This story is not longer on hold! YAY *Throws a party* Told you I'd update in the summer :3

I know it's quite short and I'm sorry! I've been unbelievably busy lately, and I have so many fics to juggle with haha.

Well, anyway, here is chapter 10 (finally) XD

The rest of the night went by slowly, and Sirius was getting hungrier with every minute. He just couldn't understand why the damned room wouldn't provide them with food. They were going to starve to death...

He didn't like the sound of that. A slow, painful death, and to make it worse, he'd be stuck with James. Lack of sleep or hunger always made James grouchy, and Sirius was getting more and more annoyed with him all the time when he thought of the argument they'd had last night.

So much for them being a couple now... Sirius couldn't understand how James could be like that with him.

He sat next to his newly built castle of cards, which – he had to admit – was nothing compared to his previous one. The bangs against the wall from Remus had stopped an hour ago when he'd told them he was going to get something. He still hadn't returned.

Sirius groaned as he heard James stirring. He peered over at his boyfriend as he sat up in his bed, rubbing his eyes. James looked at Sirius and smiled.

Why the hell is he smiling at me? Sirius thought. He didn't return the smile but turned around and stared at the wall next to him, his anger burning up inside him.

"What's up with you?" James asked, and Sirius could hear his footsteps nearing him. Sirius chose to ignore him.

"Sirius?"

Sirius gritted his teeth, but still didn't speak. Two arms wrapped themselves around Sirius' waist and James' head rested on his shoulder.

"Tell me what's wrong," whispered James, and Sirius shrugged him off angrily.

"You know what's fucking wrong!" Sirius spat, standing up and heading towards the other side of the room.

"What? You mean last night?" James asked in amusement. "That was nothing! Pay no attention to it."

"I can't pay no attention to it," Sirius said. "You were a complete and utter bastard to me!"

"I'm always like that when I'm woken up though. I didn't mean anything I said last night," James said, coming to join Sirius on the sofa. "I'm sorry if I upset you."

"You need to control your bloody temper!" Sirius said. James laughed.

"You say I need to control my temper?" he asked. "I think you do! Look at yourself!"

"I'M ONLY ANGRY BECAUSE OF YOUR TEMPER LAST NIGHT! YOU KEPT TELLING ME TO FUCK OFF FOR NO REASON!"

"I told you I didn't mean it!" James said desperately, grabbing Sirius' hand and looking into his eyes. "Please believe me. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to upset you."

"Well, you did," muttered Sirius, standing up yet again and walking away from James.

"I'm sorry!" James said. "What else can I say?"

"I need you to promise me something," Sirius said slowly. James nodded. "Promise me that you will – if you ever get woken up again – learn to control your temper. You're a nasty piece of work when you're grouchy like that."

"I can't promise-"

"- For me, James?" Sirius said. James sighed and nodded.

"I promise I'll try," he said. "It's difficult for me to control my temper... especially when I'm tired."

"That's all I ask," Sirius said. "I forgive you."

"You do?" James asked, his facing lighting up at the words.

"Yeah," Sirius laughed, gesturing for James to join him and pulling him in for another kiss.

Oh god, I'm so lucky, Sirius thought happily as he kissed James, their hands running over each other's bodies excitedly.

He had known that he was going to forgive James anyway – he loved him too much.

When they broke apart, James grinned at him and grabbed his hands, staring deeply into Sirius' eyes. "I love you so much."

The words made Sirius' heart seem to flutter in his chest and he smiled. "I love you, too."

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Remus searched the Great Hall, and spotted the red hair. He rushed up to her and tapped her impatiently on the shoulder.

"Oh hey, Remus," Lily said, smiling. "What's wrong?"

"I think I might have an idea to get them out of the room!"

"What? How?" Lily whispered, leaving her group of friends and walking with Remus. Remus looked around nervously and pulled her aside.

"We make a Portkey," he said. Lily's eyes widened.

"That's illegal though," she said. Remus sighed and nodded.

"What else can we do?"

Lily was quiet for a moment while she thought about it, and then she nodded. "Portkeys are fairly easy to make, aren't they?"

"Yeah," said Remus. "I remember reading about them. You just take a normal object and cast 'Portus' on it."

"So how will it work?" asked Lily.

"We use a Portkey to get in there," Remus said. "I'd rather not shout through the walls to them that they need to make a Portkey. That's just asking for disaster."

"You're right," Lily said. "What if we get in there, and we can't get back, though?"

"Well, Peter knows about it," Remus said. "Hopefully if we get stuck, we can count on him to help."

"Great!" Lily said. "You're a genius, Remus."

Remus felt himself blushing as she leaned up and kissed him lightly on the cheek, grabbing his hand and leading him towards the stairs.

"Wait," he said, and she stopped.

"What is it?"

"Shouldn't we bring some food with us?" Remus asked. "In case something happens and we get stuck there?"

"Yes, that's a good idea."

They headed back to the Great Hall and gathered up as much food as possible in the invisibility cloak. "I think that's enough," assessed Remus, and they left the hall.

"I've got a hairbrush in my bag," said Lily, pulling out a small red brush. "We can use this as the Portkey."

When they reached an empty classroom, they placed the hairbrush on the floor. They both stared at it for a minute.

"Do you want to do it?" Remus asked nervously. Lily closed her eyes and nodded. She slowly removed her wand from her robes and pointed it at the hairbrush. "Portus."

The hairbrush glowed a darker red and then returned to its usual colour. Lily and Remus looked at each other and Lily nodded. "It worked. I thought of the Room while I cast the spell."

"Shall we go, then?" Remus asked.

Lily nodded. They both reached their hands out to touch the brush, and within a couple of seconds the world began spinning.

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