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Remus Lupin (older (fearsballoons) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-06-06 19:41:00

Entry tags:

remus lupin (older), sirius black (younger)

Who: Remus and Sirius the not so young.
What: Catching up
When: Yesterday.
Where: Starting at Remus' flat, moving to a bar, most likely.
Warnings: Hm, probably not. Language maybe.

Remus was sitting outside his flat, waiting for Sirius. He assumed it was his flat as it was where he turned up, he had a key for the place, and it had all those very 'Remus' things. He had the strange communication device, blackberry or whatever it was, and was just responding to Lily when he saw Sirius heading for him. This had to be some kind of strange dream, really. First Sirius was there. Looking just like he did before... And then James was responding. He looked just like he remembered him. And Lily. As lively as always. He really couldn't believe all this. But he was far past panicking and more at the point where he just took everything with a smile and an 'Of course'. Anything seemed possible at this point.

"Evening, Padfoot." He greeted when Sirius got close enough.

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	siriuslyback 2008-06-07 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"'Allo, Moony." There was a grin on Sirius' face. He hadn't realized how much he missed Remus. Felt like ages. He wrapped his arms around his old friend, patting him on the back. "Good to see you, mate. Good to see you." There was a lot to go over with him tonight, and he had to be careful about how he went about it. But right now, he was just glad to see his friend. (Reply to this) (Thread)

fearsballoons
2008-06-07 02:20 am UTC (link)

Remus grinned back. He really couldn't believe it was Padfoot. Really him. Part of him could never believe... when he saw him fall... It just couldn't be the end of the great Sirius Black. He wrapped his arms around Sirius as well and gripped him hard as he patted his back. His best friend was back from the grave. He had to make sure he was solid.

"It's good to see you." He was quite positive there must have been some smoke or something in the air. That was the only explanation for the stinging in his eyes and the back of his throat.

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	siriuslyback 2008-06-07 02:44 am UTC (link)
	Sirius pulled back, one arm still around Remus' back, leading him down the sidewalk and toward the bar. "Glad you're here." Sirius was familiar with the area, and he knew a bar closeby. It wasn't the nicest place, but it was good enough. Sirius had certainly been in worse places. Sirius got a booth in the corner and motioned for a waitress. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fearsballoons 2008-06-07 02:59 am UTC (link)
	Remus followed him to the bar. He really didn't care how nice the place was. Even if it really didn't effect him, he really could use a drink. He smiled up at the waitress and asked for a beer. He waited for Padfoot to order and the waitress to leave before looking back over at him. "How long have you been here?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	siriuslyback 2008-06-07 03:06 am UTC (link)
	Sirius ordered a beer as well. "Me? Ah.. forever. Years. Two, maybe? Lots has happened. It's a bit odd here, you might've gathered. You know Luna Lovegood? She's older now. Might've--" Oh, that wasn't a flattering story. Considering who she was with now. Maybe leave out his part. "Married to bloody Snivellus. Had his baby, I think." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fearsballoons
2008-06-07 03:14 am UTC (link)

"Luna? That's... revolting. He was her teacher. That. Wow. Yes, very strange here."

Remus' phone beeped again. "Sorry, I seem to be much more popular now than I ever remember being back on our old...whatever you call it." It was probably just Lily and James still talking. He picked it up to turn it off, but caught Lily's reply first.

"Wife?" He looked up at Padfoot with a shocked face. Not quite as shocked as finding out that Snivellus was married. Nothing was quite as shocking as that, but still somewhat surprised. "You got married?"

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	siriuslyback 2008-06-07 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"Well, it would be revolting for any woman, but yes." Sirius grinned when Remus asked. "Yes, wife. Ginger." He practically beamed when he talked about her. "She's a werewolf. We have a son and daughter." Shock, yes. Very shocking. "She's beautiful and amazing and wonderful and I'm as surprised as you are that she actually married me." He chuckled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fearsballoons 2008-06-07 03:27 am UTC (link)
	"Well, yes. Any living creature, really." Remus couldn't help but smile to see his friend so happy. "Oh, if she puts up with you she must be amazing." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

siriuslyback
2008-06-07 04:00 am UTC (link)

"I could understand a pig or a donkey, maybe. They can't be expected to know better."

