A/n: Hopefully I'll get this chapter out sooner than the last one. (Sorry about that, btw.) Oh, well, I hope you enjoy it! R/R!
Tracy_Lou: I'm glad you liked that chapter and thought it was worth the wait. Hopefully this chapter won't take that long.
Dawniky: Wow, I had no idea that my stories were that good. I'm glad you and your sister like them. Yes, Sirius learned a very good lesson. He almost lost Remus, and that scared the hell out of him. After all, he loves him more than anything. Anyway, glad you liked it! You're adding this to your faves? Wow! Thanks so much!
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=^.^=: Yes, that's right, never make a werewolf mad. A lesson Sirius, James, and Peter learned all too well. I will try to update as soon as possible. I know I took a lot of time, and I'm sorry about that. I sincerely hope that this one won't take that long.
Nolwe: I'm glad you like the story. I would never let Sirius and Remus break up. I can't tell you when Remus is going to tell him, but I can tell you that it won't be in this story. He tells him in "Sirius and Remus – Death of Lily and James Azkaban".
MK: I'm glad you like my story. Of course I'll have more Sirius/Remus moments! This wouldn't be a Sirius/Remus story if I didn't. No, the whole thing with Stacey won't make anymore sense later on. I don't explain her anymore. The story isn't about her. I would go back and try to get it to make more sense or put more of her in later in hopes of it making more sense, but, as I said, the story isn't about her, and it wouldn't make people like her anyway, no matter how interesting her character really is, so what does it matter? What's weird about her anyway? Maybe I can help you if you tell me what's weird about her character. I'm thinking about writing a story solely based on her and her character. That way maybe I can work on her a little bit more and maybe work on giving her a better reputation. But, I'm writing too many stories as it is, so not right now. Maybe later. Thank you for not telling me to take her out. I really appreciate it. I've always written what I want. I write for me, not anyone else. I didn't mean to imply that there was a girl in the relationship, sorry if I did. I know quite a few people that have cried on Chapter 12, but don't change your views on Sirius and Remus because of that! I don't mean to do that! No, don't die! I'll update soon, I promise! More Sirius/Remus fights? Um... I think I can arrange that. Thank for your reviews. I'm glad you like my story. I didn't explain why Sirius loves Remus? Huh… that's funny. I could've sworn… I may just do that. That's not a bad idea.
EYENMCDEYE: Just out of curiosity… If you would be so kind, could you tell me why people think Stacey is a Mary Sue? I'm only curious. Oh, and fyi, people because they say she's perfect. (Which is totally not true, but, hey, everyone's entitled to their own opinion.) But, hey, that's why. Thank you for your review. I am so glad you like my story.
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JVanilly: Thank you! I just couldn't help it; I had to write that part. I was waiting for ever to do that. I had way too much fun. I loved it. Thank you so much. I understand what you meant about Stacey. Thank you. I haven't really gotten too much of her school stuff, so I only gave an overview of how she does at school. (I have already planned to make her do bad on the Potions Final.) And I can't really get into her personality much because people hate her, so I dropped her character to a very minor character. I'm starting to think more and more that it's a good idea to write a story entirely about her so I can develop her character, and plus I've had a request for that anyway… *sighs* Oh, well. Anyway, I think that regardless of whether she can control it or not, something's just aren't good, like being psychic and being in love with Voldemort. Oh, well, anyway… Thank you for your reply and your information about Stacey and for liking my story. I really appreciate it. Thank you.
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Chapter 16
Before they knew it, Finals were soon upon them, and the Marauders spent every night studying for the dreaded tests. Usually, James studied with Lily, Peter studied with Stacey, and Sirius and Remus studied together (although they usually didn't get much studying done.)
"We're never going to get any studying done." Remus would say after Sirius had kissed him.
All Sirius would say was, "I know," and then kiss him again.
Remus would eventually make him stop kissing him and get to studying or he would threaten him with going to Sirius' bed and studying on there or making him study alone and Sirius would stop and get some studying done.
One day when Remus and Sirius were studying together, Sirius kissed him as he usually does, and Remus didn't fight or scold him or anything. He simply kissed him back, and then laid his head on Sirius' shoulder. "I'm still mad at you, you know." He said, referring to the "incident" with Snape.
Sirius smiled. "Then why are you lying here with him, kissing me?" He asked.
"Because I love you." Remus said. "I can't resist you when you start talking sweet like that."
"You called it 'sweet-talking' that day." Sirius said. "Which is an insult."
Remus smiled slightly, and said, "I know, but I was upset at you, and you do have a tendency to 'sweet-talk' your way out of things."
Sirius smiled and chuckled. "Yes, well, how can I help that I'm gifted with the gift of talk, and of course, brains, and oh, who could forget my looks."
Remus smiled and laughed. "Oh, yes, who could forget those ravishing good looks of yours," giving him a kiss after he said it.
