Accidents happen

A/N: Hey out there reading public! Whew, sorry bout last chapter, seriously, I had to rush to get it up 'cuz I'm gonna be goin' to my dad's and he's like a computer nazi or something! 'No computer for you!' So this'll be my last update until, probably Monday. Sorries! Nothin' I can do about it. Hope this chapter's good enough to keep you satisfied till then! Sorry. TT

Disclaimer: I am not J.K Rowling thereby I don't own Hogwarts or any of the characters you all know and love, however, I may make up a few of my own along the way and come up with some other stuff to so if you don't recognize it then it's probably mine, though, if you want I'll tell you exactly what's what, I mean, if it truly bothers you or something (although I honestly can't see why it would, I mean, this is fanfiction after all). I do own Professor Ronts, Professor Sune and Sam and anything else that J.K hasn't claimed in this fic.

Chapter 14

The new information about Sirius' attempt to win him over made Remus a little antsy, however, it wasn't nearly as big a surprise to him as the fact Sirius actually gotten him a present. Personally, if anyone had treated him like he had been treating Sirius recently, he wasn't about to go and get them a birthday present.

"That's really nice of him…what if…maybe he does-"

"Potion." He reminded himself before he could finish the thought.

It's always the goddamn potion! Sirius didn't really love him, he just did anything he could to be with his obsession, him. And that; was not love. Big difference, as he had to constantly remind himself, though that stupid part of him desperately wanted not to remember.

Days went by and though Sirius did seem sad when Remus would ignore him, he seemed to have something planned because whenever he did he'd immediately smile right after.

And then, finally…it the big day came.

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Remus yawned as the sun woke him up. According to his mom he was born at 9:04 in the morning and, seeing as today was a weekend, he'd slept in and it was about 8:45.

No one else was in the dorm.

He scratched his head tiredly and got out of bed. He was looking much more pale then usual.

"Full moon tonight." He reminded.

But, if the full moon was that night, then his birthday was today and…sure enough, at the end of his bed there was a small pile of presents stacked neatly with tags saying who they were from.

Remus shrugged "Well, while I'm here I suppose." and sat down at the end of his bed, pulling the present on top to him.

This one was from James…it was a book about Quidditch, not so much the players, but more the history of the game and how it came about.

Remus smiled "Typical, but thoughtful. I'm sure it'll make a good read."

Setting his new book aside he got Peter's gift…at least a dozen Randal's Terrific-Toffee (changes the color of your tongue with ever piece)! Remus chuckled; Peter always got him sweets for his birthday. The amazing thing was he always managed to get him a different sweet every time!

He was pleasantly surprised to see Lily had gotten him something as well. It was a book on potions, most of which were meant to bring color to your face. He read the note attached 'Hey Remus, thought you'd like this, you always look so pale, I figured this could help you out'.

He smiled "As thoughtful as that is, I don't think it'll work on a werewolf…"

With her present out of the way he noticed there was one left. Just as he was about to grab it though, he saw the name of who had sent it. Samantha Briken. He stared at the gift suspiciously.

Very cautiously, he touched the edge of the wrapping paper with his finger. Immediately he pulled back "Ah!" a slight boil began to form on his finger. He put it in his mouth to relieve some of the pain.

He frowned "Oh honestly! That girl needs to grow up…" he got his wand from the counter and moved the gift into the garbage where it belonged and would harm no one.

With her gift gone there were no more. He frowned slightly "Hm…"

Not that it mattered or anything but…well, there was no gift from Sirius amongst his friend's gifts and it was…somewhat disappointing.

He sighed "Well, I can't really blame him can I? I've been a total jerk to him."

But still…oh, never mind that. Now that all his gifts were opened he could see no better time to take a good shower. Seeing as breakfast could wait, he got his clothes together and went off to the bathroom.

Once he got out the clock on the counter said it was now 9:00 exactly.

He smiled to himself "Four more minutes to go."

As he waited for the clock to strike 9:04, his thoughts traveled back to his current home and what a birthday there would be like. His mom probably would've woken him up like it was an average day and act as though she'd forgotten what day it was.

He smiled; she had often done that in the past.

