A/N: Some of you might just hate me after this chapter.
Disclaimer: Not mine, unfortunately. They be J.K.'s -sigh- I've invited them to tea, we're having a gay ol' time
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"What?" asked Remus.
Sirius looked down at the table, "I dias I kniht I ekil uoy."
This time what Sirius said sunk in, "You think you like me?"
Sirius didn't look up he just nodded his head. "How can you think you like me? Either you do or you don't."
Sirius looked up at Remus, "M'i ton erus fi I ekil ouy. Siht si lla wen ot em."
'Severus was right,' thought Remus. 'I have to think of a reason to make him stop.'
"You just don't want me to go out with Josh." Remus stood up. "I can't believe you."
Sirius looked at him with wide eyes. "Tahw? ON! S'taht ton ti!" But Remus wasn't listening because he knew it wasn't true.
Without looking back Remus rushed out of The Three Broomsticks. He ran all the way back to Hogwarts. He headed to the Gryffindor tower and went to James' trunk.
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When Remus and Josh were talking Sirius just kept getting madder and madder; he didn't like Josh talking to his Remus.
'Wait, when did he become mine?'
And then Remus said those things about Josh. When he said that Sirius' heart hurt, and he didn't know why.
Sirius chased after Remus but the werewolf was too fast for the animagus. 'Crap' Sirius made his way to Gryffindor Tower. When he saw that Remus wasn't in the common room, he tried the dorms. 'Not here either.'
He thought about where Remus could have gone too when he thought of it.
'The Marauder's Map!' He rushed over to James' trunk and opened the lid. He searched there for a few minutes. When he realized that it wasn't there he tried the bed. When he couldn't find it there, he went to Peter's trunk and did the same.
When the two remaining Marauder's showed up, the room was a mess. "What the HELL, mate," yelled James when he saw the mess. Sirius's head shot up from where it had been looking, under his bed. Sirius ran over to James and Peter.
"Erehw si eh? EREHW?" he started to shake Peter, hoping that would help him remember.
"W-what?" was the only reply.
"SUMER! Erehw si Sumer?" He looked fearfully at James.
"What's wrong?" asked the worried boy. "You need to calm down. And where's Moony?"
"I T'NOD WONK!" yelled Sirius. "Ew erew ta Eht Eerht Skcitsmoorb. I dlot mih I kniht I ekli mih. Eh thguoht I t'ndid tnaw mih gnitad emos rehto yug. Tub s'taht ton ti. Eh nar tuo dna won M'i gniyrt ot dnif mih. I emac ereh dna eh t'nsaw ereh. I t'nac dnif eht S'reduaram pam."
Peter and James just looked at him blankly. "Why don't you try to write it down?" suggested James.
Sirius ran over to his bed and pulled out a piece of parchment, the essay from last night. "Oh. I see."
"What? What is it?" asked Peter. James showed it to Peter. "Man that sucks."
"Try to do charades. Try the hand gestures we made."
After an hour of guessing they finally got the whole story.
"I've seen this Josh guy. He's pretty good looking" James and Sirius turned to Peter. "What?!"
Ignoring him, James turned to Sirius. "We should split up. One of us should go to the library; he usually goes there. One of us should look for Lily; she might know where he is. And one of us should go to the lake. He likes to think there."
"I'll go to the library," offered Peter.
"I'll go to Lily, then," said James. "She can stand me slightly more that you, Pads." He said when he saw the look on his friend's face. "You go to the lake."
The three got up and headed to their separate ways.
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After he got the Marauder's map, the invisibility cloak, and his bag Remus headed to the library. 'I'm going to solve Sirius' problem once and for all.' He placed the two objects in his bag as he entered the library.
Madam Pince greeted him as he passed her. But he headed to the back of the library and found a table far away from anybody. He placed his book bag on the table and pulled out the map. He opened it up and said the incantation to make it work. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
When the map was revealed, Remus looked for his friends. James and Peter were with Sirius in the dorm room. 'He has to explain what happened to them. I might have a half hour till they figure it out. I need to find those books.'
He went to the stacks of books with the map and the cloak in his hands.
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An hour later Remus almost had all the books he thought he needed. He put the books he had on the table near his bag. He looked at the map, like he had a thousand times in the last hour, and saw Peter heading towards his table. Remus quickly placed the cloak over him.
Peter walked right past Remus, who had moved next to a book case. Peter made his way to the table with the books and Remus' bag. Peter looked at the bag and recognized it as his friend's. He sat down in the chair, waiting.
Peter waited an hour for his friend. He grabbed Remus' bag and left the library.
Remus took off the cloak when he saw Peter's footprints leave the library. "I can't believe he took my bag."
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While Peter was waiting for waiting for Remus in the library, James went to look for Lily.
James was walking down the hallway near the Great Hall when he saw her. "Lily!" he called out.
She froze where she was and slowly turned around. "What do you want, Potter?"
"Have you seen Remus?" She looked at him stunned, expecting him to ask her out.
"Uh…no. Not since this morning."
"Ok. Thanks." He started to turn around but Lily grabbed his arm.
"What's wrong? Is Remus ok?" She had a worried look on her face.
James couldn't not answer her. "He's fine physically. But mentally, I'm not sure."
"What do you mean you're not sure? What happened?"
"He and Sirius go into a fight, I guess. Remus ran off and now we're looking for him."
"They hardly ever fight. What happened?"
"I'm not sure how much I can tell you. It's Sirius' private life. I've got to go. I'll see you later. Bye." James yanked his arm out of her grasp and went the way he came.
