"As only some of you will actually remember this," Professor McGonagall looked over at Remus. "That we have a pop quiz today regarding last year. Just to make sure that you have all been doing homework over your summer holidays – and everything that I taught you wasn't lost to the abyss known as the teenage mind." She smiled slightly and passed out the papers. "Please finish these as quickly as you can, I'd like to start work on today's lesson."
Remus's breath caught in his throat when McGonagall said, "pop quiz". 'Is my dream coming true...? What am I going to do if Peter tells me he failed it...? Oh god...' Remus looked down at his sheet of paper. He read through all the questions and the answers came flying back to him. He was finished before anyone else, and sat quietly in his desk waiting for everyone else to finish. Something brushed up against Remus's leg, when he looked over Sirius blushed.
'Sorry...' he whispered without looking up from his test. Remus caught his eyes and smiled.
"How many of you are finished?" McGonagall looked over her glasses. Nearly the whole class raised their hands. "Very well. Please will the rest of you kindly hurry?" She looked back down at the stack of papers she was marking.
From the corner of his eye, Remus saw Sirius cover his head with his hands and sigh. Remus looked at his test, trying to find the problem. Once he saw that Sirius had finished everything correctly but was having troubles with the last question, Remus flipped over his paper and lightly nudged Sirius's foot. Sirius looked over at him with a puzzled look on his face. He watched Remus flick his eyes towards his paper and back at him. Sirius smiled and put his hands back in the position they were before, but looked over at Remus's paper copying the answer. Sirius was suddenly glad that his hair nearly covered his eyes when he looked down.
"Quills down, please bring the quiz's up to the front, take your seats and your wands out." McGonagall stood up and watched everyone come forward. Sirius and Remus walked towards her desk together. Remus smiled at her as he placed his test down on top of Sirius'. She smiled back.
On the way back to their seats, Sirius nudged Remus with his elbow lightly. "Hey... Thanks."
"No problem. You had every other answer right – I didn't see a reason why I shouldn't help you." Remus smiled sweetly as they sat down again.
"The answers were really all right?"
Remus nodded and smiled as he bent over to take out his wand. "Yup."
"Wow..." Sirius sat back and ran his hand through his hair.
Remus placed his wand on the table. He started to look around the classroom waiting for everyone to settle. His eyes found a picture of the moon and its phases. His heart suddenly felt like it plumited down to his feet as he looked at the picture. Remus slowly blinked his eyes and looked back at his desk.
"What's wrong?" Sirius had his arms crossed and rested them on the table.
"Tonight."
"We'll all be there with you Remy, you won't be alone." Sirius smiled and placed a soft, warm hand on Remus's arm. "It'll be okay." Sirius smiled kindly at his friend. His eyes were soft as he looked at him.
"Thanks." Remus smiled back. At that moment – he felt the biggest urge to grab Sirius in his arms and kiss him. He knew that he could never do that. Remus's heart ached for Sirius in a way that it never had before. All he wanted to do was fall into his arms, and stay with him forever – never letting go. Remus sighed and looked at Professor McGonagall who was already talking about that day's lesson. Remus vaguely tuned out what she was saying and became lost in his own thoughts. He felt like the love that he felt towards Sirius was only growing, it was like some kind of incurable disease. 'If I could have one wish... I'd wish for Sirius to tell me he loved me...' Remus heaved a sigh knowing that it would never come true – but some part of him still left that door open, hoping for his wish to be granted.
Class had ended, and the boys were on their way back to the common room.
"Oh... my.... God..." Sirius threw his book bag down and fell on the sofa in the Gryffindor common room. "I never want to go back to classes again..."
"I hate 7th year." James pouted as he sat in the chair facing the small fire.
Remus stopped dead in his tracks his heart was pounding. 'Don't say it... don't say it...'
"I think I failed the pop quiz..." Peter sighed as he stood and looked into the fire. "Why would she give a pop quiz on the first day of school? It's in-human."
'Oh my God.... It's coming true...' Remus turned to watch the portrait. It swung open to reveal Lily. 'No, no, no....'
"Remus, come sit on the couch. I need a pillow." Sirius smiled at him.
