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It had been a few weeks and James still wasn't talking to Sirius. Not that Sirius made much of an effort to talk to him either. In fact James was acting differently than Sirius thought he would. Instead of erratic behavior, like poking fun at Severus more or Merlin forbid launching a cruel prank on him, he left him alone. The whole idea didn't sit well with him. The behavior James was exhibiting was more alarming than him yelling.

The rift between them was also straining on his friendships with Peter and Remus. Peter would talk to him once in a while, but didn't want to upset James and Remus did what he wanted, he spent time with both of them.

Sirius finally moved back to his room. After a week on the couch Remus had finally convinced him he should go back to their room. Sirius was happy to be back in a real bed, it didn't help anything. He might as well not have been in the room for all the attention James paid him.

Severus was delighted with the result of everything. To say Severus was delighted was saying something. He took great pleasure in the fact that James stopped talking to Sirius. Unfortunately it caused great pain to Sirius. He was glad to have his relationship with Severus out in the open. He wasn't able to enjoy it because his friend wouldn't give him the time of the day.

Severus sat close to Sirius as they watched the sun sink in the sky, the lake swallowed the last rays of light, the moon rose slowly basking them in her own rays of light.

"You should be happy." Severus leaned closer to Sirius attempting to kiss his neck, Sirius pulled away.

"Not today." Sirius scooted away. He didn't want to hurt Severus but his heart was torn in two. And he didn't know how to mend it.

Severus, who had been opening a lot more to Sirius, instantly closed himself off. "Fine, when you want to be with me, I may not be here."

Severus stood and walked briskly away to the back to the castle.

"Severus," Sirius called after him, he received no response.

Great, now he messed things up with Severus. He was shit out of luck.

Sirius hauled his lead heavy body up from the grown with the help of the tree he had been leaning against. The rough bark underneath his finger tips helped bring him back to the reality of the world before him. Sirius looked up at the moon and sighed. It was time to go to dinner.

He walked slowly to the castle letting the moon light his way. He entered through the doors to have his vision invaded by pretty red hair. Sirius took a step back to inspect the red head blocking his path. She smiled at him then started walking ahead. Sirius stared curiously after her.

Lily peeked over her shoulder to find she wasn't being followed. "Well, aren't you coming?"

Sirius cocked his head to the left. "Huh?"

"You need to eat something. Severus will be worried if you don't."

Sirius wrinkled his nose in disbelief. "I don't know about that."

"He may not show it, but he is very concerned about you."

"Now come on," Lily said walking back to Sirius and grabbing a hold of his hand. She dragged him to The Great Hall forcing him in a seat next to her. Two sets of eyes were on them the whole time. James glared at Sirius for the first time in weeks. Whether it was for being with Lily or Lily being with him he didn't know. At least it was some kind of reaction. It was better than being ignored.

Sirius and Lily were also spotted by another set of eyes a few tables away. Severus' eyes locked on Lily's hand connected to Sirius'. He followed their every move; he looked away with a sharp turn of his head when Sirius tried to make eye contact. He was still mad.

"Don't worry about Severus he's just a little sore about you not letting him kiss you."

Sirius' cheeks heated under Lily's statement. "He told you about that?"

"Yes, oh I'm sorry. But now that you're here you better eat." Lily pushed a plate of food in front of Sirius. He was reminded of a mother hen looking after her young.

Sirius took hold of his fork without a word of protest. His stomach had growled at him all afternoon, he didn't have much of an appetite lately. The smell of the food in front of him was too much to resist. He gave in and ate to his hearts content.

As he ate small bites of his food he could hear the chatter of three familiar voices a few seats down from him. He looked up to see James laughing; it didn't reach his eyes though. The light James always had in his eyes was dim almost non-existent.

Sirius wanted his best friend back, but that meant no Severus and if he wanted Severus in his life then that meant no James. The equation always had someone cut out of his life, unless Sirius took himself out of both lives. It would never work. If he were to take himself out of one of their lives then he would be miserable. Is there no way everyone can be happy?

"You don't notice, but Severus and James have you in common," Lily said breaking the silence that fell on them.

"How is that suppose to work to my advantage though?" Sirius asked letting go of his fork.

"I don't know. You have to make it work somehow."

"It makes my head hurt when ever I think about it." Sirius started spilling his guts. It was a flood that couldn't be avoided once it started. He kept everything bottled up for the past few weeks. Remus didn't deserve to have to listen to him talk about his problems, although he was profoundly worried about Sirius. "I love being with Severus, but now that James won't talk to me it hurts to have my entire being torn it two. There has to be a way to have them both in my life." Sirius ran a frustrated hand through his hair. He rested his head on his hand.

"Don't worry. We'll think of something. For now just let them both cool their heads."

Sirius raised an eyebrow at Lily. "We?"

"Yes, we. Now finish up and we'll go to the common room. I think there is a certain Remus Lupin that wants to talk to his friend."

"Whatever you say Ms. Evans," Sirius said, the corners of his mouth lifting in to a small smile. He mock saluted her and they made their way to the common room with two sets of eyes following their every move until they were out of sight.