Just Friends
chapter six: Rainy-day Resolutions
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!:
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.
A/N: Wah~! Let me apologize for calling the invisibility cloak 'the invisibility cape'. I don't know how that came about! Thanks to Happy Llama Mizuki for bringing this to my attention.
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Sirius awoke to the sound of rain pounding on the cloudy window that he so often stared out of. He squirmed a bit and it took him a bit to realize he was alone in his bed. He pulled open the bed curtains and saw James sitting on his bed fixing up his broom. "Uh... hey James." James looked over to him.
"Why hello, Mr. Black! Have a good time last night?" he said with a snigger.
"W-what are you talking about?" Sirius went a bit pink.
"I saw Rem roll out of your bed this morning, no doubt Peter did, too, you pervert."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! It's not like we had sex or anything!"
"Just having a nice snog in bed, then?"
"No! We haven't!"
"Wait..." James paused and smiled, "You mean, you two went to bed together, but you haven't even kissed yet?"
"I got two works for you, Jamie. BUGGER OFF." And with that Sirius stomped out the door, quickly followed by a few feminine screams. Back in, he ran. "I, uh, forgot my robes." He quickly threw on an old faded robe, grabbed his Gryffindore scarf, and left once again. The girls who screamed at the sight of the half naked Sirius now scowled at him darkly as he crawled through the portrait hole "Smashing to see you again, girls!" He yelled to them before quickly shutting the portrait hole to shield back all the things thrown at him. As he entered the Great Hall to get his morning porridge, he spotted Peter chatting with Scott Buckingham and decided to find out if he had saw Remus asleep with him. "'Morning to you, Peter... Scott." Scott said nothing. Two years ago, Sirius had stuck a 'Kick Me' sign on Scott's back and then put a permanent sticking charm on it for telling James he stunk at Quidditch. Scott had blabbed to a teacher and he'd gotten a week detention for it. Peter smiled and offered Sirius some oats. 'Phew... he mustn't have saw.' Sirius kindly declined the oats and got his apple and cinnamon porridge to-go. "One more thing before I go, Peter. Have you seen Rem?" Peter thought for a moment and pointed his finger towards a window.
"I think he went for a stroll outside."
"In this storm?" Sirius asked, eyebrow raised.
"Yeah. He had an umbrella 'n all. I think he may be by the greenhouses."
"Thanks, Pete." Sirius ran out of the Great Hall, wrapping his gold and scarlet scarf around his neck, stopping only when ever he heard the voice of the greasy haired, long nosed, Severus Snape whom was standing next to a body of armour near one of the many exits.
"Running off to see your boyfriend, Sirius?" he poked at him.
"Possibly!" he replied smartly with a huge, mischievous grin before dashing off out into the rain. Snape looked thoroughly shocked and walked away convincing himself he imagined what he just heard.
Out in the rain, Sirius ran around the gigantic school trying to spot Remus and stay under any form of shelter for as long as possible. This wasn't working very well, and after covering the grounds for an hour he decided to take a break and take shelter under the weeping willow tree on the right side of the lake. He ran over the tree and parted its curtain of leaves and found a nice, slightly moist area for him to sit for a while. He removed his scarf and bunched it up to make a seat out of it. He sat and relaxed next to the nice little tree for about fifteen minutes when the heavy rain seemed to die down to a small drizzle. He'd be good to look for Remus again. But as he poked his head out from the weeping willow he heard a voice that sounded like singing. He sat and listened to the lovely voice. He missed the beginning verse, but he could clearly hear,
Between the parted pages And were pressed in love's hot fevered iron Like a striped pair of pants
Sirius laughed a bit and looked to see who was singing. And there passed Remus, who didn't even notice Sirius sticking his head out from behind the willow's curtain of leaves, so he kept on singing.
MacArthur's park is melting in the dark All the sweet green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh no...
On that last note Sirius came out of the tree, clapping and applauding. "Bravo, Remy! Bravo!" This had apparently started Remus very much so, as he almost fell on the soggy wet ground when he turned around.
"Sirius! Y-you heard me?"
"Yeah, you're great at singing!"
"You really think so?"
"Yup. But that song was a little bit weird, with the rained on cake and all."
