This is set the year after the marauders leave Hogwarts. It is mentioned in my fanfic "Harry POtter and the Death Eaters" but here's the full story! Please review
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"Come on Dung, where the fuck are you?" Talitha McKenzie muttered to herself. She was standing in the Gryffindor common room waiting for her friend Mundungus Fletcher to open the portrait hole so she could get out. She was wearing casual clothes and was completely covered by an invisibility cloak so nobody knew she was there. Students weren't supposed to be out of the common room after about eight o'clock. It was only just gone seven but people would notice if she was there later on. So she had made an excuse of going to bed with a headache, covered herself with the invisibility cloak and returned to the common room to wait for Dung. No one would think twice about Dung being missing but it wasn't done for the Head girl to be breaking the rules. Eventually Dung came down from the boys dormitories, opened the portrait and climbed through. Talitha followed him. As soon as they were out of the common room Talitha glanced down at the piece of parchment she had in her hand and saw that the coast was clear.
"Now" she whispered and Dung slipped under the cloak with her. For the first time she noticed he had a very large book with him.
"What's that for?" she whispered.
"I was pretending I was going to the library" he muttered back.
"Dung, you were supposed to be looking inconspicuous. Who's going to believe you were going to the library? In fact who would believe you even knew where the library was?"
"Fuck off! I've been in the library..." Dung replied, pretending to be offended by what Talitha had just said "Once…I think"
"Come on lets go" Talitha said. They crept down through the castle and out into the grounds. They reached the whomping willow and Dung grabbed a long stick that was conveniently lying on the ground. Talitha pushed it through the branches of the tree and pressed a small knot on the trunk. Still under the invisibility cloak they crawled under the tree and through a small gap in the trunk. Once inside the tunnel below, Dung pulled the cloak off of them.
"We did it" they both laughed and started running down the tunnel. At the other end of the tunnel they climbed out into the shrieking shack where a familiar face was waiting for them.
"Alright Jim" Talitha greeted her older cousin, James Potter, with a grin. He grinned back.
"You made it then" he said
"No problems" Dung replied.
They left the invisibility cloak, the marauders map and Dung's library book on the table and the three of them walked out of the old house and towards Hogsmeade village.
"Where's Sirius?" Talitha asked.
"Still at his flat making himself look pretty" James laughed "He's going to meet us there."
They shortly reached the Hogshead pub and walked inside. It was already busy but they soon spotted Remus Lupin standing near the door, Talitha and Dung went over to join him while James got them some drinks at the bar. They had almost finished the drinks when somebody spoke in Talitha's ear.
"Alright then gorgeous" Talitha looked round to find a tall, handsome, dark haired eighteen year old grinning at her. Talitha grinned back at Sirius Black. He was wearing faded blue jeans and a t-shirt.
"Well don't you scrub up well" she replied with a smile and then kissed him.
The group made their way across the busy pub towards an empty table and started to sit down.
"Don't sit down yet Padfoot" James said "It's your round" Sirius went over to the bar to get more drinks. While he was gone Lily Evans arrived, having just apparated into Hogsmeade a few minute before. She kissed James as she sat down next to him and he put his arm round her.
Sirius arrived back with five large Firewhiskeys which he passed around.
"Ah Lily, why didn't you get here before I went to the bar? I didn't get you anything"
"I'll go" Remus said.
"Well get me another then" Sirius said as he knocked back his drink in one go.
"Me as well" James added emptying his own glass.
"Best get another round in then Moony" Talitha grinned. Remus rolled his eyes upwards and laughed to himself as he pushed his way through the crowded room.
"What time's the band on then" Lily asked.
"In about an hour or so I think" James told her. After Remus arrived back Talitha and Dung started telling the gang about Hagrids new dog, Fang.
"He's huge" Dung said "He makes Padfoot here look like a little puppy" They all laughed.
The group continued drinking, James and Sirius putting away about twice as much as everyone else.
"I'll get some more in then" James said, wobbling slightly as he stood up.
"Don't you think you've had enough" Lily asked sternly, glaring at James through her emerald green eyes.
"Enough? Me?" James laughed
"You can never have enough of this stuff" Sirius added waving his glass in front of Lily's face.
