Chapter Title: Is that man crazy?
Author Name: fuzzyalligator
Chapter Rating:
Word Count: 2,139
Warnings: Nada!
Disclaimer: Not mine, unfortunately. They be J.K.'s -sigh-

A/N: Apparently I lied. I'm so so SO sorry! I've been really busy lately. I've had tests to study for, and my sister needed me. You don't know how bad I feel! I was going to post his last week, but I just got so busy.

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Sirius stood there for a while just waiting for the door to open. When he realized he heard no noise from the apartment, he started to get worried. Ignoring any rational thought, he quickly unlocked the door and rushed inside. The front rooms looked undisturbed, almost like no one had been there. He headed in the direction he thought was Remus' room. He heard a loud bang and shoved a door open.

"Sorry!" he said as he quickly covered his eyes. He had burst in on Remus with nothing more than a towel around his waist.

He heard Remus chuckle, "It's okay. It's safe now." Sirius turned around and blushed when he saw the man's chest was still bare. "Now, is there a reason why you burst into my room unannounced?"

Sirius averted his eyes, "I knocked on the door and you didn't answer. I wanted to make sure you were okay."

"Oh," Remus said with an amused tone to his voice. Sirius looked back up and saw that the doctor had finally put on a shirt. He had chosen to wear a deep red top over a pair of black trousers that showed off his butt nicely. Not that Sirius was looking…

"So," Sirius said cheerfully, trying to forget that thought, "What are we doing today?"

Remus turned toward him, "We?"

Sirius smirked, "I spent the entire day with you yesterday. Do you really think I have anything to better to do today?"

Remus rolled his eyes and passed the angel to the living room. "You really can't think of anything to pass the time till I die?"

Sirius followed Remus out of the living room and into the kitchen. The doctor made his way to the refrigerator and pulled the door open. "How can you be so calm about dying?" Sirius asked him. "Normally, people are freaking out or are really worried."

Remus looked at him over his shoulder with an arched eyebrow, "And how would you know that, Mr. Angel? I thought I was the first person to ever see you." He turned back to the food in front of him.

Sirius glared at him, this man was making him irritated. Actually, this man was making him feel a plethora of new feelings, feelings he didn't know angels could have. Sirius decided to ask someone about it the next time he was in heaven.

"I've seen people act that way before," explained Sirius. "Angels spend a lot of time in hospitals. Most of the people who know they're going to die usually go through stages."

"DABDA," Remus said off-handedly.

"Huh?"

Remus grabbed some bagels, cream cheese and a knife from the drawer in front of him. He started cut the bagel as he looked to Sirius, "DABDA. The stages of dying or depression. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. We see it a lot with patients and family member of the dying." He pulled a toaster out from somewhere but kept talking, "We try to help them the best we can."

"How did we get on this gloomy subject?" Sirius asked after a brief pause.

Remus shrugged, "Anyways, I don't have much planned for today. It was supposed to be my day off but now I think I need to do some things." He placed the bagel halves into the slots and pushed down the lever. "I should update my will, make sure all of my things can be taken care of, make sure the hospital is aware-"

"You're going to tell the hospital that you're going to die?" Sirius asked with a mocking tone. What was this man doing to Sirius? He had never mocked anyone before!

Remus thought, "You have a point. That would seem suspicious…At least I can update my will and make sure Teddy gets everything he deserves."

"Wouldn't that seem suspicious too?"

The doctor shook his head, "I face a lot of death in my line of work, in case you failed to notice yesterday." Sirius sent another glare his way. "I've seen what happens when things are left unclear. I typically change my will every few months, weeks even." The bagel popped up, Remus took it out and spread the cream cheese on it. Once that was done, he took one half and held it up to Sirius, "Would you like some?"

Sirius shook his head; he was still full from the soup, "I'm fine."

Remus took a bit. "Do angels eat?" he asked around a mouth full of bagel.

The angel sat on a stool, "Yeah. But we get much better helpings than that." He point to the bitten bagel. "Like, for instance, I asked for a cup of soup today. I ended up getting this huge bowl with two large pieces of bread. I had to share with one on my friends." Sirius smiled as he told the brief story. Talking about James usually brought a smile to his face; his best friend could always to do that.

"What's heaven like?" Remus asked before taking another bite.

Sirius smiled at the question. 'Where to start?' He told Remus about everything. He spent a great deal of time on the houses, even though he wasn't fond of them. He was sure Remus would like to have a picture of something nice in his head. "And people get these holes in their gardens. You can see anything you want. A football game, a play, anything. Even family."

Remus smiled at the thought, Sirius knew that would be the best part for him. "What do you look at?" asked the doctor.

Sirius looked away, "Nothing."

"You use the hole to look at nothing?" Remus asked in a joking tone.

Sirius looked at him, "I don't spend much time at my house."

"Why?"

Sirius shrugged, "I've got better things to do."

"Like follow around people that are going to die?" Remus said with a smirk as he started to put everything away.

The angel was about to protest when he realized he had a point. "Plus, there's nothing for me here. My family's dead."

"I'm sorry…"

"It's not your fault, you didn't kill them." He thought he saw Remus smile. "And they died years ago."

"Did you watch them when they were alive?"

Sirius shook his head, "We…didn't get along when I was alive."