-Flashback-

A much smaller Remus woke up excitedly, barely able to sleep the night before. He hopped out of bed happily and ran into the kitchen, where it sounded like his mom was making breakfast.

He grinned, "I'm up!"

She looked over her shoulder casually "Oh, so you are. Well, I was going to wake you up in a few more minutes, but seeing as you are up, why don't you help me set the table."

Remus looked confused and hurt at her casual behavior "…Ok…" he said sadly.

He reached in the cabinet and put the cups and plates at the table. His father came up, tying a tie around his neck as he did. Remus smiled, surely he'd remember!

"Hey dad!" he said happily.

He looked up with a warm smile "Doin' alright Remus?"

He nodded "Yeah. Hey, isn't there something…special you wanted to say to me?"

His dad tilted his head "Special?"

"About what day it is?" Remus pressed hopefully.

His father looked up thoughtfully then slowly smiled "Ahhh, oh yes, I do."

Remus grinned; good old dad.

"Today's a short shift at work, I'll be home around noon!" he said to his wife.

Remus' smile fell and he sadly returned to setting the table. Once it was done he thought he'd go upstairs and be alone for a while, not feeling at all hungry, however, just as he left his mother called him back "Oh Remus, before you go…"

He came back in and gasped in surprise. His mother held the best looking cake he'd ever seen in his short life and balloons were all around the room and a special birthday breakfast was on the table.

His father and mother smiled warmly and began singing 'Happy Birthday'. His bright eyes filled with happy tears as he hugged his parents tightly "Oh mom, dad!"

His father ruffled his hair lovingly and laughed "What? You didn't expect us to forget the birthday of the best kid ever born, did you?"

His mother giggled, "Alright, that'll do. Now come on, let's eat breakfast so you can open your presents!"

Remus smiled and sat at the table with his parents.

-Flashback ends-

This was the birthday before he got turned into what he was and it was the best one he ever remembered having. He sighed and wondered what his mom had gotten him.

Of course his dad didn't get him anything. He made it a point to pretend Remus didn't exist most the time. His mother always said that him calling Remus 'the best child ever' might get to his head, but never really tried to stop him from saying it and now, he never said it at all.

Part of him wondered what having a birthday at home would be like with his father…probably the same except his dad would be sure to be working late so he won't have to stay and talk or even wish him a happy birthday…

He frowned slightly "That's enough of that. It's my birthday; I have no right being depressed today."

He walked down stairs to have breakfast, surprised as a few people called out 'happy birthday'. Some people he didn't even know said it and he couldn't help but wonder how they found out.

"Hey, it's his birthday."

"I wonder what Black's got planned for it."

"Did they get back together?"

"I'm not sure."

"I've heard that he's been avoiding Black, but maybe…"

He overheard a group of girls chattering as he passed by them. They stopped talking as he got closer and a few even smiled and one said "Happy birthday." as he left.

"That was…strange…" he thought.

He came up to the Great Hall and made his way to his normal seat unthinkingly. What mostly made him sit there was that a light brown barn owl with bright yellow eyes was waiting there, clicking at James for some of his toast.

"Hey Rem, where've you been? This owl's been waiting here for ya." James said as he sat down.

Remus smiled at the sight of his family's owl "Ah, hey Thoren. Where's Sirius?" he asked, just noticing he was nowhere to be seen again.

Both Peter and James shrugged but didn't really seem to give it much thought. They were more interested in his mother's owl that held a package tied to his leg and a card in his beak.

"I thought your mom said she wasn't going to give you your gift till you got home." Peter said.

Remus smiled "She is. This is just one of her cakes." And sure enough, when he opened the package it was a small, personal sized carrot cake with the words 'happy birthday Remus' on it in green icing.

He smiled and pulled the card out of Thoren's mouth. When he opened it, his mother's voice filled the Great Hall "Happy birth-day to you, happy birth-day to you. Happy birth-day dear Rem-us, happy birth-day to you! And many more!"

A few people in the hall cheered, some laughed and others just smiled. Remus smiled sheepishly as a small blush came to his face. He loved hearing his mother's voice and all, especially on his birthday, but he'd rather it be just for him to hear, not half the school.

He hated the public attention.

