Second Home
Sirius Black had only been home for two days and was already wishing that the summer holidays were already over; he hated being home with his mother always on his back.
Sirius was sat at the end of the kitchen table eating his bacon sandwich, but not enjoying it as he would normally do. His warm brown eyes looked pained and annoyed.
"I still can't believe it." Bellatrix as was saying again, she had long black pulled back and was sat a couple of seats down from him with her two other sister's. "A Black in Gryffindor, its worst then you being in Ravenclaw!" She shot at her sister sat facing her.
She looked up suddenly quit surprised that she hadn't been mentioned sooner then now, she had short bobbed brown hair and also looked annoyed at the conversation, and wanted to move down with Sirius but had already been warned to stay away from him; which she knew that he understand why she was staying away from him while they were around anyway.
"Black's belong in Slytherin, we're Purebloods." Bellatrix told him.
"Quit right." A woman said at the door of the bottom of the stairs. "But Sirius here doesn't understand that, that we're better then any of them. You see, they'll be the death of you and all of us."
"Oh shut up!" Sirius shouted pushing his chair back so hard that it fell to the floor and he stormed out of the room pushing his mother out of the way.
"I still can't believe that you're a son of mine." She shouted after him.
And nether could Sirius, he wonder how the hell he had managed to be born into a family like his. He stomped all the way up stairs to the third floor where his bedroom, and the slammed his bedroom door shut making his owl jump and hoot wildly at him for waking him.
"It's their fault!" Sirius shouted at it.
He walked over to his bed and throws himself onto his bed face down. He had only been laying there for a couple of minutes when his bedroom door opened and his younger brother walked in. He had long black hair and cold brown eyes, though not how Sirius felt at the moment because they still held the warmth within them.
"You've done it again." Regulus told him walking farer into the room.
"Shut up! And get out!" Sirius shouted at him, but Regulus didn't leave.
Sirius pushed himself up and turned round to face his younger brother who was smiling curly at him.
"What?" Sirius shouted and then grabbed hold the book on his side table and throw it as hard as he could at his brother, though Regulus didn't move out of the way fast enough but managed to block it with his arm.
"You should learn to control that temper of yours." Regulus teased him. "Though with it anyone would think that you weren't as good as you let on."
Regulus had hit its mark, Sirius pulled out his wand from his waste and pointed at him; but just then a beautiful owl swooped in through the opened window and dropped a letter on his hand. He grabbed at the letter, he didn't know who the owl belonged to, but he thought he recognised the writing.
"Just get out." Sirius said impatiently.
"A letter from those Mud-blood friends of yours." Regulus said, as he glared at his older brother with degust and walked out.
Sirius opened the letter, wanting to know who it was from.
Dear Sirius,
How are you? How's your summer going? Mine isn't really that good. I was just thinking if you lot wanted to come round, that way at least James would get some practise for Seeker, considering I live in the cottage and there's nearly no one around for miles. You don't have to if you don't want too of course. None of the girls can make it up here, and I'm not aloud to go to them, Infidus won't let me. I just wanted to see a friendly face.
Well I hope that your well and having a better summer then me.
Bye.
Nissa
Sirius read the letter through a couple of times not believing who it was from, and smiled for the first time in days. And then stopped realising that she wasn't having a good summer either; though he wasn't sure if he could do anything about he couldn't even help himself. He already knew that his mother and father wouldn't let him go and see his friends, because according to them they were scrum which had started the first argument off as Sirius defended them all and was grounded; and had to quickly get away to his room before his mother even thought about cursing him.
He looked over at the window, where his own owl 'Chaos' sat and next to his handsome owl was Nissa's beautiful one, though he didn't know the name of it.
"I don't know what to do." Sirius told them and sat down at the desk.
He spent the morning trying to write a letter to her, but wasn't having any luck and then decided that he would write to James and Remus, and somehow just get out the house to meet them and then he could rescue Nissa, yes that was what he was going to do.
