A/N: Here is chapter three! I'm so sorry it took so long! I've been busy and the times I have had to write I've had writer's block. 'Twas very annoying. But anyway, here you go, it's a little longer than the others, it's basically their trip to Hogsmeade. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Me? Own something? You have got to be kidding! Seriously, if I owned Harry Potter (meaning if I wrote it, which i couldn't have - I'm nowhere near as talented as our wonderful JK Rowling) then there would be at least some gay couples, a lot of people who died wouldn't have, Harry wouldn't annoy me so much... I think you get the point: I don't own the story or anything to do with it! Well, I kinda own the plotline but neh.
The Pursuit of the Perfect Present for the Perfect Padfoot
Remus was starting to get a little anxious as they made their way down the main street of Hogsmeade. This weekend trip was supposedly for people to buy valentine's day gifts for their loved ones and Remus had no idea what to get Sirius. What do you get someone you've been dating- well not technically even dating- for barely three days?
'James?' Remus said quietly, but loud enough for James to hear.
'Yeah?' James turned around and let Sirius and Peter continue up the busy street.
'Well, I've got a date for valentine's day and I have absolutely no idea what to buy them.'
James smiled, 'Congrats, mate! Who's the lucky lady?'
'You'll find out soon enough,' Said Remus a little impatiently, 'I just need help with what to buy.'
'Well, you've come to the right place, my friend! I am the expert on women's- you know, what they like and stuff.'
Remus chuckled a little before deciding to tell James the truth, not the whole truth, but some of it, otherwise he'd end up getting Sirius perfume or something and he was pretty sure that's not what he wanted.
'Yeah, well that doesn't really help, my date is kinda…' he looked up at James, almost fearing what his reaction would be. He shook himself mentally, this is James we're talking about! He's not some homophobe. This thought helped and he finished his sentence when he noticed James was looking at him funny and wondered how long he'd been silent for. 'My date's a guy.' he stated.
James' eyebrows lifted slightly but he just said, 'I see, well, we'll have to be getting to some more manlier shops, won't we?'
Remus gave a sigh of relief as he heard James' answer and resisted the urge to hug him. Instead, he settled for a quiet 'thankyou'.
James quickly used his two-way mirror to let Sirius and Peter know that he and Remus were going to shop alone for a while, since Remus had asked James not to tell them he was gay. What he really meant was, don't tell Peter I'm gay, don't tell Sirius I told you part of our secret.
Sirius had been quite pleased at the news, he hadn't wanted Remus seeing his present, and couldn't think of a way to send him off without James and Peter getting suspicious.
James and Remus set off down the street.
'Where are we going?' Remus asked after a few minutes of walking past all the best shops.
'This way,' James said, and turned off into a little alleyway Remus had never noticed before.
There was a small shop at the end and Remus was surprised to see there were quite a few Hogwarts girls in there. He couldn't read the sign, due to them being now almost under it, and him not have noticing there even was a sign beforehand, and almost fell over backwards attempting it.
'Here's where everyone goes to get their guys gifts.' James said proudly.
'Wow,' Remus said, looking around, there certainly were a lot of things Sirius, James and Peter would love to have, 'How do you know about this place?'
'Aah, some stupid girls, they told me I could find something for the person I really liked in here, so I came, coz I thought maybe there could be something for Lily, but alas! Lily isn't a guy. I now realise they were calling me gay. Stupid bitches.' He grumbled and looked around before his eyes landed on Remus and got a little wider. 'No offence to gays or anything, nothing wrong with it, it's just I didn't like them calling me gay- ah shit.'
James realised he had no way of fixing the situation his rambling got him in and looked up and Remus. He was just smiling at him.
'C'mon, let's look around.'
They moved into one of the aisles and James asked: 'What kind of guy is this anyway? What does he like? What sort of stuff should I be looking for?'
'Well,' Remus started, grinning, 'He's sort of like Sirius in ways, a bit like you, too.' He had been considering just leaving it at 'he's like Sirius' but didn't want James to figure anything out. He wasn't lying anyway, Sirius and James' similarities were uncanny at times.
'That's my kind of guy!' James said loudly, causing a lot of nearby girls to look at him.
'Yeah, so just go look for things you and Sirius would like and show it to me, I'll be able to tell if he'll like it or not.'
James turned up another aisle.
'Oh, and valentine's day is meant to be romantic, don't go looking at dung bombs or something, coz they just don't cut it.'
James nodded and disappeared around the corner and Remus was left standing in the middle of a shop where he could see plenty of stuff Sirius would like, but none he'd absolutely love.
He made his way to the aisle besides James' and found himself looking at a stand of mini Mirror of Eriseds except that they showed the thing closest to your heart's desire that was possible, so people wouldn't go mad and stuff.
He wondered about these for a while before deciding against them. There were too many things that could go wrong with them. Sirius could look in and see someone else. Remus didn't even like to think about it, he was content at the moment, and he didn't want anyone taking that away from him.
'Hey, Moony!' Remus heard before almost getting ran into by James, who was carrying a cardboard box.
'What did you find?' He asked.
'Look, it's perfect! Well, it might not be perfect for your guy, but I'd love it and I'm pretty sure Sirius would too.'
Remus peered at the picture on the box and his face spread into a wide grin as he read about it on the box - James was right, Sirius would love it!
They entered the Three Broomsticks at lunchtime to meet Sirius and Peter, Remus carrying Sirius' present and weren't at all surprised to see it full. They made there way over to where they had spotted their fellow Marauders and Sirius' face lit up as he saw the box Remus was carrying and Remus grinned back, noting the bag Sirius was clutching on to. They knew they had each other's gifts and neither could wait until Tuesday.
They barely noticed James rambling on about what he was going to get Lily (despite her not having agreed to be his valentine - always the optimist, that one) and just stared at each other, and occasionally the parcels they both held and every so often Sirius would wink when he knew no one was watching. The first time he'd done this, Remus had just taken a sip of butterbeer and turned bright red and almost choked.
Sirius was laughing histerically, Remus was glaring half-heartedly at him, James and Peter were confused.
A/N: You like? Reviews are my best friends (that sounds kinda sad - I do have friends you know! I do!) So please review. Next chapter will be valentine's day! Suggestions are still lovely! Also, if you want, you can try to guess what their presents are!
