Well well, here I am again. With poor excuses (looks around for any signs of angry readers who have been waiting forever). It has been far, far, far too long. School just started this monday and the teachers are sending us home loaded with homework (grunts)! I'm trying to survive and find time for funnier stuff, funnier stuff being: write this fic!
But hey, I've been thinking! And I hope that this will be kind of like an apology. How about this: you guys who like my fics... I have just finished with the plot lines for four new fics. (pats myself on head). One is Harry/Draco, two (maybe) are Sirius/Remus, and the fourth is various pairings. And if you like you can add an idea for one of the stories in your review and if I like it I might add it :D (yey)
Ps. I usually write comments to readers here, I'm just one of those who've got to answer questions sometimes... I left plenty of comments this time and since there were many comments I moved them so they are at the end of this chapter... just scroll down if you want to read them!
Sirius had made his way up the stairs and was now standing in front of the oak-door gathering his thoughts. He really had to put an effort into this if he was going to win. But on the other hand, he didn't really want to win... if he won he wouldn't have this great excuse to snog Remus whenever he wanted to. Prongs really had got some things right when he had lectured him. The thought that this was maybe just an excuse to snog Remus had never crossed his mind until now.
However, he pushed that thought out of his head as he opened the door to the dorm. The one coherent thought that went trough his mind when he closed the door behind him was what he was going to say to make his Moony forgive him.
Sirius scanned the room that was quite dark since no candles were lit. Peter had gone to bed and was snoring in his bed already. But he wasn't interested in Peter's whereabouts or what he was doing. Moony was all that mattered. Sirius knew this room like the palm of his hand. It wasn't that hard for him to find his way towards Remus's bed in the darkness. He was afraid for a moment that Remus also had gone to sleep; he wouldn't be in a very forgiving mood if he was woken up in his sleep. Sleep was very precious to Remus; he didn't get very much of it.
"Moony?" Sirius whispered to check if he was sleeping. It sure looked like he was. He had slipped out of the school robes, had put on something more comfortable and was lying in bed with the bed cover up to his nose.
"You don't have to whisper Pads; Peter has been snoring for some time now... he wouldn't wake up even if you were accompanied by an entirechorus of banshees..." Remus muttered.
"Was just checking, you know how grumpy you get when we wake you up from your sleep..." Sirius said and laughed nervously.
"Of course I get grumpy; you wake me up for the silliest reasons. The last time you woke me up I had almost had an entire night worth of sleeping... and then you came in drunk from a Rawenclaw party and woke me up just to tell me about some gorgeous guy that you had snogged. And it wasn't enough that you interrupted my highly esteemed sleep, oh no, then you felt it was necessary to fill me in on all the details on how it felt when you wrestled with your tongues... so there's no wonder that I get grumpy when you disturb me in my sleep..."
"Um, I know you're not gonna believe that I'm asking this but... can I join you in bed? I'm bloody freezing my ass off! I forgot my shirt downstairs in the sofa." It was a lame ass excuse, Sirius knew that, but it was worth a shot.
Remus didn't answer; he mumbled something Sirius couldn't hear. That Sirius took as a yes and invited himself into bed.
"Thanks, it's bloody cold up here in the winters." Sirius said and shuddered. Not from the cold but from being close to Remus. "Erm, the reason that I'm here is because I know that I was being an ass... I'm really really really sorry..."
"Geez, Sirius Black is telling me that he is sorry... maybe I'm asleep and dreaming after all..." Remus said who was lying on his side, facing away from Sirius.
"No, I am, I'm really really sorry..." Sirius said and put a hand on Remus's shoulder. "Please look at me... I'm really sorry."
Remus grunted and turned so he was lying on his back. He cast a glance at Sirius and he had to admit that Sirius actually looked regretful. "I lost count on how many times you used the word 'really'... and you're only here to apologize because James told you to do so..."
"It's true that James strongly advised me to apologize, but I kind of realized that I had to. I really screwed up, I wasn't thinking. I'm sorry if I played with your feelings, it was a very mean and ugly thing to do." Sirius said and stroked Remus's cheek. "I will never toy with your feelings like that again, I swear."
Remus flinched from this move and he wished that he hadn't since it caused Sirius to remove his hand. "It is a mean and ugly thing to do... you really had me there for a second..." Remus said turning away his eyes. He couldn't look at Sirius right now.
"And then you said the unforgettable line 'I love chocolate'. Like I didn't know that already. Will Moony be happy again if Padfoot walks all the way to Hogsmeade tomorrow to buy Moony's favourite chocolate?" Sirius said and put on the puppy-dog look on his face. If Moony didn't forgive him now he had no clue on what he would have to do. Moony hardly ever turned down chocolate.
