Hello! I was feeling a little discouraged by the few reviews but, oh well, that's life for you! So I just decided to upload another chapter, 'coz I'm just too happy with this story. Again, thanks to rinny08 for putting up with me and being the best beta anyone could ask for. Oh! And thanks to everyone who reviewed and added this story to their favorite or story alert lists.

Chapter Two

James had stopped paying attention by the time Lily came into the common room and only switched back when Sirius clicked his fingers right in front of his (now annoyed) face.

"Hello?" Sirius asked mockingly, "Are you listening to me, or what?"

James snorted. Sirius'd been going at it over and over, telling him the same story for over three days: Snape and something about brewing Wolfsbane for Remus.

The first time was right during breakfast a few days ago.

Peter was reaching for the last piece of lemon pie when Sirius punched the table completely out of the blue and the pie ended up in James' face.

"What's the matter with you?" James asked feeling kind of sorry for himself and at the same time cursing gravity, Murphy's law and whatnot.

"Nothing," Sirius halfheartedly apologized, but right after that he hit the table yet again. This time he knocked over a jar and all its contents splashed on newly arrived Lupin, staining his robes.

Sirius muffled a scream: Was Remus really forgiving him after all?

To his silent question, Remus only shook his head and sat next to Peter. (After having taken care of the robe that is)

"Well, that's quite alright you two!" James whined, still pissed because of the pie incident.

"Why did you go to Dumbledore's office?" Peter broke in, hastily changing subject.

Remus offered the three of them a lopsided grin, "I can stay at Hogwarts, but they'll have to brew Wolfsbane so that it is possible…"

James frowned.

After all it was a very hard thing to do! It was possible that not even Slughorn could brew it properly!

"But who could possibly brew it?" Peter asked in a sigh and before James could scowl him for it, a most curious event happened.

"Severus Snape!" Remus and Sirius answered at the same time, and then eyed each other with wide eyes.

At that precise moment Severus Snape himself coughed from his table, not knowing he was the subject of debate.

Since then the Marauders have spoken of nothing else.

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Defense Against the Dark Arts was Severus' favorite subject of all. Everybody knew that. You'd just have to watch how his eyes twinkled every time someone talked about curses and counter-curses.

What the world was yet to know was that Severus had come up with some spells of his own.

After Sirius (that Black!) had discovered how to use his spell "levicorpus" and used it to, well, leave him in ridicule, Severus came up with a nearly lethal curse.

Sectumsempra.

He'd never ever cast it against anyone. Actually no one, not even Black, deserved it.

No, it wasn't that what worried him. For some time now, Black had been acting really strange.

"Everybody pair up for team work!" McGonagall growled, rubbing her temples. Since there wasn't a proper teacher to cover D.A.D.A she had to teach both Transformations and D.A.D.A. Needless to say, she was a nervous wreck.

Severus scanned the room. Avery and Rosier had already teamed up and were focused on trying to cast non-verbal spells against each other. A little farther to the left stood Lily Evans, hanging with a Gryffindor ginger.

"Hey," he heard someone behind him say. Let it not be Black, he thought, let it not be Black. Then he turned around and of course it was Sirius bloody Black, in the flesh.

"What do you want?" he protested, crossing his arms against his chest. Black twisted his grin and pointed at Lupin, who was trying to help Pettigrew still with zero results.

Severus furrowed his brows. Well, wasn't that a strange combination! It wouldn't have surprised him to see Black and Lupin working together, though.

"James is over there, look, he's trying to make Lily notice him," Sirius mumbled while shaking his head. Severus wanted to laugh (he didn't, of course)

James was left with no choice but to pair up with Longbottom and they weren't doing very well.

"Ouch!" James squeaked when almost hit by a stunning spell. Longbottom just looked at his wand as if it had done it all by itself.

"I said no talking Longbottom!" McGonagall shouted.

"It's still quite suspicious. I mean, a mighty Black, pairing up with a commoner like me? To what do I owe the honor?" Severus hissed, aiming at Black with his wand.

"First, put down that thing, yeah? It's making me nervous!" Sirius retorted, finally losing his cool.

"No, if you wanna talk, then talk," Severus ranted, not lowering his wand. Sirius didn't stay beside and took his wand out of his pocket right away.

"You're unbelievable!"

Sirius was hit by a spell and his whole body hit the wall opposite to where he was standing before. Severus seemed to be really good at casting non-verbal spells.

McGonagall ran to where Sirius was and helped him to get up. Well, that was just what she needed! She glared daggers at both of the boys and then returned to her seat in front of the class.

"What was that? Were you trying to kill me?" Sirius nearly shouted while proceeding to rub his shoulders one at a time. Severus shot him a quizzical smile.

"I call it practicing. That's what it was," he claimed at the same time he aimed his wand at Sirius again. Only that this time things didn't turn out as he thought and Sirius snatched his wand before he could do anything.

"Give it back!" he demanded, looking at McGonagall out of the corner of his eye, just in case. Sirius hid the stolen wand in his robe and shook his head.

"No, and just let me finish, will you?" Sirius said, pushing his hair out of eyes. Severus watched him as he ran his fingers through his black hair and felt envious.

"Spit it out!"

"Let me help you brew the potion for Lupin," asked Sirius, staring at him. Severus turned into cold stone.

"Why?" he asked as calmly as he could. Sirius started playing with his hair yet again and when he stopped, he clicked his tongue.

"Remus wants me to thank you in his behalf, so I figured…" Sirius trailed off.

"You mush-for-brains, don't I feel sorry for you?" said Snape, somehow getting his wand back. He immediately left it in his pocket and turned towards the exit.

"Snape! Come back right now!" McGonagall screamed running in the same direction, but when she took a look outside she couldn't find Severus anywhere. So, frowning, she returned to the classroom.

Remus turned his head, trying to find Sirius, but he too was gone.

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Sirius left the classroom. After McGonagall stopped searching for Severus in the hallway, Sirius took out his wand and went near the staircase.

"Get up," he asked, spotting Severus against the wall. He thought it was a little strange McGonagall hadn't seen him, but he figured the odds were Severus wouldn't have minded about it one bit.

Severus sat up as with as much dignity as he could gather.

"What's your problem?" Sirius murmured, pointing at him with his wand. Severus slowly got away from the wall.

"You wanted to make up with Lupin! I should have known, after all, you're never that nice with anyone you like, why would you be nice to me?" Severus snapped. "Why would you be nice to me? Snivellus! The greasy Snivellus!" he shouted like a mad man.

Oh, but Sirius have had enough of it already. He pushed Severus against the wall.

"What did you want, huh? A kiss? A bloody kiss?" Sirius asked, shaking Snape by the shoulders, "well, there!"

He kissed him, and that was that.

Sirius couldn't find a reason as to why he'd done it, but it didn't stop him. Maybe it was one of those things you just do.

It was a kiss full of rage and strange raw feelings.

But it was a kiss, nonetheless.

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There's nothing in this world so sweet as love. And next to love the sweetest thing is hate. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)