ever dream, chapter five.
Title: Ever Dream (5/6)
Pairings: Sirius Black / Remus Lupin, James / Lily mentioned
Author: lilja_june / vollmondnacht
Beta: stella_fiver
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG-13 for now, will might go up
Summary: This is what happens when Sirius and Remus realise they care a bit more about each other than they thought. How long will it take them to work it out? Will they be able to let it happen? Another Marauder story from me, set in their 6th year.
Disclaimer: It all belongs to JKR, I own nothing and no one. I don't even own the title, that's stolen from a Nightwish song XD
Previous chapters: [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
A friend in need’s a friend indeed,
a friend who’ll tease is better.
Chapter 5
“So when did you and James get back last night?” Remus asked Lily the other day. The two of them had gone to the library to sort out some essays that were due the following week. As usually, none of their friends had bothered to go and check for any books on the topics yet.
“Uhm… late,” she answered and gave him a cheeky grin. “We sort of forgot the time, you know.”
“Thought so,” Remus said as he took a book out of the shelf and skipped through the pages.
“Did we miss anything while we were gone?” Lily asked. “Hopefully, you and Sirius didn’t have too much fun without us?”
Remus looked over at Lily. Her tone sounded casual but still… this was suspicious. “Why do you ask?”
“Merely curious.” She shrugged her shoulders and smiled at him. “And well… I noticed you two seemed a bit weird during the last few days, did you fight about something?”
“Erm… no, we didn’t,” Remus replied. He wasn’t lying about that, they had not argued. But somehow, he knew that Lily wouldn’t be satisfied with that answer. How had she noticed anyway? It wasn’t like he and Sirius had ignored each other or something, they just hadn’t spend as much time together as they usually did.
“All the better then,” she only commented and carried a pile of books over to the nearest table where Remus joined her a few minutes later. They worked in silence for a while, flipping through books, marking passages and copying notes.
“Remus?” Lily suddenly asked.
“Hmm?” Remus answered, not looking up from a particularly old and dusty book in front of him.
“Are you in love with Sirius?”
“What?” Remus replied a little louder than necessary which earned him an annoyed look from some Ravenclaws sitting at a table a few feet away. “What?” he repeated, in a hushed voice this time, staring at Lily who just looked at him, giving him no clue about what she was thinking.
“Oh come on, Remus. Don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about,” she said a little teasingly. “It’s pretty obvious… the way you look at him and everything? We didn’t leave you two alone in the common room for no reason last night.”
“Wait,” Remus interrupted her. “Did you also talk with James about that?” As much as he usually valued his friends’ opinion, he wouldn’t be comfortable with her talking to James about this issue… just yet.
“You didn’t answer my question,” Lily said in a sing-song voice and looked at him questioningly.
“I thought you said it was so obvious?” Remus gave in and sighed. There was no way he could deny it anyway.
Lily smiled. “No, I didn’t talk about it with James.” She shook her head. “He just noticed as well that something between you was weird… and so we wanted to give you guys some time to talk in private.”
“Thanks, that was a good idea, actually.”
Lily’s eyebrows went up. “So… did you… talk?” she asked but the tone suggested that she wanted to know something entirely different.
“Lily, really… this is just weird. Don’t you think this is weird? Why did we skip the part where you think it’s strange that I fancy one of my best friends?” Remus asked. But this was so Lily… she just had a way of seeing through you and knowing exactly what you felt.
The red-haired girl giggled. “I don’t think it’s weird. To be honest, I think it’s really cute.”
“I’ll just pretend you didn’t say that…”
Lily laughed. “If that makes you happy. Come on, let’s go outside. I don’t think the library is the best place to talk.”
Remus nodded and after clearing away all the books and parchment, they left the library and went outside the castle.
They walked next to each other silently for a while before Lily spoke up again, “So did you talk with him yesterday?”
“Yes, sort of… not really, though. It was weird, at first we were arguing all of a sudden. None of us were really nice. I said things… I don’t know what made me say it. And somehow we went from fighting to kissing… and… well.” Remus didn’t want to go into detail.
“But you made up, right? You’re not still angry with each other?” Lily asked, concern obvious in her voice.
“Don’t think so.”
“Thank goodness.” Lily seemed relieved. “Remus, I have to tell you something… promise you won’t be mad at me?”
“Why should I be…?” Remus asked, a little confused.
“Well… I grew pretty tired of watching you two and when even James noticed there was something going on, I decided something had to be done. James relied on the alcohol to get you to talk with each other properly. Uhm… I wanted to be sure, though.”
Comprehension dawned on Remus. “What did you do, Lily?”
“It was nothing bad!” she said defensively. “I might have slipped a bit of Truth Potion into that last bit of Firewhiskey… It’s nothing bad, that stuff’s nowhere near as strong as, let’s say, Veritaserum and works completely different. Rather encourages you to speak your mind than force you to tell the truth. God, but I was so scared it’d go wrong and you’d end up hating each other.”
Remus shook his head unbelievingly. “Lily Evans, you are really unbelievable. No one apart from you would have such ideas.” He smiled at her. “I guess I owe you something.”
