(couhgs) I've been really sick this weekend, fever, coughing and sneezing. A very lovely weekend. And today I had a killer exam in maths. It was in the last math class that you can take at my school so I've been really stressed out about it. I'm going to the university next fall and will probably study to civil enginer, or whatever it's called in english o the best part is that I will live in my own apartment andI will buy my own laptop (bounces around and around until I hit the ground)
ooh, I loved to write this chapter but it feels like we're getting close to finishing it. Maybe 2-3 chapters more? Remus and Sirius really needs to have their chocolate-scene and they have to get back at Snape and Malfoy. (Evil-Malfoy!)
Anyways, I hope that you can forgive me for this long time overdued chapter! I most certainly hope that the AMR are not planning an attack (hides in nearest closet)
love to you all - Jessica
ps. comments for you guys are at the bottom ; )
Peter whimpered as he scurried down the halls towards the Great Hall. He was convinced that he couldn't ask Sirius about it. Sirius wouldn't take him seriously, he seldom did. Remus was more of the quiet type and would most certainly not be of any help either. James was the last person he could think of asking. It would be embarrassing to ask but what other choices did he have? Malfoy and Snape would mutilate him if he didn't found out what was going on.
The huge doors to the Great Hall were wide-open and he hoped that he would find James there. Were else could he be this time in the morning? Peter thanked his lucky star when he saw that James and Sirius were coming over his way. Big deal if he skipped breakfast, Peter thought. There are things worse in this world than going hungry until lunch. "James? Can I talk to you? It'll only take a minute..."
"Sure, what's up?" James said and left Siriusleaning backagainst one of the stonewalls.
"There has been some rumours flying around lately about Sirius and Remus... have you heard them too?" Peter whispered.
"Oh, what rumours? Haven't heard any rumours lately..." James said acting surprised.
"You haven't heard? There are some people saying that they are, you know..." Peter said and took a nervous look around.
"No I'm sorry, I don't know..." James said and suppressed a laugh attack.
"They say that they are dating... but don't tell Sirius I told you this... I just wanted to know if it's true... Although I highly doubt it..."
"Ah yes, that. That is true actually; they're going out on a date this night actually. But don't tell Remus. It's a surprise!" James said and winked with his eye before he left Peter and returned to Sirius.
Peter was about to leave and head for the dorm. But when he turned around Snape and Malfoy were blocking his path. He couldn't ignore them and walk away. Lucius wasn't exactly the kind of a guy that you'd turn your back to. "Ah there you are, I was just about to go and find you." Peter said and shrugged his shoulders.
"No you weren't." Snape said coldly.
"Yes, Snape is right, and I suggest you don't try to lie again, we will know if you do." Lucius said and cast an eye at Snape. "What did dear little James have to say?" He added and reached for his wand.
"Nothing really..." Peter said and lied again. It was one thing to be afraid of Malfoy and Snape, most of the students were. But it was another thing to betray his friends. James, Sirius and Remus had been his first real friends and he didn't want to loose them. He regretted that he hadn't stood up to them in the first place.
"He lies of course." Snape said with a glimmer in his dark eyes. It felt like looking into an endless abyss. For a second Peter got the feeling that those eyes were examining him, looking for something. "James told him that they were going on a date tonight..." Snape continued some seconds later.
"Thank you very much for your help Pettigrew, you really sorted this out for us." Malfoy said and turned on the spot. He took Snape with him as they headed for the dungeon.
Peter trembled were he stood when he watched them leave. This was creepy. How could Snape know such things? How could Snape know that he lied? If he ever got confronted by those two again he would run as fast as he could.
"That went well, don't you think?" Malfoy said and opened his trunk to get his Potions book.
"Whatever." Snape muttered and grabbed his copy of Advanced potions making from the bed stand.
"Whatever? You were the one who wanted to know. I helped you without even asking why you made it your business."
Snape stood by his bed and mind absently stroked the quill that he used in Potions. Remus had left it behind once and Snape had snatched it on their way out. "I made it my business because..." he said and hesitated. "...because I thought that you could find a way to use it against them. To get back at them for the last time they pranked us." he continued and put away the quill.
"Brilliant! Why didn't you say that before? Then I would have had some time to plan this." Malfoy said and sounded joyful. Malfoy took a look around the room and then his eyes fixed on the magazine lying on his bed that he had read the night before. "I think that I've got the perfect plan..."