Remus went ridged. 'If I sit down... will he ask...?' "I can't. I have to go upstairs... and... err... change." Remus quickly smiled and bolted for the stairs. He didn't want to wait to see if it would happen – he couldn't go through that again. He questioned as to why he wouldn't go sit down and let the dream come true. 'I don't want it to happen that way... it can't happen that way...' Remus gently placed his bag on the floor and sat on his bed, he put his head in his hands. Remus didn't hear anyone enter the room.
"Remy?"
Remus's heart lurched at the familiar voice. It was Sirius. He looked up slowly. "Yeah?"
"Why didn't you come sit with us for a bit? You okay?"
"Oh... Hah... yeah, I'm fine. I just wanted to change before tonight... and maybe get some work done before I have to go see Madam Pomfrey." Remus smiled weakly as he reached for his bag. Sirius leaned forward and took Remus's hand stopping him. Remus looked up at him.
"Remus... I'm worried about you."
"Why?" Remus privately delighted at the touch of Sirius's hand on his.
Sirius moved and sat down beside Remus. He was still holding his hand. He traced one of the scars on his hand while he spoke, looking down the whole time. "I worry about you when you transform. I'm always so scared that you'll hurt yourself really bad when we aren't there." Sirius looked up at him. His eyes were slightly glassy. "I can't stand the thought of loosing you, Remy."
Remus smiled and put his hand to Sirius's cheek. "Don't worry about me, it'll be okay Siri, I'll never leave you." He dropped his hand to hold Sirius'.
Sirius nodded and looked down again. "I know... but I still worry Remy... I worry because I -" Remus noticed a tear fall from his eye and land on his knee. Sirius spoke very quietly; it was barley audible to Remus. Even with his heightened hearing. "I don't want to loose the most perfect, beautiful person I've ever known." Sirius's fingers were still, but they were still entwined with Remus's.
Remus moved his hand and brought up Sirius's head by placing a couple fingers under his chin. Remus ran his fingers along Sirius's lips before moving forward slowly. Sirius didn't move away, instead he leaned in to meet Remus's lips. When they kissed, it was tender and slow. Sirius let go of Remus's hand and ran it up Remus' thigh, and slowly up his side, finding his neck - this careful movement sent a delightful shiver up Remus's back. Remus ran his hand through Sirius's hair – he always loved the feel of it. Remus broke the kiss and brought Sirius into a hug. He held him close and breathed into his ear.
"Siri... I'll never leave you... I love you too much to leave you." Remus felt Sirius take in a sharp breath of air at the words before he wrapped his strong arms around Remus's thin waist, holding him tightly.
Sirius spoke gently. "I love you too, Remy..." He breathed in very deeply. "My Remy..." Remus felt tears on his neck and leaned back looking into Sirius's eyes.
"Don't cry, Siri..." He wiped away the tears that had fallen from his beautiful eyes and smiled. "I love you."
Sirius smiled and looked down before he met Remus's gentle gaze. "I love you too." The boys leaned in for another kiss and didn't notice that James was standing in the doorway. James smiled at his friends and turned to walk down the stairs again.
"I thought you needed to get something, James?" Lily frowned as she watched him walk down the stairs with nothing in hand.
"Nah... I just remembered that I didn't really need it."
"Did you forget where it was?" Lily smiled as stood up, giving James his seat back.
"No. I know where it is... I just don't need it." He took Lily's hand and pulled her onto his lap as he sat down. "I love you, Lily."
Lily smiled warmly and wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned in, resting her forehead on his. Her hair fell all around them, seeming to cut them off from everyone else in the room. "I love you too, James." She leant in and kissed him.
Remus made his way down to the womping willow accompanied by Madam Pomfrey. He was still relishing the fact that Sirius had returned his love, and he finally knew what it was like to kiss him. He wore a smile on his face as he walked. He hardly noticed when Madam Pomfrey had started to talk to him.
"Remus? ...Remus!"
"Oh... Sorry Ma'am." Remus looked over at her.
"I'm going to have to leave you hear dear, I've got a ton of things to do back at the school. I'm terribly sorry... but will you be able to find it on your own?"
"Sure I will. I've been coming here nearly every month for 7 years Madam Pomfrey. I'll be fine." Remus smiled as she placed a gentle hand in his arm.
