The Trials of the Marauders (Completed)

Chapter 2

Remus noticed that it was unbelievably cold in the prefects’ bathroom, but he did not care. Because it was late in the evening, he knew that no one would be in the bathroom, so he had decided it would be a good place for them to calm down. He sat down on the cold floor and wrapped his arms around himself. He watched Sirius leaning against the wall, looking angry and frustrated. Eventually, the animagus punched the marble wall with a force that Remus had never seen in him before.

“Bastard!” he shouted.

He turned around and saw Remus holding himself tight, shivering with the cold. The black-haired boy went over to him, sat down beside him and cuddled him.

Remus rested his head on Sirius’ shoulder. “It’s all a big mess, isn’t it?”

Sirius caressed the werewolf’s brown hair. “It’ll be alright, love. Things will work out.”

“How?” Remus sounded anxious. “How can things possibly work out? James hates us both, and knowing Peter, he’ll back James up…”

“So what? It’s their loss.”

“It’s our loss, too.”

“Look. Let’s not worry about it now.”

“Well, what can we do then?”

Sirius looked over to the bath that was as large as a swimming pool and he smiled. “I’ve got an idea.” He stood up and went over to the large bath. He knelt down and turned on a few of the hundred taps that were scattered on the edge of the bath. Immediately, a mixture of water and colourful bubble bath gushed out of the taps. One gushed out rainbow-coloured bubbles. Another gushed out blue bubbles, and very thick foam flowed out of another tap.

“What are you doing, Pads?”

Sirius smiled cheekily. “What does it look like, Moony? I’m going to have a bath.”

Gobsmacked, Remus said, “You mean…now?”

“Of course now! Why do you think I turned the taps on for?” He stood up, and as he was undoing his tie, he asked, “You going to join me?”

Remus shuffled closer to the wall and huddled himself tighter. “Oh, I don’t know.”

“Come on, Remy.” Sirius chuckled, “You don’t have to be shy with me.”

The brown haired student shook his head and watched as his boyfriend slowly stripped in front of him. When Sirius removed his tie and unbuttoned his shirt, Remus could not help but admire the rebel’s toned chest.

Oh my god, Pads. You’re gorgeous!

He watched as Sirius removed his socks, shoes and trousers. Remus knew he could be imagining it, but he swore that Padfoot was deliberately teasing him. The way he zipped down his trousers…so slow…so soft…as they fell to the ground. Remus noticed that Sirius was not wearing any underwear, and yet he was not surprised--it just seemed so natural to Remus that his boyfriend did not wear underwear. Sirius began to touch himself all over, as if he was making love to himself. His hands glided over his well-toned chest, down past his boxers and squeezed his hard thighs. Remus could feel an erection forming in his boxer shorts, and he licked his lips as he saw Sirius’ erection standing proud.

The sight before him made Remus feel ugly in himself. He knew that his boyfriend would be disgusted at the mass of horrible scars scattered over his painfully thin body. In their three months together, they had never even performed oral sex. Sirius was willing, but Remus was too shy to strip in front of him.

Sirius shot a seductive look to the boy. “Are you sure I can’t tempt you?”

Although he was very aroused, Remus could not bring himself to nod. He pressed his legs against his chest, feeling his hard cock trapped against his torso and thighs. With a warm smile on his face, Sirius stepped towards him. He knelt down on the cold, hard floor, and he placed a hand on Remus’ soft cheek.

He whispered, “You don’t have to be shy with me. I just want to share a bath with you. I want to see…how…” He kissed the werewolf’s neck. “Beautiful…” Another kiss. “You are.” A third kiss and Remus began to moan. “I won’t do anything you don’t want me to do. I promise.” Sirius cupped the prefect’s face in his hands. “Do you trust me?”

Although Sirius’ eyes were a steely grey, in that moment, they had lost their coldness and become warm and loving. Remus found himself melting into the gaze, and he nodded. Sirius smiled, took hold of his hands and pulled him and the werewolf to his feet. He removed Remus’ tie and threw it on the floor. He slowly unbuttoned his shirt and within seconds, it joined the growing pile on the ground.

Remus removed his socks, shoes and the belt around his trousers. He pulled down the zip, and his trousers were quickly around his ankles. He slowly pulled down his boxer shorts, his hands shaking nervously. Sirius grabbed hold of the werewolf’s boxers and forcefully pulled them down. He could see Remus’ erection standing as proud and hard as his. He gazed at it, licking his lips.

Oh, I wish I could suck that!

Instead, he looked into his beloved’s eyes and smiled again. “I don’t know what you’ve got be so shy about. You are absolutely gorgeous. Come and have a bath with me, please.”

