Oh god, I've surpassed all known levels of cheese and fluff…….
Unintended Chapter 3
'First there was the one who challenged, all my fears and my balance….'
The great Hall was packed with students. The other three marauders ran to catch up with Sirius before Kate had dragged him to far.
"Hey!" called out James tapping Black on the shoulder, "Where do you think you're going? We're a team, we have to do this in style!" There was a glint in his eyes that Sirius had seen the very first time they had met on the Hogwarts express. He detangled himself from Kate and asked her and Jane to meet them in a minute, then he took his place next to his best friends, Lily declined James's arm, claiming that it was a Marauder thing, kissed James and went to join her other friends for a while.
They all linked arms and smiled, striding purposefully into the hall. The crowds parted as they went. James and Sirius bowed to bewildered students as they weaved expertly through the masses as though they were royalty; indeed, James was even removing his top hat and saying "How do you do? So pleased you could make it!" to anyone who looked his way. Peter was giving a little royal wave, Sirius was uncharacteristically quiet and Remus? Well, he was blushing again but nonetheless enjoying the attention. People stayed out of his way, he had one hand in his robes, clutching a box of specially made Filibuster fireworks. He looked like he was up to something and besides, the marauders had a bit of a reputation.
They reached the drinks table. Sirius shook his head in disappointment as he inspected the selection, dipping a finger into the giant silver punchbowl and licking it.
"Ahhhh" he sighed, "Not one drop of alcohol, this will never do, we will have to see to that later, won't we Peter?" He raised high eyebrows at his small grinning friend.
"Oh definitely!" Pettigrew replied in a conspirital tone, "I haven't forgotten the, err, refreshments."
The group was stood at top of the hall, with quite a few onlookers, even though it was a leavers ball, years five to severn were in attendance, otherwise it wouldn't have been much of a party. The more the merrier, as the old saying goes…..
"Well, shall we start the proceedings?" James piped up, "I think that's everyone in."
"Very well" replied Sirius, "Remus, hand me the fireworks." Remus obliged. Sirius took a handful of red tubes, James took out his wand and muttered a spell, it proceeded to emit large glittering bubbles. Peter caught them and handed them one by one to Sirius, who pushed a firework into each. Remus was saying "Leviosa continuum" to each bubble and tapping it with his wand. Slowly they began to float up to the ceiling, which had been enchanted to display the stars.
The fireworks ran out and the group stood in a line, facing their 'audience' many of whom had been following the events nervously and were now pulling hoods and hats over their heads, just in case. Sirius gave Remus a lopsided smile and turned.
"Welcome!" he called, his voice loud and charismatic, "To the leavers ball!"
He paused to allow even more faces to turn in his direction. "Seeing as this is the last week before the 7th years leave we—" he put his arms out to his sides, "—that is, my good friends James Potter, Lily Evans, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin, would like to provide some entertainment and celebration. Would you please raise your eyes to the heavens?"
Remus glanced nervously at the head table: surely someone should be putting a stop to this? But Dumbledore was sat, watching the unfolding events with amusement, while many of the other teachers were obviously not amused and wanted to put a stop to whatever was going to happen. But it was the Headmasters decision at the end of it all so they had to twitch and bear it.
Meanwhile, word had gotten round the hall and expectant and apprehensive faces were turned skyward. Sirius gave a chuckle, never doubting once it would fail. Remus marveled at his confidence.
Of course it worked!
There was absolute silence for a fleeting instant before the hall was filled with the most beautiful colour, not to mention a whole lot of noise. Flaming dragons and fiery white unicorns swooped and galloped through the air above their heads, a few ducked when a green dragon began to fight with a red one, and came a bit too close for comfort. The air was filled with a sort of static as the temporary creatures filled every corner of the 'sky'. The background noise was provided by the students' astonished gasps of admiration, or possibly fear.
After a few minutes, these images faded and four new ones took their place. A flaming red and gold Lion, a magestic blue and copper eagle, a powerful yellow and black badger and, of course, a great green and silver snake. The four house images paraded round the hall ceiling, accompanied by some more normal fireworks and an almighty roaring from the lion. Well, they were Gryffindors after all, Gryffindors who had just won the Double (that being the Qudditch and house cup) and who wanted to go out with style. The animals were magnificent; they seemed totally real except that the enchanted ceiling was just visible through their illuminated bodies. The Blue eagle swooped to sit on one of the figureheads clasping torches at the side of the hall and its brilliant white eyes watched the snake with venom. It spread its wings and took off into the air as it began to fade.
