24 December, 1980
Eleana was sitting in their kitchen drinking a cup of tea while Sirius was out on an assignment for the order, when she received an owl. The window was closed due to the cold this time of year, and the owl was picking on the window glass with its beak to make her notice its presence. Eleana immediately opened the window and let the bird land on the kitchen table. She took the letter from its beak and gave the owl some tea to drink before she opened the letter.
Dear Eleana.
It is Christmas and I still have not heard from you. Your father told me you had gone abroad to visit some of your relatives. I heard they live on the country and that you would possibly be spending the holiday there. How are you these days? I feel as if I have not seen nor heard from you in forever. Also, why didn't you tell me you were going away?
I hope you are well, write to me soon.
-Your friend, Caren
Eleana felt quite tempted to tell her the truth, but she knew her family had told Caren lies as they were ashamed to tell anyone otherwise.
The owl was dipping its beak in the cup with tea and after it had drank enough to get warm, it soared out the window. Eleana closed it and shivered from the cold breeze.
She had not seen Caren or Camilla since that Friday they had agreed to meet on. Despite the fact that Eleana had recently left her home to live with Sirius she decided to meet her friends just as they had agreed on. It was the first day in October, and a Friday:
In Diagon Alley there was a little pub in a corner of one rather dark alley, the place was despite its reputation very snug and pleasant. The reputation was purely to keep unwanted people away; at least that was Eleana's theory. It was a warm atmosphere even though the walls were dark and quite dismal.
By a table in the corner three young women were sitting, each with a glass off gillywater.
"How is it in France?" Eleana asked Camilla, curious to know how her life as a married woman was.
"It's wonderful." Camilla said and once again she had that well known dreamy expression on her face. "Alexandre is the most wonderful husband!"
"I bet." Caren mumbled, it was unclear what she meant with it. Both Camilla and Eleana ignored her remark.
"I remember how sweet he was at the wedding." Eleana said while thinking back at the lovely ceremony, it had been a real fairytale wedding.
"He's very sweet - he bring me flowers every Friday." Camilla bragged without noticing how cheeky it sounded.
"Well he's still in France, has he brought you flowers today?" Caren asked.
"Yes." Camilla nodded proudly. "I received them this morning, a bouquet of pink Camellias"
"How absolutely utterly sweet as sugar he is." Caren said with cute yet very sarcastic tone in her voice.
"I know!" Camilla said happily and continued to talk about him for the next five minutes straight until Eleana asked about the house they had got as a wedding present.
"Alexandre's father was very kind to give us such a glorious house. It has three floors –"
"Only three?" Caren interrupted. "He must want you to divorce then. I mean you'll need at least fifty seven for all the hundred of kids you're going to produce with prince charming."
At first Camilla was pouting angrily because of Caren's rude interruption, then her expression turned into a look of someone who keeps a secret; She then became excited to tell them the news.
Caren who was expecting the angry pout became curious. "What?" she said. "What is it?" she elbowed Camilla lightly in the arm.
"I'm not supposed to tell you yet." Camilla said and bit her lip, clearly wanting to spoil the secret anyway.
"Camilla, we don't keep secrets from each other." Caren said. Eleana felt herself being hit by those words, she had never told them about Sirius and it was the biggest secret she had.
"I'm pregnant." Camilla said with a smile, and then felt relieved that she had told them since she was on the bursting point.
"Really?" Eleana said with a smile while feeling quite shocked; although Caren was the most shocked one. She was gaping with her mouth open at Camilla and looked at her as if she had never seen her before.
"Yes!" Camilla nodded happily. "I wasn't supposed to tell you since I haven't told Alexandre yet." She looked quite guilty all of sudden.
"He doesn't know?" Eleana asked, even though she had just heard the answer. "You should tell him to sit down though before you tell 'im." She looked at Caren who was still in shock.
"Caren?" Camilla asked her friend cautiously. "Are you happy for me?"
Caren closed her mouth and began to smile while she collected herself. "Of course I am!" she said. "How could you even think otherwise?"
Camilla hugged her and giggled in her ear. "I love you, Caren." She said. Then she turned to Eleana and grabbed her hand across the table. "and I love you, Eleana." She said. "I love both of you."
Caren seemed amused. "I think it's the hormones talking."
"I mean it." Camilla said.
"We know you do." Eleana said squeezing her hand. "We love you too, you know that."
Camilla then began to smile broadly, she seemed to be nearly embarrassed all of a sudden. Caren and Eleana smiled as well.
