Chapter 2
The Dance
A week later, the morning of the Christmas dances. The Marauders and Simon sat in the Great hall, enjoying a wonderful Christmas brunch. The only one who didn't seem to be fully enjoying it was Sirius, who gave an enormous yawn.
He hadn't slept well. He kept thinking of how awful it was going to be watching his Remus dancing with Simon dancing, knowing that could have been him... When Remus had come out, he had made it quite clear, that he found Sirius attractive.
Sirius had stayed up half the night watching Remus sleep, and fought the temptation to lay next him.
He had been too preoccupied with staring at Remus, he didn't realize he had poured pumpkin juice in his porridge. James laughed at Sirius' look of disgust when he took a bite. Simon seemed to notice Sirius' interest in Remus, but said nothing.
The day came and went and before Sirius knew it, students were clearing out of the common room eager to get to the dance.
"Are you ready yet? I've got a beautiful girl waiting." James said, While he and Peter waited by the door. Remus had left half an hour earlier to meet up with Simon. Still debating whether or not he really wanted to go or not, he took a deep breath and ran a comb threw his hair.
"Alright lets go." Sirius said looking at his glum reflection in the mirror.
"Well don't get to excited!" James joked. "What's up?"
Sirius shrugged and led the way out the door into the noisy common room. "I know what's wrong." James said, making Sirius stop and turned towards him looking apprehensive. Had he been that obvious? "We haven't jinxed Snivellus in almost two weeks!" He placed a hand on his shoulder and said in an understanding voice. "I know how that must be for you!"
Sirius laughed relieved. "You know that must be it. And he's probable crushed about it! We must schedule a jinx in by midnight!" They all laughed. Maybe jinxing Snivellus would take his mind off of Remus.
"I don't think Snivellus will go to the dance." Peter piped in. They walked though the portrait hole, temporally separated as a group of 4th and 5th years walk out to.
"Yeah you're probable right." James said, sounding slightly put out. "Well there's always tomorrow! This will give us more time to make a decent plan."
What about the Doxy in his backpack..." Sirius thought aloud. We never actually did that. The greatest idea wormtail has ever come up with!" Peter smiled shyly.
They walked down the marble staircase. They could hear the music pouring out of the Great Hall as student rushed in. The hall looked very festive, the Christmas decorations danced in the light of the floating candles. The house tables were no where to be seen, instead there were smaller round tables set around the room. The band of two witches and three wizards were set up where the teaches table usually sat.
"Excuse me gentlemen, but in have a lady waiting for me." James said, flashing a smile at his friends, and walked through the crowd and out of sight.
"Shall we sit?" Peter asked, looking around for a vacant table.
Sirius nodded, also looking around. He spotted Remus sitting alone at a table across the room. He automatically went to go sit with him. Peter followed. As they made their way though the crowd, James caught Sirius' eye and winked at him while dancing with Lily.
"Hey!" Sirius said, sitting down across from Remus.
"Hey!" He replied smiling
"Where's Simon?" Peter asked
"Oh...He went to go get drinks...," Remus said. He looked a bit nerves, and he bit his lip. "I don't think he going to want to be with me much longer..." Sirius and Peter both gave his puzzled looks. Remus took a deep breath. "Well...the full moon is coming up. I don't know how he'll react, when I tell him I'm a werewolf." Remus saw the concern sparkling in Sirius' eyes, which made him smile.
"You mean you haven't told him yet?" Peter asked, breaking Remus' and Sirius' brief eye contact.
Remus quickly looked around; making sure Simon wasn't in earshot. "Well we've only been together for a week." He said, and glanced at Sirius to see his reaction but his expression was impassive. "Then if I do tell him...and he leaves me...he might tell someone! I'll be out of school in a second!"
The thought of Remus having to leave made Sirius' stomach turn! He didn't know if he could bare it if he left. "Well if you are going to tell him, here's your chance!" He said gazing though the crowd. "Here he comes!"
Remus turned in his chair and found Simon walking towards them, with two butterbeers in his hands. Simon looked between Remus and Sirius before sitting down.
"Hey Simon." Sirius said not quite meeting his eye. He felt bad now for setting them up, because now he wanted to have Remus for himself. But if Remus was happy...
"Hi! I guess I didn't get enough drinks!" Simon said. Remus took his drink and as he drank he stared at Sirius from over his cup.
Just then James came and sat next to Sirius. "Whoa!" He exclaimed. "That girl can dance! Sirius why aren't you out their? That Hufflepuff girl has been watching you!"
