Here comes the sun
Here comes the Sun, doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the Sun and I say
It's all right
Little darling
It's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the Sun, doo-doo-doo-doo
Here comes the Sun and I say
It's all right
Little darling
The smiles returning to the faces
Little darling
It seems like years since it's been here
Sunday, July 1st 1979, 9:36am
Remus was awaken by the phone ringing.
"Stupid muggle thing" Sirius murmured. The phone woke him up too.
"I'll get it" Remus said as he got up and hurried to answer the phone.
"Hello? Remus here" He said in a sleepy voice.
"Good morning Remus! I'm Freddie"
"Oh good morning Freddie"
"How are you darlin'?"
"I'm good" Remus lighted a cigarette
"Did I wake you up? Sorry if I did"
"It's okay" Remus inhaled some of his cigarette's smoke. Sirius got up too and headed to the loo.
"So, um... do you and Sirius want to come at the beach with me and my mates?"
"Mm... Yeah, 'course" Remus was sure Sirius would be okay with it
"Perfect love! Can you be at my house at 11am?" Remus could hear in Freddie's voice that he was smiling.
"Sure" Sirius got out of the toliet when Remus answered to Freddie.
"You can bring your friends if you want"
"Mm hm"
"See ya" Freddie said and hung up the telephone.
***
Sirius made tea for Remus and himself. Remus was sitting on the couch, with a second cigarette between his long fingers. Sirius sat next to him and placed the two cups of tea on the small coffee table.
"Who was on the phone?" Sirius asked and took a sip from his hot tea.
"Freddie. Get ready... We're going at the beach with him and his mates" Remus said and they heard a knock on the door.
Sirius opened the door. It was a man with glasses that looked a lot like Lennon's. It was James. He looked like he was going at the beach.
"Guys get ready for a swim" James said before he even got in the house.
"Good morning to you too" Sirius told his friend and let him in the apartment.
"You're the second that invited us for a swim today. Lord, everybody wants to be our friends, don't they Sirius?" Remus said in an ironic tone and laughed.
Sirius laughed too.
"I'm the second one?! Oh my lord my friends are leaving me" James said in a dramatic tone. The three young men laughed.
"Who was the first one that invited you?" James asked when they stopped laughing.
"The singer of Queen" Sirius told James
"Mick Jagger?"
"This is the singer of The Rolling Stones James" Remus said as he put his cigarette in an ashtray.
"Oh right. Freddie Mercury?"
"Congrats James,you're so clever! You got it right! Ten points to Gryffindor" Sirius joked.
"Can I join you?" James asked but he never questioned how or since when his friends knew Freddie Mercury.
"Of course James. We're gonna say you're our son" Sirius kissed James cheek just like a mother would do. A real mother; not a creature like Sirius' mother.
"Thank you father" James said and chuckled.
***
《Remus' POV》
10:55 am
Remus, Sirius and James got out of the apartment. It was nice outside. The sun was shining, birds were singing sweet melodies; they were singing the song of mother nature, bees were flying from one flower to another.
It was truly beautiful.
"We're gonna apparate, right?" James asked
"Yeah" Remus said and they apparated some meters away from Freddie's house and then they walked to the singer's house.
Sirius knocked the door. Remus and James were standing behind him. The door was opened by a curly haired man. He was tall; as tall as Remus.
"Good morning lads" The man said and let the boys in.
The curly haired man led them to the kitchen. In the kitchen they found Freddie and two other men drinking tea. Remus recognized one of the men. It was the man who was with Freddie the night Sirius got drunk. He couldn't remember his name. Was it Richard? It started with an R for sure.
"Morning lads" Freddie approached them the moment they got in the kitchen.
"Let me introduce you to the boys" Freddie said.
"This is Brian," he pointed at the curly haired man,
"this is Roger" he pointed at the man who Remus had met again,
"and this is John" he then pointed at the other man who was reading a newspaper.
"Guys," he spoke to his mates,
"this is Remus, this is Sirius and this is..."
"James" James told him.
"Right, this is James".
Freddie told them to sit down and the young men did as Freddie told them.
"How are we going to get to the beach? I mean, me and the boys don't have a car. We called a cab to get here" Remus spoke when they sat down.
Of course he didn't tell them how they actually got there. Even if he did, they wouldn't believe him or they would think he's crazy. They were muggles... of course they wouldn't believe him.
