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So, here's chapter two. It may be horrible, but it's an update nonetheless ;P

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"And she was a very nice mouse." Mary sniffed, as she threw a daisy onto the small shoe box that now lay under the small whole dug up in the playground.

They were holding a small 'funeral' for Pony the rodent who had been crushed from the unfortunate incident of the day before.

"She wasn't a mouse." Lauren rolled her eyes. "She was a hamster."

"No, she was a mouse." Mary retorted, breaking into sobs once more.

"You're stupid."

"Lauren!" Remus was horror struck by this particular child, and only two days had passed since he had met her.

"I'm not stupid!" Mary wailed. "She was a mouse!"

"Stupid." Lauren continued in a sing song voice. "Stupid, stupid Mary. Who has a brain like a berry."

"Lauren!" Remus said, trying to sooth Mary who began sobbing more violently. "Stop it. That's not nice to say to your friend."

"-stupid Mary who'll never get married, unless Mr. Hairy turns up with a very stupid little cat called Larry-"

"I'm not stupid!" Mary shouted between sobs.

"Of course you aren't, Mary." Remus tried, as he glanced around desperately for Lily who had just taken Davie to the bathroom.

"Yes she is." Tommy cut in. "And so is Lauren. Pony was a guinea pig."

"No she wasn't, you dork." Lauren said, turning her attention to Davie. "She's too small for a guinea pig."

"Pony was a pig?" Joe butt in, clearly confused and surprised.

"No, you dummy." Lauren frowned. "And you don't get a say about Pony 'cause you squashed her to death, you big fat dummy."

"Lauren!"

Oh thank goodness, Mrs. H was here to the rescue.

All children froze immediately.

"What did you just say to Joe, Lauren?" Mrs. H asked in an imploring voice.

"Umm..." Lauren tried. "Nothing?" she looked up to Mrs. H with suddenly innocent eyes that only turned into guilty ones.

"A talk with you, Lauren." Mrs. H ordered. "Now."

"No!" Lauren suddenly actually looked and sounded her age. "No, please, not the Talk! No!"

"Lauren, don't be ridiculous and follow me to my office now." Mrs. H said without the slightest sympathy.

"But.."

"No 'but's." Remus saw Lauren as well as everyone else cringe. "Now."

As Lauren was dragged away sobbing, silence was left among the remaining children and Remus.

"I feel sorry for Lauren.." Mary whispered, eyes teary and wide with terror.

"She's so dead." Tonks, who had been surprisingly well mannered and quiet today, muttered as she shook her head in a tragic manner.

"So last weeks' meat." Tommy nodded in agreement.

If one of them getting 'the Talk' made the children get united, Remus thought it wasn't so bad at all.

Remus was currently walking around the small classroom, looking over children as they silently made clay pots.

'Silently' seemed a very unlikely word for these children, who Remus doubted were even children, but then again, Lauren continuously sniffing and weeping in the corner may be the reason to this unfamiliar atmosphere.

Remus was a man who loved the quiet and calm, and had been surrounded around it until he ended up in his first job after college. If silence had become something unfamiliar to him already, it meant that this job had a serious problem.

"Remus!"

Remus turned around to find Lily calling him from the doorway.

"Could you help me prepare the snacks?" Lily whispered, smiling as she watched the silent children.

Taking once last glimpse around the class, and deciding it would be safe to leave them for a short while, Remus nodded and walked out the room with Lily.

"They seem to have calmed down, huh?" Lily asked quietly as they walked into the office.

"Yes." Remus nodded. "I think it's because of the Talk Lauren got."

"I've never seen her cry so much." Lily said with a small giggle. "But I guess it was about time that she got some discipline."

They reached the office, and Remus saw that there was quite a lot more snacks than yesterday.

"I decided that they needed some cheering up." Lily said, as if she had just read Remus' bewildered mind. "So, I made it a bit of a special."

"Are they allowed to have sweets for snacks?" Remus asked carefully, eyeing the small bars of chocolate that were placed on the plate along with crackers and baby carrots, fruits and yogurt.

