Some Sirius Mischief Managed
Chapter Two: The Little Things
The feeling of new, warm satin sheets was enough to make anyone not want to get out of bed in the morning. Combine that with a double Potions period to kick off a Monday made Sirius in no hurry whatsoever to wake up any time soon.
James thought Remus looked as if he didn't want to be disturbed either, especially since the werewolf was usually the first to rise in their dorm. "Best to let sleeping wolves lye" he reasoned as he decided to make his way over to Sirius' bed instead. Wasting no time, he jumped up onto the four-poster, taking Sirius' pillow out from under his head for good measure.
"Wake up sleepy head!" he yelled as the pillow connected with the side if his friends face for the umpteenth time "Rise and shine! We don't want to be la—Ouch!" He wasn't sure how, but somehow a hand had made its way around his leg and he had landed (not too gracefully) on the floor. "What was that for, you grumpy git?!"
When all he got was a groan in response he picked himself and started for Remus' bed instead. "Jeez, not even up yet but you still got up on the wrong side…" Probably shouldn't try waking Moony up the same way. The last full moon was only a week ago, that definitely won't be how he wants to kick off the new term. "Reeeeeemus," he said, gently shaking his friend "Time to get up, I need some help with Sirius." Remus cracked open an eye, clearly upset for being disturbed.
"James it's…" he looked at his alarm clock "6 in the morning. Go back to sleep."
"No."
"Yes."
"Nope."
"Go…"
"Don't wanna'."
"…Away." Remus sighed; This is pathetically childish "James?"
"Not gonna' happen. Oh, sorry. What?"
"You said something about Siri?"
"Actually, I said something about Sirius, but yeah, I can't get his lazy butt out of bed." He chuckled as Remus blushed a little hoping his messy hair covered it. I have to be more careful, I can't believe I called him Siri. I can't have them knowing I fancy him. I'll only be letting myself up for the world's worst let down. Besides, I'm sure that would go over well; "Oh guys, remember when I told you I was a werewolf back in third year? Yeah, well it slipped my mind at the time, but I'm a bi-sexual werewolf who's madly in love with, well, you Sirius. Yes that's right, you." Ha! That would go over real well. Yeah, it's best to keep it to myself so at least I can be his best friend.
"Helloooo, Earth to Mooney." James said as he waved his hands in front of Remus' face.
"What, sorry? What were you saying?"
"I was saying that even Peter's moving now, so we should get ready too before the good food is taken."
"At this un-Godly hour?"
"Better safe than sorry."
Remus yawned and got out of his comfy bed as James grabbed his forearm and pulled him in the direction of Sirius'. I bet his bed is warm too…No! Focus Remus. Wake him up. Get ready. Eat food. Focus. After five minutes of poking the object of his affection and dodging the latter's swinging arm, Remus was getting bored. Time for the wildcard… "Ugh, Sirius! Your breath stinks! And…are your teeth getting yellow? Wow, I think there's some dandruff in your hair too." Remus said as best he could with a straight face. In truth, he didn't even need to say as much as he did; he had Sirius literally jumping out of bed and running for the bathroom as soon as he said "yellow". The rest was just for fun.
"Wow Remus, I beat him with a pillow and jumped on him for a solid two minutes and didn't get a reaction half as good as that. I'm impressed" he patted Remus on the back.
"It's a gift" said Remus and the two boys broke out into laughter. "Get ready James. Three…Two…One…"
"I'm ready, I'm ready!" yelled Sirius as he came barreling back into the dorm "How do I look?" He turned in a circle around himself and flashed a dazzling smile that made Remus' heart melt.
"Like a million galleons." Said James and openly laughed at his best mate. The others laughed a little too and headed for the common room to find Peter (who had left the room) and go to the Great Hall for some breakfast.
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When they got to the Great Hall, they sat in their usual seats near Lily and her friends. Sirius sat next to Remus directly across from James and Peter.
"Alright" whispered James "So we've got this all worked out now, right?
"Yep, I looked up the vocal spell we need last night, and with a little practice I'll be able to cast it no problem. Um…oh, and with a little transfiguration I can turn my old dress robes into a decent lion suit. James, later you and I will look over the map and figure out the easiest way to 'borrow' Snivellus. Peter, it's going to be up to you to charm him up over the trophy cases. But we still have time; our first match against Slytherin isn't for almost two weeks."
Sirius then smiled, proud at himself for remembering all the details…at least until Remus coughed next to him. "Oh, and Remus will know nothing about it." And he beamed at Remus, who rolled his eyes.
"Thanks" he said.
Lily chose that exact moment to end her conversation with her other friends and 'thunk' down next to the Marauders. "I hope you aren't planning on pranking Severus." She said in a warning voice.
Sirius let out an over-exaggerated gasp "Lily! How could you think such a thing! Mooney here is a prefect, and your charming (winked at James) boyfriend is Head Boy. We wouldn't dream of such a thing."
"Just like you wouldn't have dreamed of taking my stuffed hippo Larry and charming him to life to see what he would do?" She glared.
"That was first year! You really have to learn to let things go. It's unhealthy to cling. Besides, that was a good experiment for the bettering of wizard-kind" He gave her his best smile, but like Remus she just rolled her eyes and looked elsewhere.
