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Anyway, this chapter: More making out of the slashy kind, wolf-boys, and loopy-ness.

A Werewolf?

"Remus, would you quit pacing?" Sirius said exasperatedly as he watched the other man turn to walk across the room for the twentieth time in three minutes.

"Sorry, I just-" Remus cut off and ran a hand through his hair.

It was three hours until it was estimated that Remus would normally transform. Tonks had shown up earlier in the day and said she was going to be there later that night.

Remus and Sirius had finally convinced her that she shouldn't stay, for her safety of course, but she said she would still come over.

"I know you're anxious," Sirius said, "Just sit and calm down. It doesn't matter if you change into a werewolf, it's not like you haven't done it before. I'm still an animagus and can transform if things get out of hand."

Remus sighed, "Yeah, you're right. I'm just stressing over it because I don't think I'll completely change."

"Shhh, you don't want Tonks to hear you! She might want to stay and I want some alone time!" Sirius said, only half joking.

Remus didn't have to reply because Tonks interrupted them then by bursting through the door and announcing, "Remus, I'm here! Oh, and Sirius too." she said, shooting a dark look his way.

"Oh, I'm so happy to see you!" Sirius said sarcastically looking over plaintively to Remus.

Remus shrugged and rolled his eyes and turned to Tonks. "Hello, not to be rude or anything, but how long do you plan on staying?"

"Oh, maybe a couple of hours," She replied, causing Sirius to glare some more.

"That might be cutting it a little close, don't you think?" Sirius said, wanting to be rid of her as soon as possible.

"It'll be fine," Remus said to Sirius, getting tired of his possessiveness. He then turned to both of them and said "I'm the one who is going to be...something-ing. I'll let you know when I feel you should go."

Tonks sighed and said, "Well, I suppose that makes sense."

"Of course it does, it's Remus, isn't it?" Sirius quipped. Silence followed that comment and caused him to sigh and say, "Well, since it appears there is no room for amusement what are we going to do until Tonks has to leave."

Remus rubbed his temples and said, "I guess we can...I actually have no clue."

Sirius chuckled and said, "Well, that's a first."

Tonks smiled, hoping that it looked friendly and said, "Maybe we can invite more people over."

"No, when Remus tells everyone to leave I don't want it to look like an evacuation." Sirius said, looking over at Remus who offered him a smile.

"Then what are we going to do?" Tonks asked.

"Play Twister?" Sirius said randomly, causing the other two to look strangely at him. "What? It was only an idea, and I don't see you two being any help."

"Twister?" Remus asked after a long silence. "Well, I suppose we could play it, if we could find it."

"Yay!" Sirius exclaimed and ran down the hall to his room and came back out with a Twister box causing Remus and Tonks to stare at him more.

"Where did you get that?" Tonks asked.

"Dumbledore." Was all that Sirius had to say.

"Well that explains everything." Remus rolled his eyes, "Who's going to play first?" he asked as Sirius laid out the mat.

"All of us can play at the same time." Sirius said, smiling.

"Who would spin, then?" Tonks asked.

Sirius looked at her incredulously, "Um, hello? Magic?" Tonks muttered a soft 'Oh' and Sirius said, "All right, let's start the game!"

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An hour later Sirius was wishing he had never come up with the idea of playing Twister. Right now Remus was on the sidelines after falling trying not to laugh at the remaining two players.

Remus could tell Sirius was seriously debating weather or not to fall on purpose, and Tonks wasn't that far behind him on that thought. They were in what most people would call a 'compromising position', tangled up in each other with twin hilarious looks of ill-hid disgust on their faces.

"Right hand blue." Remus said and Sirius decided this was his chance to fall. Unfortunately, so did Tonks and they ended up in an even more tangled ball of body parts. They soon launched away from each other with a glare.

"I think I'm done playing." Sirius said and Tonks readily agreed.

"What should we do now, then?" Remus asked, looking at the clock as well as noting how he felt. He decided Tonks should probably leave in about a half-hour.

"I'm done playing games here," Tonks said, the wording causing Sirius to chuckle. Tonks ignored him and continued, "We should just hang out, I'll go make tea, if that's ok." finding no objections she went to the kitchen.

As soon as she was out of normal hearing range Sirius turned to talk to Remus.

"When is she leaving?"

Remus sighed, wishing they could get along, "I'll tell her she should go in a little less than a half-hour."

"That long?" Sirius whined.

"It's not that long, just try not being so obnoxious." Remus said, leaving Sirius gaping when Tonks returned.

She looked between them and raised an eyebrow in question, to which Remus shook his head. She shrugged and said, "Here's the tea. I think you guys need to stock up a little, though. It was hard to find anything good."

"Our tea is good, you just have no ta-" Sirius stopped himself mid-word and, looking at Remus said, "Of course, that's a matter of opinion."

"Of course." Tonks said, now a little more suspicious than confused.

