A/n: Well, hope you enjoy! There is Sirius and Remus in this chapter. This chapter picks up from where the last one left off, which would be the next morning. Then it skips some time and continues on. I hope you enjoy. R/R! I'm also being a bit more… graphic and descriptive (which I already am too much according to some people, and I enjoy that)… with certain scenes, so I hope you enjoy. I might and edit the other two stories in this series to make them more… descriptive later. (Not NC-17, of course.)
Dawniky: Well, as for Remus' reasons, I'm not going to tell you if guessed right or not. But, one has already been said as a reason, and the other has been said but not as a reason, but it is one, and is weighing on Remus' mind because… Sorry can't tell you that. Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
Yuki Bombay: I'm glad you like! Thank you!
Davey-boy: I'm not telling. Maybe I should, because you won't find out in this story… Nah… If you want to know, you'll have to read "Sirius and Remus – The Death of LJ/Azkaban". I will! Thanks!
Spirited-Away: Thanks! Aw, I hope you feel better. I hate the flu. I always excuse people's spelling/grammar mistakes unless they're pretty bad, which yours isn't. I will! Thanks!
LoveToDanceLiveToSing: Well, I hate to tell you that you won't find out in this story. Like I said to Dawniky above, both reasons have been said before, one as a reason, one as not. And like I said to Davey-boy, you'll have to read "Sirius and Remus – Death of LJ/Azkaban" to find out.
Chapter 19
The next morning, Remus woke up next to Sirius, with Sirius' protective arms still around him. Remus smiled softly at his sleeping lover next to him. Remus watched as Sirius' bare chest (Sirius almost always slept with his shirt off) rise and fall as he slept. Sirius was just so good-looking it was almost unbelievable sometimes. Remus had thought many, many times that it should be illegal to be as sexy as Sirius Black was, and he was sure quite a few girls agreed with him.
Tempted, Remus reached out one of his hands, and started to run it slowly down every inch of Sirius' well-defined chest. Sirius stared to stir, and then Sirius' hand reached up and grabbed Remus'. Sirius slowly opened his eyes, and looked into Remus' eyes started hazel eyes with his sleepy, startling blue ones.
"Sorry if I woke you." Remus said, wide-eyed and apologetic.
Sirius gave Remus a small smile. "Don't worry about it, love." He said. "You should know that I wouldn't mind being woken up by you, especially like that." Remus blushed. Sirius sighed. "You act sometimes like it's so unusual to be attracted to someone." Remus looked away from Sirius. "I mean, I know you want to touch me, but you won't let yourself. Except when I'm asleep."
"Sirius, please, this is the first, I-" Remus started, rambling on, still blushing.
Sirius started to rub Remus' trapped hand with his thumb. "I know, I know. It's too early in the morning, love. You just… are weird sometimes. I guess sometimes I forget that you're a virgin." And with a smirk at Remus, he said, "In more ways than one."
Remus blushed even heavier. "Sirius-" Remus started, but Sirius interrupted him.
Sirius shushed him, putting a finger over Remus' lips. "I know, I know." He said. "That's not exactly true, but it sure feels like that sometimes. The way you react…" Sirius sighed, sliding the finger of Remus' lips.
"Is that bad?" Remus asked, a look of fear coming into his eyes.
"Oh, no," Sirius said, quickly squashing Remus' fear, but soon bringing out another emotion… "I enjoy it." He said, and with a devilish smile on his face, "It makes it more enjoyable for me to feel and hear your reactions, because you sound like a virgin every time we're together, and I absolutely love it."
Remus looked at Sirius in shock. When he realized, exactly what Sirius had said, he blushed more than he thought he ever had in his life. He had always thought that in annoyed Sirius to some point because Remus was so inexperienced. When, in fact, he enjoyed it! Remus thought back to the night before: His moans of pleasure at Sirius touches and kisses, Remus visibly shaking with his desire for Sirius as Sirius was on top of him, and Sirius' triumphant smile at Remus', quite clearly, virgin-like reactions… Well, he was a virgin technically, but still… Dear Merlin…Remus thought. Finally able to say something as he gathered his thoughts, Remus said, "Sirius, you're horrible!"
Smiling his trademark lop-sided grin, Sirius said, "I know, but you wouldn't have me any other way, would you?"
