lovers out of their dream world. They looked around quickly only to find that every Gryffindor was staring at the two with wide eyes.
McGonagall tore acros the room, glaring daggers at them as she said, "I have never seen such a rovolting display of affection in my life! In the COMMON ROOM of all places! 20 points from Gryffindor... for each of you! Detention tonight with Professor Aradia! Go to your dormitories AT ONCE!"
"Did you see the look on her face?!" James asked pulling Sirius close.
Remus and Peter walked in, both of them howling with laugher. "Lovely show boys! Look, James, Sirius, we (along with the rest of the school) know you're gay, but don't you think that having a full blown snog fest in the middle of the common room was a little much to drive the point home?" Remus asked.
"I'm NOT gay!," James said. "I am bi."
"What are you trying to say, James? You want a girl now?" Remus demanded, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Yeah, you know it!" Sirius slapped his boyfriend with a grin on his face and pretened to sulk.
"Fine, James. If you'd rather snog Evans, you go right ahead. I'll just pin Remus in a dark closet instead." Sirius walked over to Lupin and wrapped his arms around him.
"Let's go find that closet, love!" Sirius said in a dramatic tone.
"Ooh, but you're boyfriend might get mad!" he said, running his hands through Sirius's long hair.
"Aww... you two make a cute couple!" Peter said. The two seperated and looked at each other laughing.
"Better watch it, Wormtail; Prongs might have to hurt you!" Remus said, grinning.
"Nah. Everyone knows that Sirius and I are the perfect couple. I'd actually like to see the idiot who thinks we won't be together forever."
Sirius got a look mixed of guilt and fear on his face that he forced away as soon as it came so no one would notice.
But James Potter saw it, and it tore his heart in two.
"Evans... EVANS!" James shouted across the courtyard.
"What?" she said, sitting down by him on one of the more isolated stone benches.
"I need your advice on something."
"Okay... what about?"
"If someone proposed to you, who was a guy, but so were you, and he had no idea what he was doing and he thought he'd make a total fool of himself--"
"James!" she said, silencing him. "Are you planning on asking Sirius to marry you?"
"Well... yeah. But every time I think about it I freak out! What kind of ring should I get him? Should I let HIM pick it out? And... what... what if he says no, Lily?"
"Trust me! He loves you! Can't you see it? ...When he looks into your eyes, anyone watching is always amazed at it, how you two look at each other," she said in a sort of sad tone that he couldn't identify exactly.
"How do I know that? He's been acting so distant these last couple of months, just when we got to be very serious. When I tell him I love him, it is like he's making himself say it back. He acts so scared at the thought of love, how would he react to something like marriage?! Maybe... maybe he doesn't really love me..."
"James, you have to understand. Of course he is scared! He loves you, a man, when he has been told his whole life that loving differently is wrong. He questions his feelings for you because maybe, deep down inside, he doubts your feelings for him; he may not even realize it. The thought of settling doesn with only one person for his whole life, giving this person his heart and soul, and then having your parents tell you every day that it is not real, that it is wrong... wouldn't you be nervous?"
"... How the hell could anyone have all that running through their head? Why wouldn't he just talk to me about it?" James whispered, awestruck.
"Fear. He would think that you would not understand what he felt or even worse, he wouldn't want you to tell him that you don't care about him. You must understand, James, he comes from a different world than you do. Now, unless you catch him cheating on you or something of the sort, I wouldn't say anything. Let him come to you about this. Be gentle with him always and let him know every day that you'll love him no matter what happens."
He pondered this for a moment before saying, "You know Evans... if I already wasn't in love with a wonderful man, I'd have to ask you out."
She blushed bright crimson and said, "My name is Lily, for starters! And I am a girl!"
"And I am bi, Evans. Not gay."
"Oh! Sorry!"
He grinned and said, "Don't worry. It's a common misconseption. Well, in any case, thank you. I needed that..." He got up to leave, getting about halfway across the courtyard before she called back to him. "Just one more thing, James!"
"What?" he asked, turning around.
Smirking viciously, she asked in a sly voice, "Which one of you is the girl?"
"EVANS!!!"
"Just kidding!"
He started to walk again before turning back and calling her name, "Hey, Evans!"
"Yeah?"
"Sirius!"
"That's a bloody lie and you know it! Wasn't he the one screwing you into the couch?"
He gaped at her, blushing brighter than even she did and nodded, walking back into the castle.
The four Maurauders sat in the Room of Requirement, surrounded by textbooks about Alchemy, Remus's favourite new subject. He was flipping throuh an impressively gargantuan book entitled Every Herb Combination EVER and Their Results in Full Detail.
