Chapter 3: Interrupt

The four boys had been in the library and studied for several hours. Well, mostly it was Peter and Remus who studied because Lily had been in the library also which caused James to have problems with his concentration and Sirius had been snogging some 6th year Hufflepuff.

Between the books Remus and Peter was whispering about the future and life in general. Remus said he wanted to become a teacher, not that he could since he was a werewolf, but everyone was allowed to dream and Peter didn't know what he wanted.

"I'm not good at anything" he whispered looking sad.

"Of course you are" Remus smiled at him "You are a animagus, that's really hard and you are great at charms. Oh, and at Wizard Chess, which reminds me that I've had wanted to ask you if you could teach me that?"

Peter looked so happy over the praise that Remus felt guilty. He whispered so none of the others could hear "You know that you belong don't you? You are a marauder just as much as the rest of us"

Peter didn't say anything, he just stared at his book and then after a while he nodded. Peter knew, he knew that they were his best friend but he was so bloody weak. A coward, not at all like the Gryffindor he wanted to be. The sorting hat had placed him in Gryffindor. It had told him that he was on a turning point, He could turn into a brave and loyal man or he could turn into the coward and weakling he was right now. But he didn't want to be that person, he wanted to deserve the friendship he got from the rest of the Marauders. And Remus told him that he wanted his help, Remus that knew everything. Peter decided that this was the turning point the hat had talked about. He wanted to change.

"I think we should take a brake" Sirius said suddenly.

"What happened to the girl?" Remus asked and looked around in the library.

"Are you jealous darling?" Sirius leaned over the table towards Remus.

"Help me" Remus pleaded to Peter who was still reading his book. Without looking up he said "Sorry Siri, Remus have decided that he rather shags me than you"

Sirius gave Peter a surprised look, he had never been involved in their shag jokes before. "Do you rather shag a rat than a dog?"

"I rather walk the road less travelled" Remus smirked

Sirius eyes got wide and he shouted "Are you saying I'm a whore?"

"Everybody says you are a whore" James was now interfering. "And since your yelling will get us thrown out in just a couple of seconds, maybe we should go out for a while"

Sure enough the librarian arrived and showed the boys out, that was a thing that always happened if all four of them was there. Or rather if Sirius was there at all.

They walked towards their special spot, one of the big trees close to the lake. James and Sirius was walking in the front talking about girls as usual and Peter and Remus was walking close behind, Remus with his nose in a book. He had learned to walk and read a long time ago even though the others in the gang laughed at him. Suddenly James stopped in front of him which made Remus stumble and swear.

"Snivellus has taken our spot!" James said angrily.

Remus looked past the boys and saw that Severus was sitting under the tree with a large book in his lap.

"This is a good time to try out that new spell I found" James had a cruel smirk on his lips when he raised his wand towards the black haired Slytherin.

'Stop him' The voice screamed in Remus head 'You can't let him do this, this will destroy everything'

Remus didn't know what everything was but he reacted on instinct. He dropped his book, rushed past the boys and threw himself in front of Severus that hadn't seen that they were coming. The spell hit him and he found himself dangling upside down with his robes gliding downwards, showing his scarred legs.
A second later he was sitting in the grass with three shocked boys staring at him.

"You can't do that Remus, you didn't know what spell I was going to use" James face was pale.

"Everything you can throw on Severus you can throw on me" Remus panted.

He glanced behind him and could see that Severus was still there, looking just as chocked.

"This has to stop" Remus finally said, standing up. "This isn't pranks any longer, this isn't fun. I wont stand by and watch you torment the boy I like any longer."

"He's the Slytherin" Sirius said with a weak voice, then suddenly he smirked and said "Well, no wonder you don't want me if you're into greasy hair and big noses"

Remus relaxed a bit, Sirius was on his side.

"Peter, James" Remus pleaded.

Peter shook his head like he was trying to clear it then he smiled at Remus, showing that he would be okay. James on the other hand was still shocked.

"If you like Lily, don't you think you should start with being civil to her best friend?"

James blinked and stared down at his wand that he still was holding outstretched. He lowered it.

"He isn't a nice guy Remus" James said with a low voice, still not looking up.

"I know he isn't, but I can't help how I feel, you should know that."

"I need to think" James said and turned around. He started to walk towards the castle and the rest of the Marauders looked after him.

