Chapter 53

Dangers at Home

Merlin, I'm tired." James said collapsing into bed.

"I'm trying go figure out if that was fun or not." Sirius replied sitting beside Remus on his bed. "What's ya reading?"

"I think I'm going to have to say it was. Malfoy was furious." James said before Remus could answer Sirius.

"Ya, but the seventh years chasing us wasn't all that fun."

"Ah it was worth it."

"What did you lot do now?" Remus asked rolling his eyes and hiding a smile.

"We locked him in a broom closet with Snivellus and used his wand to start a fire in their common room. Oh and we found a secret passage that ends up right in front of the room of requirement." Sirius got up and walked over to their desk, as though he reminded himself to put the path on the map.

"Sounds like fun." Remus laughed. Trying to figure out when he decided arson was fun.

"It was. So what did you guys do on this wet Saturday afternoon." James glared at the window, he'd been complaining about the rain all day. It had snowed all night, and he was getting really excited about dragging Sirius out for a snowball fight. He nearly fainted when Sirius told him he'd never played in the snow before. Once again, thanks to his over obsessive, neat freak mother.

Unfortunately when they woke up it was raining, turning all the snow to mush.

"Nothing really." Peter answered, he was watching Sirius draw the map.

"Guess what, Sirius." Remus smiled, though James was sure that it was only half real.

"What?" Sirius answered turning around in is chair, he too noticed the fake smile.

"You don't have to worry about being alone this Christmas." Remus' smile fell.

"What? Why? You're not going home? Why not?"

"Um... Well, some of our neighbors found out I'm a werewolf. They don't think it'll really be safe for me to come home."

"What!" James said angrily, he got up from his bed. "What is wrong with some people! I swear," James continued. They just tuned him out, he got like this every time any form of werewolf prejudice was mentioned.

"Oh," Was all that Sirius could say he turned back to the desk. He held his head in his hand. He wasn't surprised when Remus showed up beside him leaning on the desk.

"You okay?" He asked, worried about Sirius' lack of response.

"I should be asking you that."

"I'm fine, it's really no big deal." Sirius didn't believe him for a moment, and Remus could tell. "I mean sure, I'm going to miss being with them on Christmas, but it's only one time. Anyway, whether I stay here or go home, I'll still be with my family." Remus smiled, it was a lot more genuine than last time.

"That was really cheesy." Sirius said, but couldn't help but smile.

"I know, I should write greeting cards." Remus laughed.

"Remus, I have no idea what that is."

"They're cards you go to the store and buy that you give to someone for a special occasion."

"Why not just write your own?"

"I don't know, I always make them myself also."

"Muggles are lazy."

"Not all of them."

"If you say so." Sirius smirked, Remus just rolled his eyes.

"That's my mother, you're talking about. And wizards are just as lazy. They won't even walk across the room to get something." Remus smirked, pulled out his wand and tapped his hand. "Accio Book."

Sirius laughed as Remus caught the book. "Humans are lazy."

"Bingo." Remus laughed with Sirius. "You never told me why you were upset. I thought you would be glad that you didn't have to be alone."

"I am, but I shouldn't be. I shouldn't be happy that you can't go home."

"Sirius, I told you it's fine, really. It's only one year."

"Ya, I know"

"Hey, it stopped raining. Do you think there's any snow left?" James asked, oblivious to their conversation.

"No, James I don't. We'll just have to wait till next time." Remus smiled. "I'm ready for bed, do you mind if I turn out the lights and close the blinds?"

"Nope, go ahead, I'm just going to change then do the same." James answered, grabbing his pjs and going to the bathroom.

"Sirius? Peter?"

"I'm good." Sirius said grabbing is clothes and following James.

"Same." Peter just climbed into bed, having already changed.

Remus turned off the lights and closed the blinds on the window trying not to shiver at the moonlight on his skin.

He'd been in bed maybe five minutes before there was a loud crash from the bathroom.

"Merlin, those two can't be left alone for five minutes without killing something." Remus got up and walked into the bathroom. To his surprise the room was covered in soap and water and Sirius was standing, still in his daily clothes, in the middle of the room and was laughing so hard he had a hand on his ribs. James was by the door, also in his daily clothes, on the floor rubbing his head.

"Ow."

"Do I even want to know?"

"He ambushed me when I walked in. Dumped water on me." Sirius said between laughs.

"And so you somehow managed to get into a fight with the soapy water?" He assumed, Sirius nodded. Remus just sighed. "Make sure you clean it up." He said as he walked back to bed.

It wasn't until he climbed into bed that he realized what happened, and how he reacted to it.

Only Sirius and James could make soapy water fights in the middle of the night seem normal.

ARG! Stress! School, collage plans. Then I go and lose my sb stick which holds this story on it, so what I had done dissapeared. Plus another story I've been writing over a year that isn't on or saved anywhere else! I'm such an idiot! Why didn't I save it. Sorry. Just giving my excuse for taking so long. _ Did not like this chapter at all. hopefully next is better.

Really sorry.