"Good book, Moony?" Sirius asked as James sat behind him, nibbling on his neck. Remus looked up, choosing to ignore what James was doing, and smiled. He gave Sirius a fleeting long of longing before going back to his book.
Sirius flushed; why had Remus looked at him like that... and what was this emotion stirring in his chest?
"Hey! After our detention tonight, why don't we all go swimming in the forest? I saw a spring there once; it looked really romantic..." his voice trailed off as he looked into his true love's eyes. Their faces drew closer, but before their lips could even touch, Remus seperated the two by yelling, "Go get a room, you two!"
Sirius looked up in surprise but James simply laughed and replied smartly, "We've already got one!"
"Then go snog there if you must!" Remus retorted, trying to keep a light tone. They sat in silence for a moment.
"Remus, come over here for a second..." Sirius said, pulling him out of the Room of Requirement and into the nearest classroom.
"Are you okay, love? You're been acting rather strang lately..."
"I know.. it's just that.. well... I..."
"Yes? You can tell me, Moony!"
"It's... nothing... Don't worry about it, Padfoot..." he said, exiting the classroom swiftly, followd closely by Sirius.
"Remus Lupin, get back here now! I know when you hide things. Just tell me. ...You've seemed so miserable these last couple months and if you just talked to me, I know it will help."
"Look Sirius, there is only one person... who could make my pain go away... and even thought he is near enough for me to reach out and touch, he was taken from me long ago..." he said, trying to fight off the inevitable tears.
"Remus, I'll always be here for you. If you ever, ever need anything, no matter how small, come to me."
"I couldn't do that."
"Why not?"
"Because the one thing I need no one else can give me," Remus said before heading for the dormitories.
"So, are we still on for swimming?" James asked as he and Sirius walked out of their detention.
"I'll go, Peter is coming, and I think wel'll have to drag Remus along."
"Why's that?"
"He's just... I think he wants what we have, and seeing us always happy and together... it hurts him," Sirius said.
"Oh... OH!" he exclaimed with dawning comprehension. "I think I understand something now!"
"What?" Sirius asked, a confused look spreading over his face.
"It's nothing! You go tell the others to go get ready and I'll meet you in the dormitory, okay?" Without waiting for a responce, James began to dash down the corridor to the Prefect's bathroom.
"Hey, Evans!" James yelled, runnig over to the pool sized bathtub. She poked her head out of the bobbles and looked horrifyed upon seeing him.
"What are you doing?! You don't do this to people; intruding on a bath, honestly!" she screached, hiding under the bubbles.
"Relax, Evans! I assure you, I'm not here to gawk at you while you're in the tub. I didn't see anything I liked anyway," he said with a wink.
"BURN IN HELL!"
"Take it easy, Evans! I need to ask you something."
"Whatever. You turn around, though, while I'm getting dressed."
"Gladly. Anyway," he said while turning, catching a view of a sleeping mermaid in a painting.
"Anyway, what?"
"I figured something out."
"What?"
"Remus likes Sirius! I understand it now; why he's acting so weird, I mean."
"Remus does?!" she asked from behind, undoubtedly surprised.
"Yeah! It's just something that my lovely boyfriend said that made me realize. I don't think Sirius has figured it out yet, but it makes sense."
"You can turn around now. Now, if Remus actually likes Sirius, talk to him! There's not much else you can do, you know."
"There's nothing else? I have to confront one of my best friends about that?!"
"If you want to know for sure. Or, well... you could do something like... watch expressions and tones in his voice. Figure it out then."
"How do you do it, Evans?"
"How do I do what?" she asked, puzzled.
"You know everything! How do you figure all this out? Not just this time, but it's all of you. You are brilliant!" he finished, his tone quite sincere.
"Thanks, James..." she said, looking at him almost dreamily. After a few moments of gazing at him, she seemed to snap out of it and blushed furiously, her cheeks turning a violent red. She ran from the room leaving behind a deep blue velvet book on the place where she had been sitting.
"Hmm..." he said as he picked up and pocketed the book. "Well, in any case... that was bloody bizarre!"
SPLASH!
James hit the pond and sent water pouring in every direction. "Padfoot! I swear you're gonna get it!" he said as he climbed out of the water, dripping. His black shirt clung to every one of his muscles. The lovers began to chase each other around the moonlit clearing. James caught Sirius and pulled him down to the ground, pinning him under himself.
"Got you!" James said, looking him lovingly in the eye.
"You do... so claim you prize!"
"What are my choices?
"Swimming, Snogging, or Shagging!" Sirius said jokingly.
"The last one!!!!"
"Wrong answer!" Sirius whispered, rolling into the pond and dragging James along with him. With water swirling around them, James claimed his kiss...
...but Remus had to battle his tears away before it was all to late.
CHAPTER ONE COMPLETE!
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