She smiled broadly and then hugged him. “So you and Sirius are together, then? I’ve been a good matchmaker?” She was practically bouncing.
Remus sighed. “I don’t know… we didn’t really talk about that…” he said quietly. He was actually dreading that part a bit. It was a weird situation and what if Sirius changed his mind?
“Don’t worry about that too much,” Lily assured him as though she had sensed his concerns. “Judging by the way he looks at you… There’s no way he feels differently about this than you do.” She winked.
“I’ll hold you to that.”
~*~
“Lily did what?” Sirius said when Remus told him about his talk with Lily. “That girl’s really quite something. I understand more and more why James has been chasing after her for the past few years…”
“So you’re not mad at her?” Remus asked, just to be sure.
“Totally not. She helped us, didn’t she?” Sirius flopped down on his bed, motioning for Remus to join him, which he did.
“Sirius… now that Lily already knows, when d’you reckon we should tell the others?” Remus said, leaning back and staring at the bed’s canopy above him.
Sirius lay down next to him, looking at the other boy. “Do you want to tell them?”
“I don’t know… not yet?” Remus suggested, sounding unsure.
Sirius thought for a moment and then nodded. “Sounds good to me. Let’s just get used to this ourselves first.” He chuckled quietly.
“What’s so funny?” Remus looked at Sirius quizzically, raising an eyebrow.
“Isn’t it strange that Lily had us figured out before we even knew ourselves?” Sirius said.
“Hmm… I was convinced you could never want me…” Remus replied in almost a whisper.
“Tsk… silly,” Sirius retorted and leant forward to kiss the other boy. “Actually, I don’t understand why anyone could not want you.” He smiled.
“Stop that…” Remus looked away, blushing.
“I don’t see why I should.” Sirius grinned. “I’m merely telling the truth. You’re amazing, Remus Lupin. And besides, I think it’s really cute when you get embarrassed like that.”
“Oh, you think so?” Remus didn’t seem too convinced.
“Most definitely!” Sirius replied enthusiastically and captured Remus’ lips in a tender kiss.
“You can’t just always kiss me whenever I disagree with you,” Remus stated when they parted, looking at the other boy with his eyes half-closed.
Sirius smirked. “But I can try,” he replied, closing the short distance between them once more.
Tbc…
A/N: I wasn't as happy with the outcome of this as I was with the planning... Lily written down turned out to be less awesome than she is in my head, somehow. And this is probably the second to last chapter, only one more to come. (That I haven't started writing yet, eek.) Oh and the song's Placebo, Pure Morning.
Pairings: Sirius Black / Remus Lupin, James / Lily mentioned
Author: lilja_june / vollmondnacht
Beta: stella_fiver
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG-13 for now, will might go up
Summary: This is what happens when Sirius and Remus realise they care a bit more about each other than they thought. How long will it take them to work it out? Will they be able to let it happen? Another Marauder story from me, set in their 6th year.
Disclaimer: It all belongs to JKR, I own nothing and no one. I don't even own the title, that's stolen from a Nightwish song XD
Previous chapters: [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
A friend in need’s a friend indeed,
a friend who’ll tease is better.
Chapter 5
“So when did you and James get back last night?” Remus asked Lily the other day. The two of them had gone to the library to sort out some essays that were due the following week. As usually, none of their friends had bothered to go and check for any books on the topics yet.
“Uhm… late,” she answered and gave him a cheeky grin. “We sort of forgot the time, you know.”
“Thought so,” Remus said as he took a book out of the shelf and skipped through the pages.
“Did we miss anything while we were gone?” Lily asked. “Hopefully, you and Sirius didn’t have too much fun without us?”
Remus looked over at Lily. Her tone sounded casual but still… this was suspicious. “Why do you ask?”
“Merely curious.” She shrugged her shoulders and smiled at him. “And well… I noticed you two seemed a bit weird during the last few days, did you fight about something?”
“Erm… no, we didn’t,” Remus replied. He wasn’t lying about that, they had not argued. But somehow, he knew that Lily wouldn’t be satisfied with that answer. How had she noticed anyway? It wasn’t like he and Sirius had ignored each other or something, they just hadn’t spend as much time together as they usually did.
“All the better then,” she only commented and carried a pile of books over to the nearest table where Remus joined her a few minutes later. They worked in silence for a while, flipping through books, marking passages and copying notes.
“Remus?” Lily suddenly asked.
“Hmm?” Remus answered, not looking up from a particularly old and dusty book in front of him.
“Are you in love with Sirius?”
“What?” Remus replied a little louder than necessary which earned him an annoyed look from some Ravenclaws sitting at a table a few feet away. “What?” he repeated, in a hushed voice this time, staring at Lily who just looked at him, giving him no clue about what she was thinking.
“Oh come on, Remus. Don’t act like you don’t know what I’m talking about,” she said a little teasingly. “It’s pretty obvious… the way you look at him and everything? We didn’t leave you two alone in the common room for no reason last night.”
“Wait,” Remus interrupted her. “Did you also talk with James about that?” As much as he usually valued his friends’ opinion, he wouldn’t be comfortable with her talking to James about this issue… just yet.