"We're taking the bus at 12:00 PM. The ride to the beach will last about an hour" Roger was the first to answer.
Remus wished he could apparate instead of taking the bus. A whole hour in a bus would be boring. He was sure that his mates thought of the same thing.
***
11:50 AM
They all talked about a bunch of things, until it was time to get at the bus stop. They mainly talked about music but they also talked about their studies. Freddie studied design, John studied engineering and Roger studied biology.
Brian was an astrophysicist, so of course they also talked about astronomy. Brian told everyone everything he knew about Sirius. He told them about Sirius being the brightest star in the sky, he told them about Sirius actually being two stars and not only one star and he also told them that Sirius means "bright" in Greek, something that not even Sirius himself knew.
Everyone was listening to Brian like they're hypnotized. He could be a brilliant astronomy professor, Remus thought.
The bus stop was close to Freddie's house. They arrived there in only 3 minutes. The bus was supposed to arrive in 7 minutes. Remus decided to have a smoke. He got the cigarette between his lips and searched in his pockets for matches or a lighter. Nothing. He didn't have any matches or a lighter with him. He usually lighted his cigarettes by using magic but now he was in front of muggles, something that meant he couldn't use magic.
He sighed but a few seconds later, Roger -who was having a smoke too at that moment- offered him his lighter. Remus thanked the blonde man and lighted his cigarette. He inhaled and then he blowed out smoke rings.
When the bus arrived a few passengers got out of it and the seven men got into the bus. They were the only ones at the bus stop.
Remus was suprised by the fact that the bus was almost empty. There was a red haired woman with some flowers decorating her hair. There was also a punk with spiky hair and a Sex Pistols shirt.
Remus also saw a young man staring out of the window. He knew this man. He was sure he knew him. It took him a moment to realise who it actually was until Sirius talked to the young boy.
"Reggie?" Sirius called his name.
Of course it was Regulus. How could Remus not recognize him the moment he saw him?
Regulus turned his head and looked at Sirius. He looked at his brother's eyes without any trace of excitement for seeing his brother. Sirius was smiling to his little brother but Regulus didn't have any expressions on his face.
"Where are you going?" Sirius asked his brother as he sat beside him and got his hand around Regulus' shoulder.
"Beach. I'm going at the beach" Regulus said.
"Ha! That's where we're going! Come with us" Sirius suggested but Regulus shook his head.
"C'mon Reggie! It'll be fun. I miss you now that I moved out of our house. To be honest, you're the only thing I miss from that house..." Sirius' smile faded at the end.
Sirius and Regulus grew up in an abusive home. Their mother would beat them up on a daily basis. Especially, Sirius. She would hit him every single day. She would slap him, punch him or maybe even would cut him with a knife. Sirius once told Remus that she
-that creature- stabbed Sirius' hand with a knife and she did it so confidently, like it was just a piece of pork and not her son's hand. Sirius was getting hit for everything he did and many times he was getting hit for things he didn't do; things Regulus did but Sirius took the blame so he could protect his little brother. He would do anything for his little brother. He would do anything so his little brother wouldn't get beaten up from their mother. When Remus heard about all these things he wanted to throw up but he mostly wanted to protect Sirius.
"Sirius..." Regulus said and looked at his brother in a deeper way. It looked like he was starring at Sirius' soul.
"Please, Reggie come with us" Sirius told his brother in a sweet tone. Many people thought they hated each other but Remus knew just from the way they looked at each other that they both cared a lot about one another.
"I'll come with you but only if you do something for me" Regulus told his brother and Sirius just nodded.
"I hate asking people to do things for me but... Please, get me out of that house. Take me away from our mother. Take me away from that creature Sirius" Remus looked at Regulus as he was saying that and he truly looked like he needed help. He needed help and the only person who could help him was his brother.
"Of course Regulus. Of course" Sirius said and he smiled at his brother.
Sirius introduced Regulus to the band. James and Remus already knew him. Remus waved at him and James smiled. Remus wasn't sure but he thought he saw James blushing when he smiled at Regulus. It couldn't just be his imagination, could it?
On their way to the beach Remus was reading a book. He heard Roger telling Sirius and James about that one time he threw a TV out of a window. Sirius and James got excited and said that it would be fun if they tried doing it but Remus told them there was no way he would allow them do it.
