Chapter 10

By: Sexix

Fits of laughter. Both of them just laughed. There was no way that they couldn't. Fits of giggles over took their bodies like they were small children.

"I hate you so much."

Harry tried to stop laughing for a moment so he could speak for a moment, but the laughter wont the battle and just continued. Severus was finally the one who got control of himself. "Now Sirius," Harry realized that he actually called him by his name probably because Sirius couldn't handle being made fun of more than he already was, "how did you not realize that this was all a prank?" But with this Severus just started laughing again.

It was a rare sight to hear Snape laugh. Let alone laugh for an extended period of time. Harry on the other hand was easier to break into fits of laughter. But James Potter and Remus were also laughing with the two of them.

For some reason Sirius didn't realize that the part of Remus Lupin wouldn't be cast until the 3rd movie was actually about to film. It also didn't happen to come up in his mind that he looked nothing like Remus Lupins character. But typical egotistical Sirius didn't think it through. He was getting spotlight and that's all he thought about.

Remus and James had this elaborate prank to make Sirius think he was going to be a movie star and it worked better than they ever thought. All they had to do is book a small room and a cameraman and James used a couple people from work to pretend to be other actors. Harry was used to his father and his friends playing jokes on each other, but this was quite the elaborate one.

But Severus and Harry were in on it from the beginning. Normally Severus wouldn't play along, but any chance to embarrass Sirius was an opportunity that Snape didn't like to pass up.

On "call back day" Severus, Harry, and Remus went to support Sirius and he thought he did great. Little did he know that the director wearing the hat covering his face and speaking with the corniest Australian accent Harry had ever heard was really James. When Sirius got the job he almost cried. And that's when the laughter started. James reveled himself, and Sirius realized that he had been taken for a fool.

"Man, Sirius! You should have seen your face! Oh wait! You can! I have it on camera!" James said through fits of laughter. All of the other people that James hired or asked to help out had left now and it was just the five of them.

James proceeded to go over to the camera and watch a replay of Sirius's almost crying face, and then his complete look of anguish, then it turned into anger. James was almost crying with laughter. "I'm going to put this onto a dvd and watch it so many times."

Sirius was just brooding in the corner. "Okay I get it you got me. Very funny." He would get over it in a day or so. After all Sirius deserved a prank on him since he pulled them on everyone, and everyone meaning Harry, Lupin, Snape, Dumbledore, students at the school, and even Peeves.

Severus was seeming to get the most joy out of this though. "Can I get a copy of that dvd please, James?" He said through muffled laughs. "I will watch that every night before bed and I will sleep like a baby."

Sirius scowled. He would retaliate and it would be a big. But it would be awhile so he could gain the element of surprise.

Harry knew that Lupin would get the worst of it, being his boyfriend and all. "Come on, Padfoot, it was all in good fun. Let's all go out for drinks," Harry suggested hoping that this would ease Sirius a little bit.

When everyone calmed down, they did go out for drinks. Sometimes it shocked Harry how well his father and Severus got on now. Not that they particularly were friends, but they have grown to know that they would be in each others lives, and Harry would say that they are finally friends.

Weird how things happen that way. The pub that they went to was a small place but it was rather crowded. Harry couldn't help but wonder if his father felt strange at all in this group of people. Granted that his two best friends, his son and son in law were his company, but he was the only one who wasn't with a lover.

But It could be said the same with Harry. All of these men were 20 years older than him but he was related to one, married to another, and the other two he grew up with. Overall the one who probably felt the strangest was Severus. Since he was the outsider. But he seemed to be fitting in well.

As the night progressed they got a little more drunk then Harry would have liked around his father. Especially since Sirius and Remus started getting randy and making out in the booth and Harry had to keep hitting them in order to stop the public displays of affection. Or more like public displays of two men basically dry humping while drunk. Severus had more control. At least around Harry's father.

When Harry and Snape get drunk together on rare occasions at home, the nights usually end up pretty wild. Usually an argument over something spawns. It turns into an all night obsession. Like the batman pro and con list. But there had been more nights with just as strange. Once, Harry and Severus had been drinking ale all night and started discussing the most effective way to make brownies. Needless to say, 6 hours later they tried 8 different recipes, had 200 brownies and ended up having sex on the floor of their kitchen. Harry accidently burnt himself on a hot pan while being bent over their counter. He didn't care.