After a while Caren suddenly felt the urge to declare something too. "My father wants me to marry Avery." she said.
"What?!" Eleana exclaimed, unable to keep her worry inside.
"Yes, and Avery's agreed to it."
"That's wonderful." Camilla said happily.
"I suppose it is." Caren said with a little smile.
"Will you agree to it?" Eleana asked.
Caren looked at her. "Of course I will. It's my father's wish."
"Is it what you want then?"
"Yes." Caren said profoundly. "Why..? Do you mind it?"
"No, of course not." Eleana said. "It's just that... I never thought you liked Avery in that way."
"I don't.. yet." Caren said. "I mean I trust my father's judgement, and if he thinks Avery is suitable for me I will be happy."
Eleana understood how she was thinking, she thought she would perhaps learn to love him within time; yet she wondered if Caren would ever be as happy as she thought she would be.
"He's quite handsome." Camilla said suddenly. Eleana thought she mistook his smug appearance for handsomeness.
"Quite." Caren said, and seemed to be reasonably satisfied with it.
Then they all thought of how fast time had gone by. It had been several years since they left Hogwarts, Camilla was married and expected a baby, Caren was going to be married and also, she was working at the ministry as her father's secretary - and Eleana had moved in with someone her family would call a dog (ironically).
Eleana moved the end of her quill's feather across her lips as she was thinking about what to write in response. She was lying on her stomach with a parchment on a book between her elbows on the covers. Whatever she wrote in there had to be a lie, she wanted to tell the truth, yet if she did she would probably never receive a response ever again. They would exclude her, just as her family had excluded her. She had not heard anything from anyone in her family lately, except now through Caren; that Eleana's mother had fallen ill. Eleana could not help but to believe that it was because of her her mother had been weakened. She must have taken it very hard.
Eleana rubbed her eyes tiredly and pushed away her hair to one side since she felt it was in her way when looking at the empty parchment; That was how Sirius found her an half hour later.
"Who are ya writing to?" he said as he walked into the bedroom.
"Caren." Eleana said and sighed. Immediately she saw Sirius's eyes become dark, and he all of a sudden appeared very serious. He sat down next to her on the bed and laid a hand on her back to touch her knitted sweater.
"Has she written to you?" he asked, his voice rather stern.
"Yes." Eleana said, ignoring his disapproval of the subject. "She thinks that I'm in France, living with some relatives of mine."
Sirius's brow twitched and he nodded. "Who informed her of that?"
"My father." Eleana said plainly.
Sirius rolled his eyes with a smile. "Of course." Yet there was no real amusement in the tone of his voice. "They've not been brave enough to tell other's of your escape"
"They do not want to admit my betrayal." Eleana amended his statement.
"They betrayed you first - not the other way around." Sirius said solemnly and kissed the top of her head; letting his lips be buried in her blonde hair.
It was a soft kiss, and Eleana felt her insides grow warm with content. She then remembered why she had left her family, and what she had attained by doing so. Turning around to lie on her back in order to face him, she felt Sirius put his hand right beside her stomach in order to support himself as he slightly leaned over her. Eleana gazed into the characteristic grey eyes of Sirius Black, and while doing so she realised that it was all worth it. She would do it all over again if it meant that she would end up right here with him.
Sirius's hand went to her cheek in order to caress it fondly, and Eleana leaned in to kiss his lips afterwards. She grabbed him by the neck to hold herself closer to him and Sirius wrapped his arm around her to achieve the same effect.
December 25, 1980
Eleana felt something warm on her lips all of a sudden, a touch, a sensation; it was a kiss. She opened her eyes and was closely met by Sirius's familiar eyes. From the look on his face Eleana figured he had very recently woken up. His eyes were quite dim, yet merry looking. Eleana felt as if her own face expression was somewhat similar to his at the moment.
"Merry Christmas" He mumbled before taking another kiss.
Eleana let his lips linger on hers for as long as he liked, and only after he parted from her did she respond with words. "Merry Christmas." She spoke softly while gazing into his content eyes.
"Does the princess want her Christmas gift?" Sirius asked while raising one of his brows questioning.
Eleana's eyes grew wider as her excitement grew. She began to smile and as she did Sirius grinned widely; a smile of excitement was all he needed from her in response to reach out his hand to the bedside table. From inside the drawer he picked up a small box. It was red with a white ribbon tied around it.
Sirius read her face expression as he gave it to her. Eleana took it into her hands and observed it there. After a couple of seconds she looked at Sirius again and kissed him. "Thank you." She said earnestly.
