Every class that Peter had with one of the canines, a sly smirk was permanently plastered to his face. Although, whenever one of the two looked at him, Peter would at least change the smirk to something akin to a smile. This plan was going to work, Peter could feel it. And if it didn't, he might just have to take the same drastic measures he took with Lily and James.
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The next morning, all four of the Marauders and Lily as well, were sitting in the Common Room in front of the fire, waiting for the morning to dwindle into the afternoon so they could actually leave for Hogsmeade. Remus was playing chess with James. Lily brought up the subject of Quidditch with Sirius, allowing Peter to formulate the last minor details of the plan.
Peter sat in a large armchair, making notes in a small notebook, which was disguised as a Potions textbook. Every so often he would let out a peal of laughter or a snort of disapproval and catch the attention of the others in the room. The notes delineated every single thing; how they would get Remus and Sirius to drink without being suspicious, how they would keep them in the tower, and how many minutes it would take to get the boys' wands away from them obliviously. Every. Single. Thing.
"Ha!" James shouted, catching Sirius' attention. "What do you think of that…Moooony?"
"Check-mate." Remus smirked as James' king was obliterated into tiny pieces. "That's what I think of that."
James looked at the resident werewolf, his mouth hanging open.
"How--How---?" James stuttered.
"Don't question it James, you knew Remus would win. He always does." Sirius replied as he moved towards Remus. "Don't you Remmikins?" Sirius threw an arm around Remus' shoulder.
Remus' scarred hand slipped the arm off his shoulder.
"Yes, yes I do." Remus replied, smiling the entire time.
Lily looked to Peter while the exchange went on. Her green eyes were wide as Peter watched the scene, not sure if they still felt the same. James looked at Lily firmly. As if to say 'They still like each other and don't you ever think anything different.' Lily, in turn, gave the same look to Peter. The rat Animagus looked relieved and continued scribbling in his 'Potions Book'.
"Well," Peter said and then coughed, signaling that he and James should go up to the Dorm to discuss 'The Plan' . "I'm going to go wash up, talk to you all later then?"
"Wait just a minute Pete." James said scrambling up from his armchair. "I've gotta get ready too." He winked at Lily, who stood as well.
"Girl stuff, you know?" She replied and started to sprout stuff off about eyeliner and mascara.
"Go, woman! GO!" Sirius roared playfully.
Lily smiled and playfully flounced away from the couch and up the Girls' Stairs, her red hair slinging as she went.
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"Ooohhhh! That's a good one Pete!" James loudly whispered, slapping Peter on the back for a job well done.
"Well, I try." Peter replied and continued delineating the plan.
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"So, uh, hullo Remus!" Sirius said, unsure of what to do now that he was alone with Remus.
"'Lo Sirius." Remus replied, as he laid his head back on his chair and closing his eyes.
Sirius couldn't help but stare, transfixed, at the lovely pale column of a neck. Said neck only had a few, faintly noticeable scars. Not that the scars would have bothered Sirius. He would've loved to just take his tongue and run it up the front of Remus' neck. Up and over the Adam's Apple that stuck out so deliciously and over the scar above it.
"Sirius?" Remus said, getting up and standing in front of the dark haired boy so that his eyes leveled with Sirius'.
Sirius let out a huff of breath, the warm air hitting Remus in the face.
"Are you alright, Padfoot?" Remus asked, the concern for his friend cutting through to the front of his voice.
Another puff of breath.
"Siri?" Remus asked, this time something akin to panic edging in.
"'Lo? Anyone in there?" He said, rapping slightly on Sirius forehead.
Sirius' hand shot out, his fingers circling the wrist that was connected to the hand.
"Sirius, what are you doing?" Remus asked, taking a step away from Sirius, though Sirius still had a hold of him.
Sirius stood up and then pulled Remus towards him, closer and closer. Finally he crashed their lips together, moaning into the werewolf's mouth. Remus gasped at the amount of emotion Sirius was pouring into that one kiss. So much passion, lust, confusion, and wait…was that love? Sirius' tongue swept through Remus' open lips, traveling in the warm cavern of Remus' mouth and mapping the contours. He pushed Remus down in the chair, soon straddling him.
Sirius broke the kiss, pulling back, and then looking for any type of resistance from Remus. Remus latched onto Sirius' shirt, pulling him back in for another kiss. Breaking away once again, Sirius' mouth connected with the soft skin of Remus' neck. Sirius slowly nipped and licked his way up the sensitive skin and over one of the few scars on Remus' neck.
From deep in Remus' throat, a growl of pleasure rose and escaped from the open mouth.
"Sirius…" Remus gasped out, his hands threading through Sirius' long, dark hair.
