Hey everyone!
Finally a new chapter! Sorry for the long wait (?). Wasn't here for 10 days ^^;
Anyway, I'm not really happy with this chapter. A lot of things turned out different than I wanted them and I'm not happy with that! Anyway, hope you'll still enjoy reading it!
Dadaiiro: I completely agree with you, that I don't like it, when Harry is oh so powerful! I also don't like it when he's weak all the time and needs everyone to take care of him nonstop. That's cute for a while, but gets boring later.
*g* I felt bad for James as well and you can bet that he felt really bad after that! So well… actually I don't understand his jealousy ^^; Sound stupid, ne? I'm the one who writes it! Sirius more or less has to acknowledge his feelings, since they won't leave. Poor him! And Fawkes… well, I love the bird! I actually want him to be in the story more, but that's a bit difficult… especially since things move on their own somehow ~.~ So a running fireball, you sure have a great imagination! ROFL!!! Please let me know what you think of this chapter! Your reviews always give me some good ideas!
Jordan: Guess that wasn't soon at all sorry. So therefore this is the longest chapter so far. Tell me your opinion, ne? ^_~
donna vita: Hahaha, bei mir scheitert es schon an den ganzen ausdrücken, weil ich zum Beispiel Wörter wie knutschen nicht mag. Never ever could I write a German story! *g* Keine Sorge! Sirius LEBT! Werde kein schlechtes Ende schreiben!!! Die Idee dafür ist auch schon ziemlich ausgereift (Eine Geschichte fängt bei mir nie mit dem Anfang an!) Ob's zu ‚mehr' kommt… zumindest ausgeschrieben weiss ich noch nicht, weil schon mein erster versuch einer Kuss Szene miserabel kling -_-# Ich kann dir allerdings versichern, dass Sirius der dominante ist *grins*
Zum zweiten Review: Ich les gern Romane zu meiner Geschichte, da bekommt man echt gute Ideen, DANKE! Ich glaube sie kommen so irgendwie schon zusammen. Jedenfalls will ich dass es in den nächsten 2 Kapiteln dazu kommt . Meine Geschichte macht was sie will und macht meine ganzen Ideen zunichte! T_T - musste dieses Kapitel 3 mal neu schreiben. Was Snape anbelangt… irgendwie kommt er in meiner Geschichte kurz. Harry wird – wenn meiner Idee nichts mehr dazwischenkommt – Alpträume bekommen, aber erst, wenn er mit Sirius schon zusammen ist. Leider wird er dann nicht reden dürfen, aber du wirst schon sehen ^_~ Anyway, tell me what you think of this one? Please *.*
zorro x: Hahaha, it'll be very difficult for him! Especially when Harry tells him about Cho! Actually I was planning on changing the future, so I guess it'll be in a rather unusual way. At least I haven't read any fic with that idea so far… Not that there would be many time-travel fics that are finished… . Oh and I'm looking forward to Remus' teasing already! Thanks for that idea!!! Have fun with this chapter!
(*~*);;; : Heya! *g* That smiley sure is funny! See… in this chapter things have calmed down… for James, no need for pointy objects ^^; As for Sirius' death… That's the only reason I started writing this story and actually uploaded it! For this I really hate her! *Needs coke as well now :(*
*g* You seems like it's fun to be around you then. As for Harry… I wouldn't have him in a world without Sirius! No way! So cruel T_T – Don't worry bout babbling. Luv reading what you have to say! Soon… ^^;;; Guess that's not considered soon. Will try to work harder now!
