I'm sorry for taking forever..BUT! I shall be updating with either two or three new chapters... I'm terrified of coming back here. New book and all. I CRIED SO MUCH! But thankfully it gave us some more past information so that we can use it! WE NOW HAVE A POTIONS MASTER! WHOOOOOT!
Chapter Nine: A Flying Motorcycle?
Throughout the rest of spring, the teachers had piled the homework load triple but The Marauders luckily managed to stay on top with Remus' help. James had kept his promise to Lily and didn't go to Hogsmeade and with a long talk by Remus, Sirius stayed put as well. The group had just finished taking their exams and they were resting on the grass under the infamous willow tree they always sat under.
"Lily asked me to visit her this summer," James said with a lazy grin on his face. Remus, Sirius, and Peter looked at each other before looking back at James. The goofy grin was still plastered on his face.
"Earth to James," Peter said, waving his hand in front of James. Remus sighed happily.
"It's no use Peter, James has lost himself in a whole new world...it's called Love," Remus replied as he separated a strand of Sirius' hair into three sections. He quickly began to weave them and another braid began to form. That now made over half of Sirius' hair braided.
"Okay, just don't mess up my hair too much." Remus flicked Sirius' head and continued on.
Before the Marauders knew it, it was time for school to end and for summer break to being. Students all over the castle searched for lost textbooks, quills, anything as they got ready to go home for a few glorious months. Slytherin had won the house cup, again. Many of the Gryffindors had suspected that it was because of the Marauders always losing points.
As the students loaded onto the Hogwarts Express, Sirius and Remus arranged their trunks and waited for their friends to arrive. James and Peter arrived shortly, but what shocked them all was when Lily asked if she could ride with them. James nearly wet himself with excitement. He quickly began moving things so that Lily could put her trunk away and sit by him. After getting situated, the group began talking about their summer plans.
"I'm getting myself a flat in London," Sirius said happily. "I've also been thinking about getting this motorcycle I've had my eye on for sometime. Sadly, my parents of course hated me and wouldn't allow me to buy it. But, now that I'm no longer with them, I think I could use it."
"A motorcycle? What in Merlin's name do you need one of those for?" Remus asked curiously. Sirius grinned happily as he placed his hands behind his head and simply replied.
"So that I can look cooler than I already am." Lily rolled her eyes, while the rest of the Marauders laughed for a few minutes. Lily planned on going to Ireland for a while, plus, she planned on having James come over to visit. Sirius had a good thirty minutes teasing her endlessly about it too. James of course, planned on visiting Lily and bugging the rest of his friends until the hippogriffs came home. Peter planned on sleeping in everyday. Remus was going to see his friends, but also spending time with his mother by the two of them visiting Paris. Then he went on and on endlessly about the architecture of the buildings and the Effile Tower and the operas his mother had him see and how he and his mum would see it all.
Soon, the train slowed to a stop and the students ran to their parents happy to be home. Sirius saw his mum and dad greet Regulus. He cringed his nose and quickly made his way towards Remus to see him before he left. Remus turned to Sirius and smiled.
"Promise to keep in touch."
"...Maybe..." Sirius replied playfully. Remus smirked and pulled him into a tight hug.
"Come visit me soon okay?" Sirius nodded in his embrace.
"I'd miss you way too much if I didn't. Besides, after a few weeks James is just plain annoying! 'Lily, oh my dear, sweet Lily! How I love her sooo much!'," Sirius said, arms outstretched, breaking their hug, as he dramatically acted out James' emotions.
"Ha ha Padfoot." Sirius glanced behind him to see James giving him a mock glare.
"Awww, I was joking Prongs." James smirked evilly.
"It may be true...but I'm not as bad as you! ' My dear sweet Moony! How I miss my Remus! I must see my love before I DIE!'" James said, motioning just as dramatically. Remus tried to cover his laughter, but soon he was crying from containing the laughter. Sirius blushed. He quickly turned towards Remus.
"I'll be in touch, Love. See ya," Sirius said as he gave Remus a quick hug. Remus returned it with a small kiss on the cheek.
"I'll be waiting." James waved good-bye and hurried over to join Sirius in greeting his parents.
"We're glad to have you stay with us," Mr. Potter said smiling as they walked through the barrier between platforms 9 and 10. Mrs. Potter nodded happily.
"When James wrote to us about your problem, we both gladly decided to take you in. You practically live there as it is." Sirius smiled happily.
"Well can ya blame him mum," James chuckled. "Look at what he lived with!" James pointed over to the direction of Regulus and Sirius' parents. Mrs. Potter sent a glare at her son.
"It's not nice to criticize Sirius' parents James," she said through clenched teeth, thinking the same thing.
"I don't care Mrs. Potter, honestly," Sirius chuckled. She smiled at him causing her features to soften a tad.
"I know dear, I know. I just hate sinking to their level." Sirius and James laughed the rest of the way home.
A few weeks after break, Remus received a letter from the one and only Sirius.
Hey Love,
You should see the flat I found! It's perfect! It's got two bedrooms and two bathrooms; the kitchen is great! A huge living room and bloody hell, you should just come check out my motorcycle! I'll come get you sometime this week! Write back when though. You really, really need to see my bike. I'm in love with it! Merlin, the features on it are great! Write back as soon as you get this with a date okay? I'm so happy!
Love,
Sirius
Remus smiled happily as he grabbed a quill and quickly wrote a date for next week. His mother sadly had declined the trip for Paris. She said they were a little low on money at the moment. It was upsetting, but he quickly got over it. Now, he got to look forward to seeing Sirius' flat and his wonderful bike with 'great features'. He almost felt jealous of the motorcycle. He seemed to love it just a little too much. Finding his owl, he quickly sent it back to Sirius, giving him the date to come and pick him up. It was to be on July 14th.
