Sirius looked at Remus with an unreadable expression.

"Well?" asked the young werewolf.

"Well, what?" replied Sirius. "You said you loved me, Remus. It wasn't exactly a question."

Remus looked up. "Ok then, let me make this a question. Do you love me, Sirius?" For what seemed an eternity, Sirius was silent. At last he looked Remus straight in the eye.

"Remus, I'm sorry. I don't love you. I don't love guys. I have a girlfriend, who I love very much. You're my best friend. Nothing more."

Remus swallowed hard. It was exactly what he'd been expecting. And yet... And yet he'd hoped it might not have been that, he'd hoped that Sirius might have told him he felt the same way. He still stood there, rooted to the spot. He turned to go, and began slowly walking to the door, hoping that Sirius might call him back, say something to stop him. He was almost at the door when it flew open with a bang, and Wyverna stormed in like an avenging angel.

"Sirius! What the hell do you think you're bloody playing at! Sure, Dol told me it was wrong to listen at the door, but now I bet she'll be bloody glad I did! Remus – stay right there!" Remus stopped in his tracks from where he had been creeping towards the door.

"Wyverna, what the hell are you doing?" Sirius asked gently, laying a hand on her arm. Wyverna shook it off impatiently.

"Don't you dare try that with me, Sirius! What the hell are you doing, telling Remus you don't love him!"

Sirius sighed. "Look, babe – "

"Sirius," Wyverna interrupted dangerously, "I told you to never call me that."

"Look, Wyverna, I don't love him! I love you!"

"Like hell you do! Remus – stay!"

"I do, ok! I'm not gay!" Remus flinched. "Sorry Remus, but I'm not! I'm not bisexual, or homosexual, or gay, or whatever you want to call it!"

"You're Remussexual."

"I am not! What's 'Remussexual' mean, anyway?"

"It means that you're not gay! You don't like boys!"

"I told you!"

"You just like Remus! You love Remus! Remus – stay!"

"I do not love Remus! I love you!"

"You. Love. Remus."

"No. I. Don't."

Wyverna sighed. "I was afraid I wasn't going to have to resort to this. I've kissed you, ok, Sirius? I have gone out with you for just over a month! And I know that even though you think you love me, hell, you might even actually love me, whatever, the point is, when we kissed, when you kissed me, it... it was as though you were trying to prove something to yourself." Her voice got quieter.

"You were trying to prove something to yourself. You were never thinking about me, or you were trying to think of me, and not anyone else. I know you, Sirius, possibly better than anyone else, even you Remus." Remus nodded. It was true.

"You love Remus, Sirius. Kiss Remus."

Sirius yelped. "What? No!"

"Please. If you really do love me, then kiss Remus. Go on." Sirius took a deep breath. It was obvious she wasn't going to let this go. Wyverna perched on the edge of a desk, fiddling with her wand. Sirius moved in towards Remus... They both closed their eyes... And there it was. The kiss. It was perfect.

They both drew back together, Remus slightly flushed, Sirius pale. Wyverna looked up.

"Good. Ok, Sirius, now kiss me."

"Wha – ?"

"Look, I know where I'm going with this, ok?" she snapped. "And you wouldn't believe how dumb I feel saying this, but kiss me, ok?" Remus looked away. It wasn't going to work, he knew it. A few minutes later she spoke to him.

"Ok, Remus. You can look now." Her voice lost the hard edge when she spoke to him, it was softer, almost loving. Like he was a sweet little boy again. He didn't mind it, he actually liked it. She was a good friend to Sirius. Like Dolphin was to him.

"Sirius. Look me straight in the eye and tell me that kiss was better than the one you had with Remus. Well?" He looked down at the floor, unable to meet her eyes. It was the first time ever he had been unable to look her in the eye.

"Ok. Now look Remus straight in the eye. Do you love him?"

"I-I do," he said. "I love you, Remus." Remus blinked. It was almost too much to hope for.

"Really?"

"Really." Suddenly the two boys met in a hug, each teenager half crying, half laughing. "I love you, Remus. I'm so sorry I put you through all this. I'm sorry, Remus. Forgive me?" Sirius asked, his voice muffled through Remus's hair. Remus laughed.

"I can still never stay mad at you, Sirius," he replied. Wyverna smiled. She quietly left, and started to walk to the Great Hall, where she was meeting Dolphin. They were going back to Harry's time today. She was nearly there when she heard someone running behind her, panting slightly.

"WYVERNA! STOP!" She turned round, and Sirius flung himself at her, knocking her to the ground.

"Whoa, whoa, Sirius? What's all this?"

"I know you're going. Don't go!" Wyverna sighed.

"How did you find out?"

"I just know, ok?" He was crying. Sirius Black was actually crying. "Please don't go. You're the best friend I've ever had."

"Oh, Sirius, don't say that. What about Remus?"

"He's my, well, y'know. Not my friend, more than that."

"What about James? Or Peter?" Sirius snorted.

"Peter? I don't think so! Not that little stalker."

"Stalker?" He sat up, looking at her critically.

"Oh, please. Don't tell me you didn't know."

"Know? Know what?"

"Peter's been stalking Dolphin. Ever since the beginning of the Snow Queen auditions." Wyverna remembered all the creepy messages, the many photos...

"That was Peter?"

"Yeah... But that's not the point! Please, 'Verna, don't go."

"I'm sorry, Sirius. But I have to. You don't understand." She got up, and began to walk away, leaving Sirius looking after her.

"I still love you, Wyverna. I always will," he called after her. She began to run. "You'll always be my best friend ever!" She ran even faster, her hair flying out after her, and began to cry. "I love you, Wyverna!"

"I love you too, Sirius!" she called, hoping he could still hear her. "I love you, too!" She saw Dol waiting at the end of the corridor, standing in front of a swirling portal. Wyverna threw herself through it. Dolphin started to climb in after her, then paused for a minute, and looked back at Sirius, still standing there. She waved, then went through the portal which closed after her.

Sirius was stood all alone in the empty hallway.