"Well, maybe-" Remus said, joking, as Sirius looked at Remus in fake-shock and laughed.
"Hey!" Sirius said, sounding outraged.
"Alright, alright," Remus said. "You know I wouldn't have you any other way."
"That's better." Sirius said, smiling superiorly as he nodded.
Remus just smiled and shook his head at him. Sirius laid down on his back and looked at Remus lying next to him. He put his arms around him, and dragged him close to him. Remus just snuggled into him, very content to say in his lover's arms for as long as he could.
Peter, who Sirius and Remus hadn't even noticed that he had left, came in with James not long after. "You two are still in bed?" James asked.
Sirius and Remus just looked at him, and Sirius said, "Yeah."
"Come on, you two, breakfast is going to start soon, and if you just lay there, you're going to miss it!" James said.
"Who cares about breakfast?" Sirius said. "I'm content to stay right here." Remus giggled.
James sighed. "You don't want to eat?"
"I'm very happy right here."
James shook his head.
"Why wouldn't I be?" Sirius said the hand on Remus' back starting to wander.
Remus moved in closer to Sirius as he felt the hand run slowly down his waist and down his thigh, sending shivers down Remus spine. Sirius just smiled, enjoying Remus' reaction. Sirius' hand moved up Remus' thigh, and then moved underneath Remus' shirt, caressing his chest. Remus laid his head on Sirius shoulder, and moaned softly. Sirius merely smiled, and kissed Remus passionately full on the lips. Sirius' hand, which had been on Remus' back, proceeded to move down to Remus' backside, and gave it a firm squeeze, which caused Remus to arch into Sirius, and that only pleased him more.
"Sirius!" Remus exclaimed.
"What?" Sirius said. "I can touch you if I want. You're mine, aren't you?"
"Well, yes, but that doesn't mean you can touch me whenever you want!" He cried.
"Yes it does." Sirius said simply.
"No, it doesn't! Not in front of our friends!" Remus said passionately.
"It doesn't matter." Sirius said. "They'll just leave if they get fed up with us." He gave Remus' backside another firm squeeze (his hand hadn't left) which only caused Remus to gasp in surprise.
"Sirius -" Remus started.
"- Like they just did." Sirius interrupted.
Remus, confused, looked towards where James and Peter had once stood. There was no one there. James and Peter had got so fed up with Sirius and Remus that they had just left. James had then complained to Lily about them, and she had simply said that they were in love, like they were. James had said, "Yes, but I don't run my hands all over your body in front of our friends!"
There was nothing Lily could say to disagree with him.
Back in the dormitory, Remus just laid his head on Sirius' shoulder again, and said, sighing, "Oh, Sirius."
Sirius took his hand off Remus' backside, put his hands around his waist again, and gave him a kiss on the forehead. "You're amazing, you know that?"
"I am not." Remus said.
"You are." He said. "Beautiful, honest, smart, responsible, reasonable, level-headed-"
"You can stop anytime now." Remus said, blushing at Sirius' compliments.
Sirius smiled at him. "I don't want to. You're-"
"Sirius, please, we should get ready for breakfast." Remus interrupted.
Sirius smiled at him. "Alright, alright." He took his off him, and they both got of bed and started to get dressed. They were almost finished getting dressed when James and Peter came back in. Remus turned his back on them as he buttoned up his shirt.
"Are you two done?" James asked.
"Yes," Sirius said. "We're out of bed, aren't we?"
"That doesn't mean anything and you know it."
"True."
When they were done, they left, (Sirius giving Remus a quick kiss, of course) and went to breakfast, and then the first classes of the day, and the rest of the day. That's how the week went for a good while, until, one day, Snape had to interfere.
Sirius and James had a played a prank on Snape already and let's say that Snape had been less than happy. One day during lunch, he came over to the Gryffindor table, intent on "solving" the problem…
"Lupin," Severus called from behind him.
Both Sirius and Remus turned around and looked at Severus, wondering what could possibly have brought the Slytherin to the Gryffindor table.
"Listen, Lupin," Severus said, lowering his voice so as not to have anyone else overhear. "If you and your friends don't stop, I'll tell everyone that secret of yours."
