Alright, I'm updated (yay)! I know I have taken my time with the Remus/Sirius action but here you go! The Marauders play a game of truth and dare (I've always wanted to put that in one of my fics)
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It was a cold Saturday morning and it was snowing. It was six-o clock in the morning and everyone in the Gryffindortower was still sleeping. Sirius was still lying with Remus in his bed. Sirius was starting to wake up and began to blink his eyes. As he grew more and more awake he noticed the arm that was loosely wrapped around his waist. "Remus? Are you awake?" Sirius whispered. He got no response. "Ok, he's not awake… If he had been he wouldn't be holding you… Get a grip!" He thought to himself. It was kind of nice after all so he tried to get a little shuteye before breakfast.
The shuteye didn't last long. James came over to their bed a quarter later ripped off the quilt and said "Good morning sleepy..." But he interrupted himself when he saw that his two best friends had slept together. "Ooh, did I… disturb you?" He said and laughed like a maniac. At first he had been shocked by what he saw but his instincts told him that he would have known if something like "that" were going on between his two best friends.
Remus quickly removed the arm from Sirius waist and Sirius grabbed the nearest pillow and threw it at James. "Fuck you Prongs!"
"Just checking!" James said and dodged the second pillow that got thrown at him. "I was just going to ask if I could borrow Sirius for a sec!"
"Sure" Sirius said and followed James out of the dorm. "What did you want?" Sirius asked and closed the door behind him.
"I've got the greatest idea ever…." James said smiling slyly.
Later at breakfast when all the marauders where sitting at the table enjoying their sausages Sirius shuffled in all his food as if he was in a hurry.
"Where's the fire?" Remus asked.
"What? Oh, I'm going in to Hogsmeade later… got some things to do…"
"Does it have something to do with James?" Remus said frowning.
"Well, let's just put it like this: don't make any plans for tonight…" James said to Remus and Peter and winked at Sirius.
Sirius looked at his watch. "Sorry, have to go now…are you coming James?"
"Yep. And remember: no other plans for tonight!" James said and rushed away out of the Great Hall with Sirius.
"I wonder what they're up to…" Peter said and nodded in the direction Sirius and James had headed off to.
"Mm me to. I guess we'll have to wait until tonight to find out, and if you ask me it's another 'brilliant' prank."
"Yeah" Peter replied. And after that Remus and Peter just uttered a few more words. They weren't the best of friends. Peter sometimes felt like the outsider but he loved his friends anyway, he admired them and wanted to be like them so badly. He especially wanted to be like James.
James and Sirius were gone for hours. They missed both lunch and dinner and didn't come back to the castle until 6. Remus and Peter were playing wizard chess when the other two marauders came back. Their cheeks were brightly red from the walk.
"Now what could you possibly have been doing since you've missed both lunch and breakfast?" Remus said and checkmated Peter.
"Believe me… you will not be disappointed." James said and removed the cloak. Then he took out his wand and locked the door.
"What's that good for?" Peter asked while he set up the pieces for a rematch.
"Sirius will you do me the honours?" James said beaming at them.
Sirius who now also had removed his cloak stepped forward. He held both his hands behind his back. "What have I got in hand number one? James? Will you give me a drum-roll?"
"Sirius, cut the drama and get to the point." Peter said. "We don't know what you've got."
"Alright then." Sirius said and exposed what he had in his right hand.
"Firewhiskey?" Remus said and looked over to James for an explanation.
"Well Sirius and I got the great idea this morning… we decided that it had been ages since we last played truth or dare. Hence the firewhiskey. Now will you show them what you've got in hand number two Pads?"
Sirius now reached forward his left hand. And what was in it was a small vial with a clear liquid.
"Sirius, is that what I think it is?" Remus said staring at the vial.
"Yep, it's Veritaserum. You can't as well play TRUTH or dare without it, can you?"
James and Sirius sat down on the floor where Remus and Peter had been playing chess. James removed the chessboard and said. "Right, perhaps we should explain the rules, we altered them a bit.
Rule number 1: Everyone must take a zip of the Veritaserum. That's a new rule.
Rule number 2: You can't pick truth more than three times in a row. After three times in a row you must do the dare.
Rule number 3: If you're not certain you want to pick the truth you can ask what the dare is.
Are the rules clear?" He looked at everyone in turn. Remus was squirming a bit. That part with the Veritaserum didn't sound good in his ears. Some of the resent events and thoughts he had had he didn't want to share with some of them.