"You're welcome." He said, with a grin still on his lips.
Eleana unleashed the silk ribbon and then with utmost sincerity opened the box and peaked inside. Thereafter she gasped as she saw what it was and finally opened the box widely. "It's beautiful" she said and looked at Sirius while in amazement.
It was a golden necklace with a ruby at the end of it. Light from a nearby standing lamp was caught in the ruby and Eleana could see that it had a tiny little figure in gold on the inside; it was a dog. One that looked awfully alike Sirius when he turned into one.
Eleana began to giggle at the sight of it and then exchanged a glance with Sirius. He was already smirking at her, and then gave a shrug with his shoulders.
"I figure' you thought it'd be funny." He said while seeing her lovely smile.
"I do." Eleana responded. "I really like it." She leaned closer to him once again and kissed him on the cheek. Sirius felt the warmth of the kiss stay on his cheek even after she had leaned away. His smirk turned into a satisfied one.
"Here, help me put it on." Eleana said while taking it out of the box before giving it to him. Sirius did as she had asked, and put it around her neck while she moved away her hair from her back to place it on one side.
"There." He said after he had locked it.
Eleana let go of her hair and turned around to him again. Her hand went to the ruby laying between her breasts while she gazed down at it. Sirius eyed her and realised it looked even better while now on her. Eleana let her eyes travel up and meet Sirius's. Her rosy lips appeared even redder now when they were so close to the ruby. He could not help it, he leaned in and kissed those full lips.
Eleana felt the kiss deepen and then pulled away suddenly. "Wait" she said. "Sirius!" she then protested further when he did not stop. Sirius finally pulled away and looked at her interrogatorily.
"I have a Christmas gift for you as well." She said excitingly.
Sirius raised his brows and then the smirk was once again in place. Eleana reached down to grab something from under the bed; it was wrapped in golden paper and decorated with a silver ribbon on it. She gave it to him and waited patiently. It was not very big yet not awfully small either. Also it was shaped as a short cylinder. Sirius began to shake it slightly and there was nothing. He became puzzled and decided to open it.
While he was busy removing the paper off of it Eleana said: "I didn't really know if it was the right one to buy..." she said, and before she had finished the sentence Sirius had removed enough of the paper to see that it was a jar, with text on it that said: 'metal polish'
"The man who worked there said that it could be used for your motorcycle." She said and was becoming more and more insecure by the second. Perhaps she had bought the wrong one, or perhaps he did not at all want it. Before she could worry further Sirius began to grin. Eleana was relieved.
"It's polish." He said, and then became quite amused by her reaction: She appeared confused for she did not know exactly what that was.
"Oh, Sirius!" She said apologetically. "I did not know what it was exactly, I still don't. I simply knew that I wanted to give you something that you would like - and you adore that motorcycle of yours so I thought I would get you something to use... for it." She looked down onto the sheets and shook her head. "The man said that it was a nice gift, so I thought that you would appreciate it therefore, and I feel slightly ashamed for not knowing if you would or not... and then when I was to pay him I totally forgot that they do not have the same currency as we do and he stared at me as if I was daft." Eleana continued speaking while Sirius simply watched her do so in silence while smiling, obviously becoming more amused for every word she uttered.
"Then he asked if I was foreign." Eleana said not paying attention to that Sirius was on the verge of breaking into laughter.
"Which I explained by saying that I was unknown to this part of town, he then decided that I was clearly not batting on a full wicket, yet he agreed to selling me the... metal polish, anyhow..." She waved her hands around in a dismissing manner. "He took three galleons of me for it"
"Three galleons?!" Sirius said while containing his voice, which nearly began to falter from the amusement.
"Yes." Eleana said.
"That's a lot of money" he said solemnly all of a sudden, although the amusement was still there.
"I suppose." She responded, then thought about it for a moment. She had always had a liberal relationship with money since her family had quite a lot of it. Yet now, when living alone with Sirius she had been forced not to spend so fiercely anymore and learn to save them for more important occasions. She learned fast, and well, Sirius had said, and to her surprise Eleana did not at all miss it.
Sirius observed the jar once more. "I can't believe you went into a muggle shop. Have you ever been in one before?"
"No." Eleana admitted.
Sirius began to chuckle.
"Don't you snigger at me!" Eleana said and pushed his shoulder while joining in with the laughter. Sirius did not stop although she protested while giggling, his laughter only grew more intense.
