The Potter/Black Romance

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Chapter 7: The One With The Letter Part 2

James decided to go to Gryffindor Tower first to look for Sirius. After he had seen Sirius run out of the hall he lost him.

James went up to the 7th Year Boys' Dorm first to check if Sirius was there, but he wasn't and Peter hadn't seen him. James then went to look up in his room, all he saw were the half packed trunks that belonged to him and Sirius.

He was about to leave the room before something caught his eyes. James saw that the doors leading out to his balcony were open and Sirius' broom was gone.

James grabbed his broom and went out to the balcony, he mounted the broom and kicked off the hard stone of the balcony and soared up above the school. Before he started flying, James scanned the sky for any signs of a figure on a broom. After a few minutes of hard searching, James finally spotted a small black dot heading over the hills surrounding Hogsmeade. He pulled his broom round in the right direction and took off full speed after the dot that he could see moving lower.

James flew to the spot where he saw the figure drop as fast as his broom would take him, it was the newest model you could get so it went pretty fast. He slowed when he saw a clearing below him, he pulled to a hover quite high above the ground and saw Sirius jump off his broom, drop it on the ground and head off towards the trees and sit down.

James swooped a bit lower so he could get a better look at Sirius, he saw Sirius pull the letter out of his pocket and reread it. He could see the sun making the tears sliding down Sirius' cheeks glisten.

After about ten minutes of hovering and watching Sirius in concern, James finally swooped right down to the ground and landed neatly. He dismounted his broom, dropped it next to Sirius' and headed over to his sad lover to give him some comfort.

Sirius heard footsteps crunching over the branches, he looked up and saw James coming towards him and then he looked back down at the ground in front of his and crossed his legs with the letter still half crunched up in his hand.

James knelt down at Sirius' side and slipped an arm around his shoulders. "Are you all right?"

Sirius sniffed, "No…"

James pulled Sirius to him and let him cry on his shoulder as he spoke softly to him. "Its OK Siri, don't cry…………You shouldn't let them hurt you anymore."

Sirius clutched the front of James' shirt, "I can't help it…………They scare me and they carry through their threats, like all the ones in the letter."

James didn't know what to say as he stroked Sirius' hair. He knew Sirius' parents scared him, especially his father after he was beaten when he was sixteen, although that beating was what had brought him and James closer together because Sirius ran away to the Potters afterwards. James pressed a kiss to Sirius' temple; "Do you mind if I read it?"

Sirius pulled away from him tearfully and held out the letter. James settled himself down next to Sirius with his back against the tree; he uncrumpled the letter and began reading.

James frowned after the first line.

…You filthy blood traitor! Bane of my flesh!…

Further down the letter, James shook his head and slipped an arm around Sirius' waist and pulled his lover closer to him.

…You rotting failure! How dare you disgrace the family name by being that Mudblood lover's whore!…

Whore? That's harsh………Siri is not a whore, nor will he ever be. Thought James protectively, letting his grip tighten on Sirius.

…disgusting misbirth…we should have killed you off when we had the chance!…Nothing like your brother…big disappointment…

James could feel his blood boiling in anger. How dare they say such things about Sirius? He was far better than they could ever be.

…revolting queer! Nothing like this should carry the Noble and most ancient name of Black! You're tainting the whole family with your abnormal and perverted preferences, you should be taken down for disgracing your flesh so horribly!…

The last bit of the letter worried James somewhat, like Sirius said, the Blacks were ones to carry out their threats.

…you will be next boy, do not forget that. You and your dirty Mudblood loving whore are next!

James lowered the letter angrily. He hated Sirius' family. He didn't deserve their threats or their insults, he was not a disappointment, not to James not too anybody but his family.

Sirius finally spoke, "Nice to see what you're marrying into isn't it?" He asked spitefully.

James kept his arm tightly around Sirius as he tried to pull away, "This is not putting me off you if that's what you think?" Sirius refused to look at him. "I love you Sirius, I don't care what your family say. They have no idea what kind of a person you've turned out to be, you are none of the things they've said." He heard Sirius sniff and start to relax into his embrace. "You're kind, sweet, caring, funny, a good listener, a great Quidditch player, intelligent…gorgeous………" He trailed of as he heard Sirius sniffle like he was crying. "Hey, don't cry………"

Sirius pulled away so James could see his face, he had a small smile on his face, "They're tears of happiness………I'm just happy I have you."

James smiled, "Well you have me as long as you want me. Can I give you a proper a hug now?"

Sirius nodded, he practically fell into James' arms for a long, much needed cuddle.

James shifted them so Sirius was practically on his lap, he had one arm around Sirius' back and used the other to stroke his hair soothingly.

The two stayed like that for what must have been a couple of hours. James finally checked his watch and saw the time, they really were cutting it close if they were going to pack their trunks before the Graduation. "Hey Si?"

"Mm?"

"I think we should go back to the school. The feast's going start in couple of hours." Said James letting go of Sirius and stretching, "And I can't feel my legs."

Sirius sat up properly and gave him the finger before he got up stretching.

Sirius and James soon headed back to the school on their brooms and flew down to land on James' Head Boy balcony.

"I'm going to have a shower." Announced James, "Wanna join me?"

Sirius raised an eyebrow, "Subtle James, real subtle.'

James grinned at him, "Doesn't mean I'm going to molest you or anything."

Sirius smirked slightly and shook his head; "I'll go in later."

