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Much Ado About Nothing	By : goblet Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 2534 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
by The Goblet

Chapter 18

After breakfast that morning the Marauders returned to the Gryffindor Common room to plan Remus' Freedom Night.

They were sitting around the coffee table trying to convince Remus that he would, in fact, die a painfully horrible death and lead an unfulfilled life if he did not have a stripper at his party, when Lily walked out of her dormitory carrying her travelling cloak.

"Just because the rest of you want to ogle some poor witch's breasts, does not mean that Remus does," she admonished as she pulled on her cloak.

"I'm sure he'd rather watch a nice, muscular wizard disrobe for him," she added, winking at the werewolf.

Sirius, James and Peter managed to look both disgusted and ashamed of themselves at the same time. They had, of course, forgotten that it was Remus' night, and not just an excuse to get blindingly drunk.

"Heading out?" asked James.

Lily nodded. "We're running low on Knotgrass and Lacewing Flies."

"Couldn't you just get them owled to you?"

"No, the Apothecaries tend to send student grade ingredients if you order by owl. I need to make sure that we get high quality supplies."

"Then let me accompany you. It's not safe to be wandering the streets of Hogsmeade by yourself."

Lily was bewildered. Here was the man who had fought with her for so many years, the man who had kissed her the night before, actually being polite, and offering to escort her to town. Not that she needed an escort, especially not an ostentatious Auror.

But then the Apothecary wasn't the safest of places. Nor was it in the most reputable area. Plus she could spend some time alone with James.

Eventually she nodded.

"Great! I'll just get my things," James said grinning. He stood up and raced into his dormitory to retrieve his cloak and wallet.

"I guess that puts an end to our plans for now," Remus stated with a smile. He hadn't been very keen on some of the activities his friends had planned for him.

Peter got to his feet. "Well, I might head off now anyway. I have a few errands to run before my lunchtime shift. We can finish this later." The chubby Gryffindor grinned and set off to climb the stairs and retrieve his overnight bag.

When James and Peter returned to the Common Room, the Gryffindor Alumni said their goodbyes, and Sirius and Remus watched as their three friends disappeared out of the Common Room.

"Padfoot, can I ask you something?" asked Remus once the Fat Lady's portrait had closed.

"You just did," replied Sirius, smirking.

"Seriously, Sirius."

"Of course, go ahead."

Remus paused, before continuing, "Will you stand up with me at the ceremony?"

"You want me to be your best man?" asked Sirius incredulously.

Moony nodded. "Well, it had to be one of you three, and you, well, helped me win Sev back. It was pretty obvious that it should be you. So will you? Be my best man?"

A huge smile spread across Sirius face. "Of course I will, Moony. Of course I will!

"You know, of course, that this means I get to plan your Freedom Night. Right?" he added with a sly grin.

Remus groaned. "I heard what happened at Frank's Freedom Night. Don't even think about stripping me naked, waxing all my hair, dyeing my skin blue and leaving me chained up to Aberforth's goat."

"Aw, but you'll look so pretty," pouted Sirius.

"NO!"

While Remus was busying dissuading his friends from doing anything too rambunctious to celebrate his marriage, Severus was safely situated in an armchair in Minerva's office, tea and biscuit in hand.

"These biscuits aren't nearly as nice as the ones you baked for me at Christmas," Minerva commented as she nibbled on a cookie. "Actually, I must say I haven't tasted a biscuit as nice as those in many a year." She took another bite, and grimaced at the taste.

"You want the recipe, don't you?"

Minerva's eyes twinkled. "Any chance at all that you may be willing to share it with me?" she asked pleadingly.

Severus grumbled, and pulled a spare piece of parchment off a pile on the Deputy Headmistress' desk. He put down his teacup and picked up a quill.

As he finished writing down the recipe, he looked up. "The secret is to harvest the cinnamon on the eve of the full moon, in the nude," he said, keeping a straight face.

"Excuse me?"

"The cinnamon; you must harvest it naked on the eve of the full moon."

Minerva took the parchment from her ex-student and scanned the recipe. There was no cinnamon. "Ha-ha, very funny, Severus," she replied.

"I almost had you," he mumbled.

Severus picked up his teacup and took a sip.

He placed the teacup back on its saucer.

He sat back in his chair.

He looked down at his hands then, back up at Minerva.

He sat forward, and moved the cup so that the pattern lined up with the saucer.

He sat back again.

He crossed his legs.

He uncrossed his legs.

Finally, all of Severus' fidgeting got to Minerva. "Not that I don't enjoy your company, Severus, but I very much doubt that you came up here to share biscuit recipes with me."

Severus nodded, and looked up from where he was examining his fingernails. "Will you stand up with me at the ceremony?" he asked softly.

Minerva stared at the young man sitting opposite her. Of all the things she expected Severus to say, asking her to stand up with him when he married certainly wasn't on the list.

"I'm flattered Severus, but are you sure that there is no-one else you would rather ask?"

"Don't you think that I would have asked them, instead of you?"

Minerva chuckled: typical Severus. "Of course you would. I would be honoured to stand up with you at your wedding."

When Peter heard that Lily was going into Hogsmeade to buy some potion supplies, he decided that it was the perfect time to try and obtain a vial of Polyjuice and a set of Snape's robes.

He assumed that Snivellus wouldn't be in the potions lab if they were running low on ingredients. But, even if he was, Peter could always feign that he was searching for Lily.

Making his way down to the potions lab, Pettigrew knocked on the door and waited. After several moments, he knocked again, slightly louder. When he heard no response, and satisfied that Snape was not working in the lab, Peter stated the password, and let himself in.

Stepping into the lab, the Marauder put down his bag and headed straight for the cupboard which housed Lily and Snape's spare robes.

Opening the wardrobe, he pulled out one of Snape's long, black robes, complete with tiny buttons down the front.

Not wanting to be caught in the lab with Snivellus' robes in his hand, Peter hurried over to the crates he had been examining the previous night. He located a vial of Polyjuice, and slipped it into his pocket.

Setting his overnight bag down on one of the benches, Peter unzipped it, and hastily tried to stuff Snape's robes inside.

The robes refused to be crammed into such a small space, and unwrinkled itself to lie flat upon the bench.

"Bloody typical," whispered Peter to himself, "Of course he would magically iron his robes."

Peter took two deep breaths, and studied the robes. Carefully, he began to fold them, making sure that he creased the fabric only at the seams before rolling them up delicately and placing them in his bag.

He pulled the Polyjuice vial from his pocket and dropped it in on top of the robes.

Pettigrew zipped the bag closed, and made for the door. He took one last glance around the lab to make sure that nothing looked disturbed and almost had a heart attack when he realised that he'd left the wardrobe door wide open.

Berating himself for his stupidity, Peter crossed the room and shut the cupboard.

One last look at the room confirmed that everything seemed in its place.

Stepping out of the lab, Peter closed the door behind him, hoisted his bag over his shoulder, and headed for Hogsmeade.

tbc...

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