"Good... I'll be back early tomorrow morning to come fetch you okay?"
Remus nodded happily as he made his way towards the tree which had been frozen. He stopped for a second and surveyed his surroundings. He watched Madam Pomfrey make her way back to the school. She looked back a couple of times and waved. Remus stood for a moment longer, looking for his friends. He decided that they would come later, once he had transformed. Remus glanced quickly at the sun, which was quickly falling behind the mountains. He looked to his right and spotted the moon. It was a light blue color, still not fully visible. He sighed as he ducked under the tree. He slowly made his way to the Shrieking Shack. He traveled along the familiar pathway, kicking at a few rocks as he walked. Remus had made it to the shack, and found the room he had always gone to. Remus stood at the doorway and looked around. The room had been shredded, the blankets were all torn and most of them had dry blood stains everywhere. The cabinets were hanging on by a single hinge, and were torn apart as well. Remus sighed heavily as he walked over to the window. The moon was nearly visible now, it was only a few more minutes until the light of the moon would cascade through the window and shroud the room. Remus took off his jacket and folded it up, putting it on the highest cabinet in the room. He quickly removed his shoes, shirt and pants. He stood before the window staring at the moon. Remus felt a shudder of coldness as he took off his boxers. He then gathered all his clothing up, folded it, and placed it all on top of his jacket.
Remus crouched in the middle of the floor, waiting for the moon to shine on him. He watched the line of light slowly come towards him. '5...4...3...2...1...' The light touched his toes and crept slowly up his pale, scarred thigh. Remus stood up and let the moon's light cover his body. He took a deep breath and braced himself for the transformation. He felt his bones start to grow and change shape. There were sickening pops as his feet turned into paws. Remus screamed in pain as his back started to widen and his body shape began to alter. Remus shut his eyes tightly as his face began to turn into a long thin snout. When he transformed – every inch of his body was in searing pain. His bones changed shape, and his skin stretched to accommodate them. It felt as if his insides were burning.
He stood in the light of the moon whimpering. Remus collapsed onto the floor. His body felt like it had been crushed underneath a vast amount of weight. Remus looked towards the door, and listened for his friends. No noise came. The werewolf got up slowly into a sitting position infront of the door. As he bowed his head, he heard the familiar scratch of feet on the wood downstairs. He raised his head and saw Sirius come through the door slowly. His ears were pinned back and his tail was between his legs. He sniffed the air as he slowly walked forward. The werewolf stood up and licked the side of the scruffy black dog's face carefully. Sirius began to wag his tail as he stood with his friend. In time, James appeared – as a stag, and Peter – as a rat.
The hours of the night passed, and the light of the moon began to wane. His friends noticed this, and retreated from the house. Sirius stayed behind, and hid. When his friends left him, Remus began to change his form once again. He thrashed around the room – trying to make the pain go away, he cut himself many times in the process. Sirius waited until he heard the roaring and whimpering cease before he transformed back into a human. Sirius rushed up the stairs and opened the door. He found Remus laying naked on the floor of the room curled into a fetal position. He was bleeding from many places, and his hair was matted down with sweat. Sirius took the coat off his back and walked slowly towards him, kneeling down on the ground. He gently turned Remus around and wrapped his arms around the trembling boy.
"I'm here Remy... You're okay..." Sirius brushed away his friends hair as he placed his jacket over his naked body. Sirius leaned down and kissed his forehead.
Remus smiled and lay silently in his arms. His body ached, and he couldn't find the strength to move his arms and hold Sirius. Tears started to fall from Remus's eyes.
"Remy... you okay...?"
Remus looked up tiredly with defeated eyes. His eyes weren't shining like they always did – they were dull and filled with pain. He tried to nod but only managed to let his head fall to his chest. Remus passed out. Sirius leaned over him and wiped his hair away from his face and kissed his forehead again. Remus had only before passed out twice from the pain this was the third time it happened.
Madam Pomfrey came through the door and swiftly fell to Remus's side. "Is he alright?"
"He's passed out..." Sirius spoke quietly as he brushed his fingers across Remus's cheek.
"Okay... I need you to wrap your coat gently around him nice and tight, and I'll have to levitate him to the infirmary. Can you do that for me?"
