AN: I hope the few Faves/Follows I have on this story will enjoy this next chapter, thank you for taking an interest and as always any review/comment is always appreciated. We are slowly but surely coming to the big event that sets the story in motion, I hope you can continue to be patient until then. I am trying to inject a little humour into it but my sense of humour is of the more bizarre side so I apologise if it's not amusing, lol.

~Always Pure~

Sirius felt the desk press into the backs of his legs, his body thrummed with deep seated pleasure as Remus' tongue met his own in the confines of their open mouths. He moaned softly and pushed his fingers deep into Remus' hair, slowly he pulled himself closer. Finally they pulled apart long enough to breathe and Sirius smiled sweetly, an expression Remus had come to recognise as one he spared only for him. "Moony?" Sirius muttered hoarsely, his hands shaking a little as he ran his fingers through Remus' hair.

"Mm?" Remus hummed and nipped lightly at Sirius' throat eliciting a soft murmur of excitement from him.

"Do you…do you want to try going all the way?" He whispered nervously, Remus pulled back and stared at him with a small frown. Sirius bit down on his bottom lip as he met his boyfriend's eyes.

"What do you mean?"

Sirius looked down at his hands as he fiddled absently with Remus' tie. "Well, I was thinking over the summer that we could try and um…you know, have sex?" He looked up to evaluate the effect of his proposal.

Remus sighed heavily and kissed Sirius lightly on the lips. "I'm just not sure if I'm ready for that yet." He replied and felt guilty when Sirius gave him a puppy-like pout. "I'm sorry, Siri…I don't want to rush this. Let's take our time, yeah?"

After a beat of tense silence Sirius huffed his fringe out of his eyes and smiled. "Alright, I won't force you."

Remus returned his expression and leaned in for more of those sweet kisses he had learned to love, they continued to kiss long after curfew, neither boy caring about what happened in the world around them as they wrapped themselves around each other.

When they decided it was high time that they return to the dorm they walked back hand in hand beneath James' invisibility cloak which Sirius had borrowed. Abruptly Sirius halted just before they rounded the corridor that led to the portrait of the Fat Lady, he looked at Remus who was hunched low, they had grown so much since their first year it was becoming increasingly difficult to hide themselves completely. "Moony?" Sirius began softly and smiled when Remus squeezed his hand. "I was thinking that maybe we should tell James about us."

Remus looked up at Sirius with a small frown of concern. "Really?"

"Yeah. He's our best mate, if we don't tell him and he finds out he'll hate us."

"But…what if he doesn't like it?"

Sirius chuckled quietly. "Then I'll force him to accept it. Come on, if you think that a guy willing to hang around with a Werewolf is going to criticise us for being gay you're more stupid than I thought."

Remus slowly nodded although his stomach churned at the thought of James discovering his secret obsession, he bit his bottom lip before sighing in defeat. Sirius was right, James would find out eventually and the likelihood of them losing his friendship because they had kept something so important from him was higher than him not accepting that they were a couple. Perhaps it was because he was so used to hiding big secrets or perhaps it was only because he was terrified of what would happen to him and Sirius in the future he didn't know, but something in his head baulked at the idea of telling anyone else about what they got up to on their increasingly frequent trips to 'the library'. Something inside Remus seemed repulsed by the idea of allowing anyone else to discover just how close they were, it was ridiculous for him to be so paranoid but sometimes when he looked at Sirius he wondered if what they were doing was right. It was only when their lips met in the dim classrooms at night, or when their fingers lingered on each other beneath tables that he felt at ease. He pushed these dark musings aside and smiled at his boyfriend, gently he took Sirius' hand in his own and they started off back to their dorms. "Ok, let's tell James tomorrow." He said softly and allowed himself to feel the now familiar (yet still so new) warmth fill his heart as Sirius smiled.