"The one that's stuffed with cherry cream and has white chocolate stripes on it?" Remus said and suddenly sounded very interested. He was afraid that he was going to start drooling all over himself soon thinking about that sweet, sweet delicious candy.
"Exactly the one I had in mind. I can get a whole box of it wrapped up with a big ribbon on it too." Sirius said and measured with his arms how big the box was going to be.
Remus bit his lip. Sirius was obviously trying to tease him with the something he could get crazy with desire over. The chocolate and the puppy-dog eyes worked in Sirius's favour. How could he say no to Sirius when he was being so sweet? "Fine, I can't be mad at you when you're like this, and you know it. It isn't fair that you know all my weaknesses so well and I don't know anything about what makes you weak." Remus said and smiled.
"Life isn't fair Moony..." Sirius whispered and combed Remus's hair with his fingers. "And because I love you so much I will get that liquid chocolate that you love to put on everything. Honestly Remus, you're obsession with chocolate has really made me start to wonder..."
"What might you possibly wonder about? And I'm not obsessed, I just happen to like it very very much" Remus said rolling his eyes.
"Oh and you're not obsessed about chocolate if you moan with every bite? I'm telling you, you are obsessed."
"Do I actually moan?" Remus said sounding disbelieving.
"Yes you do, and your moans arequite loud" Sirius said laughing.
Remus blushed heavily.
"I like it when you moan, it's sexy. Now on to what I was wondering about... do you wank off thinking about chocolate?" Sirius whispered in a hush voice that Remus found to be quite sexy.
"Sirius! You're such a pervert!" Remus said and planted his elbow somewhere near Sirius's ribs. "I don't even want to know where you get such ideas from..."
"Ouch" he whimpered "I was only kidding... but if you don't wank off to chocolate then you must tell me... what does it for you?"
"I can't believe we're having this conversation..." Remus said shaking his head. Sirius was asking him what turned him on. Well, Remus could say the truth, 'I would like to cover you in chocolate and lick every inch of you...' or something along those lines. He never would say that, he didn't want Sirius to get some crazy idea. But it would be fun though... his two favourite things in the world combined. That would be nice. And then it hit him. He might just find a way to avoid this question. "I'll tell you if you tell me..." he continued.
"Alright, that's just fair... I will tell you when I feel that the time is right... I promise..." Sirius said and leaned forward to smell Remus's hair. "It really smells good..." he said with his eyes closed.
"Sirius I must insist that you get back to your own bed now. If I don't get some sleep now I will be like a zombie in potions tomorrow and I will do worse than I normally do because I'm so tired..." Remus said and cleared his throat. It was a poor excuse. The real reason that he had wanted Sirius was that he was afraid of closer intimacy. From about the time that Sirius had started to talk about the chocolate, Remus had imagined a chocolate covered Sirius and he had pulled up his left leg a bit closer to his body, hoping that Sirius wouldn't notice something hard beneath the bed cover. 'Cause then Sirius would have been certain that Remus got turned on by chocolate. Which wasn't true. Sirius turned him on.
Sirius had noticed his friends 'little problem' alright. He hadn't said anything about it since he wasn't sure how Remus would react to: 'Need some help with that?'. He would save that line until a later occasion.
James had been waiting a long time downstairs. He had cast an eye at the grandfather clock once or twice. He yawned and figured that Sirius must have apologized by now. I couldn't possible take forever to say 'I'm sorry'. Or perhaps something more was going on in the dorm, perhaps they were making up?
Well, he couldn't wait forever downstairs, James figured. They couldn't expect him to sleep in one of the couches... or could they? James collected the shirt and the tie that Sirius had thrown away. Things could get interesting in the morning if someone found Sirius's shirt on the floor. And they had enough of drama already if you asked James.
In the movies and in the books, playing matchmaker had always seemed to be kind of easy. But in reality, as James had found out, it was harder. He was going to have to focus harder on getting Sirius to admit that he was infatuated, Sirius was the easiest to work on. James was kind of sure that no matter how hard he'd tried he wouldn't be able to make Remus tell Sirius about what was going on. Remus was to shy and to stubborn for that.
When James at last entered the silent and dark dorm he noticed that everyone was sleeping in their own beds. Even in the dark he could see that Remus was sleeping alone. He yawned and rubbed his sleep drunk eyes. If it had gone smoothly Sirius would tell him in the morning, he thought as he too undressed and let sleep take him.
"Wakey wakey sleepy!" Someone said who was sitting on the edge of James's bed.
James blinked his eyes once or twice. Without his glasses the surroundings were just a blur. But he didn't need glasses to recognize Sirius.
"What is the time?" he murmured and made a move for his glasses on the bedside table.
"Seven or something like that. Remus and Peter are still sleeping, I want you to come down and have breakfast with me."
