Fifteen Preparations for Sirius' Birthday Party:

By James Potter and Marly McKinnon

1. Get a case of Fizzing Whizbees since that's Padfoot's favourite sweets.

2. At least five packs of Drooble's. *remember to blow before party so there will be plenty of bubbles*

3. Get a few exploding bonbons, they're always a laugh when first-years try them.

4. Four cases of butterbeer from The Three Broomsticks.

5. Two bottles of firewhiskey from the Hog's Head.

6. One bottle of Gillywater from The Three Broomsticks.

7. Two bottles of Elderflower wine from the Hog's Head.

8. As many pumpkin pasties and cauldron cakes as we can carry.

9. Three packs of Dr. Filibuster's Fabulous No-Heat, Wet-Start Fireworks.

10. A chocolate birthday cake from the kitchens. Ask them to use their imaginations.

11. Ask the elves for crisps and sandwiches as well.

12. Remind the rest of the Gryffindor Quidditch team to tell everyone about the party tonight.

13. Invite the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff sixth and seventh years. Figure out various passageways that'll get them to Gryffindor Tower the fastest with the least obstacles. Give Peter Ravenclaw and Remus Hufflepuff. Remus is probably going to end up going to the kitchen for chocolate anyway.

14. When asking Marianne to invite the Ravenclaws, please ask her not to pass the invitation to Dirk Cresswell….he was looking at Peter funny the other day. That's why. That's the only reason.

15. Keep Sirius from hexing Lily for giving him a fake detention.

A/N: sorry for the delay everyone! as I might've mentioned before, I'm in the middle of moving so my entire home consists entirely of boxes...which is just lovely. I'd even packed the charger for my computer and had to spend a good hour or so half-unpacking various boxes to find it, so hopefully that gives you a taste of how my life has been recently. anyway, I'll be updating through the weekend and I'm also working on a number of other stories alongside this one so hopefully I'll be able to get some new things up soon! also, as always, I would love to get a review or two just to hear some thoughts. I've yet to get a review since I've revived this story which is a bit disheartening...so I can only hope all my readers like it so far!