A/N: Lily appearance! Gotta love that ho!
Warning: This is slash. But you already knew that, so who cares?
Disclaimer: Please don't rub it in…
Summary: An accident in Potions causes Remus to revert back to age 6! Now let's see what our heroes are to do!
Remember:
"Blah"- talking
Blah- thoughts
Blah- talking in animal form/emphasis on words.
Blah- Eh, self explanatory
Chapter Three
Previous
"I'm sticky…" Remus didn't like being sticky. Sirius gave a small half laugh.
"Alright then. We'll take you to our dorm and give you a bath." Remus nodded. He went to get up but the potion held fast. Remus whined pathetically. Sirius thought it was cute. He shook the thought away though. With out really realizing he bent down and picked up Remus. The robe was the main thing covered in that goop, so he shed it off and handed it to James.
Then he put Remus on his shoulders. Remus squeaked, but otherwise didn't complain. James looked on a little worried. "Are you sure it's wise to carry him like that?" he asked. Sirius nodded. "Yeah, everyone's at dinner, so if we take him now no one will see." James shrugged, but nevertheless agreed.
So off they trekked to the Gryffindor dormitory…
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James, in a likely spectrum of things, did not particularly enjoy carrying dirty laundry. But it was six year old Remus's laundry, so he would have to suck it up and carry it back to the dorm. In case anyone forgot, Remus got a huge vat of potion dunked on him. Therefore… he kind of lost ten years of age.
Needless to say, it caused a mess of problems. Such as Peter's disability to talk, sequin wearing teachers going about blaming students, but most importantly, Sirius Black's odd behavior. Normally, Sirius is running about and being a terror on anyone even a year younger than him.
James, apart from Remus, was technically the "nice" one when it came to younger years. Actually, he was just plain old "nice" compared to Sirius. And this is the guy who hangs students upside down and shows off the ugly gray underwear! Although… James noted that this is a younger Remus. As far as James was concerned, Sirius was always different around Remus. Much more than around him.
It never bugged him. Moony is just that type of guy. You get comfortable around him. He is always listening and being kind. That was way more than any of the Marauders ever did or might even do. James was watching Remus at the moment, noticing the subtle difference in Sirius's mood. He was calm. But it was the calm before the storm. Like most of the time.
If Remus was ever in trouble, Padfoot knew and never failed to do something to make the other smile. Or possibly beat the living crap out of anyone who made Remus sad. It was pretty adorable when thought about. James was no moron; he knew for a fact that even though the feelings were always there, Sirius was just now catching on. This wasn't a good thing in their current predicament.
James sighed for the millionth time on their mission to get Remus into the dormitories. Sirius twitched for a second. "Could you stop Jamsie? No one is going to get caught." James sighed again. Oblivious fool… "Yeah I know." He said wistfully. Sirius rolled his eyes while Remus dug his little hands into Sirius soft, soft hair.
"Ya know… He's a quiet one." James suddenly said hoping to spark conversation. Sirius blinked and titled his head to examine Remus. Remus leaned back a bit and looked back at Sirius. "Tired?" Sirius asked. Remus shook his head no and nearly lost balance, but quickly caught it by hugging the elder boy's head. Sirius shrugged and looked at James. "Looks like he's just as quiet as always."
James would have responded but they rounded the corner and came face to portrait of the Fat Lady. Sirius opened his mouth to say the pass word but the painting swung open in a flurry. Acting in a second, Sirius jumped back. James, who was otherwise looking down the hall incase someone was watching, didn't notice that a feisty redhead plowed into him.
They knocked into each other and fell down. The girl ended up straddling James to the floor. Sirius stared wide eyes and reached up to hide Remus's eyes. James looked as equally shocked. And Lily? Well, her face blended in nicely with her hair. She jumped up in an instant, leaving a dazed and goofy Potter on the floor. "PREVERT!"
She ran down the hall and turned to corner they just emerged from and went to the dining hall. James sat up carefully, and seemingly happy beyond belief. Remus wiggled to get away from Sirius's hand. "Wow, what luck for you Potter, next time keep it in the bedroom and away from the chil'ens poor innocent eyes."
