An: Late update. I know. Sorry x). hop you like it...its sort of lame...but i jsut wanted to pdate...
Question. Should Sirius propose to Char in the near future? That is before or after christmas. I have evrything planned out...except that minor detail x) when? x)
as soon as you answer my question...the next chapter shuld be up...could tkae a couple of weeks but...x)
Disclaimer: I do not own it...dejavu anyone?
Chapter 38-Halloween Party
The week before Halloween was a very stressful week. First there was the fact that we were planning on having one hell of a party next week. Second there had been a huge attack on a muggle village yesterday, 50 people young and old had been killed. It was horrible. Third a very famous designer had come to the store looking for someone new to work for him. His name was Jasper Virgo, head of Virgo fashion. He had suddenly appeared on the market half a year ago and had taken the wizarding world by storm. And now he was looking for people to work for him. The whole staff was really excited, especially Damien, Luci, me, Lionel and Claire. Damien and I were discussing the matter…amongst other things one day in the shop.
"So who do you think he'll pick?" I said looking through a magazine. Damien rolled his eyes and said;
"Um…hello? Have you seen Claire's puke-green dress…and our own fabulous designs? And lovely Luci's lovely cinnamon dress of course…now compare our magnificent things with a puke-green curtain and tell me which one you like best" I looked at him and started laughing.
"So how did James and Lily have it in France?" he said looking ready to jump me for details about his favourite country.
"They had a great time…apparently James took Lily to see everything worth seeing"
"Oh that's great" then we heard the horrible shriek otherwise known as Claire's voice say from the front room;
"Oh hello…what can I do for you sir?" I cringed and Damien made a face.
"Poor bloke" Damien mouthed and I stifled a giggle. Luci came in and said;
"Poor guy…Claire is flirting with this cute bloke outside." We all started giggling when I heard the annoyed Claire say;
"What? What would you want her for?" I vaguely recognized the voice talking back to her but I couldn't hear it clearly. Then Claire came in to the back room scowling.
"Someone's looking for you" she said glaring at me. I looked at Damien and Luci. They both shrugged and then we made our way to the front room, Claire had already walked there and was currently glaring daggers at us. We had apparently stolen her customer and possible date object. I rolled my eyes and then I spotted Sirius standing there looking slightly bored and subconsciously looking at Claire from time to time, shuddering. I grinned and said;
"Sirius, what are you doing here?" he looked at me and grinned and practically jumped on me and kissed me.
"Hello love…do I have to have a reason to visit my lovely girlfriend at lunchtime?" I raised an eyebrow and ignored the outraged sound Claire made. Damien said;
"Hello Sirius" and Sirius nodded at him still looking at me.
"Okay…what do you want?" he made a mock hurt expression and said;
"Me? Want something…what makes you think that?" I giggled and said;
"Well the fact that you rarely come here when we haven't decided anything…and that look on your face" his face fell and I could almost see the word "damn" going through his head.
"Oh you know me to well…I was wondering if you could take the rest of the day off…so we can go costume shopping with Reggie and Izzy" I smiled and said;
"That wasn't so hard was it? And I'll have to check with…" I didn't get farther because at that moment madam Malkins chipper voice said;
"Of course dear! Take the day off!" I looked back and grinned and thanked her. I said goodbye to Damien and Luci and gave a mock wave to and outraged Claire, then Sirius and I walked outside only to be met by Reggie and Izzy. We started walking down the street talking when Reggie suddenly stopped dead in his tracks.
"What are you…?" Sirius said but then he apparently saw the same thing Reggie did because he froze. Izzy and I looked confused and started looking for the source that made our boyfriends freeze up. Then I spotted her. A tall woman with black hair, she had a superior and very aristocratic air about her. And if her face hadn't been twisted into that scowl and her dark eyes wouldn't have held that evil, malicious look in them…she would have been beautiful. I was looking at none other than Walburga Black, Sirius and Regulus mother. Oh shit.
"Let's walk the other way" I mumbled and took Izzy's hand and tried to turn Sirius around. Unfortunately we were too late. A shrill voice said;
"Regulus is that you?" I looked at Reggie's pained face. And well Sirius didn't look any better. I felt Sirius snake his arm around me in a tight grip and I saw Reggie do the same to Izzy.
"Mother" both brothers said when they turned around. And we were all facing Walburga and this tall man with dark, greying hair. His face was thin and long but you could see where the boys got their looks from. His eyes where what stood out the most…they were grey, almost the exact colour his sons eyes were. He didn't even seem to see his sons.
"You are no son of mine, and I can not believe that you dragged your poor brother into your schemes" she snarled at Sirius who scowled back. Then she caught sight of me and Izzy. And I knew what would come.
"And what is this filth? Do not tell me that both my sons are fraternising with mudbloods…" Sirius grip tightened.