When it was over, even the professors cheered with vigor, but that could quite possibly have been relief that no one was hurt. Remus suspected the clapping and shouting was louder than the roar of the lion and his grin widened.
Dumbledore had to silence the room to announce that the ball had officially started.
"The dancing will now be lead by the victorious Quidditch team, ladies and gentlemen."
Sirius's smile disappeared, as James led Lily out onto the dance floor and Kate walked up to him and took his arm. Remus walked to their table and sat with Peter, Jane came and sat down too, not even noticing he wasn't listening as he watched all the other members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team gather on the empty floor. Here comes my surprise he thought miserably, enjoy. He didn't know why he wasn't happy, he should be, all his mates were.
Dumbledore's voice echoed over the crowd once more.
"I have a very special request" he announced, "a thank you from someone here, a dedication to some very special people, it is from a Mr. Moony," Lupin smiled as four heads snapped up, Sirius glancing quickly and slyly in his direction.
Dumbledore chuckled, "Apparently, those in question will understand, may we always have the last laugh'"
And with that the haunting and happy strains of the song began…
Sirius's heart had doubled its pace, he couldn't take it anymore, he had to ask, never before had he been so happy and miserable at the same time. He really didn't think his body could take much more.
That's it! I'm not doing this anymore! Sod it!, I'm asking him; I don't care if he says no! I have to ask.
He pushed Kate away before the rational side of his brain (he did have one somewhere) could fight back. "I'm sorry" he said, "I can't be your partner anymore, I'm sorry." And he left.
"Yeah, so, I'm going to Germany to study their magical practices. I hear the Germans students are much more focused, it really is disgraceful what students in this country get up too. It should be study, study, study, not forgetting an appreciation of Rules and codes. I didn't get to be Head Girl for nothing, you know. My, this punch is rather good isn't it? I simply must get the recipe from the kitchens." Jane said all of this very fast. Remus had given up trying to listen, but he smiled when she mentioned the punch, he decided not to tell her that Peter had poured quite a bit of vodka into the bowl when the fireworks were at full height.
"Oh." She said suddenly, "your friend is standing behind you, I think he wants something."
Remus spun in his seat. "I thought I could smell you!" he declared, surprised none the less. "Shouldn't you be dancing? The songs only just started."
"Yes," said Sirius, "I should be" He held out his hand, "Will you dance with me?"
Remus was stunned. "What?" he whispered, glancing around to see if anyone had heard, "Wh..what are you doing?"
Sirius's face dropped, and so did his hand. "I'm sorry" he said, "I've waited 7 years to ask that, I don't know what came over me." He turned to walk away but Remus was fast, he jumped up and blocked his path.
"You always were slow to do things Black" he smiled, holding out his hand, "You could have asked earlier."
Sirius really thought this time that his heart would pound itself into oblivion; he wanted to turn into his dog form just so he could wag his tail and bark furiously. Instead he smiled gently, took Remus's proffered hand and led him onto the dance floor.
'When the laughter fades away, Ma Vie, Tout ma Vie…..
Remus followed Sirius onto the floor, hand in hand. They were drawing a few stares as they pushed their way through the crowds, then people began to thin out and the only people dancing were the quiddich members and partners.
'When there's nothing more to say, Ma Vie, My oh my….
They were stood in the middle of the un-crowded dance floor, just looking at each other, hands still clasped, taking no notice of any astonished stares. Behind them, His head resting gently against Lily's hair, James smiled.
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This time it was Remus's turn to take action, he pulled gently on his friends arm, Sirius took a tentative step nearer, then another, until their robes were only thing between them. Remus drew Sirius's arm around his waist and placed his own hand on Sirius's hip. Finally, Black got the hint and placed his other arm around Remus and clasped his hands behind his back. Remus laid his head on Sirius's chest and chuckled to himself, the vibrations sent shivers down Black's spine.
'On the last day of the year, ma vie, tout ma vie….
"What?" asked Sirius looking down, Remus raised his head, surprised to see not a trace of the Black confidence, his best friend looked, well, nervous….unsure…..apprehensive, there were many words to describe it, although none of them were important.
"Nothing" Lupin smiled, "just you being slow on the uptake again."
Sirius's eyes closed "Don't. I've waited so bloody long, for a moment just like this, I don't think I'll make it through the song." He gave an uneasy sort of smile.