Malfoy picked up the "Wicked curses for wicked wizards" magazine and opened it where he had left a mark. "I say we use this!" he said and tossed it over to Snape. The headline was "Have you ever wished a foe bad luck?"
Snape shook his head. "It won't work. There is no such thing as a bad luck spell. They don't work for real."
"That's the beauty of it! They don't work for real but if the victim believes that he has been cursed he will inflict tons of bad luck upon himself without us even having to lift a finger. It's brilliant."
"And you don't think that Sirius knows that the curse is a fraud?"
"We'll just have to wait and see. We pick a fight with him in potions, and then we curse him. He will ruin their date. I wish I could be there to see it." Malfoy mused.
"Well well boys and girls, today we are going to brew The Draught of The Living Death. It's really tricky to make and I want all of you to concentrate today." Slughorn said as he walked around in the front of classroom. "All of you." He said and looked at Crabbe and Goyle who looked like they weren't even clever enough to know how to read.
Slughorn always cast an extra look at Sirius in Potions. He had been quite disappointed when Sirius had gotten sorted into Gryffindor. He had had several of Sirius's relatives. The lovely sisters Bellatrix and Narcissa for an example. And he had been kind of proud when Regulus came along and got sorted into Slytherin. But Slughorn figured in his own peculiar logic, that every family, even pure-bloods like the Blacks, have their black sheep.
"Moony..." Sirius whispered in Remus ear.
"Sirius, try to concentrate. Slughorn is watching you."
"What do I care, he's probably pitying me as usual that I didn't end up as a sleazy Slytherin as my dear brother. I just wanted to tell you that you won't have dinner here tonight. You're going out with me on a date."
Remus nearly dropped the knife he was using to chop the Valerian roots. "What? We're going out on a date?"
"Can you believe it? A romantic dinner followed by a romantic walk by the lake. I figured that you wouldn't like to go to Madam Puddifoot's. Horrible place."
"Wow" Remus said and whistled. "I didn't take you for the romantic kind of a guy. And will you please start chopping your roots. It looks like Slughorn is coming over here."
"So you will go out on a date with me?" Sirius said eagerly.
"Yes." Remus said and chuckled. "But chop your roots now."
Slughorn passed their table and stopped where Peter was sitting. "Try to chop your roots a tad bit smaller mr. Pettigrew. If you make them to big they won't work half as good as they should."
On the other side of the dungeon some of the Slytherins were laughing and making faces. They loved to mock and make fun of anyone who wasn't Slytherin. Sirius hated when they did that. Peter was not the brightest in potions but he was their friend. Sirius made a foul gesture with his hand towards Malfoy who stopped laughing. Malfoy reached for his wand but Slughorn was on his way back to the blackboard so he had to put it away.
One hour and twenty minutes later the class was finally over. The students were packing their bags and were leaving the dungeon. Snape and Malfoy waited for everyone else to leave before they too left the empty classroom. When Slughorn had locked the door and was out of sight Malfoy shouted. "Levicorpus" with his wand pointed at Remus.
An invisible hand lifted Remus high in the air where he dangled upside down. This really pissed Sirius off, which was exactly Malfoy's intention. Malfoy took off in the opposite direction with Sirius chasing him. When they had left Remus, James and Peter far behind, Malfoy stopped. He flicked his wand, which had been pointed at Sirius all the time, and shouted "Infortunium!"
Sirius stopped too and looked confused. He wondered if Malfoy's curse had hit him and what he had hit him with. "What the fuck was that?" he shouted, waving with his wand.
"Ever heard of a bad luck curse Black?" Malfoy said grinning. "They can be really nasty."
"Why you...!" Sirius started but then he tripped on his feet and landed hard on the floor in front of Malfoy who was twisting with laughter.
"I'll just leave you here Black. And by the way, 'good' luck on your big date tonight." Malfoy said and left Sirius lying on the floor.
"Ow, that's gotta hurt." James said and pointed at Sirius's bleeding nose.
"If you want to know how it feels all you have to do is fall with your nose first and land on the floor." Sirius said with a note of irony in his voice. "That coward cursed me and then he left."
"Cursed you?" Remus said frowning. James had managed to get him down obviously. "Which curse did he use?"
"It's not a big deal, I managed it on my own. I think I can handle any curse that Malfoy throws at me."
"Just be careful up the stairs, you look a bit groggy." James said, looking worried.