July 14th had finally rolled around for Remus as he sat in his living room waiting for Sirius to come and get him. He had written saying that he would pick him up on his motorcycle. Remus had been a little skeptic, but agreed nonetheless.
Remus glanced down at his watch. Sirius was ten minutes late. Sighing, he got up to floo Sirius when he heard a loud noise. The sound was almost deafening for Remus. Looking out the window there was nothing in sight for miles. Still, the noise continued. He quickly left the house and looked up to see a huge, blue motorcycle come in for a landing. He was speechless. The cycle quickly landed and Sirius hopped off.
"Ya like?" He asked happily. Remus could feel his mouth gaping and he quickly shut it.
"Well," he said nervously, "it really is a nice colour and well...it's rather noisy. Don't you think?" Sirius shrugged and grinned like a madman.
"Ya, but I just make it that loud to annoy my parents when I drive over their dirty house," Sirius simply replied. Remus frowned but thought no more of it.
"So, are you going to show me how it works?" Sirius smiled happily as he quickly went into a description of how to start the bike and steer it. It reminded Remus of a child happily explaining to his parents how he caught a huge garden gnome. Just like the child, Sirius made no sense at all. Remus settled with just nodding his head and saying 'Uh huh', 'No way!' and 'Yep'. It must have worked because it fooled Sirius.
After reassuring his mother hundreds of times that the motorcycle was safe, Remus sat behind Sirius and wrapped his arms around him.
"Ready, Love?" Sirius asked smiling. Remus nodded. Sirius smiled as he turned on the bike and listened to it roar to life. Remus tightened his hold on Sirius. "Scared?" He asked chuckling.
"A little," Remus admitted. They were still only cruising down the road until Sirius pulled what looked like a gearshift and they started to go faster and go upward.
"WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Sirius cried happily as they went up higher. Remus tightened his hold and quickly told himself not to look down...looking down makes things worse. Don't look down...
"Sirius?" Remus asked tentatively, "Where are we going anyway?"
"To my flat. James, Peter, and Lily are already there," Sirius replied, keeping his eyes glued to the sky and road.
"Lily?"
"Yep, Lily and James have been inseparable this summer. Everywhere James is, there's Lily and vice versa."
"That's cute!" Remus laughed.
"No, it's bloody annoying! Try to talk to James, there's Lily, try to plan schemes next year, there's Lily!" Remus gave Sirius a squeeze and a small kiss.
"It's OK. Things will cool off by the time school starts up again." Sirius stiffly nodded and relaxed his shoulders. "How much longer?"
"A few more minutes."
James and Lily were waiting with Peter for Remus and Sirius. Lily was lying in James' arms and Peter was looking through various records to listen to.
"You won't find anything good, Peter. Sirius has the worst taste in music."
"I do not Remus! YOU have bad taste in music." The three whipped their heads to see Sirius and Remus standing in the doorway. Remus rolled his eyes and sat next to Lily.
"Do to." Lily laughed and gave Remus a hug.
"REMUS! Finally, someone with decent intelligence has gifted me with their presence." James looked slightly saddened as Remus laughed.
"Oh James and Sirius are smart, Lily. They need to be for the stunts they pull." James and Sirius nodded happily and linked arms. Soon the friends were all cramped and almost sitting on each other to sit on the couch.
"Sirius, I must admit that your place is wonderful," Lily said while looking around. Sirius smiled widely.
"Why Lily, if I didn't know better, I'd say you were warming up to me and finally giving in to my charm!" Lily started laughing. Sadly for the rest of the group, Lily had a very contagious laugh. They all ended up with their stomachs in pain from laughing. Sirius offered the group drinks as he quickly got up to disentangle himself from the group. He nodded to Remus to help him. Remus slowly moved Lily so that she was fully sitting on James and walked over to Sirius and followed him to the small kitchen.
"Hey love, just wanted to know if you would help me?" Sirius asked curiously as he linked his hand into Remus'.
"Oh so you're not trying to make me leave our friends so that you can steal me for a secret snogging session?" Sirius thought for a moment with his head tilted and his eyes screwed up in thought. He looked every bit like a confused puppy.
"No, but I like your idea A LOT better than mine. Good idea," Sirius declared as he wrapped his arms around Remus and drew him into the kiss. Remus laughed and separated the kiss.
"As much as I would enjoy this, we have friends out there who I'm sure don't want to see two gays making out." Sirius pouted a little and continued to get drinks ready while complaining about sexual frustration or something like that. Remus chuckled and looked around the flat. It was the first time he really got a good look at it. The kitchen floors where black and white tile and the walls were covered in cabinets and countertops with numerous drawers, there was a small island in the middle of the kitchen with a small sink in it. The living room had mahogany hard wood floors with a dark blue rug over it. The furniture was also dark blue and a small mahogany table sat in front of the couch. Connected to the living room and kitchen was a small dining area with a large mahogany table and chairs around it. Off of the living room was a small hallway that Remus guessed, led down to the bedroom and bathroom. Sirius had said that the one was a master bedroom with its own private bath.
"Remus, help me carry these out to our dear friends," Sirius asked while trying to balance the drinks. Remus quickly grabbed a few drinks and walked with Sirius back to the living room.
"Here ya go guys!" Sirius said happily as he placed the drinks on the table, but his friends weren't looking at him. They were looking at the large black owl that was carrying a white envelope with the Black family crest on it.
Yes, no good will comes of this. Also, I have figured out how I'm ending this story and starting its sequel. You should all be happy and hope that I don't forget it.