Author's Notes: Thanks to my groupies: Destiny Bunny, The Thief Kuronue, AffectedMangoO, Mon2, Megan Andres (thanks for your wonderful compliments! blushes and I am thrilled that you are recommending my story(s) to others!), Elkebaby, Xhana, Peegchica and Padfoot (I added the description of Remus/Bartleby for you!). FYI, there will be more interludes and I am continuing to work on a story about Harry's 7th year at Hogwarts, including his birthday party. Big parties are hard to write so it's taking me a bit. Grrr.

This story is a bit weird and a bit of a departure from how I wrote my other stories but it just came to me like this so… I'm a little nervous about what you will think about Sirius as the story goes on… Let me know what you think! Pretty please!

Oh and "…" is speaking. '…' is thoughts. That's important. :-)

Chapter 2 A Date

At the next Order meeting, Sirius didn't pay attention to anyone who was speaking as he catalogued the similarities and differences between Remus and Bartleby. They were the same height, the same height as Sirius, just shy of six feet tall. They had the same build, rather average – Sirius had always thought of Remus as having a slight build but he realized now it was only because Remus weighed about 15 pounds less than he should. Their faces were both perfect ovals with straight thin noses. Bartleby didn't have the hollows under his cheekbones like Remus. They had the same almond shaped eyes framed with long black lashes, although Remus's were amber and Jack's were light brown. Their hair was straight, light brown with the same widow's peak in the middle of the forehead. Bartleby's hair had no gray in it while Remus had more gray hair than brown now. Sirius started to listen as Bartleby and Remus spoke, they even had the same voice, a warm tenor.

Even though Sirius knew some people might not agree, he thought Remus was the most handsome wizard in the world. Sure, Cassius was…well…all right, he was gorgeous. But Remus was…Remus was just beautiful. He was so smart and thoughtful and caring and strong, much stronger than he looked. He knew everyone who looked at Cassius and Remus thought Cassius was the dominant one in the relationship. But Remus had Cassius wrapped around his little finger. He glanced at his cousin who was sitting next to Remus, his right hand in his coat pocket where his wand was, his left arm casually draped over the back of Remus's chair. There was nothing casual about it – it was a protective and possessive statement. Cassius would kill anyone who hurt Remus without a second thought, you could see it in his eyes. Sirius sighed softly. He wished someone felt that way about him, it was so romantic. 'Stop that romantic drabble' he thought to himself harshly.

He looked back over at Bartleby. He suddenly thought that it was like seeing what Remus would have looked like if he hadn't been bitten. Sirius wondered if their personalities were as similar as their looks. Maybe he should take Cassius up on the offer to set them up.

"So, Black." Bartleby walked over to Sirius after the Order meeting was concluded. "How've you been?"

"Fine. Still a little hung-over." Sirius answered wryly. Halloween had been the night before.

"Yeah, I heard about last night." Bartleby glanced away for a moment then looked back at Sirius. "Look, I know it's not really the best time for this but would you like to have dinner with me?"

"Dinner?" Sirius looked at Bartleby blankly.

"Dinner…you know…the evening meal?" Bartleby smiled, a dimple appearing on each cheek. "Ah, hell, I'm asking you for a date. Would you want to go on a date with me?"

"Uh…yeah…yes." Sirius watched as Bartleby's smile got wider. "When?"

"Tomorrow? I'll bring over some take out, you like Chinese?"

"Yes."

"I'll see you at 7 then, Sirius."

"See you, Bartleby."

"Jack."

"What?"

"You should call me by my first name if we're going to be dating." Jack grinned. "It's easier to yell out in bed as well."

Sirius laughed. "You seem awfully sure of yourself."

"I have reason to be." And with that comment, Jack walked out of the kitchen. Sirius noticed him catch Cassius's eye and give a thumbs up. Sirius restrained himself from groaning. Cassius was going to be hell to live with now. Sirius could see the green eyes sparkling from across the room.