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Sirius ran as fast as he could outside. He ran to the lake and looked around. He didn't find Remus there. But he did see Snape. 'Should I go over there and talk to him?' He thought about it some more and figured out that it might not hurt.
Snape still had the writing on his forehead and his hair was still yellow, but, other than that, he looked like he usually did.
When Snape saw Sirius running over to him he started to leave. "On! Tiaw!"
Snape looked at Sirius; he had his hands up in surrender.
"You're not going to hex me, are you?" Sirius shook his head.
Snape crossed his arms across his chest, "What do you want?"
"Evah uoy nees Sumer?" When Snape gave him a questioning look Sirius came up with an idea.
"H-A-V-E Y-O-U S-E-E-N R-E-M-U-S?"
Snape looked at him stunned and then he had an evil smile. "Not since Hodgsmeade. Why? Did you two get into a fight?"
Sirius blushed but nodded. "Like I said. Not since Hogsmeads." He turned and walked away.
'Great. Where else can he be?' And then it hit him. 'The Room of Requirement!'
Sirius ran all the way to the seventh floor. When he got there he only thought of one thing: Finding Remus.
When the doors appeared Sirius yanked them open. Inside it was empty. There was nothing. Sirius had never seen it like that before. He walked in not believing his eyes. When he reached the center of the room he turned around.
Then he saw him, Remus. Sirius rushed over and went to hug him, but stopped in his tracks. Remus didn't look right. And then Sirius realized what was wrong, Remus was smiling. 'Not like earlier.'
Imaginary Remus walked over to Sirius, and held out his hand. Sirius was about to grab onto it when another hand got to it first. He turned around and saw himself.
Imaginary Sirius and Remus looked at each other with loving eyes. Imaginary Sirius leaned into Imaginary Remus' ear and said something that made him laugh.
'I bet Josh could never make him laugh like I do.'
That's when Sirius realized something; he wanted to be the only one to make Remus laugh like that. He loved it when Remus looked like that. He wanted Remus to always be happy. 'That just means that I have to be around him all the time.'
He smiled at his own logic. And then he remembered what Remus looked like when Josh was talking to him.
'He looked happy then, too. But when I told him how I felt he looked terrified.' Sirius realized that he never wanted Remus to look like that again. 'Maybe he should date Josh.'
But when he thought about Remus in someone else's arms, his stomach hurt. He sat down holding it, 'What's wrong with me? If I want him to be happy he should be with Josh.'
He sat there for a few moments. Every time he thought of Remus and Josh together his stomach hurt more. But when he thought of him and Remus, his stomach started to feel better. He got up and headed back to the common room, thinking of Remus the entire time.
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When Remus found the last book he needed he made his way out of the library. 'Where should I go? I can't face Sirius yet.' He set the books down and looked at the map. 'Why can't I find him?'
And then he found the boy. He popped out of nowhere on the seventh floor. 'The Room of Requirement.'
Then Remus saw another name on the map. 'They'll never think to look for me there.'
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James was sitting on his bed in the dorm room when Peter and Sirius walked in. "Did you guys find him?"
"No," Peter said sadly. "But I found his bag." He held it up.
"At least we know he was there," stated James. Peter tossed the bag onto Remus' bed and sat on his own and Sirius sat down where he was standing. James looked at Peter, "What's wrong with him?"
"I don't know. I found him on my way back." They both looked at the boy. Sirius was sitting there in his own little world.
James got up and moved next to Sirius. "What's wrong, Pads?"
Sirius looked up at James, "Sumer."
"Don't worry we'll find him." James' stomach rumbled. "Let's go to dinner. We'll see him there."
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But they didn't. When they entered the Great Hall they all looked for him, but they saw their usual spot completely empty.
When Sirius saw the empty seats he whined.
"He's channeling Padfoot, again," said Peter.
James nodded his head and led Sirius to the table and sat him down. James sat next to him and Peter was across from them both. All throughout dinner the other two had to encourage Sirius to eat. Near the end of dinner Angela came over and sat next to Peter.
"What's wrong with him?"
Peter looked at her. "He and Remus got into a fight. Apparently some guy was hitting on Remus and asked him on a date."
Angela looked at Peter in shock, "What? And Sirius just let him." She looked at the down trodden boy. "How could you?! You're perfect together!"
James and Sirius both looked at her. "What are you talking about?"
She looked at James, "Oh, come on. You can't tell me that you've never noticed it? The way they look at each other? The way they act around one another? They're in love!"
"Sumer sekil enoemos esle," said Sirius.
"I don't care about whatever you just said," Angela had changed into an entirely different person. "You need to find him and apologize for whatever you did."
Sirius was about to protest but Angela stopped him. "I don't care if it's true or not. You and he need to talk."
Sirius looked at her and nodded. He shot up and ran out of the Great Hall.
James and Peter both stared at her. "What?"
Peter was the first to recover, "How did you know all that? You're a year below us."
Angela stood up, "Lily told me everything. She asked me to help. Bye" She waved and went back to her own table.
James and Peter looked down the table to Lily who just waved at them.
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Remus was standing in front of the portrait. He didn't know if he should go in. Before he could make his mind up someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and smiled.
"Hi Remus."
"Hi Severus."
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A/N 2: I'm going to stop there for now. So, how many of you are mad at me? But do not fear, there will be puppy happiness! Just not for another chapter…or two.
A/N 3: The poll will be up until I post chapter 7. Then it comes down.