Sirius just shrugged. Then he began to wonder if he was always gay! Now that he thought about it, he'd never liked girls the way every guy did!
"Shall we dance?" Simon asked Remus as the music slowed, pulling Sirius from his thoughts.
"Oh...yeah ok!" Remus said. His eyes flashed toward Sirius as he took Simons hand. Sirius didn't take his eyes off of Remus as Simon led him out to the dance floor and they began to dance.
"I knew it!" James said, smiling
"What?" Sirius asked turning toward him and taking Remus' empty cup in his hand.
"You have a crush on Moony!" James sang.
Sirius opened his mouth to argue but found he couldn't. He simply nodded.
"Then why go though the trouble of setting them up?" James asked.
"I don't know." Sirius said. He looked though the crowd and leaned back in his chair a bit, to get a better view of Remus. Remus looked rather confused, while Simon spoke to him with a small smile on his face. Simon turned quickly around when Simon looked at him. "I think Simon knows!" He said
"What's he doing?" Peter said, watching to couple.
Sirius and James both looked around and saw Simon kiss Remus' on the cheek and walk away, to dance with someone else. Remus was left alone on the dance floor. Instead of going back to the table, he went to stand by the wall.
Without a word to his friends, Sirius stood up and followed him. Remus was leaning against the wall, but when he saw Sirius coming he straighten up. He held out his hand to him and he took it. Sirius led him to the middle of the dance floor, and twirled Remus toward him. Remus wrapped his arms around his neck, and began twirling Sirius' hair in his fingers. Sirius pulled him closer until he could feel his heartbeat in rhythm with his on his chest.
It was now or never Sirius thought. He put his mouth up to his ear and whispered "What happened with Simon?"
"He knew I liked someone else." Remus said "And knew that person like me too!"
"Can I tell you something?" Sirius said starting to get nerves. Remus nodded. Sirius pulled back slightly so he was looking Remus in the eye. "I love you"
At first Remus only stared, then a smile broke across his face making his eyes sparkle. Then he leaned forward and placed his lips on Sirius. Sirius closed his eyes and felt Remus' tongue slid in his mouth. He couldn't tell if the room was spinning or just his head. And all to soon Remus broke away, looking deeply in his eyes. "I love you." Remus replied.
Ok that's all! I don't want to mess up the moment by rambling! Hope you liked it!
The Dance
A week later, the morning of the Christmas dances. The Marauders and Simon sat in the Great hall, enjoying a wonderful Christmas brunch. The only one who didn't seem to be fully enjoying it was Sirius, who gave an enormous yawn.
He hadn't slept well. He kept thinking of how awful it was going to be watching his Remus dancing with Simon dancing, knowing that could have been him... When Remus had come out, he had made it quite clear, that he found Sirius attractive.
Sirius had stayed up half the night watching Remus sleep, and fought the temptation to lay next him.
He had been too preoccupied with staring at Remus, he didn't realize he had poured pumpkin juice in his porridge. James laughed at Sirius' look of disgust when he took a bite. Simon seemed to notice Sirius' interest in Remus, but said nothing.
The day came and went and before Sirius knew it, students were clearing out of the common room eager to get to the dance.
"Are you ready yet? I've got a beautiful girl waiting." James said, While he and Peter waited by the door. Remus had left half an hour earlier to meet up with Simon. Still debating whether or not he really wanted to go or not, he took a deep breath and ran a comb threw his hair.
"Alright lets go." Sirius said looking at his glum reflection in the mirror.
"Well don't get to excited!" James joked. "What's up?"
Sirius shrugged and led the way out the door into the noisy common room. "I know what's wrong." James said, making Sirius stop and turned towards him looking apprehensive. Had he been that obvious? "We haven't jinxed Snivellus in almost two weeks!" He placed a hand on his shoulder and said in an understanding voice. "I know how that must be for you!"
Sirius laughed relieved. "You know that must be it. And he's probable crushed about it! We must schedule a jinx in by midnight!" They all laughed. Maybe jinxing Snivellus would take his mind off of Remus.
"I don't think Snivellus will go to the dance." Peter piped in. They walked though the portrait hole, temporally separated as a group of 4th and 5th years walk out to.
"Yeah you're probable right." James said, sounding slightly put out. "Well there's always tomorrow! This will give us more time to make a decent plan."
What about the Doxy in his backpack..." Sirius thought aloud. We never actually did that. The greatest idea wormtail has ever come up with!" Peter smiled shyly.