James had the decency to blush after Sirius scolding tone. The boy sighed and stepped into the now wide open door way to the Gryffindor student residence. The entered the common room. Luck is a lady because no one was in the room. Although there were squeals coming from the girls side. The two boys quickly hurried off and into the boy's dorm.
Sirius took down Remus from his head and walked straight past the beds and into the bathrooms. "James!" he called, "Pick out some small clothes so Remus can wear some thing tonight!" He heard a muffled, "Alright!" from the other room.
Sirius plopped Remus down on a toilet. He walked over to the bath and turned a faucet. Checking the water a few times to make sure it was the right temperature. Humming as he made sure it was nice and warm. Then the teen plugged up the bottom and squirted in some bubble bath. He filled the tub about half way. Sirius shrugged off some heavier clothes and rolled up his sleeves.
That's when he turned back to Remus, who was having difficulty just with the buttons on his shirt. Sirius chuckled; even the bigger version of Remus got frustrated in the morning buttoning their damn uniform shirt. "Here, let me get that for you." Remus shook his head at first, protesting he could do it himself.
In the end, he gave up to Sirius's demands. Sirius quietly helped him out of the shirt and his boxers. He vaguely wondered if Remus would let him do this once he was restored to his full age. Sirius blinked. WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THOUGHT? Sirius almost scared himself.
He coughed once and managed to keep his thoughts clean enough to lower Remus into the bathtub. His pale face did have a nice rose complexion. James popped his head in He walked in wearing his pajamas and handed Sirius a pair of shrunken boxer shorts and a t-shirt that was too small for Remus at sixteen, so it would fight nicely for child size Remus.
Remus splashed idly, making Sirius smile a time or two as he helped scrub the mucky gray stuff off his tiny friend. "It's lucky that Lily missed Remus." James said as he passed Sirius a wash cloth. Sirius nodded. "We have you to thank for that Prongs, being clever as to have a nice decent girl display such affections for you in the light of day with no outwardly consequences." James sighed again.
"Okay! I got it Sirius! I'm sorry! Next time I will stop Lily from harassing me in front of our youthful friend." James sounded a little exhausted, but there was a hint of amusement in his voice. Sirius gave him a stern look. "See that you do." With that he rinsed Remus down and drained the dirty water.
Remus was lifted out of the tub and dried by towel. It sort of tickled him. Little Remus giggled a few times. Sirius didn't know why, but he memorized every part that was ticklish on him. James handed him the clothes he picked out for Remus. He tugged the shirt on for the boy. Then Remus stepped into the shorts. Remus turned around in circles examining himself.
"Feel better now kiddo?" James asked, trying to sound as friendly as Sirius did. Remus blinked. Guess it didn't work… James thought nervously. Sirius shook his head and picked Remus back up. The child clung to Sirius in a life or death grip. He yawned, stretching his mouth in a small 'o'. Sirius let out a small laugh. "Tired now?" he tried. Remus nodded.
"They went back into the rooms and Sirius sat Remus down on his bed. Then Sirius grabbed his night clothes. He threw the rest of his clothes some where. James sat down on his bed across the room and watched quietly. "Mind sleeping with me?" Sirius asked. Remus shook his head no again.
Then he crawled to the head of the bed and climbed under the covers. Sirius walked over and shut off their lights. James sighed and knew that was his cue to head to bed too. Sirius padded over and got under his blankets next to Remus. "'Night Pads!" James called out like he normally did. "G'night Prongs!" was his answer.
Sirius then quietly ruffled Remus's hair. "Sleep tight Moony" he whispered. He kissed the top of the boy's head. He didn't know what possessed him to. Maybe it was Remus's age? Sirius decided not to dwell on it as Remus snuggled into the warmth Sirius made him. After all, tomorrow was going to be a weird day…
TBC
A/N: Cute, huh? It's funny because I can see Sirius doing all this, don't you? Luvs to Reviewers, young, old, tall, small, and fluffy!