Chapter Seven:Last Quarter
A/N: This is James' point of view. Still don't own anything.
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Sirius and I were walking back from supper with food for Remus. We stopped by the kitchens and made sure to get everything Remus liked, especially chocolate. I guessed Moony would want to be left alone. Sirius told me about his confrontation with Remus. I could tell that Remus was upset because he thought Sirius had told me and we were making fun of him behind his back, but it wasn't true at all. Sirius was upset because Remus still believed him to be straight and not in love with Remus, which was also untrue. I had to take drastic measures in order for those two to get together, and I had a plan.
"Sirius?"
"Yeah, Prongs", replied Sirius quite gloomily.
"I can't stand the awkwardness between you and Remus either, so I have a deal for you. You game?"
"Sure. What is the plan?"
"If you don't tell Remus the truth before Friday night, I will."
"Friday? That's only five days!"
I smirked, fully aware that this agreement gave Sirius only five days to confess his love to Remus.
"You still game, or are you chickening out?"
"I'm game. By Saturday, Remus'll be mine."
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It is Saturday morning and Sirius and Remus aren't together. I had to take this situation into my hands. I have to give it to Sirius. He really did try to talk to Remus, but Remus is shy and refused to talk to him alone. My plan is simple. Sirius stays back in the Common Room while I am working on Remus.
Of course, I find him in the library, in his normal spot in the Defense Against the Dark Arts section. DADA is by far his best class, and one of his favourite past times is reading more on the subject. He looks up at me and smiles cautiously. I walk over to his table.
"Hey, Moony. How are you doing?"
"Good. You?"
"Okay. Can I talk to you about something? In private?"
"Sure", he says cautiously. I helped him gather his things and we set off for the Room of Requirement. We find ourselves inside a very large room containing two comfortable chairs and a pensive.
"Prongs, what's this all about?"
I motion for him to sit down in a chair and I decide to cut to the chase, so to speak.
"Look, Moony, I know what went on with you and Sirius the day of your transformation."
The fear was clearly written on his face and I started talking before he could.
"And you should know that I am fine with you imprinting on Sirius. I just want to know why you're so scared, you can't even talk to either of us for very long."
Remus shook his head, as if he was clearing his mind. "I can't believe you are accepting the fact that I fancy Sirius."
"Why shouldn't I? You accept the fact that I fancy Lily, so why shouldn't I accept you liking Sirius?"
"Because it's wrong for a bloke to fancy a bloke, especially when they're best friends."
"That's not true, Rem. It's not wrong. I need you to see how wrong you are."
I stood up and crossed the room over to the pensive. I pulled out one of my own hairs and set it in the pensive. I turned around to look at Remus. He was frozen to his chair, trying to analyze what the hell was going on.
"I have a memory for you to see."
He walks over to the pensive and me cautiously. "What does it have to do with me?"
"It has everything to do with you, Remus. Do you trust me?"
He nods, and we both plunge into the pensive.
Pensive Memory (not in James' point of view)
James was in the common room and saw Remus leaving early for his transformation, tears streaming down his face. James rushed up the stairway to their dorm room to find Sirius standing there dumbfounded with a very small smile on his face.
"Pads, what just happened between you and Rem? He looked really upset-"
"James, he imprinted on me."
Neither of them spoke for a second. James looked at Sirius' face and saw he was happy but tears were threatening to run down his face.
"Awesome! So what's the problem?"
Sirius turned away, looking out the window. James moved next to him and saw that Sirius was crying. They noticed that Remus must have left early because McGonagall was on the grounds with Madame Pomphrey, both women looking at the Whomping Willow as they talked.
"He thinks I'm the straightest bloke ever, James."
"Why didn't you tell him the truth?"
"He didn't give me a chance to, James," whispered Sirius, clearly upset. "If I could've, I would have told him immediately."
Sirius wiped his tears away. "I've got to go talk to him before he transforms."
Both young men rushed out of the dorm, hopefully in time.
James and Sirius dashed down the tunnel underneath the Whomping Willow with James' Invisibility Cloak. Night was falling as they reached the back of the Shrieking Shack. Putting on the cloak, they peered into the frosted window at the back of the main room (where the trap door is to the tunnel) and found they were too late. Remus had already begun to take off his clothes. James looked away out of pure courtesy, but Sirius couldn't help but watch Remus as his delicious body was revealed. Sirius became more and more horny, fantasizing that he was the one stripping Remus. James watched Sirius with intent.
"Oh, Padfoot, don't cum all over yourself," he whispered playfully.
"Sod off", whispered Sirius, his eyes never leaving Remus. James vaguely heard Sirius' comments about Remus, such as "beautiful", "handsome", "unbelievable", and more.
Sirius' comments came to a sudden halt when both he and James realized that Remus was crying. Then, they hear the wolf verbally abuse Remus.
