I don't think I have to point this out, but just in case:
This is a SLASH story. So don't read it if you don't like that kind of thing. Also, I own nothing but the plot. Characters belong to the awesome J.K. Rowling.

Also, this might be slightly AU. Or, not really. It's just that I changed a few things around. :)

Thanks so much to those who reviewed; you guys rock! And just like you asked, here's the second installment :)

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Chapter Two

"How did your meeting with Kayla go?" Remus asked when Sirius walked into the room. Sirius dumped his things on the foot of his bed and laid down on it.

"Alright," Sirius shrugged nonchalantly. "She likes to bite though.

"So you going to see her again?" James asked conversationally, looking up from the Potions essay he was writing.

"Don't know," Sirius shrugged. "She wanted to meet before astronomy again tomorrow. But Megan from fifth year wanted to meet up after dinner."

"I don't think that'll be a good idea, Padfoot." Peter commented.

"Why not?"

"You have a love bite on your neck," James answered.

"What?" Sirius got off of the bed and went to the mirror. There was a fairly large purple-ish mark on his neck. "Ah, crap. I really gotta find a spell that will get rid of these things."

Remus watched Sirius from over the top of his book and tried to keep his anger at bay. Sirius had never let him bite him in case he left a mark. They didn't exactly tell anyone about their arrangement.

"Remus!" Remus jumped a little when Peter shouted his name. James and Sirius looked at him curiously.

"Are you okay?" Peter asked. "I've been calling your name for a while now."

"Yeah," Remus grinned apologetically. "Sorry, Peter, I just spaced out for a bit. What were you saying?"

"Which spells were we supposed to compare in our charms essay?"

Sirius watched Remus while he went over to Peter's bed to explain the homework to him. Peter's bed was right next to the window. The drapes weren't shut so Sirius could see the moon shining through the window. Remus sat on the window sill while he helped Peter work.

The moonlight shone on Remus's pale skin, making it look like it was glowing lightly. He looked good under the moonlight, Sirius mused. He looked a lot better than Kayla did, Sirius decided as he thought back to his earlier meeting with her. Kayla had skin tanner than Remus did so it didn't look as good under the silver light.

Sirius shook his head, wondering why he was thinking of that. Lately, he had been comparing all the new girls he was seeing to Remus. There were even a few occasions where he compared them to Remus while he was still with them. He didn't think too much of it though. It was probably just because he was snogging Remus, too. After all, he had compared a few of the girls he was with to each other before; Remus was no different.

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Remus glanced up from his work to see an angry Lily falling angrily into the chair across from him.

"James again?" Remus asked with a hint of humor in his voice.

"He's so annoying!"

"He isn't that bad."

"Isn't that bad?" the person sitting next to Remus spoke up. "Are you forgetting about how they turned my hair green in potions yesterday?"

"I really am sorry they did that, Severus." Remus apologized.

"Don't be," Severus replied. "You weren't the one who made my hair green so you have nothing to apologize for."

Remus turned away to hide his smile. In truth, he had been the one to teach James and Sirius the incantation. But, in his defense, Remus didn't know what they were going to do with it.

"I still don't get why you hang around with Potter and Black," Lily continued. "They're so horrible!"

"And you're nothing like them," Severus added.

"I don't think they're so bad," Remus replied, feeling the need to defend his friends. "I know they like to mess around a lot, but they're great once you get to know them."

"I know enough to know that I don't want to get to know them," Lily muttered, opening her text book and starting on her homework.

Remus chuckled and went back to his work as well. He liked his meetings with Severus and Lily. They would meet in the library a few times a week to study and do homework together. It was a nice change from the Marauders. The Marauders were fun to be around, but schoolwork was the last thing on their minds.

"Moony!" An all too familiar voice shouted about an hour into their little study session. Remus and his two companions looked up from their work, each wearing a different expression. Remus looked amused, Severus looked angry, and Lily looked annoyed.

"Mr. Black! You are not to shout in the library!" the shrill voice of the school librarian shouted.

"Be right back," Remus shook his head in amusement and went to the front of the library before Sirius disrupted the people anymore.

"There you are!" Sirius exclaimed once he caught sight of Remus, ignoring the angry librarian.

"What are you doing here Padfoot?" Remus smiled at the librarian apologetically and steered Sirius closer to the door.

"I figured you'd be here." Sirius shrugged. Remus raised an eyebrow in question and Sirius elaborated. "James has detention and Peter has to do some tutoring session with Slughorn because he failed the last test thing. And I'm bored! Let's go do something."

"I'm in the middle of a study group thing, Sirius."

"But I'm bored. Please?" Sirius practically whined. He moved closer to Remus and looked at him almost suggestively. "We can go do something fun."

Remus suppressed a shiver. Sirius was looking at him expectantly so he nodded. He never could say no to Sirius when he wanted to snog.

"I'll just go get my stuff." Remus hurried back to his table in the back of the room while Sirius opted to wait for him by the door.

"Where are you going?" Severus asked when Remus came back and started dumping all of his things into his backpack.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow?" Remus scanned the table to make sure he didn't forget anything.

"You know, you always drop whatever you're doing whenever it comes to Sirius," Lily commented. Remus opened his mouth to retort but Lily interrupted him. "I know he's like your best friend or something, but even friends don't spend as much time together as you two do."

"Don't tell me you've fallen prey to his 'astonishing good looks' and 'witty charm'," Severus commented sarcastically. Remus smiled as Severus quoted some fourth year girls they over heard earlier. And, though he knew that Severus was just joking, he couldn't help but blush.

He bent his head down and so Severus wouldn't see. A gasp from Lily, however, told him that she did.

"You do like him, don't you?" Lily's eyes were wide in amazement. Remus blushed harder, answering the red heads question for him. "Oh my god!"

Remus looked up at his friends, his face still red. Lily still looked amazed, but Severus was glaring.

"I er, have to go, alright?" Remus took a few steps back before they tried to stop him. "I'll meet you guys here an hour before the prefects meeting, okay? Bye!"

Remus turned on his heel and walked away from his friends. He made it to the front of the library and saw Sirius leaning against the wall next to the door. The librarian was still glancing at him angrily every now and then.

"What took you so long?" Sirius pushed himself off of the wall and opened the door for Remus. He let the door swing closed behind him and took Remus' books from his hands.

"I had to say goodbye. So how long do we have?"

"Well, James has got detention until dinner. And Peter's got like an hour left with Slughorn. And it's going to take ten minutes at the most to get to the tower."

Remus nodded and glanced down at their hands. Their fingers would bump against each other occasionally because they were walking pretty close to each other. And Remus found himself wanting to lace their fingers together.

Remus shook his head. Holding hands was a couple thing; he and Sirius weren't a couple. They were just two friends who happened to snog every now and then.

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Well, that's it for chapter two. Partially because I don't know what else to write for this xD I do have the main points/events figured out. I just have to put them together. Hehe. I wanted to get this out sooner but then I got a little tied up with my sister's middle school graduation and whatnot.

So...good? Bad? Keep going? Stop?
Every little bit of feedback helps me grow as a writer :)

Also, this isn't my first story, but I am still pretty new to fanfiction. I've been reading stories on here since forever but it's only now that I started writing. Anyway, will someone help me out with this beta thing? I have an idea of what's going on with them but I'm not too sure. So pm me some info if you know pretty please :) and if you're beta who wants to help me out, that would be great, too :D

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