Ah, here it is, the fourth chapter (finally). I have been looking over my shoulder all week for someone to come and tie me to my computer chair (giggles) Mm I have been listening to a lot of Daft Punk when I wrote this so I was in a very good mood and I think that I actually liked this chap.
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And I repeat: there will be no whomping willow plot...
I'm gonna stop with the babbling and leave you to your reading. Enjoy it!
Love -Jessie
After his visit to madam Pomfrey, Sirius didn't feel like having History of Magic. And he was already late so he figured that there was no point to go. Instead he walked around the castle killing some time before lunch. Pomfrey had healed his wound nice and it didn't leave a scar luckily enough.
He checked his watch and made haste to the Great Hall. The class had ended five minutes ago and he wanted to sit with James and Remus.
He rushed in between the tables were he had spotted his friends. James looked like a mess.
"Ah, the heroic Sirius Black has returned to us" Remus said making room for Sirius to sit with them.
"Ha ha very funny" Sirius said and poured up a glass of pumpkinjuice. "And what's up with prongs?"
"Lily said no… again." Remus whispered.
"Cheer up mate" Sirius said and patted James on the head. "I don't get it why you're so obsessed with that girl. I know several other girls that would be glad to date the chaser in the Gryffindor team."
"Thank you for your offer Sirius, but I wouldn't want to have one of your old girlfriends." James murmured. "Lily's special. Not like the other silly girls…"
"Wow you really got it bad for her then… How 'bout you then Moony? Can I fix you up for a blind-date?" Sirius said winking with his eye.
"Oh God not again! Remember last time? It was torture Pads! You might have forgotten but I haven't! I thought she was going to smother me to death" Remus said and dramatically tipped over on Sirius's shoulder.
"You're talking about Julie! And what was wrong with her?"
"First, she's not my type, believe me. And secondly she couldn't keep her hands off of me. Kissing me here, touching me there, licking me in the ear… so thanks, but no thanks." Remus said and snorted.
"And that's bad? Having a hot girl like that all over you? But perhaps you've already got an object of your affection?"
Remus blushed and muttered something inaudibly.
James woke up from his coma state. "What? What's this I hear?"
"Nothing." Remus said looking away.
"Our little Moony's got a little secret that he won't tell us…" Sirius said.
"And you haven't told us?" James said arching his eyebrows.
"There's nothing to tell!" Remus said and tipped over his cup.
"Doesn't look like that to me." Sirius said and gave James a high-five.
"Honestly James, Sirius has got all kinds of crazy ideas, you know that… And by the way I'll be in the dungeons tonight…" Remus said and looked over at Sirius to see his reaction.
On the inside Sirius was still raging over that subject, but on the outside he was totally calm. He was studying his nails when he answered. "I do not have crazy ideas, they're just misunderstood."
James was flabbergasted. This was not normal Sirius behaviour. He was surprised to see his friend act this cool about anything that had to do with Snivellus. He couldn't wait to see how long this new act would last.
It lasted until Remus had excused himself and left the dorm to go to the dungeons. Then everything he had sucked up during the day exploded. He fell onto his bed and wrung the pillow with his hands.
"If Moony doesn't come back tonight Snivellus will die!"
"Seriously Sirius, the last grade Remus got on his potion was an E! Perhaps it's good for him? Have you ever considered that? I don't like that it's Snivellus he's studying with but I can't do anything about it. And what do you think could happen?"
Oh, Sirius could come up with a lot of things that could happen. A lot of things that he didn't want to happen. Moony and Snivellus doing anything other than studying was on the top of the list.
"Sirius, you might not want to hear this but… I think you're over-worrying."
"Fine… but, watch out!" Sirius said and threw the pillow at James. That was the signal. A pillow-fight broke out and when Peter opened the door he got drawn in too. 20 minutes later they called it a truce since the stuffing in the pillows had started to show. They repaired them with a little sewing spell and decided that it might be a better idea to finish of some homework.
James and Peter called it a night first but Sirius was still working on the essay about Bielebog the Bluebearded elf that had led some war ages ago. Really boring since their teacher was Professor Binns.
At about half past ten he began to feel how good it would be to crawl in under those nice warm, soft sheets. But he kept his eyes opened. He was waiting for Remus to come back. Unfortunately the essay was so boring that no matter how hard he tried he couldn't keep his eyes open. He fell asleep at the table were he had been doing his homework with the candle still lit and all.
