Author's Note: Not many, but...You'll like it, I hope ^_~. Here we go with chapter 4!

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"Well, I guess that means it's just you and me James. Wanna go play some wizard chess?" Sirius asked, unwrapping his arm from James and setting it at his side. "I'm sure I'll kick your butt." Sirius was just wanting to keep busy.

"Hmm, well...You know, I'm quite sure I'd kick -your- butt because I played with Remus for hours the night before, and I won over half the games..." James sounded overconfident, but he smiled gently, then his hand found its way to Sirius'.

Sirius' only reaction was to blink, but he found his own fingers entwining with James'. Nobody around noticed, and as the two walked up to the boy's dormitory, the two themselves didn't even really notice. When they arrived within the dormitory, they found no one to be in there. That was quite good for them.

"Sirius, where's the board at?" James looked around, then when his eyes returned to Sirius, he noticed the other was looking at him. His eyes shifted a bit, he then blinked.

Both, almost at the same time, looked down to their hands, then quickly pulled them apart. Holding each of their own hands close to their body.

"I...Uh....I think I saw it by Remus' bed last..." Sirius stuttered, then he hastily walked toward the forementioned boy's bed. There it was, set beside his trunk. Picking up the board, he moved to his own bed, crawling atop it. He motioned for James to come over and sit down as well, and the other boy did just that. "What side do you want to be?" Sirius asked, setting up the board.

James shrugged gently, crossing his legs beneath him as he peered over the pieces. "Doesn't matter to me." He rubbed his robed leg gently, watching Sirius as he set up the rest of the needed pieces. As he watched Sirius set up the pieces, he felt this...need to lunge forward and kiss Sirius as passionately as he could. He quickly shook it off. He messed with the hem of his arm's robe, a bit of a nervous sigh coming from him. That feeling was getting back to him and he was sick of it...He didn't know how to make it go away.

Sirius finally finished setting up the board, and he smiled up to James. "Well, your move." He waved his hand over the board, his signal to go.

James sat there rather perplexed. He had his look on his face that wasn't readable, and as Sirius looked over James' face, he quirked a brow. "You doin' okay there James? You seem a little out of it. Come on, be honest now."

James felt a loud "Ha" inside his head. 'Be honest?' he thought to himself, 'if I was honest, I'd probably scare the heck out of you -and- myself...I don't even know what I'm thinking...'

"You really want the truth Sirius?" James asked, his eyes trailing over Sirius' body. "I don't think you can handle it."

Sirius took that as a challenge. "You don't think I can handle it? Tell me James, just what is it I can't handle?" He raised a hand and ran it through his hair, a small, teethy smile breaking through. His eyes were glittering with curiosity.

James took a deep breath, raising a hand to hold over his chest. After clearing his throat, he set the hand back down in his lap, his stare fixated with Sirius'. "Well, ever since today, I've seen you in a whole new light. When I'm around you, I get butterflies in my stomach, and at the drop of a hat, I blush. Your touch sends sensations through my body like not even Lily has. When you comforted me, I felt safe with you and that's something I've felt with no one. Right now I want to lunge at you and kiss you more passionately than we did even earlier..." James finally took a breath, then sighed heavily. "That's...Why I think I like you, or...Maybe even love...I don't know. I thought you couldn't handle that, or maybe, I couldn't handle telling you."

Sirius just sat there, mouth gaped just slightly. James just...Spilled the exact same thoughts Sirius had. This was...How did you say it? Bliss? That was it. Sirius blinked quite a few times. He couldn't speak, all the words that came out were gawked. James looked at Sirius trying to speak, and he wrapped his arms over his chest. "It's...Alright if you d-don't...Feel the same, I just...You asked and I...I..." James began to stutter, his breath catching him. He took a deep, trembling sigh.

Sirius glared at those words. He did feel the same, he knew it from the depths of his heart. He couldn't bear to see James like this, it wasn't the way he wanted him to be. "James, I...I do."

James blinked, and he peered up at Sirius. "Y-you do? I...Really, Sirius?" James removed his glassed for a moment and wiped his eyes, then put them back on, a smile curling onto his lips. Sirius had never seen him so...He couldn't describe it. He leaned forward, his hand reaching down to push the Wizard Chess set off of the bed with a clang. James' gaze stayed on Sirius as he moved forward.