serrebi: Thanks! ^_^ Hope you'll like this one as well… So somehow I think this chapter is a bit different… hmmm…
M.J. Kobayashi: Years later scary? Hmmm… I could imagine James doing that *looks at Snape* HAHAHA, anyway story isn't finished yet ^^; (where'd be my yaoi then?) I just said that cause I was glad I finished another chapter – sorry. Have fun reading this and tell me what you think, ne? ^_~
Lady Phoenix Slytherin: Glad you liked it! Please enjoy the new chapter as well ^_^
Chapter 7
One morning he woke up again and realized that it was snowing and that he already had spent over two months in this time. The time had passed just like it had in his first year, when everything was knew to him. Everything went by so fast! He heard some rustling from Remus' bed and went over to see what he was up to. "Morning! Doing homework?" He looked at the books on his bed. "Potions…" Moony trailed off. "I finished that essay with Sirius yesterday, while you and James were in detention." He grinned. Remus was the one who ended up in detention least of all, followed by Peter. Harry almost never got into detention either, but somehow his father had made it a habit to drag Harry along, something that Sirius soon picked up on. "That was James fault though! So you did homework with Sirius? What else did the two of you do? I can hardly imagine Sirius only doing homework!" A grin spread over his face. "Oh you stop this!" Harry threw a pillow at him and blushed crimson. That was probably the only annoying thing: his father, Remus and Peter had made it a habit to tease Harry with Sirius. The only thing… he didn't really understand it. It was almost like the teasing he had gotten from the Weasley twins when Ginny had a crush on him, or when he had a crush on Cho.
Remus chuckled and resumed working on his homework. Harry took out his book from the future and let it float to Remus. "What's that?" He took a look at it. "Since there's not much time left, I suggest you simply copy it down. Don't worry, it's from my time and it's a rather new book, so no one here could know about the text!" "Thanks! I completely forgot you had your books with you!" "Well, they prove rather helpful sometimes, so I normally don't hand them to someone else but use them myself instead!" Harry grinned.
Once Remus finished his homework it was already time for breakfast. All of them dressed and went down to the great hall. When they got there they noticed an unusual atmosphere. Some of the students whispered about 'what's Dumbledore up to now' and looked expectantly at the teacher's table. They sat down in silence and waited for things to clear up. Once most students were assembled Dumbledore got up and all went silent.
"Good morning everyone! I just wanted to tell you some good news that I got yesterday evening from Professor Kettleburn. He decided to make a magical stage play with your help this year. I hope many of you like stage plays and are willing to help out. As an addition to this we decided to have a Yule Ball afterwards. All students from the fourth year on may attend. The others only if accompanied by older students. The play as well as the ball will be two days before holiday so that everyone will be able to attend, if they want to. Of course on this Thursday and the following Friday you won't have any subjects. That is all."
Everyone clapped as Dumbledore finished and excited whispers broke out everywhere in the Great Hall. Harry rolled his eyes. This was sooo much like in his fourth year and he really wasn't looking forward to it. He also didn't feel like having to ask some girl again. He could ask Lily, but he actually wanted her to go with his father. 'As if that would ever happen' he thought annoyed.
After breakfast McGonagall came over to the Gryffindor table to ask them who would stay over Christmas holiday. Harry was painfully reminded that he would spend his first Christmas alone in Hogwarts since none of the marauders went to McGonagall. He wondered what Ron and Hermione would do this Christmas. He didn't mind not getting any presents, but he wanted to spend time with everyone. His friends here and his friends in his own time. Noticing that Harry once again got that depressed look Sirius nudged James and nodded towards Harry, who got up and walked to McGonagall. "Ah yes, Mr Porter, I already wanted to ask you if you'll stay here." "Yeah, I'll-" "Harry will stay at my place!" Harry stared at James who grinned at him. "This is much more fun than staying at school, believe me!" "But won't your parents want to spend some time with you?" Harry felt like he'd be intruding their family life. "What are you talking about? Sirius will come as well and Remus will join a few days later. Maybe even Peter will be able to join this year. His mother didn't want him to leave last year. Anyway, I already told them about you and they said that they'd like to meet you before you're 'completely corrupted by us' as they so nicely put it." Sirius chuckled at that while McGonagall raised her eyebrows clearly disapproving. "Maybe they'll want to adopt him after holiday, and have him as their son instead of you. God knows you make too much trouble for them!" "WHAT?! You're making just as much trouble, and you are as good as their son anyway, besides Harry's already mine, I'm not giving him away!" he whispered so only Sirius, Remus and Harry heard him. Harry blushed slightly and looked away. This was the first time he had ever heard something like that from his father and it was worth more to him than any present he could ever get! Remus watched him and smiled to himself. He understood the boy's feelings better than anyone else and was happy for him. "Very well, I don't think Professor Dumbledore will mind." Professor McGonagall said and turned to some other students.
