AN- It's even LONGER! Wow. Almost 2,000 words this time, and most of five pages. Anyways. The encounter with the Black Familiy. Thanks to all yall that have reviewed, I was going to find you a treat, but I wanted to post this. So here it is, and those who reviewed, you get nice little virtual ice cream cones, ok? They're any flavour, since they're virtual. Even Padfoot or Moony flavoured if you want! Enjoy the story..and ice cream!
Disclaimer- Not mine.
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The last week at Hogwarts passed faster than Sirius ever imagined was possible. Especially since he didn't want it to. He was going to be forced to face his mother. Again. And Regulus will have told her that he's still friends with the Marauders. Again. Regulus was the sole reason Sirius couldn't let anyone know about him and Remus. And he hated him for it. Hated every single moment of torture he gave him. All Sirius wanted was to be able to hold Remus's hand in the halls, kiss him when the professors weren't looking, stare openly at him, and act like how he felt. Instead, he had to pretend to the whole world that he and Remus were 'just friends'. All because Regulus was a stupid, pain in the arse git who would find out. He always found out anything Sirius was trying to hide from him, the dirty, sneaky, conniving, blabbing little bastard that he was. And he would blab, Sirius knew it. Such a wonderful opportunity could not be passed up. Regulus reveled in telling their mother every single thing he did that was 'wrong'. The thing Sirius hated most about his mother was that she had this unexplained, unfounded, and undying hatred for 'vile half-breeds'. That combined with the fact she knew Remus was a werewolf was not at all comforting. He got enough bullshit about being his friend, he didn't want to suffer the extreme hearing loss that would ensue if she knew they were more than that.
~*~
The prank went off without a hitch, as was to be expected. McGonagall had made a wonderful show of being furious and assigning them detention during the feast at the very beginning of the next year, but Sirius had seen the sparkle of amusement dancing in her eyes.
The marauders had retreated to the safety of their usual car and had made themselves comfortable, Remus and Sirius snuggled up together, Peter looking out the window, somewhere in outer space, and James talking animatedly to Remus and Sirius, completely unperturbed by how close they were sitting. Sirius dangled a chocolate front in front of Remus's nose teasingly only to pop it halfway into his own mouth. Remus laughed and turned around to steal the other half of it out of Sirius's mouth. With his teeth of course.
"MUSHY MUSHY!" James exclaimed, hiding behind his hands and laughing. Peter turned around at the outburst. He raised an eyebrow and shook his head in amusement. He didn't really care in the least what they were up to. It was just good they were happy. Now if only he could be happy…He sighed and returned to staring out the window.
Just then, as Remus and Sirius were parting, the door slammed open and who but that annoying twit of a brother should walk in. He seemed…furious.
He looked around before his eyes came to rest on Sirius, who was still very attached to Remus and figuring there was no point in moving now. The damage had been done. His ears were in mortal peril, but he'd rather be holding onto Remus than worrying about that. "YOU!" he half yelled, half hissed. "YOU…YOU AND YOUR STUPID FRIENDS…" The third year was so furious that he couldn't seem to get anything past his lips.
"Yes, us?" Sirius responded calmly, lifting an eyebrow at the bastard's speech difficulty. "What's the problem?" He inquired innocently.
"You know DAMN well what the problem is you…you…pouf!" He responded.
Sirius almost retaliated with some even nastier comment when he felt Remus's hand on his back. He resorted to the cool, calm, but internally furious approach. "Such lovely language." He said, voice dripping with sarcasm. "And no, I do NOT have any inkling as to what has you in such a fit."
"Where is my TRUNK?!?" Regulus replied, starting with that hiss and ending with a very loud shout. Sirius covered his ears. Regulus had defiantly inherited his mother's lung capacity.
"Right where it belongs." Remus quickly replied. "You just can't see it. Now piss off." Regulus turned to him and glared. Remus rolled his eyes and pulled out his wand. "You want to leave now?"
Regulus's eyes had expanded. Remus Lupin with a wand was scary. Everyone in Slytherin had been warned of that. And since they hadn't left Hogwarts yet, it was perfectly legitimate for Remus to use magic. The story was that he had cursed Snape on the train ride to Hogwarts in their first year. From the look in Remus's eyes, Regulus was suddenly inclined to believe the story. He backed out and slammed the door before stalking down the train to his compartment.
