What started out as a dark chapter ended up being changed. This chapter just…was a pain really. My muse wanted too many different things to happen in this. Which I'm sure you'll notice. And let me know if you guys want their experience at Riley's written.

"What the hell happened here!" The man hadn't even stepped inside before Sirius had to shush him "Hush!" Sirius hissed, "A friend of mine is sleeping will you be quiet?"

"Sirius almost the entire magical department knows about your boyfriend, calm down." the man chuckled, he pulled off his jacket and handed it to Sirius who placed it on a coat rack. "Now let's see-aww who's this!" the man leaned down and ruffed Lari's ears a wide grin on his face. "I had a collie like her when I was a kid! So sweet!"

"Her name is Lari, we got her from a shelter a few months ago, I needed a friend after my brother," Sirius shrugged, "Come on Darren, and I didn't call you over here to flirt with my pooch. Though I can tell you she's a rather lovely looker isn't she?"

"Much so," Darren winked a blue eye at her. "Pretty dog." he smiled, "Though I can imagine she tore up who ever came in here last night."

"Was covered in blood when I got home."

"How are you by the way, I heard a death eater tried to slice you in fourths using a shelving unit."

"Tried, didn't throw me hard enough," Sirius chuckled as they walked around the flat, he slowly led him through the flat showing him exactly what had happened through the whole flat. They'd been even quieter when they had walked through the bedroom and bathroom.

Once that was done Darren ran a few scans over the rooms before he ran a few tests on Lari finding traces of whatever or whoever had come into the flat on her. "She put up a damn good fight, not even much of a scratch on her. I'm rather impressed."

Sirius scratched between her ears. "She's built like a tank, Remus and I wrestle with her often. She could take down a grown man, attacked me this morning when I came in thinking I was whoever the poor bastard who came in first. Scared the shit out of me!"

Darren nodded running a hand through his dark brown hair, "I don't know what to tell you Sirius, it'll take a while to answer these tests. It really will, I could give you a made up fictional answer. But right now I just am not sure. But you can go ahead and fix your place up. I have all I need. Though I'm thinking a being got in here. Most likely a wolf…so…"

"Yea yea I know what that means," Sirius rubbed his temple. "You can tell who exactly it was can't you?"

"As much as one can, most wolves who attack flats…don't tend to be normal up to date now do they?"

"Don't seem the type no." Sirius chuckled. "But thanks for coming out, tell your boss to put it on my tab."

"Will do."

Once Darren was gone Sirius walked into the bedroom and crashed in his own bed next to Remus. He didn't have enough energy to put protection charms around the flat yet. That'd come after he had enough energy to stand once again.

It was well after eight when both boys finally crawled out of bed, while Remus started dinner Sirius was busy putting up every defensive spell he could think of, he'd even written his father, trying to get a list of as many as he could think of. He knew his father knew more than his fair share, so with his father's knowledge he knew the flat would be one of the safest places in London.

"What did Darren think it was?" Remus asked as he watched Sirius, he'd met Darren once or twice. Sirius had invited him over a few times when they all would play cards, he also remembered him from school. Darren was three years older than they were. He had been a Ravenclaw and one of the few Sirius had actually gotten to know very well.

"He though it was a werewolf breaking in, though why on earth they would I'll never know. Plus they didn't kill Lari, just really fucked the place up. I don't know how it could be."

Remus wasn't sure if Sirius heard his gulp, either way he felt his collar tighten around his neck. What if it had been him breaking into his own flat, tearing it to shreds…what if he'd broken in with another wolf? He shuttered at the thought, there was no way he was transforming without his Wolfsbane again.

"It wasn't you Remus," Sirius' voice dragged him out of his thoughts, when had he gotten so close? "If it had been you I highly doubt Lari would have attacked you, despite you being a wolf."

"If I attacked her she would, self defense."

"I doubt it. She would have just ran and hid from you, she's MUCH smaller than you, she could have hidden anywhere. Calm down." Sirius rubbed his shoulders running kisses down Remus' neck. "I promise everything is gonna be ok."

The conversation was left at that as Remus continued making dinner; Sirius was looking over the curtains which he couldn't repair. "Couldn't leave it so I could repair them, no they had to shred them. I was rather fond of these curtains."

Remus chuckled rolling his eyes as he dished out dinner, "Come on Miss Black, dinner time."

"Shut up!" Sirius scoffed as he walked over to him, "whose making dinner Miss. Lupin?"

"Sod off."

With dinner over the pair looked at one another it was a rather quiet night. Very quiet for Halloween, it had snuck up on Remus and Sirius quicker than they could imagine. Neither of them really realized it until the TV they were watching flashed a horror movie marathon for Halloween.

"Were wizards for heaven's sake!" Sirius shouted as he dug through his closet. "WE COMPETELY FORGOT!"

"If I remember correctly," Remus chuckled as he lay on the bed watching his lover who was bent over in a rather suggestive position. "You mentioned something last week about Halloween?"

"If you remember," Sirius grumbled. "My mouth was rather full!"

The memory alone caused pink to ting Remus' ears, yes he remember quite fondly Sirius on his knees muttering something with a rather full mouth. But what was said was still rather fuzzy. "Well what did you have planned love?" Remus chuckled as he walked over to Sirius wrapping his arms around his middle. He grinned as Sirius shivered at the quick contact.

"Um," Sirius looked back at him and gave a wicked grin. "I doubt you feel like spending the whole night in a mattress?"

Remus laughed and shook his head, "It'd be a waste to send it here, when I can do that any day." Remus gave him a secret smile before he ran a kiss against Sirius' neck. "Let's go out, be muggles for a night and join in the celebration?"

Sirius grinned ear to ear, he liked nothing more but a reason to go out and have a good time. "I like that idea." Sirius gave him a devilish smirk, "And then when we come home."

"Na uh," Remus chuckled, "you were on top last night."

"Remy!" Sirius whined.

"We'll see who does what." Remus was already on the way to his own dresser. They had bought costumes a few weeks ago; Sirius was hard to control when Halloween came around. And on one of his days off he dragged Remus to a costume shop and thus was the start of what to do for Halloween.

"I think that bar down in central London is doing a Halloween thing." Sirius was already changing, "You mean Riley's?" Remus chuckled from the bathroom, "The place you got hit on last time we went?"

"The same place." Sirius gave a wicked grin to nothing in particular, "I figured we could go there."

"Course they could be." Remus laughed as he stepped out adjusting his blazer. They both had agreed nothing crazy this year and of course Remus had gone with something rather…safe and was dressed as Cambridge professor.

"My my professor, you look good enough to shag." Sirius grinned, licking his lips. Remus was giving Sirius the same look over Sirius had already done. Sirius was dressed in British army fatigues. "Same to you Private Black," Remus chuckled, he couldn't help stepping forward and knotting his fingers in the dog tags that were draped around Sirius' neck.

"I might just make you keep these; they are rather sexy around your neck." Remus purred pulling him close with the tags, "It's about as sexy as a damn tie." Remus breathed against Sirius' lips, causing the boy to shiver. Remus let go with a rather satisfied grin. Sirius had to shake his shivers as he followed after Remus. "You realize your to sexy for you own good." Sirius grinned.

"You've said it more than once yes." Remus was already out the door walking down the stairs. "To Riley's?"

"To Riley's!" Sirius grinned.