Just Friends
chapter five: kitchen-caper
by Mad Amecom PTE
Disclaimer: I don't own the Marauders or anything in here that has to do with Harry Potter. (though I wish I owned Remus *tear*)
Last Chapter Refreshment!:
"I'm not really into girls at the moment, despite the rumours that circulate about this handsome, charming chap." Sirius smirked.
"Then what are you into? Boys?" Remus forced a small laugh at what accidentally came out of his mouth to make it seem a joke.
"Why do you want to know?" Sirius looked Remus straight in the eye. Remus stopped laughing and looked at him questioningly.
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Remus looked down at his book, "I was just..." This definitely wasn't good. What did he mean 'Why do you want to know?'. Was he really...
"Remus, would it change anything if I was into boys?" Sirius pondered, trying to sound casual. Remus shook his head, avoiding eye contact. "Then why worry about crap like this, right? As long as we are together."
"We?" Whoops. Sirius's turn to slip up.
"We- as in the Marauders! Hehe, you know, you, James, Peter, and me." Remus eyed him questioningly a bit, but then smiled.
"You're right, Sirius. As long as we're together. Things have been so awkward the past month. I haven't had a good talk with you in a long time. Want to partner up on the homework?"
"AH! I thought you would never ask!" Sirius yelled, throwing his arms in the air, then receiving quite a few 'shut up!'s.
October had come and gone quite quickly now that Sirius and Remus were talking normally again. The November Hogsmeade trip was the following weekend and James and Sirius were planning some kind of prank.
"C'mon, guys! Tell us! Me and Remus are dieing to know what you have planned!" Peter begged. Remus sniggered at the pleading lad.
"Actually, I'm quite busy at the moment and don't really give a damn what they want to do."
"Busy doing what?" James asked, sounding bored.
"Busy trying to block Peter's whining out!" James and Sirius laughed. Peter turned up his nose and started working on (long overdue) homework.
"Well, there is much work to be done. I won't be back until later tonight. Cheerio, mates!" And so Sirius exited the common room, but not before dropping a crumpled piece of paper in Remus's lap. He raised an eyebrow to Sirius before he stepped out of the portrait, but he just winked and shut the portrait behind him. Remus looked around to make sure no one was looking as he uncrumpled the paper and read it. 'Rem, if you wanna know the plan, come to the kitchen at 9:30. Bring the invisibility cape!' Remus stuffed the note in his pocket and checked his watch.
When 9:30 rolled around Remus asked to borrow the invisibility cape from James, promising to return with pilfered food. He made his journey to the portrait of food, which was also the entrance to the kitchens. He tickled the big green pear and the portrait swung upon (they discovered how to get into the kitchens by accident their second year). "Sirius?" Remus called. In about a split second, fifteen house elves came running up.
"Ah! 'Tis Mr. Remus Lupin! Mr. Sirius Black, sir, is waiting in back for Mr. Lupin!" A little elf with giant, bulging gray eyes said.
"Much obliged, Jingle." He made his way the back of the kitchens and there sat Sirius on a counter. Remus smiled, "Hey."
"Hey. Bring the cape?" Remus stuck out his arm, were he had hung it. "Good. Alright, James didn't want me to tell you until everything was done, but this is just too awesome to hold back." Sirius held up a bottle of gold liquid. "See this? This fine bottle of stuff will make anyone who drinks it's skin turn gold and red striped. James and I made a little bargain with the elves you see. We told them the Marauders would come down to the kitchens ever day for the next two weeks and eat anything they wanted us to, if they put one drop of this on every bit of food that is eaten by the Slytherins on December 1st. Isn't that the most awesome thing we've ever came up with!" Remus looked a little taken back.
"Wow, that is a really cool prank." he said in awe, "Only one problem. After the two weeks of eating is over we'll all weigh 300 pounds!!!" Sirius's face fell a bit.
"Yeah, um, I'll be looking for a charm to maybe remove all the food from your stomach." Remus looked unconvinced. "And if that doesn't work we can just make ourselves throw up!" Sirius grinned. Remus tried to look at him sternly, but he just couldn't.
"Fine." He sighed. "But since you made me come down here just to hear that, let's eat some food." With that finale word, a riot of house elves ran up to the two offering loads of different dishes. They ended up settling on some pumpkin juice and cauldron cakes and started chatting.
"Remember the sorting feast this year, when James and Peter where fighting over that last chicken leg?" Remus said, mouth full of the sugary sweet cake. Sirius snorted into his juice.
"That was hilarious! I thought they were going to duel over it! Then that Evans girl had to ruin it by giving James hers."
"Yea, and then when we came up to the dorms Peter carved 'Snape eats snake dung' onto his head board!" They both were laughing so hard with each other there was crumbs flying everywhere. When they finally stopped laughing, due to their aching stomachs Sirius looked to the floor.