Sirius turned to Remus with an amused, but baffled expression. Remus just shrugged.
"Well Remus, it seems some people still have a healthy fear of you." James stated, laughing.
"Why would that be?" Remus looked extrememly confused. To all outward appearances he wasn't at all frightening.
"You don't remember hexing Snape before we even started school?" James asked in shock.
Peter laughed and jumped in. "Yeah, he was chasing me around and I ran in here. You knocked him cold without ever attending a class."
Remus and Sirius suddenly burst out laughing, remembering everyone's reaction.
"That's right!" Sirius added. "Then you refused to un-jinx him and made Malfoy drag him off to someone else." Sirius chuckled at the memory of Snape being drug around by the little blond haired twit. "He's so stupid. I can't believe anyone would want to date my COUSIN…" he added. He'd been quite shocked when he saw his younger cousin holding Malfoy's hand earlier that year.
Remus grinned. "As I recall, James. Your reaction was priceless."
James blushed and looked down. He'd sat and stared in shock for a good five minutes before he snapped out of it. "Yeah, ok, well, change of subject…" He said quickly. "Do you think England has any chance at getting into the World Cup this year?"
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Please James, you know their keeper couldn't block a quaffle to save his life!"
And the train ride continued with relative normalcy and a few quick kisses.
~*~
The train pulled up to King's Cross a few hours later and the students quickly departed for vacation. Sirius was walking out the door of their compartment when he felt a hard tug on his wrist. He stopped and turned to see Remus grinning at him. He didn't have a chance to think before Remus had pulled him into the corner behind the door and claimed his lips with his own. Sirius made happy little noises and pulled Remus closer to him, wrapping his arms around his waist and lightly tracing his fingers across his back. Remus responded in kind, holding onto Sirius as if his life depended on it. A few minutes later he breathlessly broke the kiss and stepped back. "We need to go now." He said, smiling.
"Of course my dear Moony." Sirius smiled and kissed Remus's cheek. "I'll think of you everyday and write as often as I can."
Remus smiled and burrowed his nose in Sirius's shoulder. "I love you."
"I love you too." Sirius replied, surprised he had no difficulties in saying the phrase he had never said in his life. "That's the first time I've said that." He calmly remarked, much to Remus's surprise. "But I think I'll being saying it a lot now. C'mon love." Sirius said, tugging on Remus's hand. "We really need to go now." The train was now almost empty. They quickly exited the train, only dropping hands when they absolutely had to.
Remus turned to him just before their separate ways. "I'll miss you love. Try and come see me?"
"I'll do my best." Sirius responded before turning with distaste towards his family. "Love you Moony." He whispered with a smile before running off to his parents.
~*~
The journey to Twelve Grimmauled Place had passed in complete silence, surprisingly. Sirius sighed, knowing the silence wouldn't last long, especially after what Regulus had seen on the train. The moment he told their mother, silence would be the last thing on anyone's mind.
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-Dinner time-
"Regulus, dear, how was Hogwarts this year?" Mrs. Black asked that night over dinner. Regulus smiled and nodded as he ate. "Did you behave yourself like a good boy?"
"Oh yes mother." He replied after having swallowed his food. "I've made friends with some good families. You know Narcissa is dating a Malfoy now? I think they look great together. Good ties for our family too." Mrs. Black smiled happily, much to Sirius's disgust.
"They must look charming together." Mrs. Black beamed before turning to Sirius. Her expression took a dive for the worst. "And you? Are you still friends with those…"
"YES." Sirius said forcefully. He didn't want to give her a chance to respond. Didn't want to hear what she was going to say about his best friends.
"And that…that…" She continued, unfazed by his interruption.
"Don't you dare say it, mother. He is my FRIEND." She glared at him.
"Oooo…" Regulus chose that moment to enter the conversation. "You'd never guess what I saw on the train today!" Regulus, the sick little bastard, was practically jumping with glee. Mrs. Black returned her attention to him, raising an eyebrow inquisitively. "I saw him and that Lupin boy with the Potter kid and that idiot Pettigrew…"
"Shut UP about my friends you little TWIT!" Sirius yelled, slamming his fists on the table and causing his glass to jump and fall over. Mrs. Black turned to him and glared again.