"James dear, I think that I handle the stairs on my own..." he said before he slipped and fell backwards. He whimpered when he once again hit the hard floor. Lying flat on his back and massaging his back with one of his hands, Sirius was thinking. "This is going to be a long day."
Hours later, when Sirius was walking back to the castle to get Remus for the date he was thoroughly pissed off. He had managed to knock over several jars with candy at the Honeydukes. And when he was ready to pay for the chocolate, at least he had been lucky enough to find Remus's favourite brand, he realized that he had forgotten the money by the bed.
He had been pissed off with Malfoy and had gotten even more pissed off with every step he took on the long way back to the castle to get the money. When he had paid and was on his way back he was outraged. He would kill Malfoy slowly later if this curse ruined his and Remus's date.
Finally when he was back at the castle he noticed that Remus was waiting for him, already dressed to go out. A smile crept back into his face. He was always glad to see Remus.
"I was beginning to wonder where you had gone off to." Remus said in a perfect imitation of Professor McGonnagal.
"It's a long story. We have to hurry now if we want to make it in time for the table reservation I made at the Tree Broomsticks." Sirius said and grabbed Remus's hand.
"You actually made a reservation? Who are you? Are you really the Padfoot I know?" Remus said laughing. He was used to Sirius last minute plans. Sirius was of a very impulsive nature.
Sirius laughed too. He knew that he was known to be impulsive and tofollow his intuition. But he wanted this date to be perfect so he had planned it perfectly too. He took a look around every minute or two. It would just be typical, with his recent bad luck, if a runaway unicorn would come dashing out from behind a bush and stomp them both to death.
But their brisk walk to the Tree Broomsticks went just fine. No runaway unicorn stomped them to death. There was just a minor accident when Sirius tripped and landed on the bag contaigning the chocolate box he had bought for Remus. Sirius had cursed long and hard and then Remus had reminded him that they would be late for the reservation. The wish to kill Malfoy filled Sirius once again.
They had to wait for a long time before they got their table. When they after their long wait got their tables and the menu Sirius prayed that the bad luck wouldn't continue.
Remus put away the menu and took a zip from his goblet with butterbear. "You're acting a bit strange Sirius. You seem to be on the edge..."
"Me? No, I'm fine, perfectly fine, nothing wrong with me." Sirius said and meant to take Remus's hand that was resting on the table. When he was about to do so he tipped over his own goblet. He bit his lip and muttered a cleaning spell. The bad luck didn't seem to want to leave him.
Two hours later they left the Tree Broomsticks hand in hand. There had been no more major mishaps. Just some small embarrassing ones. Like when the cuff on Sirius's robe caught fire. Remus had said nothing about it; he had just been quick to put it out.
They were walking towards the lake. Sirius wanted to give Remus his present. He hoped that he could at least get that part right.
They laid down on the soft snow and made snow angels. Their cheeks were red from the cold and they were both covered in snow. Sirius looked over at Remus who looked like he was in heaven. How Remus could be happy even after this terrible date was a mystery to Sirius.
The reason to Remus's happiness was the fact that he had been dreaming about this for such a long time, and now it was happening. There had been some particular events that he would remember forever and laugh at but the date had been great anyway. 'Cause now he was making snow angels with Sirius and it was like a dream come through.
"I was planning to give this to you at dinner but I didn't know if you would still want it. I think I squashed your present..." Sirius said and blushed.
"It's alright Sirius. It's okay if you squashed my chocolate. It's not like it's uneatable now." Remus said and sat up.
"Aren't you going to open it?"
"I think I'll wait until we get back to the castle. If your nice I'll let you have a small bite." Remus teased.
"I'm always nice. I'm a nice little puppy, and you know it." and pushed Remus so he laid flat on his back in the snow.
"What are you going to do Sirius Black?" Remus purred.
"What do you think Remus Lupin?" Sirius said smiling. And then he kissed him. He kissed him for real. Remus grabbed Sirius coat to pull him closer. They had forgotten how could it was outside, they had forgotten that it was late and they should get back to the castle. They both had forgotten aboutthe silly bet.Remus put his one hand on Sirius's shoulder and the other he used to stroke his cheek. "This date was perfect. I love you Sirius."
Sirius froze. He realized that he had won the bet. Remus had just said the magic words. But he also realized something else. Suddenly it was allclear to him why he had come up with this game from the beginning. He had wanted Remus to love him. And the reason that he wanted that was because he loved Remus. "I won." he said softly.