"Thoren you idiot, you're supposed to deliver my birthday stuff to my room." He said in mock anger, stroking the owl's feathers.

Thoren rolled his great yellow eyes but still gave him an affectionate nibble on his fingers before joining all the other owls in flight and going out the window after taking a few drinks of water.

Once the post had left, breakfast went on pretty much as it normally did for the Marauders, besides the absence of Sirius. He noticed Sam seemed a little shocked at his appearance.

He smirked and waved with his boil free hand. She frowned deeply and turned away angrily, her hair acting as a sort of shield so she didn't have to look at him. Remus couldn't help laughing.

James looked down at Sam then back at him "What was that about?"

Remus sighed and explained what had happened with the gifts. "Apparently, she thinks I'm an idiot because she put her name on the gift and still expected me to open it!" He finished with a laugh.

James shook his head "Attacking a man on his birthday, that's low."

"Yes well…bugger on her. And the swelling in my finger seems to have gone down anyway so even if I did open it, it probably wouldn't be too bad. By the way, thanks for the presents guys." He added.

James shrugged with a smile "Well, I figured you'd like something good to read up on."

Peter grinned, "Did you try the blue one? I swear, that color stays the longest! I brushed my tongue for 2 hours and it still stayed blue for 5 days!"

Remus smiled "I'll try it later." But at that thought his smile faltered and he looked down at the table.

Why did it bother him that Sirius didn't get him a present?

"Don't answer that." He thought before he could start the never-ending argument on his feelings towards Sirius.

James raised an eyebrow "You ok?"

He looked up "Hm? Oh, oh yeah…I'm fine."

"Ohhh, I see. It's the moon thing huh?" Peter said knowingly.

Remus nodded absentmindly "Yeah, yeah that's it…"

He smiled "Well, you don't have to worry because- OW!"

James kicked him in the knee but luckily, Remus didn't seem to be listening. He was staring distantly at the ceiling as though he were thinking about something interesting.

"Shut up, you want Sirius on you for telling him?" James hissed.

Peter nodded "Oh right…by the way, where is he?"

James shrugged "How the heck should I know? He doesn't tell me anything any more!"

As if an answer to their question the door to the Great Hall opened. Sirius came in with a sort of solemn determined look on his face, which confused his fellow Marauders.

Others whispered to one another as they watched him walk to the front. The three friends looked at one another, silently asking if any of them knew what was up with Sirius.

No one did.

To add to their shock, he walked right passed all the tables without looking at them to give them any sort of sign to what he was about to do and walked right up to the teacher's table.

His coming up to their table equally surprised the teachers. Perhaps they thought he was going to ask one or all of them something because they allowed him to come up.

However, he did not come to ask a question. Once at the top and in front of the whole hall he turned to face the hundreds of students and point his wand at his throat muttering "Sonorus."

"Excuse me everyone," his voice boomed, causing the entire Hall to go silent. "I have something very important to say and the fact that I'm saying it in front of all of you is proof that I'm not joking!" he shot a quick glance in Remus' direction.

Remus face went a bright shade of red and he felt himself lowering in his chair "Oh god…please, tell me he's not-"

"I have to say this. I'm sorry." The entire hall was silent as his voice echoed, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! It was stupid of me to say what I said to you and act like some…over-protective dog! I've been foolish and I know it and I'll stay up here and apologize all day if I have to but please, don't ignore me any more! I'm really sorry, please forgive me?" he looked imploringly at Remus.

The eyes of the entire hall followed his and they stared at Remus too, who, at the moment appeared to be trying to melt into the floor, his face completely red in embarrassment.

"I know I'm not perfect. Our past few dates have all ended up in you getting injured but I tried! I'm still trying and I'll always try to do everything I can for you. Anything you want, anything, I'll try my hardest to get it to you because…"

Remus closed his eyes and covered his face "Please don't say it…"

"Because I love you. And I don't care what anyone else has to say about it! They can sneer and hate all they want, that doesn't change anything. In fact, I think they're just jealous. Jealous that I love you so much and that I don't care what gender you are…" he sighed "And that's really all I have to say…" but as he turned to leave he suddenly stopped as though he remember something "Oh, and also, it is your birthday so I think we should-"

"Silenco!" Remus suddenly shouted, making all eyes go to him once more.

