A/n: Grr. Sometimes I hate computers. Mine is currently not accepting disks. *glares evilly at slot for floppy disk* That was part of the reason for my delay. Also Inspiration stopped talking to me, so I had to tie her to a chair and make her dictate. Special thanks to Becks, who made me so excited about posting, I resorted to torturing my muse, which worked a lot better.
Dedicated to all of you, m'dears, because I love you so.
Thank you tweety, Min_1979, karina305, Becca, SilvaraMaxwell, Fallen_Angel (sorry), Brightstar, Helga of Wurm, OMG, Raven Maxwell, Nancy H.B. (thank you), Eternal Haven, Eccentricity is Me ( Bekka!), do you realy care?!, Silver Serpent of Slytherin, Alie Potter (It was an unintentional reference. I didn't realize until after I thought about it.), Jheen, Padfoot Lover, Paige, Creamy Mimi, Tygress, Crystal, Lelio, Mel Twinkle, Wyv, Bel and Alan (feel free to hate Lucius. He is being quite the evil bastard in this fic.), Cat, Tom Riddilpley ( i love the convo between Remy and Sirius. Glad you liked it too.), Tigger26, yeah81, Nekokijo,Silverfox, CrystalStarGuardian, Ever_Be, panda g. pinke, Bella (thanks. I don't know why no one uses 'Remy.' It seems obvious to me.), Ema Lee, Silent Stalker, Lizzy Potter, Prongs, Phoenix, banance, Fleur---@, Mystica, Goddess Shinigami and RandomThought.
My god! Over 700 reviews! *sigh* Hugs for everbody! *hug*
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Christmas was fantastic. Sirius and Remus had spent all night decorating the flat and it looked marvelous. Even Harry was an excellent example of genuine cheer. He was spending Christmas with family (of sorts) and he was going to see Draco later. How could he not be happy? After the festivities, he grabbed his wand and his broom and headed for the door. "I'm leaving. I'll be back for my trunk in a few days."
"Okay. Be careful," Sirius called.
"Yes, Mum," Harry muttered.
"I heard that!"
He shut the door and there was silence. Sirius sat next to Remus on the couch. "Remy, we need to talk."
"What about?"
"You've been avoiding me."
"Ridiculous! Why would I be avoiding you? If I was going to avoid you, I should've done it years ago," Remus said, smiling. *Don't fall for it. Ignore the smile. Ignore how blasted cute he is when he smiles.*
"It's like you're afraid."
"Afraid?"
"Afraid that I might do something like this," Sirius said, kissing him sweetly, surprised to find him very compliant.
"Sirius, you've been in here too long. You're starting to see me as a potential partner and that's a sure sign you need to get out more," Remus laughed. Sirius groaned.
"You're right."
"Of course I am."
"You *are* stupid."
"What?"
"I love you, silly git!"
"Oh. OH."
"Yeah, 'oh'."
"How- how long have you felt this way?" inquired Remus, eyes wide as saucers.
"Do you remember Andrew?"
"The Muggle boy who dumped you because you were a wizard."
"Do you remember how wretched I was?"
"God, I wanted to murder him"
"But you didn't. One day you come to me and told me a whole bunch of nonsense about how I deserved someone much better- someone who could see how witty and charming and handsome I was and knew they'd have to be nuts to let something so trivial separate us."
"I can't believe you remember all of that."
"It was like I had never seen you before, but I saw you then and I have been a special kind of wretched ever since."
"That was so long ago!"
"Soon everybody knew but you."
"Everybody?"
"Almost. James knew. He thought you were great as a friend, but he didn't quite understand where I was coming from. He liked to tease me about you. It was his ultimate threat: 'Fail this exam and I'll tell Remus exactly why you can't study.' Naturally, I studied day and night and actually aced my Potions exam." Remus laughed.
"But how do you feel?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know. When you had girlfriend, I didn't mind, but when the boys came, I felt this awful pang. I hated the thought of them touching you, kissing you."
"Remy-"
"But when I thought 'What if it was me instead of them?' there were a thousand doubts and fears. Then I flatly denied I was attracted to you in that way, not that you wanted me anyway. What was I compared to Marcus?"
"He was nothing compared to you."
"Then you were arrested and I thought, 'I should've seen! I should've known!' And there was nobody, Sirius. I figured out you were innocent and I hated myself for suspecting you. Then dementors were after you-"
"And how'd you feel then?"
"Scared. Always so scared."
"You have nothing to fear now. I'm not leaving and there is nobody else. We'll work thought this."
"How?"
"We'll go slow, and go we will because after all this time, I'm not accepting 'no' for an answer," Sirius said. Remus smiled. *God, he's so cute when he smiles.*
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Okay, another happy couple. How many couples are there in this series? I've lost count! Draco/Harry coming up really soon, I promise, darlings. Look for it tomorrow or Wednesday. Meanwhile, review!
