It is still not mine… wish it was. Remus and Sirius definitely deserve to be together. If y'all like this you may want to read "The Letter" which currently has two reviews *pouts*. It is short… but it's not done. I won't bother with posting it if no one wants to read it…. Anyway, the OC gets introduced in this chapter. I really did not like having to create one, but didn't know of an existing character that fill his role.



Sirius looked at the entrance to the library. "I can't get in with out him noticing," Sirius muttered. "Maybe I should wait until later, then start on my paper."

Deciding that that would be the best course of action, he turned around and began to retrace his steps. He was not going to go to the dormitory or the common room. He did not want to have to see Peter, James and especially Remus. Walking to the edge of the Hogwarts grounds, he stopped right before he got to the Forbidden Forest. He resisted the urge to change in to Padfoot and flopped on to the ground.

"Ow! I need to remember not to just collapse on the ground here. Too many tree roots." Sirius reached down and rubbed his hip where it had the ground. "I don't think that that bone stuck out that much."

Almost on cue, his stomach started to growl. "Oh, I'm hungry! When did I eat last?" He considered this and decided that he had eaten last night, he's convinced some house elves that he needed to study and they'd brought him some dinner in the library. "Wonder if that'll work two nights in row."

He flipped onto his back and shivered. "It's getting cold, I think that I need to get some warmer robes."

"Sirius!!!"

The boy in question rolled his eyes. 'Why doesn't he get the point? I. Do. Not. Like. Him.' Ever since Sirius had come out and admitted that he didn't like girls, he'd had one guy after another try to date him. After being pursued for so long he began getting annoyed with his admirers. Not that the girls had been any better, they kept trying to 'change' him. He insisted that he was perfectly happy the way that he was. He really did not understand why they seemed to chase after him. He knew that he wasn't bad looking, but why pass up trying to get with Remus to date him. After the breaking up of the Marauders, it had just gotten worse. He did not have his friends to fend them off.

He sighed and sat up. He glanced over his shoulder and yelled, "What do you want, Liam?"

The Gryffindor seventh year in question dropped down next to Sirius. "Just thought that I would bring you something to eat. I didn't see you at breakfast or lunch and it looks like you weren't planning on going to dinner. Can't let your physique waste away, now can I? What would I lust over if it were gone?"



After Sirius picked up the package and began to eat, Liam continued, "I told the house elves that the food was for you and they got a bunch of your favorites. I know that I'm not really one of your friends but I need to ask. Sirius, I don't want to pry but are you ok? You've been acting a little… off the past couple weeks. I notice these things. I know that you think that I'm one of the people that lust over you and to some degree you're right, but I care for you not the package."

Sirius shivered again and swallowed. "My friends… they aren't my friends anymore. I did something incredibly stupid and lost them. I really don't have any other friends."

"Oh." Liam knew how close that the four had been. They did not truly do anything with anyone other than themselves. They were nice to everyone, barring Slytherins, but mainly stayed with in their little foursome. "That must be hard. I don't see how you could have done something to make them not want to be friends with you anymore."

Sirius looked at the ground. "Oh its possible. Very possible. I'm a horrible person, just evil."

"I'm going to the library tonight. Would you like to come with me? It won't be a study date or anything like that. We'd go just as friends wanting a little company. You seem to need some right now. What do you think?"

The sixth year mulled the idea in his head. He was so lonely. He really wanted people to talk to. He did not really think that he deserved it but… "Why not? I was going to go there anyway. I have a paper due in Transfiguration."

That night after the two had worked in the library when they walked back to Gryffindor Tower together, Sirius asked himself why he had never gotten to know the older boy. He realized that he'd just never taken the time to get to know people other than the ones that he lived with. He sighed and looked up at the older boy who was telling about the time that he and his friends had hexed a group of Slytherins, giving them all a pair of pink fluffy bunny ears and a tail to match. By the time that Liam was done with the story they were back to the portrait of the Fat Lady.

Sirius mumbled the password and in they walked. He blinked at the sheer number of people in the common room. Right off, he spotted Remus and the others. He watched them for about ten seconds then redirected his attention back to Liam, who patted him on the arm.

Sirius' shoulders slumped as he made his way to the staircase. He was trying so hard to stay away but it was so difficult. He missed the friendship so badly. He and James had been friends since before Hogwarts and life seemed so empty with out him. He missed Remus the most though. There was just something about the werewolf that made him so happy, so fulfilled.

Liam looked at the rest of the Gryffindor sixth years that were trying their best to ignore the presence of their year mate. He was honestly shocked. He had truly thought that Sirius was exaggerating the situation. He quickened his stride to catch up with the black haired boy. As they reached the staircase, he took Sirius' hand and led him up to the seventh year's room.

He sat down on the bed and pulled the other boy down with him. "Sirius… I don't know what to say. I had really thought that you were embellishing on the truth. But you weren't. I'm sorry."

Sirius looked up and Liam could see tears in the other's stormy blue eyes. " I told you. They hate me now. I deserve it though. I don't deserve to have them as friends."

Sirius could not take it. He had kept his unhappiness bottled up inside too long. The tears began to roll down his face. "I'm... I'm so lonely. I miss them so much…"

Liam pulled him into his arms and rocked the boy back and forth. 'God, he feels like skin and bones. I guess though, with quitting Quidditch and skipping meals it was bound to happen.'

Ten minutes later the sobbing had stopped and Sirius was just sniffling on Liam's now wet shoulder. The older boy was now running his hands through Sirius' now short black hair and muttering comforting nonsense words. After a while he realized that the sniffling had stopped and the boy in his arms was taking deep even breaths. Even though he would have much rather kept Sirius in his bed, he knew that he needed to bring the boy down to his own room. He maneuvered Sirius so that he could stand with the boy in his arms and not drop him.

Liam knocked on the sixth year's room and was let in by an angry looking Remus. He nodded slightly and asked which bed was Sirius'. He set him down and pulled the covers up from the unmade bed. Penning a note, he told Sirius that if he ever needed anything to just ask.

Remus watched the actions with angry eyes. He'd seen the two walk in together and remembered how the older boy had tried to date Sirius earlier. He was worried that Sirius might do something he regretted. Sirius was vulnerable and had to be more than a little lonely. He did not like to be by himself; he liked to be surrounded by people when ever possible.

He glared as the older boy tucked a piece of short black hair behind an ear and left. He blinked. Short? Sirius had cut his hair, his beautiful silky long hair. He'd had somewhat of a crush on his friend for years, but hadn't acted on it for fear of the loss of their friendship. It made him wonder, if Peter or James had acted the way Sirius had would he have been as angry?

To Be Continued

Eh. That didn't work out the way I had planned. At all. Liam was supposed to be some complete jerk that Sirius was totally fooled by. I decided about half way through that it wouldn't work that way. The question is, will Remus' jealousy tear them even farther apart or will it help them to reconcile?