"Can I carry him there? It'll be to difficult to wrap it around him." Sirius looked up with hopeful eyes.
Madam Pomfrey nodded. "Very well. I'll get his clothing then, but we must hurry. He needs treatment."
Sirius nodded and took Remus in his arms. He held on to the boy tightly as they made their way back to the school. It was still quite dark out as they made their way back to the school.
"Put him on that bed there, at the far end of the hall behind the curtain."
"Okay..." Sirius began to walk towards the destination set for him. Once he got there, he gently laid Remus on the mattress. Sirius sat in the chair beside the bed and softly wiped the hair away from his eyes as he lightly kissed his lips. Remus stirred and opened his eyes.
"Siri...." Remus smiled faintly and looked into the eyes he loved so much.
Sirius placed his finger across Remus's lips. "Shh... Madam Pomfrey will be here soon to help you."
Remus nodded and closed his eyes still smiling. Remus was exhausted; he nearly fell back asleep again before he heard the familiar click of Madam Pomfrey's heels. He opened his eyes again and looked over at Sirius. He smiled. "I love you, Siri."
Sirius looked down at him. "I love you too." He leaned forward to kiss his lips. Remus may have been tired, but he wasn't so tired that he couldn't return the kiss. Sirius stood as Madam Pomfrey appeared beside the bed.
"He'll need his rest now, and you have classes to attend. You can visit him at lunch, all right? I need to heal him now."
Sirius nodded and ran his hand from Remus's shoulder to his fingers. Remus curled his fingers slightly and hooked them with Sirius's smiling. Sirius looked down and grinned before he disappeared behind the dividing curtain.
Remus closed his eyes and welcomed the warm tingling sensation. He was happy that his wounds wouldn't be throbbing with pain any longer. He felt cold as Madam Pomfrey tugged the jacket off of his body and hung it on the chair that Sirius had been sitting in. He was hazily aware that he was naked. Though he soon felt the warming sensation from the healing, he also felt the weight of a blanket over his body.
"I need you to drink this please." Madam Pomfrey smiled. "It's a sleeping potion."
Remus nodded and opened his mouth. The light blue liquid fell over his full pink lips and slid down his throat. The potion made him feel oddly warm as it settled in his stomach. Remus closed his eyes and welcomed the expected sleep.
Remus's breath caught in his throat when McGonagall said, "pop quiz". 'Is my dream coming true...? What am I going to do if Peter tells me he failed it...? Oh god...' Remus looked down at his sheet of paper. He read through all the questions and the answers came flying back to him. He was finished before anyone else, and sat quietly in his desk waiting for everyone else to finish. Something brushed up against Remus's leg, when he looked over Sirius blushed.
'Sorry...' he whispered without looking up from his test. Remus caught his eyes and smiled.
"How many of you are finished?" McGonagall looked over her glasses. Nearly the whole class raised their hands. "Very well. Please will the rest of you kindly hurry?" She looked back down at the stack of papers she was marking.
From the corner of his eye, Remus saw Sirius cover his head with his hands and sigh. Remus looked at his test, trying to find the problem. Once he saw that Sirius had finished everything correctly but was having troubles with the last question, Remus flipped over his paper and lightly nudged Sirius's foot. Sirius looked over at him with a puzzled look on his face. He watched Remus flick his eyes towards his paper and back at him. Sirius smiled and put his hands back in the position they were before, but looked over at Remus's paper copying the answer. Sirius was suddenly glad that his hair nearly covered his eyes when he looked down.
"Quills down, please bring the quiz's up to the front, take your seats and your wands out." McGonagall stood up and watched everyone come forward. Sirius and Remus walked towards her desk together. Remus smiled at her as he placed his test down on top of Sirius'. She smiled back.
On the way back to their seats, Sirius nudged Remus with his elbow lightly. "Hey... Thanks."
"No problem. You had every other answer right – I didn't see a reason why I shouldn't help you." Remus smiled sweetly as they sat down again.
"The answers were really all right?"
Remus nodded and smiled as he bent over to take out his wand. "Yup."
"Wow..." Sirius sat back and ran his hand through his hair.