Sirius staggered slightly as the spell hit him, but was silent. Ignoring the gasps of surprise and murmurs he marched up the front and grabbed Sirius roughly by the sleeve of his robes, disregarding his questioning look and attempts to speak.

Either the teachers were too shocked to act or didn't care either way for none of them did anything as Remus pulled him out of the Great Hall. He didn't stop marching until they were out of the castle and away from hearing ears.

Once they were, he rounded on Sirius "WHAT, IN GOD'S NAME IS WRONG WITH YOU!?!"

Sirius pointed his own wand at his throat and mouthed a spell.

"What do you mean? I was just apologizing!" he said as soon as he could speak.

"And you think publicly humiliating me is going to make me forgive you!?"

"NO! I just wanted you to know I was serious about what I had to say! And anyway it was the only way I could talk to you, considering how you've been treating me lately!" he said bitterly.

Remus covered his eyes "Ugh, Sirius don't you try making me feel guilty about this…"

Sirius frowned "Well it's true! Every time I tried to talk to you, you just avoid me or ran away from me! I didn't know what else I could do; you weren't exactly leaving me many options!"

Remus sighed tiredly "Look I…I'm sorry, ok? But you can't just…I mean…ugh, this is too confusing…"

The anger in Sirius' eyes died completely "What's confusing?"

"You! You're confusing me!" he muttered; talk more to himself then to Sirius.

Sirius blinked in confusion but didn't ask. A long silence passed between them. Sirius tried to catch Remus' eye but he was distracted, arguing inside his own head with himself.

"Sorry though, I wasn't trying to embarrass you...just talk to you..." Sirius muttered, in an attempt to get his attention.

Remus sighed and reluctantly looked back at him "Well…no use crying over spilt milk I suppose…ok, ok…I forgive you Sirius and I hope you can forgive me for being the world's biggest prat. I'm sorry too."

Sirius grinned widely and hugged him tightly "Oh thank you! You're too good, you know that? And I mean it, I'm sorry. I promise, I'll never try to be controlling again! I was just worried for you, course, that's no excuse."

Red returned to Remus' face "(Ahem), yes well…um…you're welcome…so, let's go back inside then?"

Sirius nodded and released him. As they walk though, Remus made a sort of face "Still, one thing…bothers me…" he paused as though he weren't sure if he should talk about it.

"What's that?" Sirius asked happily.

Remus messed with his hands nervously "Well…you wanted to apologize and all right? So then why…er…"

"Why what?" he now sounded slightly more curious.

"Well…not that it matters or anything but…why didn't you, well…get me a birthday present?" he muttered awkwardly, trying not to sound upset by it, even though secretly he sort of was.

Sirius could suppress a grin when he looked over at Remus. He was looking intently at the ground, absolutely determined not to catch his eye, his face slightly red.

"You're so cute!" Sirius said, putting an arm around him.

Remus was taken aback by the sudden motion but couldn't find his voice to say it.

"Ah Remus! Now honestly, what kind of boyfriend would I be if I forgot your birthday? Assuming I'm still worthy enough to have that title." he said, kissing his cheek.

Remus went redder and continued to stare at the ground "Yeah, y-you are but…well I…I didn't think you'd forget just…you'd be too mad to…get me anything…" he mumbled, his voice getting quieter with each word.

It wasn't so much a gift that he wanted, he just wanted Sirius to get him something…

Sirius chuckled and shook his head "Remus, Remus, Remus…who could ever stay mad at you? True, I was a bit irked by it but, ah, I'd never leave you out like that! That's just too mean."

Remus looked up with a hopeful smile "So…you're not…I mean, you got me something?"

Sirius grinned, "Indeed I did. HOWEVER…"

The way he said that got Remus full attention as they walked "What?"

Sirius snickered "You, won't get to see it till later!"

Remus blinked "What? Why?"

He grinned broadly "A surprise Remy my dear! And you don't want to spoil the surprise do you?" Remus opened his mouth to say yes he did want to spoil the surprise but Sirius cut across "Well anyways, all's well now and…I should get going."

"Going? To where?" Remus asked, surprising himself with how saddened he sounded by the fact.