There was silence for a few minutes while someone tried to come up with a topic to talk about. Finally Tonks said, "How do you like staying here. In Dead Land, I mean. I think it's pretty cool, but something about it seems weird to me."

"I like it here," Remus said after a moment of catching up to the random conversation. "I've only been here a little while, but it seems...nice, like I could live here forever without wanting to leave.

"I feel the same way," Sirius said, looking at Remus, then turned to Tonks, "but I also think something's weird about it."

"What kind of weird are you talking about?" Remus asked.

"Well, it's not really a bad kind of weird, it's just kind of strange that there's almost no animals and no, well, bad guys." Tonks said shrugging.

"Exactly," Sirius said. "Every once and awhile I hear an animal, but I never see them. I've heard rumors about a prison, though."

"A prison?" Tonks asked.

Remus shrugged, "I guess so. I think Lily mentioned it once. She didn't say where it was, but I don't think I'd want to know anyway."

"Yeah." Sirius said and the conversation trailed off. Soon the clock chimed and everyone jumped.

"Uh, well, I guess I should go, safety and all that." Tonks chuckled. "I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow or the day after. Bye." she waved and left.

"That was kind of abrupt." Remus said and Sirius could only nod in agreement.

Sirius stood up, stretched, and wandered around the room a little, unconsciously taking the same path Remus had been pacing earlier.

"You don't suppose she heard us, do you?"

"No, there's no way she could have. I think." Remus said, sighing and looking at the clock and also outside. The sun was almost set and it was only a matter of time until the moon rose.

"I think I should go to my room." Remus said and Sirius nodded in acknowledgment.

Sirius sat back down on a chair and looked around the small room. He had a good view of both the window and the clock from where he was, and it seemed like whatever was going to happen would happen any minute now. He got up again and paced again, waiting for some sign of what would happen.

Suddenly a sound like the whining of a dog drifted down the hallway. It got higher pitched and then there was a long howl before it went silent. Sirius wasn't sure exactly what was going on. Remus usually screamed when he changed, and always had, so for him not to really make noise was definitely unusual. Sirius wasn't sure what to do. He wanted to go to Remus' room and see how he was, but he wasn't sure if he should.

His indecisiveness was cured when he heard soft whimpering. He immediately got up and went down the hallway. He didn't immediately burst into the room when he got there, though. "Remus, are you ok?" he asked only response was the sudden lack of noise.

"I'm coming in, ok?" he said and slowly opened the door.

He paused to take in the sight before him. Remus was sitting facing away from the door next to the bed, shaking a little, which gave Sirius the perfect view of the tail spilling out over the other mans pants. He looked mostly human, except for that, and the wolf ears Sirius noticed next sitting on top of his head. Sirius had made a noise of surprise and Remus now turned around and Sirius saw his eyes were golden and he had whisker marks. His canine teeth were long, and his nails had grown and sharpened as well.

"S-Sirius?" Remus stuttered, his voice deeper than normal and slightly gravely.

"Yeah, it's me. How do you feel?" Sirius asked, trying to send out soothing vibes.

Remus sat silently for awhile, trying to figure out how to answer that question. Finally he said, "I guess I feel ok. I feel kind of strange,like my wolf instincts are there, and strong, but my human side is still here enough for me to kind of have a clamp on them."

"Do you think I should change?" Sirius questioned.

"No, I'm fairly sure you'll be fine, though maybe you should go to the living room for awhile until I get used to this," Remus said, taking a deep breath.

Sirius noted that and sighed softly, "All right, I guess I'll go out there. If you need anything, don't hesitate to call." Remus nodded and Sirius left.

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About half way through the night Remus wandered out of his room to sit in the living room. He didn't bother with a chair, he just curled up on the floor in a dog-like manner, causing Sirius to mentally raise an eyebrow.

"I'm bored," Remus said suddenly.

"I'm sorry. There really isn't anything to do." Sirius said, sighing again.

"There has to be something to do." Remus said, being uncharacteristically annoying. "Maybe we can go for a walk."

"I don't think so. Maybe next time," Sirius said, wincing as he noticed he had to be the mature one here.

"Why can't we go this time?"

Sirius stared at the other man incredulously. He was usually the one that acted childish, but this was just taking it too far. "Because I said so," he said using the cliche parent excuse.

Remus looked at him suspiciously, "That's not a very good excuse." he said, rolling onto his back so he was looking at Sirius upside down.

"Well, it's the only one I've got." Sirius said, resisting the urge to poke Remus in the stomach.

"I suppose." Remus said dejectedly, "What else is there."

"Nothing." Was all Sirius had to reply. "There is absolutely nothing to do." That's appropriate, anyway, he thought.

Remus sighed and began rolling back and forth on the floor, making it very hard for Sirius to keep a straight face. "We still have, like, three hours!" Remus complained, looking at the clock, and then the window where it was still dark.

"Oh Remus, I'd love to see it if you remember this in the morning." Sirius muttered to himself. "You'd have a cow."