"Seven? You wanker! Our first class isn't until nine thirty; you could have let me sleep a little longer..." James said and put on his glasses.
With his glasses on he noticed that Sirius was fully dressed and didn't look like tired at all. On the contrary, he looked like he was high on something.
"Aw, come on, don't be so boring." Sirius said and lingered on the word boring. "I wanted to tell you about last night and I also wanted you to help me with a new plan that I have been working through in my head since I woke up!" Sirius was practically bouncing in his bed.
"Hey' I'm not boring! A new plan? I hope that it is better than your last one..." James said and shook his head.
"Trust me; it will blow your mind."
Twenty minutes later, James and Sirius were eating a delicious omelette in the Great Hall. Sirius hadn't said a word yet about last night yet, and then suddenly he laid his fork aside, took a look around to make sure no one was listening. Then he told James all about how they had made up.
"That's excellent Pads, and all you needed was me to shout it in your face to apologize. It was kind of a good idea to get him his favourite chocolate. If you're nice I bet you he might let you taste it. Will you tell me about the 'plan' now?" James whispered and helped himself with some more omellete.
"I have been planning to take him out on the perfect date. It was you who said that I had to be more romantic so I have put some real effort into this plan. First I was thinking of taking him out for dinner, candles, roses and stuff. I was thinking about doing it tonight. Because then I can buy the chocolate after school and give it to him on our date. Don't you think he would love that? And then after dinner we can take a walk near the lake and do some other stuff I have planned... honestly James... this plan is kind of good. Right?" Sirius said and emptied his goblet of pumpkin juice.
"Sure, it's kind of neat. If he agrees to go out on a date with you this plan surely will work." James said and nodded his head. "And I think that he would love the date even more if you didn't remind him of 'the bet'." he added, just in case if Sirius had forgotten his lesson from yesterday night.
"Yes yes, you're absolutely right as always. I knew you'd be the one to ask. Thanks for the help mate. This is going to be a hell of a date." Sirius said and smiled into the blue.
Shortly after James and Sirius had departed Peter had turned in his sleep. When he had positioned himself so he was sitting straight up he noticed their absence.
Remus was still deep in sleep and Peter also had experienced that you shouldn't wake him up without a good reason. She was still early and Remus had never slept so he had missed class so Peter didn't think about waking him up when he left the dorm.
He felt alone and left out when he wandered the corridors making his way to breakfast too. But he cheered himself up with that maybe they wanted to let him sleep, or maybe they had something very private to discuss. That probably was why they had left him and Remus behind. He didn't really have time to ponder on why he was left out since someone dragged him behind a curtain quite abruptly.
His first thought was that it was James and Sirius pranking him. Then he saw that it was Lucius Malfoy who had dragged him in. And standing next to him, like some human sized bat, was of course Severus Snape. Snape and Malfoy were the Slytherin version of James and Sirius.
Peter nearly pissed his pants when he came up with all the possibilities to why they had dragged him in behind the curtain. Torturing him slowly as revenge for one of their many pranks was one of those possibilities.
"Pettigrew. I'm glad you could join us." Malfoy said coldly.
Peter swallowed hard. They were going to kill him slowly. "Why me?" he managed to say.
"Who else could we ask about the rumour that's going around the school these days about your friends Lupin and Black?" Malfoy stated in a logical tone. Snape had said nothing so far. He was looking away and seemed to study the pattern in the stones on the wall.
"I'm not sure I'm the one to ask, I don't know what's going on, I swear!" Peter said looking scared.
"Then you'd better find out what's going on and you will of course let us know..." Malfoy said and made a gesture for Snape to follow. They left him standing there, behind the curtain, with no clue what so ever on what was going on. And Malfoy probably took his silence as a promise to find out if the gossip was true. Damn what a mess. Malfoy would curse him into small shivering pieces of slime if he didn't do as he had been told. Peter thought as he stood alone behind the curtain that he wouldn't tell his friends. That would just be weird. And what harm could it do if he did some research for Malfoy concerning the rumour about his friends?
And now it is the moment of truth... it is now you tell me what you think... Liked?Loved?Hated?Anything else?
