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A/N:This is the third and DATE chapter that is requested by readers, I hope you enjoy it! I actually hadn't plan on writing it...but since my readers want it, who am I to deny them? So...Thanks to those who reviewed last time...and I hope you'll review this time too!
Not his Date
He'd jumped out of bed as soon as the door closed and bounced towards the bed opposite his own.
"REMUS!"
He watched his friend jump up from his bed. He'd seen it coming. He did. But he couldn't move. Remus's head collided with his.
"OWWW!" two voices yowled.
"My head!" Sirius held his forehead. He was sprawled on the floor from the impact of their collision.
"I should be the one complaining!" Remus said, rubbing the spot that was sure to develop a bump. "Your head is like a bludger! Honestly, do you train with boulders in your spare time?"
Remus then fell back onto the bed.
"Moony…" Sirius whined.
"Why did you wake me up? Can't you read the clock?" Remus shifted and glanced at the clock, "It says 'Way too early to be up, so why don't you let your instinct take over and sleep'."
Sirius ignoring him, jumped up and down in excitement, asked. "Don't you remember what day this is?"
"No." Remus replied, deadpanned. "And frankly, I don't care…I'm sleepy…"
"But Remus, today's the Hogsmeade weekend!"
"Exactly. It's a weekend. You're supposed to sleep in."
"Not today!" Sirius exclaimed before jumping onto his friend's bed and dragging him out of it.
xxXxx
So maybe he wasn't supposed to be doing what he was doing. So maybe James told him to stay away…of course in much more colorful language than just a plain 'screw off'.
So, what?
Today was James's-Date day! He was never one to follow warnings anyway.
That'd be why he and Remus, who he'd dragged along, were hiding around the corner of Honeyduke. They watched, or rather, Sirius watched while Remus stifled his yawns and complained: 'we should be in our own bed sleeping', as James and Lily walked out of the sweet store. Holding hands. James was holding Lily's hand.
"James is holding hands." Sirius said, awestruck. "He's holding hands with Lily."
"Yeah, so?" Remus asked, trying to stay awake.
"He finally got past the shivery hand phase! You didn't see him last night! He was shaking so much that he couldn't hold his wand. It was as if I'd Rictesemptra'ed him!"
"And you didn't?" Remus asked with his eyebrows raised. He might have came back late from the Hospital Wing last night, but Remus knew him quite well.
"Well…" Sirius said, trying to evade the topic now.
"I thought so." Remus leered at him triumphantly as he walked out of the darker alley. "I'm going into Honeydukes. You can continue your stalking."
Slightly indignant by Remus's remark, he went after his tawny haired friend, who, with amazing agility, squeezed past the crowds in Honeydukes. He stood outside the shop and yelled over the voices in the crowd.
"I don't stalk!"
He waited for a reply. None came. Remus had either not heard him or had decided not to answer him. Sirius stood outside the shop and watched people as they entered and exited the stuffed store. He stood there patiently. But Remus was honestly taking far too long. He could almost see the shift in the shadows.
"OI, ARE YOU DONE IN THERE?"
Remus did not appear.
"I'M GOING TO GO WITHOUT Y-"
"Sirius?" James' astonished voice said.
Oops. Not good. Caught in the act.
Sirius turned around stiffly to see a not-so-pleased James and a curious Lily.
"Err, nice day isn't it?" Sirius said, trying to be suave and frantically planning an escape.
"I thought you were on a date." James commented, still staring suspiciously at Sirius.
"I am!" He covered, "I'm just waiting for…for my date!"
"Hey, Sirius, sorry to keep you waiting," Remus walked out of the candy shop, organizing the bags in his hold and not paying much attention to his surrounding in general.
Sirius's eyes widened. Of all times, Remus just had to exit Honeyduke then. His hands so full of sweets that he hadn't even noticed the silence until…now.
"Oh, hi, James, Lily." Remus said cordially.
The couple looked at Remus oddly before James turned to Sirius.
"You're dating Moony?" James asked in a small voice while Lily looked perplexedly at Remus then back at Sirius.
"WHAT!" Remus shouted, his head snapping towards Sirius.
Maybe he shouldn't have said that in attempt to save his butt.
"Sirius, is there anything you would like to confess?" James asked Sirius with his eyebrow raised.
"No." he said sullenly.
"Then care to explain why you're here? I thought I "
"I-" Sirius began, a large mischievous smile spreading across his features.
"Actually," James said, detecting that smile. "I don't want to know."
"But you asked a question!"
"Yes, and I've decided that I don't want an answer."
"But-"
"C'mon, guys," Lily interrupted, "Remus and I'd rather get a drink than stand here; following us?"
"Lily! Our date!" James said, refraining from whining with all his might while Sirius whooped: "Lily you're the best! You should marry her, Prongs."
xxXxx
"I thought I told him not to tag along." James glared at the returning figure of Sirius.
"And when had he ever listened?" Remus rolled his eyes.
"What happened to your plan of training lil' Marauders?" James asked grumpily, as Sirius plopped himself down next to him with his third drink. "You won't get very far if you don't find yourself a girlfriend."
"Well, the idea is that you and Lily produce the babies. Remus here, will do the boring teaching. Peter will change the nappies and do the burping…and when they're old enough, I'll train them."
Lily came back at the beginning of the sentence. And she blinked.
"Sounds like a wonderful plan." Lily said sarcastically with a forced smile on her face as she sat down.
"Of course!" Sirius said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "I made it!"
Lily turned stiffly to James and Remus, who were torn between laughing and annoyance.
"Can I hit him?"
"Be my guest."
WHAK!
"Wha-" Sirius said, brought back from his thoughts by the hit. "I thought you meant you were going to hit James! When you want to hit me, you're supposed to ask me!"
"Does his logic ever make sense?" Lily asked with raised eyebrows.
Sirius turned to James with a childish pout on his face. "She's mean. Don't marry her!"
"If I remember correctly," James said, holding back his laughter. "Half an hour ago, you just told me to marry her."
"But-"
"You provoked her anyways." Remus said.
"What is this? Pick-on-Sirius Day?"
"Pay-back for ruining our date." Lily said with a smile.
"And for dragging me out of bed." Remus added.
Sirius turned to James, hoping to find support from his best friend.
His best friend shrugged.
James shrugged and said, "I warned you."
Damn. He really should have taken Remus's advice and stayed in bed this morning…
A/N: Comments are more than welcome! The next chapter is the 'First Arguement'! I hope you'll continue reading! This chapter is actually longer than the last two...Hope you didn't mind and actually found it more enjoyable! I think this story will end when Harry's born, so that's about 3 or so chapters more! -Yes, I know it's kind of depressing talking about the end of a story-
