Helping a Sister Out

Louis put his ear to his parents' room; all he heard was his father's snores. He tiptoed to his sisters' room and knocked softly on the door. He didn't wait for one of his sister to tell him to come in; he just walked right in. Both of his sisters looked up at him and waited for his answer.

"They are both sleeping." Louis told his sister.

"Alright, everyone know the plan." Victoire said. Bill and Fleur didn't know that their oldest daughter was dating Teddy. The only people who know about it were Dominique and Louis. They had to help her because of all the times Victoire helped them out. It was what siblings did. Dominique and Louis nodded in agreement. Victoire finish putting her pillows under her blanket.

Her brother and sister were helping her sneak out tonight; they were to cover her if one of their parents asked for them. "Everything ready." Dominique said. She opens the door quietly and looked down the hall to her parent's room.

She walked out, behind her Louis and Victoire followed. They went downstairs and jumped the last stair because it would make noise if step on. It would wake their parents. They stood at the front door.

"Remember to be back before five, dad is going to be up about that time for work." Dominique told her sister. Victoire nodded. Her sister smiled. "Have fun at Teddy's." Louis and Dominique pushed Victoire out of the house. They watch her walk to the end of the path and disappear in the night sky. They went back to their room and went to sleep.

The next morning, Dominique heard her father get up; she glanced over to Victoire bed to find it empty. Victoire did not come home last night. She heard the shower start and knew her dad was in there. She got out of bed and made her way across the hall to her brother's room. She didn't knock as she enters the room.

She saw her brother sleep on his stomach with one of his legs out of the blanket. He was snoring softly. Dominique started to make her way to the bed, but stepped on something sharp. She started to scream, but covered her mouth before she woke by her mother. Dominique looked down and saw what a mess her brother's room was. She rolled her eyes and made her way through the optical course to Louis bed.

"Louis!" Dominique whispers in his ear. Louis brushed his hand over his ear and turned around from the noise. Dominique started to shake her brother to wake up. "Louis, get up."

Louis open one eye and looked at his sister. "What is the house burning down around us because if it not I will like to sleep." Louis turned over.

"Vic is not back yet." Dominique said.

Louis sat up and looked at the clock on his dresser. It was five-ten in the morning. He looked at his sister. "Dad is up, but he won't look in our rooms, he will leave by six to get to work. She'll have to get here before Mum wakes up at seven." Louis said. They had some time but not a lot.

"Do you think we should sent her owl." Dominique asked her brother.

"No, Mum will know if there is an owl missing. All we can hope for is she gets home between six and seven." Louis was worried. If their mother knew that Victoire was out all night and that Louis and Dominique helped her, there is going to big trouble coming their way. They glanced to the window hoping they would see their faired hair sister coming, but they didn't see anything. Dominique went back to her room after she heard her father leaving the bathroom and went back to his room.

At six they heard their dad laving for work. Louis came in his sister room, only wearing pajama bottoms on. He sat on Victoire bed. They watched for any sign that their sister was home. "Why are we doing this?" Louis asked after awhile.

"Because Vic has covered our asses before. Remember the time you, Fred and James set fireworks on the back of Granddad car and she told Mum that it was her's and Teddy's idea. Or how about the time…"

"Okay. I get it." Louis put up a hand to stop his sister. They sat there looking out the window for their sister. The sun started to rise; it made the yard come to life. Louis and Dominique didn't notice it; they were waiting for a pop to tell them that their sister was home.

They didn't hear their mother until the bathroom door closed. Louis and Dominique looked at each other with alarm. Louis got up and ran silently to his room. Dominique checked her sister bed before she crawled back into bed.

Dominique watched the clock for the next hour, as every minute passed Dominique felt sick to her stomach. She could smell her mother cooking breakfast. When she couldn't take it any more, she got up and dresses for the day. She made her way downstairs quietly; she didn't want to lie to her mother because her mother had a way of knowing if one of her childern were lying.

When she got to the kitchen, Louis was already there, sitting at the table. Their mother was at the stove, she didn't turn around when Dominique walked in. "Good Morning, Dom." They didn't know how she knew what child was talking to. "Is Victorie still sleeping?" She put breakfast on the table.

"Yes." Dominique didn't look at her mother when she said this.

"Can you go and get her and tell her that breakfast is ready." It was like she knew that Victoire was not home. All Dominique could do was go upstairs and pretend that she was waking up her sister. She walked back downstairs.

"She said that she does want to get up and she will get up when she ready." Dominique lied to her mother.

"That girl because she seventeen, doesn't mean that she doesn't have to listen to me." Fleur started by the stairs. "If she going to live under my roof, she going to have to follow my rules." Dominique and Louis sat there waiting for the screaming to come. All of sudden Fleur was yelling in French and both Louis and Dominique knew what she was saying. She was yelling about where their sister is. She came back downstairs; Dominique and Louis tried to look like they didn't know that Victoire wasn't there.

Fleur stood right in front of her childern. "Where is your sister?" Dominique and Louis traded looks. "Tell me." Before they could answer the back door open and Victoire walked in. Fleur turned around to her oldest child. "Where have you been?"

Victoire looked over to see her brother and sister. "I was at…"

"I'm waiting." Fleur said.

Victoire took a breath. "At Teddy's."

"As in Teddy Lupin." Fleur asked her daughter.

"Yes." Victoire said.

"Well you can tell him that you won't be seeing him for the next two weeks." Victoire started to say something, but Fleur turned to her other two childern. "You will be stuck here for the next week for helping your sister sneak out and for lying to me." They couldn't say anything to their mother because she walked out of the room. Louis, Dominique, and Victoire looked at each other with disbelief. Their mother was calling all her sisters-in-law to tell them the great news.