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"How did it go?" Remus lounged on his bed with his back against the headboard and his arms behind his head.
"It went well, but I think I threw him off guard," Sirius said hopping on his bed with a huge grin.
"You caught Snape off guard?" Remus asked lifting his eyebrow.
"Don't sound so surprised!"
"Well, you have to admit it is hard to believe when we are talking about Snape."
"He may know magic, but as far as I can tell he doesn't know too much about having a relationship."
The door banged opened when Sirius finished his sentence James walked with his arms above his head, yawning. "Who doesn't know much about relationships?" James asked. He flopped down on his bed not bothering take off his clothes and change in to his pajamas. Sirius laughed at the hair that stood straight up when James lifted up his head.
"Me," Remus said as Peter entered the room and immediately went to the bathroom.
"You?" James glanced at Sirius who shrugged his shoulders, but on the inside was thanking Merlin for Remus. His insides clenched for lying to James and Peter, but he didn't want to tell them now. Who knows when the right time might be, it was most certainly not now.
"Yeah, well you know how shy I can be around girls," Remus said keeping a straight face and not giving away anything which Sirius was forever thankful for, but he didn't want to have to put his friend through covering up his ass every time something like this happened. It wasn't fair to Remus.
"We were also talking about me," Sirius sat up on his bed and tucked his legs underneath him as leaned against the headboard. He didn't know how much more of this he could take and he barely even started this deception.
James pointed at him. "You? Sirius Black don't know much about relationships. One of the people in the entire school who can have anyone they want and you're telling me you're clueless."
Sirius' ears burned being under the spot light. Usually, he flourished being the center of attention, not when it was about this. Talk about uncomfortable. While he was going through turmoil on the inside, Remus was trying to keep from laughing. His eyes sparkled with laughter and his mouth was kept in a polite smile that was faltering the longer the conversation went on. Where was a pillow to chuck when you needed one? Sirius reached behind him and felt for his pillow grabbing hold of it he threw at Remus, who responded with a counter attack. Before he knew all of them were engaged in a war of pillows. Feathers surrounded them in a never ending cascade, sticking to everything. The room rang with laughter and everything from their bedclothes to the walls was covered in the plush down that once made up their pillows. Sirius didn't know when Peter had entered the skirmish, he was right there when they all landed on their bed gasping for air.
"That was one for the books," James said. He scrubbed his face trying to get all the feathers off him with very little success. "I don't think we ever managed to make the whole room covered in feathers. You can barely see the walls." He spit feathers out of his mouth as he squinted to try and get a look at the walls.
Sirius rummaged through his bed covers to try and find his wand. He grasped the smooth slender piece of wood and cleared his bed free of everything. "Thanks for helping us too," Remus grinned as he did the same to his bed.
"Hey, I'm not responsible for the mess on your side of the room," Sirius said his lips lifting in a smile.
"Well, thanks for all the consideration," James muttered as he cleaned up his own space.
"What was that all about any way?" Peter asked as he got in bed.
James looked at Sirius. "It started before you said anything about the relationship thing."
Sirius looked around the room to find all eyes on him. He closed his eyes and sighed. Might as well tell them that there's not much to tell. "Well, you see," he played with a feather that managed to escape from being cleaned up. "I have experience with doing it," They all blushed at the mention of sex; Sirius didn't even say the actual word. He wondered what would happen if he went in to detail about doing it. All of them knew his preference for guys so it wasn't a big secret, but to cross that line and tell them what actually goes on. He wanted to know the reaction, but kept the information to himself. No use in making them red as tomatos. Sirius also knew they were virgins, not getting passed kissing with girls. He may be more experienced in other areas, but relationships were still foreign territory. He might have said that Snape may not know a lot, neither did he. "But I don't know if you could say that I've actually have had a relationship."
Widened eyes from Remus, Peter, and James were all he got. James cleared his throat and was the first to respond. "But I thought you dated that one guy from Ravenclaw."
Sirius shook his head long wavy black hair moving like water with his movement. "That was just a fling, nothing serious."
"Oh, but then you've never been in a serious relationship?"
"No, but I want to be." Sirius clapped his hand over his mouth, but it was too late. How could he say that out loud? Now James and Peter would want to know who it was.
"It's not Lily is it?" James asked. His eyes boring in Sirius'. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"What do you think?" Sirius couldn't believe that James would even think that he was interested in Lily especially when James knew that Sirius was gay.
"Sorry, sorry. I know dumb question. Who is it then?" His stomach turned upside down at the question, he should have said yes about liking Lily.
"Ah, look at the time and we have a long day of studying tomorrow." Remus once again rescued Sirius. There was nothing he could think of to repay Remus.
"What are you talking about tomorrow's Saturday?" James said, staring at Remus like he had grown two heads. But it was too late Remus turned out the lights with the flick of his wand and feigned sleep, Sirius did the same.
That was way too close for Sirius' liking, but he felt better in the knowledge that he would be able to see Snape tomorrow. Oh, crap he never told Snape when to meet at the lake. He could write him another note, but should he take the risk, after everything that has gone down with in the last few minutes, now James would be hounding him to know who he wanted to date. May be James wouldn't want to know as badly as Sirius thought. That thought was squished as he heard a whisper in the dark. "Who do you like, Sirius? Maybe I can give you some tips." Sirius wanted to snort his laughter at the last comment. James was barely given the time of day by Lily. Obviously what he was doing wasn't working. He didn't answer just closed his eyes and prayed that James would let the matter drop.
Relief washed over him when he heard the rustling of covers and light snoring. James had fallen asleep giving Sirius the opportunity to think, apparently sleep had other things in mind before he knew it he fell in to a deep sleep and knew nothing until morning.
A light pecking at his nose woke Sirius with a start. For a while there he thought McGonagall was poking him in the nose with her wand demanding him to transfigure his thing in to a quill. He had refused and the incessant poking continued. He was glad to see that the poking at his nose was a school owl with a small letter attached to its foot.
"Do you have to peck my nose?" Sirius asked as he got up on his elbows and looked around the room everyone was gone probably done to breakfast. And he tended to sleep in on the weekends anyway. The owl made a soft nose confirming that he did in fact have to peck his nose.
Sirius rubbed the sleep from his eyes and reached for the letter attached to the owl's legs. He freed it from its delivery and the owl elected to fly out the open window in the room. Sunshine streamed in through the window illuminating the whole room in warm gold's and reds. Sirius marveled at the sight while he opened the letter. It was unmarked and the hand writing didn't strike a chord of familiarity with him. He checked the bottom, but found no signature.
The beautiful penmanship made him wonder who would be writing him. It was written in cursive and leaned to the side and appeared to have been written in a hurry, but that didn't stop it from looking pretty. Sirius read the letter and he dropped it on his lap when it said to meet by the lake that evening before dinner. It was from Snape! It could be no one else. Sirius clutched at the letter and read it over and over again. It was only a few lines, but it told him to meet Snape. His pulsed raced as he remembered last night. Only one thing to do then and that was to try and fill the day to make it go faster. Sirius jumped out of bed took a quick shower and put the letter in robes close to his heart as he ran down to breakfast to find he was one of the last to make it there. He smiled at the whole Great Hall, but he hoped that it caught the attention of the one it was meant for.
