Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter
Warnings: SLASH, VULGULAR Language.
A/N: The "0o0o0o0o0" mean scene change...
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A/N: Ok I know I haven't mentioned the full moons before, but if you're good at reading between the lines in this chapter...you'll notice something to do with the moon...good luck...if not it will be explained in the next chappie.
Sirius finally decided that it was time to go eat breakfast when he heard his stomach rumble loudly for the 16th time. After glancing at the clock and realizing that it was 11:00 a.m., he slowly got out of Remus' warm, fragrant bed and moved over to his trunk. Laying out some clothes and grabbing a towel, he walked into the bathroom, intending to be clean before we ventured out into the world.
Thirty minutes later, Sirius walked out of the bathroom, a copious amount of steam following. A white towel slung low on his hips, a brush in one hand, and a small bottle of cologne in the other, Sirius started drying off and getting dressed. He gently pressed the towel to his hair before doing a drying charm and then brushing it out.
Fumbling for his shirt and finally finding it, he turned from the mirror in Peter's corner of the room, which whistled as he bent down to pick up his boxers and pants. Sirius rolled his blue eyes at the mirror and pulled the boxers on without moving the towel. There was no way he let the crazy mirror that Peter had brought from home see him nude.
Finally stepping into the slacks, he pulled his long hair into a pony tail so it wouldn't get caught under his shirt. Sirius then gently slipped the shirt over his head, careful not to mess up his hair. He then looked in his own mirror and realized his ponytail didn't satisfy him. So he took it down and brushed his hair, the ends slightly curling. Sirius sprayed the cologne and then walked out of the room and down the stone stairs.
'Silently counting the lines on the floor,' Sirius decided, 'Isn't very much fun. Why does it seem to take so damn long to get around this place?'
It wasn't as though he was as far away from the Great Hall as he would have liked to tell people. He was pretty close actually, he just didn't want to walk that far.
'Although judging by the loud and ample sounds of laughter coming from the room, I want to get there…fast.' And so Sirius picked up his pace. He was about a total of 4 ½ yards away from the doors when they burst open, the laughter louder than before.
Out from the door popped a girl with brown hair, it was Cheryl. Her back was turned to him and he silently thought that maybe if he didn't move then she wouldn't be able to see him when she turned around. Unfortunately for him, the Hufflepuff did turn around. And she was very capable of seeing him.
Just imagine the surprise Sirius felt when his eyes fell on her nose, which by the way she was drawing more attention to by keeping her hands up by her face. Although it didn't matter because one would have noticed the gray hairs hanging from her nose a mile away.
"Oh Sirius!" she called out, which sounded a lot like "Ohh Therioth!" because of the curls hanging thickly around her mouth.
That alone sent Sirius into hysterics. Cheryl glared at him and he straightened his back as he covered a laugh with a cough.
"Yes?"
"LOOK! Just look what your 'friend' did to me!"
And for a moment Sirius thought that it was Remus she was talking about, but when the boy didn't answer the girl kept rambling.
"She hexed me! ME Sirius! ME! TO HAVE NOSE HAIR. GRAY NOSE HAIR."
"I've noticed. I don't see how anyone couldn't." He said the last sentence somewhat quietly.
"What was that?" Cheryl asked, her eyes squinted in suspicion.
"Oh nothing. Continue." He said motioning for her to resume her ranting.
"I CAN'T get rid of them. I've tried. I've cut them off, charmed them off, even sawed them off with some 1st years knife. THEY JUST KEEP COMING BACK!" She screeched, voice no longer muffled as she was holding the gray hairs away from her mouth.
Sirius just nodded his head as if he wasn't even listening.
"GET RID OF THEM!"
"Of what?" Sirius asked, seeming as though he was genuinely serious.
Cheryl huffed indignantly and ran from her spot up towards the Hospital Wing. He laughed quietly as he started walking closer to the doors of the Great Hall. The doors slowly opened and Sirius stepped aside as he noticed someone was in front of him.
Lily nodded at him.
"Black." she said in a cold tone, at least acknowledging he was there.
"Lily…" he replied. She started to glare up at him, she'd never heard him call her by her first name, but then seen the hurt look in his eyes. She sort of half-smiled softly, not wanting to give in to the young man in front of her.
'For Remus' sake.' she told herself.
"You'd better make it right, Black, or else." She said, the lowering her voice. "And don't forget tonight's the full moon."
Sirius nodded but berated himself in his mind for temporarily forgetting something as important as that. Lily walked out of the doors, making her way to go study. Sirius, yet again, continued walking and actually got into the Great Hall with no interruptions, but they do say the third times a charm. He looked at the werewolf and observed. 'He doesn't seem to be too out of it right now.'
"You guys will never guess what I just seen outside of the Great Hall." Sirius said, trying to start up conversation.
"What?" Peter asked as his thoughts were broken and his gaze shifted from the blonde Hufflepuff named Natalie.
Remus turned slowly to look at Sirius and join in the conversation. He didn't turn slowly because he didn't like looking at Sirius per se, but because he didn't want to see Sirius up close. Regardless of what Remus wanted, he seen Sirius up close.
Remus didn't need to be up close to tell someone where Sirius' dimples were or how many freckles he had at the corner of his left eye, which was two. He knew that by heart, but he noticed those things anyway. He inhaled, taking in Sirius' scent. A slightly spicy cologne. Remus was very fond of it, and wanted to see if it tasted as well as it smelled, but then he remembered Sirius kissing Bones.
Sirius smiled as he felt Remus leaning in closer and closer, trying to quench his thirst for the smell. But the smile soon turned into a frown for Remus was pulling away from the inky haired youth. The dog Animagus tried desperately hard not to whimper when Remus pulled away, but it didn't work. A small noise, a whimper mixed with a grumble, rose in the back of Sirius' throat and escaped before Sirius' knew it.
Remus cocked his head as though a dog would and look at Sirius questioningly. 'If he likes snogging Bones and doesn't like me, then what was that?' he asked himself as Sirius reached across the table for a piece of bacon. After swallowing the bite of meat, Sirius continued.
"Bones, and she had GRAY hair coming out of her nose. Isn't that hilarious?"
But Remus really wasn't paying attention. Sirius' scent seemed to be lovingly suffocating him and he was just giving in.
"Don't you think Moony?" Sirius asked, penetrating through Remus' thoughts once again.
Remus nodded without even knowing the question, which in doing so could have gotten himself harmed, especially if he were around Sirius. But he took a chance and agreed anyway.
"You should've seen the way she looked at me!" Sirius cracked up again, almost putting his elbow into his plate of gravy.
James sent a glare Sirius' way, misunderstanding what kind of look Sirius meant. James didn't want Remus to get upset about it. So the best thing he could do was just make Sirius shut up about it.
"Hey!" Peter said, making everyone jump.
The three other Marauders looked at him expectantly.
"Don't we have a Potions test tomorrow."
Remus nodded.
"You guys do. But come on, we'd better go study."
They all agreed and Sirius grabbed three more pieces of the crunchy bacon before leaving. The group walked out of the Great Hall, each feeling something different, or rather in a way different, than the last. As they made their way up to the Library, they were all lost in thoughts.
One was feigning indifference while in reality being torn apart inside. One was still feeling the giddy side effects of a good prank. One was trying to come up with ways to help his friends out and the last spent his time thinking of ways to make things right while munching on his last piece of the crispy bacon.
Sirius soon broke free of his thoughts and sped up so he could be beside of Remus. He was glancing every so often at the brown haired beauty, but never saying anything. Not noticing Remus pursing his lips together.
"Is there something you need Sirius?" Remus asked in a detached tone that literally worried Sirius.
His name was said harshly and cold, no longer resembling the warm, gentle tone of Remus Lupin. Remus wanted the tone to come out as if he didn't care whether or not Sirius was dating Bones, even if he did. Desperately did.
Sirius looked up at Remus as if he'd gotten caught 'borrowing' some of Remus' favorite chocolate from his secret stash that was secret to everyone but Sirius.
"No, nothing. Sorry." Sirius replied and kept his eyes on the floor.
