AN: Sorry about not updating last night or this morning. I had to clean out some files before I could update and this morning I had a doctors appointment then played chauffeur for my mom. Now I have a lovely headache (Unfortunately I get them more than I would like) so this might be your only chapter today. Once again I am not JK Rowling.
Sirius POV
I knocked on the door to the Granger's house fidgeting with the zipper on my muggle jacket. A moment later and to door opened and Hermione was standing there in a white shirt and tight muggle jeans. I swallowed thickly and smiled at her.
"Come on in," she said stepping back. I shook my head to clear it and stepped through the door. Hermione pulled me into a hug and I wrapped my arms around her. Herman and Jean stood up from the living room and walked towards us smiling.
"So what's the plan?" I asked looking down at Hermione.
"Family game night."
"Whats that?" I asked as she pulled me towards the kitchen.
"Every Friday night in the summer before I leave for the Burrow we play a board game. I thought you might like to join us even though you don't know any muggle games." Herman and Jean sat down at the table and I followed their lead.
"So whats the game?" I asked crossing my legs.
"We thought you might like to choose." Hermione said placing a handful of different games in front of me.
"But I don't know any of them," I said surprised.
"I know that's what makes it fun." She said pushing them closer to me. I read the titles and finally pushed one forward.
"Monopoly." Hermione threw back and laughed heartily and I shifted uncomfortably. "What did I pick a bad one?"
"No but we will be up late good thing I made a pot of coffee." Herman shook his head trying not to laugh and Jean kept smiling at me.
We started to play and it was easy to see why it would take awhile. You had to keep playing till the others ran out of money. We had only been playing an hour and it didn't seem like we would be finishing any time soon. Herman had turned on something called Motown on the radio and was tapping his foot. Hermione blushed and whispered that she was raised around this kind of music.
"So how are things in the wizarding world?" Herman asked taking a sip of his beer.
"Not too great and it really is beginning to seem like the only safe place is Hogwarts." I said rolling the dice. "Aw come on even in a game I end up in jail."
Hermione looked torn between laughing and disapproving. "It's a joke Hermione its okay to laugh."
"That's a bad joke." Jean said rolling the dice and landing on free parking for the third time.
"Oh I love this song," Hermione said closing her eyes sighing and started to hum along.
"Hermione," I said thinking. "Do you sing?"
She looked up sharply and shook her head. "No I don't sing."
"Why not?" I rolled the dice and landed on the Electric Company.
"Uhh," she shifted uncomfortably. "I don't like the way my voice sounds." I thought back to the way it sounded when she had been drunk but it had been more spoken than sung.
"Oh honey, I think you sound fine." Herman said landing on Chance. He had to pay three hundred dollars.
"I do not, I sound like a dying cat." She said collecting two hundred dollars.
"I really doubt that." I said taking a sip of beer.
"Whatever I'm going to go make another pot of coffee and head to the bathroom." Hermione said shaking her head.
Once she was gone I turned to Herman and Jean. "I want to show you two something before she comes back."
"What is it?" Herman asked his eyebrows drawing together.
"I got the ring." I said pulling out a little black box.
Jean's eyes became huge and she smiled. "Is it pretty?"
"I think it is but I still wanted to show you." I said and popped it open. The ring was silver and had a single large diamond that was two carrots with little diamonds on the band.
"It's gorgeous." Jean said in a hushed voice.
"There's more." I said pulling it out and set in her hand.
"It looks like somethings written here," she was squinting then her head snapped up and she turned to Herman he mouth slightly open.
"What does it say." He asked running a hand through his hair
"Semper te amabo." Jean had tears in her eyes and quickly wiped them away.
"What's it mean?" Herman asked looking between us.
"I'll love you forever but it's in Latin." I took a sip of beer.
"She'll love it!" Jean said crying into a handkerchief.
"Anybody else want a cup?" Hermione called from the kitchen. I blanched and reached for the ring.
"No we're good." Herman said as I slipped the ring into my pocket. Hermione came in and we continued the game. We didn't finish till some time after one and surprisingly I had won. Don't ask me how it happened I haven't a clue. Hermione looked tired and I left almost immediately.
Grimmauld Place was quiet when I got there and I went into the library. Remus was there reading a book. He asked me how it went and I told him the abridged version.
"Everything seems to be going well for you Pads." He said smiling at me.
"Yes it does but have you seen Tonks recently?" He shifted uncomfortably but didn't say anything. "She seems to be in such a deep depression that her Metamorphmagus abilities have stopped working. Any idea why that would happen?" My voice was getting darker and he paled.
"Pads..."
"No! She loves you we both know it!" I growled out and ran my hand through my hair.
"She's too young to understand love." The snarl was out of my mouth before I could stop it.
"Hermione's younger than Tonks!" I shouted standing up from my chair.
Remus' mouth was open in horror and he quickly tried to backpedal, "Pads I didn't I mean -"
"Forget it I'm going to bed. Just don't break my cousin's heart or you will have to deal with me." I left the library seething and made my way up the stairs.
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