***
Over at the Potter's house the summer wasn't to bad, part from the fact that James Potter didn't have his best mates with him, he still had a couple of friends which lived nearby in the village.
"Mum." James said as he came into the Kitchen and grabbing a piece of toast off the table. "I'm writing to Sirius later telling him to come over."
"Thanks for asking dear." His mother said smiling.
"Well, I knew you wouldn't mind." James told her sitting down for a moment. "So that mean's that "emus and Peter can come as well? Well not at the same time, well not to start with.Thanks mum."
And with that James got up grabbed his broomstick by the back door and left, with his mother smiling at him.
While he was flying with Harvey Prewitt who was in Ravenclaw and didn't live that far away from him and just around the corner from Davis Murphy who was in Hufflepuff; an owl swooped down on them flying around James's head with a letter attached to its leg, who knew whose owl this belonged to at once.
James headed back down to the ground at once Chaos followed him as did Davis and Harvey, to find out who the letter was off.
Hi James,
Just writing to tell you that I'll be coming over, hope that's alright don't think I could stand two months at home without an escape somewhere.
See you soon Sirius
"Well, that saves me asking him." James said to himself more then to Davis or Harvey.
"Sirius?" Harvey asked. "Isn't that the guy going out with the girl who friends with all those Slytherin's."
James laughed. "He wishes he was going out with her."
"Yeah, he isn't the only one." Davis told them. "Well they won't ask her because she's friends with some of those Slytherin's and she's a Manus."
"She can't help that." James told them. "And she isn't friends with Snape any longer; you can take my work for that."
James went home early to tell his mum and dad that Sirius was coming that week; though his father wasn't home yet he was still at work, but His mum was home. He came in the back down his mum was stood in front of the cooker making tea; she turned around surprised to see her son back so early.
"Mum, Sirius is coming this week." James told her with his broom still in his hand.
"Yes, you told me this morning." Mrs Potter answered.
"Well when I was out I got a letter from him, telling them that he would be coming up this week." James told her smiling, and then going up stairs to his room still with his broom in his hand.
"Broom." Mrs Potter shouted after him.
James came back in and over to the door, where he left his broom slightly red in the face and then went up to his room.
***
Sirius planned the whole thing out, he called his uncle who had agreed to pick him up, and told Andromeda his favourite cousin what he was planning before she had gone home. She had wished him good luck before she had left and told him to have a good time as well.
Sirius had left just after breakfast, though not before another fight had started with his mother shouted about her not wanting him to see his good for nothing mud-blood friends; saying that they were no good and would be his downfall if he didn't change his ways.
He walked out, and the house vanished and he walked down the street to meet his favourite uncle, Uncle Alphard. They went around to his house, where he gave Sirius some money just encased he needed some and then held out the pot of Floo Powder which Sirius took. He threw the Powder into the fire and then stepped in.
"The Potter's!" Sirius shouted into the fire, and then he was engulfed by green flames.
Mrs Potter was in the kitchen clearing away the breakfast plates, when Sirius suddenly stumbled out of the fire place, making her drop the plate.
Sirius looked over and at the broken plate. "I'm sorry Mrs Potter. I didn't mean to scare you."
Mrs Potter smiled kindly at him realising who it was and then took out her wand and pointed it at the broken plate which repaired itself. "Its alright, you just took me by surprise. Sirius isn't it?"
Sirius smiled back at the welcoming face and nodded, as James ran into the kitchen looking around for his friend.
"I knew it was you, I heard your voice." James told him. "Mum, we're going out. I've got a spare broom you can use that."
James walked over to the door and picked up both brooms and handed Sirius one who seemed a little taken back.
"Before you go out boys, I want to know if you're staying for tea Sirius." Mrs Potter asked.
"Yeah course he is." James answered for him and then drugged him out of the house.
James and Sirius had a great time flying with and exploring the village, they there was too much for them to do in one day, so James told him that he better come back soon. Sirius of course had no problem with coming back to somewhere where he was welcome. He stayed for tea that night which pleased Mrs Potter because Sirius ate everything which she had made him and even had seconds and desert as well.
