Hello readers! Thank you so much for all the kind reviews so far. It's later than I had hoped, but here is the next chapter where everyone gets a chance to meet, and Remus is a VERY naughty boy. I hope you all enjoy it. I want to dedicate this chapter to SiriuslyPadfoot96, who sent me a very encouraging message so I could get my ass in gear and post this chapter. Thanks SiriuslyPadfoot96 and so many of you still reading for being such loyal and loving readers! This one's for you!

Chapter 13: James and Lily

"Okay, what's the scoop?" Lily Evans brushed her beautiful, vibrant red hair out of her face and rubbed her hands together excitedly. Their flirtatious male server had just left with their menus after leaving a wink behind for Remus and went to put in their orders. They were at a very trendy restaurant that was too wealthy for Remus's taste, but just trendy enough for both Remus's and Lily's taste. Lily was looking absolutely stunning in a green, strapless tube dress that perfectly accented her eyes and her curves, and Remus was looking incredibly handsome in a black pinstripe shirt with a purple bowtie. He was wearing gray slacks, and the jacket belonging to the slacks was draped over the back of his chair.

"Well, first let me say how absolutely incredible you look tonight," Remus held out his hands as if presenting her. Lily blushed.

"Remus, stop. You already told me how good I looked."

"I mean, are you expecting to pick someone up tonight?" Remus leaned in.

Lily shook her head and swatted at him playfully. "No. I'm not looking, and you know that." Lily brushed her hair out of her face again. "I just thought I would dress up for a night on the town with my favorite man." Lily smiled and rested her chin in the palms of her hands. "Besides. We're meeting some of your friends tonight, and I didn't want them to think that I was some hoodrat."

"Hoodrat? Honestly? Who are you?"

Lily laughed and exposed her brilliantly white teeth. "I've been watching a lot of reality TV lately." Remus shook his head. "Well, I'm hoping that one of the people we meet up with tonight is your new fella."

Remus felt his stomach do a flip and he opened his mouth to issue a hasty reply. Luckily, however, their server had just arrived with the bottle of wine they had ordered and began to pour them two glasses. He chatted cheerfully about the year of the wine and what a great selection they had made and how this was one of his favorites. Lily chatted him up merrily, and when he leaned down in whispered something in her ear, Lily shrieked and giggled gleefully and shook her head back and forth quickly. Remus was too busy staring at his hands nervously and trying to figure out how he was going to respond to Lily. Normally, Remus would have flirted back, but now… Now there was Sirius. And when there was Sirius, it was hard to concentrate on anything else. Sirius made his heart race, and he made his mind numb. It was always like something out of a dream.

After their server—Travis was his name—left, Lily had completely forgotten about what she had said earlier, and she leaned forward excitedly.

"He asked me if you have a boyfriend!" she nearly screamed. Remus looked around and held up a finger to his mouth to try and silence her. She shook her head as if to say 'never mind' and continued. "He's hot, Remus. I really think you should give him your number."

Remus blushed. "Lily…"

"Oh, my god. Remus John Lupin, you have a boyfriend," she said. He had never been very good at hiding things from Lily. "I thought that was hickie on your neck!" Remus blushed. "You always flirt, even when you were with Severus you flirted." At the mention of Severus's name, Remus lifted his glass to his lips and took a large drink. "Dear god…" Lily's eyes widened in shock. "Don't tell me… Severus…?"

"No," Remus said slowly. "But…" He figured this was as good a time as any to take Lily's mind off of the whole "boyfriend" thing by telling her everything that had happened with Severus over the last couple weeks. Remus usually told Lily everything. They talked almost every day and saw each other at least once a week, but this was just one thing he kept from her (well, one of two…). She had never liked nor approved of Severus, and she had told Remus countless times that he needed to break it off, but he would only tell her how much he loved Severus, and that it wasn't always bad even though it was.

"…And then he just walked out of my apartment like it was no big deal! I'll never understand him, Lily, I swear I won't."

Lily let out a deep sigh and filled up her wine glass. Lily had just finished off the bottle and they had gotten about a fourth of the way through their food by the time Remus finished telling Lily everything about Severus—everything that had happened, every worry he had, everything he felt about Severus now.

"What's to understand?" Lily shrugged. "He's disturbed, Remus."

"No, it's not like that, Lils—"

"Of course you're defending him," Lily shook her head angrily and stabbed at her food with her fork.

"I'm not defending him! I'm just saying that he's not disturbed," Remus shook his head slowly. "He's an addict. I really do think he's trying to get better."

"I'm not buying it, Remus—"

"How about another bottle?"

