Chapter 2

"He's with Malfoy," a shocked James exclaimed, staring at the map.

Remus raised his eyebrows and stood up to see the map himself. Sure enough, there was Sirius's name alongside of Malfoy's. "Well that's an interesting twist" he thought to himself and glanced at James.

He was staring at it still in disbelief. "Why would he be with Malfoy?"

Remus shrugged and looked closely at his distraught friend. "James, is it just me, or am I sensing some jealousy from you?"

His face snapped up immediately. "What do you mean? Jealous? Why should I be jealous? There's nothing to be jealous about. I mean, if I were jealous, that would imply that I like Sirius. Well, I do, but not like that that. Right?"

Watching him rant, Remus smiled slightly. His suspicions were finally confirmed. For a while now, Remus had believed that James was gay and in love with Sirius. James's flustered answer had given him all the information that he needed to know. "I think you should go to bed. We can ask him about this tomorrow morning."

Grudgingly, James nodded and crawled into his bed without bothering to change out of his clothing. Remus rolledhiseyes as he began putting on his pajamas and putting his books away before getting into bed himself.

"Remus," he called out, right as his friend turned out the lights.

"Yes, James?" was the response, sounding patient.

"Hypothetically speaking, if I were gay, do you think that Sirius would like me? Well, like me more than a friend. Like a…well, like a boyfriend."

In his bed, Remus smiled."I don't know James. I think the odds are pretty good.Although, you have to take into account the factthat we don't know if he's gay as well.However, you don't have to worry about things like that, right?"

Slightly disconcerted, James muttered, "Of course," and then fell asleep. However, it was a light sleep so when the door was pushed open and a figure crept in and collapsed on Sirius's bed, James woke up.

He listened closely and could hear Sirius rummaging around for some pajamas to change into. Every now and then he would sniffle. James was going to get up to ask what was wrong, but decided that he'd ask in the morning when he asked about other things. He finally fell asleep again, listening to his friends' breathing.

----

Sirius felt his shoulder being shaken gently. Keeping his eyes closed, he rolled over and muttered something unintelligible. James chuckled slightly at that, but continued shaking his best friend's shoulder. "Come on, Padfoot! Get up! Breakfast is being served and I'm sure you're hungry."

"Just five more minutes," James heard Sirius plead, his voice muffled by the pillow that his face was pressed against.

"No, Sirius. Get up. Now!" With that, he pulled back the covers back. Immediately Sirius started to shiver and finally sat up.

"Alright, you win," he muttered and slowly pulled himself out of his bed. Glancing around he asked, "Where are Remus and Peter?"

"They're already down at breakfast. I decided to wait for you and keep you company because you usually don't do well when left alone," answered James, a smile tugging at his lips.

"Oh," nodded Sirius, pulling out clothing to change into. "That was thoughtful of you. Very nice. Thanks."

James rolled his eyes as Sirius went into the bathroom. So he hadn't been completely honest. He intended to ask Sirius about his late night escapade with Malfoy and didn't want Peter there to be all confused or Remus to be there shooting him knowing looks. So what if James liked Sirius? Was there a problem with that? Yes, there was. It was a little known fact that it was bad to fall in love with your best friend. Especially if you were both blokes. James didn't want to think about that though.

Sirius came back out, looking refreshed and content. "Off to breakfast then, mate!" he exclaimed and skipped out of the room, hooking his arm with James's, forcing him to skip as well.

As they slowed back down to normal walking, James began, "So Sirius, where were you last night?"

Beside him he felt Sirius stiffen ever so slightly. "I was just walking around, enjoying the beauty of the castle."

"With Malfoy?"

Sirius spun to glare at James. How dare he spy on him!? "What if I was? Is it any concern of yours?"

"Actually it is, Sirius!" James yelled in response. "Since when was it a crime to care about your best friend?"

"Since there's no need to be worried," retorted Sirius, walking off quickly. He did not want to explain why he was with Malfoy. He was still in minor pain from the previous night.

James rolled his eyes and hurried to catch up with his best friend. "Sirius, please tell me what's going on."

"There's nothing going on. I had an agreement with him and we met there to sort things out. Things between us are over."

"Alright," muttered an unconvinced James. "Just…don't do anything stupid."

"Yes mother," teased Sirius as they entered the Great Hall. They headed over to Remus and Peter, who were already finished eating. Remus looked at James questioningly, but James shook his head and mouthed "Later."

"Today is a good day," muttered Peter, staring at the magical sky on the ceiling of Hogwarts. "No classes, happy bright sunshine, and a beautiful girlfriend that I really must go snog. If you'll excuse me."

Peter got up and left, smiling at his friends as he left. Remus raised his eyebrows and gazed at his retreating back. "Hmm, an interesting change since he's gotten a girlfriend."

Sirius grinned cheekily, "That sounds like a good idea. You should consider getting one, Remmie."

"Oh, look who's talking, Sirius," scoffed Remus.

Sirius laughed. "No good on that idea, Mooney. I have recently decided that I am gay. Don't necessarily want to be, but I am. And that's always just swell. I always wanted to be the different one. And now I am. Just in a way that I least expected."

Remus raised his eyebrows. James was looking anywhere but at Sirius. Remus smiled knowingly and nodded slightly. It was so cute, watching his two friends fall in love with each other without really realizing it. "Well," Remus said, "at least you're not in denial. I know quite a few people who would be fervently denying the fact that they were gay."

Sirius laughed and nodded. "True that," he chuckled, taking a bite of his toast.

James cleared his throat and quickly said, "I'm going to be in the library. I just realized that I have to do some research for my essay in Transfiguration." Smiling slightly, he waved and quickly departed.

"We had an essay in Transfiguration?" asked a confused Sirius.

A.N. I don't know if anyone's reading this, but I'm going to continue it until I finish it. So there. Ha! Please review if you are reading it and thank you.