Sirius smiled ravishingly back at him and said, "No one," and gave kissed him back afterwards.
Remus broke the kiss saying, "We really need study. I really need to study. I'm going to fail Potions if you don't help me!"
"You're not going to fail." Sirius reassured him. "I won't let you. Understand?" Remus nodded. "Alright then," said Sirius. "Now, where were we?"
"'Where were we?'" Remus repeated. "Or 'where do we need to be?'"
"Point taken." Sirius said, kissing him. After the kiss, Sirius took a deep breath and said, "Ok, now where do we need to be?" Remus just shook his head at him, and Sirius continued by saying, "What are you confused about?"
"Everything." Remus said.
Sirius hung his head, and then looked at him and said, "You can't be confused about everything!"
"I am!" Remus said. "I just don't understand Potions."
"If you didn't understand them, you wouldn't be in the N.E.W.T.'s Potions class, now would you?"
Remus was going to retort, but realized that Sirius was right. "I still don't understand…"
"Well, here, let me start with…" And Sirius started to try to go over anything that he thought might be on the test.
Stacey and Peter had studied with James and Lily, and when James and Peter came in to go to sleep that night, Sirius and Remus were not studying. Remus was lying on back on the bed, and Sirius was leaning over him, and they were smiling dreamily at each other. James and Peter just stared at them, and then James said, "You know I thought you two were supposed to be studying."
"We were." Sirius said, as he kissed Remus.
"Yeah," Remus agreed, his arms around Sirius. "I get it now," He said then they kissed again.
"I think you just said that so you could snog your boyfriend." James said which caused a stifled laugh from Peter.
Remus glared at him. "That's not true, James Potter, and you know it."
"Sounds more like Sirius." Peter said, still trying not to laugh.
James nodded and said, "You know, I agree with you."
Sirius just laughed and said, "Yep, that's me."
Everyone in the room laughed, and then Sirius and Remus kissed again.
"Give it a rest, guys." Peter said as he walked to his bed to get dressed.
"Never." Sirius said charmingly as Remus giggled, and they kissed yet again.
"I agree with Peter." James said.
Remus and Sirius just sighed, and Remus said, "Get out and get ready for bed, ok?"
"But I'm in bed." Sirius said.
Remus glared playfully at him and then said, "You know what I mean."
Sirius sighed. "Very well," He said, getting out of bed and getting in his PJ's, and Remus did the same, closing the covers to his four-poster of course so no one could see him. When he was finished, Sirius opened up the covers just enough to get in then closed them again. "Ready?" He said.
"You act like we're going to do something." Remus said.
"You mean we're not?" Sirius asked innocently (if that's possible).
Remus giggled, blushing furiously. Sirius pulled him in and kissed him passionately. "You're so cute when you blush you know that?" which only caused Remus to blush more. Sirius just smiled loving at him, and kissed him again.
"Hey, you two, go to sleep!" James yelled. "I can hear you, and you're keeping me up! Go to sleep!"
"Ah, don't get your panties all in a wad, Jamie-boy!" Sirius hollered at him.
"'Jaime-boy'?" James exclaimed. "You're paying for that one in the morning, Black!"
"Just try it!"
"I will!"
"Shut up, will ya!" Peter interrupted. "You're all keeping me up, so you all go to sleep!"
"Shut up, Petey!" Sirius yelled at him.
"Come on, guys," Remus said, his kind voice breaking the tension and excitement of the yelling. "Let's go to bed."
"Alright, love, you win." Sirius said, as he Remus lay down together. Everyone knew that the only person Sirius would listen to if there was a fight was Remus. No one else could get him to back down but him. It's always been that way. Actually, Remus could get James to back down too. Remus kind ways brought a compliment to James and Sirius' rough and reckless ones. But James didn't always listen Remus. Sirius, no matter what, always had for some strange reason. Who knows why? That's just the way things were? If Sirius was doing something and Remus said stop, he would. It's like… He never wanted to make him mad or something, even before they fell in love. Oh, well, stranger things have happened, I guess…
The next week they had all of their finals. Remus' Potion final went better than expected. He passed, which is a good thing. It's better than failing. Over all their finals went fairly well, of course, with Peter just barely scraping by, James and Sirius doing good in just about everything, and Remus doing exceptional in Defense Against the Dark Arts, and either good or okay on everything else.
Then the close the year, which meant only one thing: Summer Vacation. For some people, it meant a break from school and a chance to see their families, and planning's to meet up with their friends during the summer, and excitement. But for the Marauder's it was a mixture of things. For Sirius, James, and Peter, sure, they did plan to meet up, they always did, but it also meant that they had to leave Remus behind at him parents' house and not seeing him until school started again. For Remus it meant being alone in his parents' house and not seeing anyone, except occasionally his parents, but he never saw them much. Not since he was bitten… But the big thing was for Sirius and Remus: It meant that they would not be able to see each other or anything until school started. No kissing, no embracing, sleeping alone… It was a haunting thought to them. Sirius and Remus could barely let go of each other or stop staring at each other. They were missing each other already and they hadn't left Hogwarts yet!
