The Christmas holiday was nearly over, the rest of the students were going to be back at Hogwarts the next day.

Remus and Sirius were checking the stewing ingredients. They were stewing nicely. Remus had copied out each stage from the book that Peter had borrowed from the library; he had made two copies, one for the dormitory and the other for the secret room they were using for the potions. Sirius had also made a copy, which he kept on him just in case.

The potions had been stewing for almost three weeks, some of them had seven more weeks to go, some ingredients needed one more week in heat and then two months for standing, with just the room temperature.

"Remus?"

"Yeah, Sirius?" Remus looked up from the bubbling content on the cauldron

"What will happen?"

"What do you mean?"

"Ones we've done our OWLs, when we make our career choices" Sirius looked down at the ground

"What do you mean Siri?"

"Well, with you being a werewolf, me being a disowned Black?"

"We'll get jobs, ok? You have nothing to be worried about"

"Ok" Sirius did not know where the outburst had come from, but he just asked it, he still had not asked Remus why he loved him, or claimed to.

Remus was sitting in front of the fire, his back leaning against Sirius' legs, it was the last night him and Sirius would be alone together before the rest of the school got back.

"Remus?"

"Hmm" the dancing orange flames that lay, in the warm fire engrossed Remus

"Why do you love me?" Remus looked up at Sirius in surprise

"Why, not? You are kind, sweet, caring, and considerate, you don't care when people say a bad thing about you, you're loyal and not to mention, you are extremely sexy and hot"

"Really?"

"Yes, Sirius, you are" Remus stared into his now dim grey eyes, they had brightened ever so slightly after Remus had said what he had, but they were not nearly as brilliant as normal.

Remus stood up and clambered onto Sirius' lap, he ran his hand along his chest and realised how tense Sirius was.

"Move onto the floor babe, you're tense"

"What will moving onto the floor do?"

"Massage"

"What?" Sirius yelped

"I'm going to give you a massage, it might help"

"No, baby, please" Sirius pushed Remus off him gently and then moved to the other end of the common room.

"What's wrong?"

"The last time I had a massage, I ended up with a broken spine"

"Ouch. How?"

"My dad… I was lying on my stomach and my dad came into my room, he leaned over me, and started giving me a massage, he pressed really hard and in the end my spine could not take it and split, I was nine"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I should not have suggested it, I'm really sorry Siri."

"Hey, you were not meant to know, I've never told anyone about that, I just remember how painful it was and how I was so scared every time my father came into my room"

"I'm sorry baby"

"Don't; say you're sorry, please"

"Ok, let's go to bed, we need to get some rest before James gets back"

"I agree, I bet James will have us bouncing around and then you will force us to start studying for OWLs"

"As if I would!" Remus said pretended to look offended, Sirius just chuckled

"Do you wanna keep something that is very useful and precious to you?" Remus ran up the boy's dormitory stairs so Sirius chased him up the stairs, caught him and then started to tickle him.

Both boys entered there dormitory laughing and Remus still trying to squirm away from Sirius' tickles. "Siri, please, stop" Remus cried breathlessly collapsing onto the bed; Sirius laughed and stopped tickling his boyfriend.

"You're an evil man Sirius Alphard Black," Remus said while shuffling up Sirius' bed so his head was on the soft pillows

"You do know that isn't actually my full name?"

"Isn't it?"

"No, I told people my middle name was Alphard because my uncle is like my father, and is more of a father than my actual father, so I said I had his name instead"

"So Mr. Black, what is your full name?"

"You can stick to the one I told you Remus John Lupin" Remus chuckled.

Sirius also shuffled up the bed so he was next to Remus, kicking off his shoes as he went. Sirius wrapped his arms around Remus' waist pulling him closer to him. The two boys fell into a peaceful sleep, wrapped in each other's warm embrace.

Sirius reluctantly opened his eyes to be blinded by bright sunlight; he groaned and buried his head in the crook of Remus' neck. "What's up Sirius, love?"

"Too, bright" Remus chuckled stroking Sirius' long black hair, it needed a wash but he did not care. Sirius was already lightly snoring on his shoulder; Remus rolled his eyes.

He gently moved Sirius off him, went in to the bathroom, filled up a large bucket of water, went back into the room and SPLASH threw it all over Sirius "WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING!" he spat jumping out of his bed "REMUS!" but Remus was on the floor in a fit of laughter.

"You should have seen your face! Where's a camera when you need it?"

"You little shit!"

"I try" Remus managed to stop his laughter and get up holding his stomach, but a very wet Sirius lunged at him and knocked him off his feet, "Hey, hey, you're wet, I don't want to be wet!"

"Tuff luck, you got me and my bed drenched and I am drenched, soaked in fact, I get my own back, Remus old friend".

Sirius got up off Remus, and reached for his wand, he dried himself, and then icy water sprouted from his wand and all over Remus "Siri… I'm... Sorry… that… is… cold"

"I told you, I'd get my own back," Sirius said smiling, an evil glint in his eyes.