Cheated – Chapter 27:
Both James Potter and Severus Snape got their letters back. James parents were surprised that he wanted to take in another one of his friends, but happy to let Remus come live with them. Severus' parents weren't too keen on letting a friend of their sons live with them, but agreed anyway as they were hardly ever home.
So now Remus had to make a colossal decision. Severus or James. His boyfriend or his friends. If he chose to live with James, Sirius would be there. He would have both of his best friends with him. Mr. and Mrs. Potter were really nice and loved him more than his father ever would. They knew that Remus was a werewolf, and had a place for him to transform in, they really didn't mind too much about his condition. If Remus lived with Severus, he would be with the one he loved and they could do a lot with out interruptions like always. But he wasn't too sure about Severus' parents, he had never met them and they seemed a bit odd. Also they didn't know he was a werewolf. Remus would have to leave Severus' house every full moon to who knows where to transform.
The better choice was clear; he would have to live with James and Sirius. Now all he had to do was tell Severus, he didn't want to because Severus was really looking forward to having Remus live with him. The two of them were going to live together once they were done with school anyways, so he might not take it too badly.
Remus had finally decided to go and tell everyone where he wanted to live. He walked out of his dorm and into the common room. Sirius, James, and Peter didn't hear him come down.
"I really hope Remus comes to live with us Jamie!" Sirius said stretching across one of the sofas, making it so that part of his stomach was showing.
"I hope he does too, but he have a 50/50 chance that he will come, and don't call me Jamie, it sounds too girly." James snapped.
"I know, but I really don't want him to live with that slimy git! I really hope that they break up," Sirius said, Remus gritted his teeth, "because I still think that Snivellus is still not good enough for him. Remus is too good for almost anyone."
"You have told us that a hundred times already."
"Well it's true, you used to think the same thing!"
"But not any more. I still don't like Snape, but what has he ever done to Moony?" James asked.
Sirius was about to answer but Remus decided he didn't want to hear the answer so he walked over to them and sat on the edge of the couch Sirius was sitting on.
"What's up?" asked James.
"I know where I want to live now."
"Really? Where?"
"Severus' house." Remus said enigmatically.
Sirius sighed; he had really hoped that Remus was going to live with him and James. He was starting to get mad so he sat up and was about to stand up to leave when James asked, "Are you serious?"
"No."
"What?"
"I said no."
"What do you mean by 'no' exactly?" James asked getting irritated.
"I mean that no, I am not serious, I have to decided that I wanted to live with you and Sirius now." Remus smiled.
"So which is it? You're confusing me!"
"Good."
"You're starting to acting like Sirius now! Just tell us your answer!"
"Hey!" said Sirius who looked offended.
"Okay then, I am coming to live with you guys, I mean it." Remus said firmly.
James and Sirius looked at each other, smiled, and then jumped onto Remus. "Yes, I can't believe it! I really thought you were going to ditch us for him!" Sirius laughed.
"Okay, okay, you guys can get off of me now. You guys weigh a ton!" Remus said struggling to get up off the floor. "I need to go and tell Severus!"
"Can't you do that later?" asked Sirius letting Remus up. "We should have a party!"
"Maybe later, I need to tell him."
"Fine, fine, go on and tell your lover boy!" James said and laughed.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing!"
The werewolf shook his head and walked toward the Fat Lady's portrait. "See you later then!"
"Later!"
Remus found Severus by the lake by himself writing on some parchment, most likely doing homework. When Severus saw Remus coming he put his things away and waited for him to get to him.
"Hey, I have decided where I wanted to live now." Remus said looking down. He really didn't want to disappoint Severus. He took a seat on the slightly damp grass.
"And your answer is?"
"I have decided to live with…James and Sirius."
The dark haired boy was silent for a while, "But I though you wanted to live with me."
"I do, but it would just be easier to live with them." Remus said picking some grass from the ground and ripping it up.
"You said you wanted to live with me when we get out of Hogwarts. What's wrong with my house?" Severus asked.
"I still want to live with you after Hogwarts, we will live with just the two of us, no one else." He said reassuringly.
"Well, why not now?" he snapped impatiently.
"Because, I think I would feel more comfortable, they have a place I can transform, they all know that I am a werewolf. Your parents don't know, you said so yourself. I think it would be much safer if I were to live with James. It will only be for about two months for the summer, and however long after that it takes to find a house for the two of us, and move in." he took a breath and waited for Severus to respond, tearing out more grass to play with.
Severus sighed, "I was really looking forward to you moving in with me."
"I'm sorry, before we know it we will be out of this school, even though I never want to leave Hogwarts. It's been like my home."
