Sirius never came back that night.
He wasn't in the dorm when they arrived and they hadn't seen him in the Great Hall for dinner. Lupin lay in bed tossing, turning, and thinking to himself, was it my fault? Lupin sat up and layed his head in his palms.
"Sirius, you idiot...", He said to himself and looked out the window. He gazed up to the moon. Three more days... He thought. He then turned his gaze to the Whomping Willow. Remus's eyes opened wide. He couldn't be.
Lupin hopped out of bed and swiftly put on his robes. He quietly sneaked out into the park and slid under a large gap in the roots of the Whomping Willow. He crawled through the tunnel as fast as he could. Halfway through the tunnel he felt a sharp pain in his right arm. He had brushed against a sharpened twig stuck against the wall. His robe had been torn and his arm was bleeding, badly. Despite the searing pain though he managed to arrive at the end of the tunnel.
"Padfoot...", Lupin whispered as he crawled into a small dimly lit room.
Sirius was lying in the corner asleep. Remus gave a sigh of relief and walked over to him. Sirius looked peaceful, innocent, and to Remus...beautiful.
"Padfoot?", Remus said brushing a hand through his untamed hair. Sirius's eyes flickered open. He yawned and scratched his head. Lupin let out a small laugh and helped Sirius stand up.
"Moony!" Sirius gasped. He stared at him for a moment then turned away.
"
Padfoot... I'm sorry"
"I told you... It's ok"
"Padfoot, no it's not!", Remus and Sirius were both surprised as Remus found his arms wrapped around Sirius as he screamed. Remus tried to let go but Sirius pulled him back.
"Don't let go" ,he said. Remus was shocked, he didn't know what was happening, but he did know inside he didn't want to let go either. He felt Sirius push him away and grab his arm.
"You're bleeding"
"Really, it's nothing!", Remus said. Sirius forced him to sit down as he tore off a strip of cloth from his robe and wrapped it around Lupin's arm.
"Sirius! You really don't have-", Sirius had brought Lupin closer to him again. Lupin didn't say another word the entire night.
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"Oh my God! We've missed three classes!", Remus said running through the hallways trying to make it in time for their potion lessons.
"Not like any of them were that important...", Sirius yawned following Lupin at a much slower pace. Lupin pulled to a sudden stop.
"Moony! What the hell are ya-", Sirius crashed into him, bringing them both to the ground. Standing in front of them was Severus with a smug-faced Lucius standing next to him.
"Damn Slytherins...", Sirius said to himself as he stood up and brushed himself off.
"Well... Where have you two been?" Lucius smirked.
"None of your business ya bloody-", Lupin put his hand over Sirius's mouth.
"Lucius, please move...", Lupin said trying to walk around him. Lucius ran in front of him and grabbed him by his shirt collar.
"Who the hell do you think your talking to?", Lucius threw him to the wall. Lupin hit head first and was knocked out before he hit the ground. Lucius grinned and immediatly sent his gaze to Sirius, who flared up in rage and charged at Lucius ramming his fist into Lucius's face. Lucius fell to the floor but rebounded quickly pulling out his wand. Sirius ran at him again but stopped. Remus's unconscious body was hovering in front of Lucius.
"Mobilicorpus... Quite a useful little spell isn't it?", Lucius smirked.
"You bastard!", Sirius screamed at him.
A hand lay on Sirius's shoulder. Sirius turned around and in shear rage, without bothering to even look, punched them in the face. Lucius burst out laughing and Snape smirked. Sirius looked up at who he had just punched.
"Oh...shit...", Sirius said. His face went pale and thin. Standing over him was Professor Clutch.
"Looking for a few more days of detention are you Mr. Black?" , he hissed rubbing the spot where Sirius had punched his face. He then turned to look at Lucius who was still controlling Remus and Snape who was standing behind a pillar trying to be unnoticed.
"Who started this"
"It was them!", Lucius said pointing to Sirius and setting Lupin down on the ground. Sirius ran to Lupin's side and pulled him up onto his shoulders.
"He's a bloody liar!", Sirius screamed.
" Mr.Black, when your friend wakes up tell him he can join you in your three weeks of detention", Clutch walked off followed by Lucius and Snape who stuck their tongues out at them and shared a shrill laugh as they made their way to Potions.
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"Well... We can't say we didn't have it coming...", Lupin sighed while shoving a piece of sausage into his mouth.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN!", Sirius screamed.
"You never should've fought back..." Lupin replied as he poured a cup of syrup over his remaining flapjacks.
"Moony! He knocked you out and then used you as a shield"
James and Peter sat quietly eating their breakfast ignoring Sirius and Remus as they continued to "debate" over the previous fight. A redhead withentracing green eyes walked over to the table. Sirius and Remus spat out their food when they saw her wrap her hands around James's neck.
"Morning James!" She giggled
"M-morning Lily", James said looking around at everyone's expressions.
"Plans still on for tonight"
"Ya, Lily", James blushed and grinned.
"K, see ya in Transfiguration class then!", she said releasing her grip and going to sit at a table filled with giggling girls who were staring at them. When she was gone the table burst into praise and questions.
"James you lucky git"
"When did you two get together? How"
"I can't believe you got so lucky! How did you get a girl like that"
James blushed trying to answer all their questions at once though he was unable to keep up with what each peer was saying. Sirius wrapped his arms around his shoulder and congratulated him. Peter was green with envy. Lupin burst out laughing as he watched Sirius choke James with his arm coiling around his neck while howling out "about damn time" and "lucky bastard". Lupin then turned his gaze to the Slytherin table and looked at Snape... Who was looking back at him...