And now on to the comments:
Ooh my God! Venusrose I really really really need to thank you! I try so hard to write the scenes in such a matter so you can imagine what's going on! Gah! I love you! I'm thrilled that you think I'm a brilliant writer! A friend of mine usually has one comment about my slash writing habit: Jess.. you're such a pervert :D So you know, it feels good to hear that I'm good
iloveobiwanmore... wow... your friend read it to you over the phone? Wish I had a friend who could read fics to me over the phone :D I'm utterly glad that you liked it since you never like slash!
loonyluna9... My girl... aww I love that song, I usually play songs from the sixties and seventhies when I write... I love it! Yey! You said the magic words! I don't know if I'm boring you out with this now but... I think that it's important to describe the characters and the settings.. I for one find it boring to read a fic with just a dialouge, but I lovethose to if it's a very good dialouge! And I will let you in on a secret... I love Sirius tooand If you like Remus/Sirius you can read my other Remus/Sirius 'I'm not Jealous' if you haven't read it yet..(Ps. the cookies were marvelous)
Kahuri... yep, Sirius has better figure it out soon or I will have to punish him severly! And I promise that there will be roses and chocolate in the end of this tunnel ; )
Ooh Captain Oz, just don't hit him too hard in the head with your hammer, I have booked Sirius to star in more fanfics in the future... but he really needs to get some sense knocked into his head!
Lykaios Nyx... hey I'm lazy too, I review far to little but I have knocked some sense into my dense head and made a habit to review if I think the fic is good :D Yey! I like James too... I don't believe that James was loyal to just one of them, I have always thought that he was equally loyal to both of them : )
Oh my, KrisXD, you really made melaugh when I read your review and I was quite bored at the time so it felt great to laugh! (squirms in chair) and I thought I had less cliffies in this one than I had in 'I'm not jealous'.. (runs and hides behind a door, hoping that the AMR won't get me for the cliffies in this chapter and future cliffies to come) I'm just so glad Aragorn came and rescued me, or else the AMR would have chopped me to pieces with their lightsabers (gah!) and then Aragorn and I went to this lovely Inn, the green dragon, very nice place, and then we (alright, too much info) (Ps. that evil laughter is still echoing in my room)
well, thedreamerlady... I agree with you, I am also one of those believers that think school food is a tool to control us poor innocent students... it's really screwed up when people in Swedish prisons has better food than the students at school.. I try to avoid the food as much as I can, that's probably why my grades are so good
hehe yes, all the computers are messed up... especially those in school... one of their computers deleted my entire project I had written for chemistry... (sigh) oh my, I will have to warn Lily to get her defences up! Looks like she'll have to fight for him some time into the future
Enigma, I have so stupid humour but I've just got to say this: I've been waiting for this chap to come out too... I have no idea why it has taken me so long... maybe it took some time because I've been working on my art as well and because of my EVIL professor I have in math! homework over the weekends, he's just crazy... soon hopefully the torture will be over for Remus but it might not be over yet, Malfoy and Snape might come up with some eviiil plan (evil laughter)
Jemille Ordorica, I know, I've read the book so many times and I still pout when I read certain parts of it... but hey (there's a glimpse of hope here) we have no clue whatsoever on what was going on back in their school days ; ) so I (being optimistic for once) would like to believe that they got on with it back then ; )
Yey! I was hoping that Simon would like the 'Peter is a tail' comment Sophie Malfoy! Now I'm even more happier than usual! It's great that you like it without a lot of sexscenes.. I could add a sex scene in a later chapter but I'm not sure it would be a good idea.. pretty sure that it would be something to laugh at, but in a later chapter there might be some play between the pups involving liquid chocolate : ) Ooh so you too have a little annoying guy in your head? Mine often says "study chemistry instead of writing slash Jessica or else..." but this year that argument won't work, since I'm not having chemistry this year, at least not until spring!
EsScaper, you've really figured my Sirius out! He is afraid about feelings, especially feelings concerning Moony... the game is a perfect way for him to snog Remus whenever he wantswithout having to worry about feelings. I also thought that James was the only one who could yell at Sirius and get him to do what he wants to.
Rikki-Boy , you just wait for chapters to come, there will be chocolate covered Remus involved ; )
chaeli.meep, you're a lifesaver, I live off chocolate cookies! I could die for a chocolate cookie sometimes! Yeah I know, I tend to write angst sometimes... but it will be happier days for the pups soon
Hydraspit, hmm I wonder if someone has asked Voldie that question? Yeah, I know, the schools computer ate my chemistry project (someday I will strangle that computer with it own wires) yay! Thank you, hopes this chapter also will put a smile on your face. I thought it was very good that you pointed out that Peter is kind of left out. From now on he will be more involved in the story... he really needs to be in the spotlight too sometimes that poor thing.
Squee Black! that was a great idea! I'm adopting your word Splee! The next time they snog Sirius will definitely say "Splee! That was fun!"
Chrliii, it's always great to hear from you! It always feels great to hear that someone thinks that your story is good, it makes me walk around with a silly smile on my face when I've read my e-mail... my friends are really beginning to wonder why I seem to be smiling all the time now : ) he totally meant "I love you" and then he didn't really think much about what he said... stupid Sirius... it's good that he has James, James always make things better! The language of Sweden is called Swedish - and I just love Spanish, it's a lanugage with so much passion! It's awesome!
English: Lots of hugs --- Swedish: massor av kramar