Remus sank back into the snow. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You, you...!" Remus said but couldn't find the words.
"No! Let me finish. What I meant was that I won the bet, technically speaking. But I also won something else, something better, you're probably going to think that I'm cheesy now but... I also won you. I meant what I said the other day. When I said that I love you. I must have been blind not to see how you felt when I've been treating you this way. Now I'm talking about the game in general, not just the bet. I know now that I've been using the game as an excuse far to long. I'm sorry if I've hurt your feelings some times... how long have you loved me?"
"Two years. I loved you even before you invented your game last year. This maybe is off topic but will you tell me know why you've been acting strange all day?"
"Malfoy cast a bad luck curse upon me... you don't happen to know an antidote?" Sirius said and sighed.
"A bad luck curse? There's no such thing as a bad luck curse. I thought you knew that they were fake."
"But... how do you explain this bad luck I've been having all day!"
"A bad luck curse is not magical. The reason that it worked is because you believed that he had cursed you with bad luck. It's psychological. It's all in your mind. You inflicted all this bad luck upon yourself when you believed in the curse. Trust me on this one. McGonnagal told us about this so called curse ages ago. You must have been away at that time. But lets not talk about Malfoy now, lets continue where we left off."
"And where might that be?" Sirius said and rubbed his nose against Remus's.
"Is your memory that short mr. Black? Have you gone senile?" Remus said and smiled.
"Oh, you're talking about the kiss I presume. You don't want to go inside? I'm starting to freeze my butt off here."
"No, we'll stay a bit longer, then we can go inside. If we're lucky James and Peter are asleep and won't disturb us..."
"Won't disturb us? Now what exactly did you have in mind mr. Lupin." Sirius said and pressed himself against Remus that lay beneath him. Which made them both sink deeper into the snow.
"It's a surprise, and I promise that you will like it." was the last thing Remus said before he pressed his cold lips against Sirius's.
The snow began to fall again as they lay there. Several minutes passed. They were both shuddering, the closeness helped to keep them warm but they couldn't deny that the temperature was several degrees below zero. Sirius stroked one of his black curtains of hair aside and just admired how sweet his best friend/boy friend, or whatever they were now, looked with his cheeks and nose frostbitten.
"Splee! That was fun!" was the first word that came out of Sirius's mouth when they had stopped snogging and had gone to cuddling.
"Splee? Honestly Sirius, that is not a word. You just made it up..." Remus said laughing.
"No, splee is a great word. Can't you feel that it's a word that makes you kind of happy? It makes me happy at least. Just try it. Come on!" Sirius pleaded.
"Splee, that was fun!" Remus tried to say but he was laughing so it was hard to make out the words.
"You see, it makes you happy too." Sirius said and kissed Remus on the cheek. "Please can we get back to the castle now? I'm craving for a warm and nice bed. And perhaps some chocolate if I'm nice..." he winked.
"Then you'll have to be really nice if you're expacting me to share it with you."
"As I said earliaer. I'm a very nice pup."
Now you know by now what your upcoming task is: (drumrolls) tell me what you thought! I love to read what you think! It's great. If you want some suggestions: Liked? Loved? Hated? Anything else?
Chaeli.meep- thank you, I know it was überlong, even I was beginning to wonder: "When is this chapter going to end?" And aw, thanks
I also love angst.
Gray wings - don't we all have a thing for chocolate? I get crazy around it. Especially dark chocolate, that's the best thing ever!
Hydraspit - of course your comments can change a story. If you have ideas that I like it's great, I add ideas that I like! Just wait for the next chapter, Remus I promise you can teach Sirius how to be creative with chocolate ; )
Sophie Malfoy - what a teaser you are ; ) It would be awesome too read a fic with what could've have happened, it's a wonderful idea. But before I loose myself in that idea I must focus on finishing this ficcie, those puppies deserve a happily ever after. Yes, well, I've changed my mind, you can tell Simon that I will let the pups play with eachother. With eachother and chocolate. That's a promise.; )
EsScaper- here's another update, I hope that you will enjoy it. I couldn't squeeze in some Lucius jealousy, instead it was Snape who had some issues. But maybe I'll give it a go someday and try a Lucius/Sirius fic for once. Could be really fun to try something new and different :D
venusrose - yey, you've got a brother, that must be fun. I'm the only child in my family, it has it benefits but it can get boring sometimes. Yey, e-mail long reviews are just fun, I love long reviews. It really brings out the sunshine in even the rainiest day.
