Chapter five – Trying to tell him
"Hey Sirius, you know what I forgot about?" James asked Monday morning during breakfast. "What?" Sirius asked after taking a big bite of his toast. "You never did your dare" James replied. "Oh, I thought you had forgotten about that" Sirius said.
"I had until now" James replied with a smirk. "Well, I would do it but it's an old dare" Sirius said coolly. "It was only a couple of days ago! Besides, I dare you again" James said, wondering how Sirius was going to get himself out of this one. "Fine, I'll do it. Where is Snivellus?" Sirius asked.
"Over there" replied James, pointing to the doors of the Great Hall. "Ok, wish me luck" Sirius said before standing. James made sure the other Gryffindors nearby were watching as Sirius made his way over to Snape.
"Hello there Severus" Sirius said politely. Severus eyed his suspiciously. "What's got into you Black?" he snarled. "Oh nothing really" Sirius said, edging closer to him. Before Severus knew what was going to happen, Sirius hit him playfully across his ass.
"Oooh I am sorry" Sirius said whilst the Gryffindors roared with laughter. "Kinky little bugger aren't I?" Severus walked away quickly with an angry expression on his face. "Well done mate. That was a classic!" James said to Sirius as he took his seat next to him.
Even Sirius thought it had been quite funny. He looked up at Remus and noticed that he was not laughing along with the others and seemed to stabbing his egg with his fork a little bit more than was necessary.
The morning went by as normal and people were still laughing over the incident at breakfast. Remus however, still seemed rather upset about it. The marauders and a few over Gryffindors were found at lunchtime on the outskirts of the forbidden forest.
They would never go in of course in broad daylight but it was a nice dark place to talk. "I still can't believe what you did at breakfast, Sirius. I'd never have the guts to go anywhere near Snape's ass" Tylon said. "I did have to wash my hands a lot afterwards but I think it was worth it" Sirius replied with a cheeky smile.
"I've got to go" Remus said quietly, standing up and leaving quickly. Sirius watched him leave and felt rather confused. "Sirius, I need to talk to you" James said in an undertone whilst the others were talking and laughing.
"Ok, see you later Peter. I've got to talk to James for a minute" Sirius said. But Peter merely nodded and seemed to be more interested in the 5th year girl who was talking to him. She had brown curly hair and bright blue eyes. Sirius laughed to himself and followed James away from the crowd.
"I think you've upset Remus" James said to Sirius when they were out of earshot of everyone else. "How?" Sirius asked, confused. "I think it's a bit obvious Sirius, you saw how jealous he looked when you finished your dare" James said.
Sirius' stomach fluttered pleasantly. Jealous? Remus was jealous? Did that mean he liked him? "Jealous…" Sirius repeated blankly. "Yes Sirius. I think you need to tell him quickly how you feel" James said. "But you've got to tell Lily first" Sirius replied.
"This is more important. I'll tell Lily after you tell Remus" James replied. "How do I know you will?" Sirius asked. "You're just going to have to trust me on this one" James replied. "Ok, I'll try and tell him" Sirius said.
After lunch was over, the marauders made their way to Care of Magical Creatures. Today they were studying Streeler's. Streeler's are giant snails that change colour on an hourly basis and its venom has the ability to kill Horklumps.
"When are you going to do it?" James asked Sirius whilst he was feeding his Streeler. "When the moment is right" replied Sirius. Truthfully, Sirius didn't think any moment would be right, he just said that to shut James up. Unfortunately, it didn't work.
"I think you should ask him to meet you somewhere, then you can tell him privately" James said. "Ok, fine. Where would you suggest?" Sirius asked. "How about the Astronomy tower" James suggested. "You've been thinking about this haven't you?" Sirius asked with a smirk.
"Well, I have actually. But you can't expect me to listen during Potions can you? What else am I supposed to do?" James replied. Sirius laughed quietly. "I'll ask Remus to meet me at the Astronomy tower after dinner tonight. Happy?" Sirius asked. "Very" James replied.
What the two of them didn't notice was that a certain Slytherin with greasy, black hair had been listening to their conversation and had plans of his own…
Sirius entered the Great Hall for dinner and took a seat next to Remus. "Um Rem…" Sirius began quietly. Remus looked up and studied Sirius curiously. "Yes?" he asked. "Could you… um, meet me at the Astronomy tower tonight at about eight?" Sirius asked nervously.
