Chapter Eighteen;

[December 13th, 1998]

Sirius awoke at Noon; it was Sunday so he decided to lazy around in bed. He looked around and saw that Severus was already up, he slid his arm over where Severus normally slept and sighed when the spot was cold, 'Must he get up every morning early?' he thought to himself as he pushed off the bed and grabbed some clothes off the floor of his. He looked around and couldn't help but grin, the room screamed "Sirius Black has been here". Multiple pairs of his jeans were in a pile, along with shirts of his and two robes. Severus yelled the first month and a half about the mess he was making of his quarters, but eventually gave up after he found out the moment Sirius picked up his clothes; they found their way back to the floor in a matter of minutes.

He walked out of the chambers and ventured to the Great Hall for some lunch or breakfast, whatever they were serving at the time. As he turned the corner, he smiled when he saw Remus and Harry standing outside the Great Hall talking about the previous Quidditch game. Sirius walked over and swatted Harry gently on the back of the head, "'Lo, little James."

Harry grinned, "Hey, Sirius. Remus and I knocked on your chambers this morning, but you didn't answer," he said with a frown.

"Sorry, I wasn't in," Sirius said, giving him a grin back.

"I don't want to know where you were, so don't say it," Harry said, covering his ears.

"Fine. I won't tell you I was in Severus' chambers," Sirius said, gasping and covering his mouth, "Oops. Secrets out."

Remus rolled his eyes, giving a shove towards Harry, "Go on. We'll be at your practice today."

"Alright, Moony. Bye Snuffles!" Harry said as he rushed off to find Ron.

"Why does he call you Moony and me Snuffles?" Sirius asked in a pouting tone.

"You shouldn't have given them that nickname if you didn't like it," Remus suggested as he walked into the Great Hall with Sirius. "Any who, where's Severus?"

"Oh, not sure. Probably off in his Potions lab, planning my death with a poison," Sirius joked, taking his seat at the staff table and beginning to chow down.

"Ah, you seem to be in a good mood. I take it you two haven't been fighting?" Remus asked as he grabbed a goblet and sipped at it.

"Nope. Everything is going great," Sirius admitted through bites.

"That's good then. So, what do you have planned for tonight?" Remus asked, looking around the Great Hall nonchalantly.

Sirius stopped eating and looked at Remus with his eyebrow quirked, "What'cha mean?"

Remus gave a small chuckle, "Isn't it your three month anniversary?"

Sirius widened his eyes, "Oh! Bloody hell! People celebrate three month anniversaries?"

Remus sighed, shrugging his shoulders, "Some do. Tonks and I did. I know people who only celebrate yearly."

"Erm… well… Severus doesn't seem like the type to celebrate… /any/ anniversaries," Sirius stated.

"He also doesn't seem the type to have Sirius Black whipped, yet he does," Remus said with a grin.

"I am /not/ whipped… now… if you'll excuse me, I have things to do," Sirius said as he stood up and began walking out.

"Going to Hogsmeade to buy him a gift, are you?" Remus called out, grinning from ear to ear.

Sirius ignored Remus as he continued walking, going through his head what he should do. 'Maybe I should buy him a gift. People do that, right?' he thought as he mentally kicked himself for not knowing what to do, the longest relationship he had ever had was hardly a month before Severus, so of course he didn't know what to do about anniversaries. He ran through ideas in his head, finally deciding on dinner and buying him a gift.

He walked to the end of the no apparition barrier and apparated to Hogsmeade, being the lazy dog he is. He walked from store to store for hours, everything he saw he thought Severus either wouldn't like it, or he could find better. He finally walked into the apothecary and went straight to the book section, picking out a few muggle fiction books and potions journal, as well as ingredient journal, hoping Severus would like it. He walked out of Hogsmeade and apparated back to Hogwarts, when he looked at his watch; he frowned when he saw it was almost 4PM.

He ran to Severus' chambers, now knowing the password, and began setting everything up with the help of Whisper, Severus' personal house elf. He then sent her to tell Severus to skip dinner and come straight to his quarters, which he knew he would, as he actually hated eating in the Great Hall and loves any excuse not to. He'd also gotten Peeves to keep him busy so he wouldn't come back to his chambers for anything.

By the time he had finished, it was 6PM, he went out of the chambers and told Salazar to be very difficult in letting Severus in in case Peeves couldn't hold his attention, which he had heard from the passing Ghosts he was doing well at keeping. Peeves had caused an explosion in his potions lab, then destroyed his classroom, and made several Slytherin first-years cry, and he knew that Severus told the Slytherins if they have any problems to come to him, which the first-years definitely took advantage of. He never knew Severus cared so much for his Slytherins, actually, he figured if a first-year came crying because he or she missed home Severus would tell them how very un-Slytherin like it was to cry and sniffle and to suck it up, but no, he consoled them. Sirius thought it was very sweet.

When he came to the kitchens, he tickled the pear and entered, looking around for a house-elf he knew. He grinned at Dobby, "'Lo. Dobby," he said with a curt nod.

"Oh, Dobby is happy to see Master Black," Dobby said in a cheerful tone.

"Please, it's Sirius. Anyway, I am planning a dinner, could you help me with something for dessert?" Sirius asked.

Dobby got a thoughtful expression before running around the kitchen like a mad-man, "Um, Snape sir, he likes chocolate."

Sirius chuckled when he saw Dobby reveal a chocolate cake, "Does he now?"

"Very much, sir! Very much indeed."

"Well, thank you, Dobby," he said as he grabbed the cake and walked back to Severus' chambers.

He sighed in relief when Salazar said there was no sign of him. Sirius walked into the chambers and finished the touches on his dinner and the table, then took a seat in an armchair to wait for his Severus to get home, which should be soon and after casting a warming charm on the food.