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If You're Not The One

Chapter Four: A Friends Advice

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For the rest of the summer Sirius and Remus never spoke of the kiss they shared. Remus knew it had meant something to him, but didn't want to admit it because he wasn't sure Sirius felt the same. He thought that he might've mistaken the look he saw there that night. Sirius thought Remus had acted like that because he was so heartbroken about Eric, and that he just needed some comfort. Sirius didn't think he could bare to tell his friend that the kiss had meant more to him than that. So without saying a word they agreed not to mention it.

Together they hung out with their fellow Marauders James Potter, and Peter Pettigrew causing more mischief. It wasn't until they received their letters for their sixth year at Hogwarts that they realized the summer was coming to an end. It wasn't long before the Marauders were packing up their things and heading off to King's Cross once again.

"Oi James! Get off!" Sirius bellowed when the said Marauder jumped on his back in greeting.

"What? I just wanted a ride from the dog," James said grinning as if jumping Sirius was the most natural thing in the world.

"And what would I get in return?" Sirius asked with all the seriousness he could muster.

"What do you get? Why Padfoot I thought that was obvious." Sirius arched an eyebrow waiting for James to continue. "Why you get the glory of parading around the best Gryffindor Seeker!"

James pulled out the golden snitch he had nicked from the Quidditch Supply Room and let it float a few feet in the air before catching it. Sirius barked with laughter, pulling James into a headlock while Peter and Remus watched with mild amusement. The train gave a shrill whistle, signaling the stragglers to board.

"You know Padfoot I still think you should make the change permanent," Prongs said as they made their way to the back of the train to their compartment.

"Well the tail is pretty sexy, but those darned fleas just don't make it worth it."

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"Good evening students, and welcome to another year at Hogwarts!" The headmaster announced after the new students had been sorted into their houses. "Just a few start of term notices before the feast. First years will be advised as well as a reminder to a few certain sixth years..." Dumbledore looked directly at the four Marauders, who grinned back at him. "That the forest on the grounds is strictly forbidden to all. As well our caretaker Mr.Filch has advised me that he has posted a list of the items banned in the halls outside his office. Now lets tuck in."

Instantly the empty tables filled with a wide selection of dishes for the students to pile on their plates. While the students ate and caught up with their fellow students the school ghosts floated into the Great Hall greeting the students, and as usual Nearly Headless Nick shocked the first years by showing them his botched beheading.

"So Jamie my boy... what stunts have you cooked up for us this year?" Padfoot asked as he filled his goblet with pumpkin juice.

"Oh I have a fair few cooked up for us Padfoot. Some that are specially designed for our dear Slytherin chums," James said with that mischievous glint in his eye as he and Sirius glanced over at the Slytherin table where Lucius and his cronies were sitting.

Remus was only half listening as his mind was elsewhere. He absentmindedly pushed his food around his plate with his fork as he lost himself in thought. It was just over a month since him and Sirius had kissed and he still couldn't get it off his mind. He wanted to do it again. He wanted to tell Sirius he cared about him. If only he knew how Sirius felt, then maybe he could tell him how he really felt. Why did he have to fall for one of his best friends? He just had to make things complicated.

"Oi! Moony!" James said, prodding the spaced out Marauder in the arm with his fork.

"Huh? Oh sorry," Remus apologized as he came back to reality.

"What's with you? You've been spacing out all summer," James pointed out.

"Sorry," Remus murmured, looking down at his plate to try and hide the fact he was blushing.

"Well can you blame him?" Peter said piping up, getting everyone's attention. "He's had to come back just to watch Eric hook up with someone else."

Remus merely blinked at the information as the others looked at him sympathetically. In truth he hadn't even thought about Eric since the incident with Sirius, let alone seeing him with someone else. With that fact sinking in he looked over at the Ravenclaw table to see Eric sitting with a blonde haired, blue eyed 5th year boy. Seeing the two together Remus' stomach suddenly lurched and he rushed from the Great Hall to the nearest bathroom.

Remus just made it to the toilet when he began to empty his stomach. Unbidden, tears started to stream down his face and they continued even after his stomach had lost all its contents. He leaned against the wall of the stall silently crying, all the pain of what happened surfacing again.

"Remy?" a familiar voice asked softly as they stood outside his stall.

Conflicting emotions hit Remus as Sirius' voice sounded. He wanted to fling himself on his friend and have him comfort him. Yet he also didn't want his friend seeing him like this. So in response Remus merely made a muffled sob, and continued to cry.

Worried, Sirius magically unlocked the door and stepped inside to see Remus' tear stained face. Sirius took a step to close the distance between them and wrapped Remus in a huge hug. Once there Remus fully gave way and sobbed loudly into Sirius shoulder. In that moment Sirius knew the year was definitely not going to be the normal care-free prankster year it was supposed to be.

After the minutes dragged by of Remus crying on Sirius' shoulder the heartbroken werewolf composed himself and pushed away from Sirius, wiping at his eyes.

"Sorry, I'm being silly I know. I thought I was okay, but I just didn't think about seeing him with someone else," Remus said not able to look Sirius in the face. "God I'm so stupid!"

"No you're not!" Sirius exclaimed grabbing Remus by the shoulders so the grief stricken teen would look at him. "Don't ever think otherwise. You're way too good for him! Its his loss not yours! Any guy would be lucky to have you."

Remus forced a half smile, but it didn't stay there long. It would take more time for his heart to mend then he had thought. At least with Sirius, James and Peter around he could distract himself from thinking about Eric and his boyfriend too much.

"C'mon lets go back to the Great Hall I'm sure James has got a prank already underway for those gits in Slytherin," Sirius said smiling at his friend.

"No," Remus said shaking his head. "I think I'm just going to go up to bed."

Sirius nodded, and the two went their separate ways. He watched as Remus ascended the stairs to the Gryffindor dormitory then turned back to go into the Great Hall where he was greeted with Severus Snape rushing past him trying to hide that his naturally large nose was even larger.

"Hey Padfoot you just missed my prank on Snivelly!" James said beaming with pride as his best friend sat down.

"I ran into Snivelly on my way in. Right good work you did on him." Looking at the seat Remus had recently occupied he noticed they were now missing two Marauders. "Where's Peter gone?"

"Oh... He kinda took the fall for my prank so McGonagall gave him detention," James said shrugging. "How's Moony doing?"

"Not so good," Sirius said shaking his head. "You should've seen him during his transformations Prongs. I've never seen him hurt himself so bad, and his parents say its been like that since the break up."

"Well what about when you guys... you know..." James said leaning closer, bringing his voice down to a whisper. "When you guys kissed... you said he seemed happier after."

"He just needed some extra comfort mate. He's not interested in me."

"I think you're wrong mate. I still think you both like each other. Yer both just too chicken to tell each other."

"I'm NOT chicken!!!" Sirius protested.

"Really?" James asked arching his eyebrow. "Then tell him."

Sirius stared off into space as he thought about what James said. Could it be possible? Could Remus have feelings for him too? Maybe he should tell Remus how he feels. Sirius continued to mull things over, oblivious to the fact that James had charmed his fork to throw food until he was hit in the face with mashed potatoes.

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TBC...