Title: Bed Talk

Rating: G

Disclaimer: characters and places belong to JK Rowling and to Warner Brothers.

Summary: putting 5-year-old Sirius to sleep is far more complicated for his nanny than whatever you may think...

Extra: spoilers from OotP, those mentioning the Black family relationships

A/N: hope you like it. After all, we're still allowed to think that Death Eaters might not have been so terrible their entire lives... Thank you, Jane Potter Skywalker, my beta-reader. English is not our first language, so sorry for any mistakes, no one is perfect. Specially me! xD


BED TALK

"Are you going to stay here until I fall asleep?"

"No."

"Can you leave the lights on?"

"No."

"But I'm scared!"

"For the Lord's sake, you're not a baby anymore, Sirius!"

"Why are you so mean?"

"Because I love to be mean! Now go to sleep!"

"I don't want to!"

"Sirius, I'm warning you!"

"Tell me a story!"

"Ah… well, once upon a time there was a witch who lived in a great castle…"

"Like mine?"

"Sirius, you don't live in a castle!"

"Oh!"

"One day, she tripped on a step and cut her head open. The end."

"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!"

"Don't mess with my stories or I'll turn you into a fish!"

"You can't, you're not allowed to use magic! How come aren't you at Hogwarts by now?"

"Because it's summer vacations, Sirius. You don't have classes on summer vacations!"

"Why?"

"Because you need to rest your brain!"

"Why?"

"Because you work a lot in there!"

"Why?"

"So that, someday, you can be a great wizard!"

"Why?"

"Oh, shut up and sleep!"

"Why are you here?"

"Because your parents are out and you and your brother couldn't be alone."

"Why?"

"If you say that word again…"

"Where's baby Regulus?"

"Asleep… like you should be!"

"But I'm not sleepy!"

"Why?"

"Thought you didn't like that word!"

"Sirius…"

"And where are Andromeda and Narcissa?"

"At our home… asleep… like you…"

"… should be, I know!"

"So why don't you sleep?"

"Because you don't stop talking with me!"

"Do you want me to throw you out of the window?"

"Ha-ha… I like when you're mean…"

"Mean? Oh no, Sirius, this is me mean…"

"AH, NO!! NO, PLEASE… please, stop tickling me!!"

"Okay, but now, please, go to sleep! I'm just so tired…"

"When is mummy coming?"

"Soon. By morning she'll be here!"

"What if someone… or something… enters here?"

"I won't let anything happen to you!"

"How?"

"I won't sleep. I won't even close my eyes for a second!"

"Promise?"

"Promise!"

"But how can you stay up all night?"

"Oh, it won't be all night…"

"Don't you have to sleep too?"

"I can wait, I'm a big girl…"

"No you're not!"

"Sirius…"

"Why do we need to sleep?"

"Why do you make so many questions?"

"Why? Don't you know all the answers?"

"No one knows all the answers…"

"Not even dad?"

"No one, Sirius."

"And what about mum?"

"No one!"

"And what about…"

"Oh Lord, that's enough, young man! Close your eyes, I want you to fall asleep right now!"

"Will you come again tomorrow?"

"Maybe, if aunt Walburga needs me…"

"That's good…"

"Why?"

"No one talks to me like you do!"

"Now shh…"

"Bella?"

"Hum?"

"You look so pretty when you smile… just like now!"

"Sometimes I wonder if you really are my cousin…"

"Good night, Bella!"

"Good night, Sirius! Sweet dreams!"

The End