The night before they were to leave Hogwarts, Remus was up in the dormitory packing. (Who knows how he got away from Sirius for any length of time.) He heard the door open and close, but didn't respond until he heard who had come in. "Hey, gorgeous," said the person.
Remus smiled brightly and turned his head so he could look at him. "Hey, Sirius."
"Packing?" Sirius asked, walking toward him.
"Yeah," Remus said. "I have to. We leave tomorrow."
"Need you remind me?" Sirius said. Remus only smiled, and then took his eyes off Sirius, and went back to packing. It was then that Remus felt two strong arms grab him around his waist from behind, and Sirius laid his head on Remus shoulder. "Do you have any idea how much I'm going to miss you?" He asked.
Remus leaned his head back on Sirius and sighed. "Probably just as much as I'm going to miss you." He said, putting his arms on Sirius's. "I love the way it feels to be loved and to have friends and not to be shunned." He said. "I'm going to hate it at home. I always have. But even more this year." It went unsaid between them the reason why.
"I know." Sirius said, kissing him. "I'll miss you so much. I've gotten so used to sleeping with you and holding you during the night. I don't know how I'm going to be able to go through the night without you."
Remus smiled sadly. "I know. I don't know how either."
Sirius kissed him again, and then stood up straight. (He had to slouch to get his head on Remus' shoulder. Remus is shorter than him.) Remus leaned back into him, both dreading tomorrow. "I'm going to miss you so much." Sirius said again. "Not being able to kiss you, love you, touch you, or anything. How will I survive?"
"With the knowledge that you get me back as soon as school starts next year?" Remus suggested.
Sirius smiled with a devilish look in his eyes. "I suppose." He said. "Just trust that you won't get any sleep once I see you again."
Remus gasped and blushed. "You can't keep me all night!"
Sirius just kept smiling with that look in his eyes. "Want a bet?"
Remus gasped again, blushing more than ever. He tried to get out of Sirius' enfolding arms, away from "that look" but Sirius' arms were like iron. Remus wasn't going anywhere. "Trying to run away?" Sirius said, his deep cascading over Remus. Remus stopped struggling and looked up into Sirius' eyes, seeing the love and desire there. They kissed, and Sirius said, "Why don't we both get packed? We can have our fun later." Remus obliged as Sirius left him, still blushing absolutely furiously, seeing "that smile" on Sirius' face. The man's hopeless, Remus thought. But, that's one of the reasons why I love him…
They got packed, got ready for bed (it was after dinner already) and then got into Remus' bed. Sirius looked at Remus longingly. He kissed him passionately, and kissed like that, with their hands running along each other bodies, savoring the feel of each other before they were forced to part. James and Peter came sometime during that, but Remus and Sirius were so "preoccupied" that they never noticed. They were so into each other, I suppose. Which is entirely possible.
When they looked back on the next morning, Sirius and Remus would wonder how they ever kept their relationship a secret. They stood way too close together, refused to lift their eyes from the others, and it was quite obvious that they were very much in love, and were going to miss being with one another during the summer holidays. Remus was a werewolf, and never joined them. During the train ride back to Kings Cross, they snogged the whole way, with James and Peter trying to ignore them, but it was kind of hard.
When they fateful train ride finally ended, they all got up to leave. Sirius stood up, with Remus' hands in his, and stared at him, giving him a hint that he wasn't to leave yet. Remus met with Sirius' eyes that love, longing, desire, and simple inevitableness of what was to come reflected in them. Sirius took him in his arms, and Remus wrapped his arms around him. It was just not fair… Neither one of them understood, or would ever understand, why such a great thing like love, and simply being in love could just last forever, and why that they had to be separated simply because, although they hated to admit it, Remus needed certain treatments a certain time of the month, and without the special treatments, he just wasn't safe. But it still didn't excuse the fact that they were in love, and were going to miss each other more than words could ever say. They gave each other one last kiss, and then proceeded to get off the train.
At first, they didn't see any of their parents there, and Remus and Sirius were silently hoping that their parents would be late so they could spend some more time together, even if it was only staring into each other's eyes. Sirius' were not there. Unfortunately, Remus' were. As Remus left, he said good bye to his friends, and the love of his life. The tone in his Sirius' voice as he said good bye clearly reflected the sadness he felt seeing his love leaving him, and knowing he wouldn't see him for two months.
This was going to be the worst summer they had ever had…
A/n: Sorry if that was just too sad and sweet and sickening and all, but, hey, I write what I write. And I love what I write. I'm only trying to reflect the sadness they feel and not being able to see each or anything until school started again. After all, they are in love, and have gotten used to by each others side day and night, and being away from each other for 2 months is not going to be a pleasant experience. Oh, well, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! R/R!