"Sure." Lily shrugged. "Why not?"

"I just thought they weren't allowed to have them." Remus replied, when he was fearing how children would turn out when they were dosed with sugar.

"It'll be fine." Lily smiled, handing half of the plates to Remus. "Besides, they need to get some energy. They have one more art class and then gym after recess, you know."

Remus sighed heavily as he tried to scrape off the clay that had just been thrown into the wall.

He had feared this to happen. That was why he was doubtful of dosing the children with sugar.

Still, he thought to himself. You would have expected that running around wild during recess time would have used up all the sugar.

"Remus-" came Mary's whine. "Tommy put clay into my nostrils!"

As he turned around, Remus heard a wild cackle from Tommy which made Remus shiver and get goose bumps.

CRACK

"Argh, Tommy you idiot!" Tonks growled. "You broke my plate!"

"Yeah, so?" Tommy stuck out his tongue. "It was ugly any way!"

CRASH!

"You..what y'do that for?!" Tommy shouted.

"You did it to mine!" Tonks shouted. "And mind you, you'll be hearing from my uncle!"

"Isn't it 'you'll be hearing from my lawyer'?" Joe asked, perplexed.

"My uncle is a lawyer." Tonks replied.

So, Sirius was a lawyer, Remus mused. But soon decided that this was not the right time to think about Sirius, unless Remus had to call him to Mrs. H's office.

"Please, don't you guys know any manners?" Lauren sighed in a very mature voice. Remus was going to lose it. If only the Talk had such astounding effects to the others as it did to Lauren..well, maybe Remus would not just have been hit with a lump of wet, sticky clay on the back of his head.

Groaning, he tried to get rid of the clay from his hair, but it ended up getting even more tangled up.

He must not have been the only one to have clay hit him, because he heard Lauren scream in rage.

"You are such babies! Look at my shirt! It's covered with clay!"

SPLOSH

"And that was for your big fat butt!" Tommy cackled. He must really have developed a highly effective immune system to the Talk seeing how he acted all day, and the small amount of chocolate must have been some sort of energizer for him.

"Come on, Lauren!" Tonks shouted. "Snap out of that goody goody stuff and back me up!"

And it didn't take Remus to be a genius to recognize that Lauren was no longer hypnotized when he heard another different cackle from the earlier one and a loud SPONK before a cry of pain.

Lily must have been guilty after she saw the catastrophe by the end of art class, because she promised to give her shift for reading time and take gym class for herself, which had been Remus' shift.

As Remus prepared himself for reading class, he looked out the window to see how Lily was handling the children.

He dropped the fairy tale he was holding and howled in pain as it hit his right foot.

The children, all lined up in a circle were tossing balls to one another, with angelic expressions that Remus had once believed all children were born with and wore until puberty struck.

Feeling utterly miserable, he picked up the book and walked into the bathroom to wash out the remaining pieces of clay that still stuck onto his hair.

Remus had no idea why Lily thought he would be better off with reading time, because it evidently wasn't really reading time when he was reading for them.

More like nap time, he thought bitterly, as he watched Tommy's head bend a couple of more times before he toppled forward right onto Tonk's back.

"Eww get off me, you freak." Tonks said, pushing Tommy away from her back, sending him flat on his back, snoring. Tonks herself seemed too tired to even bother to laugh or do anything further, and settled down on looking up at Remus.

"So what happened next?" she asked with tired eyes.

"Oh, right." Remus looked back onto the page. "And then the Baby Bear said, 'Look! Somebody broke my chair'..."

"Can't you be a bit more funny?" Tonks asked. "Everyone in the story has the same voice."

Remus sighed, and looked up from the book.

"I'm too tired for that, Nym-Tonks." he replied wearily, and felt his remaining energy drown as he looked around him to find everyone sleeping.

He honestly felt like he was going to let go of the book he was holding as he felt his fingers go weak.

Sighing, Remus got up, went to the office, and checking that Lily wasn't there, took his book from his bag, and hurried back into the class room that was now indistinguishable between reading and nap time.

"Remus, I-" Lily froze as she saw the dead quiet classroom.