"Oh," Remus said simply. They sat in silence for a few minutes. Remus stood up abruptly, "Let's go." He walked over to the door where his shoes were.

"Where're we going?" Sirius asked as he chased after him.

"You know," Remus said as he started to put a shoe on, "If you were an animal, you'd most likely be a dog right now. I can almost see your tail wagging."

Sirius shook his butt humorously, "Can we go for a walk? Huh? Can we?"

His impression of an anxious puppy made Remus laugh that gorgeous laugh. "Stop that, you look ridiculous."

Sirius stopped what he was doing with a laugh.

When Remus had both shoes on, they headed out the door. "You never answered my question, Remus," Sirius said as they walked outside. "Where are we going?"

"I suppose I can't persuade you to leave me alone, can I?"

Sirius shook his head, "Nope."

He heard Remus sigh, "I told you earlier. I'm going to go update my will."

"You can't do anything fun today?" Sirius inquired. He wasn't whining, Sirius Black did not whine.

"Are you trying to tell me something?" Remus answered with his own question. "Are you saying that I don't have that much time to live and I need to spend it doing exciting things I'll never get the chance to do again?"

"How do you do that?" Sirius shot back.

"How do I do what?"

Sirius stopped walking, "Figure things out with only a sentence or two? I mean, I don't think I gave anything away with my suggestion."

Remus looked back at him, "I guess I have this…thing…where I can delve further into what people are telling me." He turned around and kept walking.

Sirius rolled his eyes and ran to catch up.

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"You might want to use your phone if you're going to talk to me," Sirius told Remus once more people were around.

"And why is that?" Remus asked. A woman gave him a funny look before grabbing her child's hand and moving away from them. He sighed as he pulled out his phone. He opened it up and held it against his ear. "Show off…"

Sirius chuckled, "Well, I figured you wouldn't want people thinking you were insane."

"Thanks," Remus said into his phone.

Most of the way there, they hadn't seen anyone. It was still early for a Sunday and Remus lived in a secluded area. But once more people started to show up, Sirius had decided to become quiet. He was sure that Remus would have forgotten that he was the only one who could see him.

"Don't mention it," the angel said with a smile. 'This is kinda nice,' he thought to himself. Normally, Sirius didn't get a chance to talk to people and just wander around like this. It was like a vacation. A vacation that was going to end with another dead body.

The loud locomotive rolled into the station and Remus closed the phone before he got on. Sirius stayed outside the train until he saw Remus taking a seat. He quickly popped into the little compartment and took a seat across from the man.

"Why'd you do that?"

Sirius, "Do what? Wait till you found a seat or tell you to take out your phone?"

"Both," he said after some thinking.

"Well, like I said. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't people to think you were crazy. Especially since you work in such a tiny town. I'm sure most of the people around here know who you are."

Sirius had found out that the hospital was located near a group of small towns. Most likely to cater to everyone who wouldn't be able to get to a larger hospital.

"And the waiting thing. Even thought I keep telling you that only you can see me, it's like you don't want to believe it. So, I wanted to prove it to you, yet again. And I poofed in here."

"Poofed?"

"Yes, poofed."

Remus laughed, "I didn't see you poof."

Sirius stared at him, "What are you talking about? I was out there and now I'm in here! I poofed!"

"I think poofing consists of some smoke or magic," Remus explained, trying to hold in his laughter upon seeing Sirius' face. "I say you…transported in here."

"Like an alien?"

Remus finally let out his laugh, "And how do you know about aliens?"

Sirius rolled his eyes, "I'll have you know, aliens are very popular with little kids. I know this one little girl who's fascinated with them. What?"

Remus' happy face had turned into a saddened one, "So, you take little kids up to heaven?"

Sirius nodded, "Those are the worst. I try to not get them, but…things happen. James had to bring a little boy to heaven yesterday. Fred's a cutie and he's very smart for his age. He knew I was an angel when we talked yesterday."

"Fred?" Remus asked looking Sirius in the eye, "Red-headed Fred? You talked to him?"

Sirius nodded, "We actually shared a meal after I left you last night." He saw a look of recognition in those golden eyes, "Did you know him?"

Remus shook his head, "I'd heard about him from a few of my colleagues. I heard he was sweet when he was alone but a terror when his twin was with him."

"Twin?"

Remus smiled sadly, "Yeah. Fred and George. Not to mention their other brothers and little sister."

Sirius stretched out to touch Remus' leg to comfort him. 'He must go through all this stuff all the time.' Remus looked at him and the smile didn't look that sad anymore. Sirius was about to say something when there was a knock on the door.

It opened up revealing a man with long pale blonde hair. "May I join you?" he asked in a sneer.

Remus let out a quiet growl, "Be my guest, Lucius."

Sirius jumped up when the blonde man almost sat on top of him. "And how are you this lovely day?"

"I've been better," Remus said in an even tone. "Is there a reason why you decided to grace us with your presence?"

Lucius smirked, "What? I can't say hi to one of my old school mates?"

"No," Remus said in the same mono-tone as before. "But you and I both know why you're here. You'd like to discuss the little problem."

Before Lucius could respond, a shout was heard from outside the little room. "Is there a doctor here?"

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A/N2: You all have permission to shoot me. -ties blindfold over eyes- What? Nothing? Phew…