Remus nodded and stepped out of his boxers and trousers. He moved to the edge of the bath, sat down and gently went into the warm and soothing water. He watched Sirius turn off the taps and jump into the water. For no reason he could not decipher, the brown haired boy began to giggle. That is, until the black haired lad emerged from the water completely soaking wet.

And I didn’t think he could get any hotter!

Sirius swam up to Remus, and the two pups were soon wrapped in a hug. They locked together in a kiss. Remus did not know why, but he had the urge to touch his beloved everywhere. His fingers traced Sirius’ toned chest, and he felt the animagus’ fingers glide over his own body. The sensations flowing through him was caused his cock to ache more.

“Touch me,” Remus moaned. “Please touch me.”

Sirius ginned naughtily and immediately grabbed hold of Remus’ cock. The werewolf responded with an urging moan. Sirius pinned one of Remus’ wrists to the wall of the pool and rubbed his cock with need. Remus’ loud moans filled the room as he was brought closer and closer to his orgasm.

He moaned, “Yes! Oh yes! That’s so good! More! More!”

At the sound of Remus’ urging, Sirius began to rub his cock more vigorously. He licked his neck and pressed himself against the werewolf. Remus wrapped his free hand around Sirius and began to masturbate him. Soon, Sirius’ moans joined Remus’, and the room was filled with sounds of needs and wants.

All too soon, though, Remus closed his eyes and cried out, “Oh, fuck!” as he emptied himself in the bath. He knew he would now be lying limp in the pool if Sirius was not holding on to him. He heard Sirius moan in unison and felt him empty himself into the water.

Sirius opened his eyes and stared at Remus. He whispered, “I love you.”

Remus replied, “I love you too.”

Sirius let go of his boyfriend’s wrists and wrapped his arms around his body. The rebel kissed the prefect’s lips gently, and he could almost feel Remus smiling.

Once they were out of the bath, Remus and Sirius went to the corner where there were a pile of fluffy white towels. Sirius picked up a towel and threw it to Remus. He picked up a second towel from the pile. As he dried himself, he could not help but look at his boyfriend who had wrapped the towel around his waist

“Are you okay?”

Remus nodded. “I’m fine.”

“Any regrets?”

“No. Why should there be?”

“Well, I know that you are more insecure about being with me in that way. And well, the incident with James probably didn’t make it any better. I just want you to know that I would never force you into anything. All I can say is you were good.”

“I know enough about you to know that. All I can say that at least I know what your past conquests are missing.”

Sirius stopped drying himself and went shy. “Past conquests?”

“Yeah. Everyone knows that you’ve had sex before.”

“Oh…that. Remy, I’ve got a confession to make. There are no past conquests.”

Remus’ mouth hung open. “What?”

“I’m a virgin.”

Remus was silent for a few moments before smiling, “Now that’s sweet of you to lie and make me feel better, but I don’t mind about your past.”

Sirius walked over to the werewolf, insisting, “No, really. I am a virgin. I have kissed people, but that’s it. I have never been top or bottom. I have not even performed oral sex. I’d never lie to you, Remy…never.”

Remus looked at his boyfriend in mild shock, He is a virgin like me. This confident guy who is not shy of showing off his sexy body as he dries himself is a VIRGIN!? And yet, he wouldn’t lie to me about something like this. He just wouldn’t. In that moment, Remus smiled and felt honoured.

“Well, Sirius, you do surprise me. I always thought you were an expert. And now, you’re showing off everything to me. I always thought virgins were shy.”

“Nah. None of them have ever aroused me the way you do. And I won’t deny it. I do know I’m attractive. Enough people have said it.” He laughed to himself. “But I know enough to know when I’ll be ready for sex, and well, I know I want to lose it to someone special, someone like you.”

“Then why all these rumours? Why let people believe that you are a Casanova?”

Sirius shrugged his shoulders. “Hey, I got to have a reputation. All us gorgeous guys have to have one.”

Remus chuckled, “Gorgeous?” He shook his head in humour. “You’re not that good-looking.”

Sirius chuckled and whipped his wet towel at the werewolf. In good humour, Remus retaliated by flicking his towel at Sirius. Soon, the two of them were play fighting with towels and enjoying it. That is, until Remus slipped on the wet floor and fell backwards in the bath. Sirius’ face fell. He dropped his towel and carefully made his way to the bath edge. He leaned forward and was about to go into the pool when Remus came out of the water. He grabbed hold of the long-haired boy’s wrists and pulled him into the water.