"Hey, Lily." Remus said, not looking up from his book. "Come on in."

"Wow." Lily quietly walked into the room, trying not to step on toys, clay, and children. "What have you been reading them?" she peered at the book Remus was holding. "'Decline and Fall'? Remus, they're six year olds."

"This is my reading." Remus explained. "I read them the one about the three bears and Goldie Locks, but they decided my reading voice was boring." he sighed.

"They're probably too used to my reading voice." Lily said encouragingly. "That's probably why."

"Well, at least I got some rest thanks to them." Remus stretched in his chair as he got up.

"Good." Lily grinned for a moment before her face fell. "Though I'm not sure if the parents will be happy. They always expect us to tire their children out so that they won't have to deal with them."

Remus stopped stretching to stare at Lily.

"They want their own children to be tired out so that they won't have to deal with them?" he repeated incredulously.

Lily shrugged.

"I guess they're not really that interested in watching their young run around. Which is quite sad if you ask me." she tried a sad little smile.

Sure enough, that day when mothers came to pick up their very energetic and fully loaded children, they weren't very happy.

"Ow, Tommy!" Mrs. Helcher shrieked as Tommy jumped around, pulling at her. "Okay, wait, wait a moment. Mummy's feet hurts. Not so fast!"

No wonder, Remus grimaced as he swept the floors, as Lily said goodbye to the children. She wears heals that would break anyone's ankle.

As he heard no longer the sound of children shrieking and jumping, but only low murmurs of adults, Remus decided it was safe to go out now.

Lily was talking to a familiar figure, and Remus didn't need a moment to recognize the tall figure.

Lily turned around, caught Remus sneaking into the office and called.

"Oh there he is. Remus!"

Remus turned around, for some reason, guiltily.

"Yes?"

"Sirius wants to talk to you." Lily winked. "You know, Tonks' uncle?"

"Right." Remus muttered before coming up to Lily and Sirius.

Remus, for some reason, could not look up at Sirius. With clay and dirt and everything else all over him, he strangely felt very embarrassed. What he was embarrassed of, he did not know. After all, he was used to not being in an appropriate state and still didn't mind going around practically everywhere. Maybe it was just that Sirius was too well dressed and appropriate compared to himself.

"So, I'll leave you two do talk, and I'll be in my office." Lily said cheerfully as she marched into the office. "Oh, and Remus? I'll be staying afterwards. You can go early."

"Thanks." Remus managed, but he doubted that he really was thankful at all. He strangely felt that he was being set up.

Silence fell, and Remus looked anywhere other than at Sirius, which was really quite ridiculous and rude. He caught Tonks looking up at him with a confused frown, and finally turned to look at Sirius.

Sirius was grinning widely at him, that it almost frightened Remus for a moment. Of course, there was no reason to be frightened since Sirius wasn't smiling like a murderer in horror movies, who had knives behind their backs, but still, that kind, bright grin gave him shivers for some reason.

"Hello." Remus finally said, trying to smile as well.

"Hi." Sirius replied, still grinning. "How was you day?"

Remus, still feeling very awkward, with difficulties managed a smile, which was a very difficult one that made his face grow tenser.

"Fine as always." he tries.

"Really?" Sirius feigns surprise and grins broadly. "I heard that Tonks and the others gave you quite a rough time."

Remus looked down at Tonks, who was grinning both wickedly and guiltily at the same time now.

"No," Remus smiled a bit more easily. "Actually, Tonks gave me the least hardest time. She was the only one listening to me during reading time."

"I told you!" Tonks said to Sirius. "Lily wouldn't have known how I was during reading time. She wasn't the one in the room!"

"Well, I doubt that Lily didn't have a proper point." Sirius continued. "I guess the rest of you were just disastrous." he turned to Remus with the same broad smile. "But you'll get used to it after a while."

"That's exactly what Lily told me yesterday." Remus sighed. "I don't think I'm getting the hang of it yet."

Sirius let out a laugh.

"It's only been a day! Give yourself some time!"

