How It Started

Potions Class

Remus' POV 

I woke up in my own bed drawn by sadness, I was hoping to have a nightmare so I could cuddle with Sirius last night, speaking of me and him had double Potions with Slughorn after breakfast. I dressed and walked towards his bed to wake him up I threw a pillow at him but nothing happened, so I used my wand to shoot water at him, yes I know it's horrible to wake up to but he did it to me at James' house one night in the summer. "What the hell, Remus?" he shouted waking up everyone in the dormitory.

"Payback, bitch, now, get up," I said walking to the common room to talk with Lily while we waited for them,

"Morning, Remus," she said flipping her long red hair over her shoulder her emerald green eyes were gleaming brightly,

"Morning, Lily," I yawned stretching the scars on my face,

"So have you told them?" she asked I smiled and nodded, I went to Lily for everything she was the first one I told about me being gay and, possibly, in love with my best friend.

"Yes, but only the first part, I don't know how he'd take it if I told him my feelings." I replied placing my head in my hands smiling at the thought of me and Sirius being together I quickly shook that thought away.

"It's ok not to admit those feelings to someone even yourself, I always thought James was a prat because I've liked him since fifth year and I didn't want to admit that to myself or him after what he did to Severus." she said patting my back.

"Right, cause wasn't Severus your first Wizard stalker?" I asked looking at her smiling she slapped me playfully,

"You know that's because he saw I was able to make a flower bloom in the palm of my hand," she scolded playfully, she always understood me even if she couldn't understand how it felt to be a were-wolf during a full moon she made herself understand.

"Anyway, have you seen his hair lately? The way it bounces and curls in the wind and the way it looks when he puts it in a bun?" I asked I heard her giggle at my side and looked up to see James, Sirius, and Peter standing in front of the couch we were on.

"Who we talkin 'bout, Mooney?" Sirius asked with a smirk,

"No one let's go," I said quickly standing up,

"Who was he talking about?" I heard him ask Lily quietly,

"None of your business, Sirius, he'll tell you when he's ready," Lily scolded I smiled and walked to the portrait I heard their footsteps following and strode toward the Great Hall earning giggles and laughs from them. We ate breakfast talking and laughing occasionally talking and laughing, me and Sirius walked to potions with Molly and Arthur I was currently zoned out and Sirius snapped me back to reality as we reached the door to the Potions class, "Are you listening Remus?" he asked snapping his fingers in my face Molly and Arthur had already entered the class hand in hand.

"Yes, of course," I said not wanting to admit that I spaced out,

"What was I talking about then?" he asked as we walked into the classroom,

"Quidditch," I said simply as we took seats in the back of the class,

"No, I was wondering what we were doing today." he said with a sad tone in his voice as he slumped down in his seat.

"Oh, sorry, Siri," I said rubbing his back he looked up with a smirk on his face.

"I'm only kidding, I was talking about Quidditch, will you be at the first match?" he asked I turned on my stool with my arms crossed.

"I don't know, I'm mad at you," I said smirking slightly with my back turned on him I was fully aware that Molly and Arthur were watching us chuckling.

"I'm sorry, Remy," he said patting my back I smiled as I turned towards him.

"I'm only kidding, I will be at the first match, actually all the matches, unless I'm sick of course, and I'll cheering you on." I said he smiled and turned to the front of the class waiting for Slughorn to make an entrance.

Sirius' POV

Potions was horrible, we had to make Amortentia and write an essay on why it was illegal, the ingredients, and lastly, what we smelled. Remus was forcing me to do it instead of putting it off till last minute because I would've forgotten by then what I smelled in the Potion, but I knew I wouldn't because who I smelled was sitting in front of me doing his essay. "Are you done?" Remus asked looking up I only just realized I might've been staring, I was halfway through writing what I smelt.

"Halfway," I said simply going to shove it back in my bag but he was fast and took it off the desk as I opened my bag. I watched anxiously as his eyes zoomed backward and forward reading every last inch of it when finally he looked up awestruck.

"You smell me?" he asked softly,

"No, of course not," I lied quickly though the blush gave it all away.

"Right, so how many people do you know smell like chocolate from caring it around all the time?" he asked seriously.

"One," I said quietly,

"Right and who smells like 'ink and parchment?'" he asked seriously,

"Fine, I did smell you in that damned Potion, all right?" I half-yelled he cleared his throat, grabbed his bag, stood up, handed me my essay, and walked off leaving me shocked, did he not smell me in the Potion? Was it weird being I was his friend? I sighed and walked out of the empty classroom after blowing out the candle. After that incident in the classroom Remus ignored that I was hanging out with them, that I was even sitting next to him in all our classes, he even stopped coming when he got sick from the full moon and when he had nightmares, he didn't even go to the first Hogsmeade weekend, my suspicions of him were high, but they got higher when we were stuck under the mistletoe a few weeks before the end of term.