Disclaimer : All characters belongs to J. K. Rowlings, minus professor Tralatong, whose name belongs to the creators of Farscape. All were kidnapped in the dawn, and are not used to make money. They will be returned when I'm done.

See, don't own so don't sue, unless you're interested in my teddy bears collection...

Besides this work will contain people out of character since I am definitely not JK Rowlings, and some strange sentences since I'm French. Not to forget it's an AU... No Peter, and Lily is the fourth Marauder. Still here?

So, on with the show...

Chapter 9 – A good morning and a Feast

Midway through the morning, James awoke. He quickly went to the Common Room. Grabbing a quill and a piece of parchment, he quickly scribbled a note, and, standing near the opened window, he whistled a little three notes tune.

At the third repeat of the tune, a falcon perched on the window ledge and extended his leg.

"Please, give him this message, but wait till he's alone, please." James asked while tying his note on the bird's leg. The falcon squeaked and left.

A few minutes later, the Snapes parents arrived. Mister Snape and James were playing chess while Mrs Snape was ordering coffee and toast from an House Elf when Lily arrived, fully dressed. She was guiding a still half sleeping Remus by the hand and giggling softly.

James raised an eyebrow and enquired "The usual?"

Lily answered while sitting Remus on a chair "Yes and no." She rolled her eyes before going on. "This time, he was trying to walk through the wall."

The Snape looked confused.

"You see" James explained, "Remus takes usually a very long time from the moment he left his bed till the one he is fully awake. Once he even slept through the breakfast, going through the motions like a sleep-walker. He didn't emerge till the beginning of our first class."

"The funniest part is the face he makes when he realises his new environment and has no idea of how he arrived there." Lily added.

"He is more of a nocturnal creature... Anyway, usually he radar his way to the Common Room. Unless he miss the door."

"Like today!" quipped Lily.

Mrs Snape howled with laughter, which was enough to awaken Remus completely. He jumped on his feet and exclaimed "I don't know, Professor Mac Gonnagal!"

Everybody laughed, included Remus.

Meanwhile, on the tower's second floor, in Sirius and Severus' dormitory.

Sirius was watching Severus as he slept. 'It's strange to think of him as my husband, but that is what he is now' he thought. He extended his hand and brushed a lock of hair out of Severus' face to get a better look at him.

Severus opened his eyes and focused on Sirius who quickly took his hand away and stood nervously.

Severus frowned as he saw a shaking Sirius trying to remove his clothes while repeating 'Sorry' over and over. His eyes widdened and he quickly left the bed, grabbing Sirius' hands in his.

When Sirius made no move and continued his leitmotiv, Severus transfered both of Sirius' hands in one of his own. With his free hand, he raised Sirius' chin and flinched when he saw the tears in his eyes.

"What was that, Sirius?"

"I... I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't touch you unless authorised, but...I'm sorry. Oh, Merlin's blood, I can't even do something right, you don't even want me!"

"Sirius!" shouted Severus, "Listen to me!" he sighed and cupped Sirius' chin with his hand. He planted his eyes into Sirius' teary ones and waited for his nod before going on. "You're wrong, of course I do want you! But if we were to do something now, it wouldn't feel right. I didn't marry you to use you when I feel like it. You have every right to touch me whenever you want. I am not your owner, but your husband. I want our relationship to be mutual. Agreed?"

Sirius nodded eagerly and kissed Severus' hand, smiled and yelped a little when Severus, smiling, tugged him into his arms by his wrists. He then enfolded a softly lauhing Sirius, anchoring him by an arm around his waist, and, raising Sirius' face, he kissed him deeply.

Their kiss was interrupted by the laughter they heard coming from the Common Room. They looked at each other and went investigating hand in hand.

Before reaching the door leading to the Common Room, Sirius turned to Severus, and tested his earlier resolution by pecking him on the nose. He attentively looked at Severus who smiled at him. Nodding, Sirius strode through the door, before stopping abruptly at the spectacle of his laughing friends and parents in law.

Severus came to a halt behind him, hugging him around the waist and putting his chin on his shoulder.

"I think the madness is spreading. Should we fear for our mental health?"

"Must be a case of Remusitis Chronicalis."

"Huh?"

Sirius explained Remus' matinal habits to an amused Severus and they made their presence known to the others occupants of the room.

"Everybody, get dressed and ready, we're leaving for the Feast in half an hour!" Lily reminded them when the conversations died a little. Everybody scrambled to make themselves presentable, minus Lily and James.

As soon as everybody had left the room, James ran to the door. "I've got somebody to see, don't wait for me!" he shouted over his shoulder to Lily who rolled her eyes upwards. He had merely finished closing the door when his fiancé hugged him and placed a kiss on his neck.

"So, why were you here till now?"

Turning into his lover's arms, James kissed him before grabbing his hand and bringing him into an empty bathroom to explain what he could without spoiling the surprise.

As soon as they were ready, they reassembled into the Common Room, where everybody remarked James' absence. Severus was comforting an over anxious Sirius who was nearly ill at the idea of facing the whole school, and perhaps his mother too. Lily explained about James' wish to see his fiancé before the Feast. They all jumped when a knock resounded at the door.

"It's me, James."sounded muffled through the door, "I met Professor Mac Gonnagal on the way back. We're supposed to go to the Great Hall now, before the end of classes."

They left the room, Sirius and Severus' arms around each other's waists. Remus snickered when he reached James. "Your hair is even messier than normal, James. Had an interesting morning?" James' cheeks tainted pink and he answered. "Oh yes! Very!" he smiled widely and winked "You should try it sometime!"

Remus laughed. "No, thank you. I don't want to make Eagle mad at me. He's the jalous kind."

James nodded. "That he is."

They hurried after their friends.

They were met at the Great Hall's door by Mac Gonnagal who instructed them to go in a little room behind the Teacher's table, and to wait for them to be called before coming out.

A few moments after, the Hall was filled with over excited pupils and staff members wary of what the Headmaster had planned.

Dumbledore clapped his hands a few times to bring silence to the Great Hall. He smiled. "Welcome all!" he started, "This is really a fine day today, a day of joy!" he paused, seeing the expectant looks everybody was sending him all around the room. "Yes, as you might recall, I told you this morning that I had been witness to a wonderful event. Will Severus Snape and Sirius Black come forth, please?"

The whole assembly's eyes turned to the door which was slowly opening. And in the Hall appeared Sirius, who made his way towards Dumbledore, his eyes firmly fixed on the floor. Severus followed, his eyes roaming around the room, noticing who, amongst the excitedly chatting students appeared to be hostile. He noticed a few Slytherins smirking smugly, which sent him into 'worrying mode'. The fact that both were in dressed robes didn't help to cool down the speculations.

They stopped as they reached the Headmaster and turned to face the pupils. Dumbledore stepped behind them and was opening his mouth to continue his little speech when the Great Hall's doors opened, banging on the wall and revealing Mrs Black and the red eyed wizzard.

At the sound of the commotion, Lily, James, Remus and Severus' parents ran out of the little back room and quickly made their way to stand protectively near Sirius and Severus.