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"Honestly, Moony!"
Chapter 2
by
Kyla
"Sirius?"
Sirius grumbled something about wanting to sleep more and rolled over, suddenly finding it hard to do so. "M... Hm..?" He moved again and yelped, his body meeting the floor rudely. "Ow! What the hell?!"
"Sirius, did you actually sleep in that armchair all night?" Remus asked laughing so much that he stood almost doubled over, his hands gripping his sides desperately. Tears were leaking from his eyes, and Sirius couldn't help but grin. It had been awhile since Remus had really laughed like that.
"Yeah, I guess I did," Sirius laughed at himself and stood up on sleepy legs. He winced and stretched out his arms, groaning as the knots in his neck and back slowly loosened. "Ah well... I'm good now!"
Remus laughed and wiped at the merry tears on his cheeks. "You looked so goofy curled up in that chair! You were cuddled against the cushion like it was your lover or something! Hahaha! Brilliant!" He limped over to the other armchair by the fireplace and fell into it, his chest heaving.
Sirius settled himself back into the chair he had fallen asleep in, grinning at his friend. "Well, I'm glad I could amuse you," he murmured, "but damn, couldn't you have let me sleep a little longer?! The sun's just now barely came up!" He pouted his lower lip.
"Sorry," Remus chuckled, finally getting his giggles under control, "I couldn't resist."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Sirius moaned pitifully, like a kid who dropped his ice cream cone in the dust, "you just like to tease me..." He faked a sniffle and then grinned over at Remus again.
Remus just smiled back at him and said, "I woke you up so you could do that essay."
"Lucky me," Sirius grumbled. He reluctantly took the Potions text that Remus offered him. He opened up to the right pages and accepted the paper and quill that his friend handed over. "Oh," he said before starting to write, "if my essay turns out good... can you hold off on doing homework this weekend and go to Hogsmeade with me?"
"What brought that question on?"
Sirius tried to shrug, play it off, and he hurried to start on his essay, thankful for the distraction. "Dunno," he mumbled into his Potions book, "it just feels like I never get to spend as much time with you any more... and since I missed out on the last full moon... I just feel like we need to spend some time hanging out, especially since Wormtail started acting so weird and most definitely since Prongs has been spending so much time with Lily."
"And what about you and that Ravenclaw Jennifer?" Remus asked, sliding further into his seat.
"Hm? Jen?" Sirius tipped his chin up to stare down his werewolf friend, a frown pulling the corners of his lips down. "She's just a really good friend... You're not jealous, are you?" He meant it to be taken in jest.
"Of course not," Remus scoffed and locked his arms across his chest, "that's ridiculous..."
As Sirius sat folded in the armchair, he eyed Remus. The werewolf was perched, tense and worn across from Sirius, and the animagus remembered Jennifer talking about how he had been spending less and less time with Remus, so if that was the case, he would be glued to Remus until he finally confessed to the werewolf that Sirius was madly in love with him.
"Yeah," Sirius said after a moment, shrugging, "I thought so.. but you know... We haven't been able to spend a lot of time together, that much is true... I'm sorry."
"It's okay..."
"No, it's not! That's why I insist you go to Hogsmeade with me this weekend!"
Remus rumbled out a chuckle and shook his head, more out of humor than anything else. "All right, Sirius, but you have to finish that essay on time, or I won't go," he threatened.
"You, my friend, are evil," Sirius pouted dramatically and continued writing, his hand moving frantically so he could finish the essay.
Remus rolled his shoulders in a shrug and grinned into the fireplace, humming softly to himself while his friend finished a Potions essay.
"Done! Oh... sorry, Remus! I didn't mean to scare you," Sirius laughed sheepishly and held out his parchment to the startled werewolf. "Do you wanna read it and see if it's any good?" Anxiety bubbled in his chest when Remus accepted the parchment, and he prayed that Remus was impressed.
Remus read it over. He hummed in some places and nodded to other portions, and Sirius nibbled his bottom lip, hoping Remus was proud of the essay, because Sirius surely never worked that hard on homework before. It had taken him so long that most Gryffindors had all ready wandered from the Common Room and towards the Great Hall for breakfast.
"A lot better than your past efforts," Remus said and handed the paper back over.
"Thanks!"
Remus smiled at the big grin on Sirius's face. He stood up. "Ready to go get breakfast?" he asked.
"Hell yeah! Let's go, I'm starving!"
Remus looked around. "Did you see Prongs come through here last night?" he asked suddenly, stopping the movement to the door.
"Um... no, actually, I don't think I did... I saw Wormtail scamper through at about ten, but no Prongs."
