Disclaimers: If you want, you can read them in the first chapter...
Chapter 3
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Sirius was lying in the bed with his friend, where this one fell asleep finally. Padfoot has had quite a work to convince Remus, that his wounds had to be washed and patched up.
'Poor poor Moony... Which monster... fuck, I don't understand it! At least he is sleeping now... I think we should make us some nice days with Prongs and Wormtail, so he doesn't think so much about what had happened...'
He holded the smaller boy tight and placed a tender kiss on his hair.
"Sleep well, Remmie" Sirius whispered, then he closed his eyes and tried to sleep.
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The next morning the young werewolf woke up by the sound of somebody coming in. He opened his eyes and looked from where the sound came from. Then he saw Sirius carrying a tray with something looking like breakfast.
*yawn* "Morning Padfoot!"
"Morning Moony! Did you sleep well? Are you feeling better?"
"Yes... 'twas one of the first nights since long time, that I really slept well..."
"Here, your breakfast. And you are going to eat ALL!" the black-haired boy ordered. "And if you feel healthy enough Prongs is going to come over. Wormtail is also going to visit us. He should arrive in three days, he stays with Jamie then. So, do you think you are fit enough to have visit?"
"Sure!" Remus said happily, and he smiled, which made Sirius happy in turn.
'I'm so glad to be here with Padfoot... He's so full of energy... always talking, always smiling... He makes me forget everything around... shit... he cares so much of me, and he's so... so... so cute and everything, but... it's only because he is my friend. I'm sure he would be the same when James or Peter were in this position. But for me... he's so much more than just a friend. I could keep watching him for hours. This soft black hair, which never stays in the ponytail he tries to keep it in, always with some strands in his face, then these deep blue-green eyes, which always seem to be laughing, these soft, red lips, his slender but strong body... I feel so... safe, so loved in his arms... Oh, STOP it, Moony, you're impossible! He's just your best friend. You shouldn't be attracted by him in that way! He's a man! And... I'm not... gay, aren't I? Or... well... nope, I don't think so... But... anyways... I think I... I love him... Why does everything gets so complicated, when it comes to love...'
"Ahm, Moony? Still here? Earth to Moony, Earth to Moony, come in please, come in please!"
"Wa... what? Sorry, I was... thinking..." Remus stuttered, blushing madly...
"Aaah, and... what was the object of your oh-so-intensive thoughts?" Sirius asked grinning.
"Um... nothing" muttered the other boy, blushing even more.
"Oh, sure, nothing... You're such a bad liar, Remmy... Well, eat now, before everything gets cold..." the animagus said, chuckling.
And he did as he was told to, noticing how hungry he was.
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James, Remus and Sirius were all sitting in Sirius room, Moony still in his pyjamas, sitting in the bed, his head leaning on Padfoots shoulder. He decided, this would be better, as he still wasn't feeling well enough to walk around. It surely would be better, if he does everything to get healthy as fast as possible, so the Marauders could do what Marauders are supposed to do. He chuckled a little bit, when he thought of the pranks they were thinking of for the next schoolyear. He looked out of one of the huge windows. It was an overwhelming sight, the big house of the Blacks was on the top of a hill and you could see a beautiful small bay and from there the sea. Remus had always loved the sea. He could sit hours there, just listening to the sound of the waves. Or on a shingle beach the sound of the pebbles rolling back and forth by the waves. His eylids grew heavier and heavier and short time after he was fast asleep.
"Prongs, I think Remmie is asleep. I need really to talk to you, but... could we go outside, if we manage to go without waking him?"
Sirius pulled the smaller boy, who whimpered silently (what sounded quite cute, the animagus thought) when he noticed, that he was moved, very carefully to a lying position, but fortunatly he didn't wake up. As quiet as possible the two went out and walked down to the sea.
"So, what happened?" James asked
"Too much... far too much to understand, for me... or even to can cope with... Shit... Prongs, I don't know, what to do..." the black-haired boy said, sounding quite shattered.
"Well, I really would like to help you, but that would require that you tell me what happened. It's 'bout Moony, isn't it?"
"No, dear, you know, it's that I'm madly in love with Prof. Trelawney, but she saw herself with 12 children, our children, naturally, she got afraid and ran away from me. Now I want to have her back, but I don't know how. Please, honey, help me!" Padfoot told him, twinkling his eyes meaningful and in a voice gushing with sarcasm. "Argh, you silly git, of course it's about Moony... He... he... Fuck, I don't know, where to start..."
"OK, one question. Are you in love with him? I'm just asking, because... Well, to me it seems like that."
"You caught me... Yes I am. Pretty much. You know, I feel so sorry for him..."
"Do you feel sorry or do you love him? I mean, it's a big difference, Siri. You always have to be aware of that."
"James, I know that! And – how could I not feel sorry for him? You haven't seen him, when he arrived! He fainted the moment he saw me, I have no idea how long he had been walking, for how much time he hadn't eaten a bit! You have not seen this skeleton-like body, you haven't seen his back – no, his whole body – full of bruises, cuts, scars, everything was bleeding! You haven't seen all this!" Sirius shouted, breathing very fast and his head fell to his chest. He tried to hold the tears that came into his eyes. James touched the shoulder of his friend "I'm so sorry, Padfoot. I also feel sorry for Remmie, you can believe me. It's terrible, what happened to him, and we should try to help him as good as we can. And I'm sure you are helping him a lot with what you do. The only thing I wanted to say is, that you shouldn't mix up love and compassion." he said, trying to calm down the obviously outraged boy. Prongs embraced him, noticing that his shoulders were trembling.
"Shh... Everything's going to be alright... Shh"
"You know..." Sirius said sniffling, smiling sadly with tears in his eyes "It's kinda funny. Yesterday I were in your position, holding Remmie in my arms while he was crying, trying to comfort him. I were the strong while he was the weak one. Now you have to be strong for me, 'cause I'm too weak..."
"You're not too weak, Siri. This is a fucking hard situation. It's not easy to deal with something like that. OK, waddya think about a cup of hot chocolate?"
"Great idea!" the black-haired boy answered smiling, and they headed up to the house.
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