"And you used wizard money to pay with..." Sirius said while his laughter took a barking tune. Eleana just laughed with him and remembered the look on the man's face. She felt slightly embarrassed now and put her hands over her temples and cheeks to cover her eyes as well.
Sirius pulled her into a hug and caressed her hair while still chuckling.
"I've never been to that part of London before." Eleana said while placing her cheek against his chest which possessed some tattoos. "There were only muggles around me, and I saw a lot of cars and bicycles which they have. It's amazing all the things they have made without any magic at all!" she was still surprised about this fact.
Sirius had stilled his laughter now, although joy still shaped his features. He placed a kiss on her head while she spoke.
"I really embarrassed myself." She said and buried her face in his chest while wrapping her arms around him.
Sirius chuckled again for a moment and hugged her tighter. "You really did."
Eleana then peeked up from her hideout and gazed up into his eyes. Hers were sparkling with expectations of a slightly more comforting answer.
"You really did!" Sirius told her again with a smile, while admiring her face expression.
"Oh, shut it!" Eleana giggled and grabbed him by the neck to pull him close in order to kiss him.
"Remus!" Lily said calm yet happily and hugged him on the doorstep.
"Merry Christmas" Remus replied happily, yet his voice was quite weary. Lily let go of him and stepped into the room so that he could come inside. Remus closed the door behind of him and rubbed his hands together so that they would become warm. Lily discreetly eyed Remus's appearance worriedly. He looked quite shabby and tired, as he usually did. Although, last time she had seen him he had looked a tad bit worse than he did now.
"It's very cold outside." Remus said while taking off his outwear. It looked rather worn-out in the edges, and his gloves were in the same condition. Lily saw the faded bags under his eyes and grabbed him by the arm as he had finished.
"Let's go on into the living room, I've just set the table." Lily said and took him into the room. Remus saw James and Harry sitting by the fireplace together. James smiled at him as he came within view. Remus Lupin then felt a jolt of happiness run through him. He was here, in a warm and pleasant home, he would soon eat a home cooked meal on Christmas, with his friends and their child, who all accepted him, just as he was. It made him immensely glad, for he knew that they did not do it for charity or such, but they welcomed him because they wanted to. He always felt as content as he could whenever in the presence of his friends.
"Hello Harry." Remus greeted the little child which was occupied with a new toy he had found in a sock this morning.
Harry glanced at the man for a moment and then smiled happily as he saw who it was. Remus chuckled, very quietly and mostly to himself as he saw Harry's face. He then sat down on the sofa to wait.
"Careful, Harry." James said when seeing that Harry was playing a little too roughly with the new toy; it was a box which opened and out came bubbles. The boy had been amusing himself with that for over an hour, James on the other hand was rather tired of it by now. Even so, he stayed with his son and watched him become excited whenever the bubbles flew into the air; his son's smile he never grew tired of.
Lily sat down next to Remus on the sofa while they waited for the remaining guests. There was a green, thick Christmas tree in the corner of the room, next to the table; decorated with red balls, golden glitter and sparkling Christmas lights. The angel on the top was singing now a little tune while its wings moved; it seemed to be quite content on there.
"When are the other's coming?" Remus asked, not knowing how the encounter with Sirius's company would go. He had met her before, although not officially. Her and Sirius's relationship had been very secret during their Hogwarts years due to her family, and perhaps also due to Sirius's need for some privacy. Sirius was very different from James in that case, he did not talk about Eleana for hours nonstop as James had done about Lily for years. Sirius had mentioned her, and Remus had caught him smiling to himself on several occasions when Remus felt certain that he was thinking about Eleana. This had continued after their years at Hogwarts had come to an end. Now, when they were on commission of the order, he was sure that Sirius thought of her, for last time they were together Sirius had mentioned her. Remus then knew for certain that he really cared for her, it was unusual for Sirius to be this smitten, and act it.
Lily did not even have time to answer the question before the doorbell rang five times in a funny melody, it made Harry laugh from where he was sitting on the floor when hearing it.
"Must be Sirius." James said and got up from the floor to answer the door.
Remus could hear them coming in and greeting James.
"Merry Christmas Prongs, you ol' bugger!" Sirius said and Remus heard what he believed was a warm, yet manly, embrace.
"Merry Christmas." A female voice then said and probably gave something to James, for he replied with a friendly forced "thank you."
Remus turned his head to the doorway and saw Eleana walk in, followed by Sirius and James. She walked over to Remus as soon as she saw him and reached out her hand to him. Remus stood up and took her hand, he shook it gently.
"Hello, Remus." Eleana said.
