James had only mentioned an address, and Sirius had never been more annoyed with his best friend. It was a scavenger hunt for what Sirius assumed was Lily's address. Asking someone would have been so much easier, but Sirius insisted he didn't want anyone else knowing that he was essentially stalking Lily Evans.

Sirius wasn't sure there was anything more suspicious than a person driving up and down the same streets, looking lost, but not asking for help.

A dog's excited bark dragged him out of his annoyed musings, and a laughing sandy-haired jogger chased after him. The man's damp clothing stuck to his body, and his laughter was interrupted by little huffs of breath.

"Snuffles! Come back! You can't just-!"

Sirius never heard the end of the complaint.

A stream of late afternoon sunlight, accompanied by muffled cursing, woke him.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to wake you."

The sterile white and blue environment told him that he was in a hospital room. Sirius was almost certain the man who had spoken was the same one he had been admiring earlier. He wasn't wearing his jogging clothing and held a book in his hand instead.

"You crashed into a tree. I called the ambulance, just in case, but you weren't injured too badly. Probably just a couple of bruises." He took a moment to stare at Sirius. "I'm Remus, by the way, and I really hadn't expected to be the witness to an accident on my daily..."

"I'm probably the luckiest man alive." Sirius sighed happily, sinking into the hard bed, without listening to a word.

"Are you serious?"

"I am, actually." Sirius grinned at the sigh he received. "Sirius Black."

"You've been awake for about five minutes, and that's already old," Remus commented. "Believe it or not, I heard that joke all the way here – the paramedics were having the time of their lives when they saw your ID."

"Who?" Sirius demanded, sitting up and swinging his legs over the side of the bed. "I'm the only one allowed to use that joke!"

Remus stared at him.

Sirius slowly lay down again, pulling the covers with him.

Remus smirked. "You're right. They didn't sound as good coming from someone else. Also, I've sent a message to everyone on your contact list, so someone is probably on their way to pick you up."

Sirius froze. "My entire contact list?" His brother was on there. His mother was probably on there somewhere too.

Remus winked, shutting the door behind him. Sirius nearly dropped his phone in his haste to see exactly how much damage had been done.

A messaged beeped in moments later.

And thanks for your number -Remus