Chapter 2
Lily slowly stepped up the stairs on her way to the boys dorm, praying that they wouldn't creak.
She opened the door with a non-verbal spell and soundlessly slipped inside.
She tip-toed over to Remus' bed and pulled back the curtains.
She froze.
"Rem?" She finally whispered, recovering from her shock. She prodded him in the shoulder a few times, careful not to touch Sirius who was draped all over the werewolf.
Remus blinked sleepily a few times and smiled as Lily came into view, then frowned as he realised Sirius was practically pinning him to the bed.
Lily giggled dryly, her eyes searching their entwined limbs and her mind ticking furiously.
Remus slipped out from underneath Sirius, gently putting the covers over the animagus.
Sirius grumbled in his sleep and grabbed Remus' wrist, "Don't go Rem." He mumbled sleepily, turning over.
Remus grinned sheepishly and removed Sirius' fingers from his wrist.
Then he turned to Lily and the two of them went downstairs.
Once settled down on a big red sofa, Lily turned to Remus and asked, "What was all that about with Sirius?" Though her tone was casual her eyes were accusing.
Remus smiled slightly, "We were talking earlier and we must of fallen asleep. What did you think we were doing?" He asked, feigning ignorance.
She smiled stiffly and replied, "I didn't Remus, that's why I asked."
Remus smirked to himself but said nothing, knowing full well what Lily was implying.
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Sat at breakfast the next morning Remus was working his way through a piece of buttered toast when Sirius kicked him under the table to get his attention.
"Where did you go last night?" Sirius asked almost casually, prodding at his bacon as he spoke.
Remus' head snapped up and he stared at Sirius, "What?" He asked sharply.
"Last night. I woke up and you weren't there." Sirius shrugged. By now James and Peter were watching them incredulously.
"Were you two in bed together?" James asked, mouth hanging open.
Remus shot a nervous glance at Lily who was listening closely, "Well no, not really, it was just that we were talking about things, about all sorts really and then Sirius fell asleep and I must've fallen asleep too and then -"
"Moony, breathe!"
"Shut up Sirius, then I woke up and went to the toilet and then left Sirius in my bed and slept in his so no we never actually slept in the same bed, just fell asleep in the same bed." Remus realised he was babbling and quickly shut his mouth.
Sirius smirked down at his plate, carefully avoiding Remus' eyes.
"Why so defensive about it? You two always sleep together." James mused, smirking at Remus' expression.
"I do not sleep with Sirius!" Remus hissed shrilly through his teeth.
"You know you want to." Sirius said with a suggestive wink.
James rose sceptical eyebrows and sighed when Remus threw his toast down and angrily stalked out the Great Hall, muttering, "Bloody git. Thinks he's all that, well - " as he walked out.
Sirius watched him go with a strange sort of satisfaction.
James sighed again and glanced at Sirius, "Who's going?"
Sirius frowned at him then his gaze fell on Lily and he called, "Oi! Evans! Go after Remus will you? Make sure he's alright!"
"Why me?" She bawled back, confused.
"Because you're a girl. And right now Remus needs the feminine touch! I would send James but he's too feminine." Sirius bit his cheeks to stop himself from laughing.
James scowled at him.
"Fine. But you owe me Black!" She shot back and also rose from the table.
"Of course Evans." He grinned at James who was now watching him suspiciously.
"You know something I don't." It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
Sirius shook his head, "You Jamsie-boy are clearly losing your marbles. What could I possibly know that the great, amazing, all-seeing, all-knowing James Potter doesn't?"
"You know something about Remus or - or Evans … or both." James folded his arms crossly. "Shit." The penny dropped. "You idiot Sirius Black! He is withher isn't he?"
"You are paranoid Prongsy old boy. Remus and Lily are not together!" Sirius said calmly, pouring out more pumpkin juice. "Why are you so convinced that he's the secret boyfriend anyway?"
James wrinkled his nose, ignoring Sirius. "Why did you tell Lily to go? Why didn't you just go yourself?"
Sirius shrugged. "I'm the on who upset him and he and Lily are friends, makes sense." He looked up and rolled his eyes at James. "For godsake James! Have a little faith in your friends! We had this debate last night and I refuse to do it again this early on."
Sirius downed his pumpkin juice and left too, knowing he needed to warn Remus.
Peter glanced uneasily at James, "I've got to say, I don't think Remus would do something like that."
James snorted. "Yeah right, who knows what he's capable of? Help me catch them Pete, please. Sirius wasn't very good at it. But you'll be good. You'll help me won't you?" He asked a little desperately, alarming Peter.
