A.N. This takes place about two weeks later and for the first time all four marauders make an appearance. As always, please read, review and enjoy.

"Peter, I'm sorry, I didn't mean for her to fall for me. Please buddy, you have to believe me, I didn't mean to steal your girl." Sirius cried, trying in vain to get Peter to talk with him, reason this out like adults.

"The point remains that you did, Sirius! I don't care if you didn't mean to, all that means is you can get any girl you want without trying while I have to work endlessly to get even one. And then you steal her! You don't even like girls!" Peter was in tears now, angry and brokenhearted. He collapsed suddenly on his bed in their dormitory. "Why Becky, why not any other girl? Why my girl?"

James entered the dormitory, and stood next to Remus, who was surveying the scene with a look of pity written across his face. "What's going on?" James whispered to Remus.

"Becky broke up with Peter; she said she realized her true love was Sirius."

"Oh."

"Yeah, oh. Peter blames Sirius."

"Is that why Peter's trying to kill Sirius?"

Remus nodded. "Sirius decided Peter deserved a few punches, that's why he's not fighting back."

"But Sirius didn't do anything; I mean he's with you!"

"I know. Look, James can we talk? Please?" Remus turned to James looking desperate. "I know you found the note I sent Sirius-"

"Love letter, more like it. And how did you know?" James smiled inwardly. His joke was going according to plan.

"Because it had moved to my book and it had your scent all over it. Great sense of smell, it's a perk of being a werewolf," Remus added bitterly and James felt slightly ashamed. Remus had it hard enough as it was without him adding to it all. "Anyway, Sirius and I talked it over and we decided, well, if you aren't comfortable with us being together, we'll split up." Pain was evident in Remus's face and eyes, a deep pain that reached down to his heart and very soul.

"No! don't break-up; you guys are so perfect together!" James cried, both touched and panicky. The joke wasn't supposed to go this far…

"Wha-what?" Remus asked, along with Sirius and Peter who had stopped fighting at these words.

"I accept you guys, you're perfect together, and you complete each other. God that sounds so cliché, but it's true. You two have to stay together, I was only joking when I pretended not to accept you," James explained quickly.

Relief flooded Remus's face and Sirius burst out laughing. "You mean it, you have no problem with us, you really mean it?"

James nodded, "I sorry it got so out of control."

"Don't worry about it mate."

"It's okay James."

"And you really would have split for me?"

"You're our brother mate. We won't let anything come between our bond."

"You mean," Peter cut in coldly, "You won't let anything come between your bond with him, with me you can just steal my girl-"

"I didn't mean to!"

"Don't lie to me. You've been hanging around her all the time!" Peter glared at Sirius with tear stained eyes. "How could you betray me like that?" he demanded.

Sirius sighed and sank onto Peter's bed next to Peter. "Look, two weeks ago Frank Longbottom told me he'd seen Becky coming out of a broom-closet with another guy," Sirius glanced at Peter, "She was cheating on you, mate, but I wanted to make sure she really was before seeing you, I wanted to see her at it for myself instead of having you two break-up and find out later that it was all just a big mistake…" Sirius trailed off miserably.

"Oh."

"Look, I'm sorry I stole your girl, Pete, I never meant for that to happen."

"Well apparently she wasn't just my girl," Peter spat bitterly. "You don't have to apologize Sirius, if anything I should be apologizing. I should have talked to you first instead of leaping to conclusions. I know you wouldn't betray me like that, none of us would betray each other. For anything."

"I think this calls for a Marauder's Pact," James announced. "We will never put our love lives before our brothers."

"I'll second that," laughed Remus, happy everything was straightened out.

"Agreed," Peter said, smiling slightly.

"Hear, hear," cried Sirius, "'bros before hoes' and all that!" He raised an imaginary wine glass.

"Are you calling me a hoe?" Remus asked, scandalized.

"Um, well you see, it's just an expression."

Remus burst out laughing. "You should see your face. Oh a camera, my kingdom for a camera."

James and Peter joined in the laughter and the new pact was christened with tears of mirth.