Chapter 10

To Remus' surprise James was taking it well, he just smiled slightly and padded up to bed. Sirius decided he no longer like sleeping on his own and so had crawled in next to Remus. Even though James before getting himself ready had said he was fine Remus doubted it.

Even Si was upset, and Harry wasn't even his, so the two if then spent a long time talking about it. " Sort of know how Harry feels. Don't remember my mother at all." He gave a chuckle, "How could I she died giving birth to me. And I can't stop thinking. Was she happy, that I was all right?" Remus saw a tear trickling down his cheek, so Remus kissed it dry.

"Of course she was, and you know it." Sirius smiled and kissed him.

Trying to get to sleep that night Remus' good hearing heard someone sobbing into a pillow that came from James' direction.





The next few days were awfully depressing; James was moping around by the fire all day doing his homework, which was quite a rare event, and he cried him self to sleep. But by the end of term James had had a think over and was even more dangerous than before. His new motto was 'Life is short' and Snape had found himself a cockroach to Remus' delight.

The train journey back was extremely enjoyable, James had gotten himself a lunch of chocolate and Sirius brought up a topic of long past. "So Jimmy, remember that conversation that we had in that classroom about the summer?" James choked on a chocolate frog. "Thought I'd forgotten eh? So what about it?"

"No Sirius, I told you you're my best friend I don't have a crush on you."

"Well either do I!" Sirius said. "I just want a little fun that's all. Besides you didn't seem that objected to it earlier. If memory serves well Snape wasn't too far off, in fact he was pretty much dam on. You did kiss me!"

"You had your hand down my trousers! Plus suffering from high stress level here. In case you had forgotten I found out I was going to die!"

Sirius sighed, "Ok, but really James do you want to?"

"No!" James objected moving away from him in his seat. "Look I'm straight ok?"

Sirius gave an evil smile. "Kiss me."

"What!"

"Kiss me and find out, you never know you might like it."

"What, no!"

"C'mon what harm could it do?"

Slowly James moved forward, and pecked Sirius very lightly on the cheek. Sirius rolled his eyes. "That's how you kiss your mother."

James started to move back, but Sirius grabbed his tie and pulled him forward and James felt Sirius' lips on his.

They were unbelievably soft, no wonder Remus and him did this all the time it was wonderful, Si's soft lips on his, moving against him. But then he realised. This was Sirius! His best friend, his best friend was kissing him and he was enjoying it.

Suddenly as though some one had splashed cold water on him James jumped back, swallowed hard. Sirius was smiling at him.

"I'm going," James said, he got up and reached for the door.

"No wait, James, I'm sorry." Sirius tried to grab him but James moved out of the compartment.

Shocked James walked down the corridor of the train, looking in the windows to see who was in them. Sirius had kissed him! But he was having a thing with Remus, wasn't he? Or did Rem want this threesome to happen as well? Sirius was a bad influence on him. Looking through a couple more windows he saw a redheaded girl sitting on her own reading a book. It was Lily Evans.

Taking in a deep breath James knocked on the door and walked in. "Hi,"

A pair of green eyes, bright as emeralds fell on him. Just like Harry's they were. Thinking of his son to be almost brought tears to his eyes again.

"James, how can I help you?"

James shrugged. "Sirius is being annoying."

"No change there then, so did you decide to bug me instead?"

James shook his head. "No, just decided that as you were all alone I'd come and talk to you." He sat down a seat away from her rather stiffly. "So what are you doing?"

Lily lifted up a book, " 'The three Musketeers', Alexandre Dumas." James read of the cover.

"It's a classic, I suppose you don't read much do you?"

"No, I don't." James said. "Read that though." He nodded to towards the book. "Though I think Man in the Iron mask is better."

Lily suddenly seemed to become interested; "It seems James Potter that I have sincerely underestimated you. I always thought that you were some prankster, and nothing but."

"So you think that just because I show some interest in a book you like me."

Lily smiled evilly, "When, Mr Potter, did I ever say that I liked you?"

James chuckled slightly. "You know, you have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen."