DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER
Lyrics disclaimer: The title of the chapter doesn't belong to me. It comes from an Ashlee Simpson song called "Goodbye"
A/N: at the bottom...

Chapter Name: Your every word cuts me inside...

It seemed to Remus as if the days and nights were slowly but surely melting into one another. They would all begin the same way and end the same way too. He would get up and shower, get dressed, wake James and Peter up who would in turn wake Sirius up while he was walking down to breakfast.And so it became Friday a little too quickly for Remus.

The werewolf was walking out of Arithmancy taking his sweet dear old time making people get frustrated and speed up to walk in front of him. But it wasn't his fault was it? It wasn't his fault that a young man with inky black hair and sparkling blue eyes was on his mind. And he couldn't help but feel somewhat guilty for acting the way he did at the beginning of the week.

When Remus had actually thought about it, he did see the reasoning in Lily's argument. Sirius couldn't possibly have known what he meant by fixing it, could he have? Little did Remus know was that James had been bugging Sirius about it all week long. And James Potter intended on finding an appropriate answer.

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"Sirius!" James practically squealed as they entered the Dorm during their free period. Although, if you would have asked him it wouldn't have been a squeal. It would have been a roar or something manlier than a squeal.

"What?" Sirius asked, exasperated with James' incessant questions.

"What's going on between you and Moony? Why aren't you guys talking to each other? What happened on Monday? Wh---"

Sirius covered James' mouth with a large hand. He looked at James in the eye, hazel meeting azure and began talking slowly.

"If you do not stop being so bloody annoying, I will make it so you are physically unable to please Lily, if you follow me."

James, wide eyed and shocked, shook his head emphatically after being still for a moment or two.

And then it began again.

"But you and Moon-"

"James." Sirius said in a dangerous tone.

The bespectacled young man covered his mouth with his hands.

"Since I'll find no peace with you being so inquisitive, I'll tell you all I know"

James settled down and rested his head on a propped up arm. He looked so…eager. Sirius rubbed his hand down his face before he began, sighing loudly as if he hadn't really intended on telling James the problem but has just told the enthusiastic boy he was going to tell him to calm him down.

"Well you see, I was helping Pomfrey with Remus' headache salve, because he had already fallen asleep and couldn't put in on himself."

At this point James wiggled his eyebrows up and down in a suggestive manner.

"Oh stop it you! Anyway, so I had already put the salve on him and we both fell back asleep in the hospital bed. Madame Pomfrey had to go and talk to Dumbledore so it was just me and him. Oh ho-ho, picture it Jamey! Just Remus and me." He said the last line while pointing to himself.

"And do you know what happened then?" He asked in an excited tone.

James shook his head but motioned him to continue.

Sirius smirked.

"We kissed! Ohh, Merlin James, it was…whoa. He tasted like the chocolate you guys brought and some sort of spice. It was wonderful! I thought I would cream my pants"

When James made an offended look at the description, Sirius smirked.

"Hey you asked."

"So I did. Continue oh mighty creamer!"

Sirius stuck his tongue out.

James laughed at himself and then laughed harder at Sirius' retaliation.

"Anyway," Sirius continued waving a hand a James to calm him down, "We kissed." and a dreamy look came onto his face.

"And?" James prompted.

"And I somehow screwed it up." the boy without glasses replied while frowning.

"How?" The stag Animagus asked, anxious to know the rest of the story.

"Well…" Sirius continued and then scratched his head.

James looked at him expectantly.

Sirius pouted and started tugging on a strand of his inky black hair that was hanging in front of his eyes.

"He said I tasted like Bones. Bones, Jamesey! That was days ago! And I told him exactly that." He finished and huffed as he let go of the strand of hair.

James looked surprised at first. He sat silent for a while and then opened his mouth, closed it, and then opened it again.

"Siri, you've got to remember that this happened right after the moon. Remus' senses must have been sky-rocketing. He's got amazing senses anyway, but it was right after the moon."

Sirius nodded his agreement. Then started to recount the happenings yet again.

"And then the crazy werewolf told me to fix it. Fix it!"

"What do you reckon he meant by that?"

Sirius groaned loudly and fell heavily back on the bed.

"I don't know"

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Remus kept himself away from the Common Room the rest of the day, not wanting to confront Sirius…or James…or Lily for that matter. He didn't really want to talk to anyone at the moment. He wanted Friday to fly by as the other days had, but it didn't seem to be complying with him this time.

So he went to the Room of Requirement, wanting a warm fire to sit next to, a place to just sit down, relax, and keep away from James and Lily's questions.