"I know." Remus answered, his eyes glinting in the candlelight, "I can hear your heart pounding in your chest. And don't worry, I've waited a while too, you're not an easy person to figure out Sirius, but we have our whole lives ahead of us yet."
Sirius took a deep breath,
"You mean, you…you've liked me all this time too? You bastard!," he laughed, "Why didn't you say anything? I've been going steadily crazy for the last year now thinking, well, thinking about you, and how I could never, ever, have you."
Remus's voice was a little muffled when he answered, his head was resting on Sirius chest again and he was reluctant to move it, for fear of losing its warmth.
"I'm sorry," he sounded it too, "I really am, but I was in the same position as you." He paused, "okay, well, maybe not exactly the same position, I didn't cover up my feelings by dating every girl in Hogwarts. But It's not as simple as that, I couldn't just come out and say, 'oh, hey, by the way Sirius, I have these strange, intense feelings for you I'm pretty sure run deeper than friendship, how would you like to stop your wildly heterosexual ways and try batting for the other team for a bit? I didn't even suspect you liked me like that until a few weeks ago."
Sirius was stunned, and for once he didn't have an answer. "Sorry" was all he managed to come up with. He just pulled Remus a little closer and bent his head slightly so their cheeks were touching, Remus smelled of pine trees and a subtle musk scent only his highly trained nose would be able to pick up. He closed his eyes and willed the moment to last.
'When the spotlight fades away, ma vie, c'est la vie, when the blue skies turn to grey , ma vie, tout ma vie…
"I never said thank you for the song." Sirius whispered softly into Remus's ear.
Sirius could feel the other's smooth skin being pulled into a smile,
"You're welcome, I know it's not your song, but it seemed fitting for our little group, with the end of our school lives and the beginning of everything else, I wanted to remind you all that we will always be the Marauders, no matter how old we are or what we are doing, we will always be Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, we'll always have the last laugh. Plus—" he added as an afterthought, "—I couldn't ask for 'Unintended' to be played now could I? James and Peter would get jealous." Sirius was obviously shocked by this because he pulled away so he could get a better view of his friends face.
"How do you know I like that song?" he asked quietly, half astonished, half embarrassed. Remus chuckled again.
"Come on mate! Years of watching you, of being your friend and you expect me not to know what your favorite song is? I knew you had a romantic spot somewhere, even if you refused to admit it! I'm afraid you might be a bit embarrassed in a second.."
Sirius had no time to ask what he meant by that, because, as if on queue, the gentle strains of the last song faded away and people began to pack the dance floor. Remus watched in delight as the next song started, quite anonymously with no request or hidden message, save one that only two people in the room understood.
'You could be my unintended choice to live my life extended, you could be the one I'll always love……
Sirius responded by leaning down towards the upturned face of the person this song was secretly dedicated to, and ever so gently, his lips brushed Remus's, the Blond boy responded just as gently and that was all the only sign Sirius needed, he moved closer and kissed Remus Lupin with much more passion. Suddenly Remus understood exactly why all those girls were willing to give Sirius Black a Second, and Third, chance. He forgot to breathe and he forgot when he was, and that was just a kiss…..
Remus broke off, taking in two sharp gasps of air and swallowing hard. Sirius was beaming.
"Whod've thought shy, retiring little Remus would be able to kiss like that!" he whispered, his face still close to Remus's. He grinned, "For a werewolf, you're pretty soft." Lupin wrinkled his nose.
"And….." continued Black, "you know what this makes you, don't you?" Lupin shook his head.
"My bitch."
Remus raised his eyebrows and tried to look innocent, "Yeah? Well, we'll just have to see who has the bigger claws next full moon won't we?" they both fought to suppress laughter, the situation seemed to suit heartfelt conversation more than anything but they were both ecstatically happy. 'Unintended' was still playing in the background.
Remus reverted to his former position in Black's arms. "At least we went out in style, I reckon we'll be remembered for a while yet."
Sirius, being slow on the uptake, and not really in tune with subtlety, failed to get it.
"Well," he offered, "those fireworks cost us enough! I should hope we are remembered for a little while yet! Our map is still in Filtch's office by the way, waiting for the next set of pranksters to make good use of it!"
Remus was laughing again. "I don't mean the fireworks!" he chuckled.
Sirius got it, he chanced a look at the surrounding students, absolute shock on their faces, a few smug expressions on some of the Slytherin students, and mostly disappointment from the famales.