"You WILL be quite and letter your brother finish what he was saying!" She said hotly before waving her wand and cleaning up the mess he'd made. She then turned back to Regulus and nodded. Sirius tried, and failed, to suppress a low growl. His mother ignored him.
"Well, as I was saying, they were in this compartment, I went back to have a word with Sirius here to see him sitting rather closer than is necessary to that half-breed…"
"His NAME is Remus. I should think you would know that after you ran from the compartment!" Sirius was quickly losing control of his temper. Regretfull, so was his mother.
She turned to Sirius, far angrier than he'd ever seen her. "WHY were you sitting so close to a vile HALF-BREED?" She yelled.
Sirius rolled his eyes. He had ZERO patience for his family. "Why do you think?" he replied sarcastically. His mother nearly spat with fury.
"Are you SLEEPING WITH THAT…THAT…CREATURE?!?!"
'Oh boy, bye bye hearing…' Sirius thought, wincing at the volume before retorting angrily.
"NO! You stupid COW! I'm barely SIXTEEN! I am not sleeping with ANYONE! I am NOT Regulus!" He yelled, no longer caring what happened. He already knew it wasn't going to turn out well. Why delay the inevitable?
"THEN WHY?" Mrs. Black continued to yell, as Sirius supposed she would for a while.
"BECAUSE I LOVE HIM, DAMNIT!" Sirius was REALLY losing it now.
"I…I…" Sirius's mother stuttered, obviously taken aback. Regulus was enjoying himself to some extent. He wasn't exactly happy about the jab towards him, but otherwise, he found these fights rather…amusing. "I forbid you to do such a thing!"
Sirius laughed. "You will not." He stated, still laughing. "You can't forbid me from loving him."
"I can forbid you from seeing him though!" She retorted furiously.
"Oh I think not." Sirius responded. "Because I'm LEAVING. Sixteen years here is way too long. GOODBYE mother. I hope I never see you again as long as I live!" Sirius spat on the table and walked out of the room. He grabbed his trunk which was still by the door and drug it to the side of the road. He stuck out his wand and smiled as the Knight Bus came ricocheting down Grimmauled Place…
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The last week at Hogwarts passed faster than Sirius ever imagined was possible. Especially since he didn't want it to. He was going to be forced to face his mother. Again. And Regulus will have told her that he's still friends with the Marauders. Again. Regulus was the sole reason Sirius couldn't let anyone know about him and Remus. And he hated him for it. Hated every single moment of torture he gave him. All Sirius wanted was to be able to hold Remus's hand in the halls, kiss him when the professors weren't looking, stare openly at him, and act like how he felt. Instead, he had to pretend to the whole world that he and Remus were 'just friends'. All because Regulus was a stupid, pain in the arse git who would find out. He always found out anything Sirius was trying to hide from him, the dirty, sneaky, conniving, blabbing little bastard that he was. And he would blab, Sirius knew it. Such a wonderful opportunity could not be passed up. Regulus reveled in telling their mother every single thing he did that was 'wrong'. The thing Sirius hated most about his mother was that she had this unexplained, unfounded, and undying hatred for 'vile half-breeds'. That combined with the fact she knew Remus was a werewolf was not at all comforting. He got enough bullshit about being his friend, he didn't want to suffer the extreme hearing loss that would ensue if she knew they were more than that.
~*~
The prank went off without a hitch, as was to be expected. McGonagall had made a wonderful show of being furious and assigning them detention during the feast at the very beginning of the next year, but Sirius had seen the sparkle of amusement dancing in her eyes.
The marauders had retreated to the safety of their usual car and had made themselves comfortable, Remus and Sirius snuggled up together, Peter looking out the window, somewhere in outer space, and James talking animatedly to Remus and Sirius, completely unperturbed by how close they were sitting. Sirius dangled a chocolate front in front of Remus's nose teasingly only to pop it halfway into his own mouth. Remus laughed and turned around to steal the other half of it out of Sirius's mouth. With his teeth of course.
