The second “first date”

“Minnie please.” pleaded Sirius after transfiguration.
He had cornered professor McGonagall after class to ask her if he could stay out past curfew. She looked very unimpressed.
Now, normally Sirius wouldn´t have asked. What the map and the cloak useful for? But he wanted his second “first date” with Remus to be absolutely perfect. After the Hogsmeade fiasco- not so much of a fiasco really, since Regulus had said Remus had told him he had enjoyed his time with Sirius -.
“Come on Minnie.” insisted James. Because of course James Potter was there. Of course he was helping Sirius plan his date. “Don´t do this for Sirius ---“
“Oi!”
“Do this for love.” continued James ignoring Sirius’s ´protests. Professor McGonagall looked at them with a stern face. “Okay maybe not love. Do this for Remus.”
“Bingo” Sirius thought as Professor McGonagall face softened. She loved them equally but they all knew she had a soft spot for the scrawny moody boy who worked his ass off to maintain good grades.
“Or are you refusing cause it´s a date between two boys.” pushed Sirius, with a fake gasp.
“Mr. Black, are you using the gay card with me?” Professor McGonagall arched a brow at them, but she was fighting a smile. Deep down she enjoyed Sirius and James´s antiques.
“Depends, Minnie, is it working?”
“I´m not doing this for you Mr. Black---“
“Yes!” celebrated both boys, high-fiving each other.
“I´m doing this because, as hard as you find it to believe, I do appreciate romance---“
“Aw, Minnie, you old softie.” Teased James.
“AND, I´m doing this because Mr. Lupin deserves a romantic date… after Hogsmeade…” she said, shaking his head at Sirius, as if she was deeply disappointed.
“What the---“
“Mr. Black!”
“Minnie, how´d you… but you… just… how?”
“Mr. Black, the younger Mr. Black, told me all about the not so date.” Explained McGonagall. Sirius jaw dropped.
“Reggie told you?!" asked James.
“Honestly, Mr. Black, you have to get it together. Although after what happen in the great Hall the other day, Mr. Lupin----“
“You saw Remus?!” screamed James turning to face Sirius. “What is happening?!” Then more calmed, he turned to address his professor. “If I didn´t knew you any better I´d say you are enjoying the dance these morons are in.”
Professor McGonagall calmly sip her tea to hide the tiniest of smiles.
“That sneaky bastard.” Muter Sirius.
“Mr. Black…”
“Sorry professor…You chat with my brother?”
McGonagall shrugged. “My office is open for anyone.”
“Professor! If I had known I could just come in and talk… You know how many times I got detentions so I could come and chat over biscuits?!” complained James.
“You give him biscuits?!” inquired Sirius truly scandalized.
“Mr. Potter my office is always open and you are always welcome. As for you Mr. Black… I have biscuits Tuesday´s afternoon, if you´d like to come.” She said looking rather amused with her two students. “Now that that is sorted out, I´ll allow you to stay out until ten Mr. Black… Only you and Mr. Lupin” she said looking at James.
“But Minnie, I´m going to be their waiter.” Pouted James.
Professor McGonagall rolled her eyes.
“Mr. Potter, allow them some privacy.” She scolded. Sirius snorted. “And you will not do the dinner by the lake, is too close to the forbidden forest and Godric knows what creatures Hagrid has put in there this month. You´ll prepare everything in the flying pitch, where the first years take flying lessons. And I´ll fetch you when the clock strikes ten o´clock, no excuses. Have I made myself clear?”
She looked stern, nevertheless James and Sirius had the biggest shit eating grins ever. They both ran to the other side of the desk and hugged her quickly.
“Thanks Minnie, this truly means a lot.” Chuckled Sirius with happiness.
“You have no idea how much you helped us, Minnie, now those two can stop dancing around each other and kiss.”
“Prongs!”
And for James amusement and Sirius surprised McGonagall laughed. She laughed wholeheartedly because her boys would always be the same and yet they had grown so fast.
“Get you act together Mr. Black.” She warned. “Mr. Lupin deserves this.”
“I know.” Replied Sirius with a soft smile and longing look on his face.
“Mr. Black?” she called before the boys closed the door.
“Yeah?”
“You also deserve this.”
Sirius beamed at her.
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And so it began the preparation for what the boys called “The perfect second-first date”.
Friday evening everything was going to plan. Lily, with help from Professor Flitwick had put up some weather charms just in case. Peter had helped Sirius decide the menu for the evening. Mary and Marlene were currently charming flowers so they will from a path and around nine thirty they would light up. “To create a romantic atmosphere Black” had said Marls. Dorcas was working on charming some instruments from the frog choir, so they would play while Sirius and Remus dinned.
It was still early and the sun still shone, but even like this is looked beautiful. Sirius took a step back to admire everyone working. He was truly satisfied with everything. “This is going to be perfect” he thought. His heart was pounding in anticipation. He could only imagine the face Remus would make when he saw everything in its splendor, the music, the food, and the flowers light up. He smiled closing his eyes.
