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Chapter 34
Sirius
Knowing just how scared of the full moons Remus was had really opened my eyes. I mean, I knew he hated it, but I didn't know he was scared of it. He had made me promise not to tell anyone else. Which was fair enough, I mean; if I was him I wouldn't want anyone to know. I was just happy that, with a little push, he decided to let me know.
"Hey, Sirius, I have a question for you." Remus said, as we sat in the common room by the fire, after lessons on Friday.
"Go ahead, Rem." I replied, throwing balls of parchment at the fire.
"Well, if you were faced with a boggart, what would you see?"
I looked around. There weren't many people in the common room and all of them were talking to each other or too wrapped up in school work, so I wouldn't be overheard. I hoped. I looked back to Remus. He was sitting on the floor, back to the sofa, while I sat slumped in one of the arm chair.
"My 'parents'. I would see them, both." I replied, quietly. "From the age of four I have been scared of them. If I did one tiny thing wrong or went against something they believed, they would beat me. Once, when I was six, after my 'mother' hit me, my 'father' shoved me down the stairs. I hit every step, cracked my head open and ended up with massive bruises on my back. Reg, when we were younger and got along, would have to stand by and watch. He learned very quickly that, if he intervened, he'd get a blow to the head. I had to persuade him to just leave it, and let them do whatever."
I stopped for a moment. Looking around the common room again, I saw that people had left. It was literally just Remus and me. When I looked to him, Remus just gave me a small smile and nodded.
"It got worse as I go older." I continued. "Like it would. I've blocked out most of what they've done to me. But, it's just made me terrified of going back there or running into them at all, because given the chance they would kill me. Well, them or someone else in my messed up family, excluding Andromeda and uncle Alphard."
It felt good, finally telling someone. Probably how Remus felt on Thursday when he told me. I looked down at my lap and sighed quietly. I heard Remus move from where he was sitting, but I didn't look up. I didn't know where he was going until he placed his right hand on the back of my neck. I looked up then and Remus slid onto my lap, hugging me. I wrapped my arms around his waist, and as I did that, Remus' hand slipped from my neck to my back, running his hand over my tattoo. Getting that tattoo was actually really easy; especially convincing the guy I was eighteen. Which was a little worrying, I guess.
"Thank you for telling me." Remus whispered in my ear.
"It's fine. I know so much about you already; it's only fair that you know more about me." I replied.
"That's not what I meant."
"I know."
Saturday – March 4th – was a lovely sunny day. James, Lily, Remus and I were all sitting under our usual tree. It was half eleven, and the four of us just wanted a lazy day. And I say wanted because that wasn't what we were getting with Paddy. No. As always, Paddy had so much energy it was unbelievable. So we all took it in turns throwing his ball for him.
"Remus, why do you hate your birthday?" Lily asked, suddenly.
"How did we get onto this?" Remus asked, surprised.
"Well, your eighteenth is in six days, and I remember what happened last year. I was just curious."
"You really want to know?"
"Pretty much, yeah." the three of us replied.
Remus sighed, leaning back against the tree. He closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again, and looking up towards the sky.
"It was my fifth birthday. My mum had been called into work at seven that evening, so my dad took me to his brother's house, so I could see my cousins, my aunt and my uncle." Remus explained. "We didn't live too far away, about five minutes. It was quite late when we were walking home, but I was just too wide awake and jumping up and down beside my dad. That's when it happened."
Remus stopped. He looked like he was going to start crying to be honest and had a firmer grip on my hand. James, Lily and I all looked to each other. None of us knew what he was going about at the moment, but we weren't going to rush him. I mean, if it made him hate his birthday, why would we?
"We must have been, two minutes away from home. It was dark and one of the street lamps we had to pass wasn't working, which wasn't unusual." Remus continued, a bit quieter this time. "When we had to pass through the unlit path, my dad and I got jumped. My dad was restrained, so he couldn't get to me, by these two guys, and someone had grabbed me from behind and had walked around till we were both facing my dad. To cut this part short, it turned out to be Greyback, I was turned, and that ruined my whole birthday experience."
Wow. So you do learn something new every day. Five years old and on his birthday! That made it worse! Letting go of his hand, I moved my arm so it was around Remus. Lily looked like she just wanted to cry and hug him, James looked pale...and I had no idea how I looked. None of us said anything. During this time, we had stopped throwing the ball for Paddy. And because some dogs – especially Paddy – were quite intelligent, our little puppy knew something was wrong. So, he padded over to all of us, climbing onto Remus. Paddy placed his front paws on Remus' stomach, back paws still on the grass. Remus picked him up, holding him close like always. Paddy whined slightly, moving around until he was standing on his back legs, front paws on Remus' shoulders, nudging Remus' face with his nose. At least it made Remus smile.
"Guess with the right people it could change again." Remus added, finally looking to all of us.
"You amaze me, Moons." James said.
"And me." Lily agreed. "And I think we could make everything right again."
"You think? I know we can!" I told her.
Remus grinned a little, so I pressed my lips to his temple. This year would be different.
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