"Sirius!" Melissa, Harry, Remus, and Hermione shrieked in unison. His merry laugh rang through the room. BR
"Hush, now, or you'll let the whole castle know I'm here. No need to be so excited. Although I must say, I'm glad to hear you're making an effort to get me out of this mess," he said. BR
"You always had a knack for trouble," Melissa said. BR
"Well, you were no angel, m'dear," he replied. BR
"At least I wasn't in trouble every other night. I didn't go as often, because I had to work solo. You had James and Remus. Lily and Morgan wouldn't dream of breaking any rules, so I was on my own," she said. BR
"You forgot Peter," Ron said. The light tone in the room was forgotten at his words. BR
"Rat." BR
"Traitor." BR
"Murderer." BR
"Evil doer," Ron suggested. BR
"What kind of a name is that?" Hermione asked, but Melissa and Sirius had a different idea. BR
"Evil doer?" BR
"I like it." Ron shrugged and Hermione sighed. BR
"Honestly," she whispered to Harry, "They almost act more like kids than us." BR
"Can you blame them? They haven't seen each other in nearly fourteen years, and they were such good friends! If you hadn't seen me in that long, and let's say it was Ron's fault, would you be calling him names like they are, like seven year olds?" BR
"I suppose I understand......." Hermione said.BR
"Hey, um, I'm kinda tired," Ron said, "and the other's are probably wondering where we are." BR
"What others, Ron?" BR
"Um...... I suppose I forgot to mention it to you over the summer......" Ron had turned scarlet. BR
"Forgot to mention what, Ron?" Hermione asked. BR
"Well, um, see, I....... Well, I have a ....... A girlfriend." BR
Hermione laughed.BR
"Who? Who would want to date you?" Ron went, if possible, a deeper shade of red. BR
"Lavender," he said quietly. BR
"Lavender? Well, that's not bad, R-man," Harry said. BR
"Yeah, but the twins teased me something dreadful, and Hermione here," he jerked his thumb at her, "is laughing her heart out at me!" BR
"Yeah, well, I don't see how it's fair that you don't approve of Ginny and Seamus." BR
"Please, Harry, not this again." BR
"Okay." BR
"Let's just go up to bed," Ron said. BR
"You guys go ahead, I want to talk to Sirius, Remus and Melissa a second." BR
"Okay. The password's 'Auror', 'kay? See ya later," Hermione said. BR
"Hush, now, or you'll let the whole castle know I'm here. No need to be so excited. Although I must say, I'm glad to hear you're making an effort to get me out of this mess," he said. BR
"You always had a knack for trouble," Melissa said. BR
"Well, you were no angel, m'dear," he replied. BR
"At least I wasn't in trouble every other night. I didn't go as often, because I had to work solo. You had James and Remus. Lily and Morgan wouldn't dream of breaking any rules, so I was on my own," she said. BR
"You forgot Peter," Ron said. The light tone in the room was forgotten at his words. BR
"Rat." BR
"Traitor." BR
"Murderer." BR
"Evil doer," Ron suggested. BR
"What kind of a name is that?" Hermione asked, but Melissa and Sirius had a different idea. BR
"Evil doer?" BR
"I like it." Ron shrugged and Hermione sighed. BR
"Honestly," she whispered to Harry, "They almost act more like kids than us." BR
"Can you blame them? They haven't seen each other in nearly fourteen years, and they were such good friends! If you hadn't seen me in that long, and let's say it was Ron's fault, would you be calling him names like they are, like seven year olds?" BR
"I suppose I understand......." Hermione said.BR
"Hey, um, I'm kinda tired," Ron said, "and the other's are probably wondering where we are." BR
"What others, Ron?" BR
"Um...... I suppose I forgot to mention it to you over the summer......" Ron had turned scarlet. BR
"Forgot to mention what, Ron?" Hermione asked. BR
"Well, um, see, I....... Well, I have a ....... A girlfriend." BR
Hermione laughed.BR
"Who? Who would want to date you?" Ron went, if possible, a deeper shade of red. BR
"Lavender," he said quietly. BR
"Lavender? Well, that's not bad, R-man," Harry said. BR
"Yeah, but the twins teased me something dreadful, and Hermione here," he jerked his thumb at her, "is laughing her heart out at me!" BR
"Yeah, well, I don't see how it's fair that you don't approve of Ginny and Seamus." BR
"Please, Harry, not this again." BR
"Okay." BR
"Let's just go up to bed," Ron said. BR
"You guys go ahead, I want to talk to Sirius, Remus and Melissa a second." BR
"Okay. The password's 'Auror', 'kay? See ya later," Hermione said. BR