Later on that afternoon Harry was alone in his common room doing his homework when Lily came over. "So you'll spend Christmas with James? Wonder how you can put up with him all the time. I was thinking about inviting you over as well, but I have a feeling that my sister would get a fit at having a wizard and a witch in the house." Lily had told him a bit about her 'lovely' sister already and Harry could only agree with her opinion! "Thanks Lily! That means a lot! So don't worry, I'm sure I'll have a great time!" Lily looked skeptical at him. "Really, James is not half as bad as you think he's. Sure, he likes to show off a bit, but well, he really is good at what he does." "Don't let him hear that! That would only make him show off more." "You really should give him a chance!" Lily didn't look at him. "Well… he did get better since you turned up, but I still don't like him." Harry sighed. There was no point in talking about this right now. "Wanna help me with my charms homework?"
A few days passed and to Harry's joy Lily had taken Harry's 'advice' and started to talk with his father sometimes. That didn't mean that she said she liked him, it was more like a silent acceptance. Still Harry thought it was an improvement and James also seemed glad about it. Now the only problem that he seemed to have was Sirius. The other boy had started to act more and more weird around him and he couldn't figure out what it was. For one thing he was spending more time with him than ever yet on the other hand he was quieter and sometimes looked as if he wanted to talk with him about something, so in the end never said anything. Somehow it was unnerving. 'That and he glares at almost anyone who's near me.' He thought. 'Sure, he was always protective of me, even in this time… but now… I don't understand him anymore. I probably should talk with James and Remus. I hope it's nothing bad!'
So when Sirius had to serve yet another detention, this time for hexing Snape's robes smaller in class, he went to talk with James and Remus.
"Do you know what's wrong with Sirius? I mean… he somehow has changed." The other boys burst out with laughter. "What?!" Harry was getting irritated by them. "You're so oblivious and naïve sometimes!" Moony answered still chuckling motioning for him to sit down between himself and Peter. "What? Why?" His roommates laughed even harder. "Sorry Harry, that's something that either he has to tell you or that you have to find out on your own!" said James. "We can guarantee though that Sirius is alright, more or less." Harry was a bit disappointed by that, he wanted answers.
He decided to meet Sirius after detention and have a little talk with him. What the others had told him with fits of laughter hadn't assured him at all. Besides, he was curious what the others had been talking about.
So he watched the marauders map and went out of the dormitory when he saw Sirius come into their direction. As soon as Harry went out James asked "You sure we shouldn't help them?" "I am for the time being! Let's see what Sirius will do." "So what if Harry doesn't like him back?" "I'm pretty sure he does. Besides, Harry unlike you is very sensitive and he one way or another really loves Sirius. He'd never hurt him, even if he's not IN love with him. Same for Sirius, he'll accept whatever Harry says. That of course doesn't mean that he wouldn't hurt whoever got close to him." James chuckled. He, Moony and Wormtail had had to restrain Sirius from cursing some of the other students quiet a few times when some wanted to ask him to go out with them to the ball. To Sirius' luck (or the luck of the student in question) Harry had always said no.
So far Peter was the only marauder who got a date. James wanted to go out with Lily and refused everyone else, Sirius glared at everyone, while Remus so far had simply smiled politely and declined. Being the most popular students of school they all were asked by rather many students (both male and female) so it was surprising that they didn't want to go with someone.
"So we'll simply leave them for now?" Remus chuckled and said he was acting like a father now – James glared at him. "Let's really leave them be for now. Things will work out on their own and Sirius is just too funny like this. I just love seeing him jealous." Moony smirked evilly.
Harry had been stopped in front of the Fat Lady by Christina. "Hey Harry, I was thinking about that you should go to the Yule Ball with me. I mean I know that you have no date yet, so you're free. Well, and I'd like you to go with me." Harry stared at her unbelieving. This was more a command than anything else, and he sure as hell wouldn't be going with her! "No thanks!" he tried to stay polite even though she annoyed him with her 'request'. Christina looked as if she was going to not accept the answer, but someone stopped her from talking on. "You heard him so shut up and leave!" It was Sirius. He was glaring daggers at the girl. She made no move to leave, but also didn't dare to talk on. He took Harry's arm and dragged him away from the portrait glancing back now and then to make sure that Christina wasn't following them.
