A/n: Hey! Another chapter. Hope you enjoy.
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READERS: I am revising a part in the first chapter. (The part about Stacey.) As you can tell, from the replies above, I have been informed about something about Stacey. I am going back and revising it. (I'm adding a paragraph or so after the stuff about the prophecy.) I'm giving her some faults that may (I hope) level out the "Mary Sue" that I have (accidentally) made Stacey. Thank you.
Chapter 8Before they knew it, Christmas vacation was tomorrow. Remus was upstairs packing up his things. His heart was beating so fast, he was so nervous. He knew he really had no reason to be, but that still didn't make up for the fact that he was nervous.
Sirius walked in. "Hey." He said, smiling.
"'Lo, Sirius." He replied.
"Are you excited for the Christmas vacation?" Sirius asked.
Remus shrugged and looked down at his stuff. "I'm nervous, actually."
"Nervous?" Sirius said, walking over to him. "Why?"
Remus took a deep breath. "What if they don't like me?" He asked.
Sirius took his face his hands. "I don't care." Then he brought him in for kiss. As the kiss deepened, Remus tilted his head and leaned back slightly. Next, Remus put his arms around Sirius, which deepened the kiss even more. Then they heard the door to the dormitory open and they broke the kiss quickly and looked at who had opened the door. It was Peter. As soon as he had seen them, he had quickly started to close the door.
"No!" They screamed. "No! We're sorry. Ok. Come in. We'll stop, we promise."
Peter looked at them skeptically, then walked in and closed the door behind him. Both Remus and Sirius were blushing furiously. Peter just smiled and shook his head. "Getting ready for vacation?" He asked them. (Sirius had started to pack now.)
"Yes." They answered.
"Excited?"
Sirius looked at Remus and smiled. "I am."
Remus blushed even more and smiled and said, "Yes, I am, but I'm also nervous."
"Nervous? Why?" Peter asked.
"What if Sirius's parents don't like me?"
Peter shrugged. "So what if they don't. I agree it'll be a little uncomfortable, but… there's no reason not to like you. "
Remus nodded. "True. But, still…"
"Ah, Remus, forget it. They'll like you, so don't worry."
Remus smiled. "Yeah, I suppose you're right."
The next day, they got in one of the carriages and it took them to Hogsmead Station. When they got there, they got on the train that would take them to King's Cross Station.
The trip was long, but they kept themselves occupied. When they got there, they got their stuff and dragged it out of the train. When they got out, they looked around for who would be picking them up. James and Remus really didn't whom to look for, but Sirius did.
He expected to his one of his parents, but saw neither one. He looked around, standing on his tiptoes, looking above the crowd.
Then he heard a voice calling his name. "Sirius!" He looked for whom the voice belonged to.
"Uncle Jonas!" he called, as he found the speaker.
James and Remus both had confused expressions on their faces, and they were both thinking the same thing. Who?
A man, shorter than Remus and Sirius and a little heavyset with dark hair and dark eyes, walked over to them and enveloped Sirius in a hug as he put his trunk on the ground.
"This is my Uncle Jonas, my dad's older brother." Sirius said, introducing his uncle to his friends. "Uncle Jonas, these are my friends, James… and Remus." He hesitated calling Remus his friend because he wasn't. He didn't feel that way about him at all. But he wasn't about to call him his boyfriend. That wouldn't go over well. That wouldn't go over well at all.
"Nice to meet you both." Jonas said politely.
"Where are mom and dad?" Sirius asked.
"Mingling with the guests." He replied. "That's why I'm here. They couldn't get out."
"Ah, I see. I understand."
"They're very anxious to meet your friends." Jonas added.
Sirius nodded, somewhat nervously, hoping that it didn't show.
"Well, let's go. We should get home." Jonas said. "Follow me and I'll show you where the car."
"Can we get some carts first, please?" Remus asked desperately. "These trunks are heavy."
"Certainly." said Jonas.
They got carts for their things and then proceeded to the car. Sirius and Remus sat in the back and James sat in the front.
When they got to Sirius' house (a lovely two story home), they left their things in the car and went inside. Everyone there greeted Sirius as they walked to the back-end of the family room where a man and a woman stood. Remus and James just walked beside Sirius uncomfortably.
The man embraced Sirius in a hug. "Sirius!" he said. "Good to finally see you home for something besides summer." He was bigger than Sirius, except that Sirius was taller. He had the same dark hair and he had green eyes.
Sirius chuckled. "Hi, dad." Sirius hugged the woman standing next to his father, who was obviously his mother. She had dark brown, almost black hair, and blue eyes. (That must be where Sirius got his eyes.) "Hi, mum." Sirius said.
"Hello, dear." She said.
"Would you care to introduce us to your friends?" His dad asked.
"Oh, yes, of course." Sirius said. "Mum, dad, these are my good friends, James… and Remus." As soon as he paused before he said Remus's name, he regretted it. It was awfully suspicious. But no one seemed to notice. He really didn't like calling Remus his "friend" because he wasn't. He was much more than that.