~Always Pure~

"Now, silent spells are the most difficult form of magic to accomplish." Sirius watched Professor Slughorn pace up and down before them like an overgrown walrus, his moustache blew as he huffed and manoeuvred his massive bulk around the tables. "Even in the discipline of Potions one will find that silent spells can come in useful, we will be going back to basics this term and re-learning the less complicated potions so that you can practice doing the necessary spells silently." He waved his wand at the black board and a list of ingredients and instructions appeared. "Today we will begin with a cure for boils, please read the instructions carefully." He finally settled down behind his desk and began marking papers while the class room erupted into a flurry of activity. Sirius yawned widely and leaned back in his seat, he stretched his arms above his head and sighed heavily.

"Sirius, are you paying attention?" Remus asked as he began chopping up ingredients.

"But this is kids stuff, Remus." Sirius moaned. "I can do this shit with my wand arm tied behind my back, I don't need to prove anything to anyone."

Remus gave him a look that plainly said he wasn't going to let Sirius get away with doing nothing. "Here," He said, pushing the mortar and pestle towards his boyfriend. "Grind up some of these." He dumped a load of ingredients in front of Sirius who whined loudly, he sounded exactly like his canine counterpart. Remus hid his smile as Sirius began mashing up the ingredients with an angry glare.

"Remus being a slave driver again, Siri?"

James' voice made Sirius jump, he was stood so close behind him he could feel his breath tickling the back of his neck. He shivered involuntarily and looked up. "Yes, yes he is." He muttered mulishly and poked his tongue out at Remus who studiously ignored him while he bent to light the fire beneath his cauldron.

"I know something that will cheer you up, Padfoot old friend." James said and a wicked grin appeared on his face, Sirius lifted an eyebrow in curiosity.

"And what, pray tell, Mr. Prongs, would such a plan involve?" He asked.

"Well, Mr. Padfoot…I have been doing some calculations and according to my rather large intellect I should think that if we added these…" He rummaged around in his pockets and withdrew a fist full of magical firecrackers. "Into Snivelly's potion at exactly the right time we will be in for a bundle of laughs."

Sirius' face broke out into an evil smirk. "Oh Prongsy, I do so love how you know me so well."

"Of course, how could I call myself a friend if I allowed you to suffer through this morbidly boring lesson without helping to ease it with some form of light entertainment?"

"You'll end up in detention again." Remus said quietly but without much conviction, he had long ago given up attempting to really dissuade his friends from doing stupid things. It was his lot in life, apparently, to end up dragged into their various schemes even if he tried not to be. He sighed as James patted him on the shoulder lightly.

"You're right, we probably will but I'm sure I can speak for Sirius as well when I say that I will have no regrets."

"Too true, Prongs. Too true." Sirius said gravely before breaking out into soft giggles.

Remus decided to take his usual tactic and ignore the pair of them until after they had completed their intended prank, he stirred his potion carefully, his lips pressed firmly closed as he tried to avoid whispering the incantations. It wasn't until Snape was adding the final ingredients to his potion that the room suddenly seemed to explode. Students screamed in terror and many of them tripped over their own cauldrons causing more potions to spill across the floor. The whole class was soon covered almost head to foot in green, thick liquid. It dripped off the ceiling slowly as an ominous silence descended, Sirius and James were bright red in the face as they fought hard to stop themselves from breaking out into hysterics. Calmly Remus picked up a nearby cloth and began wiping the Cure for Boils off his face, he was one of the few lucky ones who hadn't managed to accidentally ingest some of the nasty tasting fluid and he could see many faces turning green as people began to retch.

Snape stood perfectly still, his black eyes wide behind his coating of thick potion, his mouth was slightly open, frozen in surprise like a fish out of water. He took a long, shaky breath before slowly turning around to stare at the back of the class room. He was unsurprised to see Sirius Black and James Potter bent over in a silent fit of giggles, his eyes narrowed as fury nearly overwhelmed him. Before his mind could catch up to his body he had reached into his pocket and withdrawn his wand, without thought he sent a powerful spell flying across the room.