Though he wasn't welcomed home when he got back there, he was glad that he had eaten at the Potter's because his mother told him that he couldn't have anything to eat because he had gone behind her back and gone to those mud-blood traitors which he had a nerve to call his friends.
Sirius didn't care what his mother said to him now that he could escape to his friends for while, to just get out of the house and away from them.
He went over again twice that weekend and stayed for Sunday lunch as well, and before he went back home they sent letter's to Remus and Peter making arrangements to meet up with them as well.
Sirius had to go around to his aunts through on the Monday, which he wasn't looking forward to because he wouldn't be able to get away from Bellatrix considering it was her house. Though it wasn't that bad because he spent most of the time with his other cousin Andromeda, who was glad for him that he had been getting out, but on the other hand it had seemed to make things worst for him as well. But Sirius didn't talk about that, always changing the subject when ever she brought it up.
Sirius went around to James' again, they still hadn't been able to make a date to meet up with Remus and Peter, but Remus had told them that he could make it this weekend but Peter couldn't. But Remus was still coming around. They were both sat at the kitchen table finishing off their breakfasts when Mr Potter walked in but not dressed for work.
"We're going out today, and the two of you are coming with me." Mr Potter told them.
They both looked at each other wondering where they would be going, and if it was going to be exciting, though Sirius wasn't that bored because he had never really gone out as a family before.
"I have a couple of things to pick up in the country." Mr Potter told them. "Your mum's out today, so you get to come with me. It isn't bad, lost of open fields to fly in."
Sirius suddenly remembered Nissa's letter and hoped that she was alright, he thought she must be because she had written back, unless she hadn't because she regretted it in the first; which he hoped that she hadn't and promised himself that he would write her something tonight when he got home.
They drove for couple of hours right into the middle of the countryside almost deserted, part from a couple of houses and very small villages.
"I wonder if this is where Nissa lives." Sirius wondered aloud.
James looked over at him curiously, as his dad looked back through the mirror.
"A girlfriend already? Aren't you a little young?" Mr Potter asked him.
"She isn't his girlfriend." James told him.
"We're friends and she's a girl." Sirius said. "Well I hope that we are, she act's as though she is."
"Oh it's already started and you're only twelve." Mr Potter said smiling.
James and Sirius looked at one another wondering what he was talking about, because nothing had happened well what they knew about anyway.
"Women, it doesn't matter what age they are their all the same, they cloud the mind." Mr Potter told them. "Make you do stupid thing's which you wouldn't normally do."
James laughed. "So what stupid things as mum made you do?"
"Yes well." Mr Potter started and then didn't answer their question.
James and Sirius laughed thinking of strange thing's he had to.
They finally made it; it was a very small village square, they parked up in front of a clothes shop which James and Sirius pulled their faces at.
"We came all this way for clothes?" James asked. "Couldn't they have sent them by owl?"
"She did offer but I always like talking to her face to face, she is such I nice young lady." Mr Potter told them. "You should know, she goes to Hogwarts, so she should be helping out today."
Now that had gotten their attention wondering who it could be, Mr Potter went inside first though there was no one in the shop well what they could see. James and Sirius came in though Sirius almost fell flat on his face tripping over a cat.
"Damn cat tried to kill me." Sirius glowed.
"Are you alright Sirius?" Mr Potter asked.
"It's a good thing really; she only does that to people she really likes." A firmly friendly voice as told him, as she walked out of the shadows.
They both at her surprised and they both smiled back at her.
"Hi." Sirius said, and then wanted to hit himself for not saying anything better then just 'hi'.
"Hello my dear, how are you?" Mr Potter asked her brightly. "I thought you might know each other."
"Hi, it's nice to see you again. I'm not too bad just glad that I can come here to help out and get out of the house." Nissa answered. "Oh yeah, I know them two. It's kind of hard not too really, being in the same class and everything."
