Authors Notes: Thanks all to all 8 people that reviewed, it really does mean a lot! Anyway, here's the 2nd chapter. Enjoy it or detest it! Reviews not necessary though all who do are appreciated! No slash yet...
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone. But perhaps it's better that I didn't.
"Pssh...psh...psssh...Remus...Psssh...gay...pssh"
The girls laughed, Remus turned around and glared at them. Miranda smiled and shifted her eyes uncomfortably from his look as another girl, Francine Devout smacked her lips towards him. Remus automatically reached up and shielded his hicky from view.
"Sirius, what was all that about?!" Remus hissed, trying to concentrate on the foundation of the Wizarding ministry and its levels. Sirius gave a sideways glance and bit his bottom lip.
"Nothing, Just a bit of fun." he stated, nodding his head. From behind Sirius' head, Remus could see Peter trying to indicate something by pointing and mouthing frantically.
"What?" Remus uttered irritably, he was in a thoroughly bad mood now as well as being confused. Peter frowned and mouthed 'Snape'. Remus looked up towards the front and saw Snape smiling at him wickedly. Though he looked ridiculous with the lump of cotton spellotaped to his nose.
"Well, well, well. It seems our little wolfie friend has found a sexual partner. Too bad it ain't female" Snape cast a derisive look at Miranda who was now quietly copying notes then to Sirius was also glaring at Snape with slitted eyes. Remus glanced at Sirius who was massaging his knuckles, a look in Sirius' eyes indicated to Remus what he wanted to do that Snape.
Snape gave a coy laugh, before to Remus. " So then what are you going to do, you're nothing more then a thin weed"
Sirius threw a punch to Snape's already broken nose just as the bell rung. Disguising Snape's yelp as the class got into motion packing up bags. Sirius grinned, as he stared at his fist while walking out on the class to their dormitories.
When the boys reached their dorm room, they scattered, continuing onto their own actions. The boys sat on their beds while, Remus on routine, rummaged underneath his bed. He finally came back up with a piece of parchment. Neatly folded and creased. He got out a quill and laid the Marauder's map over his crossed knees. The boys worked in silence for 15 minutes, James and Peter doing homework and Sirius biting his tongue, writing furiously on a scrap piece of parchment.
"Guess what?" Sirius said rather happily interrupting the silence. The rest of the marauders stared at him apprehensively.
"What..." Peter hesitated to ask.
"I have a poem..." Sirius took a deep breath and straightened his back.
"A scrawny boy named Lupin
sat on the bright green grass
he'd just been away pukin'
while scratching his big fat arse
He had some trouble poopin'
cos he swallowed a fat baby
so Peter thought to nuke him
but he was too much of a lady"
Remus shot dagger looks at Sirius as he sat relishing the applause he got from Peter and James.
"That was not amusing Sirius..." Remus spat, his eyebrow raised. "I think I've got one too..."
Remus made a grab for another piece of parchment and quickly scrawled down something while smiling coyly. He suddenly raised his head with relish and smirked towards Sirius.
"I really hate Sirius Black
he's talks a load of bull
and smells a lot like crack
so I thought I'd shoot the fool
And stomp him down flat
but he gave me a hicky
and threw me in the sack
he's the reason I'm so sickly"
"That one was stupid, the last line sounded wrong" Sirius said remorsefully, lying on his stomach on his bed. "I did not throw you in the sack!"
Peter was now angrily eyeing Sirius, remembering his line about being too much a lady. James was laughing at both of the poems. Sirius heard something suspiciously like 'It should have been 'he had a small dicky' from James. James looked up to see Sirius scowling at him.
"Erm...sorry" James said suppressing a laugh as he glanced over to Remus. Who smirked triumphantly. Suddenly a worried look crossed his face. He'd remembered something important.
"James, when is the next full moon?" Remus asked tentatively, James cocked his head and quickly brought up his school bag. He rummaged through it before he found the Lunar chart. he flipped through it, chewing his bottom lip before he emitted a quiet gasp.