Sirius finally arrived close to James, their faces quite close to one another. Sirius' hand slowly reached up to James' face, cupping it. He leaned in at an achingly slow speed, until finally his lips met with James in a soft, loving kiss. James released a gentle, silent sigh of happiness, and he leaned back onto the bed. Sirius followed James' movement, his body falling atop the other boy's. He pulled his lips away for a moment, looking into James' eyes passionately. "I...James..."

James lifted a finger to Sirius' lips, and pursed them close. He didn't say a word, but Sirius understood. He pulled James' finger a little from his face, but then kissed it all over, slowly taking it into his mouth, but quickly pulling it out. James emitted a small kind of giggle, and he then closed his eyes.

Sirius went back to James' lips, grasping them in a deeply passionate kiss, a hand trailing down James' slender body. James released a soft whimper, arms wrapping around Sirius' back, his hands clasping shut gently. Scooching his leg over, Sirius' form fell into the robes of James. As Sirius parted his lips to lick at James' soft, full lips, James grinded against Sirius' body, pushing him down gently onto his own body.

Sirius released a deep, low moan into James' mouth once he split the boy's lips apart. He grasped ahold of James' tongue with his own, quickly releasing it to explore the rest of what was inside. James' hands began to run up along Sirius' spine, a tingling sensation sending through the boy's body. The both began to pant lightly, and sweat was appearing upon their brows. Sirius moved a hand to remove James' glasses, and he set them on the floor beside the four-poster, hastily returning it to the boy's robes. How was he going to get these off...But...What if someone walked in on them..?

Apparently James was thinking the same thing. He slowly began to pull away from the kiss, his hands reaching between the two of them, finding home on Sirius' chest. "We...We'll have to continue this later...We don't want to get caught."

James had some sort of idea, Sirius could tell; James had that glint of mischief in his eyes. He ran a hand through the boy's matted hair, eyes gazing over his form dreamily. "You're so cute James..."

James blushed lightly. Those words from Sirius did mean something, and he loved hearing them. The idea he had just plopped back into his head as quickly as it left. "The Prefect Bathroom! It's perfect!" James snapped his fingers, a smile on his face. "No one really ever goes in there...We'd be alone, except for the ghosts of the school and such, but they'll leave us be, hopefully!"

Sirius smiled brightly down at James, kissing the top of his nose gently. "Beautiful."

"I know, it's the best idea I've come up with since...Well, actually hmm..." James blinked, then peered up at Sirius, eyes innocent and full of joy. "You're talking about the plan, right?"

"And if I wasn't...?" Sirius asked, eyebrows raising in question.

"I'd take that as a compliment," James' smile spread across his face, cheeks filling with the scarlet red color they have so often succumbed to.

"You'd need not think of it as a compliment, think of it as stating the truth," Sirius said with a wink, touching James' nose with the tip of his index finger. "Here we are though quite late into the day...I think we could get away with it tonight...As long as we've got your invisibility cloak, that is?"

"We'll need that, you're right...But..." James' head was full of questions now. "What are we going to tell Remus and Peter, and especially...Lily? I mean...I still care for her...But that kiss...It..."

"What kiss, James?" Sirius asked as he nuzzled against the boy's neck, sliding his tongue out every now and then to lick it softly.

"Lily and my's kiss...Our make-up kiss. I...I felt nothing really from it..." James seemed as if he was new to hearing this.

"What..? Nothing...At all? That's really odd, I mean...You and her, you love her, don't you?" Those words made Sirius' heart wrench for a moment. He wanted James more than anything...He tried to sound worried about this, but his initial feeling was a small happiness. If Lily was out of the picture, he could have James to himself, and he wouldn't have to worry about anyone taking him...

James stayed quiet. He wasn't sure how to answer that. The only word that would pop into his head was care, but love was no where in there now. He just shook his head. "I don't know."

"That's alright, I don't want to force you into any-"

"You're not, I'll tell you that right now, Sirius. You know me," James stated quickly, cutting off Sirius. He craned his neck, leaning upward to plant a small, soft kiss on the other boy's lips. "I'm sure that no one will notice us gone."

Sirius noted James' subject change, but he shrugged it off with a nod. "If we do it late tonight, I don't think it'll be much of a problem."

Sirius whispered soft words into James' ear for the next few minutes, until he was suddenly stopped by a pit feeling in his stomach. He lifted his head upward, looking around the empty dormitory. "I've got a feeling we're not alone, or we won't -be- alone."