Sirius smiled at the tone "Don't worry, I'm not leaving forever or anything, but did you see McGonagall's face after that? If I don't go take my lumps now it'll be far worse when she finds me."

Remus nodded "Oh right. Ok, well…I guess I'll see you later then."

Sirius smiled and gave him a quick kiss as he unwrapped his arm from him "Bye. Detention should be over in a flash so I'll probably be in the dorm tonight kay?"

Remus nodded, words failing him this time.

Sirius grinned and went back inside, closing the door behind him.

For a moment Remus stood there in a sort of dazed shock. His hand gently ran over the spot where he'd felt Sirius' lip…it was warm and tingly sort of feeling and he felt cold now that Sirius didn't have his arms around him…

"Stop it, STOP THAT!! I'm not gay!" he yelled out loud, squeezing his head tightly.

But still, no matter how much he insisted he only liked Sirius as a friend, he couldn't help but wish Sirius were still there, with his arms holding him close and-

"STOP!" he shouted angrily.

He walked in hurriedly, still telling himself ardently that he was not gay, Sirius was ONLY his friend and it was incredibly stupid that he was having this argument again when he nearly fell from walking into someone.

He reached to help the girl he knocked over up "I'm sorry I- (Gasp!)"

Her eyes narrowed "YOU!"

Remus grunted as he was suddenly forced against the nearest wall, a wand now pointed at his throat. He tried to reach down to his robe pocket to get his own wand but every inch he moved made the girl bring her wand closer to his throat.

"E-easy Sam…" he said carefully.

A look of pure loathing and rage was on her face as she stared at him. Her teeth were clenched and her hair looked wild "I don't know how…" she started in a low whisper.

"…I don't know how…and I don't know when…but mark my words Remus Lupin, I WILL get back at you for this…someday…I swear it…" she said, still holding him tightly to the wall.

"B-But I-" he started but was silenced by a noise she made.

"…However…that won't be today…you see, it's your birthday and even though I hate you with every bit of my being, I care for Sirius more and I know, that if anything happened to you today while his influenced by the potion, he'd never forgive me. So consider yourself lucky Lupin…" she said, finally releasing him.

He massaged his throat. For such a small girl she sure was strong.

"Oh, and uh…happy birthday." She muttered.

He blinked in surprise.

With a sort of nod in acknowledgement, she turned on her heel curtly and marched the way she was going before they met.

He stared after her until she was a dot and then no more. With a relieved sigh he ran a hand through his hair "I've got to stop making enemies…it'll be the death of me…" he muttered.

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The day was over in nothing flat and everyone had now gone to their common rooms to finish homework and talk with friends as they awaited curfew.

Hours passed and the sun was beginning to set. And still Sirius wasn't back from detention. Remus walked around the Gryffindor Common room anxiously.

"He said he'd be back so he'll be back!" he told himself for the 5th time.

It went on like this until one by one, people trotted to bed and the common room was virtually empty besides him, James, Lily and Peter.

Lily smiled tiredly "Don't worry Remus…(yawn)…McGonagall couldn't have been too hard on him…"

Remus nodded but didn't look at her and continued his sort of pace. Why he was so worried he didn't even know, but he kept at it anyway, looking at the door every few seconds.

James had a sort of concerned look on his face but said nothing while Peter dozed a bit next to Lily.

Finally, Lily yawned a great yawn and stood up "Well…I'm really tired guys, I'll see you later."

They all said a collective good night to her as she went up to the girl's dormitory.

Remus bit his lip as he stared at the door "Come on, where is he? It's nearly time for me to go…" the moon was covered for now but he knew he'd have to go back to the Shack soon and, for some reason he had trouble explaining, he wanted to see Sirius before he did.

James watched Lily leave and a soon as he heard her dormitory door closed he jumped to his feet "I have to go to the bathroom!" and quickly left the room.

Peter jerked awake.

As James passed him it appeared he kicked him "Huh? Oh-Oh! Right…Um, I left something in the dorm, could you get it for me Remus?" he asked just as quickly as James had spoken.

Remus was still too anxious to notice or even be suspicious about it and said "Yeah…sure." and went up to their dorm. He was halfway through Peter's trunk when he realized he didn't know what he was looking for.

