By the way Preston is the name of my white teddy bear. GO PRESTON!


"If you even think about making that mistletoe follow me around Sirius you won't be seeing my bed for a month," Remus warned as he and the sexless wonder helped Sapphire decorate the house in preparation for Remus's and Prestons family's arrival.

"That didn't even cross my mind," Sirius said and charmed it to follow himself around instead.

"You are so lucky I'm not the jealous type."

"But you are, so you're not going to let anyone else near me," the black haired teen laughed and hung the last bit on tinsel. "Finished at last…Moony?"

"No," Remus said automatically and headed up to their room.

"But you don't know what I was going to ask."

"You put a bow on my neck and almost charmed mistletoe to follow me around, whatever it is the answer is most likely no."

"Do you love me?" Sirius asked and flopped down on the bed he had not slept in last night.

"Of course," Remus replied and shoved him over so he could lie down.

"Do you love me enough to forgive me for my uncontrollable bouts of ignorance for your feelings?"

"Maybe, or maybe I love you enough to allow you to learn your lesson the easy way," Remus said and with a flick of his wand a bright pink shimmering ribbon tied itself around Sirius's neck and a gigantic bow. "And the final touch," an over sized tag with 'Property of Remus J. Lupin' written in flashing red and gold letters sprouted from the tacky bow.

While Remus looked absolutely adorable in his medium sized red bow(which fell off the pervious day), Sirius looked like a bad imitation of a five year old girls princess dream gone wrong.

"You will now officially be welcomed back to my bed," Remus smirked and cast a very strong silencing spell on the room.

"I can't wait," Sirius said and proceeded to snog Remus senseless.

"Break it up you horny mongrels, mother and father will be here in five minutes," Preston said from the doorway.

"Damnit!" Sirius cursed and rolled off the other boy. "I was just almost most forgiven!"

"I would rather not have to explain why my brother and his "friend" are not there to greet Mother and Father. Nice bow by the way," Preston said and Remus sighed.

"Thank you Preston," Remus said and sat up. "We'll be out in a few minutes."

"You better or I'll inform Mother her precious little Remus is as straight as a corkscrew," Preston laughed and closed the door.

x x x x

Remus and Sirius appeared just as Mr. and Mrs. Lupin arrived, clothes askew and hair mussed, if you have been anything other than human you would have smelled the scent of uncompleted sex rolling off them in waves.

"REMUS!" A tall woman shouted and wrapped Remus in a bone-crushing hug much like his brother had done. "How are you? Are you all right? Are they treating you okay? Do you have any friends? Do you have a girlfriend? Are you happy? Do you feel all right?"

"Mom! I'm fine. They're treating me like a normal student. I have a lot of friends. I don't have a girlfriend. I'm happy. And I feel just fine," Remus said in English for Sirius's benefit. "This is Sirius Black, he's my best friend."

Remus's mom looked over at the boy with a large pink bow around his neck that said 'Property of Remus J. Lupin'. "Do you want to explain why he has a bow around his neck with your name on it?"

"He's my mate, if you don't like it, you can shove it," Remus said surprising everyone who spoke French with his bout of confidence.

"I take it you told them?" Sirius whispered in the other boy's ear when Mrs. Lupin looked like she was thinking of slow and painful ways to kill him. Remus just nodded and waited.


Nothing really to say right now...I'm hungry.