AN:

Yay chapter 5 is ready(: it turned to be longer that I expected. English makes everything longer haha. There's a sentence when in Hebrew I wrote that Sirius was serious, and in English there's this joke about it... like- R: "Prongs, are you serius?" S: "No, I'm Sirius!" haha.. well in Hebrew you can't use that joke 'cause the word serious doesn't sound like Sirius at all. In Hebrew you say 'Retsini'.. yeah, not at all like Sirius. So I had to add something because it made me laugh. nevermind...

About the Hebrew lesson.. :P

You probably want to know how to say 'The Maraureds' in Hebrew... Well, in Hebrew you say, "Hakundesaim". HA is like the word 'the', and Kundesaim is Marauders... sort of. Is it me or does evetything sound so much better in English?

Well, after the bilbul moach (I really don't know how to say that in English...) Here's chapter 5...

Enjoy(:

Chapter 5

Remus' point of view

After two days as James, Remus started to get used to the idea. He talked to people more easily, instead of thinking so much before every sentence he said. He didn't confuse the beds, and when he needed something he went straight to James' trunk, instead of his own.

Dumbledore informed the situation to all the stuff, so Remus could relax in the lessons and stop worrying about James, that couldn't listen to the teachers at all. He spoke to the person who sat next to him (usually it was Sirius) and left Remus do the entire grunt work.

In the first few lessons Remus and James got stared by many of the students that probably wondered why James Potter listened to the Professors instead of act like a fool with his friends, and why Remus Lupin paid no attention to what was going on around him besides Sirius that sat next to him.

Remus didn't want to draw the student's attention, but he knew that there was no chance James could replace him in this matter, and he didn't want to miss any material. He hoped people would stop notice them, and indeed, after a while the other students got tired of talking about it.

The only two students that still didn't understand what was the meaning of their friends' odd behavior, were Sirius and Peter. They kept staring at Remus every time he answered a question right in class, and at James' notebook which was full with scribbles instead of words.

But Remus and James elegantly escaped every one of their friends' questions.

On Wednesday night, while the Gryffindor Quidditch team was having a practice, Remus stayed in the common room, using his injured ankle as an excuse. That was a lie, of course; Madam Pomfrey had fixed his injury immediately, but he didn't want to embarrass himself in public.

The rest of the week passed and Friday came quickly.

Remus sat in James' seat at History of Magic and tried to summarize Professor Bins' words. He suddenly felt someone kicking his leg. He looked aside and saw that Sirius was looking at him.

"What is it, Padfoot?" he whispered.

"I need to talk to you," answered Sirius, whispering as well.

"Is it urgent?" asked Remus and glanced at Professor Bins who kept talking, although nobody listened to him now.

"Yes," said Sirius, "I think I'm going to tell Remus."

Remus froze. He knew exactly what Sirius was talking about, but asked anyway, "Tell him what?"

Sirius peeked over his shoulder, to James and Peter that sat two desks behind them, and then whispered, "That I love him."

Remus glances at James and wondered how he would react if Sirius would come to him and tell him he was in love with him. He would probably freak out. Then he would tell Sirius that there was no chance something could happen between them, even if he was supposed to be Remus. The conclusion; Sirius can't do what he was planning to do.

"I don't think that's such a good idea," he said.

Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

"Um…" Remus tried to think of an appropriate reason, but nothing came to his mind. "What if… what if he's not feeling the same way? It might make everything awkward between you two." He brought up Sirius' argument from the first night after the switch.

Sirius seemed to consider his words before he said, "I don't care anymore. I'm sick of waiting; I've waited for so long. He needs to know."

At that moment the bell rang, and the students hurried to get out of the class. Sirius stood up and went trough the door after James and Peter, and Remus hurried to follow him.

He couldn't let Sirius talk to James before he warned him.

"Padfoot!" he called and Sirius turned to look at him.

"What?"