"Of course." He muttered and quickly went back down, feeling stupid. Still preoccupied with his thoughts, he walked back in the common room.

Once he'd entered however, he had to cover his mouth to keep from letting out a yell of surprise at what he saw.

Right there in the middle of the common room was a brown stag, with strange markings around its eyes with a rat perched on one of its antlers. And next to the stag sat a big, black dog. Remus gapped at the animals in shock.

"Am I asleep?" he murmured to himself, running a hand through his hair.

The dog barked and its tail wagged furiously as it stood up and made its way to him, howling in a sort of tune that was hard to make out.

Remus stared at the dog's gray-ish eyes and he gasped "S-Sirius?"

The dog's howl slowly changed, as did the dog itself. His snout shrank and he was soon standing upright and the howling was changed to singing "Happy birthday dear Re-mus…happy birthday to you!" he finished.

Remus' mouth was opened in utter astonishment, words failing him completely. The rat jumped off the stag's antlers and onto a chair, as it landed it turned into Peter who smiled brightly. The stag's face shrank as well and he turned into James who grinned, "Surprise!"

"I…I…how…I thought..." Remus stuttered.

Peter grinned and spoke excitedly "Sirius was really pushing us to finish in time for your birthday! He got all kinds of research! I didn't think we'd be able to pull it off if he didn't do all that work. But we did it! Happy birthday Remus! Oh man, it's so cool being an animal! We've even come up some nicknames for ourselves in animal form to, mine's Wormtail!"

James gave Peter a look but still smiled at Remus "Prongs."

Sirius grinned broadly "Padfoot. And now, Moony, I think it's about time you went down to the shack huh? Don't worry; we'll join you as soon as Madam Pomfrey leaves."

Remus stumbled into a chair and put a hand to his forehead "I…I don't believe I…I…you…you did all this…for me?"

James shrugged modestly and kicked the air "Well…Sirius did a lot of the work…"

Remus looked up at Sirius who was smiling down at him in a loving sort of way "I just figured that…after the talk we had, the best gift I could give you was someone to be there with you, so you wouldn't be alone anymore…" he said in a soft sincere voice.

And it happened.

Without stopping to think that James and Peter were right there, that they were in the common room and anyone could just walk in at that moment, without remembering all the logic that told him it was wrong, Remus got out of his chair and pulled Sirius' lips to his with so much force it caught him completely off-guard.

It took Sirius a moment to comprehend what just happened but once he had he wrapped his arms around him and pulled him firmly into the kiss. The moment was complete bliss. The argument had been settled and there was no more denial about it. Remus loved Sirius and nothing anyone said was going to change that.

How long they stayed like that it was hard to say. 5 minutes 5 seconds…5 years? Who cared! Time had stopped just for that perfect moment Remus would never forget as long as he lived.

Peter stared in opened mouthed shock while James went a sort of white-ish color. Then, as if realizing what he was doing, Peter went pink and stared at the ground embarrassedly. James cleared his throat loudly.

Sirius pulled his lips away from Remus "What?" he snapped impatiently.

James frowned and pointed at the window where the clouds covered the full moon "We're on a bit of a schedule here! Need I remind you why we became Animagi in the first place?"

Remus got out of Sirius grip "Oh, of course. Um, sorry…"

It got uncomfortably silent for awhile in which Remus felt his face go red as if he suddenly remembered what he'd just done, Sirius looked extremely disappointed and James and Peter felt like they were intruding on something.

Finally, Remus clapped his hands together "Well! Uh…thanks for the gifts." He said slowly, looking around at his friends and smiling "I guess, I'll see you out there then!" and hurried out the door to the hospital wing, where Madam Pomfrey was waiting to take him out to the Whomping Willow.

As he walked out he distinctly heard Sirius mutter sullenly "Thanks James."

The fact that Sirius was disappointed to see him leave filled him with a greater sort of happiness he'd never felt before. A broad grin was on his face as he walked outside with the school nurse.

This, had to be the best birthday he'd ever had.

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End A/N: YAAAY! PHEW! That was a doozy eh? Well, that's all for that chapter but stay tune, I swear I'm not done yet!