"Well," Remus replied, feeling a blush for no particular reason. "I hope you're right."

"So, you're going home?" Sirius asked.

"Well, I guess." Remus replied with a shrug. Someone's interest in his life, he thought with amusement.

"And dinner?" Sirius asked, and Remus thought he had never seen anyone with such lack of discreetness.

"Umm..I'm not sure." Remus replied, and that was true. He usually didn't have dinner because, well, he never had enough to eat at home, and more than that, he just didn't enjoy eating nor cooking. He could manage the eating part, but when it came to cooking, he was just all thumbs.

"You aren't having dinner?" Sirius asked in very obvious surprise.

"Maybe." Remus replied raising an eyebrow.

"Sorry." Sirius apologized hastily. "I just thought that it was obvious that you had to have dinner. I mean, after spending the entire day with kids."

"He doesn't eat much." Tonks cut in. "We've never seen her eat so far."

True, Remus didn't eat much during lunch as well, but how in the world that Tonks know that? She was busy running around with the rest of the class during recess time.

"I'm a terrible cook." Remus managed, shrugging. "And I just don't like to eat much."

The last of his words seemed to have made Sirius lost for words, and a strange expression that oddly reminded Remus of a child who had just found out that Santa did not exist crept up to those handsome features. He seemed strangely hurt, disappointed, and nonplussed. And Tonks, who looked up at her uncle, seemed very disorganized and puzzled as well.

"Well then," Remus finally cut off the awkward silence, as the other two stood there, dumbstruck and clearly thinking about some unknown matter very hard. "I better be going. See you, Tonks and Mr..."

Sirius seemed to have snapped out of his thoughts as Remus was clearly trying to address him.

"Black." He grimaced. "But I've already told you my name."

"Only your first." Remus corrected.

"Well, then you should just call me by my first name." Sirius said, trying to grin that charming grin, but clearly not finding it easy as before due to the recent 'shock' and 'ground-breaking news'. Remus found this all quite ridiculous, but dared not show it. "Besides, you haven't told you your name as well."

"Oh, I didn't?" It was Remus' turn to be surprised. How could he have forgotten to introduce himself when the other had already done so? "I'm terribly sorry. My name's Remus Lupin."

"Remus." Sirius smiled at the name that was already long familiar on his tongue. How many times had he replayed that name last night and today? His colleagues had looked at him in the strangest way during work today when he had called his client 'Mr. Remus Worthwood' instead of 'Mr. Rolland Worthwood' during the trial.

Remus smiled as he was a bit disturbed as much as he was amused to see Sirius mouthing his name over and over again.

"So," he finally spoke up, and was a bit startled to see Sirius once again quite normal and paying attention. "I'll be going now. I'll see you both tomorrow." and he hurriedly rushed out of the building, not even bothering to take his bag with him. He had the keys in his pockets anyway, and there wasn't much point in embarrassing himself by going back into the office and coming out again.

"How can somebody not like to eat?" Sirius exclaimed incredulously, as he violently picked at his pie. "I mean come on! Who doesn't like food?"

"Remus evidently doesn't." James shrugged.

"He never really liked food that much." Lily nodded.

"And you!" Sirius suddenly turned to James as if he hadn't been listening to either of them. "How could you not tell me that you knew such a guy?"

"I don't really know him, you know." James said, pushing the fork directed to him in another direction. "It's Lily who's known him for a while now, and you're not allowed to point that at her!" he added as Sirius turned the fork to Lily with glinting eyes.

Sirius let out a long sigh as he let go of the fork and wrapped his hands around his head instead.

""He's just perfect." he muttered. "I wish I would have known him sooner."

"Well, nothing's wrong about knowing him now." Lily shrugged, and sighed as Sirius looked up at her with miserable eyes.

"Okay, so maybe it would have been great to know such a guy like Remus sooner,"

"And for you to help me know such a guy." Sirius cut in.

"but, as I was saying, there are reasons why I didn't tell you about him. For one, you didn't seem to need anyone to hook you up with someone" Sirius snorted, but Lily continued. "it's true, so stop snorting. Anyways, and second, it hasn't been long since I actually knew his preferences."