Remus placed his wand on the table. He started to look around the classroom waiting for everyone to settle. His eyes found a picture of the moon and its phases. His heart suddenly felt like it plumited down to his feet as he looked at the picture. Remus slowly blinked his eyes and looked back at his desk.
"What's wrong?" Sirius had his arms crossed and rested them on the table.
"Tonight."
"We'll all be there with you Remy, you won't be alone." Sirius smiled and placed a soft, warm hand on Remus's arm. "It'll be okay." Sirius smiled kindly at his friend. His eyes were soft as he looked at him.
"Thanks." Remus smiled back. At that moment – he felt the biggest urge to grab Sirius in his arms and kiss him. He knew that he could never do that. Remus's heart ached for Sirius in a way that it never had before. All he wanted to do was fall into his arms, and stay with him forever – never letting go. Remus sighed and looked at Professor McGonagall who was already talking about that day's lesson. Remus vaguely tuned out what she was saying and became lost in his own thoughts. He felt like the love that he felt towards Sirius was only growing, it was like some kind of incurable disease. 'If I could have one wish... I'd wish for Sirius to tell me he loved me...' Remus heaved a sigh knowing that it would never come true – but some part of him still left that door open, hoping for his wish to be granted.
Class had ended, and the boys were on their way back to the common room.
"Oh... my.... God..." Sirius threw his book bag down and fell on the sofa in the Gryffindor common room. "I never want to go back to classes again..."
"I hate 7th year." James pouted as he sat in the chair facing the small fire.
Remus stopped dead in his tracks his heart was pounding. 'Don't say it... don't say it...'
"I think I failed the pop quiz..." Peter sighed as he stood and looked into the fire. "Why would she give a pop quiz on the first day of school? It's in-human."
'Oh my God.... It's coming true...' Remus turned to watch the portrait. It swung open to reveal Lily. 'No, no, no....'
"Remus, come sit on the couch. I need a pillow." Sirius smiled at him.
Remus went ridged. 'If I sit down... will he ask...?' "I can't. I have to go upstairs... and... err... change." Remus quickly smiled and bolted for the stairs. He didn't want to wait to see if it would happen – he couldn't go through that again. He questioned as to why he wouldn't go sit down and let the dream come true. 'I don't want it to happen that way... it can't happen that way...' Remus gently placed his bag on the floor and sat on his bed, he put his head in his hands. Remus didn't hear anyone enter the room.
"Remy?"
Remus's heart lurched at the familiar voice. It was Sirius. He looked up slowly. "Yeah?"
"Why didn't you come sit with us for a bit? You okay?"
"Oh... Hah... yeah, I'm fine. I just wanted to change before tonight... and maybe get some work done before I have to go see Madam Pomfrey." Remus smiled weakly as he reached for his bag. Sirius leaned forward and took Remus's hand stopping him. Remus looked up at him.
"Remus... I'm worried about you."
"Why?" Remus privately delighted at the touch of Sirius's hand on his.
Sirius moved and sat down beside Remus. He was still holding his hand. He traced one of the scars on his hand while he spoke, looking down the whole time. "I worry about you when you transform. I'm always so scared that you'll hurt yourself really bad when we aren't there." Sirius looked up at him. His eyes were slightly glassy. "I can't stand the thought of loosing you, Remy."
Remus smiled and put his hand to Sirius's cheek. "Don't worry about me, it'll be okay Siri, I'll never leave you." He dropped his hand to hold Sirius'.
Sirius nodded and looked down again. "I know... but I still worry Remy... I worry because I -" Remus noticed a tear fall from his eye and land on his knee. Sirius spoke very quietly; it was barley audible to Remus. Even with his heightened hearing. "I don't want to loose the most perfect, beautiful person I've ever known." Sirius's fingers were still, but they were still entwined with Remus's.
Remus moved his hand and brought up Sirius's head by placing a couple fingers under his chin. Remus ran his fingers along Sirius's lips before moving forward slowly. Sirius didn't move away, instead he leaned in to meet Remus's lips. When they kissed, it was tender and slow. Sirius let go of Remus's hand and ran it up Remus' thigh, and slowly up his side, finding his neck - this careful movement sent a delightful shiver up Remus's back. Remus ran his hand through Sirius's hair – he always loved the feel of it. Remus broke the kiss and brought Sirius into a hug. He held him close and breathed into his ear.
