The moonlight shone magnificently through the Gryffindor boy's dormitory casting a glow on the nearby beds. Remus shuddered as he thought of the hell he would surely have to endure in a matter of days. He whimpered quietly to himself and tried to shake the images off. He turned when he heard the rustling of fabric as the end of his bed sunk a little under the weight of another warm body. Remus wearily looked up to see Sirius place his wand back into the waist band of his pyjama pants, after muttering a simple silencing charm, Sirius turned to face him.

"Hello Sirius," Remus murmured, eyes wandering back to the moon.

"Don't look at it," Sirius said following the tawny haired boy's gaze.

"Can't sleep?" Remus asked after a small moment of silence. It was more of a statement rather than a question.

"Yeah, you?"

"Well I'm awake aren't I?"

"Always cheeky," Sirius smirked into the darkness.

"What's on your mind" Remus asked scooting closer to the heat radiating off of the other boy's body.

Sirius' arms automatically shot out and wrapped around his boyfriends thin waist.

"I don't want to talk about it," Sirius mumbled into the others soft golden locks.

"Sirius-"

"Please, can- can we just sleep, it'll make me feel better and maybe get some rest. Please Remus?" The note of pleading in his voice startled Remus, he looked up and the two locked eyes in the darkness. Remus nodded and settled back down, thinking of what was most likely bothering his boyfriend. Although he had only mentioned it very briefly earlier that day, Remus knew that Sirius' parents were really starting to trouble him. He continued thinking on this until he fell asleep, lulled by his bedmates' rhythmic breathing.

The next morning, the two awoke to James' stifled yawns and complaints about how early they had to get up.

His footsteps retreated over to Sirius' bed and then came up to Remus'. The curtains were thrown open letting the light in and Sirius and Remus looked up to see a smiling James.

"I thought I said for you two to sleep in your own beds," He said smiling.

"Well where's the fun in that?" Sirius replied. Remus noted the tear streak on Sirius' cheeks, feeling compassion for his lover and quickly turned away so as not to draw clearly unwanted attention to it.

He slowly unwound his arm from around his boyfriend's waist and got up stretching. "I'm going to take a shower," he announced.

"Maybe I should join you," Sirius said waggling his eyebrows suggestively.

"Please don't," James pleaded half-heartedly.

"You're right; I'm going to go down to the great hall. Coming Prongs?"

"Right behind you, give me a sec."

Sirius shrugged, before changing quickly and heading out. James looked after him before heaving himself up from where he had taken a seat on the edge of Sirius' bed and walked over to Remus'. Remus had gone into the shower as Sirius changed. Remus came out dressed, towel drying his hair. "Coming?" he asked.

"Yeah, we can still catch him, he only left about a minute ago.

"Really?' Remus smiled fondly, "He takes longer to dress than my mum."

"Yeah, er, Moony?"

"Yeah, Prongs?" Remus said as he bent down to take the books he would need out of his trunk.

"Padfoot, this morning, seemed off . . ."

"What do you mean?" he asked. In truth Remus knew exactly what he meant and he was worried about the other Marauders sudden shift in behavior. It had been quite an eventful week, and Sirius had plenty of reason to be off, but Remus was still worried.

"I don't know, I mean, he looked like he was crying. Crying! I hadn't seen him like that sense the Willow incident. Remus shuddered at the memories but put it out of his mind.

"He's just . . . been through a lot, you know with his brother and then Peter, can you blame him?"

"I suppose not," James said, still unsure, but shrugged it off regardless "Let's go," he said as he through his bag over his shoulder.

Upon arriving in the great hall, they spotted Sirius and walked over. Remus took a spot beside Sirius and James sat down across from the two.

Sirius was staring at someone further down the table and both boys followed his gaze to see Peter, sitting at the very end, sulking into his porridge.

Before anyone could comment, the swarm of owls came through and landed beside their rightful owners. Sirius cocked his head inquisitively at his owl, Astar, that had landed gracefully on his shoulder. The owl stuck out his leg in a very dignified manner and Sirius unwound the letter from his leg. He deftly patted her wing and gave her a bit of toast before sending her on his way. When he saw the Black family crest, he paled.

AN: Soooo sorry it took so long, or at least it was long in my opinion, to update. There were a little computer issues involved but everything's good now. Just wanted to thank my awesome beta Lady Annikaa also. I promise to update as fast as possible, but if I get more reviews it'll be even faster. So review!

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