Peter bit his lip.
"I don't know James, isn't it a little too much like spying?" He asked uneasily. "It would be betraying his trust too much."
James groaned. "Please Pete! I had all that of Sirius! No-one else will help and I promise once we prove or disprove it then - then - we'll pull the ultimate prank of your choice!"
Peter gulped. "Fine. But just so you know, I don't like digging around where we're not wanted."
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Sirius opened the door quietly, catching Lily and Remus unawares.
Remus barely glanced at him, already knowing who it was, trusting Remus, Lily didn't open her eyes.
Sirius calmly walked into the dorm and went over to his trunk, ignoring the couple entwined on Remus' bed.
"Oh, by the way Remus, James is starting to get suspicious. Thought I'd better warn you." Sirius stated as he sat down on his own bed.
Remus shot up quickly, his eyes narrowed. "What have you been saying?"
Sirius held his hands up defensively. "Nothing! He won't say why he's convinced that the secret boyfriend is you mind. But I assure you, I have said nothing."
Remus regarded him warily. "You better not have Padfoot!" He growled.
Sirius smirked. "I haven't and I wouldn't. Now, fancy a game of fetch before lessons start?"
Remus sighed. "I'm a little busy right now." he said, indicating Lily.
"Ah well, too bad. It was just that James was only about ten minutes behind me…"
As if on cue the door was flung open again.
Remus leapt off the bed and onto Sirius', practically landing in Sirius' lap.
James scowled when he saw Lily, stomping over to his bed and ignoring her.
He turned his back on her and frowned at Remus and Sirius who were rolling around, growling at each other, fighting over some unknown reason.
Sirius ended up on top. "I win." He ginned, a bright happy smile, then he pushed Remus mercilessly off the bed and onto the floor.
James watched with interest, a plan formulating in his mind.
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After lessons that night, the Marauder's were sat in the Common Room.
Sirius was leant on Remus and James was sat in the arm chair opposite them.
Peter was sat in front of the fire and muttering to himself, marking down notes on a piece of paper.
"Why do you two always sit like that?" James asked suddenly, nodding his head towards Remus and Sirius, knowing that Lily was in ear shot.
"Is it against the law?" Sirius asked lazily, Remus didn't even look up from his book.
James folded his arms and pretended to be thinking. "You know, I was sure I heard a rumour about the two of you the other day."
Sirius barely glanced at him.
"A couple of girls were saying that they'd seen you two snogging in the Library."
Remus' grip on his book tightened but he refused to take the bate.
Sirius however, took it hook, line and sinker. "What?" His voice was deadly quiet.
"Dunno mate. Just what I heard."
Sirius made to get up but Remus held him down firmly, finally looking up from his book. "It's a rumour James. A rumour. I can tell you now that Sirius and I have definitely not been snogging in the library. You know full well that Sirius is banned from there anyway."
"Been snogging somewhere else then?" James smirked.
Remus blushed, "Course I haven't. I promise you that I've never snogged Sirius at any point at any time. -It's-a-rumour-." He added through gritted teeth.
James shifted, disgruntled. "Are you sure it's only a rumour though? I mean, I've often thought that there was something more than friendship between you."
Remus closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "Me and Padfoot are friends! Nothing more. Just like Lily and I are friends and John and I are friends."
James smirked again, "So you mean that all them are your friends with benefits?"
Remus growled and threw his book at James. "No! I don't have any 'friends with benefits'!"
James smiled to himself. "So why do you never look at girls then?"
Remus rose an eyebrow, "Do you really not know?"
Early on, Sirius and even Peter had cottoned on to the fact that Remus did look at girls but preferred to stay single because of his furry little problem.
Only James remained ignorant. Apparently.
James stayed silent.
Remus shook his head angrily. "How can you not know?! If you were me, would you really want to get involved with someone?"
Sirius could literally see then tension rising.
"I'm only saying -"
"Well don't James! God, you sit there accusing me of snogging Sirius and then, when I tell you that it's a load of bull, you won't believe me! You won't even trust me! So just don't say anything!" Remus snapped, removing his intense gaze from James and realizing that Lily was listening to every word of their conversation.
"Is the thought of kissing me really that repulsive?" Sirius joked. Remus chose to ignore this.
"I think it would be… your another boy." Peter piped up. Remus' gaze stayed fixed on Lily who was calmly ignoring him, a light blush the only indicator she could feel his stare.
Remus got to his feet and walked over to her, glaring coldly at James as he passed.
