Chapter 2
It was quite a dark night.
Remus was having a hard time sleeping as it was the night before the full moon. He could hear people whispering in the common room thanks to his werewolf hearing. He couldn't, however, make out what they were saying.
He would alternate between staring at the ceiling doing nothing, strainingH to make out what the whispers are saying, and staring at the two empty beds in the dorm wondering what they were doing downstairs, in the middle of the night, whispering. Sometimes he would throw in a glance full of dread at the almost-full moon.
Remus couldn't take it anymore. He was driving himself insane. He was going to go downstairs and, as a prefect should, tell them that they need to go to bed. Plus, it's definitely James and Peter, so they won't get too mad at him.
He quietly got out of his bed trying not to alert the whisperers. He opens the door to the dormitory and see three figures sitting next to the fire with their backs to him. Two, as Remus suspected, are James and Peter.
The other figure is one that makes Remus rub his eyes. Surely she wouldn't be down here, late at night, with those two. Unless she came down to scold them. Or they took her hostage. Remus decides throws caution to the wind and sprints down the steps in order to save Lily.
He runs over to where they're sitting and peers down at them. They're holding a parchment. Remus cant see what it says before it starts flashing red and screeches. James turns around quickly and sees Remus' head peering down at them.
Peter and Lily also turn around after saying a spell and tapping the parchment.
"Hello, Remus," Lily greets him. Remus raises an eyebrow silently asking if she's okay. She nods.
"It's late and you three should be in bed," he states. James' skin completion is remarkably similar to Nearly Headless Nick's at this point. If only he were a little more transparent.
"You okay, James?" Peter asks followed by a quick nod. The blonde boy shrugs it off, even though he is secretly irked by James' obvious manner.
"Bed, now." Remus commands. They all get up and follow him to the steps leading upstairs to the dorms. Lily turns to go into the girls dorms area while the three marauders go straight.
As soon as the door to the dorm closes Remus jumps on the bed, determined to get a good nights rest before the full moon the next day.
Remus sat, bored out of his mind, tired, and emotional in history of magic. Remus already knew everything Binns was saying because he had to read ahead for "that time of the month" when he missed school. He was trying to occupy himself with his thoughts but they kept drifting back to one thing. Well, more like one person.
Remus sighs quietly as he stared at the back of one of his best mates head. Never before has Remus seen something so ordinary look so perfect. Though Sirius' face looked much better than the back of his head, Remus didn't count that as ordinary because it was obvious that Sirius' face was blessed by something. Perhaps Aphrodite, or maybe Venus?
Meanwhile the boy in front of Remus was thinking quite similar thoughts. He had an urge to turn back around just stare at the other boys face for hours, but unfortunately he Sirius knew he could not do that, for Remus would forbid him to.
Sirius loved everything about Remus' face. His beautiful golden and amber eyes, that would occasionally darken to almost black when he was furious. His smile, which was always accompanied by his adorable little dimples. His scars that Remus hates but Sirius thinks are absolutely awesome and show how strong Remus is. And his lips. Sirius has wasted so many days and nights thinking about those lips. Mostly when he was away from Remus, mind you, when he was with him Sirius was too busy trying to get the boy to open those lips into a smile.
Sirius hardly noticed everyone packing up around him until James poked him for a third time. Sirius looked up into the messy haired boys face.
"Hey, class is over!" James grinned. Sirius was still a little angry with him about the whole interrogation thing but gave a small smile and got up anyways.
"What were you thinking about?" James prodded.
"Pranks." Sirius lied. Usually this would have thrown the questioner off but James is always an exception to "usually".
"What were you really thinking about? You got the look on your face that I get when I think about Lily." Sirius glared at the other boy.
"You already know then."
Sirius walked ahead of James and quickened his pace every time James tried to catch up. Eventually Sirius was sprinting down the corridors and James was just behind him. Sirius let out a laugh, forgetting why he was even sprinting but loving the feeling of the slight breeze that running so fast created. He closed his eyes for a second before feeling a dull pain in his gut and head.
Sirius opens his eyes to discover he was laying onto of a ruffled looking Remus Lupin while James and Lily stood above them trying not to laugh. He glared at the two, almost forgetting where he was. Then he had a stroke of brilliance and realized that he was on top of Remus J. Lupin, the sexiest werewolf to ever ever bless Hogwarts with his presence.
Sirius almost kisses the taller boy on the spot. But unfortunately a foot jabs his side, reminding him that now is not the time. The foot belongs to an especially smug Snivellus, who is laughing in a malicious way.
"So it's true then that he isn't only a dirty dog, but a f*g too? Next thing you know he'll be going after Potter over here. Black always did have a thing for freak," he sneered. Sirius almost hexed his nose off right there, simply for referring to both James and Remus as freaks.
"Sorry, Snivellus, it was a nice try! I always knew you wanted me but I have to say, I'd never thought you were clever enough to try and trick me into thinking you're my type! I'm currently interested in someone else, though. E for effort!" Sirius shouted, before grabbing Remus's hand and running. The tawny haired boy laughed a little, stumbling along after his friend.
When they arrived at the common room both collapsed onto the same couch. Sirius turned his head to see Remus grinning at him.
"That was awesome, Siri," the taller boy commented. Sirius smiled and leaned his head against the shoulder that was almost parallel with his face.
"I know it was. I'm awesome, and so are you, Reme." Sirius said, feeling absolutely content in that moment. There was only one thing that could make it better. If only Remus just leaned his head down a little while Sirius lifted his head up just the tiniest bit and their lips met...