"You're the same age? I always thought that you were older." Mr Potter told her.
And both James and Sirius could see why, she looked so different without her school robes on; she didn't have any black on at all. In fact she was quit brightly dressed, and would never guess that she was a witch unless you knew. She had a short red skirt with a white square pattern over it, and a ¾ length white shirt with red cuffs and collar, and red sandals which lased up her legs.
"Well were in the same year." Nissa told him. "But I'm still only eleven."
"What? Why?" Sirius asked her. "How can you be?"
"Well my birthday isn't till August, so that's how and why." Nissa answered him smiling, and then turned to Mr Potter. "I never realised though that James was your son, though I should have really considering."
James glared at her wondering what she meant by that and wondering if it was a bad or a good thing, but he didn't want to say anything and look stupid in front of her and Sirius.
"There all ready for you." Nissa said going over to the counter and disappearing underneath it and then came back up carrying three large parcels which Sirius and James took off of her even before Mr Potter told them. "Thanks. So is there anything else?"
"No I think that's all for now, though we still haven't decided about Christmas." Mr Potter answered.
"I have to go, I've got no choice." Nissa told him. "Even though we can't stand to be in the same room together, I still have to go with him and look happy and everything."
"I'm sure thing's aren't that bad." Mr Potter asked quit concerned.
"Nothing I can't handle." Nissa said reassuringly smiling at them as she always did, but this time they knew it wasn't real but none of them pressed the matter.
"There's loads of space out here to fly isn't there?" James said changing the subject. "We should come up to fly some time. Oh and to say hi of course." He added after a quick after thought.
Mr Potter paid for the clothes which James and Sirius carried out to the car, and then questioned him all the way home about Nissa and how long he had known her and everything he knew about her.
Sirius stayed again for dinner and stayed the night because it was quit late; they put up a stare bed for him in James' room where they talked all night.
Sirius came to visit quit offered and stayed over as well, the Potter's always making him welcome as though he was part of the family, more then anything he had ever had at his own home and family.
Sirius Black had only been home for two days and was already wishing that the summer holidays were already over; he hated being home with his mother always on his back.
Sirius was sat at the end of the kitchen table eating his bacon sandwich, but not enjoying it as he would normally do. His warm brown eyes looked pained and annoyed.
"I still can't believe it." Bellatrix as was saying again, she had long black pulled back and was sat a couple of seats down from him with her two other sister's. "A Black in Gryffindor, its worst then you being in Ravenclaw!" She shot at her sister sat facing her.
She looked up suddenly quit surprised that she hadn't been mentioned sooner then now, she had short bobbed brown hair and also looked annoyed at the conversation, and wanted to move down with Sirius but had already been warned to stay away from him; which she knew that he understand why she was staying away from him while they were around anyway.
"Black's belong in Slytherin, we're Purebloods." Bellatrix told him.
"Quit right." A woman said at the door of the bottom of the stairs. "But Sirius here doesn't understand that, that we're better then any of them. You see, they'll be the death of you and all of us."
"Oh shut up!" Sirius shouted pushing his chair back so hard that it fell to the floor and he stormed out of the room pushing his mother out of the way.
"I still can't believe that you're a son of mine." She shouted after him.
And nether could Sirius, he wonder how the hell he had managed to be born into a family like his. He stomped all the way up stairs to the third floor where his bedroom, and the slammed his bedroom door shut making his owl jump and hoot wildly at him for waking him.
"It's their fault!" Sirius shouted at it.
He walked over to his bed and throws himself onto his bed face down. He had only been laying there for a couple of minutes when his bedroom door opened and his younger brother walked in. He had long black hair and cold brown eyes, though not how Sirius felt at the moment because they still held the warmth within them.
"You've done it again." Regulus told him walking farer into the room.
"Shut up! And get out!" Sirius shouted at him, but Regulus didn't leave.
Sirius pushed himself up and turned round to face his younger brother who was smiling curly at him.