"Why would he even think you were attractive? He knows that you and I are the same monster. Even if Sirius was gay, why would he even give you a second glance? You're plain looking with ugly scars covering your boyish body. Why would Sirius with his manly body even think of mating with you? You look the same you did five years ago, only with more repulsive scars. No one will ever love you, nor should they. They only end up dead, like you mother. Everyone close to you knows what a fucking monster you are, whether or not you are physically. You're nothing but a terrifying monster. Who could ever love a beast?"
Throughout the wolf's bullying, Remus continued to sob. Sirius could barely control himself, whispering uselessly to Remus how beautiful he was and how much he loved him. James was still looking away from Remus, but did notice Sirius' tears as he soundlessly clawed at the window, trying to reach his love to comfort him.
James heard Remus fall to the floor instantly on all fours. His bones began to break and regrow. He could hear Remus crying for Sirius. Sirius was frantic now, letting his tears roam freely, answering Remus' plea. Once the transformation was almost complete, Sirius suddenly threw the cloak off of him. James could see his tears better and heard his murmur Remus' name as he rushed towards the nearest open window or door.
"Sirius", called James in a whisper. "What in Merlin's name are you doing?"
"I have to help his, James. I have to know he's okay."
Sirius morphed into Padfoot and leapt through the open window. Padfoot padded softly to a sandy brown wolf that lay where Remus had been. Padfoot nuzzled the wolf, seeing if he was okay, but the wolf didn't respond. Padfoot began to whine, nuzzling the wolf more frantically, but the wolf didn't move a centimeter. After a few minutes of this, the wolf finally opened its yellow eyes and got up facing the dog. James took the cloak off and set in near the trap door and morphed into Prongs. The wolf and Padfoot shortly joined him and they left for the Forbidden Forrest.
Remus had retransformed, but was unconscious. Sirius wrapped Remus' sleeping form in a maroon blanket and gently carried his upstairs to one of the bedrooms. James followed close by with Remus' neatly folded clothes that Sirius had taken care of. Sirius set Remus tenderly on the bed and lit a fire in the fireplace. James watched his friends and could just feel the love radiating off of Sirius. James looked at his wristwatch.
"Sirius, it's time to go. We don't want to get caught."
Sirius nodded sadly and turned back to Remus. He moved a little piece of hair out of his love's face, tracing his cheek on the way down.
"I love you, Remus, no matter what."
Sirius placed a kiss on Remus' forehead and left with James.
End Pensive Memory (back to James' point of view)
After Remus and I watched my memory of the last full moon, Moony sat in the chair and put his head in his gentle-looking hands. I wanted to make sure he got the right idea, but was cautious to approach him. I sat in the chair opposite him and cleared my throat.
"Rem, I didn't want to show you that to make you feel guilty or upset. What I wanted to show you why Sirius has been trying to talk to you. I knew he liked you, and once he knew you liked him as well, I just wanted you two to be happy together. I told him the day after the full moon that he had five days to tell you the truth, and then I would have to step in. He tried his best, but didn't succeed and so this was my way of stepping in with out stepping in. Does that make sense?"
"It makes a lot of sense to me", said Remus as he lifted his head. He didn't look like he had been crying, but who could be sure? "Thank you, James, but I don't know what to do next."
Thank goodness for the Room of Requirements, because a copy of the Marauder's Map appeared in my hands. I opened it and found exactly what I was looking for.
"I think what you should do next is talk to him. The Map says he's in our dorm."
Remus and I stood up and walked out of the Room of Requirements. We chatted about what Remus should say when we ran into Lily. She had just come from the library by the looks of her book bag.
"Hey, Lil!" said Remus cheerfully.
"Hi, Lily", I said, trying to keep my cool in front of my crush.
"Hiya Rem. Hi, James. What cha up to?"
Remus looked at me and replied.
"I've gotta go talk to that special someone about that special something that both of you know about and I don't know why I'm talking in code about it, but I am. And I think you should do the same, Lil." And with that confusing set of words, Remus entered the Gryffindor Common Room.
Lily turned to me. Gods, she's so beautiful!
"Wanna take a walk?"
"Sure", I said, putting my hands in my pocket as we headed towards nowhere in particular.
"So, what's up with Remus? And where was Sirius?"
"Rem told Sirius the truth about the imprinting and is going to talk to Sirius. He stayed in the dorms while I talked to Rem."
"Why didn't Sirius talk to him?"
"I gave Sirius five days to tell Remus that he fancies him as well, and Sirius tried his best, but Remus would barely look at him, let alone talk to him on his own. So I told Sirius if he didn't tell him, then I would interfere."
Lily looked at me and smiled. "That's amazing that you did that for both of them, James."
By the time we were back at the Gryffindor Common Room, it was almost two hours later and Lily and I were becoming closer friends.
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