James nodded, "Fair enough." He turned to head into the bathroom.

"Hey James?" James turned back to Sirius curiously. "Thanks." Said Sirius appreciatively.

James smiled slightly, "No problem. You know where to find me if you ever want a hug." Sirius smiled and nodded.

When James came back out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist, he found Sirius amidst a pile of clothes, books and all sorts of other things that had apparently not fitted into his trunk.

Sirius looked up at him frowning, "I never realised how much crap I've gained since last September." He looked around all his junk in despair. "I need another trunk."

James snorted in amusement, "Well I'll pack mine when I'm dressed and see if there's any room for your stuff."

Sirius flicked a few stray strands of black hair away from his eyes, "Thanks."

James smirked and shook his head, "You know, this room was relatively tidy until you moved in."

Sirius raised his eyebrows, "Funny, that's what your mum said."

James grinned. At least Sirius seemed to be in better spirits now and not moping about his parents' letter. "I see you've cheered up now."

Sirius stood up and picked his way through the junk he had every where and over to James where he stopped and put his arms around James' neck. "It's only because of you. If you hadn't have come after me I'd probably still be out there wallowing in self pity or at a pub getting completely shit faced."

James pulled Sirius flat against him and kissed him softly, "I'm glad I helped."

Afterwards Sirius went into the shower as James dressed, packed his trunk, prized some of Sirius' stuff into it and started to practice his Head Boy speech for that night after the end of year feast.

Sirius soon came out of the bathroom in smart black trousers with his short hair still dripping wet; "You suck." James half glared at him. "I mean really, you shouldn't lie. Most of the stuff I've listened to you practicing is bull shit, tell the truth."

James pulled a face, "You really think I should?"

Sirius nodded, "I don't want you to make an arse of yourself, everybody knows that stuff isn't true."

So of course, James followed his lover's advice and on his way up to the platform holding the Head Table after the feast, he was beginning to regret taking Sirius' advice. James had no idea what to say now, one because Lily had basically said everything he wanted to say and two, he was going to be truthful but he really didn't want to be because the truth might annoy McGonagall and it would get back to his parents and so on………

James looked across the audience of students seated at their House Tables before speaking, "Right well, I originally had a speech planned but I was told it was awful and that I should tell the truth about school life." Several Gryffindors looked at Sirius who grinned at them. "So, the truth, yes, school does suck, it really is awful or that could just be the teachers I'm not sure………" James looked behind him and grinned at them, "But anyway before they try to hex me or something I'll say some nice things.

"Apart from the boring classes you have take every day, I have personally found my years here some of the best I've ever had. In being at Hogwarts, I've made many new friends, who I would not have gotten through these seven years without, I became Head Boy but I'm still not entirely sure how because I've only ever been an arrogant little bastard to everyone – but this goes to show anything is possible.

"That's just a couple of things, I could go on but I'm sure you'd prefer it if I didn't, so…………my words of wisdom, savour the seven years you have here and take every opportunity as it comes because you're not going to be able to relive your time at Hogwarts again." James finally finished, before he headed back down to Gryffindor Table. "Oh, and everyone coming back next term, watch out cause I will be back teaching."

The students who weren't leaving forever this term were gob smacked. James always seemed to be a good leader and funny, very intelligent, but what would he be like as a teacher? They were all rather dubious about that.

After James had sat back down next to Sirius who gave him a kiss for following his advice, Dumbledore stood up to make one last speech. He thanked Lily and James for making their interesting speeches and soon sent all the students back to their Common Rooms for the night and he also told them the train was leaving for Platform 9 ¾ at 11am tomorrow morning.

The seventh years stayed up until about 2am chatting and laughing and reminiscing over their last seven years at Hogwarts. They also chatted about what they would all do now they had finished school, James was teased because nobody could see him as a Professor at Hogwarts. Remus was actually the one everyone thought would be a teacher because he had been tutoring several students in Defense Against the Dark Arts since they were fourth years.

Finally Sirius and James headed up to James' room for the last time to finish prizing all of Sirius' crap into their trunks and to sleep.

"So, it wasn't quite as truthful as I meant." Said Sirius sitting down on his trunk after it had been reorganized closed and locked.

James shrugged, "Hey if I was too truthful I'd still be up there talking now."

Sirius smirked, "I suppose." He stretched and yawned widely; "I'm going to bed."

James agreed and soon the two were in the bed that had been used rather a lot by them over the last year. Although they had gone to bed intent on sleeping, it was rather hard for Sirius to do when James started kissing his neck and shoulders, and finally starting to move down to his chest.

Sirius leaned his head right back against the pillow moaning slightly, "I know caffeine makes you horny but can't it wait till tomorrow night?"

James lifted his head back up level with Sirius' in disappointment; "Do we have to?"

Sirius squeezed his eyes shut in hoping that when he opened them again James wouldn't be doing his puppy eyes, but to no avail. "Ja-mes………I'm tired." James pouted. "Just let me sleep tonight and when we're out of here you can have your way with me."

James thought for a moment and an evil sort of a grin started to spread across his face, "OK. I can do anything to you?"

"No pain." Replied Sirius.

James gave him a long, loving kiss before finally replying, "No pain." He agreed. "Just pure, sweet torture."

Sirius groaned, he knew what James meant, this was where the tying up and feathers came into play, "What have I gotten myself into?"

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A/N: How was that? I know Sirius probably cheered up quite quickly after his parents' letter but………yeah………