Rose awoke with a happy feeling inside. She remembered last night, the look on Lupin's face as through a fit of giggles she had tried to perform a disarmament spell to take his wand from him but had instead managed to send his glass of water flying. It was a somewhat confused look, as he stood with his empty hand still halfway up to his mouth. Rose let out a laugh.
She looked at Clara to see if she was awake yet. Clara was lying with one arm and one leg lolling off the bed, her head lost in the tangle of blankets. Looking at her watch she saw it was half past nine. Not wanting to miss breakfast she got up and got dressed.
Pulling on a soft blue jumper and reaching for the door handle she stopped. Best to wake Clara now as there would be more people in the kitchen at this time. That meant there was less chance of her and Sirius to start arguing again. She turned to the heap of blankets.
"Clara." She called.
No response. She tried again. Still nothing. Walking over to the bed she lent down, calling her name again, louder this time and giving the bundle a poke.
"Wha'?" Clara woke with a start, tried to sit up and fell with a soft thump onto the floor. Her pink tousled hair appeared through the folds followed by a bleary looking face. Rose meanwhile had jumped back and was now kneeling on the floor, clutching her sides with laughter. Clara looked at her grumpily.
"What the bloody hell's the matter with you?" She asked. Rose didn't answer for a moment, as she was too busy trying to subdue her laughter.
"Breakfast." She said through the giggles. Clara stared at her.
"Thanks." She said and pulled herself up, having a struggle with the blanket that had twisted itself around her ankle.
"I'll," Rose coughed back a giggle. "I'll see you downstairs in a minute then."
"Sure, yeah." Said Clara slipping as the blanket slid under her feet.
Rose burst out into fresh fits of laughter again and hurried out the door. She stumbled down the stairs past the stuffed heads of past house elves, managing to quieten herself as she passed the portraits and slid into the kitchen. It was a hive of activity. Mrs Weasley was telling George off for bewitching a piece of toast to slide away from someone as soon as they reached out for it. The other children were taking it in turns to reach for the toast, laughing gleefully. Rose spotted Lupin sitting in front of a mug of tea. She went to sit next to him, still giggling.
"Good morning." He smiled at her as she sat down. "What's put you in a good mood."
"Nothing." Said Rose calming herself. "Have a good sleep?" She asked.
"Very pleasant thanks." Replied Lupin, leaning back. "Slightly sore from when I hit the wall yesterday but other than that I'm fine."
"I'm really sorry about that." Apologised Rose.
"Not at all." Laughed Lupin.
"What did you do?" Asked Sirius. He'd just walked in carrying an old looking jug and placed it on the table.
"Caught me off guard that's all." Said Lupin quickly. Sirius looked at Rose, who grinned at him. He let out a bark like laugh.
"Mooney my friend. Honestly all those years you spent learning and teaching and someone comes along and 'catches you off guard'. You're slacking mate." Lupin gave him withering look and took a sip of tea. The door creaked open and Clara shuffled in, still looking half asleep.
"Morning!" Said Hermione brightly.
"'Orning!" Replied Clara through a yawn with a wave.
She walked to the table and reached for a piece of toast, which slid away from her hand. She looked at her hand where she was sure it should be holding bread, confused for a minute and then saw the toast move a slightly further away. Hearing a sniggering from George she looked up at him, unimpressed.
"Sorry." He said, thought not very convincingly.
"Yeah right." Muttered Clara an she turned away from the table, her arm accidentally catching the jug Sirius had placed there sending it to shatter on the floor. The sound resounded off the walls.
"Whoops." Muttered Clara.
"Oh well done!" Said Sirius.
"It was an accident!" Replied Clara defensively.
"That was valuable."
"Oh for gods sake!" Said Clara irritably, pulling her wand out of her pocket and pointing it at the pieces of the jug on the floor. They mended themselves instantly. "There! Sorted!"
"You still broke it!"
"Oh come off it you've been getting rid of half the stuff in this place! You were probably gonna get rid it."
"No I wasn't." Lied Sirius.
"Oh I really believe that." Scoffed Clara.
"It's true!" Sirius lied again.
"We all know you hate this place and everything in it. You're just using it as an excuse to have a bleedin' go at me!"
"Like I'd want to do that. I'd rather not have to talk to you if you're gonna shout at me all the time."
"Me shout at you all the time." Shouted Clara. "You're the one who started yelling at me on our first day here!"
"What are you saying?" Sirius shouted back.
"I'm saying," Snapped Clara. "That you bloody started it!"
Sirius opened his mouth to reply but stopped as he heard the door close behind him. Unnoticed by Clara and Sirius, Rose had started to usher everyone quietly out the door. Sirius walked over to it.
"What the..." He tried the handle but it wouldn't turn. He shook it. But it wouldn't budge. Clara frowned at him and walked over, trying the door herself to the same effect.
"They've put a spell on it." Said Sirius.
"Oh state the bloody obvious." Clara said irritably. Sirius glowered at her. There came a giggling from behind the door.
"Rose!" Shouted Clara and banged the door. "Open it up!"
"We're not opening it until you two start behaving and get along! And there's not point in trying to magic your way out because it's no good." Rose's voice floated through the door.
"Rose stop messing about and let us out." Called Sirius.
"Not until you behave!"