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Sirius' Stupid Idea - PART THREE

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"Well, that wasn't quite how I imagined it going over," Sirius said lightly, still seated on his bed. Remus, who had been gawking down the stairs after Lily, flipped around at Sirius' words.

"What exactly did you expect when James found out his best mate was snogging the girl he's been practically in love with since first year?" Remus looked livid, his normally kind face flushed red. Sirius had never seen him look so angry, not even when Sirius' prank on Snape had nearly turned Remus into a murderer. Then, he had just looked terribly sad and James had been the furious one. "What on earth were you thinking, Sirius? You may have just single-handedly destroyed the Marauders."

Sirius was frozen, staring at Remus. The words stung, even though Sirius knew that he didn't fully understand the situation. When Sirius failed to respond, his mouth simply opening and closing silently, Remus huffed and walked over to his bed. He flopped down before pulling the curtains around, blocking Sirius from view.

"Moony?" Sirius said softly. There was a soft grunt from behind the curtain. "I promise I didn't betray James. I was trying to help."

"How the bloody hell does snogging Lily help him?" the still angry voice said. "I think she was just starting to fancy him back! Speaking of," a suspicious edge crept into his voice, "what did you do to Lily? The Lily Evans I know would never snog you. She's practically hated your guts since she first laid eyes on you, if Lily is even capable of hate. She wouldn't snog you willingly. Oh, no... You didn't use the Imperius, did you?" Remus' head peaked out from behind the curtain, looking at Sirius with wide, anxious eyes.

"Of course not ! I didn't do anything to her. I... well, I overheard her talking to you in the library today." The curtains were pulled back with a sharp snap, revealing the rest of Remus.

"You eavesdropped on us?"

"I wasn't eavesdropping! I had to get a book. How can I help it that you guys were talking fairly loudly at a table behind the bookshelf I was standing by?"

Remus scoffed. "And of course you had to stay and listen to the entire conversation once you had your book. Whatever. So you know that Lily's in love with James. And so you decide to snog her, knowing that it will likely ruin everything? Brilliant idea, Sirius."

"No, it was! Don't you see? Lily said she wouldn't tell James she fancied him, and you know he took that 'oath of platonic friendship' thingy at the start of the year, and he wouldn't give it up easily. I had to do something. We were just trying to make him jealous so he'd slip up and admit that he's still in love with her. We just... didn't expect him to be quite that upset."

Remus buried his head in his pillow and moaned. "Padfoot, you idiot." His words were muffled, but Sirius broke out in a grin at the use of his nickname. He'd been forgiven, by Remus at least. "Can you not go one day without meddling in someone else's business?"

Sirius, still grinning and not deigning to respond, stood up and dug around in his trunk for a minute, then stashed his loot in his schoolbag. "Where are you going?" Remus asked, sitting up.

"To meddle a little more." Sirius flashed a cocky grin at Remus before turning and walking down the stairs, escaping before Remus could object.

The corridor outside the Fat Lady's portrait was empty. Sirius looked it up and down for any sign of either James or Lily, but they had both vanished. He pulled the piece of parchment Lily had seen earlier from his bag, dug his wand out of his pocket, and tapped it, muttering a few words. He studied it for a few minutes, tapped it again, and shoved it back in his bag before walking off.