"James," Peter turned to his friend who was picking at his food with his fork.

"Yeah, Pete?" James looked at his small friend.

"What's going on with Prongs and Moony?" James put his fork down and thought about it. Sirius was currently serving detention and Remus was sitting with Fabian and his friends.

"I've been wondering the same thing, Wormtail," James sighed. "I tried talking to them about it but neither of them has given me much to go by. Sirius insists that nothing is wrong, and Remus just won't talk about it. Have you tried talking to them?"

"If Padfoot won't tell you, then he definitely won't tell me," Peter said after some thought. "And I haven't had a chance to talk to Remus since that 'girlfriend' conversation."

"What? 'Girlfriend conversation'?"

"Remus and I talked a while ago," Peter explained. "He was asking for my opinion on something. He told me this story—I can't really remember all of it. But it was about this girl or whatever who didn't want to tell anyone they were dating?"

"Remus had a girlfriend?" James turned to look at Remus in shock. Wasn't he gay?

"I don't think so," Peter said after some thought. "I think he just added that because he wanted my opinion. Basically, he asked me what I would do if I had a girlfriend, but we had to hide our relationship for some reason. And to help hide the relationship, the girl goes out with someone else."

"What? That's stupid!" James looked angry.

"So do you think Remus really had a secret girlfriend—or boyfriend?"

"He wouldn't have asked for your opinion if he didn't," James felt a bit hurt that Remus had been dating someone and hadn't told him. Weren't they supposed to be best friends? He wondered if Sirius knew about this secret boyfriend.

"Do you think it was Fabian?" Peter asked suddenly.

"I don't think so, Pete." James said after he stared at Remus and Fabian for a while. "Remus seemed a little upset before he started hanging out with Prewett. What did you tell Remus when he asked for your opinion?"

"I told him that the relationship wasn't fair," Peter thought back, trying to remember what he had said to the werewolf. "I can't remember if I said I'd end the relationship or not."

"Well, here's what I think: I think Remus broke it off with that boyfriend or whatever or his. That's why he was so upset and quiet before, remember?" Peter nodded and James continued. "Then I'm guessing he started hanging out with Prewett and now they're dating."

"Who's dating?" A voice behind the two boys asked. They looked and saw Sirius with a scowl on his face.

"Detention didn't too well?" James asked with a small smile. Sirius only grunted and took a seat next to James.

"So who's dating?"

"Remus and Fabian," Peter answered. James noticed a flash of anger in Sirius's eyes, but before he could give it much thought, Sirius snorted and looked down at his plate.

"Hey, Pads," James asked after Sirius had taken a few bites of his food. Sirius looked up at him. "Did Remus have a boyfriend before Fabian?"

"What makes you ask that?" Sirius asked in an eerily calm voice. James thought he suddenly looked paler than he did a few seconds ago. James looked around to make sure that no one was listening to them before repeating Peter's story.

"He never told me anything," Sirius said dismissively as he stabbed into his chicken.

"I wonder who it was," Peter said absently.

"Whoever it was, he sure was a bastard," James said bitterly.

"What makes you say that?" Sirius suddenly asked.

"It's bad enough that he was having Moony hide the relationship, he had to go out with someone else? That's just wrong!"

"But, you don't know the guy's story," Sirius said defensively. "What if he had a good reason for having to hide it?"

James scoffed. "Then he shouldn't have been in the relationship in the first place! You've seen how big of an ass I've made myself every time I tried to ask Lily out. If you love someone, then you should be with them completely; nothing should hold you back. Remus is a great guy and whoever he ends up will be lucky to have him. The stupid bastard shouldn't have been ashamed of him! He should have been proud that he had such a great boyfriend! The way I see it, he never deserved Remus."

Peter heartily agreed to what James said.

"I'm glad he's with Prewett now," Peter added. "He seems happy."

Peter and James began to speculate on who the mysterious boyfriend could have been. Neither of them noticed how silent Sirius had gotten or how upset he looked.

-.-.-.-

Sirius passed on hanging out in the common room with James and Peter. He reassured Cassie that he alright and made his way up to the dorm room. He was surprised to see someone already there.

"Sirius." Remus said in a surprised voice.

"Not hanging out with your boyfriend?" It came out sounding way more bitter than Sirius expected.

"He has a project he needs to get done," Remus answered with a nonchalant shrug. He turned his back to Sirius and began rummaging through his trunk. "And besides, I don't have to spend every waking moment with him. I don't do clingy."

Sirius recognized the shot at Cassie but chose to ignore it. Because if he were honest with himself, Cassie was a little clingy. That was one of the things he liked about Remus. Remus didn't need to be by his side all the time. But, with Cassie, she always had to know what he was doing at every moment. She was a bit controlling.

"How long have you and Prewett been an item?" Sirius sat down on his bed and kept his voice as void of emotion as he could manage.

Remus pulled out a book and opened it. For a moment, Sirius thought he wasn't going to answer.

"That kiss you saw was right after he asked me to be his boyfriend."

Sirius lay back on his pillows and watched Remus as he read. He felt the urge to go over to the other boy and curl up next to him. Sirius glared at the boy who was too busy reading to notice and pushed away those thoughts. He and Remus weren't together anymore.

"Are you really bringing Cassie home with you for the winter holidays?" Remus asked after a while.

"Yeah," Sirius said slowly. He gave the other boy a suspicious look. "Why?"

Remus brought his eyes back down to the book in his hand. "Just wondering."

Sirius turned over on his bed so he was no longer facing Remus. He felt anger build up inside him at how blasé Remus sounded about everything. Had Remus really moved on now that he's with Fabian? Did he really not care that Sirius was with Cassie anymore?

Remus looked at Sirius over his book. The boy had turned over on his bed and wasn't looking at him anymore. Remus closed his eyes and a lone tear fell down his face. Talking to Sirius and acting like it meant nothing to him had been extremely hard to do.

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Hey guys. Here's another chapter. I know it probably seems rushed and nothing much is going on or whatever, but to be honest, I don't know where to go with this. I mean, I know what particular scenes I want, but I just can't seem to get to that part properly. I think I've lost my muse for this story. I hope I get it back soon though. I'd hate to not finish this after I've gotten so far, especially when I got a few readers who really want to see how this ends.

For all of you who follow the awesomeness known as Klaine, feel free to check out my other story, Just a Game. I've been putting a lot of time into that lately and it's progressing better than this one :/

Anyway, here's a bit of a 'teaser' for the next chapter of this. I haven't figured it out or anything yet, but those are the scenes I'm going to make sure I address. I'm hoping that if I get the scenes I originally wanted started, I'll be able to move this along. Wish me luck.

Next chapter: Sirius and Fabian have a little 'chat'. Winter holidays start. James gets a little insight on what's been going on between his two friends.