Sirius sat in the Divination class looking blankly into the crystal ball infront of him desperately trying to see something other than swirling smoke. He took a sip of his tea.

"I think I see something!"

Sirius looked up at James; his eyes were wide as he looked into the crystal. "Do you really see something?"

"Yeah! I see... I see..." James bent down and looked closely at the ball. "I see nothing. Damnit!"

Sirius laughed and shook his head. "I thought so."

James looked over the top of the crystal ball and at Sirius. "Hey... how's Remus doing?"

"He's fine. Sleeping I suppose."

"Oh... you stayed behind. Why'd you stay behind? He could have hurt you... what did Pomfrey say?"

"I stayed to make sure he was okay. Remus wouldn't have hurt me. Pomfrey didn't ask me why I was there – she didn't seem to care. She was preoccupied with Remus." Sirius answered the questions in the order they were asked, speaking in a low voice.

"Oh. Can we go see Remus at lunch?"

Sirius nodded. "Yeah, but I don't think I'm going to go."

"What for? He'll miss not seeing you."

"I spent a lot of time with him this morning. He'll be fine. I'll talk to him tonight when he gets out."

James narrowed his eyes at Sirius. He wondered why he wasn't going to go see his friend, and why he was acting like he was. "You okay?"

"What?" Sirius looked up at him and ran his fingers through his hair. "Yeah... yeah I'm fine." He blinked his azure eyes, leant to his right, and poked Peter in the side. "You see anything?"

Peter yelped as his side was prodded at and answered as he rubbed his side. "No... If I do see anything all it is, is smoke. Maybe it's warning us of weather changes or something. This is so dumb..."

Sirius laughed. "We could use a good rain. You should tell Trelawny that you see a weather change in your crystal ball and see what she says."

"No! No Sirius I couldn't do that."

"If you won't I will." Sirius smiled at Peter's complaint and raised his hand as he spoke. "Professor, I see something!" Sirius looked over at James, then Peter smirking.

"Do you! What do you see?" Professor Trelawny abandoned the student she was speaking with, and hurried over to him. The class's attention was focused on Sirius and Professor Trelawny.

"I see swirling clouds that look like thunder heads. I think that it means we're going to have a serious weather change soon."

Professor Trelawny smiled widely and looked down into the crystal ball. "You're right Mr. Black! I believe this is the first correct prediction of the year! Very good!" The class rolled their eyes and continued their work. Sirius beamed as he looked back at Peter who was scowling at him, and winked.

He looked back at the Professor and raised his eyebrows as she spoke. She had picked up his empty teacup and lowered her voice her smile had faded. "Sirius dear... you see this?" Trelawny pointed to a shape at the bottom of the cup. Sirius bent over and looked in. He saw nothing but a pile of dark leaves. "This means that something horrible will happen to the one you love..."

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean Sirius," Trelawny set the cup down gently and looked into his eyes. She was serious as she spoke. "Is that something horrible will happen to the person that you love, and you will be powerless to stop it."

"Okay..." Sirius looked at James smirking. James's face was solemn as he met the gaze of his friend. Sirius's smile faded as Trelawny walked away. "You don't believe her do you, James?"

"She wouldn't kid about something like that." James held Sirius's eyes for a moment longer before looking down into his book. He placed the book infront of Sirius and picked up his teacup. "You see this?" Sirius nodded as James pointed to the same shape Trelawny had. "And here..." He pointed to the picture on the page. "Read it."

Sirius smiled and shook his head as he looked down at the book. 'The Scissors: quarrels, illness, separation of lovers.' Sirius's heart began to pound as he looked up. "Quarrels, illness and separation of lovers? What-"

James leaned forward and spoke quietly. "I know about you and Remus. I saw you."

Sirius turned his head and looked down. "So you think this has to do with Remus and I?"

"It has to... there isn't anyone else that you love. I don't mean love as in family or friends Sirius. It has to be Remus."

Sirius leant back in his chair and ran his fingers through his hair. "It can't be. We're not together... I just said that in the moment..."

"Sirius... you never say things you don't mean."

