Part One:
What to Get Sirius!
Harry searched around Hogsmeade. He was trying his best to find a gift for Sirius. Fathers day was in two days, and Harry felt like Sirius was his father now, or at least the closest thing to it. He had no idea what to get him. He needed help.
He gave up after about two hours. As he was going home he ran into Alex.
" Hey!" she said.
" Hi." he said.
" What's the matter with you?" she asked. He told her the story.
" I know exactly what you need to do." she said.
" What."
" Go to Remus." she said. He thought for a minute, and then hit himself in the forehead.
" Duh." he said.
" Exactly. Duuuuuhhh!" she said, while hitting herself on the chest with the side of her hand.
" So what are you doing?" he asked her.
" Nothin'. Just roamin' around." she said.
" Would you like to accompany me to get some ice-cream?" he said, holding out his arm.
" Why, of course!" she said, taking his arm.
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She and Harry left after a while and Harry walked her home. He then made his way to his house. It was gettting late by now, and he was sure Sirius would be home. Sure enough, when he walked in, there sat Sirius in the kitchen drinking a cup of tea. Harry took of his cloak( he had now begun to wear robes all the time since he lived in a town full of people like him ) He took a look at the house. It was very nice. It was a log cabin like house. When you walked in the door, the staircase was to your left, and the living room to your right. There was a study to the left of the staircase. When you walked through the living room, there was an archway, and on the other side, the kitchen. The whole house had thick dark green carpet in it. It was very cozy.
" Decided to join me, have you?" Sirius asked with a grin on his face.
" Yes." said Harry. also grinning."Sorry I'm late."
" Don't worry about it. I know you were with Aaaaalleex." he said, grinning wider. Harry blushed.
" Yes." he said. Sirius chuckled.
" You are just like James. When he and Lily began to date, even though he wasn't ashamed or anything it still embarassed him whenever someone teased him about it. He suddenly got a dreamy look on his face. Harry knew he was thinking of lost memories.
" I have something to show you." Sirius suddenly said.
" What?" Harry asked.
" Follow me." he said. He led him into the study, where he pulled a large photo album off of one of the many shelves. He and Harry sat down at the table, and opened the book. There was a large picture on the first page. The faces of a boy with sandy brown hair, a boy with dark hair, a boy with black, unruley hair, and a girl with red hair, smiled and waved at them. There were many other people in the background behind them, who were struggling up front to see who had opened the book, but the dark haired boy kept on pushing and shoving them back. Sirius chuckled again.
" That's me." he said, but Harry knew who all of them were. The boy with the sandy hair was Remus, and the other two were his parents.
" Where are you guys?" he asked.
" We are in front of the lake. This was the last day of school, the day before graduation." said Sirius. Harry turned the page. All through the album were pictures of his parents and their friends, mostly Remus and Sirius with the exception of a few of his mothers friends. There were pictures of them at school, and at Hogsmeade, and some of when they were out of school. There were a couple of his parents holding him and playing with him when he was a baby. They eventually reached the last picture.
" Thank you." said Harry.
" You're welcome." said Sirius.
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Sirius let Harry keep the album in his room so he could look at it when he wanted. Harry found himself looking at it almost every time he went into his room. He had all kinds of stuff in his room now. There was a floating galaxy in the corner, lots of quidditch posters, and a huge cage in another corner. He had gotten this for Hedwig so she would have more room. He also had a huge telescope by his window, and on a small table sat his chess game. He would often see the pieces talking amongst themselves. He invited Ron over often to play. Ron was also helping him decorate his room. And finally on the wall nearest to his door was a board where there were pictures of him and his friends at Hogwarts that Alex had taken last year. He looked at them smiling at him. He loved his home.
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" Remus!" Harry hissed. Remus turned around, and making sure Sirius wasn't looking hissed back-
" What?!" Harry motioned for him to come into the study.
" Okay, now-what?" he wispered.
" I have to know what to get Sirius for fathers day." Harry said. Remus smiled.
" Oh."
" What?" Harry asked. He was wondering why he was smiling like that.
" He was wondering if you were going to get him something. Not expecting- wondering." said Remus.
" So, what do I get him?" they sat down for a minute or two coming up with suggestions.
" I know! Ever since he was about seventeen years old he has wanted a special addition Siberian Tigers broom!" said Remus.
" What?" said Harry.
" The Siberian Tigers were a famous quidditch team back then, but they quit playing. But after they did they started making all of these brooms with all of the players signatures on it. If we could find one that would be perfect!" said Remus.
" That's great!" Harry yelled.
" What's great?" asked Sirius. coming into the room.
" I just got a new job. I will be assisting Reese at school this year." said Remus. Harry's jaw dropped.
" That is great!" Sirius said.
" All right!" said Harry.
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Harry was walking back home, very happy. There was a shop that Harry had never been in to called Casandra's Collectables. He found the broom. He felt like jumping up and down, but controled himself. Then, as he turned a corner, he ran smack into somebody. They both fell down.
" I'm sorry!" said Harry. As stood up he noticed that he had knocked over a ver pretty girl. She had violet eyes and curly blonde hair. He stared.
" Er......could you help me up?" she asked. Harry came back to his senses.
" Yes, of course." he said. He grabbed her hand and pulled her up. She was almost as tall as him. He stared into those unusual eyes.
" Thank you. You're Harry Potter?" she asked.
" Yeah." he said. She lifted her chin up and curled her mouth into a snobby smile.
" I'm Alyssa Monroe." she said. They shook hands.
" Nice to meet you." he said.
" Well," she said, fluttering her eyelashes, and begining to turn sround," nice to meet you too. Maybe I'll see you around." and she began to walk off. Harry noticed that she was very skinny, and fragile looking. Much more feminine (didn't spell that right) than Alex. And Alex wouldn't have needed his help to get up. She would've gotten up on her own.' What are you doing?!' he thought.' Why are you comparing the two? Forget her! You love Alex!' feeling that this would end the discussion with his conscious (you know what I mean!), he picked up the package with the broom in it and headed back home. But before he did, he took one last look at the direction that Alyssa had walked in. Little did he know that Alex had been across the street watching the whole thing.
