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Written for the November Event and 24 Hour Drabble Competition for Sirius' birthday over on Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Male Character: Sirius Black

Bingo: (word) Frankenstein

Chocolate Frog: Gold – Giant Squid – Challenge - The location of or around the Black Lake must be the primary location of your story.

Gringotts Prompt Bank: Said Words – Piped, Smiled; Prepositions - Around

Birthday Suit

"Padfoot," a voice yelled. "Oi monster of Frankenstein! Wake up you lazy git."

Sirius rolled over and pulled his pillow over his head. He was not in the mood to get out of bed. It was his seventeenth birthday for crying out loud, and for once it had fallen on a Saturday which meant he didn't have to get up and go to class and learn.

Someone, probably James, shoved him hard on the back, and he rolled out of bed and fell to the floor with a crash, his head just missing the oak drawers that were situated just to the right of his four poster bed.

"Dude, get up and get dressed. We have places to go and people to see," James said, throwing a pair of jeans and t-shirt at his best friend.

Sirius, still a little groggy from sleep lifted his head and asked, "What?"

"He means Lily!" Remus piped up, as he finished off his essay for Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Half an hour later found the quartet of boys walking towards the Great Lake.

Lily Evans and Marlene McKinnon were sitting under the large oak tree, making the most of the rare late autumn sunshine. As soon as James and Sirius noticed the duo they started to strut their stuff, whilst Remus and Peter shared a look and fought to contain their laughter.

"Hey Prongs, I want to make this birthday memorable. You know, it's not every day a wizard turns seventeen. Any ideas?" he queried, as he winked at Marlene who had just caught him staring.

James turned his head to his best friend and smiled wickedly; he had been waiting for an opportunity to convince Sirius to do this.

"Well I do have one idea," he smiled, slapping Sirius on the back.

He quickly explained his idea to Sirius and the boys as they walked around the Great Lake, and to James' satisfaction he hastily agreed and disappeared behind some bushes.

Two minutes later Sirius re-emerged from behind the bushes, and started running around the Great Lake in his birthday suit.

Music started playing in the background, controlled by James and at the top of his lungs he was singing, You To Me Are Everything by The Real Thing. Every time he sung the title lyric, he would stare intensely at Marlene and hold his arms out towards her dramatically.

As he concluded his song, he jogged straight up to Marlene and asked her out.

In response Marlene giggled, and said, "Only if you put on some clothes first."

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