A few minutes later Remus came back to the dorm. He and Severus had forgotten about the time and he had quickly made his excuses when he checked his wristwatch and it informed him that the clock was nearly half past ten. They had finished with the studying long before that but he had stayed anyway. During his hours in the dungeon he had learned that Severus could be nice if he wanted to. They had talked about everything and the Slytherin had been a really good listener, which had surprised him.
He opened the door as silently as he could so he would not wake up the others. He noticed Sirius and the lit candle by the table and he walked over there to put it out. He pondered on the thought of carrying Sirius over to his bed but that would surely wake up him. Remus didn't want him to do that since he looked so sweet when he was sleeping. Sirius always slept with a smile on his face. Remus knew no one else who did that so he liked to watch Sirius sleeping. It made him calm as well. He sighed and tiptoed away from Sirius to his bed where he undressed and made ready for bed. He pulled the sheets up to his chin as he was freezing very much. It did not take long before his eyes closed and he fell asleep.
Sleeping, sitting by a table, is not a comfortable position. And so Sirius woke up again not long after Remus had come back. He massaged his stiff neck with one of his hands. He made a mental note to not sleep at tables again. He yawned and walked like a zombie over to his bed. When he looked to the left, at Remus's bed, he could barely make out his shape in the dark. Instead of going to his own bed he found himself going to Remus's like some hidden power was drawing him there.
He stood by the bedside looking down on the lump under the sheets that was Remus. He left his reasonable self behind when he sat down on the edge. He slowly reached out his hand and touched Remus's shoulder. It was warm which was no surprise as he had snuggled up under the sheets. He followed the length of Remus arm with his hand until he had to remove the sheet to continue. Remus moved slightly when the sheet was removed. Sirius found Remus's hand and took it. He had almost gone mad over those hands. He stroked it with his thumb. He had now got to a point where he couldn't return. Besides, Remus always sleeps like a rock and would hardly wake up from that.
When Sirius finally took the last step and crawled in under the sheets next to him he felt like someone else was controlling him and he was observing. It felt pretty damn good to just lie there but somehow it felt wrong at the same time. Remus was lying on his back and had tilted his head towards Sirius. Movement was going on under his eyelids. He was dreaming. "About what? Or about whom?" Sirius was wondering.
He looked so adorable and so beautiful that Sirius couldn't help himself. His hand moved from where it had rested on Remus's arm and moved over to the chest. Sirius could feel every breath Remus's drew and he could feel the faint beating of the heart. Suddenly he got scared. This was very wrong. You don't climb into your friend's bed and explore his body when he's sleeping. The thought crossed his mind that it might be a good time to leave now or else it could be hard to explain what he had been doing.
But it was too late. Remus suddenly woke up. At first he didn't notice neither Sirius nor the hand that was still on his chest. He had woken up because of a nightmare. It took another second before he noticed the intruder. He could hardly believe what his eyes saw. Sirius Black, in his bed? Had something gone wrong with the world? "Sirius? What are you doing in my bed?"
"That was a very good question and Remus had every right to ask it" Sirius thought. "I don't even know myself what I was doing…" Sirius laughs when he's nervous and that was what he was doing now. "It was really silly… I had a nightmare so I thought I could just come over to you and… I don't know…"
"A nightmare? Um okay… what was it about then?"
"I don't remember but it was awful… I probably should get back to my bed now and let you sleep…" Sirius said and made a move to crawl out of bed.
"No don't go!" Remus silently prayed. It had been nice to wake up and have Sirius lying next to you. He prayed to some higher power that Sirius would stay. When no one answered he took a chance. "You don't have to go. You can sleep her with me if you don't steal my quilt…" He bit his lip as he waited for Sirius to answer.
"Are you sure? I might snore…" Sirius said sounding very serious.
"If you do I'll just kick you out of bed." Remus said and chuckled. He turned on his side so Sirius would have room too. "Goodnight Sirius"
"Goodnight Remus…" Sirius said and turned his back to Remus. Just a precaution so that they won't wake up in the morning with Sirius spooning Remus. The probability of that happening, after what he had surprised himself with doing tonight, was now higher than it should be.
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