"Hello, I'm Angus, Sirius's father." He said, taking James and Remus's hands in turn. "This is my wife, Alexandra."
"Hello." said Alexandra.
"'Lo." said James and Remus.
"James, you can take the room right after Sirius's." said Mr. Black. "And – Oh, dear."
"What? What is it?" asked Mrs. Black.
"I just gave away our last room." He said.
"Oh, dear." She said. "And that room's small. We're full to capacity."
"Remus can stay with me!" Sirius said, hoping he didn't sound too eager. Sleeping in the same bed with him for 2 weeks would be absolutely wonderful.
Remus turned his head and covered his face, hoping no one could see him blushing madly, and hoping that it looked like he was laughing and not blushing.
James just shook his head calmly, trying not to laugh. If he did, it would very hard to explain.
Mr. Black thought about it for a moment. "Ok. Well, you'll have to share the same bed, so… It's a big bed, so, I'm sure it won't be too uncomfortable. I hope this isn't a problem."
"Oh, no, it's not," said Remus, calmly; covering up anything he might have been feeling at the moment. "I'm sure we'll live."
"Yes, I'm sure," said Mr. Black. "Well, go up and put your stuff in your rooms, and then come downstairs. We have a lot of talking to do."
"Ok." Sirius said, and he, Remus, and James got their trunks and dragged them upstairs.
As they were going up the stairs, Remus said, "Sirius, you git, did you have to do that?"
"Do what?" Sirius asked innocently.
"'Remus can stay with me'. It wasn't really what you said; it was how you said it. Did you have to sound so eager?"
Sirius blushed. "I'm sorry, it just came out. I didn't mean for it to sound like that, honest. I regretted it as soon as I said it, but there was nothing I could do. I do want you to stay with me, and I was really glad that there wasn't anywhere else for you to stay, as you can tell, but I honestly did not mean for it to come out like that."
Remus blushed as well as James shook his head, "Sirius, at this rate, you are going to have a hell of time trying to keep your parents from finding out."
"Then I got to shape up." Sirius said. "They can't find out."
Then Sirius stopped. "Here's my room." He said. "James, your room is the next room on your right."
"Ok." James said.
"Remus, come on, we're in here."
Sirius and Remus dragged their stuff into Sirius's room. They set their stuff down and Sirius gave Remus a very passionate kiss.
"What was that for?" Remus asked.
"No reason." said Sirius, giving Remus a smile that made Remus's heart melt.
Sirius put his hand on the back of Remus's neck and drew him in for another kiss.
Remus broke the kiss and said, "What if someone sees?"
"They won't." Sirius said. "No one's up here but James."
With that, he drew him in for another kiss. During the kiss, he wrapped his arms around Remus, and drew him closer, making the kiss deeper.
The next thing they knew, someone said, "Well, what is going on here?"
Sirius turned around sharply and saw his big brother, Aiden. Sirius struggled to find the words to explain, what, clearly, there was only one explanation for. Sirius just sighed and said, "Oh, man."
"I want an explanation. Now!" His usual, fun-loving manner disappearing at the sight of his little brother kissing and holding another guy.
"Who is this?" Remus asked.
"This is my big brother. This is my boyfriend." Sirius said, introducing them and letting out their secret at same time.
"Boyfriend?" said Aiden, shocked at first, then… "Oh, well, yes, that does explain why you were kissing him."
"Yes it would."
Aiden held out his hand for Remus. "I'm Aiden, Sirius's big brother."
Remus took his hand and shook it. "Hello. I'm Remus."
"Nice to meet you."
"You, too."
This is going surprisingly well. Sirius thought. I thought Aiden would make a bigger deal out of this than he is.
"So, you're gay?" Aiden asked Sirius.
"Yep."
"And you?" He said, addressing Remus.
"Same."
"You're not going to tell mum and dad, are you?" Sirius asked, a little worried.
"No, are you crazy?" Aiden answered. "I'm not going to tell our parents that their youngest son is gay. Are you crazy?"
Sirius thought about that one for a second and realized his brother was right. That probably wouldn't be a good idea.
Then James walked up behind Aiden. "What's going on here?" He asked.
"Aiden found out." Sirius said, plainly.
"Who's Aiden?"
"I am," said Aiden. "I'm Sirius's older brother." He was a few inches shorter than Sirius, but taller than Remus, and shorter than James. He had is mother's hair and his father's eyes.
"Wait… found out about what?"
"About me… about Remus… about us…" Sirius said.
"Oh. That." said James. "How did he find out?"
"He saw Remus and I kissing."
"Sirius!" James cried. "I was afraid of something like that. If you can't keep your hands and your lips off him, these few weeks are not going to go well."
Sirius nodded. "I know, and I will try to stop. My parents can't find out."
"Well, let's go downstairs." Aiden said. "Don't want everyone to start wondering where we are."
They turned around and went downstairs to join the crowd.
A/n: Longer than I thought it would be. Well, I hope you enjoyed it. I'll have to conclusion of their Christmas in the next chapter. R/R!