"Tonight.." James murmured, casting a worried look over Remus. Sirius looked a little apprehensive as well before breaking into a forced grin.
"It's your time of month again..." Sirius said wryly. Peter stifled a laugh, his beady eyes lingering on Remus who had gone very white.
"How are you cramps?" Sirius asked, trying to lighten the solemn mood over the quartet. James tried to quiet him up.
"Sirius, hush. You've already given him a hicky today..." James murmured. Remus unconsciously started wringing his pales hands together.
"Madam Pomfrey will be coming at anytime" Remus said, feeling tears well up in his eyes. Peter crawled over by Remus' bed and clamped a plump hand around Remus' slouched shoulders. "It's so painful..." Remus said sorrowfully.
A wave of concern washed through Sirius' face as he too made his way over to Remus' side.
"Don't worry, after you've transformed. We'll come with you and explore" Sirius said, looking at Peter and James. James nodded, rubbing his hands on Remus' back. The hardest yet best times for Remus was when he'd transform. The pain was unspeakable, so excruciating and horrible. The bones would contract when he'd be turned into a wolf, and he can feel the bone splinter into his flesh. Fur would grow over his body and the strange tingling would soon give way to a more terrifying pain, as if pins were being stuck throughout his body. But after he'd changed into a wolf, he'd still feel sore but with the reassurance of a rat, stag and dog. He could safely wander the grounds as long as no-body was around. He couldn't imagine what would happen if someone was in the grounds at the same time as the Marauders.
"Oh no..." Peter suddenly gasped "My detention"
Remus glanced at Peter, trying to smile. "It's ok, I don't mind if you don't come"
"B-but..." Peter stuttered before Sirius cut in.
"Well, if you've got a detention, you can't do anything about it" Sirius said with an strange sense of authority over his voice.
"It's alright, Peter. You don't need to be obliged" Remus said reassuring, Peter seemed to have an guilty expression on his face as he fidgeted with the hem of his robes.
"So, Remus, we'll meet you at the shack at 1:30 tonight" James said checking his watch. "It's 6:30 now, nearly time to get down for dinner"
"And we'll do the usual thing" Sirius said, winking over at Remus who still stared glumly at the pattern on his duvet. "Sorry about the poem and the -er- hicky" Sirius added while James and Peter groaned.
Remus shook his head and smiled a little, lifting his head to meet Sirius'. Sirius' eyes wavered to where the hicky was and he blushed. A tinge of red running through his face. James gradually spoke up about an issue that had been disturbing him since History of Magic class.
"Are you and Remus gay?"
Both Sirius and Remus recoiled from James and one another, Remus looked at Sirius nervously, pleading with his eyes he would say no.
"He initiated it! It wasn't me, I was just poking him and then -and then he gave me a hicky and kissed me on the nose!" accused Remus, stammering.
There was a pregnant pause as the boys all looked towards Sirius. Sirius blabbered with an open mouth.
"What makes you say that?...Hehehe...lets go down for dinner!" Sirius tried to change the topic, looking nervously at the faces of Peter and James. Remus bit his bottom lip hoping Sirius wouldn't say anything on the lines of 'I am gay and I really fancy Remus'.
"Sirius..." James said sternly, peering at Sirius above his square glasses. Sirius started laughing, his face going red. "Well, the reasons for me thinking you're -er- gay, is that a. You straddle Remus b. You give Remus a hicky c. You kiss Remus on the nose!"
"Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. He's gay...and he wants Remus" Peter said slowly, staring at Sirius with an accusing look. Remus glared at Peter, wanting to pulp him up into something unrecognisable with a fork.
"No way. You guys are confounded, I'm not gay. It was a bit of fun, you know how I am...Life's a big joke" Sirius announced crossing his arms over his chest, giving the others an evil look through his pale blue eyes.
James shrugged his shoulders, "Alright then..." James gave Peter a little look that indicated to him that he didn't believe Sirius at all.
"Why would I like Remus anyway? I mean he likes that girl with the big hips"
"She does not have big hips!" Remus said resentfully, "Also can we please stop talking about gayness and Sirius and me? Please..."