Remus looked around him, trying to find a way to delay him. He saw the back of James, who didn't notice his two friends that stayed behind. Suddenly Remus remembered they had a free period after History of Magic. He turned to Sirius and smiled, "Let's go outside and talk." Sirius seemed confused but nodded and followed him towards the school's grounds.

They went outside and sat under one of the trees, the wind blowing their hair. They both tightened their scarfs around their necks.

"Listen, Sirius," started Remus. He didn't know what to say next. How could he explain his fears to Sirius when he himself didn't know what they were?

Of course he wanted Sirius to confess his love to him, but not when he was stuck in someone else's body.

And what if James turns him down and Sirius wouldn't want to give Remus a second chance? Remus couldn't take that risk.

"I know what you're thinking, Prongs," Sirius' voice made Remus jump out of his thoughts, and only then did he notice he hadn't finish his sentence. "You think I'm doing it too fast, and that I should find out what Remus feels first, or if I even have a chance… But you have to realize that I did try to find out all these. You know Moony. you know he doesn't let anyone know what he really thinks, and that he doesn't show his real feelings."

Remus felt a ping of guilt in his heart. He didn't mean to be that way, but that was just the way he was.

"I thought about it for the whole past week, and I decided I want him to know," Sirius continued. "Even if he doesn't feel like me, even if he thinks it's weird and wrong and unnatural, I want him to know. Because Remus deserves to know that someone loves him. I know he will accept it, even if he would never be able to return my feelings. I know he will accept it because he's Remus, and that's what he does- he accepts people as they are, as he wants people to accept him, as he deserves people to accept him."

A small smile spread across Remus' lips. Sirius was so considerate, and always accepted him as he was, without trying to change anything. That was one of the reasons why Remus loved him so much.

After Sirius' long speech, he turned to look at Remus and waited for his response. But Remus didn't know what to say. He didn't think there was a way he could convince his friend to back off from his decision.

They sat in silence for a while. Sirius gazed at the black lake and Remus gazed at Sirius, until the last one had enough. "Want to help me?"

"How?"

"Role-playing!" announced Sirius with a grin, and Remus raised his eyebrow.

"What?"

"You know, so I can practice before I'll actually have to talk to Moony," Said Sirius, but Remus still looked confused. "You'll be Moony, and I'll be me, and I'll tell you all the things I want to say to him."

Remus stayed confused, but now he was also worried. What was he supposed to do- agree to Sirius' request? Would James agree to it? And if he would, was he supposed to act like Remus, or like James trying to act like Remus? At last, after looking at his friend's sparkling eyes, he decided it was better to just be himself. After a week of being James, it would be nice to act normal around people other than James.

"Alright."

"Great," smiled Sirius and moved to sit more comfortably, "Try to act like Moony." He said, and Remus nodded. Sirius smiled again and cleared his throat. "Moony?"

"Yes, Padfoot?"

"I have something important to tell you."

"Really? What is it? And if it has something to do with some prank you and Prongs did to Snape, I don't want to hear it.

Sirius chuckled. "No, it's not something like that."

"Oh," said Remus and grinned. He was starting to enjoy it. "Well, what is it then?"

"It's something very important," said Sirius, now sounding more serious (no pun intended). "It's something I've wanted to tell you for a really long time now, but I never found the right time or way."

Remus looked at him and felt his heart pounding. "And what is this something?"

"I think I-…" began Sirius, but cut himself off, "No, that's not right. Again." He raised his gaze and stared directly into Remus' eyes, "I love you."

"I love you too, Padfoot. You're my best friend," said Remus while blushing. Of course he knew Sirius didn't mean that kind of love, but he thought that if he would hear Sirius say that specific sentence without knowing what he meant, he would've assumed he meant friends' love only.

"No, Remus, I'm in love with you," said Sirius, this time in a clearer voice. "I've been in love with you since fourth year. I've wanted to tell you this for so long, I just didn't know how. I know it might be weird, but that's just how I feel. I didn't choose it, I tried to fight those thoughts at first, but I can't. I can't hold it inside any longer. I don't care if you don't feel same way. I just want you to know how I feel."