"James, I really don't think you should be drinking any more. The band hasn't even started yet and you're drunk"
"Don't talk shit Lily." James laughed "I'm not drunk. If I was drunk would I be able to do this" He put his empty glass down on the table and attempted to stand on one leg. He managed about one second and then wobbled and fell. Remus tried to grab hold of him to stop him falling but ended up on the floor as well. They both started laughing as they lay on the floor. Sirius chuckled to himself and then wandered off to the bar. Lily stood up.
"If you have any more to drink James Potter I'm going home" She turned and walked off to the toilet. Sirius returned with more drinks. James and Remus had managed to get themselves up and sitting back at the table.
"You're going to get him in trouble" Dung laughed as Sirius placed the drinks down on the table. Talitha was giggling but said nothing. She wasn't going to be the one who upset Lily even more. Peter Pettigrew arrived at the table.
"Alright every one" he greeted them "What's going on?"
"The stag's drunk and Lily's not happy" Talitha laughed.
"I'm not fuckin' drunk" James muttered, slurring slightly.
"She's coming back" Remus whispered, loudly enough for everyone to hear. "You've had it now Prongs" They all looked at the fresh drink in front of James.
"Fuck" he muttered. James grabbed the glass and attempted to drink it before Lily got back to the table. She saw him.
She marched over to the table and grabbed her bag.
"I warned you" she said "I'm going"
"Wait Lil. I'll take you home." James told her. "Now where's my broom"
"You don't think I'm getting on that thing with you in that state do you" She replied
"But you can't apperate home Lily" Talitha said "You've had too much to drink to do that. You'll end up splinched"
"Well I've got to get home somehow and he's not taking me"
"I'll take you Lily" Peter offered "I've not had a drink yet" Lily smiled at him gratefully
"I hope you feel like crap in the morning, it'll serve you right" She said to James as she left.
"Love you" he called after her. Sirius snorted.
"Don't think that'll do you much good Jim"
"What did I do?" James asked innocently after she had gone. They all laughed.
"You just wait till she gets hold of you tomorrow" Talitha warned him jokingly "You'll know then"
"Looks like Prongs won't be riding tonight" Sirius grinned
"Right, who's round is it then" James asked ignoring Sirius' comment.
Not long after the band had started playing, Dung wandered off to talk to one of his brother's friends who might have some quills that had fallen of the back of a broom.
"Shit, Hagrid" Remus muttered.
"What?" James asked looking confused.
"Hagrid's over there by the door. He must have just got here"
"Fuck!" said Talitha. Being out of school grounds at 10 o'clock at night was bad enough but being drunk in a pub made it ten times worse. There was no way Talitha could move from the table without Hagrid seeing her unless she cast a blinding spell on him and that would just make things worse. Remus jumped up.
"James, you go and get Dung out of the way. I'll try and distract Hagrid"
James walked quickly, wobbling slightly, over to Dung. James grabbed him by the arm and dragged him towards the toilets. Remus headed over and started talking to Hagrid.
"Shit, Shit, Shit" Talitha muttered "Why didn't we think of this before"
"Hagrid's not normally in here when we've been in. Not in the week." Sirius told her.
"I'm so going to get expelled"
"Fuck he's looking this way" Sirius muttered. He grabbed hold of Talitha and started kissing her, making sure his back was facing Hagrid so as to disguise them. This went on for a few minutes. Neither of them could see Hagrid now so they couldn't tell if he was still looking.
"Alright you can come up for air now" Remus laughed as he sat back down "He's gone, said it was too noisy in here so he's gone to the Three Broomsticks"
"You only did that so you could have you're wicked way with me" Talitha laughed as she pushed Sirius playfully, relieved that she hadn't been caught "I bet he wasn't even looking".
"No, he was looking" Sirius protested and then he grinned "but I'll have to remember that one for next time"
"Fuck me, that was close" James commented as he arrived back at the table with four more glasses of Firewhiskey. Dung had gone back to sort out his deal.
A few more drinks on and James and Sirius were singing loudly. Unfortunately, they weren't singing the same songs as the band, which the band and the other people in the pub weren't too pleased about.
The barman came over and asked them to be a bit quieter. Had they agreed and stopped singing everything would have been alright. Instead Sirius and James decided to argue with him. The barman started getting angry and everyone from the surrounding tables were watching. Remus stood up.
"Come on lets get these two idiots home" he said to Talitha. Remus grabbed hold of James and almost dragged him out of the pub. Talitha guided Sirius after them.