"Well James…What are you plotting?"
"Nothing." He replied smoothly.
"You answered too fast."
"Since when is there a specific speed for answering questions?"
"Since always."
"Nuh-Uh."
"Are you serious? Did you just 'nuh-uh' me?"
James pointed across the table "No, he's Siriu—"
"James" Remus said "that stupid joke hasn't been funny since second year."
"Party pooper" James mocked depression and poked absentmindedly at his breakfast, no longer engaged in the conversation.
"Fine" said Lily, getting tired of this whole business "Remus, what are they planning?"
"Don't know."
"Oh, yes you do! You guys tell each other everything."
"Not this…I wanted no part in it. It was my new term resolution."
Lily sighed, "Peter?"
"Yeah," said Peter, who was clearly paying more attention to his summer Transfiguration homework than anything else.
"Oh never mind." She got up and went back over to her friends, shooting the occasional questioning glance at Sirius.
"Phew! That was close. Hey James, are you okay?" All James did to reply was poke some more at his bacon and sulk. "Wow, that's intense." Sirius looked away from James and turned his attention to Remus instead. When Remus didn't say anything and just kept on eating, Sirius got bored and took a bite of toast.
"Jeez Sirius, would you cut it out. You know that bothers me!" Remus exclaimed
"What?"
"Staring at me and chomping away next to my ear."
"Sorry, my bad."
A few minutes passed by in comfortable silence, until James suddenly broke out laughing apparently totally over his sad moment.
"Are you ok mate?" asked Sirius
"Th-that'ssss quiet-test b-b-been sin-n-nce—"
"Whoa! Take a deep breath, you're not making sense." Sirius looked over at Remus who looked back; both clearly afraid for their friend's mental health. "James! James! Look at us! It's going to be okay! Breathe man, breathe!"
It took some time, but he finally calmed down. Remus, Sirius, and Peter were too afraid of what James would say if they asked what it was all about.
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After their double Potions class, they all had a free hour before Sirius and Remus had Charms, James had Divination, and Peter had History of Magic. So they all went up to the common room and played some chess. Sirius was playing Peter (who was losing terribly) while James and Remus watched and talked about Quidditch.
"Hahaaa Peter, checkmate!"
Peter stared at the board for a moment, completely unaware as to how he lost so badly, while his king was being torn apart by Sirius' knight.
"Aw come on! That wasn't fair."
"You just need some more practice." Said Remus reassuringly as he smiled lightly at Peter's demolished pieces. Then he looked over at the clock above the fireplace "It's good that the game's over now, we only have 10 minutes to get to class."
They gathered their things and headed out of the portrait hole onto the staircases. Just as they were parting in their own direction for their different classes Sirius looked back over his shoulder at James' back.
Great thought Remus here we go…
"You know what James, fine!" he yelled "Just walk away!"
James turned around and looked at Sirius with a completely shocked expression. For a split second Remus actually thought James didn't know what was going on…but of course he did. "How can I not! I'm not in love with you anymore!"
Sirius gawked at him "Well, I never loved you at all!"
"You bastard! I'm leaving you forever, and now I'm taking the kids too!"
"They're not even yours! I cheated on you with Remus here, and they're his…haven't you seen them? They like to read James! Read! They're just like him!"
"How could you?!" James looked as if he were about to faint.
"Oh, and that's not even all of it. You see, I'm taking Remus and the kids and running away with them to Las Vegas where we're all going to solve murders like on the muggle TV!( 1 )" At this, James actually fell to the ground, then got up, brushed his robes off and stared Sirius down for as long as they could manage. Suddenly they both broke out laughing hysterically before waving goodbye.
"See you at lung Prongs."
"Same. Bye guys!"
Sirius and Remus walked down the stairs to the Charms class they both shared.
"I really wish you two would stop doing that."
"Doing what?"
Remus chuckled "Full-scale scream-offs in the halls about completely ridiculous things like that."
Sirius smiled at Remus "But it's so much fun."
"Whatever…but umm, since when do we have kids?"
"Oh their names are, hmm, Todd and Kate, they're 2 year old twins I made up on the spot." He smirked
"Totally casual."
"As always."
They continued down the halls and as they neared the door their arms brushed. Remus felt shivers run down his spine and in that moment was happy that at least they were friends. It'll just have to be good enough for me. There's no way he'd fancy me back, so might as well savor those small touches because that's all he'll ever be able to give me. Remus smiled to himself and knew Sirius didn't see….Yes, he could be happy with things the way they were. Even if they were only the little things.
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( 1 ) Lol I was talking about CSI, I love that show with a fire-y passion ; )
I wrote this a lot quicker than I thought I would…in a day, but I was bored and waiting for the Patriots game to come on so I wrote to kill some time and voila! another chapter in the story was born! It's longer than the first one too.
I don't have any real idea as to where the story's going (besides Remus and Sirius realizing their love for each other laughs) so if you have any ideas feel free to voice your opinion.
Please review (smiles) I'll give you a cookie if you do…well not really, but if I did it would be chocolate chip; those are the best.