"Yeah sure, but can I ask why?" Remus said, trying to hide how happy he felt that Sirius wanted to meet him in private. "I just need to talk to about something. It's quite important" Sirius replied. "Ok" Remus said and he ate his dinner feeling relatively happier than he had all day.
"I'm going to the library. See you later" Remus said, standing. "See you Moony" James said. Once Remus had left the Great Hall, Sirius turned to James. He was about to say something when he realised Peter was still there. "Oooh there's Penny. See you guys later" Peter said, standing and walking over to his new 'friend'.
"Ah good he's gone" Sirius said. "Oh that's friendly Padfoot" James said, laughing slightly. "No, I don't mean it like that. I need to talk to you" Sirius said. "Ok, what is it?" James asked, even though he already knew what it would be about.
"I'm meeting Remus in about 45 minutes and I'm scared shitless" Sirius replied. James laughed at his comment. "It's not funny" Sirius said, blushing slightly. This made James laugh even more.
"Yes it is. I never thought I'd see the day when Sirius Black, Hogwarts biggest flirt, would be scared to ask someone out" James said. "Well I am. My stomach feels like it's in knots. I don't like this feeling" Sirius replied.
"Just try and calm yourself down and you'll feel better" James replied. "No I won't! Why did I ask to meet Moony? What on earth am I going to say to him?" Sirius questioned. "How about: Hi Remus, I just want to tell you that I'm in l-" James began but was stopped mid sentence when Sirius put a hand over his mouth.
"Ssh, someone might hear you" Sirius said, removing his hand. "Ok, ok. But haven't you planned what you're going to say?" James asked. "Not really" Sirius replied, running a hand through his silky black hair. "I'm sure I'll think of something when I get there" he added.
Remus sat in the library trying to read but he could barely concentrate on what he was reading. He really wanted to know what Sirius wanted to talk to him about. It could be hardly anything but then why would he want to see him in private?
Remus looked around the deserted library. He guessed that people were still in the Great Hall or in their common rooms. Remus visited the library often but it was a rare occasion that he was all by himself. Usually Severus would be here as well. 'I wonder where he is…' Remus thought to himself.
At quarter to eight, Sirius made his way to the Astronomy tower and arrived to see Remus wasn't there yet. He paced up and down quietly, knowing that if a teacher saw him, he'd most likely get detention for loitering. About five minutes later, Remus appeared and Sirius felt the same weird feeling he had felt earlier.
"Hey Rem" Sirius said nervously. "Hi" Remus replied, walking closer to him. "What did you want to talk to me about?" Remus asked. "Well… I, um… I" Sirius stuttered. 'I knew I should have planned what to say' Sirius thought angrily. Sirius looked up into Remus' beautiful amber eyes.
That's when he knew. Remus was perfect for him and now it was the perfect time to tell him. "Remus, for a while now I've-" Sirius was cut off short when a panting Tylon appeared in front of them.
"There you are! I've been looking for you everywhere" Tylon said, looking at Remus. "Why? What is it?" Remus asked, slightly annoyed at what Tylon had interrupted. "Someone broke into our dorm room and trashed all your things. It must have been a Slytherin or something because who else would do that?" Tylon said.
"But they don't know our password" Sirius said. "They must have watched someone enter earlier today or something. You'd better come quick Remus; your bed's a big mess".
Remus looked at Sirius and did not want to leave without finding out what he wanted to tell him. Sirius however, felt as though the moment was ruined. "You go ahead. I'll talk to you another time" Sirius said, disappointment visible in his tone. "Are you sure?" Remus asked, hoping he wasn't. "Yeah go on" Sirius replied. Tylon and Remus hurried back and Sirius sighed.
'I was so close to telling him. Damn that person who wrecked Remus' room' Sirius thought as he made his way back to the common room. In the shadows lurked a smiling Severus Snape who seemed very happy at the interruption.
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A/N: Hi! Hope you enjoyed that chapter, sorry it wasn't very long but hopefully the next one will be longer. Please keep reviewing and I'll update as soon as I can.