"Dung! I'll meet you back at Sirius' when you've done" she called across the pub. Dung nodded back at her.
Remus and James were laughing when they got outside.
"You're fucking mad you are Potter" Remus was laughing.
"Shut up Fur-face" James laughed back. They all walked slowly up the street towards Sirius' flat. James was staggering, leaning on Remus to keep himself upright. Sirius had his arm around Talitha's shoulder, her arm was round his waist. Neither was sure who was holding who up.
James came to a stop outside Dervish and Bangs which had a Cleansweep 5 in the window, and started muttering incoherently about which broom he was going to buy. Remus sat down on the floor next to the shop, expecting to be there a while.
"We'll catch you up" He called to Sirius and Talitha as they walked on ahead.
"Did I ever tell you how pretty you are?" Sirius slurred.
"Yeah every time you get drunk and want me to stay at your flat" Talitha laughed. Sirius grinned, a mischievous twinkle in his dark eyes.
"I'm not staying tonight. I've got to get back. I've got classes tomorrow" Talitha said "not that I think I'll be able to transfigure much"
"Go on stay"
"I can't"
"Go on. Please"
"Don't look at me with those cute puppy-dog eyes, Padfoot" Talitha laughed.
"Stay for a bit then"
"I'll stay until Dung gets back" Talitha said.
Sirius glanced behind him. James had now sat on the floor next to Remus and was rambling on about Quidditch.
"Looks like Moony and Prongs maybe sometime" he grinned.
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Remus dragged James into Sirius' flat about fifteen minutes later to find Sirius unconscious on the sofa. Talitha came out of the kitchen with a glass of Firewhiskey. James took one look at the glass and went very pale.
"I think I'm gonna be…" he ran off to the bathroom.
"Nice" Talitha said with a chuckle as she drank the Firewhiskey back in one go
"I expected you two to be, you know" Remus said awkwardly.
"Well, he passed out about two minutes after we got here" Talitha replied, looking over at Sirius dribbling on the cushion. She rolled her eyes and laughed.
James emerged from the bathroom looking even paler than when he went in. Sirius started snoring.
"Looks like I get Padfoot's bed then" James smiled and headed off to the bedroom, where after removing his glasses, he fell face first onto the bed and was soon asleep.
Talitha sat down in one of the armchairs as Remus sat in the other. She poured them both a drink as Sirius started muttering.
"No…..get off…. I don't want to…No." Talitha and Remus looked at each other confused, wondering what he was dreaming about.
"Get off…Prongs…They're my chocolate frog cards" Talitha and Remus burst into laughter. Talitha managed to spit Firewhiskey all over the floor and Remus was almost choking. Sirius grunted and turned over.
"Well you get more intellectual conversation out of him when he's asleep than when he's awake" Remus laughed.
"What…" Sirius muttered as he sat up. Talitha and Remus just looked at each other again and laughed. Sirius looked at them both with a dazed look on his face. He then glanced around the room.
"Where's Jim?" he asked.
"He just threw up in the bathroom and now he's unconscious on your bed" Remus told him.
"Dirty fucker. OI! PRONGS! GET OFF MY BED!" Sirius stood up and wobbled slowly over to the bedroom. He pulled his wand out and poked James in the ribs with it. James grunted but remained still. Sirius shot some red sparks at him. James leapt off of the bed and tried to grab his wand not realising he had left it in the bathroom while he was being sick.
"What the fuck" he yelled at Sirius as he shoved his glasses back on. Then he screwed his face up as the colour drained out of it. He turned and ran back to the bathroom. Sirius laughed, flopped down on the bed and fell asleep again.
Talitha got up and walked over to the bathroom.
"You alright James" she called through the door.
"nnndonfeelwel" James muttered back.
"I think I'll leave him to it" Talitha said to Remus as she turned back to him, only to find he had fallen asleep in the chair as well. Quietly she walked over to the bedroom and went inside. She sat on the side of the bed and lightly stroked his face. He opened one eye slowly.
"You git, you weren't asleep were you" she said, smiling at him. Sirius grinned back at her as he put his arms around her waist and pulled her down on top of him. Talitha giggled as she looked into Sirius' dark eyes.