Sirius felt something hit him in the chest, he was thrown backwards violently across the desk he had been stood in front of. All the breath was knocked soundly out of his lungs as he crashed to the floor scattering ingredients and his favourite pair of golden scales everywhere, there was a clang as the scales met stone and he felt a strange burning sensation deep in his lungs. He curled up into a ball as pain lanced through his heart and he realised he was unable to draw in air. James' eyes widened behind his glasses before they narrowed in anger, hazel met black and both boys glared at each other.

"That was uncalled for!" James shouted across the room as people began to turn to see what all the noise was about, their reactions were slow as they recovered from the shock of being sprayed with potentially dangerous substances. "How dare you attack anyone when they can't defend themselves!" James shouted, his wand appearing in his hand, he lifted it but then Slughorn dived in between him and Snape, effectively blocking his view.

"Mr. Potter!" Slughorn gasped. "I think that's quite enough of that!"

"Sir, did you see him? He threw a hex at Sirius!" James replied, waving his wand vaguely in Snape's direction and causing little sparks of crimson to fizz into the air.

Snape sneered viciously. "You two put firecrackers in my potion, did you think I wouldn't retaliate?!"

"We weren't aiming to hurt you, you little shi-"

"ENOUGH!"

The shout went through the room like a banshee's scream, utter silence descended as all eyes moved slowly to the class room door. Slughorn went pale and he removed a handkerchief from his pocket and dabbed nervously at his forehead. "Professor McGonagall…I say, I didn't expect you until later."

McGonagall looked more furious than even the Marauder's had seen her, James flushed and quickly stowed his wand away, his eyes darting around to see Remus knelt at Sirius' side. Sirius was lying still, wheezing horribly as he clutched at his chest, his face was as white as parchment and his lips had a worrisome blue tinge to them. "Now then…" Minerva stepped cautiously into the room, she eyed the devastation with narrowed eyes and they landed on James who was standing like a guard beside Sirius. "Who started this?" Snape, James and Peter all began to speak at once until the formidable witch lifted her hand and silence fell yet again. "Potter, please begin your side of the story."

James stood straight, his eyes on the floor and told her that Snape had hexed Sirius. McGonagall turned to Snape who was the colour of curdled milk, his wand still gripped in a tight fist as he glared death at James. "And you, Mr. Snape? Why did you decide it would be a good idea to start throwing potentially dangerous hex's around a busy classroom?"

"Potter and Black put firecrackers in my potion, it exploded and caused mayhem…as usual." He hissed, his eyes never once leaving James'.

"P-Professor…?"

McGonagall turned to Remus who was on his knees in a big green puddle, his face was white with worry and his mouth trembled a little. "Lupin, what is it?"

"Sirius…I-I think he's really hurt!"

McGonagall went straight to Sirius' side and crouched down, she looked carefully at him, her hand moving to check his chest and she found a great burn mark in his robes right above his heart. She pursed her lips, which were white with anger. "Take him to the hospital wing immediately, Lupin and ensure Madam Pomfrey is made aware of the situation."

"Yes Professor." Remus helped a half conscious Sirius to his feet and helped him slowly out of the classroom. When they were gone Minerva turned to James and Snape.

"Mr. Potter, fifty house points will be taken from Gryffindor for your potentially dangerous stunt and for daring to draw your wand in a class room." James sighed and put his hands into his pockets, he hung his head. "Another seventy points will be taken from Slytherin for actually using a spell to intentionally harm another student." Snape put away his wand with a shaking hand, his mouth taught with anger. "Both of you will attend detention every night for the first month of this term, I expect you both to able to conduct yourselves with more maturity at the end of it. For now, this class is dismissed so that you may all clean up before lunch. If I hear of anymore stupidity of this nature again I will suspend everyone involved." Without another word she spun on her heel and exited the room.