When Sirius resurfaced, he grinned at the werewolf, and within seconds, they were locked in a passionate kiss. Instantly, it did not matter to them that it was now getting late and they should not be in the bathroom. It did not matter to them that anyone could walk in and see them. Even the situation with James was forgotten as they were enveloped in another moment of passion.

During breakfast time, James could not help but look at the two pups with a sickening feeling in his stomach. He and Peter had arrived at breakfast earlier than their friends…no, former friends now, in James’ mind, and when he saw the two lovers walking into the Great Hall, he simply stared at him. He could not believe they walked into the Hall, happy and smiling as if the previous night’s events had never happened. Sirius did glance at the bespectacled student, but it was only for a second. As James played with his cereal, he watched Remus and Sirius laughing and joking with each other.

Ignore them, James, he thought. They are not worth looking at….

…but our friendship…six years of friendship down the drain….and when Sirius left his parents, he came to me for help…not Remus…not Peter but me…he must care for me if he did that….

…not as much as Remus, obviously…if he did care about you, he wouldn’t be willing to risk years of a solid friendship for a quick fuck…

…but three months together…that’s the longest relationship I have ever known Sirius to have…he must really care for Remus…

STOP IT! What they are doing is disgusting! You can’t be friends with people like that!

James looked down at his cereal and saw that the milk had made his cornflakes all soggy. He did not really care for soggy cornflakes, but he ate them anyway, for if he did not eat them, he would be grumpy all day. He tried to resist the urge to look at his two former friends and focused on talking to Peter.

Suddenly, Lily sat down opposite the spectacled boy. “Hiya, Potter. You all ready for tonight?”

James looked up from his cereal. “Tonight?”

She looked at him as if he was the stupidest student at Hogwarts. “Yes, tonight. Our private teaching session. Professor Slughorn says you need a perk up on Potions.”

James looked at her, confused, remembering what happened two nights earlier…Slughorn telling him that he was getting hopeless at Potions and assigning Lily to tutor him…the happiness he felt when he finally got a chance to get close to the girl he fancied more than any other, and then his happiness disappearing when he saw his two ex-best friends betraying him.

It’s amazing what can happen in forty-eight hours.

James said apathetically, “Oh, yeah. What time do you want to meet up?”

“How about in the dungeons after tea?”

“I’ll be there.”

“Fair enough, Potter. And don’t be late. My life doesn’t revolve around looking after tardy people.”

“Yeah, okay.”

And with that, Lily stood up and left the Great Hall with a group of girlfriends. James watched as she left. Even though he found her beautiful, he just could not look forward to their private session. He stared at the entrance doors long after she had left. He finally was awakened from his thoughts by Peter nudging his shoulder.

“Looks like someone else has been keeping secrets.”

Feeling dazed, James turned to his friend. “What?” Realising what Peter was on about, James spoke. “Oh yeah. I was meaning to tell you, but then, well, you know what happened.”

“Oh.”

James did not know what else to say, so he turned back to his soggy cornflakes and ate in silence, trying to block out the laughter of the two mutts.

The day passed awkwardly for all four of the Marauders. It did not help that they shared the same classes and were renowned for doing everything together in class. Luckily, none of the day’s classes involved them doing anything other than listening to lectures and taking notes, so even though they had to sit at the same tables, it was easy to avoid communication. The tension between all four of them was incredibly thick, however, and Remus in particular breathed a sigh of relief when the school day was over. As James walked to the dungeons, the other three went their own separate ways.

James knew he should have been over the moon at the thought of sitting next to Lily, but he could not concentrate. His mind was so succumbed with the last few days that he carelessly made mistakes. He kept dropping potions and made obvious mistakes. Eventually, she lost her patience and smacked the back of her head.

James cried out, “Ow! What did you do that for, Evans?”

“Well, you are really taking the piss, Potter! I am giving up my free evening to help you out, and all I am getting is a clumsy idiot. If this is some clever ruse to get something off me, then it’s not going to work.”

James rubbed the back of his head. “Sorry, Lily. It’s just…it’s just…”

“What?” Lily sounded more annoyed. “I’ve noticed it all day. You have been after me for months, and now I actually want to help you and all I get is this git who can’t be bothered.” She picked up her school things and stood up. “When you want to take my help seriously, send me an owl, and I may get back to you.”

James heard her footsteps and the potions classroom door open. It was then that James let out his frustration with a hard punch onto the wooden desk. The bang echoed through the room and forced Lily to look at him. She saw James gripping his hair hard. Concerned, she walked back into the classroom and walked over to him.

When she was towering over him, she asked, “Anything you want to talk about?”

James released his hold on his hair and looked at the red head. He saw her face full of concern. He sighed and motioned for her to sit down. When she had, he began to talk.