"Hmmm?" Sirius asked, as he made his way down past collarbone, his voice reverberating off of sharpness of said collarbone, making the werewolf shiver and then groan.
"Sirius, please…" Remus' voice was husky as he was pleading.
"Please?" Sirius teased as he unbuttoned the white shirt that Remus was wearing.
"Oh GODS! Please don't stop." Remus called out a Sirius took a nipple in his mouth while his hands were running up and down Remus' sides.
"Don't worry Remy-dear, I won't." Sirius said between licks. And he didn't intend to stop.
But sometimes what you intend to happen and what really happens are two TOTALLY different things.
"Are you ready, James? Huh? Are you ready?" Peter called out to James, who by the way had been in the Bathroom (trying) to fix his hair. Peter sounded as if he had a dog named James and was calling out to him, but James himself decided to over look that.
"Yeah Pete, let's get down there and see if Lily and the guys are ready." James said laying down his comb.
"Foot--" Remus said through a haze.
"Yes, I'll pay attention to that too. Don't worry!" Sirius replied
"Steps! Sirius! Footsteps!" Remus finally managed right before Sirius could attack his mouth again.
"SHIT!" Sirius whispered loudly as he scrambled off of Remus, who was already busy buttoning his shirt back up.
The dog Animagus sat down in the chair opposite of the werewolf and ran a hand through his hair trying to smooth it down and rid it of knots.
"Hey Moon--," James called out as he and Peter rounded the corner. The bespectacled boy stopped his sentence short when he seen how the other two marauders were acting.
Sirius was being fidgety and Remus was uncharacteristically still, even for Remus.
"What's going on?" He asked suspiciously.
Remus looked at Sirius and shook his head, now surprisingly calm again.
"Whatever do you mean, dear Jamey?" He asked turning his green-gold eyes on James.
"No--never mind. Are you two ever going to get ready?"
"I'm ready, I've been ready. I was born ready!" Sirius exclaimed, back in his old 'Sirius' ways. Which made Remus terribly grateful to him.
"I'm going right now. I've got to take a shower." Remus replied and moving to the stairs, then taking them two at a time.
'Yeah, a cold one. Real nice and cold.' He thought to himself as he opened the Dorm door.
'Mmmm, Remy in the shower…' Sirius thought as he touched his swollen lips.
"Hey Sirius, where'd you get that love bite from?" Lily asked as she sat down beside of James.
"I've not got a love bite." He replied indignantly.
"Yes you do." Lily argued back calmly.
"Noooo. I don't." He huffed crossing his arms.
"YES, you do." Lily huffed back.
And that was how it went until Remus came down from his shower.
"NOOOOOO I BLOODY WELL DON'T!"
"No you don't what?" Remus asked calmly.
Sirius turned as to look at the golden haired boy as he spoke. The sight of Remus took his breath away. Remus' hair was still wet and every now and then a drop of water would run down the side of his face and down his neck. Some tendrils of the now dark brown hair were plastered to his pale skin and caressing his neck.
He was wearing a pair of sandblasted semi-baggy jeans that clung to him in all of the right places and a tight chocolate brown shirt. Sirius was practically drooling. Remus' slightly scarred arms were bare, showing off his arm muscles. And he smelled delicious.
"I d-d-don't---"
"SIRIUS HAS A HICKEY!" Lily screamed out.
"I--do not." Sirius replied, his voice and breath coming back to him.
Remus walked closer to Sirius and put a finger under his chin. Sirius inhaled and held his breath. Moony moved Sirius' head to the side and inspected the hickey on the Animagus' neck.
"Ah…you do." Remus replied and then, "Can you hand me that quill over there?"
Lily, Peter, and James stood perplexed, their mouths agape. James gave Lily the same look as he did before and then Lily gave it to Peter who was beginning believe that Remus was finally over Sirius.
James gave both Peter and Lily hard looks.
"Are you lot coming?" Sirius called from the portrait.
"Yeah, we're coming, we're coming." James called back and turned to his fellow conspirators.
"They. Like. Each. Other." He said as he grabbed Lily's hand, lacing their fingers together. "Shall we go now?"
Peter and Lily nodded.
"THANK THE GODS!" Sirius exclaimed as they all made their way to the Portrait Hole. He walked out behind Remus, staring at the lovely creature in front of him.
End Chapter 22.
A/N: Well I figured that you guys were really wanting faster updates...and I'm terribly sorry that the last update took so long, I really didn't even realize that it was that long. Hopefully our dear puppies will be together in the next chapter. I think that more than likely they will. THANKS TO ALL MY REVIEWRS!
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Lykaios