Once they arrived in an abandoned classroom they sat down. Sirius was still glaring and looked around the room. Once his eyes met Harry's concerned one they softened and a smile hushed over his lips to reassure the other boy. Harry's features relaxed, yet his eyes still held all of the concern they had shown before. They really betrayed what he was feeling. 'A window to his soul... What an overused line… Yet it's so true when it comes to Harry.' Without realizing it he had reached over and softly stroked Harry's cheek. Harry was even more confused by the gesture. "Sirius?" He asked softly. Sirius smiled, not taking his hand away. "Are you okay? You've been… kind of… weird I guess." "Don't worry Candy, I'm alright." Harry didn't even object when he used his nickname – a sure sign that he was very much worried! He gently pulled the smaller boy into a hug and softly stroked his hair. Harry leaned his head against Sirius' chest and closed his eyes, listening to his heartbeat. Sirius softly stroked his hair and started humming some melody, whether for his own, or Harry's comfort, he didn't know. All that mattered was that Harry's eyes lost their worried look and that the boy settled in his lap, apparently content for the time being. He didn't know how much time had passed when he shifted slightly and thought that they probably should go back to the others, before they started to worry about them. "We should go back Harry." He said softly. The other boy shook his head as answer. Sirius smiled inwardly. Harry liked spending time with him and didn't feel the need to go back to the other marauders! Yet his leg was starting to hurt from sitting like that with Harry and as much as he hated it, he had to get up and do something about it. Sighing he tried again. "The others will be worried, and my leg hurts so I really should get up."
Harry opened his eyes and immediately got up. He had been so lost in his thoughts about his parents and Sirius again, that he hadn't even thought about that his godfather would be uncomfortable like this. Even after two months he wasn't used at being able to see everyone so carefree. "Sorry! I didn't want to hurt you!" Sirius groaned inwardly as Harry looked worried once again. Why the hell couldn't he keep his mouth shut?! Cursing himself he pulled the other boy back. "You didn't hurt me, don't apologize!" "Bu-" Sirius cut him off "Don't!" he hissed and placed a kiss on his forehead. "Let's go back now." He added more softly and took Harry's hand.
When they got back to the portrait the other three marauders were waiting for them. Of course they noticed their joined hands they grinned at each other. Sirius knew perfectly well what they were thinking about, but Harry seemed oblivious to it. He looked at him longingly and was once again tempted to simply kiss him. If he just wouldn't be so afraid that Harry would push him away! Harry had never pulled away when he touched him, but kissing was something else altogether and a kiss on the forehead didn't count! He cursed himself for feeling like that. If it had been anyone else he'd be straightforward, but Harry was different than any other person he had ever met. He didn't even want to risk losing the other boy. Before he had always thought that nothing would change if he didn't tell what he thought, so what if Harry would be disgusted with him for feeling this way. After all, he was from the future and he was already an old man by then. That thought made him wince. He couldn't imagine himself when he was 'old'. He glanced at Harry again as he was talking to Moony. How could this ever work out? When he had started to feel this way he was sure that this'd only be a small crush, like he had had already, but instead of going away his feelings only intensified with each day. Sometimes he felt as if a string bound him to the smaller boy and the more he fought against it the more it pulled him to Harry. 'That's it, I'm going nuts!' He looked at Harry again who started to walk down the stairs with Peter and Moony while James pushed him forward to follow them.
"Hey, where are we going?" All of them started to laugh and James hit his shoulder. "Padfoot… my dear friend… you really shouldn't daydream about sweets all the time!" he said all the while laughing. Sirius scowled. "We're going to the RoR… Really, you nodded when I asked if you also wanted to come." Harry said. "Errr… sorry, wasn't listening." Sirius mumbled. "So do you want to go to the Room of Requirements or not?" "Sure, let's go!"