James took the first zip from the vial and passed it on to Sirius. Peter also took a zip before he handed it over to Remus. He just sat there holding the vial.
"Come on Moony… or is there something you don't want us to know?" Sirius said putting on one of those dangerous smiles that would cause most of the girls to throw themselves in his arms.
Remus sighed and took a zip too.
"Good boy" Sirius said from his side.
The game started out innocent enough with easy truths and not so very bold dares. 2 hours later when they had drunk half of the Firewhiskey the interesting questions were asked.
"Peter" Sirius said trying to focus his eyes on him. "Since you chose truth, now you must tell us: who's the sexiest girl in our year?"
"Maria Lucas" Peter said and blushed. "James: truth or dare?"
"Dare" James answered proudly. Peter looked over at Sirius for help. Sirius could get really evil when it came to plot a good embarrassing dare. Sirius whispered something in Peter's ear.
Peter turned to James. "Alright Prongs. Tomorrow you'll have to go to Snape and tell him that he's got the nicest ass you've ever seen!"
"Fuck you Sirius" James said but he was smiling too as he was planning to get his revenge.
"Alright, now it's payback time Pads! I'm gonna get you good. Truth or dare?"
"Truth" Sirius answered and reached for the bottle of Firewhiskey.
"Who is the sexiest person you know?"
Sirius was about to open his mouth when he looked over at Remus. This was a question too hard for him. During the influence of the alcohol anything could come out his mouth. And he wouldn't want to risk that.
"I changed my mind, I'll take the dare!"
James had an evil grin on his face. "You take the dare? All right, the dare is… kiss Moony and you've got to put an effort in to it. Like you mean it! Not some little kiss on the cheek. On the lips."
"Damn you Prongs" Sirius thought. He made himself ready and crawled over to Remus. Sirius put a hand on Remus's neck. "Why was Remus looking so pale?" he stopped to think for a second. He closed his eyes and moved in for the kiss. He missed the lips and put a wet kiss somewhere near Remus's ear. "Sorry" he murmured. "Got to get this right." He aimed once again and hit the lips this time. Caught in the moment he forgot about James and Peter and opened his mouth to explore with his tongue. He pinned the panic-stricken Remus beneath him.
"Hey Pads, get a room." James said and sniggered.
Sirius broke the kiss and sat up. "You said I should kiss him like I mean it and I meant it." He defended himself with. He helped Remus to sit up and crawled back to his seat.
Remus sat silent watching Sirius. He licked his lips. They tasted like Sirius. Well they tasted alcohol too but there was also a taste of something else, Sirius. He had been panic-stricken when he was pinned to the floor but he had just been shocked when he felt Sirius's tongue against his teeth. What was it he had felt when James interrupted them? Disappointment? And he said he had meant it…
Sirius was dizzy from the drinking. He could've got away with a quick little "lip-brushing-lip" kiss but it felt natural to kiss Remus like he had kissed he's many girlfriends. What was it that was so special about Moony?
"Sirius, it's your turn." James reminded him.
"Oh yes... Remus, truth or dare?"
"Truth…"
"Here it goes: Do you want to kiss me again?" Sirius said actually sounding serious.
Remus felt all the blood in him rush to his face. Both James and Peter dropped their jaws. It was a very bold question and they were holding their breaths for Remus to answer.
Remus tried to read the look on Sirius's face. All the other Marauders were wasted so if he decided to answer that question there was a possibility that they would forget it. If he choose dare instead, Sirius probably had something nasty planned. He turned his eyes to the floor, as he couldn't look Sirius in the eyes. "Yes…"
Remus could think of several other ways that they could have responded. This was not what he had thought.
Sirius leaned back against the wall smiling to himself. "Well of course you'd want to. Everyone who's had a piece of Sirius Black comes back for more." He said and blinked at Remus.
"Look who's being modest!" James said snorting and shaking his head.
After that they continued on with the game. James and Peter might not have noticed it but the atmosphere in the room had changed. There was a tension between Remus and Sirius although they both pretended it was like normal.
Sirius was considering the fact that he maybe had more than platonic feelings for his best friend.
And Remus, who knew his feelings were deeper than friendship, was doing his best to avoid looking over at Sirius direction.
They both knew that tomorrow was going to be different. But they would both try their best to suppress whatever was going on between them.
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