A Twist of Events

By IsisFireDancer

DISCLAIMER: I own nothing, this fic is slash so if you don't like it, don't bother reading it. Whatever. Hope you all feel better than I do right now. I'm experimenting with new POVs, so yeah... I probably won't change that but if you don't like it, feel free to complain. Enjoy...

CHAPTER 2: Secrets

SIRIUS POV

I felt really strange after my fight with Remus. We've never fought before and I'm curious as to why we have to now. What's he keeping from me from us? I don't know what to do next.

Why am I the only person he can't tell? It's got to be something to do with me. But I can't get him to talk to me about it because he is so stubborn. I'll have to talk to James about this, see if he can talk to Remus.

I sighed and decided to go and find him now, I don't want this fight to become a full-blown war between us two, it would ruin our friendship.

After a brief search of the dorm, I found James in the common room. He was sitting in the armchair nearest the fire, probably daydreaming about Lily.

"Hey," I said, sitting down in a chair opposite James. He jumped in surprise at the sound of my voice.

"Hey," he said, studying me for a second. "Are you alright mate? You look a bit rough."

"I had this huge fight with Remus last night," I said, sighing. "And I don't even know what it was all about."

"What do you mean?" asked James, looking clearly puzzled now.

"Have you noticed that he's been acting really strange lately?" I asked, pausing for a moment whilst James nodded. "Well, I confronted him about it last night."

"What did he say?"

"He completely freaked out on me. And I got really frustrated. We ended up in a shouting match; it wasn't like Remus at all! Anyway, he said some stuff about me being the only person he can't tell. I just don't get it."

James sat back in his chair. I could almost see the cogs going round in his brain as he tried to digest all the information he'd just been given.

"What do you think?" I asked, feeling a little helpless. I just didn't understand any of this. "Can you talk to him? I really need to understand this."

"I can try to talk to him. But, at the moment, I'm just as puzzled as you about this whole thing," admitted James, pulling himself out of his armchair.

JAMES POV

I thought about everything Sirius had just told me as I got up and walked out of he common room. This wasn't like Remus. But he had been acting strangely for a while now.

Before talking to Remus, I decided to find somewhere to think about this whole thing. I couldn't go to the Great Hall-it was too noisy. Remus would probably be in the library, so I decided to visit the Room of Requirement.

I thought about the ideal room that I could use to think about this whole thing, and it appeared. I entered. It was nothing special, with nothing to distract me.

I sat on the chair in front of the fire and began to think. But how exactly do you begin to think about what to say to your friend who's been acting really strangely?

It would require me to be delicate about everything. I didn't want Remus to storm off or get into with me. The problem was, I'm generally not that good at delicate.

I sighed. This could take some time. I settled down in the chair and stared into the heart of the fire for inspiration.

OK. New plan. What would Lily do? She was good at all this talking about sensitive subjects.

I grabbed the piece of parchment and quill that had appeared on the table next to my chair. I started scribbling down any ideas that came to mind.

A while later, the page was considerably fuller and I decided to take my ideas to Lily and check that I hadn't written anything stupid by accident.

I eventually found Lily outside, sitting under a tree with some friends. They instantly began giggling as I approached. Ugh. Why do girls giggle?

"Hi," I said, walking over to them. More giggling. I internally roll my eyes. "Can I speak to you for a second Lily?"

"Sure," she said, beaming at me. I lead her away from her gaggle of giggling friends to a spot where we can talk without anyone hearing us. "So, what exactly is it that you want? And why all the secrecy?"

I sit her down next to me and begin to explain the whole situation. From the row between Sirius and Remus to my ideas about her being good at talking about 'that kind of stuff.'

"So what do you think?" I asked, handing her the crumpled piece of parchment. I watch her eyes scan the surface quickly. "Well?"

"Listen, James, what you've one is really great but I think I should talk to him," she said, smiling at me.

"I think that would make more sense," I said, internally breathing a sigh of relief. "I would have probably mucked it up anyway."

"I still think it's really sweet of you for trying," she said, giving me a peck on the cheek. "I better go see if I can find Remus then."

"Try the library," I said, knowing that this was Remus' haven. "He's almost always up there."

"You took the thought right out of my head," she said, kissing me lightly on the nose and getting up. "I'll meet you in the common room later and tell you how it goes, OK?"

"OK. See you later," I said hoping that Lily could sort this whole mess out. Or at least help us on our way.

REMUS POV

I got up extra early today. It didn't matter; I hadn't had any sleep anyway. I just lay there crying.

I dressed quickly and breakfasted alone. Then I headed to the familiarity of the library to find a book to lose myself and my feelings in.

I picked up a book on transfigurations and sat in the corner, by a window. I opened the volume and began to read.

It took me several minutes to realise that I'd been reading the same sentence over and over again. I sighed, trying to squash my feelings and throw them out of the window.

I gave up on reading and took to staring out of the window, letting my thoughts swamp me and take over my mind.

I drifted off into my dream world where everything was good and there were no problems or prejudices. I imagined kissing Sirius, running my hands through that ebony mane of hair, feeling his skin on mine...

I was brought back to reality when a small drop of warm water fell onto the back of my hand. I stared at it for a moment, bringing my hand to my face. Crystal droplets cascaded down my cheek and over my fingertips. I took my hand away and stared at the moisture.

I closed my eyes, not trying to stem the flow of tears down my face, and tried to imagine what the world would be like if I wasn't in love with Sirius.

I opened my eyes. I couldn't do it. Sirius was a part of my life and so was my love for him. It was my destiny to love this man and I shouldn't run away from it.

Maybe I was wrong; Sirius was the one person I should tell. He needed to know. Our friendship was already on breaking point because of this fight-why shouldn't I resolve it all and tell him why I'd been acting so differently?

But I knew that it wasn't really that simple. You don't just march up to your best friend of he same sex and stick your tongue down their throat, tell them you love them and hope that everything will turn out alright.

I soon returned to staring out of the window and crying, lost in a world of fantasies and feelings. The real world wasn't what I wanted, so I ignored it. I didn't care how much time had passed or what had happened in that amount of time.

I was still crying when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around in surprise. Brushing away some of my tears I discovered that it was Lily. What was she doing here?

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