The Things That Happen In The Night - Wolfstar

Chapter Nineteen: Secrets Revealed

The next morning I sat in Transfiguration, yawning due to my lack of sleep. Rain was pouring down outside and the sound echoed through the castle. Remus' desk was empty as he was in the hospital wing. The boys and I tried to visit him before classes but Madam Pomfrey forbade it. I have a horrible feeling things went bad last night. I'm unable to concentrate as I worrry about Remus, not hearing Professor McGonagall ask for our essays.

"Mr. Black!" I hear from in front of me. I look to see McGonagall standing with a hand on her hip and her other hand full of parchment. "Your essay? Or did you not bother to complete it?" I quickly hand in my essay without a word and lay my head on the desk. McGonagall casts me a surprised look before collecting the rest of the essays. I tuned her out as she started today's lesson and brought my focus back to Remus. I planned on visiting him in the hospital wing at lunch along with James and Peter. I was always nervous to see how well Remus held up during the full moons and how well he recovered from them but today I'm even more nervous. Not being able to be there for him last night or see him until later today made this time even worse.

After what seemed like forever class ended and while my classmates went to the Great Hall for lunch, the boys and I went to see Remus. Madam Pomfrey was tending to Remus when we arrived but quickly got up to greet us as we came in. "Can we see him?" James spoke up, sounding hopeful. Madam Pomfrey sighed and nodded after a moments thought," one at a time though, he's had a rough night." My heart dropped at her words and before I could move James rushed to Remus' bedside.

Peter and I were left to wait outside the hospital wing until James was done. I sat in my chair and began to think of what I was going to say to Remus. What could I say? I'm sorry? I hope you feel better? There didn't seem to be anything I could say to make things better. I felt like it was my fault, at least partly. Not that I blamed James or Peter but it wasn't our best idea to sneak off to Hogesmeade during the full moon. I'm pulled from my thoughts as the door is opened. James emerges and his face is fallen. "That bad?" I ask, not knowing what else to say. James nods and walks away down the corridor hurriedly clearly upset.

I rush into the room next leaving Peter outside alone and find Remus. He's in the same bed as usual and as I near him Madam Pomfrey approaches. "He'll be fine, just be careful. No fooling around." I nod and approach his bed and sit down on the edge gently. Remus is sitting up on his bed, leaning back against some pillows. He has an arm in a sling and several more cuts and bruises as usual.

"I'm so sorry Remus-" I start to apologize before Remus cuts me off. "Sirius, it's ok. It's not your fault and I'm ok." I shake my head as I fight back tears. Seeing how upset I am, Remus takes hold of my hand," Sirius, what's wrong? I'll heal up, it's alright. It's nothing that serious." Usually I would make a joke about my name but the thought of it doesn't even seem funny now. Remus pulls my hand in an attempt to move me closer to him," come here, Padfoot." I scoot closer to him gently and look into his green eyes. He has a couple cuts under his left eye and a big gash above it.

Remus pulls me into a hug and I gently wrap my arms around him, trying not to hurt him. Remus uses his free hand to stroke my hair and back, his sling arm tucked between us. "Remus, I need to tell you something," I say somehow finding the courage. If he could still want to be my friend despite all of this then he will still want to be my friend once he knows that I like him. Right? "What's that?" Remus says as he pulls away a bit and I sit back. Now looking Remus in the eyes, I find it harder to tell him. "I...I um.... it's just that..." I trail off, not being able to tell him.

Remus gives a little smile," I think I know what this is about." I raise my eyebrows at him. He can't know, can he? Remus doesn't say anything more as he waits for me to continue. I look away for a second as I gather my courage. "I kinda like you..." I say without turning back to him. I feel Remus take my hand again and hold it as he says," I kinda like you too, Sirius." I turn my head back to him, hoping he knows what I really meant. Remus is smiling at me as he lets go of my hand and instead grabs my tie. He pulls me into him and kisses me.  It takes me a minute to wrap my head around what's happening but when I do I kiss him back. Remus let's go of my tie and instead tangles his fingers in my hair. I use one hand to support myself so I don't fall on Remus and my other to cup Remus' cheek.

It didn't seem like long before we were interrupted by a surprised yell,"Sirius?!" I pull away at the sound of the familiar voice and turn to face Marlene. "What are you doing!" I open my mouth to tell her to fuck off, feeling angry that she interrupted, before she cuts me off. "I came here to tell you what's been going on and now I'm not sure if I can. How long has this been going on?!" Marlene yelled angrily. Madam Pomfrey started heading over as she heard the commotion. "That's none of your business!" I said as quietly as I could muster but with as much anger as I could show. "It is my business! Do you know why?!" Marlene retorted as Madam Pomfrey appeared right next to her. "Ms. McKinnon! You must leave at once, Mr. Lupin needs his rest and you need to lower your voice."

Marlene gave me one last angry look before she turned to Madam Pomfrey. "Sorry, I'll be going," she said as kindly as possible, though she was still angry. Madam Pomfrey started walking back to her office before Marlene turned back to me. "Every bit of this is my business Sirius. Everything you do is my business. Because we're family now, whether you like it or not." I had officially thought she had gone mental before she finally pieced everything together.

"We're going to have a baby, Sirius." And with that she turned and left the hospital wing, leaving Remus and I with dropped jaws and loads of questions.

A/N:

Ok...so I lied lol. I was able to find some time to write and I just got excited to write this chapter. Hope you enjoyed it!