"It's called MacArthur's Park, by Richard Harris. The lyrics have their meanings you know. You just have to listen to them to figure the meaning out." They laughed together. "Oh, Sirius! You're soaking wet, you don't even have an umbrella! Here, I'll share mine." As Remus lifted his hand to raise the yellow umbrella above the taller lad's head, Sirius took it into his own. Remus looked at him questioningly.
"I wanted to talk to you about something, Rem." his eyes were a bit narrowed and his brow a bit furrowed. "What I said last night, about you being beautiful, I meant it."
"I never doubted it." Remus said to him with a smile.
"Yes, well, I've been thinking about it for almost a year, you know. And-"
"It?"
"You b-being so... lovely." Sirius stuttered as he tried to keep going, but quickly regained his self. "I've been thinking about it for that long! And, Rem, I think... I think I really love you. And if there's any chance of it... I want to know that you love me, too." By then, Sirius was blushing mad and had his face turned away from Remus's, but he quickly turned to look him in the eye again. There they were, face to face, once again. Lips gaining on each other, ever-so-slowly. Sirius looked around a bit. No one was there. No one would interrupt. There was nothing to surprise him! He could just go for it! But before he could, Remus got to him first. Their lips were finally touching, Remus parted his slightly and Sirius's tongue found it's way in, as did Remus's into Sirius's. The two rhythmically devoured each other, minds clear of everything except each other. Sirius's hand had managed to find it's way around Remus's waist, and the two were pulled closely together. There they stood, not aware of anything else in the world, rain pouring down upon them as the yellow umbrella lay forgotten on the ground.
------------------------- Author's Word:
All I have to say is... YEEHAW!!! Haha, actually I have more to say than that. Trying to write this was EXTREMELY hard. Not because of the content, because of my schedule. Yes, my schedule. Every day, I write at the same times. 3am and 12pm. Yester-morning, as you may have noticed, I didn't post a new chapter. That is because I was away at a desolate place that doesn't have access to the internet. But somehow after looking at Sirius/Remus pictures for hours at www.deviantart.com and eating many many pierogies, I managed to come up with this. So, I hope you enjoyed the lasted installment to "Just Friends" or I guess now "No Longer Just Friends"! Bwahaha. More to come soon.
chapter six: Rainy-day Resolutions
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!:
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.
A/N: Wah~! Let me apologize for calling the invisibility cloak 'the invisibility cape'. I don't know how that came about! Thanks to Happy Llama Mizuki for bringing this to my attention.
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Sirius awoke to the sound of rain pounding on the cloudy window that he so often stared out of. He squirmed a bit and it took him a bit to realize he was alone in his bed. He pulled open the bed curtains and saw James sitting on his bed fixing up his broom. "Uh... hey James." James looked over to him.
"Why hello, Mr. Black! Have a good time last night?" he said with a snigger.
"W-what are you talking about?" Sirius went a bit pink.
"I saw Rem roll out of your bed this morning, no doubt Peter did, too, you pervert."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! It's not like we had sex or anything!"
"Just having a nice snog in bed, then?"
"No! We haven't!"
"Wait..." James paused and smiled, "You mean, you two went to bed together, but you haven't even kissed yet?"
"I got two works for you, Jamie. BUGGER OFF." And with that Sirius stomped out the door, quickly followed by a few feminine screams. Back in, he ran. "I, uh, forgot my robes." He quickly threw on an old faded robe, grabbed his Gryffindore scarf, and left once again. The girls who screamed at the sight of the half naked Sirius now scowled at him darkly as he crawled through the portrait hole "Smashing to see you again, girls!" He yelled to them before quickly shutting the portrait hole to shield back all the things thrown at him. As he entered the Great Hall to get his morning porridge, he spotted Peter chatting with Scott Buckingham and decided to find out if he had saw Remus asleep with him. "'Morning to you, Peter... Scott." Scott said nothing. Two years ago, Sirius had stuck a 'Kick Me' sign on Scott's back and then put a permanent sticking charm on it for telling James he stunk at Quidditch. Scott had blabbed to a teacher and he'd gotten a week detention for it. Peter smiled and offered Sirius some oats. 'Phew... he mustn't have saw.' Sirius kindly declined the oats and got his apple and cinnamon porridge to-go. "One more thing before I go, Peter. Have you seen Rem?" Peter thought for a moment and pointed his finger towards a window.
"I think he went for a stroll outside."
"In this storm?" Sirius asked, eyebrow raised.