Sirius ran his hands through her long dark hair as their lips touched, he felt her tongue enter his mouth, exploring it wildly. His hand reached up and touched her face as his tongue ran over her lips. She tasted good. He rolled her over so he was lying on top of her. Talitha's hand moved up under his t-shirt and ran up his back. She pulled his t-shirt up over his head and threw it onto the floor. Sirius's mouth moved down her onto her neck as he reached under her vest top and cupped her breast. His other hand moved under her and expertly unclipped her bra.
As they heard a banging noise outside in the street, Talitha stopped kissing him and looked up.
"Ignore it" Sirius muttered as he started kissing her neck again. Talitha moaned softly and pulled his face up so there mouths touched again.
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Remus jolted awake as he heard the banging as well. He shook his head to try and waken himself up, and then stood up.
"James, was that you?" he called, realising James was still in the bathroom.
"waswhame" He heard James mutter back.
"Doesn't matter" Remus yelled back. He pulled out his wand and then cautiously opened the door to the flat and went outside.
Out in the street he found Dung on the floor against a wall. His lip was bleeding and his eye swollen.
"Alrigh' Moony" he tried to smile. Remus could see the pain in his face as smiling pulled on his lip. Remus pulled him up off of the floor and dragged him inside.
Dung fell into a chair and Remus noticed some of his clothes were torn. James emerged from the bathroom to see what all the noise was about.
"A fight in the hogshead" Dung said to them as they both stood looking at him. "I didn't start it but…" He then started to laugh as best you could with a fat lip. He clutched his side where his ribs hurt.
"Ow" he muttered
"Who?" Remus asked.
"Dunno, some big bloke" Dung replied "An' now I'm banned for life"
James laughed "Only you could get banned from a pub before you're old enough to drink in it legally"
Remus was looking at Dung's face to see what damage had been done.
"We could have done with Lily here to fix this mess" he said. James sat down and went quiet at the mention of Lily, remembering now that he was in her bad books.
"I'm not going to attempt to do anything with you Dung. I'll probably end up making it worse." Remus continued "We'll have to get you back to Hogwarts and hope Madam Pomfrey doesn't ask any questions"
"She wouldn't believe it even if I told the truth" Dung smiled, wincing again with the pain.
"Tali, you better get out here" Remus yelled. A minute later Talitha opened the bedroom door and came out wearing Sirius' England Quidditch team T-shirt which came half-way down her thighs. Sirius followed behind in just his boxer shorts. His hair ruffled, looking even more untidy than James'
"Dung, what in Merlin's name have you been doing" Talitha asked. Remus explained quickly, realising that talking was causing more pain for Dung. Talitha returned to the bedroom to get dressed. When she returned James had retreated back to the bathroom to be sick again, the site of Dung's blood not helping the situation.
"Moony's took Dung outside for some fresh air" Sirius told her. He was now wearing a pair of track pants.
"You stay with James" Talitha said as she kissed him "we'll manage Dung"
"Best friends, they're a nightmare" Sirius laughed. Talitha bent over to pull on her shoes, tripped and fell. Sirius caught her arm before she hit the floor.
"Shit. I think I'm still drunk" she giggled. Sirius picked up the bottle of Firewhiskey and laughed.
"Well you did drink half this bottle to yourself"
"Moony had a glass"
Sirius grinned and kissed her nose
"See you on Saturday" he grinned.
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Talitha walked out into the street and the air hit her making her go slightly light headed. She saw Remus and Dung further down the street and tried to run and catch them up, changing her mind when she realised running and Firewhiskey didn't mix. She opted for walking and calling after them instead. It wasn't hard to catch up as Dung was walking very slowly limping on his left leg.
Eventually the three of them reached the shrieking shack. Talitha grabbed their belongings from the table as Remus helped Dung into the tunnel.
"I'll come with you" He said climbing down after Talitha. At the other end of the tunnel they emerged from the whomping willow and headed up towards the castle under the inviability cloak, Remus having decided that neither Talitha nor Dung were in a good state to make it back on their own.
They made there way up to Gryffindor tower with Talitha only falling over twice. Although they had a near miss when the cloak fell of and they just managed to pull it back on when Filch the caretaker came round the corner. They had stood silently as he passed and as soon as he had gone Talitha burst into a fit of giggles.
"Sssshhh!" Remus warned, although her giggles were contagious because by the time they reached the common room they were all laughing. Talitha fell onto one of the sofas unable to control her laughter.