"Our boy is a little over half a year. Bret. He's the cutest little noisemaker I've laid eyes on. Brenna's.. Well, this world sometimes does very strange things. Time-jumps and whatnot. She's six now. Shouldn't be that old, but it works just as well. Got us out of potty training her, at least. She's beautiful and brilliant and the sweetest little girl.."

How to go about this? "You know how there are different versions of people, so to speak? You met the younger-you?"

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	fearsballoons 2008-06-08 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Hm, I suppose. But poor pig or donkey." "They both sound amazing." He couldn't stop smiling while Padfoot talked about his children. The way he went on about them was just too cute. He raised an eyebrow at the conversation change. "Ah, yes. James mentioned a younger you as well." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

siriuslyback
2008-06-08 08:57 pm UTC (link)

Sirius waved his hand dismissively at the mention of his younger self. He didn't pay much attention to the boy, in interest of his own sanity.

"Well, there've been other yous before. One at a time, but they've been here." He scratched the back of his head, pausing for a second to try and plan this before he said it. "The first you that was here... You-slash-he's Brenna's father." Now quickly, babble before Remus has a chance to faint. "I started seeing Ginger after he left, obviously. She and Brenna are mine, now, you can't have them back," he said playfully, hoping to lighten the mood as well as let Remus know that they weren't expecting anything crazy.

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	fearsballoons 2008-06-08 09:08 pm UTC (link)
	Remus just blinked at him for a moment. His brain tried to catch up with what Sirius had told him very quickly. "I. I'm sorry, did you say that I, that he, was the father?" He didn't mean to sound dense just he honestly wasn't sure if he'd heard right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	siriuslyback 2008-06-09 05:41 am UTC (link)
	"Brenna's father, yes. Bret's mine." Sirius shifted in his seat, taking another drink of his beer and watching Remus closely to make sure he wouldn't faint. It was good he was doing this here, instead of around Ginger. "She's a good girl," he said gently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fearsballoons
2008-06-09 12:28 pm UTC (link)

He took a deep breath and a good size gulp of his beer. It made sense to a certain degree. He kinda smiled a bit. "If anyone were to take care of my child I'd want it to be you." His smile was a bit shaky, but not faked. The way Sirius went on about her. The way he'd said 'She and Brenna are mine, now, you can't have them back.' Was that his way of saying they didn't expect anything from him, or his way of really saying that he really wasn't welcome. But everything Sirius had done didn't give him the impression he wasn't welcome. But Sirius was her dad. She didn't need two dads.

"Of course she's a good girl with you as her dad."

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siriuslyback
2008-06-09 04:59 pm UTC (link)

Sirius smiled, relieved. Obviously Remus wasn't going to start jumping up and down for joy. This was probably the best possible reaction, and Sirius would like to think it would make things go more smoothly. And hearing Remus being okay with Sirius take care of his child.. He was practically beaming. He'd been a bit nervous, back when he and Ginger had first gotten together.

"You should meet her," he said. "If for no other reason than she's bloody brilliant. And you should meet your best mate's kid, obviously. And she adores you." He rubbed the back of his head. It was significantly harder to explain to a five year old why her biological father didn't remember her. But Brenna was strong and resilient, and Sirius thought she could handle it.

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	fearsballoons 2008-06-09 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	"I. You want... I mean, I don't want to intrude. Are you sure Ginger would be okay with that?" It was pretty obvious he really did want to, was dying to, but wasn't really sure of his place here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

siriuslyback
2008-06-10 04:02 am UTC (link)

"Ginger's worried, I think.. The last you that was here didn't handle things so well," and Sirius didn't either, really. He had still been trying to figure out his role with Brenna, and he'd been insecure. Now it was different. "And well. Then he disappeared. Which was hard on Brenna. I think she's worried that Brenna'll get her hopes up too high. But you have to meet her. Bret too, but he's not much of a conversationalist, yet. Brenna.. She'll want to see you. It'll be good for her."