And when Remus was sure that Sirius wasn't paying attention, his gaze was locked on his dorm mate. Soaking in his presence and appearance as if he were a sponge underwater. The pitch-black hair hung low on his shoulder, shinning with every pass of a candle or torch. His mysterious blue eyes were set on the floor and he seemed upset about something. And Remus could only think that he'd caused it.
"Hey Remus, you and Peter go on up to the Library. Padfoot and I will grab all of our stuff out of the Tower."
Remus nodded his credit, almost relieved at not having to be with Sirius alone,and he and Peter walked away from James and Sirius towards the Library.
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"So…" James began but couldn't figure out how to word what he planned on saying.
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"Hey Pete, go grab some chocolate from the kitchen. We'll probably be here for a while." Remus said as they were closing in on the Library.
"Alright, be right back." Peter replied, turned around, and took off to get the requested chocolate.
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"Is there anything you needed Prongs-y?" Sirius asked in a sort of dull tone. He took time out of his conversation with James to say the password "Tragedy" to the Fat Lady. The door swung open and they stepped inside.
James looked at Sirius with a strange countenance.
"Yeah there is something I needed. I need to know why exactly you went out with Bones in the first damn place! Why not just tell Moony that you love him?"
Sirius narrowed his eyes at James.
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When Remus walked into the Library he found Lily sitting at his favorite table, the one marked 'Moony, Padfoot, Wormtail, and Prongs will live forever', reading a Transfiguration book. Remus plopped down in the chair across from her, waiting idly for his other friends to show up.
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Sirius felt tears stinging at the back of his eyes as James reopened old (well somewhat old) wounds.
"Aren't you going to answer me?" James asked, the volume of his voice growing with time.
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Remus sat there for the longest time before getting up and finding a book to read. Peter finally showed up with chocolate and soda pop. Thanking the gods that their favorite table was in the back of the Library where Madam Pince hardly ever ventured, Lily, Remus, and Peter each opened a soda and nibbled on some chocolate.
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"Do you really want an answer to that James?" Sirius asked as coldly as he could through the tears.
"By Merlin, YES I DO! WHY DID YOU GO OUT WITH HER?" he screamed refusing to actually believe Sirius when he had said he thought Remus and Lily were on a date.
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Remus sat there, half asleep his book barely hanging in his hand, still waiting on James and Sirius. The three friends had resorted to playing a game while waiting.
"Okay Lily, beef or chicken?"
"Oh beef. Uhmmm Pete, peas or green beans?"
"Green beans, why do you think they call them peas? It's because they stink so damn bad!" He replied grinning. "Remus, boys or girls?"
"To date or to hang out with?"
"Both…" Peter said slyly.
"Boys, both ways. No offense Lily, but girls…" and at that he shrugged his shoulders.
"Lily, same question." Remus asked, nibbling on some more chocolate.
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"BECAUSE DAMMNIT! BECAUSE I THOUGHT REMUS WAS DATING LILY. BECAUSE I JUST WANTED HIM TO BE DAMN WELL HAPPY FOR ONCE. JUST ONCE PRONGS! JUST ONCE AND I FUCKED IT UP ANYWAY! I fucked it up anyway." He barked out, until the tears came. "I didn't know he wasn't dating her. He seemed so happy. So happy. And I was thinking well, if he's happy with someone else, I can be happy with someone else too. So why not date her? Why not let my Moony be happy?"
The tears were practically waterfalls by now. Sirius had tracks on his tan, damp face as he sat down on Remus' bed. Picking up the stuffed dog, he smiled sadly at James.
"A little ironic, right?" he asked,dangling the dog in frontof James' face. "And when I put him to bed last night, this little puppy was on his heart as if he was protecting it. His heart Jamey! That's my job. I still miss him more than ever."
James suddenly felt bad for questioning Sirius at all.
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"To hang out with? Girls and Remus. To date? Guys."
Peter spluttered mock indignantly.
"Remus' has his own category?"
"Yes." Lily said her jaw set. "Unlike most guys, he's not an arsehole."
"Guys, I'm going to go check on James and Sirius." Remus interrupted as he stood.
END CHAPTER 15.
So sorry about the cliffhanger. But I felt like that was the place to stop it.
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