Peter giggled much like a girl, the boys attention switched to him as his face grew red and his shoulders shook.
"Sorry..." Peter said before delving into another fit of giggles. Sirius looked at him curiously.
"Get a hold of yourself man!" James advised, clasping onto Peter's shoulders and shaking him. Peter gasped for breath as his laughter turned his face red. His chubby face was contorted to look like he was crying instead of laughing, writhing on Remus' bed.
"Right then...we'll go to dinner now. You can stay here to calm down, if you want Peter" Remus said, watching Peter squirm and clutch his chest while giggling uncontrollably. Peter nodded in agreement and lay eagle spread on Remus' bed. The three boys filed out of their dormitory, giving idle goodbyes to Peter. As they went into the common room, they saw the sixth year Griffindor girls huddled around the fire in the plush armchairs. Their heads were close together and they were whispering excitedly in an animated fashion. Suddenly, a girl with curly blonde hair lifted her head and positively shrieked.
"Eeekk...it's them!" Mandy Vulgaris screamed, attracting the attention of both the boys and the girls. Remus felt a stone drop in his stomach as he saw the familiar face of Miranda jerk up to see the boys who were frozen just outside the portrait door, surely the girls have been gossiping the whole afternoon about Remus' encounter with Sirius' hormones. Lily caught James' eyes who started breathing more deeply.
"Er - Hello..." Sirius said towards Lily and Co. Before tugging on Remus' and Sirius' sleeves to gather their attention. "We'll be going down for dinner..." He said, finally pulling them out of the portrait door by the scruffs of their necks.
As they sauntered down to the great hall, Sirius gave a derisive laugh.
"Honestly...what got into you two?" He hissed as James and Remus walked steadily a bit behind as they entered the hall. They sat up the front near the teachers end of the Griffindor table and Sirius' heart sunk as he saw the teachers whispering behind hands, glancing suspiciously at the two of them. Obviously the rumour had even gotten around the teachers. McGonagall was looking especially mean as she peered at Sirius for long stretches of time. James caught sight of Dumbledore smiling and winking towards the directions of the boys. Sirius tried to ignore the teachers, by occupying himself with his roast pork. Beside him, Remus was smashing his pumpkin furiously with his fork, ignoring the flecks of pumpkin that scattered on his face. His other arm was held on the table, his elbow resting by James' napkin as he shielded the hicky from the teachers lingering glances. They ate in a solemn silence, trying to ignore the whisperings and calls from fellow students.
'Whoa, I knew you two were close but...'
'So THAT'S what you guys get up to in your dormitory...'
'Awww...they look so sweet...'
'If you ask me, they don't look that close...'
Sirius' nearly had enough, he sensed Remus was feeling the same, it was indicative by Remus' repetitive hammering of his already tenderised steak. James gave a sideways glance at Sirius, his face was drawn and weary, and he looked equally annoyed as both Remus and Sirius. A Slytherin third year had somehow sidled their way to the Griffindor table, the black hair boy smiled maliciously, looking much like a younger Snape. He opened his mouth no doubt to hurl a few more insults, little did he know Sirius wasn't in the mood to put up with anymore as he rubbed his knuckles tenderly.
"I know tha --" The boy began, grinning wildly. However Sirius interrupted, standing up, throwing his chair backwards.
"Yeah that's right! I want to get it on with Remus and you and you and YOU!" he wailed pointing at various males before throwing an ill aimed punch at the Slytherin's face. He missed however, the boy ducking at the very last minute, promptly left. Running nervously back to his table shooting backward glances full of fear towards Sirius. Sirius quickly dropped back into his chair, fuming from all the stares lingering in his direction.
"You've really got to gain control over your anger!" Remus' scolded, throwing his fork aside and using his closed fist to mutilate the already disintegrated food. James gave a curious look, eating slowly and precisely.
"Speak for yourself, at least I try to hurt people rather then valuable food" Sirius said, grabbing Remus' plate before Remus' fist connected with it and finishing off the mush on it.