I Love You Now and Forever

Part 4: Remus...

Friday evening had come and Sirius was ready to ask Remus to the Winter Ball with a sign and flowers.
Dinner was in full swing and Sirius was ready; he got atop the Gryffindor table and whistled the hall quiet. He said,
"Remus John Lupin would you like to be my date to the Winter Ball? C'mon Remus, what do you say?"
Remus was shocked. All eyes were on him. Every bone in his body wanted desperately to say yes, God Yes, but instead, he yelled out,
"No! No Sirius, I don't want to be your date!"
Remus ran out of the hall. Sirius got off the table and James gave him a look of sympathy. He was devastated. Not only had he made a fool of himself in front of the entire school, but he had also just gotten rejected by the only boy he'd ever loved. Sirius wanted to cry so badly, but he just couldn't give the hall any reason to laugh at him more than they already were. Sirius got up slowly. Quiet and hurt, he didn't want to talk to anyone. He decided that this had been the second-worst day of his life. But as much as Remus had hurt him today, he needed to see him.
He walked to their dorm to look for Remus and, after realizing he wasn't there, he used the map and found that he was up in the Astronomy Tower. So, off he went to find his moon boy.
Sirius found his way up the Astronomy Tower and saw his beautiful boy. He looked awfully pathetic crying as tears stained his freckled cheeks. Remus noticed that Sirius was there and quickly wiped the tears away. Sirius sat down next to Remus and asked with more hurt in his voice than he had ever felt before,
"I have to ask Moony, why did you say no?"
Remus sat there avoiding all eye contact and said,
"It was the words you used..."
Sirius was confused, he didn't understand,
"What's wrong with the words I used?"
Moony was silent.
He asked again,
"What's wrong Remus?"
Remus started crying again and reluctantly said,
"Something happened..."