Luv ya!
J. Silver
Dedicated to all of you, m'dears, because I love you so.
Thank you tweety, Min_1979, karina305, Becca, SilvaraMaxwell, Fallen_Angel (sorry), Brightstar, Helga of Wurm, OMG, Raven Maxwell, Nancy H.B. (thank you), Eternal Haven, Eccentricity is Me ( Bekka!), do you realy care?!, Silver Serpent of Slytherin, Alie Potter (It was an unintentional reference. I didn't realize until after I thought about it.), Jheen, Padfoot Lover, Paige, Creamy Mimi, Tygress, Crystal, Lelio, Mel Twinkle, Wyv, Bel and Alan (feel free to hate Lucius. He is being quite the evil bastard in this fic.), Cat, Tom Riddilpley ( i love the convo between Remy and Sirius. Glad you liked it too.), Tigger26, yeah81, Nekokijo,Silverfox, CrystalStarGuardian, Ever_Be, panda g. pinke, Bella (thanks. I don't know why no one uses 'Remy.' It seems obvious to me.), Ema Lee, Silent Stalker, Lizzy Potter, Prongs, Phoenix, banance, Fleur---@, Mystica, Goddess Shinigami and RandomThought.
My god! Over 700 reviews! *sigh* Hugs for everbody! *hug*
***
Christmas was fantastic. Sirius and Remus had spent all night decorating the flat and it looked marvelous. Even Harry was an excellent example of genuine cheer. He was spending Christmas with family (of sorts) and he was going to see Draco later. How could he not be happy? After the festivities, he grabbed his wand and his broom and headed for the door. "I'm leaving. I'll be back for my trunk in a few days."
"Okay. Be careful," Sirius called.
"Yes, Mum," Harry muttered.
"I heard that!"
He shut the door and there was silence. Sirius sat next to Remus on the couch. "Remy, we need to talk."
"What about?"
"You've been avoiding me."
"Ridiculous! Why would I be avoiding you? If I was going to avoid you, I should've done it years ago," Remus said, smiling. *Don't fall for it. Ignore the smile. Ignore how blasted cute he is when he smiles.*
"It's like you're afraid."
"Afraid?"
"Afraid that I might do something like this," Sirius said, kissing him sweetly, surprised to find him very compliant.
"Sirius, you've been in here too long. You're starting to see me as a potential partner and that's a sure sign you need to get out more," Remus laughed. Sirius groaned.
"You're right."
"Of course I am."
"You *are* stupid."
"What?"
"I love you, silly git!"
"Oh. OH."
"Yeah, 'oh'."
"How- how long have you felt this way?" inquired Remus, eyes wide as saucers.
"Do you remember Andrew?"
"The Muggle boy who dumped you because you were a wizard."
"Do you remember how wretched I was?"
"God, I wanted to murder him"
"But you didn't. One day you come to me and told me a whole bunch of nonsense about how I deserved someone much better- someone who could see how witty and charming and handsome I was and knew they'd have to be nuts to let something so trivial separate us."
"I can't believe you remember all of that."
"It was like I had never seen you before, but I saw you then and I have been a special kind of wretched ever since."
"That was so long ago!"
"Soon everybody knew but you."
"Everybody?"
"Almost. James knew. He thought you were great as a friend, but he didn't quite understand where I was coming from. He liked to tease me about you. It was his ultimate threat: 'Fail this exam and I'll tell Remus exactly why you can't study.' Naturally, I studied day and night and actually aced my Potions exam." Remus laughed.
"But how do you feel?" Sirius asked.
"I don't know. When you had girlfriend, I didn't mind, but when the boys came, I felt this awful pang. I hated the thought of them touching you, kissing you."
"Remy-"
"But when I thought 'What if it was me instead of them?' there were a thousand doubts and fears. Then I flatly denied I was attracted to you in that way, not that you wanted me anyway. What was I compared to Marcus?"
"He was nothing compared to you."
"Then you were arrested and I thought, 'I should've seen! I should've known!' And there was nobody, Sirius. I figured out you were innocent and I hated myself for suspecting you. Then dementors were after you-"
"And how'd you feel then?"
"Scared. Always so scared."
"You have nothing to fear now. I'm not leaving and there is nobody else. We'll work thought this."
"How?"
"We'll go slow, and go we will because after all this time, I'm not accepting 'no' for an answer," Sirius said. Remus smiled. *God, he's so cute when he smiles.*
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Okay, another happy couple. How many couples are there in this series? I've lost count! Draco/Harry coming up really soon, I promise, darlings. Look for it tomorrow or Wednesday. Meanwhile, review!
Luv ya!
J. Silver