Disclaimer: Sadly I don't own Remus, Sirius, James, or Severus. Tough world, huh? None of them are mine...except in dreams. : P (peter I can do without...)

Author's note-booba, booba....

The following is Remus J. Lupin

I sat on my bed, throwing myself into the pillows after a long moment of breathing. Sirius, of course, would be upset that I even talked to Severus, let alone the fact that he heard everything I said to James. Given the fact that we weren't exactly in a relationship yet as much as we both knew we liked eachother, however, I decided it was silly to work myself up over something I could just talk through with him.

"Hello, Sirius," I began, seeing him come up the stairs, not followed by James.

"Hey, Remus." He sat on the end of my bed. "Do you want to talk about anything?''

"Don't worry, Sirius, I don't want to run off with Severus. I was just a stupid sod with a--"

"No, I mean...do you want to talk about anything in general?"

I looked at him with surprise and smiled slightly. From his quick talk with James, I supposed that he had been told not to bring us Snape. In all likeliness he would have come up here and told me how irked he was by it all. However, granted that he didn't care about the subject due to forcible intervention from James, I tried to rack my brain for things to talk about.

"I don't know, Siri. Do you want to get anything off your chest?" I responded.

"Besides this shirt, I don't think so." He grinned and I returned the smile. I tried not to think of him with his shirt off, but the idea just kept returning to my mind. "What about you, Remus?" he continued, crawling slowly and achingly closer. "Any problems, or articles of clothing that you wish to 'get off your chest', so to speak?"

I swallowed and looked up at him, holding my breath. I could never explain it, but being so close to Sirius made me too self concious to exhale.

"I...."

"Remus... If you don't want to continue, just tell me now and I'll give you your space. I know it's been..not exactly the easiest time for you, but--"

"No, Sirius, I want to keep going. I don't want to stop when for the first time in months, I'm really...." I smiled at him, "happy."

Our lips brushed slightly and he pulled away for a second as if to reassure himself, then kissed my cheek and got up, moving to his bed. I sat up and looked at him in confusion--why had he stopped?

"...Sirius?"

"Let's wait just a little while," he smirked.

"...For what!?" I was devestated, like a child who dropped his ice cream.

"You'll see. We'll continue this later, and it'll be something to remember. Right now, however, I'm pretty tired"

Sirius is a strange and extraordinary person...

"Er--Severus?"

The same pair of hemitites and garnets looked up at me again and I winced. I forced myself to continue talking to him, though I wouldn't be surprised if he reached up and hexed my head off my neck.

"S-Severus, if it wouldn't be too much trouble, I would like to continue the idea of potion lessons with you..." I muttered.

"You must be joking."

"No, I'm being very sincere."

"I thought it'd take months for you to consider being friends with me," he seethed, looking at his book as if expecting it to melt under his gaze.

"Well, I usually find that tutoring is not so much a thing between friends as it is between someone who knows what they're doing and--well, a failure at it like me," I tried. Maybe flattery wouldn't help much.

"Give me one reason why I should help you," Severus sneered. I tried to think of one, but really there wasn't one good, solid reason.

There was 2

"Severus, I may have...over reacted a bit. I would very much enjoy to be your friend still as long as we can be completely honest with one another. You hurt me terribly and you know that. But I'm willing to look past it for the sake of learning. And besides, Snape, I think by now you have seen my pathetic potions. I would do anything to learn from the master."

He shook his head.

"Flattery won't work here, Lupin."

"I mean it! You're the best in the school. I'll pay you, wash your robes--what do you need from me, Severus?"

He sighed, rolled his eyes and glared. "Fine, I'll teach you. Today at 4, meet me in the dungeons. Don't bring your little puppy with you, though."