"I wonder where he's at," Remus muttered, folding his lips down into a frown. Sighing, he said, "Well, at any rate, I'm sure he can take care of himself. He might have just came in late last night and managed to sneak past you... Not hard to do with the way you snore," he laughed at the fake, wounded expression on Sirius's face.
"Aw, whatever," Sirius grumbled and stood up. His muscles stretched and pulled a groan from his lips. "Can we just go get breakfast now please?"
"Certainly," Remus raised a brow, "but are you sure you want to go in yesterday's clothes?"
Sirius looked down at himself. "Damnit," he growled and stomped up the staircase. "Go on and head to the Great Hall, Moony! I'll catch up! Just be sure to grab some food for me, and I'll meet you outside Transfiguration!"
Remus laughed his way out of the Common Room.
Then, down in the Great Hall, Remus found a seat between Peter and James. "Where were you last night, Prongs? I never heard you come in."
"Oh," James stammered suddenly, a goofy grin on his face, "Lily and I kind of fell asleep together in the Room of Requirement..."
Remus beamed. "Good for you, James! Are you two a couple yet?"
"Yeah, officially now," James sighed dreamily.
"Hey, James," Lily murmured shyly. She assumed the empty seat beside James and peeked up at him through her lashes.
"Lily! Good morning!" James curled his hand around hers, giving her a quick kiss. "How are you today?"
"I'm doing good, just need to study a little bit more for that Potions quiz today," Lily answered brightly and held onto James' hand.
"Ugh, you had to remind me," James moaned, a lopsided grin on his face to show he wasn't really upset.
"Sorry," Lily giggled.
"You should have studied more, Prongs," Remus said in all good nature. He smiled into the baleful look James sent him and shrugged.
"Oh, are you not ready for that quiz today either?" Sirius asked as he settled into a chair right across the table from Remus.
"Nope!"
"Awesome!"
James and Sirius decided a high five would help them sufficiently celebrate. Remus rolled his eyes after sharing a look with Lily. He nudged Peter and murmured, "They're such slackers."
Peter giggled.
"Oi," Sirius said, "I did my essay, and you said it was better than my past ones! Don't call me a slacker!" He pouted, slowly adding food to his plate. "Glad I got to actually sit down and eat breakfast," he added in a mumble.
"You must have sped like the devil," Remus mentioned, polishing off some eggs.
"Did you oversleep or something, Padfoot?"
"Nah... Moony made sure to wake me up really early so I could do my Potions Essay..."
"Aw, Moony, you didn't," James guffawed. The glare Sirius sent him didn't persuade him to stem his giant grin in the least.
Remus sighed. "The essay's due today. I told him if he didn't finish it in time, then I wouldn't hang out with him in Hogsmeade this weekend."
"Poor Padfoot," James crowed, "blackmailed into homework!"
Peter snickered.
Lily didn't find the whole thing quite as amusing, however, and she huffed. She snatched her hand away from James' and scowled at him. "Sirius should have gotten his essay done before this morning. Remus did him a favor," she snapped. Her long red hair billowed dramatically as she pushed herself onto her feet, stalking away with an annoyed posture.
"What?" James frowned and watched Lily walk off. Then, he jumped up and ran after her, quickly grabbing his books. "Lily! Wait! What's wrong? Why are you upset this time?!"
"Trouble in paradise," Peter muttered, ducking his face into his plate.
Sirius watched James catch up to his girlfriend just as they reached the exit. He sighed and shook his dark-haired head once they were out of sight. He didn't know if he would ever understand James' and Lily's relationship.
"Those two fight like an old married couple," Remus noted, not surprised by the turn of events. He had seen a fight stirring from the moment James and Sirius started acting like their lazy selves.
"Ah well," Sirius shrugged, "they'll have made up by the time we go to Defense Against the Dark Arts."
"They always do," Peter agreed.
"Are the two of you ready? If we don't leave soon, we'll miss the beginning of Magical Creatures," Remus reminded them. He gathered his books together in his lap, watching Sirius stuff down the rest of his food. Peter laughed with Remus when the third boy started choking.
"Remember, Padfoot, you have to chew your food," Remus teased as he, Peter, and Sirius started out of the Great Hall.
"Aw, shut it, Moony..."
Kyla: Hope it was a decent chapter... This is more of a filler at the moment. I'm going to hopefully get into the Hogsmeade weekend in the next chapter, and more RemusSirius romance... I'll try to get that next chapter done as soon as I can. Review if you get the chance, and I really appreciate it!