"Hi." Sirius said as he opened the door of Grimmauld Place. He peeled off Jack's wet coat, apparently it was raining rather hard outside.

"Thanks. Managed to keep the food dry but I thought muggles might notice that I wasn't getting wet if I used a rain repelling charm." Jack smiled. When he smiled the similarity to Remus faded as the two dimples dented his cheeks.

"It smells good." Sirius said, standing uncertainly in the entry hall. He'd never been on a date before. He and Remus never really 'dated' and all the other men he'd been involved with had just been about sex.

"Hang that up and we can go eat." Jack nodded towards his coat, still clutched in Sirius's hands. "I'm starving." Sirius nodded and hung it up then followed Jack down to the kitchen. Sirius got plates out and two bottles of butterbeer. They sat down at the table.

"How was your day?" Sirius asked, unable to think of anything else to say, as Jack opened all the cartons.

"Fine. I'll be going to Canada tomorrow, they captured one of our most-wanted."

"A Death Eater?"

"No. Just a 'regular' dark wizard. Murdered a witch in Blackpool a couple weeks ago."

"You like being an auror?"

"Sure, it's exciting and I like the people I work with."

"I qualified for the training but…there were too many rules, I didn't want to deal with them." Sirius laughed, remembering his younger rebellious self. "Why'd you decide to become one?"

"My mum and dad were both aurors, I was used to rules."

"They're retired now?"

"No. They died in a Death Eater attack when I was seventeen."

"Oh. I'm sorry."

"So am I. They managed to kill one of the Death Eaters though…died as heroes." Jack took a bite of food, seeming to deliberate about something. "So…you and Remus dated for a while."

Sirius only nodded because his mouth was full.

"I look like him, I got it all the time at school. Is that why you said yes?"

"No. You do look like him. But that's not why I said yes."

"Why did you say yes?"

"Because you asked me." Sirius shrugged, unwilling to admit he longed for special companionship and...sex.

"If I'd known it was that easy I would have asked you weeks ago." Jack smiled.

"Why did you ask me?" Sirius asked, wondering if Jack would admit Cassius's involvement.

"Cassie ordered me to ask you out - literally. Not that he had to twist my arm." Jack laughed. "I guess Liam told him I thought you were good looking and then Cassie decided he needed to get us together. You should hear Remus tease him about it. It's hilarious."

"Annoying more like. I can't believe he's such a matchmaker." Sirius muttered. "Was he a matchmaker at school?"

"I don't know…he didn't have many friends and I never really talked to him."

"Huh." Sirius tried to picture his cousin when they'd been at school together but couldn't draw up a clear memory.

"I…uh…since we're getting things out in the open, I just wanted to tell you that…I read your file, when you escaped from Azkaban. Everyone did."

"Oh." Sirius imagined all the information the Ministry had on him. "Fuck." He grimaced. "So I don't have any secrets from you."

"I imagine you still do. And I'll tell you everything about me, if you want, because I intend to be number ten." Jack grinned slyly.

"What?" Sirius's fork stopped halfway to his mouth.

"You've had sex with nine men…and I'd like to be number ten."

"Would you?"

"Yes. Just thought I'd give you fair warning."

"I don't put out on the first date." Sirius blurted out, suddenly feeling nervous under Jack's intense gaze.

"Not what I read." Jack wiggled an eyebrow suggestively.

"Well…" Sirius started defensively but then laughed. "I was younger then."

"All right. No sex on the first date. Anything else I need to know?"

"No." Sirius paused. "You still want to date me even though you know all that stuff about me?"

"It's just statistics…it doesn't tell me what you think or how you feel." Jack smiled. "I think you're pretty amazing, so, yeah, I still want to date you."

Sirius found himself blushing. He took a long drink of his butterbeer. "All right. I guess I need to catch up in the information area then. Have you ever broken a bone?"

"Yes, two ribs in a Quidditch match my 6th year. Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw. Cassie crashed into me when I had the quaffle and stole it. Damn ref didn't see it so no foul was called."