Regulus was silent. He was looking out of the window. Remus could tell that his thoughts were drowning him. Remus was sure that all the thoughts and all the memories in Regulus' head were a huge sea that was drowning him. Remus knew that Regulus' mind was a huge sea that was shallowing him.
Remus wanted to talk with Regulus. He wanted to get to know him. Remus had never seen Regulus smiling. He wanted to make his boyfriend's little brother smile. He wasn't friends with Regulus and he never actually had a proper conversation with Regulus but he wanted to help him. Something inside him told him 'Remus make him smile. Remus make Sirius' little brother smile. Talk to him. Help him!'.
Remus was sure that Sirius wanted to help Regulus too. Sirius wanted it more than Remus. Sirius and Regulus were never that close but Sirius would do anything to protect his Reggie. Sirius would do anything to help his little brother.
And while Remus was thinking about Regulus and how he wanted to see the young boy smile, they arrived at the beach.
***
They found a quiet place and they sat there. Remus had just realized Brian had a guitar with him. Everyone left their things on the ground. Sirius, James, Freddie, Brian and John undressed themselves until they were all wearing just their swimsuits. And oh lord, Sirius looked good, Remus thought. The sun was making his black hair shine and his body looked so good that Remus wanted to touch every inch of it at that moment.
Regulus, Roger and Remus didn't get in the sea. Remus had a lot of scars all over his body. He felt insecure about them and he couldn't explain how he got the scars if the other men asked about them so he just stayed out of the water with his clothes on.
Regulus couldn't swim. Remus remembered Sirius saying that Regulus couldn't swim.
But Roger... Remus had no idea why Roger didn't get in the sea.
"Don't you fancy a swim?" Remus asked the blond haired man.
"Not really. I'm scared of the sea. I'm not scared of what's inside it. I'm just scared of drowning" Roger answered to Remus as he was taking his shirt off.
"Mm... Same" Remus lied. He wasn't afraid of drowning. He was afraid of people discovering his secret. Only a few people knew and he wasn't going go reveal to a bunch of muggles his secret. He couldn't let them know that he's a werewolf.
As the others were swimming, Remus and Roger smoked some cigarettes and talked about books. Honestly, Remus didn't except Roger to be a reader. He looked like the type of person that their only interest is shagging women but he actually loved reading and he was quite clever. But well, shagging women was also one of his interests.
Roger loved Oscar Wilde. Remus liked him too. Roger said that The picture of Dorian Gray was his all time favourite book. Remus loved this book too. Dorian reminded him of Sirius even though they didn't look like each other. Remus believed that Dorian was Sirius in another universe. He believed that Dorian was a darker version of Sirius.
They also talked about Odyssey and Iliad. Both of them preferred Iliad. Something they both loved in the Iliad was Achilles and Patroclus' friendship. They loved how Achilles killed someone just because he loved his best friend... or maybe his lover.
Remus realized that he and Roger shared the same opinions in literature. He was glad he found someone to talk about books.
At first, Regulus just listened to them but he didn't talk. He joined the conversation when they started talking about poetry. Remus knew that Regulus loved poetry. He knew that just from the way he was talking about his favourite poets and his favourite pieces of poetry which he would read again and again and would never get bored of them.
Remus really enjoyed the whole conversation and he believed that the two men he was talking with, enjoyed the conversation as well.
He got a little disappointed when their conversation was interrupted by the five men who had just gotten out of the water. But when he looked at Sirius all the disappointed left his body. Sirius looked like a greek god. Water drops were exploring his body and oh, how he wished he was the drops of water. If only they were alone and he could be one of those drops exploring Sirius' body.
"Remus please give me my glasses. They're in my bag" James said as soon as he got close to the three men.
Before Remus could move, Regulus had already gotten James' glasses. When Regulus handed James his glasses, James' cheeks turned a light shade of pink. It was the second time he saw James blushing today. And both times James was looking at Regulus.
Remus got up and stretched. Freddie approached him and whispered in his ear "I think James fancies Sirius' brother". Freddie then smiled and winked at Remus. Remus just chuckled. But maybe Freddie was right. Maybe James fancied Regulus. It was not just in his imagination cause Freddie could see that too.
All of them sat in the sand. Brian took his guitar and Remus recognized the song really fast. It was Starman. Starman by David Bowie. They sang together and it was a beautiful moment. Sirius was looking at Remus.
