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Written for the February Event (My Love) over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Challenges & Assignments)

Prompt: Meeting the parents (action)

Pairing: Hermione/Sirius III

Gringotts: Pairing: Gen Het – Hermione/Sirius; HP Locations: Houses – Number 12 Grimmauld Place; Nouns – Rain, Sign, Heir, Blood, Trouble, Hair, Slave, Affair, Conversation, Subject, Jaw, World, Reaction, Throat, Threshold, Knife, Fork, Creature, Ideology, Noise, Chair; Adjectives – Uneventful, Outdated, Free; Verbs – Picture, Leave, Answer, Meet, Protect, Approve, Sit, Try; Homophones –There; Compound Words – Outdated, Whatever [37]

Word Count: 613

Meeting the Blacks

The heavens opened and the rain poured down on the couple as they hurried up the steps that led to Number Twelve Grimmauld Place.

This cannot be a good sign, Sirius thought to himself as he rapped on the door. He had been having reservations about bringing his new girlfriend to meet his parents ever since she arranged it behind his back.

The Black heir knew exactly what his parents could be like, especially where blood purity was concerned. He could just picture his mother and father's faces when they realised that he was dating a muggle-born.

If he had been going there on his own then he wouldn't have minded seeing their rage, but with Hermione coming with him it was imperative to protect her.

"The first sign of trouble, we're going to leave," Sirius whispered against her hair as the face of his mother appeared at the door.

"Mother," Sirius greeted with a faux grin. "How unlike you to answer the door yourself; did your latest slave die recently?"

His mother simply gave him a filthy look, and replied with a curt, "No. Just busy."

Meeting The Blacks

Dinner at the dining room table was an uneventful affair for most of the evening. To Sirius' surprise his mother and father seemed to approve, for the first time, of his choice for a girlfriend; that was until Orion turned the conversation to the subject of family.

"So Hermione, tell me what do your parents do?" Orion grunted in a gruff voice. "A talented witch such as yourself must come from a respectable family."

Sirius' jaw clenched. He could sense what his father was doing; the man was all about forming useful connections within the wizarding world and right now he was under the impression that he could form some pretty strong ones – or at least he would be until he learnt the truth.

Only time would tell what kind of reaction he would have when he found out. The only thing he could be certain of is that whatever it was it would not be good.

Hermione cleared her throat and glanced over at Sirius.

"They - erm – they're dentists Mr Black," she informed him, as a looks of realisation graced Orion and Walburga's faces.

"Mudblood, I knew it!" Orion fumed, slamming his hands down on the table. "I could smell the filth as soon as she stepped over the threshold of this house."

Sirius placed his knife and fork down on the table and looked straight into his father's black, soulless eyes.

"How dare you bring this disgusting creature into our house Sirius," Walburga put in.

His gaze shifted to his mother and he narrowed his eyes at her.

"I knew this was a bad idea. I knew you wouldn't be able to get past your bigoted, outdated ideology,"

Sirius pushed his chair back against the floor, making sure to make as much noise as he could as he did so.

"Come on Hermione, we're leaving," he told her, taking her arm and pulling her towards the door.

"Hey wait don't I get a say in whether we go?" Hermione asked.

"Ordinarily yes, but today no!" he told her through gritted teeth, his free hand fingering his wand.

"Why?" she demanded.

"I will not sit here and let my parents insult you. Now can we just leave before I end up cursing my mother and father into oblivion?" he requested.

Hermione looked between the prodigal son and his parents. All three of them had equally angry looks on their faces, and more than ready to murder each other.

"Okay," she relented. "But that doesn't mean we're not going to come back and try again."

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