"Don't you dare talk about her like that" he growled and Reggie said;
"That was uncalled for Mrs Black" she staggered a bit when her favourite son was so cold to her.
"Regulus…I will…I will not tolerate that either of you are…with this filth" I looked at Izzy and she looked really hurt, she knew about the prejudices but…I don't think that she had ever been prepared to be called filth like that. I saw that she was close to tears and I took her hand and silently told Sirius that I would take Izzy with me. He nodded a small nod and Reggie looked relieved. Just as I pushed Izzy in front of me and was going to walk away the cold voice said;
"And where do you think you're going? You do not turn your back to your superiors…afraid aren't you filthy little…" I turned sharply and said;
"No I am not afraid…but I refuse to stand here and let you insult my friend. I don't care what you think about me, but I will not let you hurt my friend" and with that I started to push Izzy away.
Sirius POV
So we met the bat lady. Also known as my mother. She insulted Char and Izzy and Char stood up to her. I watched as Char led Izzy who looked like she was going to break down in tears any minute away.
"How could you mother? How could you insult my love like that?" Reggie suddenly yelled. I stared at him; I had always been the one that stood up to her. He always stayed quiet…I guess he really has changed. I grinned at him and then turned to the woman that was supposed to be my mother.
"And I will not tolerate that you insult my girlfriend like that" she just glared at us and father…well he hadn't even acknowledged that we were there. Both of us shot resentful looks at the woman and then we left. We found Char comforting Izzy on a bench outside one of the potion shops. Reggie walked right up to them and started to mumble something in Izzy's ear while telling Char thanks. She walked up to me and I looked at her.
"So you're not insulted or sad about what the bat lady said to and about you?" she gave me a smirk and said;
"How can someone not be insulted by that? But upset? Not really…I know what she's like so…I wasn't surprised and I was ready for it" I nodded. We looked at Reggie and Izzy, who had calmed down finally. She smiled shyly at us and then Char said;
"So are you two ready to go and find some costumes?" Izzy smiled gratefully and then we started to walk towards the shop.
Chars POV
I wasn't really surprised over Mrs Black's smaller attack and it wasn't really…hurtful because I was prepared. We started walking towards the muggle part of London since there was a dress shop there. Damien told me about it. We all stepped in and started to look around. I grinned when Sirius showed me a nurse suit. I shook my head no and he pouted. Izzy spotted it too and rolled her eyes and shot me a look. Then Reggie turned up with a similar suit only this one was a French maid suit. This time I rolled my eyes and then the two of us went to look for something together…rather than having the boys find any more perverted dresses.
"How ironic wouldn't it be if we dressed up as witches…you know the way muggles see them" Izzy said grinning. I laughed and said;
"Yeah…but I don't think our boys would agree to that…plus I really don't want to have my face filled with warts" she laughed as well and then we started to look through the racks again. Suddenly Sirius was beside me dressed in this old mafia kind of suit and matching hat. I grinned and said;
"Where did you find that?" he showed me and next to it I found this really amazing blue, fifties dress. It even had a matching boa to go with it. We had found our costumes. Reggie and Izzy got a matching Frankenstein and Frankenstein's bride costumes. I laughed a lot about that one, yeah. Then we were done we made our way home and Sirius and I started to plan for the party.
Next Week, party.
We had invited some of our closest friends and told them to invite a friend. That would have summed it up to about…20 people? The amount of people that now crowded our apartment was about 40. So we were a bit surprised. But really, the more the merrier, eh? I watched as Lily struggled to make her way towards me and laughed when she huffed at some unknown bloke dressed as an elf.
"Hello Lily" she grinned and smiled. The green fairy dress she was wearing sparkled.
"Hello Char…did you really invite all these people? I don't even know half of them"
"Neither do I..." I grinned and she laughed. Then Sirius and James, the latter was dressed as a king, figures eh? When thy stepped closer this divine smell hit me. I started to sniff around and noticed that it was Sirius. I buried my head in his shirt and he looked down at me surprised and I heard James and Lily laugh.
"Merlin you smell good…what is that?" he finally understood what I was doing and grinned.
"A cologne James bought in Paris…apparently Lily hates it so he gave it to me" I turned and stared at Lily.
"Hates it! Lily how can you hate it, it smells wonderful?" she just rolled her eyes and I continued to discreetly sniff on Sirius shirt. The party continued on and we were told by vampires, a clown, two pirates, a surfer and a flower that our party rocked. I think I dance one or two dances with Damien, who was dressed like a…well I'm not entirely sure on what he was supposed to be. It was a suit in very eccentric colours…so not so much different than his normal dress code. No problems accrued, thank god. Even with that many people everything went smoothly. The party continued through the night and we danced and drank…perhaps a tad too much…every single one of us forgetting about the war that was going on.