“Could you imagine he was allergic to the sticky toffee pudding?” asked Regulus sneaking behind Sirius.
“Shut off.” Regulus looked at him with and arched brow. “I checked, already, he is not.”
“Okay but just imagine.”
“Not helping Reg.”
Regulus snorted softly.
“If you are not helping what are you doing here? Isn´t your ONLY job to help Remus occupied until nine?”
“I left him already handsome and pretty on you dorm with a good book to take his mind off all his nervousness.”
Sirius found some comfort on the thought that he wasn´t the only one dying of nerves.
“Besides, I AM helping, I´m supervising.” Said his little brother with a smug smile.
“Sometimes I hate you.” Said Sirius throwing and arm around Regulus shoulders and bringing him in for a hug.
“Sirius.” Regulus called, with a soft voice. “He is going to love it, don´t worry.”
Sirius hugged him tighter.
“I bloody well hope so.” Said Sirius looking ahead. “Where´s James anyways?”
“He´s trying on the outfit his parents---“
“Our parents.” Corrected Sirius.
“Ugh please don´t say “our”, because if they are your parents they´ll be mine and then I´ll be dating my step brother.”
“Continuing the Black tradition are we, Reg? Keeping it in the family I see.” Teased Sirius.
Regulus stared at his brother. Ever since Regulus had being quick out of the house for “following his brother´s steps” they had this weird banter amongst them, so Regulus felt not an ounce of guilt when he answered.
“Could you imagine if Remus thought this was too much for just the first date?” he said with and evil smile.
Sirius eyes went wide.
“Fuck off.” He replied nervously. He passed a hand through his hair. “Fine you win. They are James´s parents. Do you think he´ll think is too much for a first date?”
Regulus laughed slithering away from his brother´s nervous embrace.
“I´ll go supervise Dorcas.”
“Shit, now I really need James.”
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“Regulus! Stop making Sirius insecure.” Scolded James once he had gone downstairs and met them on the castle grounds.
“He started it.”
“Did you?” asked James. Sirius smiled. And James smacked him lightly on the head. “Leave my boyfriend alone. And you Mr., leave my best friend alone. He´s melting as it is.”
“Just wait until Remus arrives.” Teased Regulus.
“What? Why?” snapped Sirius.
“Well, let´s just say, if I were you I´d put on a suit or else you´ll clash with him.
“Oh Merlin, is he going to wear a suit?” asked Sirius, sounding oddly alarmed.” James… I… I don´t think I can…”
“Okay! And with that we are going to the dorms so you can change.” Said James pushing Sirius before he shut down completely.
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“Breathe Pads.” Commanded James, grabbing his best mate by the shoulders. “You can do this.”
“I can do this.”
“It´s Moony we are talking about. You are practically dating already. He fancies you and you flirt with him all the time.”
“Yes, it´s Moony. We are friends right. We technically already went on a first date.”
“Yeah! And he enjoyed it.”
“Why am I so nervous then, James? Is this is how it´s going to fill when we get married? I just want him to enjoy it.”
James took a step back to look at Sirius.
The raven haired boy was agitated but that didn´t stop his ears from turning the brightest of red. His pale complexion couldn´t hide the blush. His face was so red he could have attracted all the pixies living in the forest.
James took a step closer.
“What did you just say?” James searched for Sirius´s gaze.
“If you tell Regulus I´ll murder you with your own stinky socks.”
“I wasn´t going to tell him.”
“Good because if you do, he´ll definitely tell Remus.”
James laughed.
“Okay mate. Focus. Everything is going to be alright. You to have loved each other for ever. Just talked to him like you would every other day okay. I know this is a special occasion but you have to enjoy it also okay. This first date implies you are a couple, you both have to enjoy it because now you are a team. So go out there and have fun okay?”
“Prongs, did you just use one of you quidditch pep talk, to hype me for a date?”
James scratched the back of his neck clearly embarrassed.
“Reggie said I was good at this.” He answered. “Sirius, it´s you and Remus is Remus. You have nothing to worry about. You two have always been Pads and Moony. It´s just that now you can kiss him whenever you want.”
“I can kiss him?” asked vaguely Sirius staring into the void, processing what James had just said.
“Sure mate.”
“I can kiss him, Jamie!”
“Of course you can!”
“What time is it?”
“Quarter to nine”
“Okay.” Said Sirius starting to pace a bit. “Thanks prongs, love you.” He kissed James on the cheek. Then he looked at him and smile. “I can fucking kiss him!”
“And he´ll kiss you!”
“He´ll kiss me!”
“Yeah mate. Come on!”
“I´m going to kiss him!” Sirius shouted as he started to make his way to the flying grounds.
“Yes you are.”
“I´m going to kiss the living shit oit of him”
“Yeah... No, Pads, wait! Ask him! Ask him first! You should ask him first” replied James putting his hands around his mouth but Sirius was long gone.
James adjust his the blazer his parents had sent him for the occasion.
“We´ll this should be interesting.”