Chapter 10

Sirius was in bed. He pulled the covers up over his head to keep the light from penetrating his eyes and the cold December weather. Therefore, the cold did not affect his peaceful sleep.

"Come on Sirius; it's Christmas, and you're STILL in bed"

"Your point is?" Sirius said while Remus was trying to wrench the covers off him and Sirius was trying to pull the covers back over his head.

"My point is that you have presents to open, and I want to give my lover a Christmas kiss," Sirius groaned

"But I want to sleep"

"Ok, Ok, I suppose I'll just have to… tickle you" Remus jumped on top of Sirius and started to tickle him "Stop… please… ok… I'll…get… up" he said breathlessly

"Promise?" Remus said cocking his eyebrow slightly

"Yes" Remus got up off Sirius, but took the covers with him "REMUS!"

"It's the only way you'll get up"

"I told you I would"

"Well this way I know you won't laze in bed," Sirius growled rather much like a dog.

Sirius got up to have a hot shower, a very hot shower. However, before he went, he kissed Remus on the lips, but before Remus could get into it, Sirius pulled back, "After I've had a shower".

Sirius stepped out of the shower and wrapped a red towel around his waste. He walked back into the common room, "Remus, baby, can you grab my decent jeans please?" Remus laughed but did as his boyfriend had asked.

Remus gave Sirius his black jeans; Sirius had retrieved his black shirt from his trunk after emptying the whole of its content. "I'll go and get some eye liner" Sirius smiled gratefully as he pulled on a pair of blood red boxers.

As he started to button up his shirt Remus came in with an eyeliner pencil. Sirius took the eyeliner gratefully and started to apply a thick layer underneath his eye and then on his top eyelid. He looked at himself in the mirror; the eyeliner framed his grey eyes perfectly.

"You look beautiful Siri." Sirius smiled. He turned around and kissed Remus on the lips.

"Ok, presents" Remus dragged Sirius down to the common room where there were presents under the tree. Sirius was taken aback by the sheer amount of presents under the tree.

"Yes Sirius, they're all for you" Remus said with a hint of laughter in his voice

"Are you serious Remus?"

"Yeah, they are all for you, I saw a couple of them are from your Uncle".

Sirius bounded to the tree, he picked up a present, checked the label. it said 'to my love, I hope you like this, Remus x' Sirius smiled then ripped the paper open, inside was 'an idiot's guide to pranking' Sirius threw his head back and laughed.

"So I'm an idiot now am I Remus?"

"Oh that, it's a joke" Sirius rolled his eyes. He reached for another present; this one was one of the smallest

'Sirius, I meant what I said when we met in Dumbledore's office, you will always be welcome in our home John Lupin' Sirius frowned slightly

"What's up?"

"It's from your dad"

"Open it" Sirius teased open the paper slowly, when the paper fell away, Sirius opened the small red stained wooden box. Inside were two keys a silver one and a brass one, on the lid of the box was a scrawled note 'the brass one is the back door key, and the silver one is the front door key of our home, our door is always open Sirius'.

"Sirius?"

"It's the keys to your house"

"Well dad was very serious when he said that you could stay at ours, he got the keys cut"

"Yeah" Sirius' voice shook slightly but he soon waved it away.

He opened three more presents, one from James, one from Peter and another one from Remus "You should not have gotten me this much," the last present from Remus was his favourite Honey Dukes strawberry filled chocolates (it was the biggest box you could buy).

"You're worth it"

"But I only got you one thing, I feel really guilty now"

"No need, love, it's the thought and I had to give you that book, it was a laugh, stop feeling guilty" there were three more presents, but Sirius did not want to open them until later.

"I'm going down to the kitchens, see what I can scrounge, I'm hungry," Sirius said getting up; he left the common room and went down the kitchens.

"Sirius, Black sir, thinking of a party sir?"

"No Monty, I wasn't awake and I missed breakfast, you couldn't get me something could you?"

"Yes, of course Sirius Black, of course!" the elf shrieked.

The elf clicked her fingers, a cooked breakfast appeared in a dish with a lid, and two butterbear bottles appeared "Would you like any fire whisky sir?"

"If you could be a star" the elf clicked her fingers again and a bottle of fire whiskey appeared. Sirius shrunk the food, cutlery and drink so he could put it in his robes pockets.

Sirius clambered threw the portrait hole. He pulled out the food, sat down next to Remus infront of the fire and tapped them with his wand; they became normal size in an instant.

"Butterbear, Remus? Firewhiskey?"

"Butterbear will do" Sirius opened the bottle and handed it to Remus, while Sirius started to eat the cooked breakfast.

He licked his lips ones he had finished; he had finished his butterbear and he started on the firewhiskey. "You'll get drunk"

"What if I do?"

"We won't be sleeping in the same bed tonight" Sirius quickly lowered the bottle from his lips. Remus laughed softly.

"Ok, you've got three more presents and I want you to open them" Sirius laughed then reached over for another present, it was from the three other Marauders (it was a tradition that they got together and just shoved any sweets they could get their hands on in a box.

This year Sirius had. Berty Bots every flavour beans, five chocolate frogs, four caldron cakes, fizzing whisbeys, a honey web, three long lasting sugar quills and some dragon eggs.

then there was a present from Mr and Mrs Potter and one unknown, he opened the unknown one cautiously, it was a new beaters bat, it had a leather handle with his initials engraved. In neat familiar writing, it said 'this is for you; you are an amazing beater, your bat got smashed; this is unbreakable'

"Remus, this your writing, I told you not to get me a lot"

"Your worth it, Siri." Sirius got up and leant over Remus, he kissed him softly.

Remus' hand went up to the black soft hair; he balled his fist and pulled Sirius closer. Sirius sat down and straddled Remus' legs as he deepened the kiss. Sirius ran his soft pink tongue across the other boy's lips, after he pleaded for a while; Remus parted his lips slightly to allow the other boy's roaming tongue to taste him.

After five minutes, Sirius rested his forehead against Remus'. Sirius' breathing had become slightly erratic, but he controlled it easily. "Merry Christmas Remus"