Expressing Yourself

Pairings: Remus/Sirius, James/Lily

Warnings: Slash. It actually happens in this one! Yay! Dance!

A/N: Not much to say really…except that we had great fun writing this. It helps if you're listening to the song at the time. We'll put the title in the bottom author's note (so as not to spoil the surprise!)

Disclaimer: None of these characters etc. are mine. Also, we don't own the song. We just edited it slightly.

Sirius skulked up to the Astronomy Tower and opened the door. Remus was already there, with Filch, who looked less than happy at being made to stand in the cold. The caretaker glowered at Sirius.

"Glad to see you decided to turn up, Black." Sirius shrugged, shooting a glance at Remus, who kept his eyes firmly fixed on the trees of the Forbidden Forest. Filch rubbed his hands together.

"Right then, boys. Your task tonight is simple. You see the bricks?" Both boys looked down. "You see the moss between the bricks?" Sirius sighed as he realised what they would have to do, and peeked at Remus again. He was now scowling at the floor, one foot scuffing half–heartedly at the uneven floor. Filch finished off his evil speech with a flourish "You will remove all the moss from between the bricks without magic. There's a pair of tweezers each." He dropped them by the boys' feet and leered at them. "I'll be back in a few hours to see how far you've got…enjoy." Snickering to himself, he shuffled off towards the door, wheezing as he pulled it shut behind him.

"Bugger." Sirius said, in the general direction of the world. Remus sent him an annoyed look and picked up a pair of tweezers.

"Shut up!"

"Guys, he's gonna hear us!"

"Quiet!" Cathy rolled her eyes at the three girls in front of her creeping up the Astronomy Tower. She had been dragged along on this mission by the fangirls of one Sirius Black. Personally, she didn't know what they saw in him. She couldn't deny that he was gorgeous but he was also rude, arrogant, vain and a complete man-whore. It was alright when girls did stuff like that, but when a boy did it? That was just plain wrong.

Finally, the group reached the top and three heads poked round the door, whispering excitedly.

"Oh my god, there he is!"

"He's so hot…"

"Dammit! I forgot the camera…" There was a collective groan of disappointment and Cathy sighed irritably as she reapplied her lip-gloss behind the door.

"He's bending down! Oh my gosh, he's bending over, what's he going to do?"

"Oh em gee! He's…he's…picking up some tweezers?"

"What?"

"Ah well…hey, who's that other boy?"

"I think he's in Gryffindor too…Ruh…Reh…" Cathy suddenly started paying attention.

"Remus?" One of the Sirius fans looked back her.

"Yeah, I think that's it."

"Remus is there? Let me see!" She shoved her way to the front and stuck her head round the door. "It is him! Remus…" she sighed happily.

"You like Remus?"

"Yeah…he has such nice eyes…"

"But you don't like Sirius? You weirdo…"

"Hey! Remus is intelligent!"

"So is Sirius!"

"Sirius is an idiot. Remus is so sweet…"

"I don't believe it!" The argument raged on but the girls never took their eyes off of the two shadowy figures crouched down almost in front of the door.

…

Lily scowled at James as he stood grinning in front of her, holding a broom.

"You're sure there's no other way?"

"Positive. It won't be that bad!" Lily sent him a disbelieving glare before she swung her leg over the broom and grabbed his waist loosely. James glanced over his shoulder.

"Ready?"

"As I'll ever be…ahhhh!" Lily clung onto James, terrified, as the broom shot into the air. James' laughter filled her ears.

"Scared?"

"No…"

"Sure?"

"Yes…"

"What if I do this?" The broom lurched over and Lily squealed as she realised she was upside down.

"Okay, okay, I'm scared! Stop it!" The broom righted itself and Lily tried to calm her pounding heart.

"You are so dead when we get back down, Potter." James smirked and sped up a little.

"Slow down! Slow down!"

"Alright…" The broom jerked to a stop, throwing Lily forwards into James.

"I hate you so much right now." James slowly brought the broom up to the edge of the Astronomy Tower walls and peeked over them.

"They're there!" He whispered, "Right in front of us! Alone…"

"You're sure?" Lily considered trying to look over as well, but felt as though she would fall off if she loosened her death grip on James' clothes at all.

"Of course. Filch never stays for more than a minute at the beginning." Lily rolled her eyes at James' obviously expert knowledge of detentions and got out her wand.

"Cantare symphonia!"

…

"What was that?"

"I don't know…"

"Maybe Sirius just cast a spell!"