"Hello, Eleana." Remus said. They both knew who the other one was, and they knew quite a lot about each other, even so they did not really know one another.
They let go of the other ones hand and Remus was then grabbed on the shoulder by Sirius.
"Merry Christmas!" Sirius said profoundly.
"Merry Christmas." Remus replied not as loudly as Sirius had greeted him, even so his words contained just as much care as Sirius's did.
Young Black then saw his godson where he sat and became hurried to pick him up. "Harry!" he exclaimed. "Merry Christmas." He said to him as he held him by his chest. "Can you say 'Merry Christmas', Harry?" he then asked and looked into his green eyes which were gazing up at him. "Merry Christmas" he repeated, hoping that perhaps the boy would try pronouncing the words.
Eleana walked over to them and waved at Harry who soon raised his little hand and waved back with an adorable smile on his face.
"Ah! you remember her." Sirius said proudly with a smirk. "Well, who wouldn't." He then said to himself as if he had been stupid to presume otherwise.
Eleana simply smiled at his silliness.
"When's Peter coming?" Sirius asked James.
"He said he would be late." James said with a frown.
"How late?" Remus asked.
"He won't be coming until late this evening, he said, and that we could begin eating without him."
Sirius nodded. Remus seemed a little puzzled as well as James did.
"The dinner's ready!" Lily said happily.
"And I helped making it so you better eat and enjoy!" James said.
"Ah no! Lily, why'd you let him help you make it, now it won't taste as good as when you do it." Sirius complained, although his eyes revealed his teasing aim.
"You're just jealous 'cause I can cook and you can't." James mocked as they gathered around the table. Harry was taken onto Lily's lap when they sat down. Eleana sat between Sirius and Remus.
"Oh, I can cook alright." Sirius argued.
"Really?" James asked, apparently rather unconvinced.
"Yes." Sirius said, beginning to become offended.
"I've never eaten anything you've cooked before." Remus said.
"I doubt it." James said to Sirius. "Eleana, is he really a good chef?" he asked her.
Eleana hesitated and bit her lip while looking apologetically at Sirius. His brows went further up.
"I'm sorry, but you're not the best." She said carefully.
"Hah!" James said.
"You think I'm a bad cook?" Sirius asked her, baffled.
"Well..." she began. "I mean I've never cooked a day in my life before and then when I moved in with you I realised that the pasta you made wasn't as hard to do as you made it out to be - and it wasn't as crunchy as you made it either." She said quietly, yet everyone had heard it.
"I think I like you better already, Eleana." James said and cut a slice from the ham to place onto his plate.
"I can't believe it." Sirius said and shook his head.
"I'm sorry." Eleana said and grabbed his arm. She knew that he was exaggerating his hurt feelings, however she felt rather bad. One who did not, was James.
"It's alright." Sirius said after a few seconds. "I'm good at other things... which she can tell you of." He winked at James from across the table and James shook his head at the thought of it. They all smiled except for Eleana who felt embarrassed.
The food was devoured and only when everyone could not eat a bite more of it did they decide that they were finished. Everyone sat down on a couch or a chair in the living room while feeling their filled stomach settle. No one had the energy to stand, even Lily and James who were the ones to clean off the table since they were the hosts, had to sit down and relax for a bit due to their exhaustion. Everyone felt content in that moment and simply rested in front of the lit fireplace; the warmth of it spread out in the Potter's house on Godric's Hollow.
Sirius was lying on the couch with his head in Eleana's lap. She caressed his black hair which she had recently cut a little bit shorter. He could do it himself of course, just wave his wand a bit, though he preferred her to do it, he said. So Eleana had grabbed her own wand before they got here and taken off a little here and there. It looked good, she had to admit. His hair now went down to only half of his neck's length. Sirius had pushed it back as usual.
Eleana admired his feature. He had closed his grey eyes, and his face was relaxed and content in its lines. 'Awfully handsome' she thought to herself with a little smile on her lips. Sirius opened his dazed eyes and looked up into her bright ones. He smirked as he did so often to her, and her heart felt warm as it usually did by the sight of it.
James watched them and realised that he perhaps had been wrong about this woman. For a moment he thought about it.
"Mom... Dad." Little Harry's voice was heard throughout the room. If everyone had not been quiet already they would have become, or speechless in other words. They all looked towards Harry in surprise who was sitting on Lily's lap.
Lily drew a breath out of shock and James's mouth fell open. Sirius was the first one who began to grin widely as he realised what had happened; Harry had spoken his first words.