Two days later Sirius was pacing around the room. He still didn't have a clue about what to do. On top of that he also fought a losing battle with himself. His feelings against his brain, because Harry was James' son and would be a lot younger than himself. "Would you finally stop pacing around like that? You're driving me nuts with it!" Remus said finally looking up from his book. "But Moony…" Sirius whined. "What should I do?" "Stop pacing around." Sirius glared at him but sat down besides him. "Look… if you want him that much you actually only have on choice, go and tell him!" "Are you even thinking about what you say? He IS James future son for Merlin's sake! Don't you think that there's something wrong with the whole situation?!" "No." Moony smiled and Sirius groaned – this was so hopeless. "I can't be lusting after James' son!" "But you are." He threw Remus a dark look. "You're not helping at all!" "Look, I already told you what to do! Go and confront him, if you can't do that than ask him out to go to Yule Ball with you instead of almost hexing everyone who even comes close to him." "I'm not hexing everyone!" "No you aren't, but only because James and I always hold you back and I'm getting tired of doing so!"
He sighed and went on. "Look, until now you were quiet lucky that Harry didn't agree to go out with anyone, but that doesn't mean that this will continue." "If I ask him out he'll be disgusted with me!" "When has he ever been disgusted with you? He's accepted everything you did so far! He likes you far too much to ever do something that could drive you away!" "He'll say no." "You don't know that yet." "He's never shown any interest in me at all!" "That might be because he didn't think of you in terms of 'boyfriend' till now." "He'll think that I'm some sort of pervert!" "Stop that Sirius! Harry isn't someone who'd ever assume something like that. You should have more trust in him than that. What happened to you? You're absolutely not like yourself, remember when you fancied Sarah? You simply went straight to her and kissed her. Okay she slapped you but you had forgotten about her within a week and just before that happened you said she was the love of your life!"
"Harry isn't just someone! He's James' son and James would kill me if I was to hurt him – so would everyone else in this school… except the Slytherins of course so that's beside the point." "So you're afraid that you'd do something wrong just because he's James' son." "Of course not! Don't be so stupid! I… I like him too much to take the risk. I couldn't face rejection when it comes to him! What if I did something really stupid?" "What would be if you didn't say anything and he'd end up with someone else and you wouldn't get rid of your crush? If you're going through 'what ifs' now, we'll never finish." "I'm afraid to lose him Moony." Sirius said sounding defeated. "That's because you don't just have a crush on him." "… How… How come you think so?" "I think you forgot that I have better instincts and senses than you have my dear friend. Also with your current actions – or actually lack off – it's not that difficult to guess. All of us are okay with that and almost everyone knows anyway… well, of course Harry doesn't, but you'll change that SOON, or else he'll be worried sick about you." "What do you mean?" Remus groaned. "You're almost as oblivious as he is! Don't you know that he's really worried about you? He asks us all the time if something was wrong. Also since you have the tendency to not stay with us when we're eating anymore he's started to not stay either, meaning he's not eating enough anymore." Sirius looked shocked. "But… Why? I told him I was fine." "And how believable is that if you act in such a weird way? You should know meanwhile that he loses his appetite when something upsets him. And even though he at gained some weight since he came here he's not in the position to lose it! Better think about what you are doing and how you affect others!" Sirius fell silent. He knew that Remus was right, as usual. He felt bad for worrying Harry like that. "Fine, you win. I can't tell him, but I'll ask him out for the Yule Ball and then see what happens." "Good." Another minute of silence passed. "But… what if Lily got wind of this? She'd never let me near her son, curse me and tell Harry that I'm an evil pervert!" Remus looked as if he'd be the one cursing Sirius any moment now.
Weekend came and Sirius still hadn't asked Harry out. James seemed to have a similar problem with Lily. Remus decided to keep out of their business for a while before he ended up doing something he'd regret and spent most of his time with Harry and Peter.
At the moment they were sitting in the common room and Remus questioned Harry why he always said no to everyone who asked him and why he didn't ask anyone out and got the reply that he didn't know anyone good enough and also didn't feel like going through this trouble again and that the girls were rather annoying, seeing that they were always going everywhere in groups. "Why don't you ask a boy then?" he asked. Harry looked embarrassed and blushed crimson. "Because I don't know how to. When boys here asked me to join them it sounded so… weird… blunt. And in general… my first attempt to ask someone… ended up rather bad. So how do you ask someone out?" Just as Moony was about to reply someone pulled Harry up and dragged him towards the room. "Sorry Remus, I have to talk with Harry for a bit!" Christina shouted as she pushed Harry through the entrance.