"Yeah. He had an umbrella 'n all. I think he may be by the greenhouses."
"Thanks, Pete." Sirius ran out of the Great Hall, wrapping his gold and scarlet scarf around his neck, stopping only when ever he heard the voice of the greasy haired, long nosed, Severus Snape whom was standing next to a body of armour near one of the many exits.
"Running off to see your boyfriend, Sirius?" he poked at him.
"Possibly!" he replied smartly with a huge, mischievous grin before dashing off out into the rain. Snape looked thoroughly shocked and walked away convincing himself he imagined what he just heard.
Out in the rain, Sirius ran around the gigantic school trying to spot Remus and stay under any form of shelter for as long as possible. This wasn't working very well, and after covering the grounds for an hour he decided to take a break and take shelter under the weeping willow tree on the right side of the lake. He ran over the tree and parted its curtain of leaves and found a nice, slightly moist area for him to sit for a while. He removed his scarf and bunched it up to make a seat out of it. He sat and relaxed next to the nice little tree for about fifteen minutes when the heavy rain seemed to die down to a small drizzle. He'd be good to look for Remus again. But as he poked his head out from the weeping willow he heard a voice that sounded like singing. He sat and listened to the lovely voice. He missed the beginning verse, but he could clearly hear,
Between the parted pages And were pressed in love's hot fevered iron Like a striped pair of pants
Sirius laughed a bit and looked to see who was singing. And there passed Remus, who didn't even notice Sirius sticking his head out from behind the willow's curtain of leaves, so he kept on singing.
MacArthur's park is melting in the dark All the sweet green icing flowing down Someone left the cake out in the rain I don't think that I can take it Cause it took so long to bake it And I'll never have that recipe again Oh no...
On that last note Sirius came out of the tree, clapping and applauding. "Bravo, Remy! Bravo!" This had apparently started Remus very much so, as he almost fell on the soggy wet ground when he turned around.
"Sirius! Y-you heard me?"
"Yeah, you're great at singing!"
"You really think so?"
"Yup. But that song was a little bit weird, with the rained on cake and all."
"It's called MacArthur's Park, by Richard Harris. The lyrics have their meanings you know. You just have to listen to them to figure the meaning out." They laughed together. "Oh, Sirius! You're soaking wet, you don't even have an umbrella! Here, I'll share mine." As Remus lifted his hand to raise the yellow umbrella above the taller lad's head, Sirius took it into his own. Remus looked at him questioningly.
"I wanted to talk to you about something, Rem." his eyes were a bit narrowed and his brow a bit furrowed. "What I said last night, about you being beautiful, I meant it."
"I never doubted it." Remus said to him with a smile.
"Yes, well, I've been thinking about it for almost a year, you know. And-"
"It?"
"You b-being so... lovely." Sirius stuttered as he tried to keep going, but quickly regained his self. "I've been thinking about it for that long! And, Rem, I think... I think I really love you. And if there's any chance of it... I want to know that you love me, too." By then, Sirius was blushing mad and had his face turned away from Remus's, but he quickly turned to look him in the eye again. There they were, face to face, once again. Lips gaining on each other, ever-so-slowly. Sirius looked around a bit. No one was there. No one would interrupt. There was nothing to surprise him! He could just go for it! But before he could, Remus got to him first. Their lips were finally touching, Remus parted his slightly and Sirius's tongue found it's way in, as did Remus's into Sirius's. The two rhythmically devoured each other, minds clear of everything except each other. Sirius's hand had managed to find it's way around Remus's waist, and the two were pulled closely together. There they stood, not aware of anything else in the world, rain pouring down upon them as the yellow umbrella lay forgotten on the ground.
------------------------- Author's Word:
All I have to say is... YEEHAW!!! Haha, actually I have more to say than that. Trying to write this was EXTREMELY hard. Not because of the content, because of my schedule. Yes, my schedule. Every day, I write at the same times. 3am and 12pm. Yester-morning, as you may have noticed, I didn't post a new chapter. That is because I was away at a desolate place that doesn't have access to the internet. But somehow after looking at Sirius/Remus pictures for hours at www.deviantart.com and eating many many pierogies, I managed to come up with this. So, I hope you enjoyed the lasted installment to "Just Friends" or I guess now "No Longer Just Friends"! Bwahaha. More to come soon.