Sirius chuckled and lifted Remus face to meet his own. Placing his lips firmly on Lupin's, just in case anybody hadn't got the message that Remus was his, he smiled mentally at the thought. His.
The song reached its end. Sirius built up his courage to ask his next question. This was an odd feeling, he felt like tonight he was starting all over again, everything he had done before didn't count, only this was real, and it felt it, it was scary.
"You know" he finally said, "you're the one who makes me want to say all this fluffy romantic stuff, so anything incriminating that comes out of my mouth tonight is all your fault."
"Alright," replied Lupin, trying hard to keep a straight face. "What do you want to say?"
Sirius sighed, plucking up the courage. "That the night isn't over, and that, if you want, there are more fireworks to come." He grinned wolfishly.
"What an interesting euphemism" Remus remarked. Sirius rolled his eyes before setting them firmly on the light brown irises of the only other person he could pay attention to.
"I also wanted to say--" he continued, the flushing of his cheeks evident even in the darkened room "—that you were always my intended, I never wanted anyone else but you. That why none of my relationships ever lasted, you were missing."
Remus took a while to respond, he just looked Sirius straight in the eyes and Black began to think he'd gone to far when, "Do I really make you want to say that?"
"Yes" answered Sirius firmly, "you make me want to be romantic and cheesy, to eat picnics by moonlight, to pick red roses and write really awful poetry. You make me want to protect you from anything that might hurt you, I learned to turn myself into an animal so I could be with you when you changed, I knew it was an horrific time and I wanted to help. I…"
But Remus cut him off with a kiss that knocked the air right out of him and made him forget what he was trying to say. It was Remus's turn to grin wolfishly, as he pulled away from Sirius and pushed a stray strand of black hair behind his ear. He took Sirius's warm hand,
"I'd like to see these fireworks," he said.
Sirius nodded, a look of total happiness spreading across his face as he stood side by side with Remus
Lupin, 17-year-old Gryffindor, Marauder, slightly less cautious prankster and part time werewolf. He hooked his arm through Remus's, "let's leave in style."
You could be my unintended choice to live my life extended,
You could be the one I'll always love,
You could be the one who listens, to my deepest inquisitions,
You could be the one I'll always love
You will be the one I'll always love………
Unintended Chapter 3
'First there was the one who challenged, all my fears and my balance….'
The great Hall was packed with students. The other three marauders ran to catch up with Sirius before Kate had dragged him to far.
"Hey!" called out James tapping Black on the shoulder, "Where do you think you're going? We're a team, we have to do this in style!" There was a glint in his eyes that Sirius had seen the very first time they had met on the Hogwarts express. He detangled himself from Kate and asked her and Jane to meet them in a minute, then he took his place next to his best friends, Lily declined James's arm, claiming that it was a Marauder thing, kissed James and went to join her other friends for a while.
They all linked arms and smiled, striding purposefully into the hall. The crowds parted as they went. James and Sirius bowed to bewildered students as they weaved expertly through the masses as though they were royalty; indeed, James was even removing his top hat and saying "How do you do? So pleased you could make it!" to anyone who looked his way. Peter was giving a little royal wave, Sirius was uncharacteristically quiet and Remus? Well, he was blushing again but nonetheless enjoying the attention. People stayed out of his way, he had one hand in his robes, clutching a box of specially made Filibuster fireworks. He looked like he was up to something and besides, the marauders had a bit of a reputation.
They reached the drinks table. Sirius shook his head in disappointment as he inspected the selection, dipping a finger into the giant silver punchbowl and licking it.
"Ahhhh" he sighed, "Not one drop of alcohol, this will never do, we will have to see to that later, won't we Peter?" He raised high eyebrows at his small grinning friend.
"Oh definitely!" Pettigrew replied in a conspirital tone, "I haven't forgotten the, err, refreshments."
The group was stood at top of the hall, with quite a few onlookers, even though it was a leavers ball, years five to severn were in attendance, otherwise it wouldn't have been much of a party. The more the merrier, as the old saying goes…..
"Well, shall we start the proceedings?" James piped up, "I think that's everyone in."
"Very well" replied Sirius, "Remus, hand me the fireworks." Remus obliged. Sirius took a handful of red tubes, James took out his wand and muttered a spell, it proceeded to emit large glittering bubbles. Peter caught them and handed them one by one to Sirius, who pushed a firework into each. Remus was saying "Leviosa continuum" to each bubble and tapping it with his wand. Slowly they began to float up to the ceiling, which had been enchanted to display the stars.