They walked down the marble staircase. They could hear the music pouring out of the Great Hall as student rushed in. The hall looked very festive, the Christmas decorations danced in the light of the floating candles. The house tables were no where to be seen, instead there were smaller round tables set around the room. The band of two witches and three wizards were set up where the teaches table usually sat.
"Excuse me gentlemen, but in have a lady waiting for me." James said, flashing a smile at his friends, and walked through the crowd and out of sight.
"Shall we sit?" Peter asked, looking around for a vacant table.
Sirius nodded, also looking around. He spotted Remus sitting alone at a table across the room. He automatically went to go sit with him. Peter followed. As they made their way though the crowd, James caught Sirius' eye and winked at him while dancing with Lily.
"Hey!" Sirius said, sitting down across from Remus.
"Hey!" He replied smiling
"Where's Simon?" Peter asked
"Oh...He went to go get drinks...," Remus said. He looked a bit nerves, and he bit his lip. "I don't think he going to want to be with me much longer..." Sirius and Peter both gave his puzzled looks. Remus took a deep breath. "Well...the full moon is coming up. I don't know how he'll react, when I tell him I'm a werewolf." Remus saw the concern sparkling in Sirius' eyes, which made him smile.
"You mean you haven't told him yet?" Peter asked, breaking Remus' and Sirius' brief eye contact.
Remus quickly looked around; making sure Simon wasn't in earshot. "Well we've only been together for a week." He said, and glanced at Sirius to see his reaction but his expression was impassive. "Then if I do tell him...and he leaves me...he might tell someone! I'll be out of school in a second!"
The thought of Remus having to leave made Sirius' stomach turn! He didn't know if he could bare it if he left. "Well if you are going to tell him, here's your chance!" He said gazing though the crowd. "Here he comes!"
Remus turned in his chair and found Simon walking towards them, with two butterbeers in his hands. Simon looked between Remus and Sirius before sitting down.
"Hey Simon." Sirius said not quite meeting his eye. He felt bad now for setting them up, because now he wanted to have Remus for himself. But if Remus was happy...
"Hi! I guess I didn't get enough drinks!" Simon said. Remus took his drink and as he drank he stared at Sirius from over his cup.
Just then James came and sat next to Sirius. "Whoa!" He exclaimed. "That girl can dance! Sirius why aren't you out their? That Hufflepuff girl has been watching you!"
Sirius just shrugged. Then he began to wonder if he was always gay! Now that he thought about it, he'd never liked girls the way every guy did!
"Shall we dance?" Simon asked Remus as the music slowed, pulling Sirius from his thoughts.
"Oh...yeah ok!" Remus said. His eyes flashed toward Sirius as he took Simons hand. Sirius didn't take his eyes off of Remus as Simon led him out to the dance floor and they began to dance.
"I knew it!" James said, smiling
"What?" Sirius asked turning toward him and taking Remus' empty cup in his hand.
"You have a crush on Moony!" James sang.
Sirius opened his mouth to argue but found he couldn't. He simply nodded.
"Then why go though the trouble of setting them up?" James asked.
"I don't know." Sirius said. He looked though the crowd and leaned back in his chair a bit, to get a better view of Remus. Remus looked rather confused, while Simon spoke to him with a small smile on his face. Simon turned quickly around when Simon looked at him. "I think Simon knows!" He said
"What's he doing?" Peter said, watching to couple.
Sirius and James both looked around and saw Simon kiss Remus' on the cheek and walk away, to dance with someone else. Remus was left alone on the dance floor. Instead of going back to the table, he went to stand by the wall.
Without a word to his friends, Sirius stood up and followed him. Remus was leaning against the wall, but when he saw Sirius coming he straighten up. He held out his hand to him and he took it. Sirius led him to the middle of the dance floor, and twirled Remus toward him. Remus wrapped his arms around his neck, and began twirling Sirius' hair in his fingers. Sirius pulled him closer until he could feel his heartbeat in rhythm with his on his chest.
It was now or never Sirius thought. He put his mouth up to his ear and whispered "What happened with Simon?"
"He knew I liked someone else." Remus said "And knew that person like me too!"
"Can I tell you something?" Sirius said starting to get nerves. Remus nodded. Sirius pulled back slightly so he was looking Remus in the eye. "I love you"
At first Remus only stared, then a smile broke across his face making his eyes sparkle. Then he leaned forward and placed his lips on Sirius. Sirius closed his eyes and felt Remus' tongue slid in his mouth. He couldn't tell if the room was spinning or just his head. And all to soon Remus broke away, looking deeply in his eyes. "I love you." Remus replied.
Ok that's all! I don't want to mess up the moment by rambling! Hope you liked it!