Chapter 3
Disclaimer: The main characters belong to JK Rowling (at least, their names do), but the setting, plot and some other characters are mine.
A/N: Thank you all so much for the wonderful reviews! The next chappie could be a while as my brain's a bit freaked at the mo. I'm really mad as I just got dumped for no apparent reason, and I read this fic the other night that just totally sent my head round the twist. Guess I shouldn't have read it. But don't worry, there will be more soon (if you review, hint hint!) And I wrote this chapter before this stuff happened, so it should be reasonably normal. Or as normal as anything I write ever is :-)
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As he noticed his godson standing in mute shock by the bed, Sirius's face underwent several different emotions. First surprise, then happiness, realisation, fear and, finally, resignation. He swallowed slowly and spoke, his voice slightly hoarse and noticeably nervous. "Hi Harry. Um, bad timing but I guess you had to find out sooner or later... This is my, um, my boyfriend. I know it's a shock, and I'm real sorry. Honey, this is Harry, my godson..."
"We've met." Harry and the 'stranger' spoke at the same time.
Sirius looked confused. The other man turned to him and spoke. "You know I said I worked in education, Sirius?"
Sirius nodded, the penny still not quite having dropped in his brain.
"Well, at the moment I happen to be working in Harry's education."
Sirius's expression finally turned to understanding and mild amusement.
"Yes, so you can kind of see why this is just a little bit weird," Harry croaked, breaking his silence at last. "Oh my God, my godfather is dating one of my teachers..."
"Geography teacher, to be precise," said the aforementioned teacher with a weak smile. "You may think this is weird, Harry, but put it this way. You have to deal with the weirdness, whereas I... I could be in deep, deep trouble if you tell anyone about this. Generally I think teachers are supposed to be... how shall I put this? Of the majority persuasion. So much for forward thinking..."
Harry looked at him in surprise. "I wouldn't dream of telling anyone! Neither of us would!" He glanced at Draco, who added: "No way."
Lupin suddenly noticed that Draco was there too, and uttered a very un-teacherly curse. "Oops, I hope none of the nurses heard that."
Harry stifled a laugh, as did Draco. This latest development had put Lupin on more of a friendly level, rather than a teacherly one.
Lupin smiled back, still looking immensely nervous. Then he turned back to the bed. "I've got to go Sirius, sorry I can't stay longer."
Harry deliberately averted his eyes as Lupin kissed Sirius goodbye. He was cool with this, but not that cool.
He and Draco stayed a while longer, chatting to Sirius about things non-Remus related. Then Sirius started to look tired, so they said their goodbyes and left him to rest.
"So, what are we going to do now?" Draco asked as they left the hospital.
"We could walk down into town - waste some time, and have lunch somewhere, if you've got nothing better to do," Harry suggested.
"OK, sounds good."
So they did, and in the most private booth of Ryan's Café, they had lunch and discussed the day's events. Or rather, the day's event.
"Teachers have lives too, I guess," Harry concluded as he took his last bite of chocolate brownie, about half an hour later.
"Yeah," Draco agreed. "It's just a bit strange when their lives happen to overlap with ours."
Twenty minutes later, they still hadn't left, and were seemingly trying to test how long they could make their coffees last, as their conversation changed tack.
"So, have you thought any more about the party?" Draco asked, referring to the party Harry was planning in three weeks time. His parents were going away for the weekend, and he was offloading Debbie on her friend to clear the way for the party of the year. "Guest list?"
Harry shrugged. "Everyone in homeroom except Crabbe and Goyle" (the two biggest losers in homeroom S3) "and some others. Mostly sophs, nobody older than Juniors, nobody younger than Freshmen. Funny how many people become your friends as soon as there's a party in the offing..."
"Oh, that's bullshit and you know it is, Harry. People like you, or have you not noticed how many people wave at you or say hi when you're just walking around school?"
Harry frowned. "No, I hadn't."
Draco laughed. "So modest!"
Harry's mouth fell open in mock indignation, and he threw a sugar cube at his friend.
"Hey!" Draco yelped and threw one right back. The fight continued until the sugar bowl emptied, which wasn't long.
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A/N: Sorry it's short. But I think I'm going to go straight on to the party, and I need a new chapter to tackle that. Keep reviewing! And incidentally, not Snape! I would never do that! The only person I think Snape really works with is Lupin himself, and only then in some fics (such as It's Just a Cold and It's Just a Question). I am definitely not a believer in the Snape/Draco theory, or Snape/Harry. I'm sorry if any of you guys are, but it just creeps me out SO MUCH! And I forgot to mention before that Debbie is me! Yes, my name is Debbie Potter and you would not believe how many times people have asked me if I have a brother called Harry.