"Mine too."
"So are you okay about me living with James and Sirius?"
Severus scowled, "I don't mind you living with Potter, but I would really rather you not live with Black. He might do something to you when I am not there. Tell Black if he dares to do anything more than be friendly with you then I will personally castrate him in his sleep!"
Remus laughed, "There will be need to for that. I might have to share a room with him though, but I do every day, just with other people in the room." He smiled softly. "But don't worry, I can deal with Sirius, he has just had a bad childhood, which probably explains why he acts the way he does."
"I guess you're probably right, but I still hate that son of a bitch!" he growled.
The werewolf just shook his head, "well I best be going, it's getting dark." He said standing up, off the damn grass, but Severus pulled him down to his lap. "What?"
"Stay here until it's dark with me. We can watch the sun set."
Remus did not expect this, "Okay…" They sat together for a while watching the colors the sun made while it was going down. "It's full moon soon."
"I can see that." Severus said looking in the other direction where the almost full moon was. "I have them marked on my calendar."
Remus smiled, and they were quiet for a while longer. Once the sun was out the two stood up and stretched. "Mosquito's are coming out, they love me like crazy."
"They don't like me much. Come on, let's go in."
Severus walked Remus to Gryffindor Tower. Remus wanted to walk his boyfriend to the dungeons where his common room was, but Severus wouldn't allow it. He didn't want Remus to meet a Slytherin on his was back, namely Lucius Malfoy.
"Good night, see you tomorrow, love." Remus said giving his boyfriend a kiss, when he was about to pull back Severus deepened the kiss. He pushed Remus backwards into the wall so their bodies were pressed together. The werewolf paused for a moment and a second later had one hand on the small of Severus' back going lower and lower, and his other hand, up in his lover's hair, running his fingers through it. Neither of them noticing that they were still in the corridor leading to the Gryffindor common room.
Severus began taking his boyfriends robes off while working his way down Remus' neck and sucking so hard, leaving him a very noticeable hickey. Once he got his lover's robes off, he went for his shirt massaging his way down. Remus wrapped his leg around Severus' thighs, trying to pull his body closer.
Severus found Remus' mouth again giving him another deep kiss, moaning onto his mouth. Right when he almost got Remus' shirt off someone walked out of the portrait hole, "Whoa…well I didn't expect to find him so quickly…and like that" They heard James say.
Remus froze, so did Severus. They looked in the direction of the portrait and saw James, Peter, and a disgusted Sirius; he looked like he wanted to tare Snape's head off.
Severus whispered under his breath, "Damn, we are always getting caught," so only Remus could hear him.
No one did anything; they were all just standing there staring at each other.
"Well…" dragged out James finally deciding to get things going.
Both Severus and Remus blushed. Severus took a step back so that he could let his boyfriend have some room to move. He grabbed the robe that he took off of Remus and handed it to him.
The dark haired boy made sure Remus had his robes on before he nodded to the werewolf, who nodded back and left. Remus looked up and his friends and asked, "Well, what are you staring at?"
"You have a huge hickey on your neck." Peter said.
"That was very awkward." Sighed James.
"And very disturbing."
Remus blushed again, "Sorry you had to see that."
"Well, that's what happens when you snog you boyfriend in the middle of the Gryffindor hallway to the Common room." Teased James. "You tend to get caught."
The werewolf growled. "So…what did you guys want to talk to me about?"
"We were just looking for you to see if you wanted to go to the kitchens with us. We didn't eat dinner, so we were really hungry."
Just then Remus realized that he was quite famished, he hadn't ate lunch or dinner. He only had just a small breakfast. "Good idea, I'm starved."
"Let's go then." Said James leading his friends towards the kitchens.
"Have you sent the letter to your mum and dad yet?" asked Remus.
"No, we were going to go do that after we ate." Replied James.
"Rem that means your going to be sharing a room and a bed with me now." Smirked Sirius; walking a bit faster to catch up with the werewolf and putting his arm over his ex-boyfriends shoulders.
Remus just shook his head and kept going straightforward.
"Moony, you really should pay attention of where you do those sort of things." The stag animagus explained. "Like a more private place or something, because some people really don't like it when you snog or shag in the corridors. It's just a bit…"
"Disturbing." Finished Sirius.
"Yes, that's the word. Especially around your friends." He smirked.
Remus blushed again, "Well it wasn't exactly my fault."
Sirius gasped, "Was he forcing you? Oh my god, where is he? I am going to kill him!"
"Padfoot, you over react way too much, no he wasn't forcing me, he would never do that, ever." Remus said, offended. "What I meant was that I didn't exactly start it."