Remus couldn't forget about the 'You're my Starman, Moony' Sirius had told him a few days ago. He would never forgot.
Remus saw James looking at Regulus quite often. Oh lord, maybe Freddie was right.
After Starman, Brian played another song. Only Freddie sang this time. Freddie was a super talented singer, no one could deny that. Remus recognized this song too. A Queen song. Love of my life. Sirius would dedicate this song to Remus every time they listened to it. It's a beautiful song but in Remus' opinion it was even better when it was sang by Freddie Mercury in front of you.
Remus couldn't ask for something more. It was just a beautiful day at the beach. Remus was the type of person who prefers staying at home, reading a book, drinking tea and listening to music but ,surprisingly, he got sad when it was time to go home.
So, they all got into the bus and they got back to Freddie's house. This time, Regulus was with them too.
"Do you guys want to give you a lift?" Roger asked them.
"No thank you. We're gonna take a cab" Remus answered before anyone else could.
"Wait" James suddenly said. He paused for a moment. "Didn't you wrote I'm in love with my car?" James asked and everyone started laughing.
"Yes. Yes, I did" Roger said when he stopped laughing.
James shook Roger's hand. "Congratulations mate. I'm obsessed"
"Finally someone appreciates my work" Roger said, looking at his bandmates.
***
Remus, Sirius, James and Regulus got out of Freddie's house and they walked somewhere, where no one could see them so they could apparate.
They apparated to Sirius and Remus' appartment.
Sirius got in the shower and Remus told Regulus and James to sit on the couch.
"Do you want some water guys?" Remus asked the two boys sitting on the couch.
"Yes, please" James said and Regulus just nodded.
Remus left James and Regulus alone in the living room and he headed to the kitchen to get them some water.
As Remus was returning in the living room he heard James saying to Regulus "I'll do anything to help you"
and when he got in the living room he saw James' hand gently touching Regulus knee. James was also smiling at Regulus. But Regulus... Regulus never smiled. He just had that look on his face; that look that screamed for help. And James looked like he wanted to help Regulus. James looked like he could do anything for his best friend's brother even if they weren't friends. Even if they never had a conversation with each other, Remus knew that James would do anything to help Regulus.
Remus placed the two glasses of water on the coffee table. James and Regulus thanked him and drank all the water in their glasses at once.
Remus was just looking at James who is looking at Regulus. James surely adored Regulus and Remus adored the way James looked at Regulus. He adored the way James cared about his best friend's brother like he's his own brother. He adored the fact that James wanted to help Regulus even if Regulus would never do the same for him.
Remus was sure James didn't care. James didn't care if Regulus would do the same. James just wanted to help Regulus escape his abusive family, just like he wanted to help Sirius escape the same abusive family. But now Sirius had escaped and James wanted Regulus to escape too.
James wanted to see Regulus smiling. As much as James adored Regulus, Remus believed that James would adore Regulus even more if he saw him smiling. He would love Regulus' smiling face and he would do anything to see Regulus smile. James knew that making Regulus smile would be a difficult mission but he would try. James would try and he would do anything to finally see Regulus smiling.
Remus understood all of that just from the way James looked at Regulus.
Sirius got out of the shower quickly and got dressed. When Sirius got into the living room, James stood up.
"I think it's time to go home. Goodnight guys" James said as he got his things and left.
Remus and Sirius said 'goodnight'. Regulus waved at him and James smiled.
"I think I have to go too..." Regulus said and got up.
"No. You're not going anywhere" Sirius stopped his brother from living.
"You're staying here. You're not going back there. You're not going back to our mother" Sirius told his brother.
"Sirius..." Regulus tried speaking but Sirius interrupted him. "Reggie you're staying here. Believe it or not, the couch is really comfortable. I'll go to get your things tomorrow"
"Sirius there's no way you're going back there..." Regulus said.
"I'm just going to get your things. I'm doing this only for you" Sirius stayed and they both stayed silent for a moment.
Then, Regulus hugged Sirius. "Thank you, thank you so much Sirius" Regulus said and his brother rubbed his back.
Remus and Sirius made the couch comfortable enough for Regulus.
Sirius closed the lights in the living room and before he and Remus went in their bedroom, Sirius kissed Regulus' forehead. "Goodnight brother" Sirius told his brother and he and Remus went to sleep.