UPSIDE DOWN
- CHAPTER THREE –
Disclaimer: So… I'm still not her, but I'll let you know when it happens =03
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"Lily? James? Are you guys there?" Sirius asked jumping down the stairs through the already half-dark Evans' home.
"Who is it?" Came a voice from the living room and Sirius looked up to find himself standing in front of Lily's mom. She was holding a book in her hands and looked so much like Lily at the moment that Sirius had to force back a laugh.
"It's me. Um… Sirius Black."
"Hey, honey! Did you sleep okay?" she asked as he walked down the remaining steps.
"Yeah. The bed is really comfortable. I just stayed up a little bit late watching that box in our room. The TV," he added remembering the name Lily had used the day before. "So… um...where are Lily and James?"
"Lily went to show James around London. They wanted to take you but you were asleep."
"Oh. It's okay," Sirius muttered, scratching the back of his head. James was probably enjoying his day with Lily more than he would if he were there too.
"Are you hungry? There's still a bit of lunch left. Do you want some?"
"Yeah. That would be awesome, thanks," Sirius answered grinning just as his stomach growled, following Lily's mom into the kitchen.
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"Here," Jessica said, setting down the plate in front of Sirius and sitting down on the chair in front of him. "So, how are your parents?"
"Um…," Sirius started awkwardly, playing around with the food on the plate. "I actually haven't talked to my parents for a while," he muttered, glancing up at Lily's mom and shrugging apologetically. "I kind of ran away from home last year. And I've been living with the Potters since then – they're great."
"I'm sorry."
Sirius smiled, "It's okay, I mean – I never really liked any of them anyway. Maybe my brother – but he went off to hang out with these weirdo's at school and changed a lot, he kind of hates my ass since then."
"Lily and Tuney don't get along too well either. I think Tuney feels a bit betrayed, you know, since she isn't magic. They used to be the best of friends when they were little," Jessica smiled. "I wish they'd try and talk things out, especially Tuney." She looked up at Sirius, tilting her head to the side. "You should send a letter to your brother – I don't think he hates you."
Sirius shrugged, taking a gulp. "This is great," he said, pointing to the food. Jessica smiled.
"Thank you." She looked at her watch and then at Sirius.
"Do you think James has a chance?" Sirius asked suddenly, looking up at her and tilting his head to the side. "He's been in love with Lily for like five years and… well, I don't want him to get hurt."
Jessica smiled. "I think he does. She doesn't let just anyone come to her house – or take them to her favorite place. Just don't tell her I said anything – this stays between us."
"Yes, ma'am."
"I have to go to the grocery store to buy some stuff for dinner," she said as she watched him finish the remaining food on his plate. "Would you care to come? Lily called a while ago and said she and James were going to eat dinner at some restaurant she likes, so I think they won't come back until later."
"Yeah, sure." Sirius answered, standing up and pointing his wand at the dirty plate. "I'll just clean this."
"That's not-" Jessica started just as Sirius handed her back the clean plate with a grin and a shrug.
"Having a wizard around does have its advantages," he said winking. "So… are we going to go in one of those cars?"
"Yeah."
"Brilliant! They're so much cooler than our brooms."
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"What do you guys do for fun?" Jessica asked as they walked down one of the aisles, Sirius looking around wide-eyed.
"We have this sport called quidditch. It's played on brooms and each team has seven players and there are four balls. So, there's a goalie and three chasers - they try to score and the goalie has to stop them, they used the ball called quaffle. Then there are two guys who beat around this balls called bludgers and try to hit the other players and throw them off their brooms. And there's this guy, the chaser, and he has to catch the snitch. When he does the game is over."
"Sounds interesting."
"It's great. James and I are on the team, Lily has never liked quidditch, though – so she isn't, but she is a really good flyer."
"I never knew she liked to fly."
"James found out one night when they kind of bumped into each other. I shouldn't be telling you this, but your daughter likes to go out at night to get her mind of things – so she goes flying. James does that too."
"I did know that." Jessica laughed. "She likes to go walking around at night when she's stressed out."
Sirius smiled, scratching the back of his head. "You're really cool. I wish my mom was like this."
Jessica looked back at him and smiled, offering him a hand. "Well, you can come visit us any time you like, honey."
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"Mom? Are you in the kitchen?" A voice asked from the front door, it was followed by a series of footsteps, and finally Petunia appearing in the kitchen doorway. "You won't believe what happened today. So, Liv and me were walking down her street when this guy came up to us all of a sudden and asked us-" she stopped when she saw Sirius bent over examining the oven. "Ugh. What is the freak doing here? I thought my sister said she was going to take them somewhere."
"Petunia, he is not a freak," her mom scolded, placing her hands on her hips and glaring at her daughter. "It's Sirius, remember. And, yes, your sister went out with James."
"Hey there," Sirius said slyly, reaching out his hand and kissing Petunia's when she gave it to him. She frowned, pulling away and glaring at him making Sirius laugh.
"Why did they leave him here?"
"He is right there, Tuney. Why don't you ask him?"
"My company is so enjoyable, they thought having me around would ruin it for them. James wanted all of Lily's attention," Sirius answered winking at Petunia who rolled her eyes and turned to leave.
"I'm going to my room, mother. Call me when dinner's ready," she said before running up the stairs.
Sirius blinked, staring after her, and then turned to look at Jessica a lopsided grin on his lips. "I think your daughter doesn't quite like me."
Jessica laughed. "Don't worry, I hope she'll come around. Now, be a dear and hand me that cinnamon over there, will you?"