"Siri... I'll never leave you... I love you too much to leave you." Remus felt Sirius take in a sharp breath of air at the words before he wrapped his strong arms around Remus's thin waist, holding him tightly.
Sirius spoke gently. "I love you too, Remy..." He breathed in very deeply. "My Remy..." Remus felt tears on his neck and leaned back looking into Sirius's eyes.
"Don't cry, Siri..." He wiped away the tears that had fallen from his beautiful eyes and smiled. "I love you."
Sirius smiled and looked down before he met Remus's gentle gaze. "I love you too." The boys leaned in for another kiss and didn't notice that James was standing in the doorway. James smiled at his friends and turned to walk down the stairs again.
"I thought you needed to get something, James?" Lily frowned as she watched him walk down the stairs with nothing in hand.
"Nah... I just remembered that I didn't really need it."
"Did you forget where it was?" Lily smiled as stood up, giving James his seat back.
"No. I know where it is... I just don't need it." He took Lily's hand and pulled her onto his lap as he sat down. "I love you, Lily."
Lily smiled warmly and wrapped her arms around his neck and leaned in, resting her forehead on his. Her hair fell all around them, seeming to cut them off from everyone else in the room. "I love you too, James." She leant in and kissed him.
Remus made his way down to the womping willow accompanied by Madam Pomfrey. He was still relishing the fact that Sirius had returned his love, and he finally knew what it was like to kiss him. He wore a smile on his face as he walked. He hardly noticed when Madam Pomfrey had started to talk to him.
"Remus? ...Remus!"
"Oh... Sorry Ma'am." Remus looked over at her.
"I'm going to have to leave you hear dear, I've got a ton of things to do back at the school. I'm terribly sorry... but will you be able to find it on your own?"
"Sure I will. I've been coming here nearly every month for 7 years Madam Pomfrey. I'll be fine." Remus smiled as she placed a gentle hand in his arm.
"Good... I'll be back early tomorrow morning to come fetch you okay?"
Remus nodded happily as he made his way towards the tree which had been frozen. He stopped for a second and surveyed his surroundings. He watched Madam Pomfrey make her way back to the school. She looked back a couple of times and waved. Remus stood for a moment longer, looking for his friends. He decided that they would come later, once he had transformed. Remus glanced quickly at the sun, which was quickly falling behind the mountains. He looked to his right and spotted the moon. It was a light blue color, still not fully visible. He sighed as he ducked under the tree. He slowly made his way to the Shrieking Shack. He traveled along the familiar pathway, kicking at a few rocks as he walked. Remus had made it to the shack, and found the room he had always gone to. Remus stood at the doorway and looked around. The room had been shredded, the blankets were all torn and most of them had dry blood stains everywhere. The cabinets were hanging on by a single hinge, and were torn apart as well. Remus sighed heavily as he walked over to the window. The moon was nearly visible now, it was only a few more minutes until the light of the moon would cascade through the window and shroud the room. Remus took off his jacket and folded it up, putting it on the highest cabinet in the room. He quickly removed his shoes, shirt and pants. He stood before the window staring at the moon. Remus felt a shudder of coldness as he took off his boxers. He then gathered all his clothing up, folded it, and placed it all on top of his jacket.
Remus crouched in the middle of the floor, waiting for the moon to shine on him. He watched the line of light slowly come towards him. '5...4...3...2...1...' The light touched his toes and crept slowly up his pale, scarred thigh. Remus stood up and let the moon's light cover his body. He took a deep breath and braced himself for the transformation. He felt his bones start to grow and change shape. There were sickening pops as his feet turned into paws. Remus screamed in pain as his back started to widen and his body shape began to alter. Remus shut his eyes tightly as his face began to turn into a long thin snout. When he transformed – every inch of his body was in searing pain. His bones changed shape, and his skin stretched to accommodate them. It felt as if his insides were burning.
