Hi everyone! I've updated ASAP, as you have requested!
This chapter should have a bit (and by a bit I mean a bit of a lot) of Sirius/Remus...stuff. Heh. Yes. Also it may not be as long as the last one. Fluff warning!
Hope you enjoy!
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Sirius woke as abruptly as if somebody had hit him across the face. He didn't know why, but he felt as if he wouldn't be able to sleep again. Sirius pulled back his red velvet hangings and swung his feet onto the floor of the dormitory. Looking up, he realised that there was somebody sitting on the windowsill near his bed.
'What's up?' Sirius asked softly. The figure by the window started and turned. Light from the three-quarter moon outside washed over his face. It was Remus.
'Oh ... nothing much,' Remus replied quietly with a small sigh. Sirius got out of bed and walked over to his friend.
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Lazy old sunset sinking like a tear
Alone at night in a losing battle
That perfect world is never clear
You have to fight for the things that matter
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'Listen ... I know you're thinking about what you did today,' Sirius told Remus. 'And I know that you need time to think about it. If you want ... I'll just go back to bed and leave you alone.'
'No ... please don't,' Remus implored. 'Stay here with me ... ' Sirius nodded. 'How did you heal the Mark, anyway, Sirius?' Remus asked curiously.
'Well, like James said ... while it's still fresh, not healed over, a simple Healing Charm will do the trick. It only takes an hour or so to start healing over, and so it's lucky we found you when we did. You might've had that Mark forever ... ' Sirius trailed off.
'Well ... thanks. I don't know why I went there ... I just wasn't thinking. Tension had been building up in me for so long, what with how I feel ... and not being able to tell you ... I just finally had to do something ... and that was about the stupidest thing I could have done. So thanks for bringing me back to my senses.'
Sirius smiled and sat on the windowsill across from Remus. The moonlight shining on Remus's face threw shadows and light across the skin, and Remus seemed to glow. Sirius reached out and brushed a strand of light-brown hair out of Remus's face. Remus avoided Sirius's eyes.
Sirius leaned forward so that his nose was nearly touching Remus's. Remus raised his golden eyes and looked into Sirius's dark ones. Remus felt as if time had frozen as Sirius's lips touched his. Soft and searching, it was the most amazing kiss Remus had ever felt. Sirius's hands ran through Remus's hair, entangling themselves in it.
After what seemed like an hour, they broke apart. Remus couldn't do anything but keep his eyes locked on Sirius's face. Sirius just smiled.
'I think we should get back to bed.' Sirius slid off the windowsill and walked over to his dormitory bed. He crawled under the covers and closed his eyes, but before he had fallen asleep, he heard Remus's soft footsteps padding closer. Sirius opened his eyes slightly just in time to see Remus crawl into bed beside him and curl up against Sirius's body. Sirius blinked, astonished for a moment, but then wrapped his arms around Remus's warm figure and closed his eyes. They both sighed softly and let sleep take them.
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Spare your heart, save your soul
Don't drag your love across the coals
Find your feet and your fortune can be told
Release ....
Relax ....
Let go
And hey, now, let's recover your soul
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'WAKE UP!!!'
Sirius's eyes fluttered open at the sunlight streaming across his face. The first thing he saw was Remus, his face golden in the morning light. Then he saw James, leaning over him and grinning widely.
'Morning, Padfoot!'
Remus yawned and opened his eyes blearily.
'James, what're you doing?' He muttered groggily. 'S'early.'
'Actually, Moony, it's eleven-thirty,' James replied conversationally. Remus yelped and started to jump out of bed, became entangled in the sheets and fell with a thud to the floor.
Sirius climbed calmly out of bed, grinning. He and Remus changed into their robes and followed James out of the dormitory. The common room was full of people lounging lazily in rays of sunlight on the sunny Saturday morning.
'Time for breakfast!' James exclaimed, his usual cheerful self. The trio hurried down to the Great Hall. They took their seats at the Gryffindor table and helped themselves to breakfast. Sirius and James looked at each other.
'GO!' They shouted, and started a furious eating contest. Remus watched, torn between amusement and disgust.
Little did the three friends know, as they laughed and joked at the breakfast table, that somebody was watching them. She stood outside the doorway into the Great Hall, her eyes glued malevolently on Remus.
'A lifetime of service or death ... ' She murmered, before breaking her gaze and turning on her heel. With a swish of her cloak, she was gone down into the dungeons.
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AAAAHHHHHH such a short a pointless chapter!!!! THIS MAKES NO SENSE!! *runs away*
*returns with a nice smile* Please review!!!