Remus didn't say anything and tried to stare at Sirius in shock, because he knew that's how he would have reacted to those words.

Sirius took a few deep breaths and continued with his speech, "I want to be with you, whatever way I can. You'll always be everything to me, even if I'm nothing to you. I want to be there for you when you'll need me, I want to make you happy and I want to make sure you'll never be alone. I want to see you smile, and if you'll cry, I want to wipe your tears and make sure you'll never cry again. I want to help you during the full moons, and I promise I will never let you go through them alone."

Remus stared at him, this time in real shock. He'd never heard Sirius talking so softly. His words made Remus' heart melt. He looked at his friend and smiled a shy smile, "I want all these things too."

Sirius raised his gaze and asked, "You really think that what he'll say?"

And at that exact moment, all the magic that filled the air was gone.

Remus remembered he was James now, and forced a smile. "I don't know."

"I really hope he will. You know, you're pretty good at being Moony."

"Yeah…" Remus didn't know if that was supposed to be a compliment, but smiled anyway. "Well, I have to go," he said and got up. He had to find James and warn him before Sirius would have the chance to talk to him. "Good luck with Moony," he turned around and started doing his way back to the castle.

Remus searched the castle for at least half an hour, until he finally found James talking to Lily at the door of Spells class, which was their next lesson that day. Remus had noticed the two of them became closed that week.

He approached them quietly, trying to listen to their conversation.

"-really complicated, I don't understand how you did it last week," said Lily.

"Yeah," said James, leaning on the wall in an un-Remus-ish way. "I don't know, I just did."

Remus shook his head and sighed. He hadn't just did it. He'd practiced that spell for hours before he got it right.

He stopped near them and put his hand on James' shoulder.

"Hey, Remus, Lily," he smiled at them, then turned to his friend, "We need to talk."

"Can't it wait? I'm in the middle of a conversation here," James seemed rather annoyed.

"It's urgent."

James sighed in frustration and followed Remus after they'd said goodbye to Lily. They entered an empty corridor.

"So, what is it?" asked James, leaning on the wall again.

"It's Sirius," said Remus. "He wants to confess his love to you."

"What?!" yelled James in panic. "Why?"

"He said he wants you to know. Well actually, he wants me to know…"

James waved his hands in the air, "So go and tell him not to do it!"

"I tried!" called Remus, "he won't listen to me! Prongs, please, you have to play along!"

Remus hoped his friend would agree, although he didn't think that's what would happen. And surly, the answered whom he'd expected didn't fail to come.

"Are you mad?! I can't 'play along'! I'm not really you, in case you forgot! I can't date Sirius Black!"

"I know," said Remus and buried his face in his hands, "But what if that's going to be my last chance? What if he'll give up and won't wait for me? What if you'll reject him and he won't listen to me when I'll be back in my body?"

He knew there was no chance James would ever agree to do it, even if he'll get down on his knees and begged. James loved his reputation more than anything, and going out with another guy, Sirius Black or not, would definitely ruin it. Besides, James had been in love with Lily since their first year. What reason did he have to ruin it and agree to what Remus was asking?

That's why Remus was surprised by James' next words.

"Fine, I'll do it."

Remus raised his gaze to look at James in shock. "What?"

"I'll do it," repeated James, grinning at his friend's expression.

"Really? What made you change your mind?"

"I know it's important to you," said James. "Besides, I don't mind doing it, as long as no one else will ever know about this."

Remus wanted to smash him with a hug. He's going to go out with Sirius! Well, not him, but it almost counted. "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"

James smiled and started to go back to their class, but then stopped and added, "Ah, I'm not going to let him touch me, that you'll have to do. No holding hands, no kissing, and definitely not more than that."

Remus laughed and started walking next to James back to class.