"Oi, Rem."
"What?"
"You never told me why you were staring at me so weird that night." Sirius shifted uncomfortably on the counter top. Remus's cheek turned a funny colour of pink.
"Well... I..." he stopped and took in a breath, "You promise you won't laugh?"
"Cross my heart." Sirius said with a smirk.
"I t-thought you looked really beautiful there in the moonlight." There was an uncomfortable silence that Sirius had to break.
"Really?"
"Yeah..."
"Well, I always think you look beautiful." Remus looked up from the floor and stared into Sirius's eyes and moved closer. Their faces were so close they were only an a few inches apart, lips almost touching... Unfortunatley, at that moment Jingle the house elf came running up hootin' and hollerin'.
"Sirius, sir! Remus, sir! Jingle thinks Mr. Filch should be coming this way! Go, you two should!" Remus and Sirius hopped up, threw the invisibility cape and and scrammed. On the way back to the portrait, Remus could swear he heard Sirius muttering something under his breath that sounded something like 'Damn, bastard elf.' and he laughed.
"Shall we keep tonight from James and Peter, Siri?" Remus asked the fuming young man in front of him.
"Alright. Qapmoc Atuyp." They had arrived at the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"You two are up late." She said sternly as she swung open. They crawled through the portrait hole and walked up to the dorm.
"I'm tired. Goodnight, Rem." Sirius said yawning.
"Um, Sirius."
"Hmm?"
"Can I sleep with you tonight?" Sirius looked a bit stunned.
"W-why would you want to do that?"
"My bed sprung a spring."
"Where?" Sirius asked, looking over Remus's shoulder. With that, Remus kicked his foot backwards into his mattress as hard as he could. More than a few springs sprung out.
"There." He replied pointedly and smiled.
The two removed of their clothing and lay in Sirius's bed, arms around one another, like the first night of the new school term.
"So much for waiting 'til Christmas." Sirius said to himself with a smile.
------------------------- Author's Word:
I couldn't delay any longer for some Sirius/Remus lovin'. I had to put in SOMETHING, even if it's only them ALMOST kissing. Haha. I was loosin' my mind! I really hated this chapter while I was writing it, but it grew on me by the end. Thanks for your support, guys. Keep on R/R-ing and I'll keep on writing! ^_~ (and to think I almost stopped writing at 300 words!)
chapter five: kitchen-caper
by Mad Amecom PTE
Disclaimer: I don't own the Marauders or anything in here that has to do with Harry Potter. (though I wish I owned Remus *tear*)
Last Chapter Refreshment!:
"I'm not really into girls at the moment, despite the rumours that circulate about this handsome, charming chap." Sirius smirked.
"Then what are you into? Boys?" Remus forced a small laugh at what accidentally came out of his mouth to make it seem a joke.
"Why do you want to know?" Sirius looked Remus straight in the eye. Remus stopped laughing and looked at him questioningly.
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Remus looked down at his book, "I was just..." This definitely wasn't good. What did he mean 'Why do you want to know?'. Was he really...
"Remus, would it change anything if I was into boys?" Sirius pondered, trying to sound casual. Remus shook his head, avoiding eye contact. "Then why worry about crap like this, right? As long as we are together."
"We?" Whoops. Sirius's turn to slip up.
"We- as in the Marauders! Hehe, you know, you, James, Peter, and me." Remus eyed him questioningly a bit, but then smiled.
"You're right, Sirius. As long as we're together. Things have been so awkward the past month. I haven't had a good talk with you in a long time. Want to partner up on the homework?"
"AH! I thought you would never ask!" Sirius yelled, throwing his arms in the air, then receiving quite a few 'shut up!'s.
October had come and gone quite quickly now that Sirius and Remus were talking normally again. The November Hogsmeade trip was the following weekend and James and Sirius were planning some kind of prank.
"C'mon, guys! Tell us! Me and Remus are dieing to know what you have planned!" Peter begged. Remus sniggered at the pleading lad.
"Actually, I'm quite busy at the moment and don't really give a damn what they want to do."
"Busy doing what?" James asked, sounding bored.
"Busy trying to block Peter's whining out!" James and Sirius laughed. Peter turned up his nose and started working on (long overdue) homework.
"Well, there is much work to be done. I won't be back until later tonight. Cheerio, mates!" And so Sirius exited the common room, but not before dropping a crumpled piece of paper in Remus's lap. He raised an eyebrow to Sirius before he stepped out of the portrait, but he just winked and shut the portrait behind him. Remus looked around to make sure no one was looking as he uncrumpled the paper and read it. 'Rem, if you wanna know the plan, come to the kitchen at 9:30. Bring the invisibility cape!' Remus stuffed the note in his pocket and checked his watch.
