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Chapter 25-One Home, One Brother and a Cat

A week had passed since we had been to Grimmauld Place. Sirius had borrowed James' two way mirror and sent it to Regulus, so we talked to him on daily basis. We had told everyone about his situation and this made us work harder and faster on the apartment.

Three days later…

We were now finished and were sending all our stuff from the Potters to the new apartment. I was standing in front of the Potters house checking all the boxes to see if I had missed anything when I heard this small sound coming from behind one of the boxes. I carefully walked towards it, wand drawn. Since I thought it might be a prank. I looked over the box and there I saw the cutest kitten I have ever seen! It was black and had scruffy fur; I hadn't seen that kind of fur on a cat before, and these huge blue eyes that seemed to look right through me. I picked the poor kitten, which had gotten stuck trying to get into the box, up. It immediately started to stroke itself against me and purring.

"Well aren't you just the cutest thing, huh?" I grinned down at…hmm…him. I checked. He started to play with a string from my shirt and I giggled at his absolute cuteness.

"I think I might keep you" I mumbled tickling his stomach, giggling when he purred and swatted at my hand with his paws.

"Yeah…I'm so asking Sirius if I can keep you"

"Ask Sirius what?" said Sirius voice from behind me; I could hear the grin in his voice. I turned and watched him wrinkle his nose when he spotted the kitten in my arms.

"Um…what is that?" he said a smile tugging at his lips.

"A kitten…isn't he cute. I found him he had gotten stuck" I said cooing at the small animal in my arms. Sirius smiled and patted the kitten.

"Really…what were you going to ask me then…" I could see he already knew the answer to that one.

"If I could keep him…please, Sirius, please" I said looking at him with puppy dog eyes holding the kitten up so that he was looking at Sirius as well with his big blue eyes.

"I don't know…"

"We can't just leave him on the street…he might get hurt. And just look at him" I said pleading with him. He sighed and then nodded. I squealed and hugged him, kissing him passionately, but being careful so I didn't crush my new pet.

"Okay…if I knew that saying yes, would reward me like this. I would have agreed immediately" he grinned at me and I slapped him lightly on the arm.

"What are you going to call him?" he said petting the kitten, which started to play with his fingers. Soo cute!

"Sidney and Sid for short" I said smiling. He looked at me playfully and asked;

"Sid? Why Sid?" I grinned back and said;

"After Sid Vicious…bass player in one of the greatest bands ever, the Sex Pistols…I would name him after John Lydon….but that would just be a bit weird…and Sid fits him" Sirius just shook his head and started to shrink all the boxes. I put Sid down and started to help him. A couple of minutes later James came outside carrying a box we had forgotten. And Sid basically attacked the poor bloke's leg. Apparently he doesn't like striped, blue pyjama pants. James was not so fond of my new pet after that…and Sirius just liked him more, petting him and mumbling;

"Good cat. Very good guard-cat, Sidney." When he thought I couldn't hear him. When James had stopped cursing my new pet, we started to put all the minimized boxes in a bag that I took with me when we rode Sirius bike to our new home. Sid was curled up inside my jacket, between me and Sirius. Clearly enjoying himself, the way he was purring. As soon as we got there, we were met by James and a very annoyed Lily who had apparated there. Lily thought Sid was one of the cutest kittens she had ever seen; while James mumbled something about a devils cat…We started to unpack everything, putting it away in drawers, cupboards and other places. I let Sid out and he immediately started to investigate the new place.

"I'm going to go to Diagon to get some cat stuff, okay?" I said realizing that we needed food and things for Sid.

"I'll come with you" Lily said and with that we apparated to the alley next to the Leaky Cauldron. We said hi to Tom who wanted us to stay for a drink and then went down to the Diagon entrance. We headed strait for Magical Menagerie. Once inside we located the Cat section. We picked up two bags of cat food.

"This way you don't have to come down after more as quickly" Lily said. That's when I spotted the collars.

"Lily look…we have to get one of these!" she giggled in agreement and the witch that owned the store told us that the collars wouldn't get stuck anywhere and wouldn't cause any discomfort for the cat, they were charmed that way. I looked at a black one with small spikes on it and a name plate.

"This one would be so suiting" I said grinning. Lily looked at it and laughed. We also got him this sleeping basket, food and water bowls and of course toys.

"You're spoiling your cat" Lily said grinning and I just shrugged a smug smile playing on my lips.

"Would you like to engrave the cats name on the collar?" the witch in the store asked us when we were paying for our stuff. I nodded and told her to put the name Sid on it with bold letters. Lily and I grinned at each other and then we started to make our way back to the apartment, hoping that everything had gone well.

Sirius POV

"That cat is the devils cat I swear!" prongs said staring at our newly found pet Sid. I grinned and shook my head, he was overreacting. I looked at Sid who was playing with a sock.

"Are we talking about the same cat, prongs?" I said.

"He attacked me!"

"Maybe he just doesn't like deer's" I said grinning. Prongs scowled.

"Well he shouldn't like dogs should he? I know, transform into Padfoot and lets see what happens" I grinned and did as he said. Sid turned to look at me and trotted up to me sniffing me. He then started to stroke himself against me. I let out a bark that sounded like a laugh and prongs scowled even more.