"So, he is like Sirius?" James asked.

"Yup." Lily nodded. "In every way possible, also I doubt that he'd be as perverted as Black over here."

"I am not perverted." Sirius grumbled.

"Whatever." Lily replied waving a dismissive hand. "Just be thankful that he actually is gay."

"Remus is gay?" Tonks suddenly piped up from her pie.

"And I doubt this is an appropriate conversation to have when having a six year old for company." James said.

"I'm not six years old." Tonks retorted. "I'm turning seven."

"In the next eleven months." Sirius added. "You just had your birthday, and you're not turning another year older anytime soon."

"Well, it's not like I can't listen to you guys talking." Tonks pressed valiantly.

"Oh, no you can't." Sirius argued. "Now, cover your ears because I have some more to discuss with James and Lily."

"I don't think so." Tonks replied testily. "I'm eating, and I have to use both hands."

"Then use your napkin." Sirius replied. "Stuff it in your ears."

"I only have one." Tonks said blankly.

"I'll give you mine." Sirius picked up the napkin from his lap and handed it to Tonks.

"Please, stop being so childish." Lily scolded but laughed nonetheless. "Honestly, I can't believe you're supposed to be one of the most well paid lawyers in Great Britain."

"Hmph." Sirius snorted. "Never underestimate the great Sirius Black."

"Oh mighty Black." James feigned awe and adoration as Sirius raised his arms in a very godly way.

"Oh, yes, the almighty god who has failed to see what Remus actually wants." Lily rolled her eyes. "I guess you wouldn't be needing my help in getting to know what Remus actually enjoys other than being taken out for dinner like most."

"Lily!" Sirius exclaimed with desperation on the edge of his once confident voice. "Please, I'm begging you! Do you want me to get down on my knees? In the middle of a public restaurant? With no dignity of whatsoever?"

"Although that does sound fun, no. That's for James." Lily snapped. "He's supposed to do that, not you, Black."

James gloated with pride.

"And I guess I can spare your miserable soul." Lily sighed. "He likes the theatres."

"The theatres?" Sirius repeated. "As in plays, musicals, operas?"

"All of them." Lily nodded. "He likes to read, obviously. He doesn't seem to really like clubs or parties.. and that's pretty much all."

"He can't be that simple!" Sirius exclaimed.

"You're right." Lily smiled evilly. "He has a lot more to get to know. The rest is for yourself to find out."

"But I can't just take him out for a play!" Sirius whined. "It'll be too obvious!"

"Like you aren't being too obvious already." James commented. "The face you and Tonks wore when you came out of the building with Lily. It was just comic. Remus isn't stupid. He'd know what you're thinking of by now. It's bloody obvious."

"Still, I can't. It's a universal rule!" Sirius insisted.

"Well, how about this." Lily cut in. "Since Remus doesn't like to eat, why don't you take him out for a nice opera first, and then when you two get a bit more friendlier and when he seems willing, then take him to dinner afterwards. He wouldn't appreciate you continuously suggesting to have dinner with you when he doesn't want to."

"Brilliant." Sirius said, obviously less miserable now. "So, all I have to do is ask him out?"

"Well, yeah, but I think you should let some time pass first." James cut in.

"What d'you mean?" Sirius asked sharply, turning to James.

"He means that you should get Remus more comfortable with himself before you 'ask him out'." Lily replied. "He stiffens up when he sees you. Not a good idea to just bolt up and ask him out any time soon. You'll freak him out."

"He stiffens up?" Sirius asked, clearly not having heard anything after those words.

"Yes." Lily rolled her eyes. "Did you even catch what I said after that?"

"He stiffens up.." Sirius repeated, eyes out of focus with a dreamy expression pasted firmly on his face.

"Is that a good thing?" Tonks asked.

"Supposedly, yes." James replied, eyeing Sirius worriedly. "Although I'm not sure."

"He's just too weird for the normal human being to understand." Lily commented nonchalantly. "Let him be."

So...end of chapter 2.

I told you it's disastrous haha

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