The first thing I did when I got home from my holiday was update this ;DD
I've been excited to update it since I like writing it so much, so I hope you like this chapter:
It was a great surprise to everyone the next morning when they arrived down at breakfast to get an eyeful of Peter Pettigrew and Mary McDonald all over each other, snogging each other passionately. There were numerous mutterings of "what's a pretty girl like her doing with a slob like him?" and honestly, Peter's friends secretly wondered that themselves though they'd never admit it to Peter, who flushed scarlet at the sight of them approaching the table.
"Got ourselves a girlfriend eh?" Sirius asked, nudging a very embarrassed Peter. Mary let go of Peter's hand and stood up swiftly, picking up George.
"I'll just be going then Peter. Goodbye," she said quickly, rushing off towards the door of the Great Hall. Peter seemed to be in some form of shock, mouth wide open and eyes fixed upon the spot where Mary had just been sitting.
"Shut your mouth mate," James urged, stuffing a croissant in Peters mouth, making him break out of his stance.
"Just go after her if you want. We're not laughing at all," Sirius said. "At least not to your face," he muttered quietly to Remus and James, who struggled to keep straight faces. Peter nodded and wordlessly walked to the door in a zombie-like manner, leaving the other three sitting there desperately wanting to laugh. As soon as Peter's back disappeared through the door, they all broke into a roar of laughter.
"Where's your girl then, Sirius?" asked Remus after they'd recovered from their laughing fit. He picked up the baby's bottle from the table, which James had just heated up, and started feeding Harry. Sirius looked around, biting his lip.
"Hmm, she has Neville," Sirius stated. "Oh damn, which girl was it again?"
"You're hopeless," Remus said, shaking his head.
"Why's he hopeless now?" asked Frank, who had just appeared by their table and sat down.
"He has lent your child to a girl and forgotten which girl it was," James said, receiving a scowl from Sirius. Frank gasped.
"You idiot!" he shouted, throwing his fork at Sirius and only missing his face by half an inch. Sirius's eyes widened.
"Domestic violence," he said, in a tone of disappointment. "You should be ashamed of yourself."
"You should be ashamed of yourself for losing our baby!" answered Frank, folding his arms. "And we're not married."
"...Yet..." muttered James, glancing sideways at Remus and grinning. Apparently the two were too busy squabbling to have heard James. Remus and James silently stood up and left Sirius and Frank to argue. As they left the Great Hall, James cornered Remus.
"What?" Remus hissed, cradling Harry into his chest. "You'll wake Harry!"
"I want to know what happened," James demanded in a loud whisper. Remus's eyebrows creased in confusion and he wore a blank expression.
"What do you mean? When?"
"Last night. In the dorm. Between us," James whispered, turning pink at the memory. Soon enough Remus's face changed colour to match James's.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Remus lied, looking anywhere but at James, who sighed.
"You know," he urged quietly. "Holding hands..."
Remus continued to wear his blank expression. James rolled his eyes.
"You have beautiful eyes," James quoted. Remus sighed.
"What about it?" Remus asked.
"Well I want to know why that happened between us. Don't tell me you haven't wondered because I know I have, and well... How could you not wonder. I mean, things like that don't happen every day between two best friends... especially not two male best friends."
"Well, erm... how do you expect me to know why it happened?" Remus asked awkwardly.
"I don't know Remus," James said. "I just want an explanation. I mean, the way you were tracing circles on my skin... Merlin! That did things to me that not even Lily can achieve! It felt so amazing."
"Umm... I'm not sure if I should be pleased or afraid," Remus admitted. He was now a deep shade of red; only blushing a little more than James was.
"Well I liked it," James said quietly. "Nobody has ever made me feel that way. You're a great.. er, skin tracer."
"Thanks," laughed Remus nervously. "You're a great complimenter."
James grinned, and pulled Remus into a hug. He could smell Remus; his hair, his clothes, his skin. It was gorgeous, and he didn't want to pull out. He'd be happy to just stay there forever, holding on to his friend... his new-found crush. Eventually, they had to break apart as Harry began crying. James looked into Remus's blushing face and smiled.
"I th-think we woke him up," said Remus.
"Shall we take him upstairs?"