The bell had just rung; Sirius packed up his books and gave James one last look before heading towards the door. James watched Sirius's robes disappear and shook his head. He didn't know why Sirius had just denied feeling anything other than brotherly love towards Remus. Maybe he was scared that people would find out that he was gay. He had told James a long time ago that he was gay, but he kept dating girls – and never letting the truth be known. James had constantly tried to tell him that it was all right to be gay, and to stop chasing girls. Sirius's response had always been the same; "James... forget it. You don't understand", and he would walk away.

James shook his head and packed his things away, waving at Peter as they left for lunch. "Lets go up and see Remus for a while."

Peter smiled. "Sure! But isn't Sirius coming?"

"...No."

"Why?"

"Because he said he'll see him later. That doesn't matter, lets go so we can still have something to eat before next class starts."

Peter nodded and followed his friend to the infirmary. When they got there, Madam Pomfrey told then that Remus was awake, and that he was behind the curtain at the very end to the right. They smiled in thanks and walked towards their friend.

Remus's ears perked when he heard multiple footsteps coming towards him. He smiled broadly as he saw James and Peter appear from behind the curtain. "James! Peter!" He welcomed a hug from both of them. "How are you both?"

"Oh I'm alright." James smiled as he sat down.

"I'm good!" Peter stood beside James and smiled.

"That's great! Where's ..." Remus looked behind them expectantly.

"He's not coming."

"Not coming? Why isn't he coming James?"

"He said he would see you tonight when you got out of here." James offered him a small smile as he handed him a small chunk of chocolate – Remus's favorite.

Remus took the chocolate and smiled. "Oh... Okay." He looked down and picked at the chocolate with his fingernails, he didn't eat it.

"How're you though?" Peter broke the silence.

Remus looked up. "What? Me? Oh... I'm alright."

"Did you get any cuts this time...? We didn't stay behind."

"Yeah, but Madam Pomfrey cleaned them up for me. I'm fine now though... I really want to get out of this bed. She won't let me get up incase I'm not 'fully healed' yet." Remus rolled his eyes and crossed his legs.

"That's stupid... figure we can smuggle you out of here?" James looked around the room with a sly smile on his face.

"Well, actually – I've been thinking about that for a while... if you stun Pomfrey, Peter creates a distraction – and we make a run for it, we'll be out of here. I only need to change." Remus leaned forward and spoke quietly.

James and Peter burst into laughter. "We're a bad influence on you, Moony." James shook his head as he pat his friends shoulder.

"Yeah, and what kind of diversion would I create?"

"Take off your pants and run around with them on your head?" James smiled.

"That's not a diversion James," Peter shook his head. "That's a recipe to make people sick."

The boys all laughed. Remus was glad that he had some company for a while; he was beginning to get lonely lying awake hour after hour in the hospital room. His friends had to leave, as there was only a short amount of time left until the bell would ring for lunch and they hadn't eaten yet. James and Peter passed Sirius on their way out. James nodded his head at him but said nothing.

Remus had just lain down again on his side facing away from the curtain screen separating him from everyone else. He stared at the wall and traced the patterns on the stones with his eyes. Sirius walked quietly towards the screen and stopped just as he caught a glimpse of his friend. He took a deep breath and walked towards him. Remus turned around and his face immediately brightened up as he saw Sirius.

"Siri! You came!" Remus sat up in his bed and smiled.

"Yeah..." Sirius ran a hand through his hair and looked at the chair. "I came for my jacket. I left it here last night."

Remus sunk. "Oh... well it's on the chair." He smiled briefly and looked down at his hands.

"Yeah... thanks." He walked over to the chair and picked up his jacket. Remus breathed in as the whoosh of air came at him – it smelled like Sirius. "So... I'll see you later then?"

Remus looked up with sad eyes and forced a smile. "Yeah. Tonight?"

Sirius smiled quickly and nodded his head. "Tonight." He bent forward slightly and then straightened up – realizing his actions. Remus had leant forward as well smiling. When he noticed that Sirius had stopped, he sat back slowly. "See you then, Remus."

Sirius turned to leave and Remus grabbed his free hand. Sirius turned and looked at him. He welcomed the warmness of Remus's hand on his. "I love you Siri." Sirius looked into Remus's golden eyes and smiled faintly before continuing to walk away. Remus didn't let go of his hand. Remus looked from one of Sirius's eyes to the next, his eyebrows were furrowed together. "...Sirius..."

Sirius heart was beating hard, and his vision started to blur as took his hand away from Remus's and disappeared behind the curtain.