Luckily the temporarily hyper-insane werewolf was too busy trying to occupy himself to hear that remark.

"Do you have any more games?" Remus asked, flipping back onto his stomach.

"Um, I have Twister, as you know, and Monopoly, Scrabble, Jenga, and Guess Who." Sirius said, caught off guard by the subject.

Remus seemed to think over the options for a little bit and then said, "Let's play Guess Who! Then we can play Twister." He smirked, reminding Sirius that no matter how immature he was acting he definitely wasn't a little kid.

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"You're...Maria!" Remus exclaimed, effectively winning for the third time in a row.

"I quit." Sirius said. No matter how much his conscience wanted to put off playing Twister he just couldn't take this humiliation.

"Does that mean we get to play Twister now?" Remus asked excitedly, practically jumping up and down.

Even though Remus looked nineteen, and was thirty-eight, Sirius couldn't help but be reminded of an excited six year old when he was bouncing around like that. Sirius added yet another source of blackmail to the list he had started earlier that night, starting with the doggy ears.

"Yes, we can play Twister now," Sirius sighed, grinning as Remus shot him a brilliant smile and set up the mat.

"All right, I'll spin!" Remus exclaimed getting on one side of the mat and Sirius moved to be standing opposite him.

"If you insist," Sirius said, looking outside it seemed there was about a little more than an hour until daybreak.

Instead of a real reply Remus just sent him a smile and motioned toward the spinner causing the game to start.

Sirius started getting suspicious of Remus the first time he was backed into a position where the other man was practically sitting on top of him to get to the colored dots. The next time was when Remus 'fell' and touched his butt on the way down. After this only happened once or twice Sirius started thinking his suspicions had no base until he found himself once again face to face on top of Remus.

"You're cheating aren't you?" Sirius said accusingly as he had to move himself into yet another compromising position with the other man.

"Maybe," Remus giggled, giving Sirius the impression of a drunk teenager. "Whoopsie," he said and 'accidentally' fell on top of the other man. "Why hello there."

'Is there such thing as catnip for wolves, and who fed him some?' Sirius thought to himself as Remus groped him 'trying to get up'.

Sirius then noticed the lack of movement from the other man and looked down his torso to find him laying on his chest.

"Are you going to move?" Sirius asked after a couple minutes.

"No, actually I quite like it here." Remus said, snuggling so the tips of his ears were tickling Sirius's chin.

Sirius huffed out a breath of air, "What am I, a pillow?" he asked, half of him wishing the other man would get up and the other half wanting him to stay.

"Yes, and a darn good one too." Remus sighed.

Sirius silently cursed whatever entity had gotten him into this situation. 'Luckily I think I have enough control to stave off until he regains his senses...unless he does that.' he thought as Remus slid up so he was face to face with him and kissed him.

When Remus pulled back the golden color eyes seemed even more metallic and liquid. He breathed deeply, inhaling Sirius's scent.

"Sirius, you smell so good," Remus said, his voice soft and intense.

"Th-that's nice to know," Sirius said, trying to collect himself. He decided the effort was worthless when Remus leaned in for another kiss. This one wasn't over so quickly.

Though it started out slowly enough it escalated quickly from a modest kiss to making out. Sirius moved his lips across the other mans, then, licking across them, he gained entrance. Remus was more than willing to let this continue, his tongue intertwining with Sirius, sucking on it suggestively.

Sirius mentally grinned and began to slowly move his hand Remus's shirt, causing him to pause and emit a sound halfway between a sigh and a moan. He the leaned forward and began kissing him again hungrily. They continued kissing for a few minutes until they slowed and finally stopped. Remus pulled back and then moved to lean his forehead against Sirius', both of them breathing heavily.

"I feel kind of bad, but I wish I had you hyper-insane more often," Sirius said softly and Remus chuckled.

"I'm glad you think so highly of me," he said causing Sirius to grin.

"No problem." He looked outside, and then the clock. "It looks like you've got about five minutes until you're back to being logical. And tail-less."

Remus chuckled again and said, "I guess I'll go back to our room."

Sirius watched him walk down the hallway and shook his head. Remus usually didn't remember what he did when he transformed, but since he had still been mostly human this time he had the feeling he would remember. Sirius couldn't wait to find out.

A few minutes there was a series of whimpers and a long howl and a couple minutes after that a disgruntled and normal looking Remus staggered out of the room, down the hallway and into the living room.

Sirius noted the similarities of this transformation and having a hangover and went to the kitchen to prepare tea calling over his shoulder to Remus that he should probably sit down before he fell over.

Sirius returned with the tea to find Remus still standing there with a slightly confused and blank look on his face. Sirius sighed, hoping he would get back to normal soon.

"Couch. Sit." he ordered, and there was a pause while Remus tried to steady himself and walked to the couch.

After he had sat down and Sirius had given him a cup of tea he looked up and said, "Did I seriously just do that?"

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End Chapter Twelve