"I'm glad to see you're not still bitter." Sirius laughed.

"Well, we lost the game and it wasn't all that pleasant to have all 6'5 of him hit me at high speed."

"It'd've been more pleasant if it'd been slower?" Sirius teased.

"Well…yeah." Jack stopped himself abruptly and took a big bite of noodles.

"You…you…"Sirius sputtered, feeling suddenly jealous of Cassius – again. "You've had sex with Cassius? I thought you said you never talked to him."

"I didn't really! I think all I said to him was 'all right' and next thing I knew I was face down on Professor…never mind." Jack flushed. "It was only once, a long time ago. I wasn't going to tell you that."

"Well…It was in the past, it doesn't matter now." Sirius congratulated himself on sounding mature.

"Don't say anything to Remus, he doesn't know…I don't think he knows because he's always friendly to me."

"Remus is friendly to everyone."

"Hardly. Ever catch those death glares he sends Hill's way?" Sirius nodded. "It's because Hill and Cassie dated for over a year, back in school, but Remus is jealous of anyone who's touched Cassie like that. Werewolf bond and all." Jack looked at Sirius earnestly. "You won't tell him, will you?"

"Oh, no. Can't have Remus glaring at my boyfriend."

"So, I'm your boyfriend?"

"Well…uh…"

"Good. I thought maybe…"

"That I wouldn't date you because you'd had sex with my cousin?"

"Yeah."

"Just shows you have good taste, Cassius, me, we're both gorgeous." Sirius said arrogantly causing Jack to laugh.

By the time dinner was through, Sirius had found out that Jack was an only child of a pureblood family, they'd always been sorted into Gryffindor, he'd lost his virginity at 15, had one tattoo, and had had sex with 27 men (Cassius had been number 3). He shared his birthday with Harry, he'd turned 31 just over three months ago.

At ten, Sirius walked Jack to the front door. Just after they passed his mother's portrait, which was thankfully silent, Sirius felt his back slam against the wall.

"What are-" Sirius's words were cut off by Jack's mouth. 'Oh!' Sirius thought, 'this is kissing. I'd forgotten.' Jack's tongue swept inside his mouth. As a jolt of arousal went through his body, Sirius clutched at Jack's shoulders, feeling his knees getting weak.

'You're turning into a girl!' The inner voice sounded exactly like James. Sirius was about to tell it to shut up when Jack's hips bumped against him and he could feel Jack's hardness. It felt big. Really big.

'Don't shriek like a blushing virgin, Padfoot.' James advised.

He moaned instead, his hands moving down Jack's back. Jack's hand slipped under his shirt, it was warm, no, it was hot as it slid over Sirius's ribs to the small of his back and pulled him closer.

"Mmgh." Sirius said eloquently as Jack's mouth moved to his jaw, then his neck, then up to his ear, licking the tip of it. Jack pulled away slowly to a soft sound of protest from Sirius.

"When can I see you again?" Jack asked, breathing hard.

"As soon as possible." Sirius managed to string together the words with difficulty.

"You put out on the second date?" Jack smiled as he leaned in for another kiss, tangling his fingers in Sirius's long hair. Sirius slid his tongue into Jack's mouth before breaking the kiss when he ran out of air.

"I'm actually rethinking my position about not putting out on the first date." Sirius nuzzled Jack's neck as Jack's weight pressed him against the wall. He could get used to this.

"So tempting, except I have to catch a portkey at 5 am tomorrow and I still have to pack." Jack stepped away from Sirius. "I should only be a couple days."

"Just come over when you get back." The words were out of his mouth before he'd thought about them.

'Good job, Padfoot, desperate much?'

'Sod off, Prongs!'

"All right." Jack grabbed his coat and shrugged it on. "Bye, Sirius."

"Bye, Jack." The door clicked shut and Sirius sagged against the wall. His fingers brushed his lips which were still tingling. "You are a girl." He muttered to himself.

It was not gratifying to hear all the portraits in the hallway agree with him.

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