"Oh Sirius…he's such a bad boy."

…

Remus looked up sharply and burst out,

"What is this feeling?
So sudden and new?"

Sirius looked at him very strangely before his eyes widened in shock as his own mouth was forced open by some inner power.
"I felt the moment,
I laid eyes on you."

Remus looked horrified as he continued,

"Oh god…My pulse is rushing!"

"Bloody he - My head is reeling!"

"My face is flushing!" Remus looked as though as though he was having a panic attack and fought the urge to fan his face. Sirius tried to lower his voice to a whisper but to no avail as he joined Remus on the next part of the song.

"What is this feeling?
Fervid as a flame,
Does it have a name?
Yes! Loving!" The boys stared at one another with identical looks of terror. Sirius began trying to convey his 'true' feelings with flailing hands that refused to cooperate.

"Unadulterated loving!"Sirius found himself making dramatic, opera-worthy gestures in Remus' direction.

"For your face!"

"Your hair!" Sirius looked a little mollified at this outburst from Remus and joined in the duet a bit more enthusiastically. Remus was red but he allowed himself a rueful grin. Both boys' voices belted out the next verse.

"Your clothing!
Let's just say - I love it all!
Ev'ry little trait, however small,
With you, and only you, I am enthralled,
With simple utter loving!
There's a strange exhilaration,
In such total fascination,
It's so pure, so strong!
Though I do admit it came on fast,
Still I do believe that it can last,
And I will be loving,
Loving you,
My whole life long!"

Suddenly the door burst open. Sirius and Remus squeaked and jumped towards each other as four girls in mini skirts and make-up pranced out and started to sing.

"Dearest Sirius, you are just too good!
How do you stand it? I don't think I could!
He's a gay boy! He's a fairy!" They pointed at Remus for extra emphasis, who looked slightly offended.

"Please could you just pop my cherry?" This was in husky tones, complete with sultry looks. Sirius wrinkled his nose in a definite 'ew' expression.

"Dearest Sirius, be more wary…!"

Sirius suddenly found himself able to utter one sentence.

"How did you get in here?" The girls carried on oblivious, but now, they had a little dance routine that consisted of kicking their legs in the air with jazz hands.

"Darling Sirius, forced to reside,
With someone so disgusticified.
We all just want to tell you,
We're all on your side!"

Sirius glanced at Remus, who was back staring to the floor, red faced. He raised an eyebrow with a smirk.

"I don't think so." Remus' head lifted and stared at Sirius, grinning as they both began to sing again.

"What is this feeling,
So sudden and new?
I felt the moment,
I laid eyes on you,
My pulse is rushing,
My head is reeling,
Oh, what is this feeling?
Does it have a name?
Yes…"

The girls now looked slightly confused.

"Loving?"

Remus and Sirius didn't take their eyes off each other's faces.

"There's a strange exhilaration,
In such total fascination,
So pure, so strong!"

The girls had stopped their weird dancing and were looking at each other in horror.

"So strong?"

Sirius wound his fingers gently through Remus', who still couldn't stop blushing and they carried on, ignoring the broken hearted girls.

"Though I do admit it came on fast,
Still I do believe that it can last.
And I will be loving,
For forever, loving,
Truly deeply, loving you…
My whole
Life long!"

Sirius leant in close.

"Boo." he murmured, before gently planting a kiss on Remus' lips.

…

James made a face as the song ended.

"Ugh. Alright, they're together. Can we go now…?" Lily paid no attention. She was wearing a soppy smile and staring happily at the pair on the tower. Finally she sighed blissfully and laid her head on his shoulder, squeezing his waist gently. James looked down at the Lily-arms encircling him.

"On second thoughts, let's stay for a bit."

"…You're still so dead when we get back down."

"So then let's stay up here forever!"

"Haha. I'm tired…I want to go to bed." James raised an eyebrow suggestively. "In my bed. Alone."

"Spoilsport. Fine then." James turned and swiftly fell into a dive towards the ground.

"AHHHHHH! SO DEAD, POTTER!"

…

"Sirius…is gay?" The girls stood staring in shock at the couple, who were now locked in an embrace and seemed not to notice the rest of the world.

"…Gay?"

"Why are all the sweet ones gay?" Cathy sighed sadly. The other three shot her an odd look before they all retreated back down the stairs to the Common Room.

"Wait till the rest of the girls hear about this…"

Thanks for reading! Hope you like. The song was 'What is this Feeling' from the musical 'Wicked'. Love xxx