"Upstairs?" asked Remus, as if it was the most unlikely of places. James laughed.
"Yes, upstairs..."
"Oh right. Yeah, let's take him upstairs."
They carried the crying baby upstairs to their dorm in silence, both of them lost for words. Neither were very sure of what was going on between them; they'd both only had feelings for girls, and only ever seen each other as good friends. When Harry finally fell asleep, Remus put him down on James's bed as it was more comfortable than his arms. He turned to face James, who had obviously been looking at him, as when Remus looked, James quickly started staring at the ceiling as if he'd been staring there all along.
"Soo," Remus started, hoping that James would have something to say. James stopped looking at the ceiling and looked back at Remus. His heart skipped a beat as his eyes rested on Remus's.
"I really do like your eyes you know," he said stupidly, blushing.
"Thanks," mumbled Remus. "I like yours too."
James beamed. "Remus," he said nervously.
"Yeah?"
"I th-think maybe.. umm.."
"What is it?" asked Remus tentatively. James took a deep breath.
"IthinkIlikeyou," he said as quickly as possible, making his words slur together.
"Huh?" asked Remus. "A bit slower please," he laughed. James gulped. Now was the moment. He closed his eyes.
"I think I like you," James said. He was surprised at how clear his voice had been.
"In what way exactly?" asked Remus.
"I want to k-kiss you," James answered, keeping his voice slow. "I like you in the way you like a girlfriend or boyfriend."
"Wow," Remus commented. He couldn't think of what else to say.
"Wow?" James asked incredulously.
"I d-don't know what to say," Remus said. "You want to kiss me?"
"Yeah," James said, looking down at his feet.
"I've kind of been feeling that way too recently," admitted Remus quietly. James's face lightened up immediately.
"You have?"
"Yeah," Remus said, laughing. "James?"
"What?"
"What's happening to us?"
"I think Moony, that we are turning gay," James said, grinning.
"You think?" Remus asked sarcastically. "Bu-"
Before Remus could finish his sentence, James's lips met his in a soft, tender kiss. It wasn't lusty or passionate. It wasn't even a snog. It was just a wonderful kiss on the lips. Remus could feel the electric tingle that started when he felt James's lips pressed against his. He felt somewhat connected to James after the magical tingle. As they broke apart they both smiled at each other, Remus blushing.
"That was-"
"-The most amazing thing ever," finished James. Remus nodded in agreement.
"I loved it," said Remus, grinning.
"Me too," said James. "Hey Remus?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to be my boyfriend?"
"Are you serious?" Remus asked excitedly, but before James could answer, the door burst open.
"No! That would be me!" said Sirius, grinning from ear to ear. "I'm Sirius. You get it? Serious, Sirius?"
"Yeah, that joke got old a long time ago," James said pretending to yawn. He looked at Remus who nodded in answer to his question. He couldn't help smiling at the fact that this wonderful boy who he'd just kissed was now officially his boyfriend – yeah, it felt strange saying he had a boyfriend but it also felt amazing to know that he was lucky enough to be with Remus.
"You guys?" Sirius said slowly.
"What?" asked James, annoyed.
"I..uhh.. got my baby back," Sirius said.
"That's great," Remus said.
"Where is he?" asked James.
"Well... you see... I found my girlfriend... apparently she is Samantha something-or-other. She had my baby and I was like 'give him back to me' and Sam was like 'no' and I was like 'he's my baby!' and she was like 'no, not after you dumped him on me' and I was like 'you are dumped' and she was like 'how could you?' and I was like 'I just did!' and she threw the baby at me. But erm, since it had been around her for a while, it's features had changed a bit and I shouted at her."
"What did you say?"
"I was like 'this is your ugly baby!' because I actually didn't recognise that it was my baby, and I did the worst thing possible," Sirius said, putting his head in his hands.
"What did you do?" asked Remus, trying to keep his face serious.
"Since I thought it was her baby, I decided to throw him at the wall. Well, I accidentally threw him in the wrong direction and he fell down six floors and landed outside the Great Hall."
"Oh Merlin," said James.
"Is he all right?" asked Remus.
"No," said Sirius sadly. "His head fell off."
James and Remus couldn't help but laugh at the seriousness in Sirius's voice. What a boy...
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