Thank you for your wonderful reviews, I was so happy this morning when I checked my mail. bouncing around

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear when this story takes place, I'll try to explain.

This is their sixth year so they have taken their owls and they have hexed Snape in front of everybody down by the lake (which they did in the end of their fifth year). This is October in their sixth year and Sirius hasn't told Snape yet how to get in under the Whomping Willow.

But just so you know: this will NOT be another of those stories with Sirius telling Severus cause I want Sirius and Remus to live happily ever after (silly me). So I totally agree with you'Werewolves are human too'!

I hate to dissapoint any of you if there was someone out there who wanted me to write a story with the whole Whomping willow incident but I left that part out

I hope this cleared some things up.

Leave me a review as usual 'cause you know how happy that makes me.

Love Jessie


"Sirius? Sirius? Wake up now, you'll be late" James said shaking him.

"I don't want to go to school!" a sleep-drunk Sirius shouted.

"Put on some clothes you don't have time for breakfast…"

Sirius blinked a few times and yawned for a good while before he sat up in bed and stretched out.

"Sirius, get up!" James said in a demanding voice.

Sirius rose from bed and walked over to the window. He started to put on his clothes while he mind-absently peered out through the window. It was a beautiful October morning and snow covered the Hogwart's grounds. Sirius liked to take it slow in the mornings. He wasn't a morning person.

"Sirius didn't you hear what I said? If you're late for potions again you'll get detention!"

Finally James got Sirius's attention. "Fuck Prongs! Potions, why didn't you tell me!" Sirius yelled as he ran back and forth through their dorm gathering up his clothes that were scattered all over the floor.

"I did but you didn't listen."

"Alright let's go then." Sirius said tying his necktie.

"Geez, you make it sound likeI was the one who slept in" James said laughing.

They ran all the way down to the dungeons and made it just in time before Professor Diddle arrived.

"Ah I see that you're in time today Mr. Black." Diddle said as he unlocked the classroom.

"Yes Sir…" Sirius mumbled.

The boys strolled towards their usual seats in the back of the classroom. There where only room for three at each bench so Peter slumped down on the bench in front of the other Marauders.

Sirius sat in the middle as usual with James on his right side and Remus on his left.

"Today we will make a very complicated potion so pay attention to the instructions…" Diddle said and pointed his wand at the blackboard where the instructions now appeared.

Sirius let out another wide yawn.

"Tired, sleepyhead?" Remus said chuckling.

You have no idea…"

"Nightmares?" Remus whispered as he chopped up his roots.

"Yes…" Snivellus molesting Moony definitely counts as a nightmare.

Remus gave him a compassionate smile and returned to his roots.

Pads, check out Snivellus…" James said and nudged Sirius with his elbow.

Sirius turned his gaze to the front of the classroom where the Slytherins were seated. Snape was staring at Remus.

"Fuck!" Sirius whispered. He slanted with his knife and almost cut himself in the finger.

"Calm down Sirius" James said from the corner of his mouth. "If you're planning on doing something then do it after class, Diddle has got his eyes on you."

Sirius swore under his breath and gave Severus a look that could've killed. Severus responded with grinding his teeth.

Sirius turned to look at Remus who had a very concentrated look on his face. Remus hadn't noticed anything that was going on around him. He was to busy with thinking about every advice he had been given from Severus.

"Sirius can you give me the bottle with Belladonna essence?" Remus said and reached out his hand.

Sirius fumbled a bit with the vials before he found the ingredient that he had asked for.

When Sirius was about to give him the bottle he came in touch with Remus hand. They were very cold he noticed. A sudden impulse urged him to put down the bottle and took his hand.

"Man, you're hands are cold…"

"Are they? I didn't notice…"

After some awkward quiet seconds the thought hit Sirius. "You're still holding his hand." He suddenly let go of the hand as if he had been burned.

Remus, a bit confused, gave his friend a curios look before he reached for the bottle himself. There were definitely something going on with Sirius, but he couldn't point his finger on what it was.

Sirius was silently cursing himself. That inner voice from yesterday was back and it was laughing at him again. " 'You're hands are cold', where did that come from? You don't hold you're best friend's hand. Sissy boy."

Sirius sighed and longed for the class to end.

One and a half on an hour later it was time to turn in the results of today's lesson. Diddle strolled between the benches collecting the vials. When he came to the bench where they were sitting he said in a low voice to Remus "This looks good Mr. Lupin."

Sirius noticed how Remus smiled proudly as he gave the professor his vial. His eyes glittered when he smiled. Those beautiful golden orbs… "Now wait a minute, when did Moony's eyes get beautiful?" Sirius thought to himself.

When they came outside of the classroom Sirius and Snape bumped into each other.

"Watch it were you're going, Snivellus!" Sirius said.

Snape stopped dead in his tracks. "What did you call me? Blood-traitor!"

Everybody's attention was now with Sirius and Snape.

Sirius, aware of his classmates' attention, said in a louder voice "I called you…"

But before he had finished that sentence a red beam shot out from Snape's wand and hit him on the cheek where it left a red mark and some blood. Sirius reached with his fingers to his cheeks and when he saw the blood he reached for his own wand.

Before he had decided which nasty curse to cast on him Diddle stepped forward. "This will end now! I don't care who started it 'cause you will both get detention." "Duelling in the halls…" he muttered before he left for his office.

James and Remus pulled Sirius away from the scene and the same did Crabbe and Goyle with Snape.

"Look on the bright side of it. At least he didn't deduct points." Remus said trying to cheer up his friend.

"We'll take you to Madame Pomfrey and she'll fix you up in a sec." James said in the same cheery tone as Remus.

When they came to Madam Pomfrey they had to wait for a few minutes so they sat down on one of the beds. James excused himself, something about asking Lily out for a date again.

"It was a nasty cut he gave you there" Remus said and put his fingers on Sirius's wound.

Sirius flinched. The hands were still cold but they were soft to.

"Does it hurt?" Remus said removing the fingers when he noticed that Sirius had flinched away.

"A little, it kind of stings…"

They went quiet again. For some reason Sirius felt nervous, which was strange considering that it was just Remus there.

Remus ended the silence. "You think he's having some luck this time?"

"Who?" Sirius asked.

"Prongs. With Lily." Remus said and stroked away a lock of his hair that had fallen in his face. Sirius found himself staring at his friend's hands again.

"Oh yeah, how many times has he asked her out now? Five?"

"No, I think this is the sixth time!"

They broke into laughter.

"How about you then pads? Got something going on?"

"No, not much. Since that last girl I dated I've been taking it cool. How about you?"

Remus was looking down on his knees and it took some time before he answered. "Nope. No, maybe. Nah… you know… there's hard to find someone when you're like me…" Remus said and sighed.

Madam Pomfrey came up to them and Remus hopped down from the bed. "See you later Pads".

Sirius looked after Remus when he left. What was it Remus had said? Did he like someone and hadn't told him, Sirius, about it? And why was Snivellus staring like that at Remus? And why…?

"OUCH!" Sirius whimpered when Madam Pomfrey padded his cheek with some purple liquid. "Well, try not to get into fights then" she said and padded on some more of the liquid before she healed the wound.


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