*runs away again*
This chapter should have a bit (and by a bit I mean a bit of a lot) of Sirius/Remus...stuff. Heh. Yes. Also it may not be as long as the last one. Fluff warning!
Hope you enjoy!
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Sirius woke as abruptly as if somebody had hit him across the face. He didn't know why, but he felt as if he wouldn't be able to sleep again. Sirius pulled back his red velvet hangings and swung his feet onto the floor of the dormitory. Looking up, he realised that there was somebody sitting on the windowsill near his bed.
'What's up?' Sirius asked softly. The figure by the window started and turned. Light from the three-quarter moon outside washed over his face. It was Remus.
'Oh ... nothing much,' Remus replied quietly with a small sigh. Sirius got out of bed and walked over to his friend.
*^*^*^*^*^*
Lazy old sunset sinking like a tear
Alone at night in a losing battle
That perfect world is never clear
You have to fight for the things that matter
*^*^*^*^*^*
'Listen ... I know you're thinking about what you did today,' Sirius told Remus. 'And I know that you need time to think about it. If you want ... I'll just go back to bed and leave you alone.'
'No ... please don't,' Remus implored. 'Stay here with me ... ' Sirius nodded. 'How did you heal the Mark, anyway, Sirius?' Remus asked curiously.
'Well, like James said ... while it's still fresh, not healed over, a simple Healing Charm will do the trick. It only takes an hour or so to start healing over, and so it's lucky we found you when we did. You might've had that Mark forever ... ' Sirius trailed off.
'Well ... thanks. I don't know why I went there ... I just wasn't thinking. Tension had been building up in me for so long, what with how I feel ... and not being able to tell you ... I just finally had to do something ... and that was about the stupidest thing I could have done. So thanks for bringing me back to my senses.'
Sirius smiled and sat on the windowsill across from Remus. The moonlight shining on Remus's face threw shadows and light across the skin, and Remus seemed to glow. Sirius reached out and brushed a strand of light-brown hair out of Remus's face. Remus avoided Sirius's eyes.
Sirius leaned forward so that his nose was nearly touching Remus's. Remus raised his golden eyes and looked into Sirius's dark ones. Remus felt as if time had frozen as Sirius's lips touched his. Soft and searching, it was the most amazing kiss Remus had ever felt. Sirius's hands ran through Remus's hair, entangling themselves in it.
After what seemed like an hour, they broke apart. Remus couldn't do anything but keep his eyes locked on Sirius's face. Sirius just smiled.
'I think we should get back to bed.' Sirius slid off the windowsill and walked over to his dormitory bed. He crawled under the covers and closed his eyes, but before he had fallen asleep, he heard Remus's soft footsteps padding closer. Sirius opened his eyes slightly just in time to see Remus crawl into bed beside him and curl up against Sirius's body. Sirius blinked, astonished for a moment, but then wrapped his arms around Remus's warm figure and closed his eyes. They both sighed softly and let sleep take them.
*^*^*^*^*^*
Spare your heart, save your soul
Don't drag your love across the coals
Find your feet and your fortune can be told
Release ....
Relax ....
Let go
And hey, now, let's recover your soul
*^*^*^*^*^*
'WAKE UP!!!'
Sirius's eyes fluttered open at the sunlight streaming across his face. The first thing he saw was Remus, his face golden in the morning light. Then he saw James, leaning over him and grinning widely.
'Morning, Padfoot!'
Remus yawned and opened his eyes blearily.
'James, what're you doing?' He muttered groggily. 'S'early.'
'Actually, Moony, it's eleven-thirty,' James replied conversationally. Remus yelped and started to jump out of bed, became entangled in the sheets and fell with a thud to the floor.
Sirius climbed calmly out of bed, grinning. He and Remus changed into their robes and followed James out of the dormitory. The common room was full of people lounging lazily in rays of sunlight on the sunny Saturday morning.
'Time for breakfast!' James exclaimed, his usual cheerful self. The trio hurried down to the Great Hall. They took their seats at the Gryffindor table and helped themselves to breakfast. Sirius and James looked at each other.
'GO!' They shouted, and started a furious eating contest. Remus watched, torn between amusement and disgust.
Little did the three friends know, as they laughed and joked at the breakfast table, that somebody was watching them. She stood outside the doorway into the Great Hall, her eyes glued malevolently on Remus.
'A lifetime of service or death ... ' She murmered, before breaking her gaze and turning on her heel. With a swish of her cloak, she was gone down into the dungeons.
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AAAAHHHHHH such a short a pointless chapter!!!! THIS MAKES NO SENSE!! *runs away*
*returns with a nice smile* Please review!!!
*runs away again*