"What do you want this time?" Harry asked angrily. "Just wanted to ask if you changed your mind meanwhile!" "Definitely not! Stop asking the same thing all the time!" "Well, that's too bad, because I haven't changed my mind either!" She retorted. "Look, I have no interest in going to that ball with you, so get this into your head! I don't know you and at the moment I'm pretty much annoyed with you!" He had a hard time keeping from shouting at her. She was a girl, but she was too annoying for her own good. "Why do you say no to everyone then?" "We've been through this three times already. I still haven't changed my way of thinking so stop asking me the same thing all the time!" "It's your own fault! The only person you talk to aside from your roommates is Lily! You want to go out with her, don't you? Well, that's too bad because if you do James will definitely hate you! You should better forget about Lily and go with me!" She smiled rather evilly and pushed him against the wall. "I'm not in love with Lily nor do I want to go to the ball with her! Mind your own business!" "Harry, I want you to go to the ball with me and I'm not accepting no as an answer!"
She smiled and leaned forward as if to kiss him but suddenly she found herself being pulled away from Harry forcefully. "BLACK!" she spat. "Yes?" He asked with a murderous look on his face. He was extremely pissed off but Christina was pissed off as well and looked back at him just as angry. "Mind your own business, Black!" she screeched. "I don't have to, go eat your own words you ignorant, self-centered bitch!" "You will regret this, Black! I'll go to Dumbledore!" "Fine, go then, I'm sure he'd like to hear about you pestering Harry all the time!" Christina bit her lip now. She knew she'd get into trouble because of her actions if she was to say anything. "What does this have to do with you?! This doesn't concern you at all!" "It does seeing that you try to force my date to go to the ball with you!" Harry looked at him rather shocked while Christina glared back at him. "He never said anything about you!" "Perhaps he didn't feel like telling you, seeing that you're not even near being a friend! Grow up Christina and get it into your little head that Harry sure as hell won't go with you! You really should learn to accept no, and if I do see you pester him once again be sure you'll get to know the meaning of revenge!" he growled. "I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU SIRIUS BLACK, AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO GET HIM!" At this Sirius lost it "GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HIM BEFORE I HEX YOU TO THE INFIRMARY TILL THE END OF THE YEAR!" "Sirius…" Harry said softly, shocked about Sirius' reaction. Sirius turned to him, seized him and kissed him hard. As soon as the kiss started it ended and Harry found himself scooped up in Sirius' arms and carried back into the Gryffindor common room, leaving a furious but speechless Christina outside. Ignoring everyone Sirius carried Harry upstairs to their dormitory, where he settled Harry down on his bed.
He then sat down besides him - both ignoring their roommates. "Sorry." He muttered after what seemed like an eternity. Harry however smiled at him. "Thanks! I hope that gets her off my back!" Sirius was once again amazed by Harry. The boy really seemed to see the good side of everything. 'God I love him!' He thought, feeling the familiar pull that told him to hold and kiss Harry again. He decided to at least 'ask him out' for Yule Ball now. "Guess that means you're stuck with me for Yule Ball then." He said doing his best to flash him a grin. He couldn't ask him out in a normal way, being rejected like this at least didn't make it sound serious. Harry smiled "So you don't mind going out with me? I thought you were just doing this to stop her from being so damn stupid! If you hadn't come I might have really hexed her. So really… if you want to go with someone else don't let me stop you!" Sirius shook his head. "Hell no, I want to go with you!" he exclaimed before he could stop himself. Harry faltered. "Err… okay." He didn't know what to make of the situation. Sirius was so… different than the one from his own time. Sirius grinned, this time for real. "Well… that sure took some time!" James said grinning. "By the way you can stop ignoring us now." Harry blushed but laughed "Sorry d- James." "S okay, as long as you don't make a habit of it!"
