I stared at the wreck in front of us as we opened the door to Grimmauld Place. We had a lot of work to do. Sirius groaned like the floorboards as he walked in "I hate this place" He whinged. I turned on the spot and took his face in my hands. "I'm sure I can make it better Pads." I kissed him and he brought his hands to rest on my shoulders and pull me closer. My arms were now around his waist, pulling the small of his back into me. He pulled away and rested his head on my shoulder "Not even you can make this place better Rems." I winked at him and walked off "You'll see. Now get on the phone to Arthur, him and the Mrs are the first people we need around here." He grinned somewhat lacklusterly and I shook my head at his errant lack of enthusiasm.
"Sirius, do it. Or I will. And I'll tell them our little secret." I grinned, flashing my hand in his direction. "No, no, no, no. Ok, we'll tell them at some point, but not now. Not when this whole thing is just starting." I smiled, he was always so thoughtful, I would have just rushed in and screamed it at everyone I was so happy. He was a lot more collected.

I took a long stroll around the house, assessing the rooms that needed the most work, the ones we could leave for a bit. I wandered up the stairs to a set of heavy velvet curtains. My curiosity got the better of me and I opened them. A portrait of Sirius's mother hung still beneath them. She turned to look at me with a look of horror and disgrace. "You? YOU FILTHY HALF BLOOD HALF BREED! IN MY HOUSE! GET OUT GET OOOOOOUT!" She shrieked. I smirked through the headache I was getting. I put my hand up and she looked like she was going to faint. I brushed my hand across her greenish face and she sucked in a huge breath "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH ME, YOU FILTHY, DISGUSTING HALF BREED. SIRIUUUUUUS, ARE YOU IN HERE, YOU BLOOD TRAITOR, HOW DARE YOU PROPOSE TO THAT THING, THAT BEAST." Sirius had joined me, "Oh, mother dearest, he is a beast, but not in a way I'm going to tell YOU about, is it ok if we use your bed?" He added snidely, kissing me quickly before strolling off to the other parts of the house. I sighed "It's a pity you can't come to the wedding, your prescence will be greatly missed"
"GO ON, GO ON YOU MONSTER, RIP MY SON APART WHEN YOU CHANGE. HE'S NOT MY SON ANYMORE ANYWAY. GO ON KILL HIM, HE DESERVES IT. AND YOU, YOU WILL NEVER BE A PART OF MY FAMILY" I laughed.

"Oh, but I will" I murmured, before flicking my wand to close the curtains and wandering off to other parts of the house, with a distinctive skip in my step. Sirius joined me in teh next room and we collapsed, laughing, onto the bed "Oh I feel so welcomed into the Black family." I giggled. A cupboard to our right rattled and I rolled my eyes. "Whaddya reckon it is?" I mumbled. He shrugged, "I think we might need Moody, or at least his eye, so he can see what it is. If that's more dangerous than we think you are not dying on me." I grinned, "OK, we'll wait. But we need to make a start somehow."
"Well I am going to phone Arthur." He said matter-of-factly, and he got up and left. I rolled my eyes and I also got up, wondering what to do. Surely once the Order were back together we would have more to do, but now it was just getting them all together. It's like those awkward minutes before a party, when you're waiting for guests to arrive but you're all alone. Except this was an entirely different atmosphere. "Hi, Arthur, thanks for the warning about the Ministry, really saved us there." He paused "Well thats what I called to talk about...umm we're getting the Order back together, we need you and Molly to get to Grimmauld Place-well as soon as really. Of course bring the children when they get back. Not Harry, not yet. And get whoever else you can, you can trust, yes, goodbye" I crept up behind him and caught him in a hug from behind. He turned his head towards mine, which was resting on his shoulder. He kissed whatever part of my face he could reach and I squeezed him against me tighter. "Can we just forget everything and stay exactly like this, forever" he sighed, leaning his head back into my chest, now I was standing up straighter. "I'm all up for that." I whispered, he shivered as my lips brushed his jawline and feasted upon his ear. "I love you, Sirius Black," I whispered. He turned within my arms and kissed me deeply. I twirled a few strands of his mahogany-coloured locks between my fingers and hugged him tightly against me. He was running a couple of fingers lightly in untraceable shapes over the nape of my neck and my hands were well and truly lost in his hair now, and it didn't seem likely that we would stop anytime soon.

The door knocked and we both looked up sharply, scared that we had been discovered, but by who neither of us knew. Sirius walked to the door, biting his red lips. He opened the door slowly as I leant in the doorway to the kitchen. Arthur stood before him, grinning widely as per usual. "Sirius, glad to see you're well." He greeted my soon to be other half. "Arthur" He ushered Arthur into the house and I shook his hand warmly. "Nice to see you Remus, Molly will be just over, she is still packing." Sirius laughed.
"She does know we have a kitchen sink right, she can leave that behind." Arthur nodded "I think so, but you can never be sure with her." I laughed and shook my head. "She should be here just before christmas then" I mused. The Burrow wasn't that big, how much stuff could she pack. I glanced around the barren kitchen "I had better probably go get some food, Molly will want to cook when she gets here won't she?" Arthur shook his head "She's bringing food. So could you please explain whats going on?"
"Harry has been saying that Voldemorts back, and I for one, aswell as Dumbledore believe him, and even if he isn't he is coming, so I think we need to be prepared, and that means calling the Order." Arthur nodded sincerely. "We called Alastair, he's on his way, should be here in a couple of hours."

"Good, we'll need everyone we can get."