AN: So, I went on vacation and now I'm back! Yay! Relaxed and all! So I've been back for a few days though. I actually wrote this all in one night but I have a rule about not posting something immediately. I'd rather sleep on it and reread it to make sure I like it and I actually rather liked where this went. There's a bit of drunken character honesty in this. lol Beyond that, it was fun to write them being all giggly and sloshed. So, things are really heating up for Sabine and Sirius. You may ask why they're moving slowly. Blame Sabine. She totally doesn't know how to handle the attention. And Sirius... well, his reputation proceeds him a bit, I think. No worries. He's persistant and she really likes him.
Sabine grunted in a huff, stuffing her coat rather harshly into the corner next to her and scooting over as Remus and James approached the table, a few bags heavier than before. Remus slid in next to her gently as James plopped his bags under the table, flopping heavily next to Sirius with a sigh. Sabine feigned her most convincing smile and sipped her coke.
"I ordered cokes for you all, hope you don't mind." she said casually. Neither protested as Remus placed an arm across Sabine's shoulder and leaned back comfortably. Sabine's eyes narrowed as she noticed the look of annoyed understanding flash into Sirius' eyes. She felt her eye twitch as she contemplated kicking him under the table.
"You two didn't argue too much while we were gone, did you?" Remus asked jokingly. Sabine faked a laugh, kicking Sirius as if to tell him to act naturally. He bit his lip and chuckled, shooting an inconspicuous glare her way.
"What is in the bags, James?" Sabine asked, wiggling her eyebrows and trying her best to steer the conversation. James grinned coyly and shook his head.
"Never you mind, Beany, never you mind." he chuckled. Sabine scrunched her nose.
"Beany? Are you bloody serious?" she laughed. Remus laughed.
"I rather like it." he grinned. "Beany. It has a certain ring to it."
"Oh, I suppose I'll call you Remmy, then." she laughed, poking his side. "And you can be Jamesy? Does that mean he's Siri?" she asked. James smirked and shook his head.
"No way am I Jamesy." he chuckled. "But they can be Remmy and Siri, if they want."
"No, thank you." Sirius snorted. Sabine cocked an eyebrow.
"I rather like Siri." she said smugly. "And Remmy is good, too." she beamed at Remus. He nodded.
"Remmy it is, then." Remus smiled, sipping his coke cautiously. James chuckled and took a big gulp, eyes growing wide as he coughed a little.
"Liquid Fizzing Whizbees is right." he chuckled, taking another big drink.
They sat and talked for an hour before deciding it best to get back. Sabine paid for their drinks and food and jingled the keys in her hand as they walked back towards the car. Sirius walked ahead of them, hands stuffed into his pockets.
"I say that tonight we celebrate the season with a little fire whiskey and nog." James suggested, beaming devilishly. Sabine laughed as she opened her car door.
"You'll have to suggest that to my brother, James." she chuckled. "However, I think he'll only be against it if we don't finished decorating the house." she added hopefully, slipping in and turning the car on. They rode back in relative silence. Sabine glancing at Sirius in the back and looking away quickly when she found him locking eyes with her. She sighed as they pulled in to the drive, laughing as Remus and James burst towards the house. Sirius shoved his hands onto his pockets once again and followed Sabine in slowly. As he closed the door behind him he turned to see Rich extending a box full of ornaments in their direction.
"James, Remus and I are going to decorate the kitchen and the hall. You two can do the tree." he said, an omniscient expression set on his face. Sabine cocked an eyebrows as her eyes narrowed. "Won't take but an hour or two. We'll be hanging garland so we won't be bothering you." he smiled batting his eyelashes innocently before turning on his heel and leaving. Sabine sighed and glared down at the box in her hands before glancing over at all the other decorations sitting at the base of the full, lush pine tree. Sirius walked over silently and started to unravel a line of yellow lights.
"I'm going to kill my brother." Sabine mumbled, grabbing one of the boxes or dark red lights and unraveling it. She was startled as Sirius turned to her quickly.
"Do you like me?" he asked seriously. Sabine blinked a few times, her eyes wide.
"Er..." she sighed heavily. "As a friend, Sirius." she said weakly, returning to unraveling her lights. Sirius shook his head and ran his hand through his hair. "Sirius, what does it matter?" she demanded, almost whining.
"Your right, it doesn't." he said flatly. They unraveled the lights and decorated the tree in complete silence. Finally they stepped back and had to smile at the good job they did. Their angel sat atop the lush green tree, looking down over the Gryffindor colors in prayer. The maroon and gold bulbs shone in the light. Sabine's glittery golden bulb sat highest, her name scrawled across it over a cartoon-like, hand drawn picture of a book. Rich's sat down farther, off set, with a picture of him and his boyfriend in the center. Remus' James' and Sirius' bulbs sat lower, each stripped in Gryffindor colors with different animals hand drawn by each on them.
"A Gryffindor tree?" James asked in happy surprise. Remus beamed next to him.
"That's brilliant." he smiled, examining the tree incredulously. Sirius placed an arm around Sabine's shoulder and smiled at the tree with pride.
"I'm glad my first Christmas tree is a Gryffindor tree." he said quietly, sighing contentedly. Sabine pulled away and threw her arms around her brother in a hug.
"Do you like it?" she asked. Rich laughed and nodded.