James burst into the room, running frantically past the two boys and up into the dormitories. Sirius and Remus payed him no mind, that was an often occurrence with his obsession with Lily and all, usually involving him pissing her off in some way and then taking cover from her wrath.
Speaking of the red-head, she stormed into the room soon after, looking ready to murder. Sirius immediately ran upstairs to James, hiding from the "she-devil". Remus did quite the opposite and walked cooly over to her.
"Ugh, I can't believe him!" she shouted, hexing a pillow into a pile of ash, then reconfiguring it and repeating. The werewolf sighed. His nerves were already far too frayed for any of this, seeing as it was the full moon.
"Lils, I swear Prongs is a good gu-"
"Not him!" Remus was stunned into silence just then. Normally the only thing Lily complained about was James and how insufferable he was, and Remus would always argue against it saying that the boy had a "good heart".
"Who's bothering you then?" the tawny-haired boy asked. She sighed in a way that was somewhere between angry and broken and plopped herself onto a chair.
"Severus is. I don't know what's gotten into him! He's usually so nice and charming but lately he's been such a... prat." Lily's head fell into her hands as she said this. "Honestly, he called me a-a-a mu-mud-d-d-blo-o-o-o-d-d!" Her shoulders started to shake as she cried. Remus wanted to sit down and cry with her do to his over ride of emotions during "that time of the month" but he instead sucked it up and gave her a hug. She looked back up at him and gave a weak smile.
"Lily, you know I'll always be there for you. And if someone is really bothering you- besides James, of course- who knows? They might end up with a little sleeping potion in their tea." The girl sniffled and chuckled at that, and cuddled into her best friend's side.
"Rem, can I ask you something?" Remus couldn't deny here anything at this point. He always thought of Lily as if she were a sister, and he would give her the moon if she asked. He was bi, sure, but he never felt anything but platonic feelings towards Lily.
"Sure, Lils, ask away." She sucked in a particularly wavy breath.
"Do you... like anyone?" Remus turned to her, aghast. She looked sort of uncomfortable, a light blush covering her cheeks, but was still snuggled up to him. He felt the urge to shove her off and run screaming but he forced himself to sit still and answer the question.
"Yes, yes I do. But, Lily, it isn't you. I'm sorry, I really want to keep our friendsh-" Lily cut him off with a laugh and a light, playful slap on his face. He shut up, slightly confused now but understanding that awoken had just as random mood swings on their "times of the month" as he did.
"No, silly, I don't like you. But I think I know who does!" He gave her an odd look. No one liked him. He was the freak who disappeared every month for a few days, no one even glanced his direction. Most Hogwarts students couldn't tell who he was by name, and the ones who could identified him as "that nerd who hangs out with James and Sirius". He knew he wasn't good looking, or "cool" by normal standards. Suddenly he felt a rush of self-pity, his usual depressing thoughts amplified by his frayed nerves.
"Lils, are you okay? You're talking nonsense again? Did Severus do something to you?" Remus asked, concerned. She snorted and leaned in really close to his face, making the werewolf even more concerned for her mental state.
"Rem, who do you like?"
Remus hesitated. She acted as if she were drunk, maybe she was given a potion from Severus, or maybe she was just giddy. Should he really tell her? If she were drunk then she probably wouldn't remember tomorrow, so no harm is really done, right? He sighed and decided to tell her, knowing he'd argue himself insane if he thought any more about it.
"I... Lily, you have to promise not to hate me?"
"Is it James?! Because if so I swear to go-"
"No! Of course not! He's my mate! And, Lils, I knew you liked him. You've had dibs on him for a while," Remus concluded with a smirk, while Lily's face color started to match her hair.
"I most certainly do not like him! I just- hey! You're avoiding my question! Remus, now is not the time to be a sneaky arse!" she shouted. The werewolf's grin faltered and he struggled to breathe for a little.
"I... I like... Sirius," he just barely whispered. Lily heard him loud and clear though. And she immediately squealed and hugged the now-flabbergasted teenager boy.
"I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! You and him will be so adorable together! And I'm sure they'll make a spell or potion for two men to have children so there will be little Remus' running around! Granted, they'll have some of Black in them too but, hey, you win some, you lose some," she ranted in a comically high voice, still clutching onto the baffled boy.
"Uh, Lils? Sirius is straight. And even if he weren't, he wouldn't like me. I'm not exactly his type..." Remus' whole mood turned downcast at the words escaping his lips. He truly hoped, even believed, for a moment that Sirius might like him back. But his insecurities started speaking for him and they managed to convince him otherwise. He was answered with a snort.
"Of course you're his type! Haven't you noticed he always goes for blondes?"
"I'm not a blonde, Lily."
"But you might as well be one! The color of your hair has the same appeal of blonde hair! And the people he normally goes for have light brown eyes!"
"And that proves...?"
"You have light brown eyes! And he likes tough girls!" Lily shouted, trying to encourage the insecure boy across from her, before realizing her mistake. "Oh, Remus, you know I meant just people in general." The tawny-haired, amber-eyed boy got up and started walking away.
"I'm sorry, Lily, I should be studying so I can hopefully get a good job and not starve in the future. Then, maybe once my life is stable, I'll give him a try," Remus spat in his polite, passive-aggressive manner.
Lily groaned as she watched the receding form of a royally ticked werewolf, who would probably forgive her in a few days or so and would refuse to speak until then. She threw her head into her hands when Sirius approached from behind and asked what she did to piss him off so much.
