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Sirius Black continued on his way down the corridor. The other three boys nervously keeping step just behind him as he strolled up the forever changing stairs, caught up in the hustle and bustle of the first years returning to their dorms. A crowd of people stopped and gasped irritably as the steps ground away from their first connection and began to turn clockwise to another platform.

The Black family heir, however, simply shoved through the disgruntled students and leapt onto the changing steps, throwing himself at the desired platform and landing elegantly with his right toe pointed perfectly. Then he burped loudly.

Remus Lupin wrinkled up his nose in disgust "Ah, poetic justice. For a moment there he seemed like a somewhat sophisticated young man…"

James Potter gave his new friend a light tap on the shoulder "Come off it, Lupin. I thought it was pretty classy!"

"You would" the boy gave a huff and followed the rest of the kids to the other staircase whilst Black simply strolled towards the fat lady's portrait, uttered the password and slipped inside.

When the three boys finally made their way to their assigned dorm they were greeted by Sirius, who had already claimed his bed, leaving only two more left and in the 5 minutes extra he'd had to explore, had made use of the time by throwing what seemed like half of possessions onto the floor, making the door exceedingly tricky to open.

Remus wrinkled his nose in distaste and attempted to shift the carpet of clothing themed debris from his path by sweeping his foot from left to right. Solid wood flooring became visible underneath. The bed he chose was left of Sirius but furthest away from the window at the far end of the room. He seemed to wince at the moonlight trickling in. Tomorrow it would finish its cycle and be full again.

James Potter grinned and flung himself on the bed to the right of Sirius' own and the Black heir winked at him mischievously.

However, Peter gave a disgruntled mumble when he found there were no beds left in that dorm. Sirius sucked in a breath pitifully and shrugged

"You'll have to bunk down with the others, Petey!" there was a slight mocking tone to his voice but only Remus Lupin seemed to pick up on it. He frowned at Sirius' disregard for others welfare but said nothing

Peter gave a shy grin "Don't worry I'll just sleep on the floor"

Remus sighed "Don't sweat it, Pete" he picked up his bag and stood up "I'll go into another room. The others will just distract me from important stuff"

Sirius looked like thunder in human form "I said Peter would have to bunk down with the others. I didn't say you should leave Lupin. You!" He gestured to Remus and got up, placing his hands on the boy's shoulders and pushing him back to sit on the bed "Stay! James is staying too. But Peter is leaving. He was last."

Peter's bottom lip began to tremble "But…but I want to stay here!"

Sirius shrugged and began to lead the boy out by his arm. He opened the door and gave the small mousy figure a shove for good measure "You snooze, you lose!"

He then flicked the catch down on the door and spun around with his back to the bed, flopping onto it unceremoniously.

James chuckled but Remus just huffed in annoyance "I would have gladly left you know. There was no need to humiliate him like that"

Sirius sat up and his eyes were suddenly wide and innocent. This particular 'puppy dog look' must have taken years to perfect. He sat on the other side of the bed from Remus and lay backward, blinking up sadly at the amber eyed boy

"But I wanted you to stay, Remmy!" His voice reminded Remus of something akin to honey drizzling out of a pot.

Then his head snapped back onto his shoulders "Did you just call me Remmy"