Sirius watched as he whispered something to her. She blushed again and nodded and they were gone from the common room.
"Could you get any lower?" Sirius angrily asked James. "You know why Remus stays away from girls!"
Peter was watching them intently.
"And why drag me into it! Do you honestly think that Remus would ever have a 'friend with benefits'? Moony isn't like that! He believes in love and all that crap."
James glared at him, "Can you say that the pair of you don't at least appear closer than just friends?"
"Crying out loud James! That is all we are! Friends and that's all we're going to be!" Sirius snarled, picking up Remus' book and climbing off the sofa. "I'm taking this upstairs before you throw it on the fire and blame Lily or something."
"That means you want to be more than friends with him." James called after him.
Sirius stuck his finger up at James and stomped his way upstairs, once again leaving James and Peter.
"That was pretty low."
"Shut up Peter."
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When Remus returned later on, James and Sirius were sat waiting for him.
James' face was unnatural and uncaring.
Sirius was fidgeting, looking uncomfortable and agitated.
"Where's Peter?" He asked nervously.
"Bed. Now sit." James replied, his voice harsh.
Remus gingerly sat next to Sirius, waiting for James to speak.
He didn't have to wait long.
"Look, I get the whole you don't date girls because of your furry problem and all, what I don't get is why you don't even make comments about girls." James said, leaning forward.
Remus sighed and leant back. "I find it degrading."
James laughed. "You must the only teenage boy I've ever heard say that, don't you have hormones or something?"
Remus shrugged, "Yeah well. It's the way I am."
"Okay, but just to clear it up, you aren't gay are you?"
Remus looked at him, startled, "No. If this is going back to that rumour…" He warned threateningly.
James shook his head quickly, "No, it's not."
"Would it bother you if I was gay?" Remus asked suddenly, thinking of Sirius.
James frowned at him. "You are then!"
Remus sighed and shook his head. "No, I'm not. I was merely interested in your opinion."
James licked his lip and fell into silence. "We accepted you for being a werewolf, which, no offence mate, is a lot worse than being gay so yeah, no problem. I would just like to be informed if you become gay."
Remus smiled, happy with the answer and he felt Sirius relax to.
"So there's no relationship between you two?" Remus and Sirius shook their heads and James carried on speaking, addressing Remus. "You trust us don't you?"
Remus paused, catching the glint in James' eyes. "... Yes. Why?"
"So you'd tell us if you were with someone?"
Remus gulped, his heart sped up, his mouth went dry. "Yes. Yes I would." He croaked in a very small voice.
James smiled genuinely, "Good, now I'm off to bed."
Remus watched him walk away, apprehension growing.
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Remus tossed and turned all that night, sleep refusing to happen.
When he finally sat up bolt right, he gave up and wandered over to the window, the darkness surrounding him.
He sat down on the edge of Sirius' bed and gazed out into the dark night, the trees waved eerily in the wind, the whomping willow stood tall and strong against the stars.
He suppressed a shudder and tore his gaze away ad over to the lake, the surface calm and untroubled but the waters in turmoil underneath. Just like him.
He sighed.
He hated lying so much.
He hated doing his to James.
He hated it.
But he wanted her.
He shut his eyes and leant his forehead against the cool glass.
He felt a hand upon his shoulder and jumped a mile, almost screaming.
He quickly span round, only to find Sirius watching him with concern.
Sirius wrapped his arms around the werewolf's waist and pulled him close, Remus tensed before finally relaxing back against Sirius.
"Can't sleep?" Sirius murmured gently.
Remus nodded sadly, "Something like that."
"Sleep with me?" Sirius asked, his voice low.
Remus started and pulled away, "What?!"
Sirius rolled his eyes and lay down, patting the space next to him. "Sleep in my bed. Not with me!"
Remus smiled tightly and got in next to him, curling up into a tight ball.
"Relax Moony! I'm not going to eat you." Sirius said casually.
Remus gulped, James' words floating round his mind.
But he uncurled himself all the same and stretched out against Sirius, enjoying the extra warmth.
Soon their breathing evened out as dreams finally embraced them.
And James saw it all.
So yeah... Chapter Two.
Now, I've got some ideas of where to take this story and I really can't decide ... so I'll let the readers be the judge!
Option 1) Remus and Sirius start going out as a cover.
Option 2) Remus and Sirius have an affair
Opton 3) James gets gradully more obbsessed until he finds out, he then hsouts a lot and Sirius and Remus get together.
Option 4) Remus and Sirius share a secret kiss and avoid eachother
Promised RemusXSirius at some point.
Review xD