The fireworks ran out and the group stood in a line, facing their 'audience' many of whom had been following the events nervously and were now pulling hoods and hats over their heads, just in case. Sirius gave Remus a lopsided smile and turned.
"Welcome!" he called, his voice loud and charismatic, "To the leavers ball!"
He paused to allow even more faces to turn in his direction. "Seeing as this is the last week before the 7th years leave we—" he put his arms out to his sides, "—that is, my good friends James Potter, Lily Evans, Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin, would like to provide some entertainment and celebration. Would you please raise your eyes to the heavens?"
Remus glanced nervously at the head table: surely someone should be putting a stop to this? But Dumbledore was sat, watching the unfolding events with amusement, while many of the other teachers were obviously not amused and wanted to put a stop to whatever was going to happen. But it was the Headmasters decision at the end of it all so they had to twitch and bear it.
Meanwhile, word had gotten round the hall and expectant and apprehensive faces were turned skyward. Sirius gave a chuckle, never doubting once it would fail. Remus marveled at his confidence.
Of course it worked!
There was absolute silence for a fleeting instant before the hall was filled with the most beautiful colour, not to mention a whole lot of noise. Flaming dragons and fiery white unicorns swooped and galloped through the air above their heads, a few ducked when a green dragon began to fight with a red one, and came a bit too close for comfort. The air was filled with a sort of static as the temporary creatures filled every corner of the 'sky'. The background noise was provided by the students' astonished gasps of admiration, or possibly fear.
After a few minutes, these images faded and four new ones took their place. A flaming red and gold Lion, a magestic blue and copper eagle, a powerful yellow and black badger and, of course, a great green and silver snake. The four house images paraded round the hall ceiling, accompanied by some more normal fireworks and an almighty roaring from the lion. Well, they were Gryffindors after all, Gryffindors who had just won the Double (that being the Qudditch and house cup) and who wanted to go out with style. The animals were magnificent; they seemed totally real except that the enchanted ceiling was just visible through their illuminated bodies. The Blue eagle swooped to sit on one of the figureheads clasping torches at the side of the hall and its brilliant white eyes watched the snake with venom. It spread its wings and took off into the air as it began to fade.
When it was over, even the professors cheered with vigor, but that could quite possibly have been relief that no one was hurt. Remus suspected the clapping and shouting was louder than the roar of the lion and his grin widened.
Dumbledore had to silence the room to announce that the ball had officially started.
"The dancing will now be lead by the victorious Quidditch team, ladies and gentlemen."
Sirius's smile disappeared, as James led Lily out onto the dance floor and Kate walked up to him and took his arm. Remus walked to their table and sat with Peter, Jane came and sat down too, not even noticing he wasn't listening as he watched all the other members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team gather on the empty floor. Here comes my surprise he thought miserably, enjoy. He didn't know why he wasn't happy, he should be, all his mates were.
Dumbledore's voice echoed over the crowd once more.
"I have a very special request" he announced, "a thank you from someone here, a dedication to some very special people, it is from a Mr. Moony," Lupin smiled as four heads snapped up, Sirius glancing quickly and slyly in his direction.
Dumbledore chuckled, "Apparently, those in question will understand, may we always have the last laugh'"
And with that the haunting and happy strains of the song began…
Sirius's heart had doubled its pace, he couldn't take it anymore, he had to ask, never before had he been so happy and miserable at the same time. He really didn't think his body could take much more.
That's it! I'm not doing this anymore! Sod it!, I'm asking him; I don't care if he says no! I have to ask.
He pushed Kate away before the rational side of his brain (he did have one somewhere) could fight back. "I'm sorry" he said, "I can't be your partner anymore, I'm sorry." And he left.
"Yeah, so, I'm going to Germany to study their magical practices. I hear the Germans students are much more focused, it really is disgraceful what students in this country get up too. It should be study, study, study, not forgetting an appreciation of Rules and codes. I didn't get to be Head Girl for nothing, you know. My, this punch is rather good isn't it? I simply must get the recipe from the kitchens." Jane said all of this very fast. Remus had given up trying to listen, but he smiled when she mentioned the punch, he decided not to tell her that Peter had poured quite a bit of vodka into the bowl when the fireworks were at full height.
"Oh." She said suddenly, "your friend is standing behind you, I think he wants something."