He stood in the light of the moon whimpering. Remus collapsed onto the floor. His body felt like it had been crushed underneath a vast amount of weight. Remus looked towards the door, and listened for his friends. No noise came. The werewolf got up slowly into a sitting position infront of the door. As he bowed his head, he heard the familiar scratch of feet on the wood downstairs. He raised his head and saw Sirius come through the door slowly. His ears were pinned back and his tail was between his legs. He sniffed the air as he slowly walked forward. The werewolf stood up and licked the side of the scruffy black dog's face carefully. Sirius began to wag his tail as he stood with his friend. In time, James appeared – as a stag, and Peter – as a rat.
The hours of the night passed, and the light of the moon began to wane. His friends noticed this, and retreated from the house. Sirius stayed behind, and hid. When his friends left him, Remus began to change his form once again. He thrashed around the room – trying to make the pain go away, he cut himself many times in the process. Sirius waited until he heard the roaring and whimpering cease before he transformed back into a human. Sirius rushed up the stairs and opened the door. He found Remus laying naked on the floor of the room curled into a fetal position. He was bleeding from many places, and his hair was matted down with sweat. Sirius took the coat off his back and walked slowly towards him, kneeling down on the ground. He gently turned Remus around and wrapped his arms around the trembling boy.
"I'm here Remy... You're okay..." Sirius brushed away his friends hair as he placed his jacket over his naked body. Sirius leaned down and kissed his forehead.
Remus smiled and lay silently in his arms. His body ached, and he couldn't find the strength to move his arms and hold Sirius. Tears started to fall from Remus's eyes.
"Remy... you okay...?"
Remus looked up tiredly with defeated eyes. His eyes weren't shining like they always did – they were dull and filled with pain. He tried to nod but only managed to let his head fall to his chest. Remus passed out. Sirius leaned over him and wiped his hair away from his face and kissed his forehead again. Remus had only before passed out twice from the pain this was the third time it happened.
Madam Pomfrey came through the door and swiftly fell to Remus's side. "Is he alright?"
"He's passed out..." Sirius spoke quietly as he brushed his fingers across Remus's cheek.
"Okay... I need you to wrap your coat gently around him nice and tight, and I'll have to levitate him to the infirmary. Can you do that for me?"
"Can I carry him there? It'll be to difficult to wrap it around him." Sirius looked up with hopeful eyes.
Madam Pomfrey nodded. "Very well. I'll get his clothing then, but we must hurry. He needs treatment."
Sirius nodded and took Remus in his arms. He held on to the boy tightly as they made their way back to the school. It was still quite dark out as they made their way back to the school.
"Put him on that bed there, at the far end of the hall behind the curtain."
"Okay..." Sirius began to walk towards the destination set for him. Once he got there, he gently laid Remus on the mattress. Sirius sat in the chair beside the bed and softly wiped the hair away from his eyes as he lightly kissed his lips. Remus stirred and opened his eyes.
"Siri...." Remus smiled faintly and looked into the eyes he loved so much.
Sirius placed his finger across Remus's lips. "Shh... Madam Pomfrey will be here soon to help you."
Remus nodded and closed his eyes still smiling. Remus was exhausted; he nearly fell back asleep again before he heard the familiar click of Madam Pomfrey's heels. He opened his eyes again and looked over at Sirius. He smiled. "I love you, Siri."
Sirius looked down at him. "I love you too." He leaned forward to kiss his lips. Remus may have been tired, but he wasn't so tired that he couldn't return the kiss. Sirius stood as Madam Pomfrey appeared beside the bed.
"He'll need his rest now, and you have classes to attend. You can visit him at lunch, all right? I need to heal him now."
Sirius nodded and ran his hand from Remus's shoulder to his fingers. Remus curled his fingers slightly and hooked them with Sirius's smiling. Sirius looked down and grinned before he disappeared behind the dividing curtain.
Remus closed his eyes and welcomed the warm tingling sensation. He was happy that his wounds wouldn't be throbbing with pain any longer. He felt cold as Madam Pomfrey tugged the jacket off of his body and hung it on the chair that Sirius had been sitting in. He was hazily aware that he was naked. Though he soon felt the warming sensation from the healing, he also felt the weight of a blanket over his body.
"I need you to drink this please." Madam Pomfrey smiled. "It's a sleeping potion."
Remus nodded and opened his mouth. The light blue liquid fell over his full pink lips and slid down his throat. The potion made him feel oddly warm as it settled in his stomach. Remus closed his eyes and welcomed the expected sleep.