"I still don't like the way he looks at me" he muttered when I transformed back. I just laughed and then I decide to inform my little brother that he could come here when he wanted and was ready for it. He told me that the devil woman and my so called father were going to go to a party to morrow. He was invited as well, but he was going to try and get out of it. Just when I closed the mirror Char walked inside with Lily behind her, carrying a bag each filled with stuff. She grinned and put the bag down on the floor taking out a collar from it and then squatted down and called for Sid. Who actually came running towards her.

"Look what I've got for you" she said and put it on scratching him behind the ears.

"He's like a bloody dog" prongs said looking amazed. I too was a bit surprised that he actually came when she called. She just grinned and stood up.

"Have you heard from Reggie?"

"Yeah…he might be able to escape to morrow…not sure yet though"

"Okay"

"Are you two staying for dinner?" she asked Lily and prongs. Lily smiled and nodded, Prongs was still staring at Sid.

"Get over it mate!" I said throwing a pillow at him. He finally did and told us that he would indeed stay for dinner. No surprise there, since when has Prongs said no to food? So we ate pizza and talked about different stuff. Then they left. Lily slapping Prongs when he asked for a good night kiss. Then we went to sleep. I was almost asleep with my arm around Char when I felt something walking on my leg. I looked down and saw Sid slowly making his way up towards us.

"Sirius what are you doing?" Char asked turning around.

"We have a visitor" I mumbled. She looked down as well and let out a small giggle when she spotted the small kitten trying not to get caught in the sheets.

"Char…he's not sleeping in the bed. I like Sid as much as you do. But he's not sleeping here" I said not wanting to share pillows with a cat.

"Don't worry, I'll make him go away" she grinned and pecked me on the nose. Then she picked up the kitten and got up carrying it with her.

"What are you doing you naughty kitten…here you are supposed to sleep in your basket. Stay here, okay?" I heard her say to the cat. Then I heard her come back to the bed and put her arm around me.

"He's going to stay now I think…" I could hear the smile in her voice.

"Did you just talk to the cat like he could understand you?" I asked her teasingly.

"He's a smart cat…he understands me perfectly" she mumbled back. I just chuckled and then wrapped my arms around her.

"Night Char"

"Night Sirius."

When I woke up the next morning, Char was already up and I had a small fur ball next to my face. Apparently Sidney had decided that the basket wasn't good enough for him and had joined us…or well me at the moment in the bed. Sid licked me in the face as a greeting and I just made a noise.

"Morning to you too" I muttered and got up not even bothering to get dressed. That's one of the perks of having your own place, you can walk around in just boxers and no one will care. I had just started to stand up and walk to the kitchen when Sid meowed announcing that he wanted to come with me. I just shook my head and picked him up walking to the kitchen where Char was making coffee. Wearing only one of my shirts that barely reached the middle of her thighs…I think I just found another perk. She turned around just as I walked in and grinned at me.

"Look who I found in the bed…and then he insisted on being carried to the kitchen" I said putting Sid on the floor; he directly headed for his bowl filled with food.

"I know…but he climbed up there when I woke up. So he didn't sleep there" she said grinning and accepting my good morning kiss. I just shook my head and started to help her with breakfast. We had just eaten and Char was taking a shower and I was lying on the sofa still not dressed with Sid on my bare stomach, watching TV. I had never really understood what muggles liked about it, but this show about some police officers was really interesting.

"Oh my goodness…sorry" I suddenly heard Amelia's voice say. And I looked up at Moony and said girl.

"Heey Moony, Amelia" I said grinning. Moony rolled his eyes and a blushing Amelia mumbled something about water and almost ran into the kitchen.

"Sirius…there is a thing called clothes you know" he said in a teasing tone.

"And there's a thing called knocking Moony"

"We came through the floo" he answered when Char came in from the bedroom her hair still wet.

"Moony hi…is Amelia here too?" she said grinning.

"Yeah…in the kitchen. She got a bit…flustered" he said grinning slightly. She looked confused for a moment and then she glanced at me for help and she made this really funny face and said;

"Ah…Sirius get dressed." and then she picked up Sid and went into the kitchen.

"Why? I know you would prefer it if I walked around like this all day long!" I shouted after her and Moony chuckled.

"Get dressed!" was all she shouted back. I grinned at Moony and did as she said.

When I got back they were all sitting outside on the balcony drinking ice tea. I grinned and sat down next to Char and Amelia blushed as soon as she saw me. She really was a shy girl that one…and she suited Moony perfectly. I mean if he had walked in on us like Prongs had so many times he would be just as flustered as she was. We sat there talking about nothing important for a couple of hours and then we went out to a restaurant around the corner for lunch. When we had said our goodbyes and gotten back home…home, it sure felt nice calling it that. Well anyways we started to fix the things that need to be fixed. We still had some stuff in boxes and Char made the guestroom that Reggie was supposed to stay in, more…I don't know. More comfortable for him. The day went by pretty quickly and it was a rather boring day really.
We were making dinner both of us a bit anxious about Regulus. I was setting the table when I heard a dull sound outside our door. I frowned and made my way towards it. Perhaps it was one of those mischievous boys that lived upstairs from us. I had been a victim to their prank earlier in the week. They reminded me of prongs and myself, I even gave them a couple of ideas…I liked them and they had been over yesterday to play with Sid. I had then pranked them so I thought this might be their payback. I opened the door and saw no one. I shrugged and looked down and let out a strangled noise. There on the floor in a bloody mess, was my brother, Regulus.

An: the next chapter should be up later today or tomorrow...:) hope you enjoyed it!