"Definitely," Lily answered their server who had just walked over before Remus even looked up at him. When Remus finally did look up, the server flashed him a charming smile before he turned away. Lily softened a bit. "Well, I think you should try things with Travis."

Remus scoffed. "Don't call him 'Travis' like you know him."

Lily laughed. "Well! I'm just saying. Don't let the memory of Severus or whatever guilt you feel about him to keep you from happiness." Instead of denying her claim, Remus simply nodded and continued eating. He didn't know why he didn't just tell her about Sirius. He was scared. Of what, he wasn't sure, but he could guess. Lily had never been keen on the idea of cheating, and not only that… Once he said it out loud—once he told someone—it would be much more real, and he didn't know if he was ready to face reality.

Dessert, another bottle of wine, and some episodes of forced flirtation later, Lily paid for dinner—"You've paid the last three times! It's my turn."—and the two of them headed out into the New York night. They strolled together, Lily's expensive, top brand purse over her shoulder, and Remus's coat draped across his arm and his sleeves now rolled up.

"I'm excited to meet your friends," Lily said. She slipped a hand around Remus's waist and he put his free arm around her shoulders. They were both walking a bit crookedly due to the amount of wine they had each had.

"Well, really only one of them is my friend… The other is a friend of a friend," Remus said.

"Well, then," Lily said with a small nudge into Remus's ribs. "I'm excited to meet your friend and your friend of a friend."

When they made it to the bar they were meeting James and Sirius at for drinks, Lily and Remus were laughing goofily when Remus heard a familiar voice.

"What's so funny?"

Remus's head shot up and he made deep, penetrating eye contact with Sirius. Lily raised her eyebrows and opened her mouth as if to retort when Remus spoke first.

"Lily this is my friend, Sirius," he said, gesturing toward Sirius. Lily's expression instantly softened when she looked between Sirius and James. Then he gestured toward James. "And this is James—"

"The friend of a friend," Lily smiled and stuck out her hand for James to shake. "Nice hand shake," she said after they broke hands. It was clear she was slightly intoxicated. She then stuck out her hand for Sirius's. After their hands separated she said, "His was better," and pointed a thumb at James. James smirked at Sirius as if it had truly been a competition, and Lily said, "My god, Remus, you did not tell me how absolutely gorgeous your friends were—I'm sorry—you didn't tell me how gorgeous your friend and your friend of a friend were."

Remus shook his head.

"You know Remus," James said with a sarcastic shrug. Remus thought it was ironic because James didn't even really know him at all. Lily giggled, and James stuck out his elbow in order to escort Lily inside. She giggled again and took his arm. The two of them walked ahead of Remus and Sirius, but after they had taken a few steps, Lily looked back and mouthed OH MY GOD! to Remus as she jerked her head to indicate that she was talking about James. Remus smiled at her and nodded his encouragement.

"I had no idea we would be playing matchmaker tonight," Sirius said quietly so that only Remus could hear him.

"Yeah, who knew we would be on a double date," Remus said, just as quietly.

Sirius raised his eyebrows. "Oh, I'm your date am I?"

"You bet your ass," Remus said with a smirk.

"Well, I bet your ass," Sirius said as he reached behind Remus and gave his ass a small squeeze. Remus jumped.

"Sirius!" Remus whispered frantically. "Anyone could have seen." When Sirius shrugged, Remus felt his stomach do a flip. It was too much to hope that Sirius had decided to make their relationship public. Not only that, but the man looked absolutely incredible tonight. He would give anything to take him into some secluded corner of the bar and have his way with him.

After a wink in Remus's direction, Sirius walked ahead of Remus and went to the bar immediately to order the four of them their first round of drinks. Remus took a moment again to marvel at how sexy Sirius looked. He was wearing a very dark silvery-gray shirt with the first few buttons opened, and a nice pair of black slacks that were tight enough for Remus to see the curves and muscles of Sirius's legs and ass. It was the first time since Sirius had eaten breakfast with Remus before work that Remus had seen him dressed to impress. And boy, did he impress Remus. It would be a struggle to suppress the urge to reach out and touch Sirius during the time that the four of them were together.

While Sirius went to get drinks, Remus, Lily, and James found a table for four miraculously in the crowded bar. It was a circular table, and Remus sat on one side of Lily, James on the other, leaving an open spot next to Remus for Sirius. Without Lily noticing, James kicked the empty chair so it would be closer to Remus, and when Lily was looking in her purse, James gave Remus a wink. Remus laughed to himself, but couldn't help but feel happy at James's way of giving his blessing.

