UPSIDE DOWN
- CHAPTER SEVEN –
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"Sirius," James moaned next morning, rubbing a hand over his face and opening and eye. "Why the hell are you making so much noise?"
Sirius groaned, not even bothering to look up from James trunk, which he was rummaging in, tossing James clothes and books around.
"What the fuck, dude?" James asked, after he'd sat down on the bed, looking around at the mess Sirius had managed to create around the room. "Sweet, Merlin. What did you lose?"
Sirius finally looked up then, the very image of madness. With the top buttons of his shirt undone, his tie hanging askew and a few red marks decorating the skin of his neck and down the length of his shirt. His hair was mused and messy and there were dark circles under his gray eyes. James knew he hadn't gone mad only because Sirius was still wearing clothes and everyone in the house was alive. (He hoped.)
"My wand! I can't find my wand! I can't find my bloody wand!" he shouted coming over to where James was sitting in the bed, pulling at his hair. "I lost my wand!"
"Where?"
Sirius gave him a blank look, letting go of his hair. "Well, I don't bloody know. It would not be lost if I knew where it was."
James made a face, getting up and reaching for his pants. "Right. Okay. What did you do last night?"
"Girls," Sirius answered with a lewd smile. "That magician guy took me to a bar. I think he was gay, actually. But damn muggle English girls are an eleven out of a ten."
"Really."
Sirius shrugged trying to appear nonchalant as he took James' wand to arrange his friend's clothes back into the trunk. "So, anyway? How was your night?" he asked, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively and pointing the wand at James mouth, using it as some sort of microphone.
James raised an eyebrow. "It was good. But seriously, mate, your wand is lost. How the hell can you care about my night?"
"I'm still drunk. So drunk," Sirius sing-sang, "I had like twenty beers and some whiskeys and then some…. Somethings. They were really good, like colorful mushy squares. But the girls, Prongs. We have to go there for your bachelor party."
"When did you get back, anyway?" James asked, taking his wand back from Sirius' hand and using it to make the beds and search Sirius' trunk for the wand.
"Something like twenty minutes ago," Sirius said, and then smiled mischievously. "Found Lily dancing around." He stopped, looking at James who was now glaring at him. "In her underwear. She's hot."
James growled, using his wand to toss everything in Sirius' trunk to him. "That's my girl you're taking about, mate. Watch it."
"Touchy," Sirius giggled getting up and reaching for his friend, apparently intending to give him a hug. But just then Lily threw open the door, eyes widening when she saw the mess in the room.
"Um…" James started awkwardly, scratching the back of his neck while shaking his wand to clean the room. "Hi, Lils," he said after, giving her a smile and leaning toward her, a little.
"Hi, James," she answered. "Sirius, your wand is in the kitchen," she said casually.
Sirius looked between James and Lily for a while and then smiled. "Oooh! I get it, you're throwing me out. It's good, it's all good. I'll go steal cookies or harass your sister or something," he muttered, trying to sound hurt as he walked toward the door. "James and Lily sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love…" he sang giggling like a middle-schooler as he disappeared down the stairs.
"I'm sorry about that," James said pointing behind him with his thumb as Lily turned to look at him again with a half smile. "He's drunk."
She smiled. "Oh, I know. He came in about half an hour ago singing something about a butterfly. And then he asked me if I was a broom."
"What?"
"Because I was sweeping him off his feet," Lily clarified, giggling a little. James scowled, shaking his head.
"Smug bastard," he muttered, looking over Lily's shoulder at the stairs Sirius had just gone down through.
"So…" Lily started as she walked toward one of the beds and plopped herself down. "My parents invited your parents for a barbeque tomorrow. Apparently, they want to get to know them…"
"Wait. Wait, wait," Sirius said, suddenly reappearing in the bedroom eyebrows knit together. "Are you two going out already? Or did you just like… kiss? Or was it more like a full blown snogging session. I heard the American name for that a while ago… something like making out? So… anyway… what are we talking about here?" He stopped when he noticed the look James and Lily were giving him. "Fine, fine. I'll figure it out on my own," he muttered placing his hands in front of himself and slowly backing out of the room.
So, now, Sirius Black had a mission. A mission that could be explained in six easy-to-do steps: 1) Get the drunkenness out of his system, Sirius Black being drunk for more than a night was not cool at all. But he didn't trust his brain to perform a sobering spell on himself right now, so he would have to ask Lily for help on that one. 2) sk Lily's mom if he could please, please, please have Remus over for lunch (he was at least 60% sure that his friend was back from America) 3) Ask around, find out if anyone had seen or noticed anything interesting. (That mainly meant Lily's mom, her sister… which would probably lead nowhere, but he was Sirius Black for Merlin's beard… and Lily's dad) 4) Figure out what the hell his two friends (Lily was totally his friend already) had been up to last night and 5) If nothing had happened between his two best friends last night, make sure something happened before they left tomorrow afternoon. 6) Remind everyone of how freaking awesome he was.
Easy, right? Plus, he was Sirius Black, he was AWESOME. That was like one sixth of the plan already completed. He nodded to himself, and walked back into the room he had been sharing with James for the week. He could do this.
Hey everyone, sorry for the long wait. This school year has been crazy... but ANYWAY... This story should be done in about 2 more chapters, so thanks for sticking through it, for your support, the reviews, the alerts, and the favorites this story has been getting. You guys are awesome.
