You know, I don't think I got all the ages right for some of the other characters. I hope you don't mind.

Can You Keep A Secret?

Chapter Three

"Where's Moony?" Sirius asked Peter. He, James, Lily, and Cassie had just arrived and immediately saw Peter sitting at the Marauder's usual table near the back of the room. The first thing that Sirius noticed was that Remus wasn't anywhere in sight.

"He went back to the castle," Peter replied, looking up from his conversation with Frank Longbottom. "He said he wasn't feeling too well."

"Is he sick?" Sirius sat across from Peter and put down the bag of chocolate he had bought for Remus down on the table in front of him."

"I don't think so." Peter answered, looking thoughtfully. "He did seem pretty down earlier, though."

"What do you mean?" Lily asked while James ordered everyone some drinks.

"While we were walking around earlier, he was always staring off into space with this almost sad looking expression on his face. I asked him what was wrong but he said he was fine."

"That's strange." James agreed. "He seemed fine this morning."

"Maybe he's just ill again?" Cassie suggested from besides Sirius. "Isn't he always going off to the infirmary because of some weird illness thing?"

"I don't think so," Sirius shared a look with James and Peter. The full moon was still three weeks away. Remus shouldn't be showing signs of any "illness" for another two weeks at least.

"We should do this again sometime," Cassie suggested when the foursome, plus Peter, entered the common room.

"Yeah, sure," Sirius answered, not really hearing what she said because he had been too busy scanning the common room for his werewolf. He didn't see the delighted look Lily and Cassie shared while he was searching.

His search finally ended when his eyes landed on a familiar head of light brown hair. Remus was sitting next to the fire place, talking to a student Sirius recognized was a seventh year, though he couldn't remember his name.

"Look! There's some empty seats over there!" Lily announced, pulling James over to a pair of seats. She and James sat on one, while Cassie pulled Sirius to sit next to her on the love seat across from them. Peter excused himself and went over to play a game of chess with Frank.

Sirius growled slightly. He wasn't sure if Remus had seen him, and with the way he was sitting now, he had his back turned to Remus.

"You alright there, mate?" James asked when he noticed the sour expression on the other boy's face.

"Yeah," Sirius grinned. "Just thought I forgot something." The two boys then proceeded to tell the girls about all their exploits, which caused numerous laughs, and Lily to threaten to tell the headmaster.

After a couple of hours and numerous stories about pranks on Slytherins later, Sirius looked around the room. A lot of the students have already left for bed. The only ones left were the older students. He spotted Peter with Frank and his girlfriend, Alice. The two of them had stopped playing chess and seemed to be talking about something or other.

He glanced back to the fire place and saw that Remus was still there with that seventh year. The two boys were sitting quite close together and seemed to be pouring over the contents of a book that Remus was holding. Sirius's eyes narrowed when the other boy said something that made Remus laugh.

"Who's that bloke talking to Remus?" Sirius asked.

"That's Molly's brother, isn't it?" Cassie asked Lily, who looked at the boy then nodded.

"Molly?" James asked.

"Molly Prewett? She was a student here two years ago. Her boyfriend proposed to her right before the year ended. It was the sweetest thing ever." Lily answered.

"Prewett?" James looked thoughtful. "Oh! That must be Gideon's brother, then?"

Gideon Prewett was a fifth year who played alongside Sirius as a beater on the Gryffindor quidditch team. "I never knew he had a brother. What's his name?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it's Fabian," Cassie answered. The group was looking at Remus and Fabian now, the two unaware that they had an audience.

"How cute would it be if they got together?" Lily asked with a mischievous look in her eye. She seemed to already be coming up with a matchmaking ploy.

"Remus is gay?" Cassie's eyebrow shot up into her hairline.

"He came out at the end of the year party last year after quite a few shots of fire whiskey." Lily said with a giggle. Sirius smiled at the memory. That little drunken confession had led to the two of them confessing their feelings for each other and getting together late in the dorm rooms when Peter and James were both in alcohol induced stupors.

"What makes you sure that Prewett is even into blokes?" James asked, having noticed the look in his girlfriend's eyes. "Didn't he go out with one of your friends last year?"

"Well, there's a rumor going around that he's bi." Cassie answered for Lily. "No one knows for sure, though since we've only ever seen him going out with girls."

"How'd that rumor start then if he's only been dating girls?" Sirius looked curious and slightly worried. What if a rumor like that was started about him? Regulus didn't need any solid proof before he had to tell his parents anything. A rumor was good enough since according to his mother, all rumors were based on some form of truth.

"Someone said that they saw him kissing some bloke from Ravenclaw. But the person who said she saw them was a bit on the drunk side that night, so no one knows for sure if it really was a bloke he was snogging. Or if it was even Prewett for that matter."

Sirius continued to watch Remus and Prewett talk. From the smile on his face, Remus seemed to be enjoying the conversation very much. Sirius felt anger and jealousy burning up inside him. He didn't like that Prewett guy.

"Sirius, are you alright?" Cassie asked.

"Yeah," he flashed a quick false smile. "I'm just getting tired is all."

"I'm starting to get tired, too. We should head to bed." Lily stood up and yawned.

"Goodnight, Sirius," Cassie and Sirius stood up while James walked over to the stairs leading to the girls' dorms with Lily.

"Night, Cassie,"

Cassie closed her eyes and leaned forward expectantly. Sirius silently cursed, but leaned down and pecked her quickly on the cheek to say goodnight. Cassie took the chance and wrapped her arms around his neck, keeping him in place so she could plant her lips on his.

It seemed that Remus chose that particular moment to look at Sirius. His breath caught when he saw the two in what looked like quite a passionate kiss. A cold feeling swept over him as the kiss continued. After a few seconds, though they felt like hours to Remus, Sirius finally pushed the girl away.

"I…er… goodnight, Cassie," Sirius mumbled, before walking away from the girl as fast as he could. He didn't stop until he reached the foot of the stairs. He turned back to see Remus giving him a hard look. He hoped his eyes showed how much he didn't mean for that kiss to happen. Then it was Sirius's turn to glare when Prewett came up behind Remus and placed a hand on his shoulder to ask him what was the matter.

This chapter wasn't set to be up until this weekend, but unfortunately I have two exams on Monday that may keep me occupied.

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