When Sirius came back a few minutes later, he leaned into Remus's ear and whispered, "You look hot, by the way." Lily didn't notice, as she was chatting up James, but Remus could see James glance at them very briefly out of the corner of his eye and smile. "I brought four beers and four tequila shots," Sirius said loudly as he placed a tray of drinks on the table in front of them right before he sat down. "I hope that's okay." He glanced around at all of them, but apparently his eyes rested on Lily for a bit too long.

"Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I don't like beer," Lily said as she grabbed one of the draughts and took a large swig.

James turned to Sirius. "There's nothing sexier than a girl who drinks beer."

"Beg to differ," Sirius said with a raised eyebrow. Neither of them noticed Lily cough a bit and make a gagging face to Remus.

After they had taken the tequila shots, Lily started the conversation.

"So, Sirius," Lily looked at him. "That's an odd name." Remus shook his head , and James burst into silent laughter next to Lily.

Sirius laughed, too. "All my family have weird names."

Lily smiled and changed the subject. "So, you're married?"

Remus nearly choked on his drink, and James's eyes shot to Remus, then to Sirius, then down to Sirius's wedding ring.

"What?" Sirius said, his eyebrows coming together slightly in a frown.

"Your ring," Lily said happily. Remus had never really noticed it. He guessed it was a female thing to notice. James had been so used to seeing it on Sirius that he hadn't bothered to say anything about it. Remus was trying to think back to all the times he had been with Sirius. Had he been wearing it then? He couldn't remember. Lily looked at all of them and then said, "What… Did I say something wrong?"

Sirius forced a smile. "No…" he laughed. Remus could tell it was forced as well. "I was just confused. You went from talking about my name to my marriage in the matter of a second."

Lily smiled. "Sorry. I just noticed your ring."

Sirius nodded. "Yeah," he said. "I'm married." He was careful not to look at anyone but Lily. But underneath the table Remus felt a hand slide up his leg and give his knee a light squeeze. Sirius knew that the mention of his marriage would have made Remus feel flustered, especially because Lily did not know about the two of them.

"Well, where is the lucky lady?" Lily asked. Always friendly, it was easy for her to strike up conversation with two complete strangers. It also didn't hurt that she had a significant amount of liquid courage in her system.

"Ah, I left her at home," Sirius said. "We've been fighting lately, so she doesn't really want me around." Lily nodded and made a face as if she understood completely. Remus smiled and rolled his eyes. A moment later, Lily launched a conversation with James, and Sirius and Remus were able to talk to each other a bit more privately.

"You really do look damn good," Sirius said to Remus, his eyes trailing up and down Remus, resting a little longer on his chest, the muscles of which were clearly outlined by his black shirt. Sirius wanted to raise his hand and put it to one of Remus's firm chest muscles and feel it flex underneath his fingers, but he resisted. He felt his fingers twitch lightly. He had never seen Remus dressed like this, and although he much preferred him shirtless in his back yard, he certainly didn't mind the Remus he was looking at now.

"You don't look bad yourself," Remus said, trailing a finger across Sirius's thigh so that no one could see. As Sirius was blinking, he held his eyes closed a bit longer than usual when he felt Remus touch him. Even the slightest touch sent Sirius reeling.

"You better keep your hands to yourself," Sirius said quietly. "I don't know if I'll be able to resist your advances."

"Who says I want you to?"

Sirius raised his eyebrows, Remus inconspicuously moved his chair a bit closer to Sirius's. Their backs were to the wall of the bar, and Lily's and James's were to the crowd, so when Remus slipped a hand onto Sirius's inner thigh and began to travel northward, no one but the two of them seemed to notice. Sirius looked at James and Lily to make sure they were not paying attention, but Lily looked to be telling a story, and James was thoroughly entranced with Lily. As Remus's hand traveled up slowly, Sirius was careful not to let his eyes flutter close and betray him. Remus was saying something, but the blood was pounding in Sirius's ears as Remus's hand got closer and closer to the spot that Sirius knew he was after, so Sirius did not hear anything he was saying. Sirius knew that Remus was drunk, and he knew how Remus felt about being intimate with anyone who was not sober, but how did that work when he was the drunk one and Sirius was sober—for now at least? Right when Remus's hand was about to reach the place that Sirius longed to be touched, Remus stopped his motions. His pinky was almost touching Sirius's cock when Remus spoke and broke Sirius out of his trance.

"What are you two talking about over there?" he asked James and Lily.

Lily turned to Remus and Sirius eagerly. "Oh, I was telling James about how you and I became friends, Rem," Lily said. "Remember in high school when you had that huge crush on Mr. Bolenstein?" Remus laughed.

