To State the Obvious

**SLASH WARNING!** This story does contain slash in it. So please do not continue if you do not like it.

"As you journey through life, take a minute every now and then to give thought for the other fellow. He could be plotting something."

This fic is dedicated to some of my friends who actually got me to read slash and love it!

Ch1. Matchmaker

"Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match. Find me a find, catch me a catch. Matchmaker, matchmaker, look through your book And make me a perfect match.

Matchmaker, matchmaker, I'll bring the veil. You bring the groom, slender and pale. Bring me a ring, for I'm longing to be The envy of all I see." -Matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof

Sirius Black looked to see if the coast was clear.

"All right Padfoot what do you want?" Remus asked annoyed.

"Can't you see?"

"That's what I have eyes for, Sirius."

"Har Har." Sirius mocked him, "Can't you see the chemistry between Lily and James? They have this love-hate thing going on. I swear they are perfect for each other."

"So when did you figure this out Sirius?" Remus asked rolling his eyes.

"You've known and you haven't talked to Lily about it? I thought you were one of her closest friends." Sirius looked at Remus with a worried glance.

"I am but I don't see what the big deal is. They've been like this for what, four years?" he crossed his arms and sat down on one of the buckets in the broom closet they were hiding in.

"So we have to be good friends and get them together." Sirius whispered exasperated at how calmly Remus was taking this.

"Look Sirius, I don't like to play matchmaker, it only leads to trouble." He knew all too well, remembering the time he tried to hook Sirius and Lily together, only to get locked in a classroom with Snape for an hour.

"Please Moony..." Sirius pleaded.

Remus looked at him, compassion and a lust for happiness behind Sirius' eyes. If it made Sirius happy to make others happy, Remus didn't see the harm in this.

"Fine. But how did you get all in to this notion anyway?"

Sirius smiled mischievously, knowing Remus would ask him this and anxiously waiting until the tie he could boast in his cleverness. "James asked me to meet him at the portrait of Uric the Oddball on the fifth floor at the beginning of lunch. So when I went to meet him I was surprised to hear shouting. I looked around the corner to see James and Lily shouting at each other." He cleared his throat and began to act out the scene.

"Lily was all read in the face and shouted, 'Oh Yea Potter! I wouldn't go out with you if you were the last man on earth! I'd rather go out with- with- Severus Snape!' Well we know that hit hard with James so he shouted, 'Well, don't worry because if anyone tried to hook us up they'd win the Nobel Prize for Pure Stupidness.' And that's why I'm here." Sirius smiled at him.

Remus raised an eyebrow at the boy, "You do know that 'stupidness' is not a word, let alone a category for a Nobel Prize, right?"

"I'm not that daft Moony! I just figure it as a challenge." Sirius stated with utmost confidence.

"Did you ever figure it as an impossible challenge?"

"Nothing's impossible Remus."

"Ok... fall in love with Snivellus." He commanded.

"Possible, but definitely improbable." Sirius answered, with quite a look of disgust on his face.

Remus threw his head back and laughed, "So what are we going to do then?"

"Hook James and Lily up of course. That's what I've been talking about for the last five minutes!" Sirius said rolling his eyes.

"I know that, but what's the plan?"

"Hm...." Sirius rested his chin on his fist in thought, "I know, ok we can make them think that we secretly like each other, so they will actually work together to try and hook us up, but all that time together surely has to let them realize their love for one another. All we have to do is play along, and when they try to get us together go with it, but find some excuse last minute."

"Why do I feel like this is a bad idea?" Remus questioned himself.

"It's perfect! I'm a genius!" He kissed Remus squarely on the lips in excitement and abruptly left to go find James and drop fake hints of his "love" for Remus.

Remus watched him go. Now, I know both Sirius and I are gay, but I think this is taking it too far, using our gayness to put a couple together... What's the world coming to?

A/N: Thanks to all the inspiring writers out there and to all who have to deal with my Harry Potter Obsession. I love you guys!