Slowly Dung made his way up to his Dorm and Remus grabbed the cloak and map
"I'll take him to Madam Pomfrey in the morning when the smell of Firewhiskey has gone off of him and tell her he fell down the stairs or something" Talitha told him. "Thanks for your help Moony"
"All in a days work." He grinned "Anyway it was better than clearing up James' sick"
He threw the cloak back over himself and Talitha watched as the portrait opened and closed again, not without a large 'tut' from the fat lady.
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"Come on Dung, where the fuck are you?" Talitha McKenzie muttered to herself. She was standing in the Gryffindor common room waiting for her friend Mundungus Fletcher to open the portrait hole so she could get out. She was wearing casual clothes and was completely covered by an invisibility cloak so nobody knew she was there. Students weren't supposed to be out of the common room after about eight o'clock. It was only just gone seven but people would notice if she was there later on. So she had made an excuse of going to bed with a headache, covered herself with the invisibility cloak and returned to the common room to wait for Dung. No one would think twice about Dung being missing but it wasn't done for the Head girl to be breaking the rules. Eventually Dung came down from the boys dormitories, opened the portrait and climbed through. Talitha followed him. As soon as they were out of the common room Talitha glanced down at the piece of parchment she had in her hand and saw that the coast was clear.
"Now" she whispered and Dung slipped under the cloak with her. For the first time she noticed he had a very large book with him.
"What's that for?" she whispered.
"I was pretending I was going to the library" he muttered back.
"Dung, you were supposed to be looking inconspicuous. Who's going to believe you were going to the library? In fact who would believe you even knew where the library was?"
"Fuck off! I've been in the library..." Dung replied, pretending to be offended by what Talitha had just said "Once…I think"
"Come on lets go" Talitha said. They crept down through the castle and out into the grounds. They reached the whomping willow and Dung grabbed a long stick that was conveniently lying on the ground. Talitha pushed it through the branches of the tree and pressed a small knot on the trunk. Still under the invisibility cloak they crawled under the tree and through a small gap in the trunk. Once inside the tunnel below, Dung pulled the cloak off of them.
"We did it" they both laughed and started running down the tunnel. At the other end of the tunnel they climbed out into the shrieking shack where a familiar face was waiting for them.
"Alright Jim" Talitha greeted her older cousin, James Potter, with a grin. He grinned back.
"You made it then" he said
"No problems" Dung replied.
They left the invisibility cloak, the marauders map and Dung's library book on the table and the three of them walked out of the old house and towards Hogsmeade village.
"Where's Sirius?" Talitha asked.
"Still at his flat making himself look pretty" James laughed "He's going to meet us there."
They shortly reached the Hogshead pub and walked inside. It was already busy but they soon spotted Remus Lupin standing near the door, Talitha and Dung went over to join him while James got them some drinks at the bar. They had almost finished the drinks when somebody spoke in Talitha's ear.
"Alright then gorgeous" Talitha looked round to find a tall, handsome, dark haired eighteen year old grinning at her. Talitha grinned back at Sirius Black. He was wearing faded blue jeans and a t-shirt.
"Well don't you scrub up well" she replied with a smile and then kissed him.
The group made their way across the busy pub towards an empty table and started to sit down.
"Don't sit down yet Padfoot" James said "It's your round" Sirius went over to the bar to get more drinks. While he was gone Lily Evans arrived, having just apparated into Hogsmeade a few minute before. She kissed James as she sat down next to him and he put his arm round her.
Sirius arrived back with five large Firewhiskeys which he passed around.
"Ah Lily, why didn't you get here before I went to the bar? I didn't get you anything"
"I'll go" Remus said.
"Well get me another then" Sirius said as he knocked back his drink in one go.
"Me as well" James added emptying his own glass.
"Best get another round in then Moony" Talitha grinned. Remus rolled his eyes upwards and laughed to himself as he pushed his way through the crowded room.
"What time's the band on then" Lily asked.
"In about an hour or so I think" James told her. After Remus arrived back Talitha and Dung started telling the gang about Hagrids new dog, Fang.
"He's huge" Dung said "He makes Padfoot here look like a little puppy" They all laughed.
The group continued drinking, James and Sirius putting away about twice as much as everyone else.
"I'll get some more in then" James said, wobbling slightly as he stood up.
"Don't you think you've had enough" Lily asked sternly, glaring at James through her emerald green eyes.