"Okay, Mr. Bolenstein was sexy as hell," Remus said. "And it wasn't just a crush…" Remus looked mischievous. "Mr. B—or should I say Danny—reciprocated my feelings."

Lily's eyes widened, and James and Sirius looked at Remus in disbelief. "I knew it!" Lily shrieked. "And you've been telling me for years that nothing went on between you two. I knew it. He was too young and good-looking to not have been in a relationship with a student. I just never thought he was gay…"

"No, you hoped he wasn't gay," Remus said with a smirk. "You and half the girls in school."

"My, my, my," James said with a broad smile. "As I live and breathe." Lily burst into giggles, and Remus and Sirius laughed as well. Sirius had gotten used to the feeling of Remus's hand on his inner thigh, so it was not causing him as much tension as before.

"I never thought of you as the teacher-student relationship type," Sirius said before he chuckled.

Remus shrugged. "I wouldn't really call it a relationship," Remus said, looking mockingly bashful. "It was mostly just a lot of blow jobs and making out after school." When he said that, Remus brought his hand up and cupped Sirius's cock and balls in his hands through his pants. Sirius jumped and nearly made a noise, but he was able to cover it up by putting his face in his hands and pretending he was laughing. Luckily, both Lily and James had just started laughing as well, so Sirius didn't have such a hard time covering up his reaction.

"Did either of you ever do stuff with teachers in school?" Lily asked after she stopped laughing. Sirius still had his head in his hands, and was desperately trying not to react as Remus began making small hand motions against Sirius's now hard cock.

"I had crushes, but they never went anywhere," James said, shaking his head and still laughing a bit. When Lily looked at Sirius to inquire, Sirius put his head up and tried his best to look and act natural. Luckily, James answered for him. Sirius was sure his voice would have come out in a squeak. He couldn't believe Remus was doing this. After he had told Sirius to be inconspicuous, he was now practically jacking him off in a crowded bar. "Oh, this guy? No, he definitely didn't have any flings with teachers. He was always a one-woman man. He only had eyes for Priscilla."

Sirius caught the sarcasm in James's tone and he narrowed his eyes at him. He didn't know how much longer he could keep his cool with Remus acting the way he was, however. He watched Lily and James, but it was like he wasn't seeing anything, and when he spoke, it sounded like a voice that didn't belong to him. Remus would pay for this, oh, yes, he would. Sirius's cock begged for release, and he knew Remus was going to give it to him right here in front of everyone. How would he be able to hold in his reaction? Would Lily and James notice what was going on? Surely James would.

Then, Remus's hand found his shaft and instead of the small hand motions of before, he began to stroke his length quickly and roughly. Sirius jerked his hips, but James and Lily were so entranced by each other that neither seemed to notice. He could feel that he was close to his peak, as he always was by even being around Remus for more than a few minutes. If it had been another man stroking his cock, he would have been excited no doubt, but the fact that Remus—sexy, slightly reserved but totally wild in the bedroom, Remus—was stroking him was what seemed to push him over the edge.

A moment later, Sirius put his face in his hands and stomped his foot hard on the ground, causing James to look over at him curiously. Sirius laughed in order to play it off, and James turned back to Lily slowly. While the two of them were in deep, flirtatious conversation, Remus leaned in and whispered into Sirius's ear.

"Come."

Sirius shook his head. He was now biting his lip very hard, and thanking the powers that be that James and Lily seemed to be hitting it off so well. He couldn't do this; not here. He knew he would betray himself. He would make a noise or a violent reaction that would give away what Remus was doing. He didn't want that to happen, but at the same time, he was so completely turned on by all of this that he didn't know if he could resist. Remus leaned in and whispered again.

"Come on, baby. Come for me."

Sirius clenched his jaw and knew he was going to give in. "Dammit," he whispered right when he came in his pants. Very, very luckily, James had just said something funny to Lily who threw her head back in laughter while James watched her with a grin on his face. Because in that moment, Sirius bit his hand and used all of his will power to stop himself from crying out. When he rode out the wave in strained silence, he said, "You'll pay for that," to Remus without looking at him. If Remus hadn't been staring at him so intently and watching Sirius come, he might not have even heard it, but he had, and he smiled.

"I hope so," he said.

Just a second later, Sirius stood up, and James and Lily looked up at him.

"I'm just going to run to the bathroom," he said with a small smile. He could feel the flush in his face, and he was grateful that the bar was so dark.

When he walked away he heard Remus behind him. "I think I'll go get us another round," he was saying.

Sirius smiled. He knew Remus would be in that bathroom. He better be. And Sirius knew just what to do when he go there. Payback was a bitch.

Preview for next chapter (the games continue):

"But I promise it will be worth it."