Remus gasped and his widened in shock in fear. James, Peter, Lily, and Stacey were shocked as well. Sirius narrowed his eyes and glared. He jumped up and grabbed Severus' collar, and whispered, with a dangerous edge to his voice, "If you ever, ever tell anyone that Remus is a werewolf, I will hit you so hard your head'll spin."
Severus just smirked, and teased him, saying, "If I didn't know any better, I would think that you were in love with Lupin."
Sirius' eyes glinted dangerously, and pushed Severus forcefully on the ground, which gained many peoples attention, and whispered very dangerously, "If you tell anyone, I will kill you. And that's not a threat, that's a promise."
The smirk had long faded from Severus' face and his eyes widened in shock. "I was joking… I can't believe it…"
The realization smacks Sirius in the face. The glare and glint fade from his face and turn into a look of shock. He was joking… And now he knew… This was most certainly not a good thing…
The McGonagall appeared. "Mr. Black, what are you doing? Get off Mr. Snape, now!"
Remus stood up, and put his hands on Sirius shoulder. Slowly, he coaxed him off Severus. "He was provoked, Professor." Remus explained.
"Nevertheless, he had no right to do that to a fellow student. 10 points from Gryffindor." She then turned to Snape. "Mr. Snape, 10 points will also be taken from Slytherin, for provoking another student." She looked at each boy in turn. "Don't let me see anything like this happen again."
"Yes, ma'am." They said, and McGonagall turned and left. Remus led Sirius out of the Great Hall and back to Gryffindor Tower.
"I don't believe it…" Sirius said, once they got there. "He knows… Snape knows…"
"He won't tell." Remus said soothingly. "Who would believe him?"
"You'd be surprised, Moony." Sirius said. "I haven't had a date in over a year. That's awfully suspicious for someone like me…"
"You've got a point…"
"I can't believe I didn't realize he was joking. Why didn't I see it?" Sirius asked.
"You were protecting me." Remus said simply. "You were upset for me, and you let your temper get the better of you."
"Like I always do." Sirius said. "I have a horrid temper."
"Yes, you do." Remus said. "But you shouldn't have let him get to you."
"I know, but I couldn't help it." Sirius said. "I can never help. I just can't control my temper. One of these days it's going to get me into serious trouble…"
Remus, who had been setting next to him, put his arms around him, and said, "You will just have to try to control it, love."
"I know, but I can't, I've tried." Sirius said, hopelessly.
Remus laid his head on Sirius' shoulder, and they stayed that way for a while, until the bell for class rang.
"Ah, that's the bell, damn it." Sirius said, as he and Remus ran upstairs, got their stuff, which they had left there (Peter and Stacey had brought theirs with them) and ran out of the portrait hole.
They were almost to class (which was Astronomy, which they didn't have with any of their other friends) when Sirius stopped, took Remus in his arms, and kissed, when someone said, "Well, well, Sirius, Remus, why aren't you in class?"
Both boys stopped kissing and looked up and saw Dumbledore right in front of them.
"P-professor," stuttered the usually articulate Sirius Black.
"Er…" Remus stuttered.
"It's alright, boys." Dumbledore said calmly.
"We were-" Sirius started.
"It's just-"
"There's no explain, I understand completely." Dumbledore said, still keeping that calm air about him, and both boys knew he was clearly not talking about being late for class. "5 points for each of you for being late to class. Now, I suggest you both get on your way and hurry."
"Yes, sir." They said in unison and took off running, still shocked.
Later that night, after their usual snogging, they were talking about their confrontation with Dumbledore. "He didn't mind." Remus said.
"It's not as if it's his business if he has homosexual students." Sirius said flatly.
"True, but I expected a little more reaction out of him." Remus said honestly.
"Yes, so did." Sirius agreed. They then gave up, gave each other a goodnight, and went to sleep in each other's arms.
A/n: Don't expect me to get chapters finished this quickly. I wouldn't have pressed myself to finish it tonight, but I'm leaving to spend a few days with my grandma, so I wanted to finish it now. I actually wanted to finish another chapter for another story as well (Sirius and Remus – Modern Era) but I'm having a bit of writer's block on that one, as I with Sirius and Remus – Death of LJ/Azkaban, so… I will try to write some will I'm away, and I will definitely write some while I'm gone. I hope you enjoy! R/R!