"What?" Sirius shouted and then grabbed hold the book on his side table and throw it as hard as he could at his brother, though Regulus didn't move out of the way fast enough but managed to block it with his arm.
"You should learn to control that temper of yours." Regulus teased him. "Though with it anyone would think that you weren't as good as you let on."
Regulus had hit its mark, Sirius pulled out his wand from his waste and pointed at him; but just then a beautiful owl swooped in through the opened window and dropped a letter on his hand. He grabbed at the letter, he didn't know who the owl belonged to, but he thought he recognised the writing.
"Just get out." Sirius said impatiently.
"A letter from those Mud-blood friends of yours." Regulus said, as he glared at his older brother with degust and walked out.
Sirius opened the letter, wanting to know who it was from.
Dear Sirius,
How are you? How's your summer going? Mine isn't really that good. I was just thinking if you lot wanted to come round, that way at least James would get some practise for Seeker, considering I live in the cottage and there's nearly no one around for miles. You don't have to if you don't want too of course. None of the girls can make it up here, and I'm not aloud to go to them, Infidus won't let me. I just wanted to see a friendly face.
Well I hope that your well and having a better summer then me.
Bye.
Nissa
Sirius read the letter through a couple of times not believing who it was from, and smiled for the first time in days. And then stopped realising that she wasn't having a good summer either; though he wasn't sure if he could do anything about he couldn't even help himself. He already knew that his mother and father wouldn't let him go and see his friends, because according to them they were scrum which had started the first argument off as Sirius defended them all and was grounded; and had to quickly get away to his room before his mother even thought about cursing him.
He looked over at the window, where his own owl 'Chaos' sat and next to his handsome owl was Nissa's beautiful one, though he didn't know the name of it.
"I don't know what to do." Sirius told them and sat down at the desk.
He spent the morning trying to write a letter to her, but wasn't having any luck and then decided that he would write to James and Remus, and somehow just get out the house to meet them and then he could rescue Nissa, yes that was what he was going to do.
***
Over at the Potter's house the summer wasn't to bad, part from the fact that James Potter didn't have his best mates with him, he still had a couple of friends which lived nearby in the village.
"Mum." James said as he came into the Kitchen and grabbing a piece of toast off the table. "I'm writing to Sirius later telling him to come over."
"Thanks for asking dear." His mother said smiling.
"Well, I knew you wouldn't mind." James told her sitting down for a moment. "So that mean's that "emus and Peter can come as well? Well not at the same time, well not to start with.Thanks mum."
And with that James got up grabbed his broomstick by the back door and left, with his mother smiling at him.
While he was flying with Harvey Prewitt who was in Ravenclaw and didn't live that far away from him and just around the corner from Davis Murphy who was in Hufflepuff; an owl swooped down on them flying around James's head with a letter attached to its leg, who knew whose owl this belonged to at once.
James headed back down to the ground at once Chaos followed him as did Davis and Harvey, to find out who the letter was off.
Hi James,
Just writing to tell you that I'll be coming over, hope that's alright don't think I could stand two months at home without an escape somewhere.
See you soon Sirius
"Well, that saves me asking him." James said to himself more then to Davis or Harvey.
"Sirius?" Harvey asked. "Isn't that the guy going out with the girl who friends with all those Slytherin's."
James laughed. "He wishes he was going out with her."
"Yeah, he isn't the only one." Davis told them. "Well they won't ask her because she's friends with some of those Slytherin's and she's a Manus."
"She can't help that." James told them. "And she isn't friends with Snape any longer; you can take my work for that."
James went home early to tell his mum and dad that Sirius was coming that week; though his father wasn't home yet he was still at work, but His mum was home. He came in the back down his mum was stood in front of the cooker making tea; she turned around surprised to see her son back so early.
"Mum, Sirius is coming this week." James told her with his broom still in his hand.
"Yes, you told me this morning." Mrs Potter answered.
"Well when I was out I got a letter from him, telling them that he would be coming up this week." James told her smiling, and then going up stairs to his room still with his broom in his hand.