"MUSHY MUSHY!" James exclaimed, hiding behind his hands and laughing. Peter turned around at the outburst. He raised an eyebrow and shook his head in amusement. He didn't really care in the least what they were up to. It was just good they were happy. Now if only he could be happy…He sighed and returned to staring out the window.
Just then, as Remus and Sirius were parting, the door slammed open and who but that annoying twit of a brother should walk in. He seemed…furious.
He looked around before his eyes came to rest on Sirius, who was still very attached to Remus and figuring there was no point in moving now. The damage had been done. His ears were in mortal peril, but he'd rather be holding onto Remus than worrying about that. "YOU!" he half yelled, half hissed. "YOU…YOU AND YOUR STUPID FRIENDS…" The third year was so furious that he couldn't seem to get anything past his lips.
"Yes, us?" Sirius responded calmly, lifting an eyebrow at the bastard's speech difficulty. "What's the problem?" He inquired innocently.
"You know DAMN well what the problem is you…you…pouf!" He responded.
Sirius almost retaliated with some even nastier comment when he felt Remus's hand on his back. He resorted to the cool, calm, but internally furious approach. "Such lovely language." He said, voice dripping with sarcasm. "And no, I do NOT have any inkling as to what has you in such a fit."
"Where is my TRUNK?!?" Regulus replied, starting with that hiss and ending with a very loud shout. Sirius covered his ears. Regulus had defiantly inherited his mother's lung capacity.
"Right where it belongs." Remus quickly replied. "You just can't see it. Now piss off." Regulus turned to him and glared. Remus rolled his eyes and pulled out his wand. "You want to leave now?"
Regulus's eyes had expanded. Remus Lupin with a wand was scary. Everyone in Slytherin had been warned of that. And since they hadn't left Hogwarts yet, it was perfectly legitimate for Remus to use magic. The story was that he had cursed Snape on the train ride to Hogwarts in their first year. From the look in Remus's eyes, Regulus was suddenly inclined to believe the story. He backed out and slammed the door before stalking down the train to his compartment.
Sirius turned to Remus with an amused, but baffled expression. Remus just shrugged.
"Well Remus, it seems some people still have a healthy fear of you." James stated, laughing.
"Why would that be?" Remus looked extrememly confused. To all outward appearances he wasn't at all frightening.
"You don't remember hexing Snape before we even started school?" James asked in shock.
Peter laughed and jumped in. "Yeah, he was chasing me around and I ran in here. You knocked him cold without ever attending a class."
Remus and Sirius suddenly burst out laughing, remembering everyone's reaction.
"That's right!" Sirius added. "Then you refused to un-jinx him and made Malfoy drag him off to someone else." Sirius chuckled at the memory of Snape being drug around by the little blond haired twit. "He's so stupid. I can't believe anyone would want to date my COUSIN…" he added. He'd been quite shocked when he saw his younger cousin holding Malfoy's hand earlier that year.
Remus grinned. "As I recall, James. Your reaction was priceless."
James blushed and looked down. He'd sat and stared in shock for a good five minutes before he snapped out of it. "Yeah, ok, well, change of subject…" He said quickly. "Do you think England has any chance at getting into the World Cup this year?"
Sirius rolled his eyes. "Please James, you know their keeper couldn't block a quaffle to save his life!"
And the train ride continued with relative normalcy and a few quick kisses.
~*~
The train pulled up to King's Cross a few hours later and the students quickly departed for vacation. Sirius was walking out the door of their compartment when he felt a hard tug on his wrist. He stopped and turned to see Remus grinning at him. He didn't have a chance to think before Remus had pulled him into the corner behind the door and claimed his lips with his own. Sirius made happy little noises and pulled Remus closer to him, wrapping his arms around his waist and lightly tracing his fingers across his back. Remus responded in kind, holding onto Sirius as if his life depended on it. A few minutes later he breathlessly broke the kiss and stepped back. "We need to go now." He said, smiling.
"Of course my dear Moony." Sirius smiled and kissed Remus's cheek. "I'll think of you everyday and write as often as I can."
Remus smiled and burrowed his nose in Sirius's shoulder. "I love you."