"Okay, let's not get into the details of your sex life." James said shaking his head. They reached the portrait with the bowl of fruit, he tickled the pair and they went inside.
"Agreed." Laughed the werewolf
After they finished their midnight meal they went up to the Owlery to send the letter to James parents telling them that Remus had made his final decision to live with them. James tied the letter to the leg of his beautiful black owl. "Okay now that I have sent the letter confirming that you will be living with us, there is no changing your mind."
"Okay then, I will be able to visit him wont I?" Remus asked he wasn't sure if he could be separated from his lover for all of summer break, even though it was only approximately for two months. He would have to visit him at least once every week or something like that.
"Maybe."
"Are you being serious?"
"No, I am sure my mum will let you go and see him every once in a while." James said smirking. "But I hope you have his mother supervision when you are there, you wouldn't want to get too carried away would you."
The sandy blonde haired boy glared, "Will you leave me alone about that now? I thought we agree to not talk about my sex life"
"Well it just happened, of course we have to make fun of you about it. Don't we Padfoot?" he elbowed Sirius in the ribs. "I mean what if Professor McGonagall caught you, or Schmitt?"
"That would be bad, couldn't you get a detention for public show of affection?" Remus asked.
"I think so, didn't you get in trouble for doing that before Padfoot, I mean before you started going out with Moony."
"Yes, I have, now can we stop talking about this and go to bed, I'm tired." Sirius sighed, "And it looks like Peter is asleep on his feet."
James looked over at Peter and nodded in agreement. "Alright, no need to get so grumpy about it."
Then Remus remembered, "Hey, James?"
"Yeah?" he looked up.
"What ever happened to you and Lily? I mean I thought you two were going out, but I never see her with you."
James looked glum, "Well after we made it official that we were going out, nothing every really happened, I went up to her a few times and tried to talk, but we didn't say more than a few words."
"I think you should try harder, before she finds someone else. I mean you finally get the girl of your dreams and you don't even do anything. Have you given up on her? Do you even still love her?" Remus asked they were almost at the Fat Lady.
"Yes I still love her." He retorted.
"Well then you should do something about it."
"Like what?"
"Go on another date with her, I bet she would love that. Just do little things, and work your way up to the big things." Remus advised speaking the password and entering the common room.
"Alright, I will, tomorrow."
When everyone was in they went toward their dorm room but Remus caught sight of Lily. "How about now." He pushed James towards her.
When Lily and her friends saw the group come over to her she smiled. Then she noticed something "Oh, my god, Remus you have a huge hickey on your neck! Do you want me to fix it up again?"
Remus glared at his friends, they should have told him before he came into Gryffindor Tower and embarrassed himself. "Yes please."
"Man, how often do you get hickey's? Or is this just the second one that you have gotten one this year?" she sighed whipping out her wand. She muttered something and at was gone.
"You're going to have to teach me that one Lily."
"Okay, I will later, so what are you guys doing here?" she asked.
"Oh, James wanted to asked you something." He pushed James in front of him so lily could seem him a bit better.
She had a strange look on her face, "Yes James?"
"Um, you go out on another date with me to Hogsmeade this weekend, or to the kitchens tomorrow?" He asked. All the girls behind Lily were giggling. He ignored them.
She thought for a moment, 'was anything going to happen this time? Well, I think we should start over again anyway' she thought. "Yes James I would love to, how about the kitchens tomorrow night at 8:00."
"Okay, fine with me. I'll see you tomorrow." With that he turned around and began heading to his dorm when Remus caught him by the sleeve and whispered something to him. He looked at Remus as though what he said was not a good idea but her turned back anyway to Lily and kissed her on the cheek. "Good night." All the girls behind her were giggling again and Lily blushed.
"Good night."
(A/N: Sorry if this was a boring chapter, I just couldn't think of anything to write. Well, thanks to:
SilentSleepingInTheCold - I guess this chapter shows who he is going to live with, sorry if I have disappointed you. And I think I am finally getting a small start on getting Severus' character, probably not noticeable though. I will try to update as soon as I can, but I have to go somewhere where there won't be a computer to type on. But I have plans for the next chapter. Thanks for reviewing.
Nightmare-chan22 – I guess this chapter answers your question too of whom Remus moves in with. I am happy to hear that you love this story.
Abragini – Lol, yeah, things will soon change, I hope. Oh, and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince? OMG that book was crazy! And I know exactly what you are talking about when you say, "I can't believe who it was and what he did to …" I can't believe it either. Thanks for reviewing.
To everyone else, please review; I want to reach a certain amount of reviews before I post the next chapter. I'll update soon, I hope!)