Remus spun in his seat. "I thought I could smell you!" he declared, surprised none the less. "Shouldn't you be dancing? The songs only just started."
"Yes," said Sirius, "I should be" He held out his hand, "Will you dance with me?"
Remus was stunned. "What?" he whispered, glancing around to see if anyone had heard, "Wh..what are you doing?"
Sirius's face dropped, and so did his hand. "I'm sorry" he said, "I've waited 7 years to ask that, I don't know what came over me." He turned to walk away but Remus was fast, he jumped up and blocked his path.
"You always were slow to do things Black" he smiled, holding out his hand, "You could have asked earlier."
Sirius really thought this time that his heart would pound itself into oblivion; he wanted to turn into his dog form just so he could wag his tail and bark furiously. Instead he smiled gently, took Remus's proffered hand and led him onto the dance floor.
'When the laughter fades away, Ma Vie, Tout ma Vie…..
Remus followed Sirius onto the floor, hand in hand. They were drawing a few stares as they pushed their way through the crowds, then people began to thin out and the only people dancing were the quiddich members and partners.
'When there's nothing more to say, Ma Vie, My oh my….
They were stood in the middle of the un-crowded dance floor, just looking at each other, hands still clasped, taking no notice of any astonished stares. Behind them, His head resting gently against Lily's hair, James smiled.
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This time it was Remus's turn to take action, he pulled gently on his friends arm, Sirius took a tentative step nearer, then another, until their robes were only thing between them. Remus drew Sirius's arm around his waist and placed his own hand on Sirius's hip. Finally, Black got the hint and placed his other arm around Remus and clasped his hands behind his back. Remus laid his head on Sirius's chest and chuckled to himself, the vibrations sent shivers down Black's spine.
'On the last day of the year, ma vie, tout ma vie….
"What?" asked Sirius looking down, Remus raised his head, surprised to see not a trace of the Black confidence, his best friend looked, well, nervous….unsure…..apprehensive, there were many words to describe it, although none of them were important.
"Nothing" Lupin smiled, "just you being slow on the uptake again."
Sirius's eyes closed "Don't. I've waited so bloody long, for a moment just like this, I don't think I'll make it through the song." He gave an uneasy sort of smile.
"I know." Remus answered, his eyes glinting in the candlelight, "I can hear your heart pounding in your chest. And don't worry, I've waited a while too, you're not an easy person to figure out Sirius, but we have our whole lives ahead of us yet."
Sirius took a deep breath,
"You mean, you…you've liked me all this time too? You bastard!," he laughed, "Why didn't you say anything? I've been going steadily crazy for the last year now thinking, well, thinking about you, and how I could never, ever, have you."
Remus's voice was a little muffled when he answered, his head was resting on Sirius chest again and he was reluctant to move it, for fear of losing its warmth.
"I'm sorry," he sounded it too, "I really am, but I was in the same position as you." He paused, "okay, well, maybe not exactly the same position, I didn't cover up my feelings by dating every girl in Hogwarts. But It's not as simple as that, I couldn't just come out and say, 'oh, hey, by the way Sirius, I have these strange, intense feelings for you I'm pretty sure run deeper than friendship, how would you like to stop your wildly heterosexual ways and try batting for the other team for a bit? I didn't even suspect you liked me like that until a few weeks ago."
Sirius was stunned, and for once he didn't have an answer. "Sorry" was all he managed to come up with. He just pulled Remus a little closer and bent his head slightly so their cheeks were touching, Remus smelled of pine trees and a subtle musk scent only his highly trained nose would be able to pick up. He closed his eyes and willed the moment to last.
'When the spotlight fades away, ma vie, c'est la vie, when the blue skies turn to grey , ma vie, tout ma vie…
"I never said thank you for the song." Sirius whispered softly into Remus's ear.
Sirius could feel the other's smooth skin being pulled into a smile,
"You're welcome, I know it's not your song, but it seemed fitting for our little group, with the end of our school lives and the beginning of everything else, I wanted to remind you all that we will always be the Marauders, no matter how old we are or what we are doing, we will always be Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs, we'll always have the last laugh. Plus—" he added as an afterthought, "—I couldn't ask for 'Unintended' to be played now could I? James and Peter would get jealous." Sirius was obviously shocked by this because he pulled away so he could get a better view of his friends face.
"How do you know I like that song?" he asked quietly, half astonished, half embarrassed. Remus chuckled again.