When 9:30 rolled around Remus asked to borrow the invisibility cape from James, promising to return with pilfered food. He made his journey to the portrait of food, which was also the entrance to the kitchens. He tickled the big green pear and the portrait swung upon (they discovered how to get into the kitchens by accident their second year). "Sirius?" Remus called. In about a split second, fifteen house elves came running up.
"Ah! 'Tis Mr. Remus Lupin! Mr. Sirius Black, sir, is waiting in back for Mr. Lupin!" A little elf with giant, bulging gray eyes said.
"Much obliged, Jingle." He made his way the back of the kitchens and there sat Sirius on a counter. Remus smiled, "Hey."
"Hey. Bring the cape?" Remus stuck out his arm, were he had hung it. "Good. Alright, James didn't want me to tell you until everything was done, but this is just too awesome to hold back." Sirius held up a bottle of gold liquid. "See this? This fine bottle of stuff will make anyone who drinks it's skin turn gold and red striped. James and I made a little bargain with the elves you see. We told them the Marauders would come down to the kitchens ever day for the next two weeks and eat anything they wanted us to, if they put one drop of this on every bit of food that is eaten by the Slytherins on December 1st. Isn't that the most awesome thing we've ever came up with!" Remus looked a little taken back.
"Wow, that is a really cool prank." he said in awe, "Only one problem. After the two weeks of eating is over we'll all weigh 300 pounds!!!" Sirius's face fell a bit.
"Yeah, um, I'll be looking for a charm to maybe remove all the food from your stomach." Remus looked unconvinced. "And if that doesn't work we can just make ourselves throw up!" Sirius grinned. Remus tried to look at him sternly, but he just couldn't.
"Fine." He sighed. "But since you made me come down here just to hear that, let's eat some food." With that finale word, a riot of house elves ran up to the two offering loads of different dishes. They ended up settling on some pumpkin juice and cauldron cakes and started chatting.
"Remember the sorting feast this year, when James and Peter where fighting over that last chicken leg?" Remus said, mouth full of the sugary sweet cake. Sirius snorted into his juice.
"That was hilarious! I thought they were going to duel over it! Then that Evans girl had to ruin it by giving James hers."
"Yea, and then when we came up to the dorms Peter carved 'Snape eats snake dung' onto his head board!" They both were laughing so hard with each other there was crumbs flying everywhere. When they finally stopped laughing, due to their aching stomachs Sirius looked to the floor.
"Oi, Rem."
"What?"
"You never told me why you were staring at me so weird that night." Sirius shifted uncomfortably on the counter top. Remus's cheek turned a funny colour of pink.
"Well... I..." he stopped and took in a breath, "You promise you won't laugh?"
"Cross my heart." Sirius said with a smirk.
"I t-thought you looked really beautiful there in the moonlight." There was an uncomfortable silence that Sirius had to break.
"Really?"
"Yeah..."
"Well, I always think you look beautiful." Remus looked up from the floor and stared into Sirius's eyes and moved closer. Their faces were so close they were only an a few inches apart, lips almost touching... Unfortunatley, at that moment Jingle the house elf came running up hootin' and hollerin'.
"Sirius, sir! Remus, sir! Jingle thinks Mr. Filch should be coming this way! Go, you two should!" Remus and Sirius hopped up, threw the invisibility cape and and scrammed. On the way back to the portrait, Remus could swear he heard Sirius muttering something under his breath that sounded something like 'Damn, bastard elf.' and he laughed.
"Shall we keep tonight from James and Peter, Siri?" Remus asked the fuming young man in front of him.
"Alright. Qapmoc Atuyp." They had arrived at the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"You two are up late." She said sternly as she swung open. They crawled through the portrait hole and walked up to the dorm.
"I'm tired. Goodnight, Rem." Sirius said yawning.
"Um, Sirius."
"Hmm?"
"Can I sleep with you tonight?" Sirius looked a bit stunned.
"W-why would you want to do that?"
"My bed sprung a spring."
"Where?" Sirius asked, looking over Remus's shoulder. With that, Remus kicked his foot backwards into his mattress as hard as he could. More than a few springs sprung out.
"There." He replied pointedly and smiled.
The two removed of their clothing and lay in Sirius's bed, arms around one another, like the first night of the new school term.
"So much for waiting 'til Christmas." Sirius said to himself with a smile.
------------------------- Author's Word:
I couldn't delay any longer for some Sirius/Remus lovin'. I had to put in SOMETHING, even if it's only them ALMOST kissing. Haha. I was loosin' my mind! I really hated this chapter while I was writing it, but it grew on me by the end. Thanks for your support, guys. Keep on R/R-ing and I'll keep on writing! ^_~ (and to think I almost stopped writing at 300 words!)