“You didn’t answer my question,” Lily said in a sing-song voice and looked at him questioningly.
“I thought you said it was so obvious?” Remus gave in and sighed. There was no way he could deny it anyway.
Lily smiled. “No, I didn’t talk about it with James.” She shook her head. “He just noticed as well that something between you was weird… and so we wanted to give you guys some time to talk in private.”
“Thanks, that was a good idea, actually.”
Lily’s eyebrows went up. “So… did you… talk?” she asked but the tone suggested that she wanted to know something entirely different.
“Lily, really… this is just weird. Don’t you think this is weird? Why did we skip the part where you think it’s strange that I fancy one of my best friends?” Remus asked. But this was so Lily… she just had a way of seeing through you and knowing exactly what you felt.
The red-haired girl giggled. “I don’t think it’s weird. To be honest, I think it’s really cute.”
“I’ll just pretend you didn’t say that…”
Lily laughed. “If that makes you happy. Come on, let’s go outside. I don’t think the library is the best place to talk.”
Remus nodded and after clearing away all the books and parchment, they left the library and went outside the castle.
They walked next to each other silently for a while before Lily spoke up again, “So did you talk with him yesterday?”
“Yes, sort of… not really, though. It was weird, at first we were arguing all of a sudden. None of us were really nice. I said things… I don’t know what made me say it. And somehow we went from fighting to kissing… and… well.” Remus didn’t want to go into detail.
“But you made up, right? You’re not still angry with each other?” Lily asked, concern obvious in her voice.
“Don’t think so.”
“Thank goodness.” Lily seemed relieved. “Remus, I have to tell you something… promise you won’t be mad at me?”
“Why should I be…?” Remus asked, a little confused.
“Well… I grew pretty tired of watching you two and when even James noticed there was something going on, I decided something had to be done. James relied on the alcohol to get you to talk with each other properly. Uhm… I wanted to be sure, though.”
Comprehension dawned on Remus. “What did you do, Lily?”
“It was nothing bad!” she said defensively. “I might have slipped a bit of Truth Potion into that last bit of Firewhiskey… It’s nothing bad, that stuff’s nowhere near as strong as, let’s say, Veritaserum and works completely different. Rather encourages you to speak your mind than force you to tell the truth. God, but I was so scared it’d go wrong and you’d end up hating each other.”
Remus shook his head unbelievingly. “Lily Evans, you are really unbelievable. No one apart from you would have such ideas.” He smiled at her. “I guess I owe you something.”
She smiled broadly and then hugged him. “So you and Sirius are together, then? I’ve been a good matchmaker?” She was practically bouncing.
Remus sighed. “I don’t know… we didn’t really talk about that…” he said quietly. He was actually dreading that part a bit. It was a weird situation and what if Sirius changed his mind?
“Don’t worry about that too much,” Lily assured him as though she had sensed his concerns. “Judging by the way he looks at you… There’s no way he feels differently about this than you do.” She winked.
“I’ll hold you to that.”
~*~
“Lily did what?” Sirius said when Remus told him about his talk with Lily. “That girl’s really quite something. I understand more and more why James has been chasing after her for the past few years…”
“So you’re not mad at her?” Remus asked, just to be sure.
“Totally not. She helped us, didn’t she?” Sirius flopped down on his bed, motioning for Remus to join him, which he did.
“Sirius… now that Lily already knows, when d’you reckon we should tell the others?” Remus said, leaning back and staring at the bed’s canopy above him.
Sirius lay down next to him, looking at the other boy. “Do you want to tell them?”
“I don’t know… not yet?” Remus suggested, sounding unsure.
Sirius thought for a moment and then nodded. “Sounds good to me. Let’s just get used to this ourselves first.” He chuckled quietly.
“What’s so funny?” Remus looked at Sirius quizzically, raising an eyebrow.
“Isn’t it strange that Lily had us figured out before we even knew ourselves?” Sirius said.
“Hmm… I was convinced you could never want me…” Remus replied in almost a whisper.
“Tsk… silly,” Sirius retorted and leant forward to kiss the other boy. “Actually, I don’t understand why anyone could not want you.” He smiled.
“Stop that…” Remus looked away, blushing.
“I don’t see why I should.” Sirius grinned. “I’m merely telling the truth. You’re amazing, Remus Lupin. And besides, I think it’s really cute when you get embarrassed like that.”
“Oh, you think so?” Remus didn’t seem too convinced.
“Most definitely!” Sirius replied enthusiastically and captured Remus’ lips in a tender kiss.
“You can’t just always kiss me whenever I disagree with you,” Remus stated when they parted, looking at the other boy with his eyes half-closed.
Sirius smirked. “But I can try,” he replied, closing the short distance between them once more.
Tbc…
A/N: I wasn't as happy with the outcome of this as I was with the planning... Lily written down turned out to be less awesome than she is in my head, somehow. And this is probably the second to last chapter, only one more to come. (That I haven't started writing yet, eek.) Oh and the song's Placebo, Pure Morning.