Yep, Peter the ol' traitor. But I kind of felt sorry and didn't make him a really big traitor. That poor thing, rat, whatever :D
That's a really good point. Everybody else seem to have their poirtraits somewhere when they die, everone accept Sirius. I believe that the veil doesn't kill you, Sirius is just trapped somewhere. Will somebody save him? Maybe Harry in book 7. OooI hope so!
Ey, don't be sorry,I rant too most of the time, espesically on the phone, a normal phone-call between a friend and I is about 1-2 hours. XD And I just loved that long review :)
iloveobiwanmore - it's so great to hear from you. I'm going to read your fics someday now, I'm a huge fan of Star Wars. (couhgs) Obi-wan is hot...
xfreak404x- yey! It's great that you're gonna write your own slash. I look forward to reading it. Promises that I will leave a review!
Loonyluna9l - oh yes, it was really about time that Sirius opened his eyes. What a dunderhead. oh, I get free massages? that sounds great. (starts writing chapter 7 immideatly.)
TheDreamerLady - hehe that sounds great. Well, Malfoy wasn't really the one worried about competition, it was rather the human-bat Severus Snape who had some closet thing going on. hmm... poor Snape, he can't have Remus.
Captain oz - of course you can hit Peter, hit him as hard as you like. That traitor rat. Noo chocolate covered Sirius is a good thought :D
Miss Moonlight - jag är ifrån Sverige. Coolt : D jo, Sirius är trög, och inte så lite! Bad bad Sirius!
Puffskein - well, Sirius realizes now what he has missed to see lately. It was about time that he did.
Lizzy-Evans - ooh thank you : D by the way, what did you think of HBP? Yes, I wasn't going to make him a big traitor, Peter didn't say a word but the evil Snape and Lucius found out anyway. Peter is such a poor thing, always the one that is left out.
Chrlii - Nooo I would never think that you're stupid ; ) Feels good that you won't abandon me (sends you a huge hug) NopeI hadn't forgotten about you, I would never do that, one thing that I do tend to forget is to work on my Livejournal. (slaps my fingers). It's good that you have found your way to the Harry/Snape stories, there are some very good ones out there. There truly underestimated. I mean, who can deny that Snape has this dark mysterious side that is so attractive? And it doesn't hurt that Alan Rickman is the movie-Snape (Awwww). Well, to tell the truth, I have been thinking about writing Harry/Snape again, it was a long time since the last time I did that. Well of course you should write a Harry/Dumbledore story if you feel like doing so! Don't let anything stop you! I hate my writing but I still write. No one can stop me : Dmmm, yes I hope too that I will update soon.
Enigma - Ah that's so good to hear that you laugh when you read this! I was hoping that people would laugh :D Well, Sirius can't help that he's so sexy, some are just born with it hehe. Well, Peter is a poor little thingie, I felt kind of sorry for him, couldn't punish him that severly. Maybe in another fic :)
KrisXD - aaah! I thought that I had escaped from the AMR! (quickly grabs the phone and calls Aragorn, maybe I'll call Legolas too) I promise, I won't disturb you with anymore sports. There will be updates, honestly! Oh no, I really need to change tactics now, how did you find out about my secret mind games?
Sirius'sheelah - yep, I know that feeling too! I lost one of my favourite stories the other day and now I found it! Haha assclown, I love that word :D Oh my god, I hope you didn't hurt yourself from the running around in circles thingie. Here's some aspirin.
foreverandever -hehe jag vet, alltid enklare att kommentera på svenska. Ibland hittar man inte orden. Ooh tack! Är så sällan som nån från Sverige säger hur bra det är : D Jadu, Snape är ju lite smått kär i Remus, och inte så lite. Jaså, du drömmer också om chokladdoppade pojkar? Wei! Jomen Draco och Harry chokladdoppade skulle inte vara fel det ; ) Kramar
Angel of Gray Dawn - yey! Welcome to the club! I'm too obsessed with Remus/Sirius! Have been a major shipper for months! A year soon. Ah, they are so cute.
Tanya J Potter - mm I can explain that. In sweden we often use she or he instead of saying it. I've grown up with this habit so it's hard to make it go away. But I'll try to think about it in the future.