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	fearsballoons 2008-06-10 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Remus smiled a small smile. "I'm not really sure how I'm suppose to handle it, but I would love to meet them. I don't know how I could not meet your kids if given the chance." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	siriuslyback 2008-06-11 01:23 am UTC (link)
	Sirius smiled. He wasn't sure how all of this was supposed to work, really, but the fact that they both wanted it to had to count for something, right? "Oh!" There was so much to catch Remus up on. "A while back, there was this barking Malfoy bint that showed up out of nowhere and claimed I'd knocked her up. Never even seen the nutter before." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fearsballoons 2008-06-11 02:39 am UTC (link)
	"A Malfoy? Do you really need to say barking Malfoy? Isn't that repetitive?" He grinned. "What other crazy occurrences?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

siriuslyback
2008-06-11 05:42 am UTC (link)

"This one though," he chuckled, waving a finger. "She really was something else. Whole new breed of crazy."

"Let's see, what else? Hm. Well. There's this whole bit about how we were characters in a book." He waved his hand dismissively. "There's a little girl named Bree--Brenna's named after her--She's a sweetheart as well, and she'll love to see you, I'm sure. I think they're working it so she's staying with James and Lily now. Harry was here for a bit. Ah, hm. Oh! Oh! There was this time when all sorts of mad things were happening.. Snivellus changed into a woman, and do you know what he said? He said 'I always knew this would happen to me someday'!" Sirius pounded the table with his fist, laughing madly. "He always knew it would happen! Ask James, I'd wager he has it saved on his computer somewhere."

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	fearsballoons 2008-06-11 12:13 pm UTC (link)
	"He always knew? Well, I suppose after the many times we transfigured his robes into dresses he should have known." He said it with a straight face, but his eyes were laughing. "Snivellus as a woman? That sounds revolting." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

siriuslyback
2008-06-11 03:38 pm UTC (link)

Sirius laughed harder, then reached across the table to hug his friend tightly. It was really Remus. Not younger Remus--who was all right enough, but it was hard to really relate to someone so much younger--and there was no strange tension between them, as there had been before (which had been at least partly his fault, with his insecurities regarding dating his best mate's ex). It was just his best mate.

"Do you know I had to invite that slimy bastard to my wedding? Ginger's friends with Luna, and said it wouldn't be right to say she couldn't bring him." Sirius made a face.

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	fearsballoons 2008-06-11 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	Sirius' laughter was too contagious that he couldn't help but laugh himself. He patted Sirius' back when he hugged him. He gave him a sympathetic look. "That's horrible. I wish I had been able to be there. Doesn't seem right that he got to go and I couldn't." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	siriuslyback 2008-06-11 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	"You're here now," Sirius said, unable to stop smiling. "And there are videos somewhere, if you really want to put yourself through that." He laughed. "Don't know where we should send you first. Suppose you should see James and Lily, yeah?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fearsballoons 2008-06-11 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, on second thought, I suppose we don't have to go through all that." He laughed, very happy to see Sirius is in such a good mood. "Ah, yes, I would very much like to see them. I still can't believe they're here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	siriuslyback 2008-06-12 04:49 am UTC (link)
	"You'll meet Ginger and Brenna and Bret, and that'll be more than Snivvy'll get." He motioned for the waitress and paid the tab, without giving Remus a chance to offer. "You want to go see them now? We could walk. Not terribly far." They hadn't had too much to drink, having been talking most of the time. It wasn't too late, was it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fearsballoons 2008-06-13 12:01 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, then, I don't feel so bad about the wedding." Remus watched him pay. He expected it. It was just a Sirius thing to do. "As long as we're not intruding, I would love to see them now. Maybe we should call first?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

siriuslyback
2008-06-13 04:04 pm UTC (link)

"Oh.. Oh, right. Yes. That would probably be best." Sirius sometimes forgot those polite, customary things to do. He'd never been that polite as a teenager, and time in Azkaban didn't exactly teach him manners.

"Let's get out of here and do that." He led Remus out of the bar, arm around his mate's shoulder. Almost like the good old times. The night was young, they could plan whatever they wanted.. It was going to be a good night.

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