"We will talk to him" Peter said and Sirius nodded, hooked a arm around his neck and walked after their leader.

Remus was standing alone when he heard a low voice behind him saying "You like me?".

He did the only thing he could think of, he ran.

Remus was in panic, he wanted to stop his friends from attacking Severus, he wanted them to know he liked him, but he really didn't want Severus to know. That was not in the plan. James had said it, Severus wasn't a nice guy, he could use this information against Remus in so many ways. Sure, Severus hadn't hexed or cursed him, but that was most likely just because he was chocked by this new information.

"Shit Shit Shit" he whined while he ran through the castle and up the stairs to the Gryffindor tower.

Severus was the most talented wizard of all the students and everybody knew that he had an interest for dark arts. Some people whispered that he was on the road to become a Dark Wizard and like all other Slytherins he had an fascination for blood-purity. Which in itself was strange since Severus was a half-blood just like Remus was. But that meant that Severus never could like Remus back because his mother was a muggle. Not counting the fact that Remus had no idea if Severus liked blokes or girls, he had never shown any interest for anyone except for Lily.

Remus stopped in front of the portrait of the fat lady, staring at her. Was Severus in love with Lily? Did he have a relationship with her and was that the reason why she wasn't interested in James? When Remus finally came up to his room that he shared with his best friends, he felt like his heart had broken in thousand pieces. None of the other boys were there so he just threw himself on the bed, buried his face in the pillow. Did he give up his friendship with James over a boy that never would like him back?

'It was the right thing to do' the older voice said. 'Even though he will never love you, you saved him from a life of self hate'

'You know a lot of things old man' Remus thought, not even caring how insane it was to talk with himself like this.

'He would've become a Death Eater, started to serve Lord Voldemort, it's better this way'

Remus sat up, now starting to get freaked out. This couldn't be normal.

'Death Eater? Lord who? I have never heard anything like that before.'

'There is no Death Eaters?' The voice sounded insecure 'I knew who they were at your age'

'I'm going insane, I'm going insane, I'm going insane' Remus chanted and closed his eyes. This was just too much. The voice in his head talked about things he never had heard of, one of his best friends avoided him and he had told the boy from his dreams that he liked him. It couldn't get any worse than this. But apparently he was wrong.

Suddenly Sirius slid in to the room with huge eyes and shouted "There is a Snake in the Lions Den. Lily lead a Snake into the Lions Den!"

He was so excited that he was jumping in front of Remus who just stared at him.

"Severus?" Remus asked confused.

"You have to go down there" Sirius was still yelling even though they were standing close "Go down to the snake before something happens."

That made Remus move, a Slytherin in the Gryffindor common room, that was not a good idea. Why had Lily let him in, he had never been there before even though those two had been friends since before they started at Hogwarts.

Severus Snape was standing in the middle of the room, with rigid back and clutching a book in his hands. The room was quiet as a graveyard, every Gryffindor holding their breath waiting for what was going to happened. Remus wondered if the rumours already had spread, that the stupid Lion fancied a snake.

When Remus stopped in front of the boy, Severus reached out the book and gave it to Remus.

"Your book" he said.

Remus stared down at it, It was the book he had dropped when he rushed to help Severus but why hadn't he just given the book to Lily so she could give it back to him. There was no reason for him to come into the tower because of that.

"Is it true?"

Remus knew what it was Severus wanted to know, he thought that maybe he should just joke around. Saying that it was a prank, but he decided against it.

"Yes" Remus whispered, still staring down at his book.

"Oh" was the only thing Severus said before he was gone, leaving a chocked crowed of Gryffindors behind. Lily looked over at Remus and than she ran after Severus.

Remus didn't understand the emotions in her eyes, didn't understand the emotions in his own heart. He had always known it was no possible way for them to be together, he knew that Severus never would like a Gryffindor and even worse a Marauder. But the pain was horrible and it was worse than transforming into a werewolf every month. This was like dying.

He fell down to the floor and felt arms around his body and hands in his hair, caressing.

"I'm so sorry Remus" he heard James voice from behind him.

"He don't know what he is missing" Sirius said from his side.

"We'll take care of you" Peter was in front of him, hugging him close.

Remus cried, in the middle of the common room, with his three best friends holding him tight.