"Dad." Harry said happily. "Mom!"
Sirius began to laugh of both amazement and joy. Lily's lips formed into a smile of happiness and she hugged the little boy.
"His first words." Remus said, just as happy as the others.
James was still in shock it seemed, he simply stared at Harry in amazement and it took several minutes before he answered Lily's smile; Although, when he finally did, it was the biggest smile of them all.
Hours passed and conversations were exchanged as well as gifts for one another. Sirius and Eleana had brought a present for Harry. It was a knitted, red hat which could sparkle like a Christmas tree. The little boy seemed to admire it.
When Lily and Eleana left the room to tuck Harry in for the night, Sirius moved closer to James and Remus. "I haven't told her yet." He said.
"You haven't?" James asked. "She will find out eventually. Isn't it better you tell her?"
"What is it that you haven't told her exactly?" Remus asked Sirius.
"That Acacius is to become a death eater." Sirius said solemnly.
"They were pretty close weren't they?" Remus asked.
"Sort of." Sirius tone immediately became stern as if he was jealous. "He asked her to marry him." he said through his teeth.
James raised his brows in surprise. "You haven't told me that."
"No, I haven't, because she told me merely a few days ago." He said quite bitterly.
"I suppose she declined?" Remus said, mainly to cheer him up a bit.
"She did." It worked, Sirius was smiling maliciously now.
"So Acacius's to become a death eater... "
"Acacius is what?" Eleana breathed as she stopped in her tracks behind of the couch. Sirius turned to her where he was sitting and cursed silently. He could see her eyes become moist with tears.
"He's to become a death eater" He admitted.
"Wh... Wha..." Eleana did not know what to say on the matter. "How do you know?" she asked.
"The word is spreading around." Sirius explained.
It took a while for Eleana to accept it, after a while however she nodded faintly. Then she shook her head sadly, knowing that she would lose him too if she had not already done so.
There was a quiet knock on the door and James went to it. Lily placed her hand on Eleana's shoulder to comfort, since Sirius was not doing so.
"Well it isn't really a surprise, is it?" Sirius then said, more to ease the tension. Although it seemed to have the opposite effect. Eleana looked at him as if she could not believe him to be this insensitive.
"You don't know him." She said calm yet with anger reflecting in her tone.
"I know he's into dark arts and just as wicked as the rest of 'em." Sirius said, referring to her family and others whom he saw as the ones who were on the dark side.
"He's not wicked!"
"What?" Sirius said. "What is he then?"
"He's kind." She said.
"I'm sure he's to you, he'd do anything to get his hands on ya"
"Why would you say that?" she asked, now rather sad while Sirius became all the more heated.
"I don't know" He said sarcastically . "Perhaps because he has been after you since we went to school. He's always wanted you and now you're saying that you fancy his kindness."
"So this is what this is?" Eleana asked fiercely. "You're jealous."
"I'm not jealous!" Sirius said and got up from the couch to face her.
"Yes, you are! Acacius was my friend, and I can't help it that he had feelings for me that I could never return."
"You wanted to then?" he asked, dangerously close to her.
"Yes, it would all have been perfectly arranged then. Now I had to give up my family in order to be with you, you dimwit. Because I love you, can't you see? I can't marry Acacius. That's why I chose you. Idiot"
Sirius began to grin widely and pulled her into a hug. "I'm an idiot, I know."
"Idiot." Eleana had to say again.
James and Peter had entered the room and they stared at the recently fighting couple, just as the other's did.
"Merry Christmas" Peter squeaked. Eleana pulled away a little from Sirius and looked at Peter. He almost looked exactly the same as she remembered him during their Hogwarts years. Short, boyishly round still, and nervously watery eyes.
"Merry Christmas" Remus said to Peter. The others wished Peter a 'Merry Christmas' as well after that.
Peter could eat whatever was left over and they all continued to enjoy themselves. Sirius seemed to be in an even better mood than before after the fight with Eleana. As they sat in front of the fire Sirius began to tell the story of when Eleana had walked into a muggle shop to buy Sirius a gift. They all laughed, and Peter laughed the longest and almost choked on his food. It was a pleasant atmosphere, and none of them in that moment seemed to be thinking of war or deaths, simply joy and cheerfulness was in the air.
Author's note: Hello! First off, I'm sorry if there are any misspelling or such because I'm very very busy right now. I had to finish this before we go away for the hoilday, and I'm supposed to be going right now. So I want to wish you a Merry Christmas! and take care now! ;)