James blinked, then scratched his head. "Really? I don't hear anything, how are you guessing? Do you see something?" He went to lift his head up, but Sirius kept it down, quickly sliding off of James to the floor. He brushed his robes off, looking around still. Soon enough, voices were heard outside the door, and it flew open.

"What are you two -doing- in here?!" It was Remus' voice, and it was almost as high as Peter's voice. "Someone left to go up to the dormitory a moment ago and came back down stuttering...What was going on up here?!" He stamped over to the two boys, noticing James was lying on the bed sprawled out, with Sirius standing beside him.

"Nothing bad I'll say," Sirius stated defensively, crossing his arms over his chest. "We were just sitting here, playing some Wizard Chess."

"Wizard Chess? That was it?" Remus quirked a brow, leaning on one leg as a post.

"That's it, I lost and I got a bit mad, so I pushed the board to the floor," Sirius pointed to the haphazard pieces upon the floor. "He beat me good."

"Oh I'm sure he did," Remus stated. "James kicked my butt quite a few times in that game...But mind you, I am better at most times, I was just at a low point." He looked at James comically, a bit of a smirk in his expression.

James smiled, a small chuckle escaping him. "Oh yes Remus, that's it. Blame your drained skills."

Remus nodded softly, then crossed his arms over his chest. "Well...Just wanted to make sure everything was okay." Still looking at James, he quirked a brow. "So, I heard you made up with Lily?"

James blinked. He'd only told Sirius...He bet Lily told Remus. "Oh? You did? And yes, we did...I'm quite happy now."

Sirius was noticing the look on Remus' face. Turning to James, he smiled softly. "Hey James, why don't you go down and get some food? I heard some growls when we were playing."

James wasn't catching Sirius' hints. "Food? I don't think I'm that..." Sirius' eyes got wide for a minute. "O-oh! Yeah, I should, I'm so hungry..." He crawled off of the bed, a deep sigh coming from him as he stretched.

Remus looked over the two of them suspiciously, but his eyes fell onto Sirius as James left. Sirius waved James a goodbye, walking to the door and closing it, turning around, his hand still on the door. "Alright Remus, enough of that skeptical facade."

Remus blinked innocently, pulling his arms behind his back. "Whatever do you mean Sirius? I was just curious."

"You sent Peter up here, didn't you?" Sirius asked flatly, shuffling across the floor.

"I did no such thing, I don't know what you're talking about." Remus was getting a little nervous.

"Why didn't you just ask me flat-out, Remus? You knew I'd tell you in an instant!" Sirius wasn't too happy now. "It's bothering me to know that you wouldn't be upright about it."

Remus was getting scolded. By Sirius! Of all people! "I'm...I'm sorry, Sirius. I just wanted to know without..."

"Without what, Remus? I mean...About me and James? Is that it?" Sirius sighed deeply, running a hand through his hair.

Sirius was on the dot, that's all Remus really wanted to know about. "Y-yeah, that's...That's what I wanted to know about, Sirius." His tone wasn't sarcastic, but his words seemed like it.

"Well then, why didn't you ask me? I-I...Gahhh, Remus!" Sirius couldn't even talk now.

Remus shook his head, hands grasping in front of him with a heavy sigh. "I'm...sorry, Sirius."

Sirius shot a look to Remus, enough to scare the pants off of him. "I...I accept it I suppose. You're too good a friend to worry about something this little. Why don't we got get some food right now, maybe meet up with James."

'It -was- true,' Remus thought to himself. He paused a bit before replying with another question. "So...You and James, you're..^Hmm hmm^[1]?" His face was curled into a smirk, and he looked to Sirius.

Sirius sighed silently, then turned to Remus. "...We haven't decided anything right now." It wasn't a lie, but by the things they were doing, they should be together. The thought of it made his heart lift with happiness.

"Oh, well...Will you tell me when-" Remus was cut off by an assurative nod from Sirius. He was quickly silenced.

Without a word, the two walked downstairs from the dormitory to the Great Hall.

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[1] By this, Remus means to say the word without actually saying it, so he doesn't embarrass Sirius. I couldn't use apostrophes or quotes, so I just used that. Just think of the way of the words as if you were to nudge someone, meaning the same thing. It's a curious sound.

Other Notes: Hmm....The Prefect Bathroom....I haven't written a lemon in a while....Hope I'm not rusty! Well...I don't care much for flames, but...Constructive criticism is ok, but you know what's best? Happy, content reviews! ^_^