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Sirius walked down the hall of Hogwarts looking for a place to get away from James. He was so tired of hearing about how he should tell Remus exactly how he felt, that he was going stuff dirty socks into the bespectacled boy's wide, open mouth if he didn't shut it.

'THE ROOM OF REQUIREMENT!' A voice that suspiciously sounded like James' screamed in the back of his mind. So the dark haired young man made his way to the Room of Requirement, not knowing that Remus was already there.

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As he was turning a crisp page in the book he was reading, Remus reached over to the end table next to his large, dark colored chair. He hadn't noticed the door open and another person walk inside so he carried on with his reading oblivious to the other young man.

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Sirius jumped in shock as soon as his hand came in contact with another's warm flesh. He had just wanted to A scarred hand jerked away from his own and the owner of said marred hand turned towards Sirius. Eyes flash an eerie green-gold color in the light of the fire and Sirius sighed as he recognized the figure.

The golden green eyes blinked and then squinted trying to adjust his keen eyes so he could see through the shadowed room.

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Remus sighed as he watched the shadows fall on Sirius' face.

"Well, you might as well sit down." Remus said, in a tone that neither icy nor warm.

Sirius sat down in a chair that had popped up as soon as Remus told him to sit down.

"Siri--"

"Rem--" The started at the same time.

"You go ahead…" Sirius said, wanting to work things out before they got too far out of hand.

"I--umm-- I just…" Remus tried, blushing the entire time.

Sirius looked at Remus' reddening face and decided to take action. He guessed at what the blush meant and considered it as something Remus just wanted to forget.

"Okay I'll go then, alright?" Sirius asked.

Remus just nodded, the blush going down.

"Let's just forget that. Okay?" Sirius asked, not looking at Remus.

Remus' jaw dropped and he felt as if the wind had been knocked out of him. This was not how he had planned for it to go. His plan consisted of less words, more kissing, more of Sirius' tongue in his mouth, more of his hands on Sirius, anywhere and everywhere that he could find open skin.

"Yeah?" Sirius asked, capturing Remus' attention.

Remus gaped at him for a moment before nodding his head and answering 'yes' in breaths that were very labored.

"Y-yeah." He repeated again as if saying it to himself.

Sirius smiled at Remus, albeit a little uneasily at first before turning his head and sighing.

The two friends spent the rest of their time in the Room of Requirement mostly in silence.

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Finally, after two grueling hours of mostly awkward silences that he just could stand, Remus stood up. He started stretching his limbs to get rid of the aches and pains he acquired from the long sitting. Arms stretching high over his head, in a way that remind Sirius of a cat, he groaned in appreciation.

Sirius watched as the crisp, white, cotton t-shirt lifted up with Remus' arms. Up and over the tight stomach which looked so delectable to the dark haired boy. Sirius' eyes widened as his eyes caught the small line of hair leading down past the waistline of Remus' jeans.

Sirius felt the blush rising up, starting at his neck and heading north. Another deep groan came from deep within Remus' throat as Sirius stood up.

"Rem…" Sirius whispered, his voice husky with want.

The tone of Sirius' voice startled Remus and he quickly put his arms down and looked at Sirius, concern shining in his green-gold eyes.

"Hmm?" Remus asked taking a step towards Sirius.

And for a moment Sirius felt the urge to just straighten his arm, grab a hold of the werewolf, and never, ever, let go. The dark haired boy pushed the feelings down and willed his arm to stay at his side, which it did.

"No…nothing." Sirius replied, his tone a pained one.

Remus just looked at him in a strange way before picking up his book.

"C-ya later Sirius."

And with that, Remus Lupin had left the Room of Requirement. Sirius sighed and flopped back down in his chair, wondering if he had done the right thing by telling Remus to forget it.

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"We've got to get them together!" Peter squeaked.

"We know that Wormy! We know." James said, moving his hand from the place it was sitting to another every two seconds.

"Well, let's get them pissed out of their minds and hook them up!" Lily replied anxiously while watching James' hand.

James was itching to put his hand on top of Lily's…gods how he wanted to do it!

Peter leaned over and grabbed James' hand and then Lily's. He put them palm to palm and then twined the fingers together.

"Date damn it!" He said, the volume of his voice rising slightly.

And so they did, giving credit to Peter for giving them a 'nudge' in the right direction.

"Now," he said catching the new couple's attention, "We're going to Hogsmeade tomorrow, and they're coming with us…"

END CHAPTER 21

A/N: I am soooooooooooooooooo sorry about that long wait and there's still no getting together of the puppies, that should be the next chatper. This chapter has been an absolute Bitch to write and I'm still not sure if I like it. Anyway thanks for reading, drop a review, and tell me what you think.

Love,

.Lykaios. .Nyx.