"I love you too." Sirius replied, surprised he had no difficulties in saying the phrase he had never said in his life. "That's the first time I've said that." He calmly remarked, much to Remus's surprise. "But I think I'll being saying it a lot now. C'mon love." Sirius said, tugging on Remus's hand. "We really need to go now." The train was now almost empty. They quickly exited the train, only dropping hands when they absolutely had to.
Remus turned to him just before their separate ways. "I'll miss you love. Try and come see me?"
"I'll do my best." Sirius responded before turning with distaste towards his family. "Love you Moony." He whispered with a smile before running off to his parents.
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The journey to Twelve Grimmauled Place had passed in complete silence, surprisingly. Sirius sighed, knowing the silence wouldn't last long, especially after what Regulus had seen on the train. The moment he told their mother, silence would be the last thing on anyone's mind.
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-Dinner time-
"Regulus, dear, how was Hogwarts this year?" Mrs. Black asked that night over dinner. Regulus smiled and nodded as he ate. "Did you behave yourself like a good boy?"
"Oh yes mother." He replied after having swallowed his food. "I've made friends with some good families. You know Narcissa is dating a Malfoy now? I think they look great together. Good ties for our family too." Mrs. Black smiled happily, much to Sirius's disgust.
"They must look charming together." Mrs. Black beamed before turning to Sirius. Her expression took a dive for the worst. "And you? Are you still friends with those…"
"YES." Sirius said forcefully. He didn't want to give her a chance to respond. Didn't want to hear what she was going to say about his best friends.
"And that…that…" She continued, unfazed by his interruption.
"Don't you dare say it, mother. He is my FRIEND." She glared at him.
"Oooo…" Regulus chose that moment to enter the conversation. "You'd never guess what I saw on the train today!" Regulus, the sick little bastard, was practically jumping with glee. Mrs. Black returned her attention to him, raising an eyebrow inquisitively. "I saw him and that Lupin boy with the Potter kid and that idiot Pettigrew…"
"Shut UP about my friends you little TWIT!" Sirius yelled, slamming his fists on the table and causing his glass to jump and fall over. Mrs. Black turned to him and glared again.
"You WILL be quite and letter your brother finish what he was saying!" She said hotly before waving her wand and cleaning up the mess he'd made. She then turned back to Regulus and nodded. Sirius tried, and failed, to suppress a low growl. His mother ignored him.
"Well, as I was saying, they were in this compartment, I went back to have a word with Sirius here to see him sitting rather closer than is necessary to that half-breed…"
"His NAME is Remus. I should think you would know that after you ran from the compartment!" Sirius was quickly losing control of his temper. Regretfull, so was his mother.
She turned to Sirius, far angrier than he'd ever seen her. "WHY were you sitting so close to a vile HALF-BREED?" She yelled.
Sirius rolled his eyes. He had ZERO patience for his family. "Why do you think?" he replied sarcastically. His mother nearly spat with fury.
"Are you SLEEPING WITH THAT…THAT…CREATURE?!?!"
'Oh boy, bye bye hearing…' Sirius thought, wincing at the volume before retorting angrily.
"NO! You stupid COW! I'm barely SIXTEEN! I am not sleeping with ANYONE! I am NOT Regulus!" He yelled, no longer caring what happened. He already knew it wasn't going to turn out well. Why delay the inevitable?
"THEN WHY?" Mrs. Black continued to yell, as Sirius supposed she would for a while.
"BECAUSE I LOVE HIM, DAMNIT!" Sirius was REALLY losing it now.
"I…I…" Sirius's mother stuttered, obviously taken aback. Regulus was enjoying himself to some extent. He wasn't exactly happy about the jab towards him, but otherwise, he found these fights rather…amusing. "I forbid you to do such a thing!"
Sirius laughed. "You will not." He stated, still laughing. "You can't forbid me from loving him."
"I can forbid you from seeing him though!" She retorted furiously.
"Oh I think not." Sirius responded. "Because I'm LEAVING. Sixteen years here is way too long. GOODBYE mother. I hope I never see you again as long as I live!" Sirius spat on the table and walked out of the room. He grabbed his trunk which was still by the door and drug it to the side of the road. He stuck out his wand and smiled as the Knight Bus came ricocheting down Grimmauled Place…
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