No matter what it always ended up with sex. That is where the night was going to lead surely if they ever left the present company. Right now they were playing babysitter for the two intoxicated gay lovers fondling each other. A job Harry would rather not be doing. "How about you guys go home if you are going to do that," Harry said trying to stop them before Sirius stuck his tongue down the throat of his boyfriend again.

"That's probably for the best. I think I'm a bit intoxicated," Remus said very slowly making sure to pronounce each word correctly.

"You think?" Severus threw his sarcastic comment in like always. Remus just smiled and tried to stand up.

The two of them disapperated into the night. Harry despeartly wanted to get home with Severus. Sev was holding his hand quite tight. Harry knew that he was already aroused. They were not nearly as drunk as the two that just left, but it was a weekend and they would go enjoy a couple more glasses of wine together when they got home and see where things went. "Ready to go Sev?"

Severus nodded. But James had something to say, "Harry can I please talk to you alone for a moment before the two of you leave?"

Sev sat down back in their booth and Harry followed his father over to the other side of the room where it was a bit less crowded. "What is it dad?"

"This may not be anything, but have you noticed your mother or Severus acting strangely lately?" James asked with a quizzical look. He was a bit drunk or Harry had the feeling that he wouldn't have asked Harry this question.

Harry had to take a moment to think about it. He thought about the emails and the weird phone calls that Severus was having. He really didn't give it a second thought, but did his father know something that he didn't. "Not really… Severus has been making some strange phone calls but that's about it." He decided to keep out the email part until he heard what his dad had to say. "Why are you asking this, dad?"

"No real reason… Your mother has just been acting kind of weird. I have the feeling that she is hiding something from me. Also with the phone calls, she makes a lot of them. She says she is just checking on you, but I feel like it's a lot more than she is actually calling you… Don't worry about it though son. It's probably nothing. Now I want to go home to your mother. And you should go home with your husband."

They walked back over to Severus and James told both of them goodbye. Then he disapperated. "So what was that all about?" Severus asked Harry.

"Tell you about it when we get back." Then Harry gripped both of Severus's hands in his and they disapperated back to just outside the grounds.

The night was cold out so Harry cast a heating charm on himself for the walk back from Hogsmeade. Severus and him walked back in almost complete silence. Harry wasn't one to keep secrets from his husband, but he didn't know what good would come from talking about what his father had told him. However, he didn't want to lie, so he decided that he would just give Sev the short version of the conversation.

As the reached the gates of Hogwarts, Harry was getting very tired, and his happy drunk mood was almost gone completely. He could tell that Severus's buzz was wearing off also. They walked the rest of the way back to their chambers before Severus asked, "So are you ready to tell me what was wrong with your father?"

Harry didn't answer right away. He proceeded to pour himself a glass of wine, and another for Severus. "I don't really think it was anything important. He was just wondering if my mother was acting strangely. He just said she has been…" He struggled for the right word as to not make Sev suspicious that he was lying, "more distant that normal."

Severus eyed him suspiciously, possibly knowing that there was more that Harry wasn't saying, but as he took a sip of his wine, he seemed to not care to pursue the subject for the moment. "That's it?"

Harry drank the entire glass in one sip and proceeded to pour himself something stronger. "Yeah, that's basically it." Harry hoped that Severus would follow his lead in getting decently sloshed again. He felt like having a drunken night with his husband.

As it so happened, Severus felt like that was a good idea indeed. "Harry, would you be interested in doing something quite different for us tonight?"

This spiked Harry's interest. "What is it, Sev?"

"How about we try a muggle drinking game?" Harry choked on his drink. Was Sev for real? This seemed like something adolescent school kids would do, not to married adults.

"What do you have in mind?" Harry asked him.

"I recently heard of this game called liquor pong. It shows up in a lot of films Ive been watching."

This couldn't be Severus. This was an imposter. Harry had a hard enough time trying to get Severus to play scrabble with him, and Severus always won that. This was just bizarre. Beyond scary.

"So, your thoughts?"

"Lets try. How do we play?" Harry said, not wanting to miss out on what this led to.

Severus conjured a long table, some plastic cups, and ping pong balls. "The goal of the game is to bounce the ball into the cups on the other side of the table. If I get one in, then you have to take a drink, and visa versa."

This actually sounded fun.

"But I am adding a rule." Severus said with a slight smile. One of those smiles that he had in which you could something sinister was lurking behind his eyes. "If someone makes two shots in a row, the other has to do whatever the other one wants. Sexually."

This was so intriguing. Harry decided to make damn well sure that he would win this, and receive his prize from his husband. "Let the games begin." And so they would.