"I love it." he smiled, ruffling her hair a little. "Nice job, little sister, but I'm sure I could have done better." he smirked jokingly, ruffling her hair once again and taking a seat on the couch. "Your friend mentioned celebratory drinking?" James held up a bottle of firewhiskey, wiggling his eyebrows.
"I'll get the egg nog." Sabine laughed, jogging to the kitchen to grab glasses and egg nog. She sat around the coffee table with James, Sirius and Remus as Rich leaned forward on the couch. "I've never mixed firewhiskey with anything other than school punch." she laughed.
"I've never heard of firewhiskey." Rich laughed. James poured a little in a glass and handed it to him.
"It burns, I'm warning you now." he said sagely. Rich snorted.
"Whiskey doesn't burn anymore, not for me." he chuckled, tipping the glass back. His eyes went wide as he coughed and gasped. "That burned!" he finally managed to mumble between coughs, voice hoarse as he gasped. James laughed. "I feel warm now."
"I told you." James sang, pouring a little firewhiskey in each glass before pouring in the egg nog. "Cheers." he smiled, raising his glass with everyone else before taking a drink. Rich looked relieved to have something other than straight firewhiskey to drink before he glanced at Sabine.
"You drink that straight when you drink it?" he asked. Sabine chuckled and nodded.
"Yeah, it burns some feeling or heat back into you.' she shrugged, glancing at Sirius before taking a quick drink from the bottle and smacking her lips together and taking a drink of her egg nog. "It's quite nice in winter." she added. Rich nodded and shook his head vigorously, shuddering at the memory of the fire in his throat.
"You always were a bit mental." he mumbled.
An hour and a half later, Rich was stumbling off to bed, singing an Irish love song Remus, James and Sirius had head Sabine sing on occasion after a bit too much firewhiskey. James stood shakily, leaning one way and catching himself with a hiccup and a giggle.
"Good night, my friends." he said grandly, waving his arms wildly and catching himself on the wall, two empty bottles in hand. Remus stood to follow him, laughing as Sabine fell backwards with a thump and erupted into a fit of giggles.
"Good night, Remmy, as you're leaving me, too." she slurred before erupting into giggles once again.
"Night, Beany." Remus slurred, letting out a loud burp in the process and falling through his door, kicking it closed behind him. Sabine pulled herself up, preparing to go to bed herself before noticing Sirius staring at her, expression unreadable.
"Er, Sirius." she said, brows furrowing in concern. "You alright?" she asked. Sirius smashed into her, bashing her nose with is as he pulled her into a sloppy kiss. Her eyes went wide in surprise before they fluttered closed. Sirius pulled away suddenly and he looked at her in confusion.
"What was that for?" he slurred smugly. Sabine gaped at him. "Don't kiss me again." he mocked her voice before crashing his lips into hers again. Sabine leaned in closer, giggling into his lips. They parted slowly, both smiling inwardly.
"I assure you, that won't happen again." she mocked his angry tone from earlier. She hiccuped, glancing at him appraisingly, before smacking him in the side of the head playfully. "Liar, you did it again." she said self righteously. Sirius glared at her, yanking her down as she tried to stand.
"That's not funny." he said in the most sober voice he could muster. Sabine snorted.
"Really, because I thought it was quite humorous." she giggled, falling backwards again with a light thump. "You really are an ass, you know that, right?" she sighed contentedly.
"No one has ever told me that before." he said sarcastically. "Not once in my life." Sabine inched closer, lacing her fingers through his. "And you, Sabine, haven't the slightest idea what it is that you want. You know that, right?" he said mockingly. She broke into giggles and nodded.
"I was aware of that, yes." she responded honestly, finding it near impossible to lie and not at all worth the effort it would take her in her drunken state. "That's why I'm an anti-social bookworm." she smiled. Both erupted into laughter before Sirius leaned over her, tangling a hand on her hair as he held himself up with the other. He leaned in slowly, nipping her bottom lip before kissing her roughly. Sabine fisted her hands in his hair and sighed happily. She shoved him off her suddenly, looking as though the alcohol was clearing from her head. "I'm going to bed." Sirius collapsed with a frustrated groan and massaged his temples.
"Good night, Sabine." he called, voice flooded with frustration.
"Good night, Sirius." Sabine sang, unable to hide the smirk in her voice and the butterflies in her stomach. A smirk crawled across Sirius' face as he climbed wearily onto the couch and fell asleep almost immediately.
Sabine closed the door behind her, rushing to her desk as carefully as possible and pulling out a quill.
Lil, for your eyes only!
I bloody just snogged Sirius Black! Merlin's beard, what was I thinking! Well, I can answer that rhetorical question, I was thinking that I wanted to kiss him! Merlin, Lil. I like him! What the bloody hell do I do now? I mean, I kissed him before but what now! Come on, you have to help me. Owl me as soon as you can, please. It is rather urgent. I love you, Lil. Please note than I am awfully pissed at this point and your future husband, James, is totally to blame with his firewhiskey. However, I must say that I do believe Sirius Black is the best kisser on the planet.
Sab.
P.S. Not a word to Sev, please.
She dropped her quill and carefully attached the letter to Herman's leg. She creaked open her window, hushing Herman and telling him where to go before shutting the window again and collapsing onto her bed. She tried to fight the contented smile on her lips as she rubbed her sore nose and drifted off to sleep.
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