"Come on mate! Years of watching you, of being your friend and you expect me not to know what your favorite song is? I knew you had a romantic spot somewhere, even if you refused to admit it! I'm afraid you might be a bit embarrassed in a second.."
Sirius had no time to ask what he meant by that, because, as if on queue, the gentle strains of the last song faded away and people began to pack the dance floor. Remus watched in delight as the next song started, quite anonymously with no request or hidden message, save one that only two people in the room understood.
'You could be my unintended choice to live my life extended, you could be the one I'll always love……
Sirius responded by leaning down towards the upturned face of the person this song was secretly dedicated to, and ever so gently, his lips brushed Remus's, the Blond boy responded just as gently and that was all the only sign Sirius needed, he moved closer and kissed Remus Lupin with much more passion. Suddenly Remus understood exactly why all those girls were willing to give Sirius Black a Second, and Third, chance. He forgot to breathe and he forgot when he was, and that was just a kiss…..
Remus broke off, taking in two sharp gasps of air and swallowing hard. Sirius was beaming.
"Whod've thought shy, retiring little Remus would be able to kiss like that!" he whispered, his face still close to Remus's. He grinned, "For a werewolf, you're pretty soft." Lupin wrinkled his nose.
"And….." continued Black, "you know what this makes you, don't you?" Lupin shook his head.
"My bitch."
Remus raised his eyebrows and tried to look innocent, "Yeah? Well, we'll just have to see who has the bigger claws next full moon won't we?" they both fought to suppress laughter, the situation seemed to suit heartfelt conversation more than anything but they were both ecstatically happy. 'Unintended' was still playing in the background.
Remus reverted to his former position in Black's arms. "At least we went out in style, I reckon we'll be remembered for a while yet."
Sirius, being slow on the uptake, and not really in tune with subtlety, failed to get it.
"Well," he offered, "those fireworks cost us enough! I should hope we are remembered for a little while yet! Our map is still in Filtch's office by the way, waiting for the next set of pranksters to make good use of it!"
Remus was laughing again. "I don't mean the fireworks!" he chuckled.
Sirius got it, he chanced a look at the surrounding students, absolute shock on their faces, a few smug expressions on some of the Slytherin students, and mostly disappointment from the famales.
Sirius chuckled and lifted Remus face to meet his own. Placing his lips firmly on Lupin's, just in case anybody hadn't got the message that Remus was his, he smiled mentally at the thought. His.
The song reached its end. Sirius built up his courage to ask his next question. This was an odd feeling, he felt like tonight he was starting all over again, everything he had done before didn't count, only this was real, and it felt it, it was scary.
"You know" he finally said, "you're the one who makes me want to say all this fluffy romantic stuff, so anything incriminating that comes out of my mouth tonight is all your fault."
"Alright," replied Lupin, trying hard to keep a straight face. "What do you want to say?"
Sirius sighed, plucking up the courage. "That the night isn't over, and that, if you want, there are more fireworks to come." He grinned wolfishly.
"What an interesting euphemism" Remus remarked. Sirius rolled his eyes before setting them firmly on the light brown irises of the only other person he could pay attention to.
"I also wanted to say--" he continued, the flushing of his cheeks evident even in the darkened room "—that you were always my intended, I never wanted anyone else but you. That why none of my relationships ever lasted, you were missing."
Remus took a while to respond, he just looked Sirius straight in the eyes and Black began to think he'd gone to far when, "Do I really make you want to say that?"
"Yes" answered Sirius firmly, "you make me want to be romantic and cheesy, to eat picnics by moonlight, to pick red roses and write really awful poetry. You make me want to protect you from anything that might hurt you, I learned to turn myself into an animal so I could be with you when you changed, I knew it was an horrific time and I wanted to help. I…"
But Remus cut him off with a kiss that knocked the air right out of him and made him forget what he was trying to say. It was Remus's turn to grin wolfishly, as he pulled away from Sirius and pushed a stray strand of black hair behind his ear. He took Sirius's warm hand,
"I'd like to see these fireworks," he said.
Sirius nodded, a look of total happiness spreading across his face as he stood side by side with Remus
Lupin, 17-year-old Gryffindor, Marauder, slightly less cautious prankster and part time werewolf. He hooked his arm through Remus's, "let's leave in style."
You could be my unintended choice to live my life extended,
You could be the one I'll always love,
You could be the one who listens, to my deepest inquisitions,
You could be the one I'll always love
You will be the one I'll always love………