Next morning Sirius was his usual happy self again. Everyone was shocked at the sudden change but they all agreed that Sirius was better to be around if he was like this. Of course it was Remus who brought him down to earth again. "You know, just because the two of you are going to Yule Ball together doesn't mean that you're a couple now. And with the way you asked him out, I don't think he even realizes your intention." "You always have to take away my joy, don't you?" James chuckled. "Someone has to keep you on the ground you know." Besides them Lily chuckled as well. "At least you managed to make him go to the ball with you." Both turned to her looking surprised. Lily smiled. "Even though I don't really like your attitude and personally I'd never go out with you, I must say you'd make a cute couple." "How do you know that?" "Oh please Remus, Harry is one of my friends so I of course keep an eye on his… surrounding as well. That and Christina told me a nice little story yesterday. She was quiet pissed off." She said looking thoroughly amused. "So… how does he taste?" she asked smiling evilly at Sirius. "WHAT?" James and Remus exclaimed at the same time while Sirius blushed crimson. "Well… Christina told me that you kissed him. I thought you were together, but it seems like I was wrong." "How come you didn't tell us Sirius? We're your best friends!" "And part of the reason for my suffering." Sirius muttered and James looked at him with mock hurt.
"I see you don't share the Muggle's opinion on such relationships." Remus commented. "Not ALL Muggles think that way about such relationships, my parents for example wouldn't mind either way… of course my sister is another story… So of course I don't mind! I think no one in the magical world does." "Wrong, some of the Muggle born students do." "Well, I don't! Stop accusing me!" "We're not accusing you! That's a misunderstanding, sorry Lily." She glared at them. "I don't mind any relationship as long as no one is forced into anything they don't want. Let me give you a warning Sirius Black, if you hurt Harry in any way I'll make sure you'll regret it for the rest of your life!" Sirius nodded at the angry redhead. "Good, then I suggest we end this discussion now. Peter and Harry are coming over I think."
"What took you so long?" James asked as they sat down besides him. "Christina." Harry muttered. "How could you go with Sirius, don't you know that he'll just use you and dump you!" he imitated her voice. "She acted as if we were together or something like that." "Sorry, need to go to the toilet." Sirius said leaving as fast as he could. Harry wanted to follow him but was stopped by his mother's hand. "He'll be back in a bit." She reassured him. "Anyway, Christina really thinks you two are together. She told me that yesterday evening. Asked how anyone could ever prefer Sirius to her." Harry snorted. "That's not difficult at all! Still, how come girls always assume things so easily?" "Perhaps it's because you two go together to the Yule Ball and also that he kissed you. You see… normally a kiss means that two are together, relatives or in some cases it could be a bet." "Or he was simply helping me out." "That could be a reason, but…" She sighed. "So… how was the kiss?" "Don't know." Harry said and started to eat. "You guys should hurry or we'll be late for Quidditch!" "Boys…" Lily muttered.
While James and Harry went to Quidditch training Remus and Peter decided to ask Lily for help. Remus told her briefly about his own numerous talks with Sirius about that topic. "Guess breakfast was a rather nasty blow for him then." She said. "You can bet." "I actually feel sorry for Sirius." Peter said. "Yeah… any ideas on how to help them?" "Well… not really, at least not a very good one. The only thing that comes into my mind is Truth or Dare." "What's that?" "Don't tell me you don't know this game!" "Well… we don't." Peter said. "I can't believe it! It's a Muggle game apparently… usually played in small groups when there's nothing else to do. Someone starts asking someone else if they want a truth or a dare. If they say truth they are asked a question which they have to answer. If it's a dare then they are given a task which they have to complete. Another game would be Spin the Bottle, but that's too much of a cliché for my liking." "How would that work?" Sighing she explained that the person who spun simply would have to kiss or do something similar to whoever the bottle landed on. "The first one is definitely better. Just imagine if someone else than Sirius had to kiss Harry." Remus shuddered. "So actually I think we should mix the two games up. Will you help us with that?" Lily hesitated "… I guess… how about this evening?" "Thanks, that's okay. We'll meet in our dormitory. We'll go and tell the others now!" Moony said and they parted. "Hope this'll work out or Sirius will drive us all crazy."
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