"Broom." Mrs Potter shouted after him.
James came back in and over to the door, where he left his broom slightly red in the face and then went up to his room.
***
Sirius planned the whole thing out, he called his uncle who had agreed to pick him up, and told Andromeda his favourite cousin what he was planning before she had gone home. She had wished him good luck before she had left and told him to have a good time as well.
Sirius had left just after breakfast, though not before another fight had started with his mother shouted about her not wanting him to see his good for nothing mud-blood friends; saying that they were no good and would be his downfall if he didn't change his ways.
He walked out, and the house vanished and he walked down the street to meet his favourite uncle, Uncle Alphard. They went around to his house, where he gave Sirius some money just encased he needed some and then held out the pot of Floo Powder which Sirius took. He threw the Powder into the fire and then stepped in.
"The Potter's!" Sirius shouted into the fire, and then he was engulfed by green flames.
Mrs Potter was in the kitchen clearing away the breakfast plates, when Sirius suddenly stumbled out of the fire place, making her drop the plate.
Sirius looked over and at the broken plate. "I'm sorry Mrs Potter. I didn't mean to scare you."
Mrs Potter smiled kindly at him realising who it was and then took out her wand and pointed it at the broken plate which repaired itself. "Its alright, you just took me by surprise. Sirius isn't it?"
Sirius smiled back at the welcoming face and nodded, as James ran into the kitchen looking around for his friend.
"I knew it was you, I heard your voice." James told him. "Mum, we're going out. I've got a spare broom you can use that."
James walked over to the door and picked up both brooms and handed Sirius one who seemed a little taken back.
"Before you go out boys, I want to know if you're staying for tea Sirius." Mrs Potter asked.
"Yeah course he is." James answered for him and then drugged him out of the house.
James and Sirius had a great time flying with and exploring the village, they there was too much for them to do in one day, so James told him that he better come back soon. Sirius of course had no problem with coming back to somewhere where he was welcome. He stayed for tea that night which pleased Mrs Potter because Sirius ate everything which she had made him and even had seconds and desert as well.
Though he wasn't welcomed home when he got back there, he was glad that he had eaten at the Potter's because his mother told him that he couldn't have anything to eat because he had gone behind her back and gone to those mud-blood traitors which he had a nerve to call his friends.
Sirius didn't care what his mother said to him now that he could escape to his friends for while, to just get out of the house and away from them.
He went over again twice that weekend and stayed for Sunday lunch as well, and before he went back home they sent letter's to Remus and Peter making arrangements to meet up with them as well.
Sirius had to go around to his aunts through on the Monday, which he wasn't looking forward to because he wouldn't be able to get away from Bellatrix considering it was her house. Though it wasn't that bad because he spent most of the time with his other cousin Andromeda, who was glad for him that he had been getting out, but on the other hand it had seemed to make things worst for him as well. But Sirius didn't talk about that, always changing the subject when ever she brought it up.
Sirius went around to James' again, they still hadn't been able to make a date to meet up with Remus and Peter, but Remus had told them that he could make it this weekend but Peter couldn't. But Remus was still coming around. They were both sat at the kitchen table finishing off their breakfasts when Mr Potter walked in but not dressed for work.
"We're going out today, and the two of you are coming with me." Mr Potter told them.
They both looked at each other wondering where they would be going, and if it was going to be exciting, though Sirius wasn't that bored because he had never really gone out as a family before.
"I have a couple of things to pick up in the country." Mr Potter told them. "Your mum's out today, so you get to come with me. It isn't bad, lost of open fields to fly in."
Sirius suddenly remembered Nissa's letter and hoped that she was alright, he thought she must be because she had written back, unless she hadn't because she regretted it in the first; which he hoped that she hadn't and promised himself that he would write her something tonight when he got home.
They drove for couple of hours right into the middle of the countryside almost deserted, part from a couple of houses and very small villages.
"I wonder if this is where Nissa lives." Sirius wondered aloud.
