So here's the next chapter, and I have most of the next one written, and I should be able to finish it while I'm babysitting tonight. So yeha, hope you like.
James' POV (Random, I know.)
I made a frustrated noise as Lily's Bishop shatter my only remaining knight. My other chess pieces screamed angrily at me, waving their tiny fist in my direction. My rook even went as far as flicking my hand while it was resting on the table.
I glared in annoyance at my rook, getting ready to sacrifice him for hitting me. I looked over at the portrait hole when I heard it opening. Sirius stumbled in, tripping on his cloak when he climbed down, before making a mad dash for the stairs, running up, and slamming the door to our dorm.
"Wonder what's up with him." Peter said, barely looking up from the parchment he was writing on.
"You should go and see if he's ok." Lily said, gazing with concern up the stairs. "I'll clean up your chess pieces."
The pieces seemed grateful for the intervention, running across the board to Lily's offered sanctuary, dragging their fallen comrades with them.
I stood up, and quickly made my way up the stairs. I walked up warily, and knocked on the door. There was no answer, but I could hear him shifting around inside the room, so I opened the door cautiously.
The curtains around Sirius' bed were closed, but I could hear him sobbing.
"Sirius?" I called, stepping towards the bed. I'd never seen Sirius this upset, and only a few things would get him so worked up. I pulled the curtains open quietly.
I heard muffled talking, but between the tears and the pillow he had his face buried in, I couldn't tell what he was trying to say. I sat on the edge of the bed.
"Sorry mate, I didn't quite catch that." I said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
He rolled over, squeezing he pillow to his chest. "I-I don't kno-w what I did. He just… and then he… and I told him to leave… gone." He said between sobs, and some of his words were lost to me, but I got the general idea.
"So, you two split up?" I asked.
"He broke up with me." Sirius moaned, a fresh wave of sobs breaking into his voice.
I didn't know what to say. Sirius didn't get upset. I'd never seen him cry like this.
I sat quietly with him, and he eventually calmed down a little.
"I don't know what I did. He just… ended it. I don't know what to do, but I don't think I can live without him. It hurts so much James. I feel like I can't breathe." He told me, staring up at the ceiling with puffy red eyes. He wiped his nose on his sleeve.
"Well, you could try talking to him after he's calmed down some. Or, maybe, he just needs some space." I said softly.
Sirius stared blankly at the ceiling. "Well, something has to give eventually. It will either be him, or my heart."
He rolled over, and I took that as a sign that he was done talking for now.
I stood up, patting his shoulder softly. I closed the door quietly behind me as I left.
"What's wrong with him?" Lily asked when I got to the bottom of the stairs.
"'They broke up." I said, sitting down on the couch.
"Sirius broke up with Remus? We should-"
Lily stopped when she saw I was shaking my head.
"Remus broke up with Sirius?" She asked, mouth open in shock.
I nodded.
"But why? We should still go find Remus. Something must be up with him." She said, standing up. "I'll go look for him."
I checked the map that Sirius had left on the table downstairs, looking at the Remus dot as it wandered around.
"Well, it looks like you're going to actually have to track him down. Good luck. Slap some sense into him for me."
Lily's POV
"Remus?" I called quietly, walking between book shelves and looking at the tables in the library.
"He's not here honey. I haven't seen him since Sirius pulled him away before dinner." Madame Pince said, looking at me from where she was shelving books.
"Oh, thank you." I said, disappointed that he wasn't here.
I decided to head out towards the grounds. The rain was falling harshly onto the ground. Mud splattered my legs and shoes as I slipped around on the marshy ground.
I pulled my cloak up over my head, trying to keep my hair as dry as possible. I slid all over on my way towards Remus' favorite tree. The grounds were dark, and I could just make out the outline of the lake.
"Remus?" I called, but my voice was lost in the wind.
I stumbled getting mud all over the front of my robes. "Damn it Remus, the stuff I do for you."
My desperate search was starting to seem hopeless when I went under the tree Remus was normally at, but then I could see someone sitting under the tree a little closer to the lake. I could just make out his face.
"Remus! Remus!" I called, slipping in more mud, and falling to my knees. I froze, kneeling in the mud.
I could just make out Severus as he walked around the lake in the dark. He was hurrying around the lake towards where Remus was sitting. Remus stood p quickly, and they hugged.
I turned around quickly, stumbling and sliding up the hill.
I ran up the steps, past an irate Filch, slipping all over the corridors, leaving a trail of mud and water behind me as I went.
I burst into the common room, letting the Fat Lady yell behind me.
I bent over, holding the stitch in my side and trying to catch my breath.
"What in the world happened to you? It looks like you were dragged through the mud behind the carriages." James asked, taking in my appearance.
"I saw Remus with Severus!" I panted out, ignoring his comment about my appearance.
"Snape? What exactly did you see?" James asked.
"They were hugging." I said, and instantly I could tell James though the same thing as me.
"Oh no." He grabbed the blank piece of parchment off the table that I knew was the map. He tapped it. "We can't tell Sirius. It would be the end of him." He said, looking intently at the layout of Hogwarts as it appeared.
We watched the dots labeled Severus and Remus as they walked back up to the cast, standing a little too close together.
Snape and Remus? What? Next chapter will be up soon. Please review. 3
