Chapter 3

James sat at the table in the library nervously flipping through a book in front of him. That was an incredibly lame excuse as there wasn't a Transfiguration paper at all. "Well, I'm an idiot," he thought, as he prepared to leave. He was, however, prevented from doing so as Remus walked into the library, a small smile on his face. He walked over to James and sat down across from him.

"Anything you wanna talk about, mate?" he asked casually. He looked at James with perceptive eyes and it was in that moment that James knew that Remus knew that he liked Sirius.

"Where's Sirius?" he asked instead, not willing to admit it quite yet. So what if it was the truth? He was going to go down without a fight. So ha.

Remus rolled his eyes. "I sent him to go writethe Transfiguration essay that's apparently due."

"There really is a Transfiguration essay?" asked James, forgetting about all of the problems that were going through his mind. If there was an essay then he was doomed to fail, as his mind was overrun with conflicting thoughts. "Shit, the last thing I need to do is fail!"

Remus rolled his eyes again. "Of course not. However, Sirius did not know that as he never pays attention in that class."

James nodded,relief coursing through him and then despair at the thought of Sirius again. He glanced at his hands, which were resting on the table in front of him. Remus sat staring at him intently, apparently waiting for him to say something first. It was really unnerving. Finally James sighed. "Alright, I'll tell you. Just stop staring at me like that."

"Good. And I will." James inwardly groaned. Remus always won silent debates!

"I am gay and I do like Sirius. I never thought that he would be gay, but apparently he is. I've liked him since our fourth year. I was not about to tell him that as at that time he had a new girlfriend every week."

Remus nodded and smiled. "Thank you for telling me. Was that so hard? No, I didn't think so. Now let's go find Sirius and tell him that there is no essay after all."

James stood up, surprised. "What no lecture? No, 'you should really consider telling him'? You're losing your touch Mooney."

"Would it have really worked if I had told you that?"

"No, but-"

"Exactly, so what's the point? Why waste my precious breath?"

James shrugged and followed his friend out of the library.

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"Why did I tell them that?" Sirius asked aloud to himself as he paced around the common room while munching on cake that he had gotten from the kitchen before he had come up to the common room. Judging by the way James had left the Great Hall, he was some kind of crazy homophobe and wouldn't want to be his friend anymore. And Remus had made some lame excuse for Sirius to leave them. Honestly, there was no Transfiguration essay, and if there was one, Sirius was certainly not going to do it until the night before it was due.

Something was up, and Sirius didn't like it. He groaned and stuffed the last bit of cake in his mouth as an owl fluttered through the open window and went up to Sirius. He looked at it with raised eyebrows. "Who would send me a letter in the middle of the day?" Confused, Sirius untied the letter and read it.

Sirius Black,

I heard that you're acting as a prostitute now? That's fairly interesting. Well, if that's true, I would like to order your services. I'll pay whatever you want, within reason. However, I'd like to know what I'm paying for. Is it just snogging and snuggling or is it all they way? Just a question. Anyways, I'll meet you in the abandoned classroom on the fifth floor at 11:00 tonight.

Sincerely,

A needy Hufflepuff

Sirius raised his eyebrows at the signature but quickly stuffed the letter in his pocket as the portrait door opened. He'd just think about it later. In walked Remus and James, each talking in soft voices. When Remus saw Sirius, he smiled. James was still avoiding his gaze, but smiled regardless.

"Get tired of doing the essay?" asked Remus as he sat down on the couch. Sirius walked over to him and sat down across from him in one of the chairs. Sirius decided he was going to act like his regular self. After all, nothing had really happened to change his entire attitude.

"Yeah, well I sat down to do it and I realized that if I did that, then I'd be breaking my own rules of procrastination."

"Good thing you didn't do it," laughed James suddenly. "Mooney came and reminded me that we didn't have one. Ha, I'm an idiot."

Sirius smiled at that too and nodded. His friends were such bad liars. "Yes, you are. But that's okay. I'll still be your friend!"

James rolled his eyes and chuckled. He quickly grew serious though and looked at Sirius somewhat nervously. "Um, Sirius, look…there's something I want to tell you. In private."

Sirius raised his eyebrows and even Remus seemed surprised. "Another essay that's supposedly due that doesn't really exist?" Sirius teased.

James laughed but shook his head. "No, um…come on." He grabbed Sirius's arm and led him out of the common room, deliberately ignoring the look that Remus was shooting him. He led them out of Hogwarts and down around the lake. Once there, he stopped and looked at Sirius closely. His friend looked completely confused and surprised. James was about to open his mouth to say something, but suddenly he found that he didn't know what he wanted to say.

"What did you want to talk about?" Sirius asked after a few moments of silence.

Looking at his best friend, James took in a deep breath. "Sirius, I thought that, because you told us that you were gay, it'd be best if I told the truth as well." He stopped speaking and glanced at his friend, who seemed confused but interested. "Well, I guess I'm gay too. See ya later. Class is awaiting."

He started walking away but Sirius grabbed his arm to prevent him from leaving. "Where are you going? We don't have class until later. Not to mention there's nothing wrong with being gay. I'm gay. You're gay. What does it matter?"

James shrugged. They were standing very close to each other. "Nothing's wrong with that," he muttered, sounding breathless. His face inched forward slightly.

Sirius was breathing deeply. Maybe there's a chance he'll...hmmm, I wonder what will happen?" He leaned in and pressed his lips against James's. James gasped slightly but didn't pull back.

James pressed into the kiss, his tongue begging for entrance of Sirius's mouth. Sirius complied and their tongues slipped over one another. Sirius's mouth tasted like cake that he must have "borrowed" from the school kitchens. Sirius never used the word stolen. The kiss deepened and then was suddenly broken off as the need for oxygen interrupted them.

They stood there, standing slightly apart panting. "Wow," breathed James. That had to have been the most intense kiss that he had ever had.

Sirius didn't say anything, just nodded and grinned. "I'm assuming you'd like to be my boyfriend now," he said, sounding breathless.

James nodded and replied, "If it's not too much to ask."

James watched as Sirius leaned forward and kissed him softly on the lips. James was surprised at how soft his lips were. They broke apart again. James gently caressed Sirius's cheek. He had such soft skin.

Sirius smiled seductively and whispered, "Not at all."

A.N. ha, conflicts are rising!!! Lol, next chapter: you decide

1.) Sirius tells Remus about his job

2.) A nice little scene with Sirius doing his job (keep in mind, i'm not going over the rating).

3.) Sirius ponders over how to tell James about his job (or if to)

4.) James talks to Remus about his relationship with Sirius.

Any of the above can be used twice. So which two would you rather see? And also, when should Sirius tell him, or should James find out from a different source? Please tell me, or else you won't get any say in it. Lol. Thank your for reading this!!!