James looked over at him curiously, as his dad looked back through the mirror.
"A girlfriend already? Aren't you a little young?" Mr Potter asked him.
"She isn't his girlfriend." James told him.
"We're friends and she's a girl." Sirius said. "Well I hope that we are, she act's as though she is."
"Oh it's already started and you're only twelve." Mr Potter said smiling.
James and Sirius looked at one another wondering what he was talking about, because nothing had happened well what they knew about anyway.
"Women, it doesn't matter what age they are their all the same, they cloud the mind." Mr Potter told them. "Make you do stupid thing's which you wouldn't normally do."
James laughed. "So what stupid things as mum made you do?"
"Yes well." Mr Potter started and then didn't answer their question.
James and Sirius laughed thinking of strange thing's he had to.
They finally made it; it was a very small village square, they parked up in front of a clothes shop which James and Sirius pulled their faces at.
"We came all this way for clothes?" James asked. "Couldn't they have sent them by owl?"
"She did offer but I always like talking to her face to face, she is such I nice young lady." Mr Potter told them. "You should know, she goes to Hogwarts, so she should be helping out today."
Now that had gotten their attention wondering who it could be, Mr Potter went inside first though there was no one in the shop well what they could see. James and Sirius came in though Sirius almost fell flat on his face tripping over a cat.
"Damn cat tried to kill me." Sirius glowed.
"Are you alright Sirius?" Mr Potter asked.
"It's a good thing really; she only does that to people she really likes." A firmly friendly voice as told him, as she walked out of the shadows.
They both at her surprised and they both smiled back at her.
"Hi." Sirius said, and then wanted to hit himself for not saying anything better then just 'hi'.
"Hello my dear, how are you?" Mr Potter asked her brightly. "I thought you might know each other."
"Hi, it's nice to see you again. I'm not too bad just glad that I can come here to help out and get out of the house." Nissa answered. "Oh yeah, I know them two. It's kind of hard not too really, being in the same class and everything."
"You're the same age? I always thought that you were older." Mr Potter told her.
And both James and Sirius could see why, she looked so different without her school robes on; she didn't have any black on at all. In fact she was quit brightly dressed, and would never guess that she was a witch unless you knew. She had a short red skirt with a white square pattern over it, and a ¾ length white shirt with red cuffs and collar, and red sandals which lased up her legs.
"Well were in the same year." Nissa told him. "But I'm still only eleven."
"What? Why?" Sirius asked her. "How can you be?"
"Well my birthday isn't till August, so that's how and why." Nissa answered him smiling, and then turned to Mr Potter. "I never realised though that James was your son, though I should have really considering."
James glared at her wondering what she meant by that and wondering if it was a bad or a good thing, but he didn't want to say anything and look stupid in front of her and Sirius.
"There all ready for you." Nissa said going over to the counter and disappearing underneath it and then came back up carrying three large parcels which Sirius and James took off of her even before Mr Potter told them. "Thanks. So is there anything else?"
"No I think that's all for now, though we still haven't decided about Christmas." Mr Potter answered.
"I have to go, I've got no choice." Nissa told him. "Even though we can't stand to be in the same room together, I still have to go with him and look happy and everything."
"I'm sure thing's aren't that bad." Mr Potter asked quit concerned.
"Nothing I can't handle." Nissa said reassuringly smiling at them as she always did, but this time they knew it wasn't real but none of them pressed the matter.
"There's loads of space out here to fly isn't there?" James said changing the subject. "We should come up to fly some time. Oh and to say hi of course." He added after a quick after thought.
Mr Potter paid for the clothes which James and Sirius carried out to the car, and then questioned him all the way home about Nissa and how long he had known her and everything he knew about her.
Sirius stayed again for dinner and stayed the night because it was quit late; they put up a stare bed for him in James' room where they talked all night.
Sirius came to visit quit offered and stayed over as well, the Potter's always making him welcome as though he was part of the family, more then anything he had ever had at his own home and family.