"Enough? Me?" James laughed
"You can never have enough of this stuff" Sirius added waving his glass in front of Lily's face.
"James, I really don't think you should be drinking any more. The band hasn't even started yet and you're drunk"
"Don't talk shit Lily." James laughed "I'm not drunk. If I was drunk would I be able to do this" He put his empty glass down on the table and attempted to stand on one leg. He managed about one second and then wobbled and fell. Remus tried to grab hold of him to stop him falling but ended up on the floor as well. They both started laughing as they lay on the floor. Sirius chuckled to himself and then wandered off to the bar. Lily stood up.
"If you have any more to drink James Potter I'm going home" She turned and walked off to the toilet. Sirius returned with more drinks. James and Remus had managed to get themselves up and sitting back at the table.
"You're going to get him in trouble" Dung laughed as Sirius placed the drinks down on the table. Talitha was giggling but said nothing. She wasn't going to be the one who upset Lily even more. Peter Pettigrew arrived at the table.
"Alright every one" he greeted them "What's going on?"
"The stag's drunk and Lily's not happy" Talitha laughed.
"I'm not fuckin' drunk" James muttered, slurring slightly.
"She's coming back" Remus whispered, loudly enough for everyone to hear. "You've had it now Prongs" They all looked at the fresh drink in front of James.
"Fuck" he muttered. James grabbed the glass and attempted to drink it before Lily got back to the table. She saw him.
She marched over to the table and grabbed her bag.
"I warned you" she said "I'm going"
"Wait Lil. I'll take you home." James told her. "Now where's my broom"
"You don't think I'm getting on that thing with you in that state do you" She replied
"But you can't apperate home Lily" Talitha said "You've had too much to drink to do that. You'll end up splinched"
"Well I've got to get home somehow and he's not taking me"
"I'll take you Lily" Peter offered "I've not had a drink yet" Lily smiled at him gratefully
"I hope you feel like crap in the morning, it'll serve you right" She said to James as she left.
"Love you" he called after her. Sirius snorted.
"Don't think that'll do you much good Jim"
"What did I do?" James asked innocently after she had gone. They all laughed.
"You just wait till she gets hold of you tomorrow" Talitha warned him jokingly "You'll know then"
"Looks like Prongs won't be riding tonight" Sirius grinned
"Right, who's round is it then" James asked ignoring Sirius' comment.
Not long after the band had started playing, Dung wandered off to talk to one of his brother's friends who might have some quills that had fallen of the back of a broom.
"Shit, Hagrid" Remus muttered.
"What?" James asked looking confused.
"Hagrid's over there by the door. He must have just got here"
"Fuck!" said Talitha. Being out of school grounds at 10 o'clock at night was bad enough but being drunk in a pub made it ten times worse. There was no way Talitha could move from the table without Hagrid seeing her unless she cast a blinding spell on him and that would just make things worse. Remus jumped up.
"James, you go and get Dung out of the way. I'll try and distract Hagrid"
James walked quickly, wobbling slightly, over to Dung. James grabbed him by the arm and dragged him towards the toilets. Remus headed over and started talking to Hagrid.
"Shit, Shit, Shit" Talitha muttered "Why didn't we think of this before"
"Hagrid's not normally in here when we've been in. Not in the week." Sirius told her.
"I'm so going to get expelled"
"Fuck he's looking this way" Sirius muttered. He grabbed hold of Talitha and started kissing her, making sure his back was facing Hagrid so as to disguise them. This went on for a few minutes. Neither of them could see Hagrid now so they couldn't tell if he was still looking.
"Alright you can come up for air now" Remus laughed as he sat back down "He's gone, said it was too noisy in here so he's gone to the Three Broomsticks"
"You only did that so you could have you're wicked way with me" Talitha laughed as she pushed Sirius playfully, relieved that she hadn't been caught "I bet he wasn't even looking".
"No, he was looking" Sirius protested and then he grinned "but I'll have to remember that one for next time"
"Fuck me, that was close" James commented as he arrived back at the table with four more glasses of Firewhiskey. Dung had gone back to sort out his deal.
A few more drinks on and James and Sirius were singing loudly. Unfortunately, they weren't singing the same songs as the band, which the band and the other people in the pub weren't too pleased about.
