Brilliant Days

Chapter 2- Where Remus is even more confused than before.

Remus woke with a start, he was still on the floor which confused him, and SIrius was sleeping with his head in his lap. This confused him even more.

"Oi, Sirius! Get off me, my legs asleep."

Sirius shot up squinting at the light comming through the windows. He lookd around the room and at Remus with a scrunched nose and a green look. He went to open his mouth but

decided to close it again and made a running leap toward the bathroom. He managed to make it to the toilet before throwing up the entire contents of his stomach. Dispite his splitting

headache Remus stood up and headed into the bathroom.Sirius was moaning into the toilet bowl and his long hair had fallen into his face. Remus rummaged around for a washcloth

which he soaked with warm water and wiped Sirius' mouth with it.

"Hey Remus, how are you feeling?"

Remus shrugged. "Not so bad I suppose, just a little headache. I don't have to ask how your feeling."

Sirius groaned and James came to the door doing the "I REALLY need to pee and why the hell doesn't everybody leave so I can do my business?" dance with a look of utter horror

on his face. Remus was the only one who thought it would be prudent to move Sirius, who let his protest be known with yet another long moan. Remus helped him up and into his bed

as best he could and James slammed the door behind them. Rolling Sirius into his bed was no small feat and Remus ended up with his arm trapped beneath him. He carefully slid it out

from under him, doing his best not to wake his friend who had fallen asleep as soon as he felt the pillow. Rubbing his temples Remus grabbed a book off his personal shelf and headed

down to the common room, the snores from Sirius and Peter's beds was defining and Remus need some peace and quiet in order to read. Finding the common room overflowing with

students who were couped up due to the Sunday rain he decided that the library would be more appropriate. Remus' step was a little less giddy than normal but he couldn't

tell if it was his hangover or they flurry of thoughts running through his head. What in the world had Sirius ment when he said he didn't really fancy girls and why in the world had he

told HIM? Remus shook his head as he sat down at one of the open tables in the library. He had to study for Charms and thinking about Sirius would not help him to do that. He

didn't know how long he sat there before he heard the familiar giggling of some of the Hufflepuff girls. He tried to ignore it but they insisted on sitting just across the ailse from his seat.

He frowned as was about to ask them to be a little more quiet so he could study when he heard a familiar name.

"Sirius and I are PRACTICALLY going out! I mean this is the second time he has asked me for help in Care of Magical Creatures class and I'm absolutely sure he doesn't need it!

He's just so cute and I cannot believe he's interested in me!"

The girls squealed a bit and Remus just had to look over to see who was speaking. It was someone he didn't know very well but he thought her name was Emily. She had long blonde

hair and rather large teeth, Remus had always found her a tad annoying. In fact he may remember having told Sirius that last night when James had asked what was going on between

the Hufflepuff girl and the most eligeable bachalore in the entire school. Sirius had glowered at James as he answered.

"Nosey git, there's nothing going on, I just need some help with the extra credit assignment. Remus refused to help me."

Remus had to smile at the rather fuzzy memory as he listened to her go on. She was lying through her teeth when she told her friends about their intamate meeting last week. However,

Remus wasn't there so no matter what Sirius said Remus could not be entirely sure of what went on. Sirius could be lying just as much as Emily, he frowned even more at the thought.

He was just about to ask the new librarian to ask the girls to leave when a very breathless Peter ran up to him.

"Remus...Sirius...looking...you..."

Remus looked confused as confused could be and tried not to roll his eyes. Peter ate too much and moved too little and it was really begining to show. After a few more moments of

panting Peter was finally able to make some real sentences.

"Remus, Sirius is looking for you. He wants to have a serious conversation with you about something. I wouldn't ask to many questions, he nearly bit my head off when I asked where

I was supposed to find you I mean..."

Remus interupted him. "Thank you for telling me Peter."

He walked out leaving Peter trailing behind him. Remus was begining to get annoyed with Sirius' behavior, telling him silly nonsensical things, getting sick, whatever it was with Emily,

and then sending Peter after him. He managed to get into the dorm where Sirius was sitting at the window seat wringing his hands.

"You sent for me??"

Sirius jumped a mile. "Ohh Remus yes, I just...erm... I just wanted to say...hi."

"Hi? That's it? You interupted my studying for hi?" Remus knew it was unfair to talk to SIrius this way, after all he'd done nothing wrong.

"No! I mean, well I wanted to talk to you about last night. I mean the whole not fancying girls thing isn't going to go farther than us right?"

"Well no I wasn't planning on telling anybody, but then again the way Emily talks your already married."

"What does Emily have to do with anything? She's helping me finish that extra credit assignment. Why?"

"Well acording to her, you really quite interested in her." He spoke with a venom that he didn't think he had, especially toward a girl he didn't even know.

"Where'd she get that idea?"

"Well if you kissed her then that might have given her the idea that you were interested in her!" His voice was getting louder and louder as he spoke and Sirius winced a bit.

"Well I didn't kiss her, no matter what she says. I don't know why you'd be so upset about it even if I did." Sirius couldn't help raising his voice as he went.

"Nope not upset at all, I don't care what you do. If you jumped off a building wouldn't be more than a moments thought for poor Filtch who have to scrape you up again."

Remus stormed out of the room. He knew he was being really unfair to Sirius and acting more than a little crazy but he was insulted at the insuation that he would go and tell anybody

Sirius didn't much fancy girls.Even if he really didn't know what that ment to Sirius and him. Why did Sirius have to tell him such confusing things? I mean he could not fancy girls and

still date them, heck he could just have ment that he didn't fancy girls as friends. Remus wasn't watching where he was going and ended up crashing into someone else in the hall.

"Why don't you watch where your going? You tread dust on my brand new robes!" Severus Snape looked at Remus with contempt.

"Sorry, totally my fault, really." Remus wasn't in the mood for a confrontation with anybody else, much less a Slytherin.

He really wasn't expecting the smack that landed square on his jaw and sent him sprawling. Snape stood over him and laughed.

"That'll teach you your place!"

A/N: I still hate Peter, and I know I said he'd be around but would not speak or be spoken too; but my muse promised to hurt me if I didn't let him make a complete fool of himself.