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it seemed only minutes before Sirius was jumping on James's bed waking him up. He groaned and rolled over feeling worse than he had the day before.

"Come on James I'm hungry," Sirius said trying to pull the blankets off of him. James held on tight though clinging to the only warmth he had.

"I'm not hungry," he mumbled.

"Well if you don't go then McGonagall is going to come up here and you don't want that, do ya?" Sirius asked. The only response was a groan and then James's messy head suddenly resurfaced and he slowly made his way into a sitting position shivering the whole time.

"Why's it so cold in here?" he whispered not wanting to upset his sore throat further.

"I'm fine. Hey Moony, you think it's cold?" Sirius called over his shoulder.

"Nope, but you're asking a werewolf so I'm not really the general population," Remus shouted back. James didn't say anything and grabbed his bed post hauling himself up into a standing position. He swayed slightly and had to sit back down again.

"You okay, James?" Sirius asked concerned he didn't want to haul James's ass all around again.

"Yeah I'm fine." He replied bluntly. He then tried again and this time made it without any dizzy spells. He shoved on a sweatshirt over the t-shirt he had worn to bed and then slipped on some jeans. Remus then came out of the bathroom, his hair slick from the shower. He stopped and took a look at James who was slouched against the wall looking about ready to pass out.

"James you look terrible," he said.

"You look great yourself, thanks," James said sarcastically not in the mood to stand any kind of joke.

"Really, James, you should go to Madam Pomfrey." Remus was completely serious. Taking in James's pale completion and flushed cheeks with dark purple circles beneath his eyes he was worried.

"No I'm fine. Just tired is all."

"Well now that we've all concerned ourselves with James's health can we please go and eat?" Sirius whined already halfway out the door. Before James could follow though Remus had grabbed him by the arm and his hand was to James's forehead before he could think.

"James you're really warm."

"Well, I would think drowning in frozen water would do the opposite," James said at a chance at humor but his fake laugh soon turned into a dry cough. Remus then waved his wand and cast a spell.

"James, this is no laughing matter your temperature is already at 102. You should be in bed."

"I'll be fine. I've been through worse."

"Whatever you say James," Remus said before following Sirius out the door.

It was a pretty uneventful breakfast except for the fact that James barely touched his food when he usually was shoving who knows what into his mouth at 100 miles per hour.

"James, you should eat something," Remus inquired.

"For the last time, Remus, I'm not hungry. Quit nagging at me like an old hag your worse than my mum sometimes," James replied angrily getting mad at his friends over reaction. Remus knew when to back off and that exactly what he did. The rest of breakfast was spent quiet and soon the three boys found themselves back in their dormitory.

"Ah it feels good to be going home again," Sirius laughed.

"Good thing you're not actually going home," James joined in. Sirius had already agreed on going to James' house for the holidays and the Potter's wouldn't have it any other way. At Sirius's house it was filled with dark magic and his parents didn't give a crap about him so he spent his time with the Potter's.

"You sure you don't want to come too, Moony?" James asked.

"Not this time. My parents want me to come home they feel like they don't even know me anymore but thanks for the offer," Remus said.

They finished packing well... what they considered packing which consisted of a lot of throwing of clothes and cramming random junk in their trunks.

"You think we forgot anything?" James asked.

"Hmm maybe some of our explicit toys but we only use them here," was Sirius' reply.

"Thanks Sirius," James said sarcastically.

"Come on mates we've got to hurry down to the carriages. I don't want a repeat of last year where we had to walk to whole way there," Remus said hauling his trunk down the stairs. Sirius and James quickly joined them and they made their way to the carriages. They threw their trunks on one that was unoccupied and it slowly made its way to the train.

"You ever wonder what pulls these things." Remus inquires.

"One word, Remus, Magic," Sirius replies. Remus didn't say anything after that even though he knew that it just wasn't some plain old spell something was actually pulling the carriages and he was going to find out one way or another, eventually anyways.

The train whistled loudly as the wheels churned and smoke blew from its chimney ferrying the children to their homes that were awaiting them for the winter holidays. In one compartment on the train Remus was quietly reading a book while also talking to a very ADHD Sirius who was bouncing a ball.

"You know I wonder if Snivelus if going home for the holidays. Maybe we should check the train so then if he is on it we can give him our Christmas present early," Sirius said to no one in particular.

"Can't you sit still for more than a moment?" Remus asked getting a little annoyed for he was reading a very good book and all he wanted was a few quiet minutes so he could finish it.

"No I can't," Sirius replied bluntly. "What about you, James, you want to go check?"

"Hmmm?" James said jumping a bit being called away from his light nap that he seemed to have dozed into while Remus and Sirius had been talking.

"You want to go find Snivelus?" Sirius asked again impatiently.

"What, oh, um you go ahead," James said absentmindedly before closing his drooping eyelids once again and before long his snoring filled the compartment.

"Well that plans down the drain," Sirius said disappointed. They sat in silence for a while only James' steady breathing and snores making any sort of noise with the periodic sound of Remus turning a page.

"You think he's going to be alright?" Sirius asked all serious now. When Remus heard his tone he put his book down and looked him straight in the face.

"You're really worried?" Remus said a little specitivly for Sirius wasn't ever serious.

"Well...yeah. He is my best mate and all. Though I try to cover it up he really scared me yesterday," Sirius admitted finally saying what had been bothering him since the previous night.

"He should be okay, but I'm no healer." Remus was glad that Sirius was finally opening up and being concerned about something other than himself he just wished that a near death experience hadn't been the thing to do it.

"Alright, but you really think so? I don't want to have to worry for no reason."

"Yeah he should be okay. We got him out of the water soon enough but just be sure to tell Mrs. Potter though because her opinion is better than mine and James will probably have a pretty nasty cold. You don't just fall in freezing cold water and have no consequences at all," Remus said trying to lighten the mood a bit. It was getting kind of weird how strange Sirius was acting.

"Yeah I'll do that," Sirius simply said returning to his thoughts and the rest of the train ride was spent in silence except for a few words passed between Sirius and Remus at periodic intervals.

Authors Note- well there's the next chapter. Hope you guys liked it and please review :)