Birthday Surprises

Several weeks had passed since the show and Sirius had lost contact with everyone except James and Curt who were still giving him guitar lessons. He was currently lounging in the V.I.P. room of the Palladium nightclub which his father owned, along with every other nightclub in West London. If there was a club that Mr. Black didn't own, you could bet your left nut he was in the process of buying it from its current owner. Tonight was Sirius' childhood friend Lucius Malfoy's 18th birthday party.

"So, I booked this awesome band, my absolute favorite," Lucius was telling him and their other friend Severus Snape. "I doubt you know about them Sirius, you're a little too mainstream for them…"

'If it's a band that Lucius likes then they're probably too mainstream for me,' Sirius thought.

"Oh, but the lead singer…absolutely amazing," Lucius gushed to his friends.

"He has wet dreams about him," put in Severus.

"I do not!" Lucius exclaimed, a highly shocked and affronted look on his face.

"Oh, don't try and deny it, mate. I was at your bloody house one time when you had one," stated Severus.

Sirius chuckled as the two of them continued to glare at each other. "So, when will they be getting here?" he asked.

"They're setting up right now," Lucius informed him, his child-like glee back in full force.

The conversation swiftly changed to something else, thanks to Snape. Ten minutes later, the d.j., Wormtail, came on and informed everyone that the band was ready. A huge, giddy grin blossomed on Lucius' face as he jumped to the balcony, looking down on the crowd and stage.

The stage lights turned on and a familiar, sultry voice spilled out of the speakers.

"Hey everyone, we're Rage/Tectonic and we're here to help you guys celebrate a very special birthday, today. Let's all give it up for the birthday boy, Lucius Malfoy."

The crowd cheered and Sirius watched as Lucius nearly melted when Remus said his name.

"Is there anything you'd like to hear, Lucius?"

"Anything you sing is fine with me," he shouted over the noise.

Sirius saw Remus smile indulgently at Lucius before turning to Troy ad whispering something, which Troy soon passed on to the rest of the band.

"We have a new song we've been working on called 'Dance, Dance,'" Remus purred. "Can you guys do what the title tells you?"

The crowd cheered again as the music started. Lucius just stood there, gaping at Remus.

"Oy, you want to meet him?" Sirius asked, coming up next to Lucius to share the eye candy.

"It may be my birthday but that doesn't mean a sex god like Remus Lupin wants to meet me," said Lucius, coldly.

"Eh, whatever you want mate, I might have been able to pull a few strings with Curt and get you introduced to the band, but if you don't want to…" Sirius trailed off, determinedly not looking at his haughty friend.

"Y-you could do that?"

"Yeah, Curt gives me guitar lessons sometimes."

Lucius agreed to his offer but it took him another hour before he had the courage to actually do it. After fighting through the gyrating crowd they finally reached the stage where the band was taking a break.

"Hey, Curt!" Sirius called.

"Sirius! What are you doing her?" asked a surprised Curt.

"It's my mate's birthday," Sirius said, gesturing vaguely toward Lucius. "He wanted to meet the band."

"Oh, yeah, of course. Come on up guys," said Curt. "Well, let's start with me. I'm Curt McCrae."

Lucius shook his hand in a cold, elegant manner that his father, a powerful politician in Parliament, had ingrained in him when he was little.

"And, uh, this is Troy Billings and that guy over there is Travis Barker."

Lucius shook their hands in the same manner.

"This is the lovely Lily Evans and, of course, Remus Lupin."

Malfoy shook Lily's hand but when he got to Remus he was shaking so bad that all he could manage was a nod.

"Nice to meet you, man," Remus said, his voice raw from singing.

"N-nice to meet you too," stuttered Lucius.

"How're you doing, Remus?" Sirius asked softly, a husky, sensual tone to is voice.

"Oh, hi Sirius," Remus said, blushing lightly. "I didn't know you would be here."

"Obviously, or else you would've come up and seen me," he said in a mock-cocky voice. He smirked at Remus and gave him a roughish wink.

Remus blushed a deeper red. "S-so, Lucius, you're a big fan huh?"

"Well, y-you could say that," Lucius said, flushing to the same shade as Remus.

"Oh, cool, well I have this song I'm writing that I'd like your opinion on…" he said, guiding Lucius over to where his messenger bag was.

"That's hilarious," Sirius said to Travis once they were out of ear shot. "My ever eloquent and sophisticated friend reduced to a stuttering pile of goo by one smile from Remus."

"That's not as bad as Remmie," Lily giggled. "He's never blushed that much in his entire life. And all because you used your bedroom voice."

They all roared with laughter but Sirius was doing a gleeful jig in his mind. The mantra 'Remus likes me, Remus likes me,' kept going through his head like a broken record.

Remus came back over with Lucius following like a love-sick puppy. "Hey guys. Let's get the second half in order, alright? We'll start with 'Going Under,' then 'Home,' 'Tourniquet,' and finally 'Who I Am Hates Who I've Been.'"

"Alright, sounds good to me," said Troy, the other murmuring their consent, mentally going over the music.

"It was really good seeing you again Remus," Sirius purred, pulling him into a brief hug and kissed his cheek.

"Good seeing you too, Sirius," Remus said, voice husky and eyes dilated.

He shook Sirius' hand briefly and when he pulled away, Sirius had a scrap of paper in his hand. Remus smiled at him, said goodbye to Lucius, ad walked back to the mic to start the second half of the show.

"This has been the best birthday ever!" Lucius exclaimed once they were at the bar and the band was playing again.

Sirius grunted his agreement while discreetly looking at the paper.It had a time, address, date, and phone number on it. He recognized the address as being a high school in White Chapel.

He smiled and let his thoughts travel to his next meeting with Remus. He should listen to James more often; he obviously knew what he was talking about."

A/N: Sorry it's taken so long to update this. I had major writers block. Umm…ok, a short disclaimer: "Dance, Dance" belongs to Fall Out Boy, "Going Under" belongs to Evanescence, "Home" belongs to Three Days Grace, "Tourniquet" belongs to Evanescence also, and finally "Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" belongs to Reliant K (a really awesome band-they were on the warped tour last year). I'll try and get another chapter up soon. Give me ideas! What would you as the reader like to see happen? Tell me in your reviews. BTW, I've posted another chapter on "A Marauder's Fairy Tale." It's a Remuscentric version of "Little Red Riding Hood." Check it out and tell me what you think.