The barman came over and asked them to be a bit quieter. Had they agreed and stopped singing everything would have been alright. Instead Sirius and James decided to argue with him. The barman started getting angry and everyone from the surrounding tables were watching. Remus stood up.
"Come on lets get these two idiots home" he said to Talitha. Remus grabbed hold of James and almost dragged him out of the pub. Talitha guided Sirius after them.
"Dung! I'll meet you back at Sirius' when you've done" she called across the pub. Dung nodded back at her.
Remus and James were laughing when they got outside.
"You're fucking mad you are Potter" Remus was laughing.
"Shut up Fur-face" James laughed back. They all walked slowly up the street towards Sirius' flat. James was staggering, leaning on Remus to keep himself upright. Sirius had his arm around Talitha's shoulder, her arm was round his waist. Neither was sure who was holding who up.
James came to a stop outside Dervish and Bangs which had a Cleansweep 5 in the window, and started muttering incoherently about which broom he was going to buy. Remus sat down on the floor next to the shop, expecting to be there a while.
"We'll catch you up" He called to Sirius and Talitha as they walked on ahead.
"Did I ever tell you how pretty you are?" Sirius slurred.
"Yeah every time you get drunk and want me to stay at your flat" Talitha laughed. Sirius grinned, a mischievous twinkle in his dark eyes.
"I'm not staying tonight. I've got to get back. I've got classes tomorrow" Talitha said "not that I think I'll be able to transfigure much"
"Go on stay"
"I can't"
"Go on. Please"
"Don't look at me with those cute puppy-dog eyes, Padfoot" Talitha laughed.
"Stay for a bit then"
"I'll stay until Dung gets back" Talitha said.
Sirius glanced behind him. James had now sat on the floor next to Remus and was rambling on about Quidditch.
"Looks like Moony and Prongs maybe sometime" he grinned.
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Remus dragged James into Sirius' flat about fifteen minutes later to find Sirius unconscious on the sofa. Talitha came out of the kitchen with a glass of Firewhiskey. James took one look at the glass and went very pale.
"I think I'm gonna be…" he ran off to the bathroom.
"Nice" Talitha said with a chuckle as she drank the Firewhiskey back in one go
"I expected you two to be, you know" Remus said awkwardly.
"Well, he passed out about two minutes after we got here" Talitha replied, looking over at Sirius dribbling on the cushion. She rolled her eyes and laughed.
James emerged from the bathroom looking even paler than when he went in. Sirius started snoring.
"Looks like I get Padfoot's bed then" James smiled and headed off to the bedroom, where after removing his glasses, he fell face first onto the bed and was soon asleep.
Talitha sat down in one of the armchairs as Remus sat in the other. She poured them both a drink as Sirius started muttering.
"No…..get off…. I don't want to…No." Talitha and Remus looked at each other confused, wondering what he was dreaming about.
"Get off…Prongs…They're my chocolate frog cards" Talitha and Remus burst into laughter. Talitha managed to spit Firewhiskey all over the floor and Remus was almost choking. Sirius grunted and turned over.
"Well you get more intellectual conversation out of him when he's asleep than when he's awake" Remus laughed.
"What…" Sirius muttered as he sat up. Talitha and Remus just looked at each other again and laughed. Sirius looked at them both with a dazed look on his face. He then glanced around the room.
"Where's Jim?" he asked.
"He just threw up in the bathroom and now he's unconscious on your bed" Remus told him.
"Dirty fucker. OI! PRONGS! GET OFF MY BED!" Sirius stood up and wobbled slowly over to the bedroom. He pulled his wand out and poked James in the ribs with it. James grunted but remained still. Sirius shot some red sparks at him. James leapt off of the bed and tried to grab his wand not realising he had left it in the bathroom while he was being sick.
"What the fuck" he yelled at Sirius as he shoved his glasses back on. Then he screwed his face up as the colour drained out of it. He turned and ran back to the bathroom. Sirius laughed, flopped down on the bed and fell asleep again.
Talitha got up and walked over to the bathroom.
"You alright James" she called through the door.
"nnndonfeelwel" James muttered back.
"I think I'll leave him to it" Talitha said to Remus as she turned back to him, only to find he had fallen asleep in the chair as well. Quietly she walked over to the bedroom and went inside. She sat on the side of the bed and lightly stroked his face. He opened one eye slowly.
"You git, you weren't asleep were you" she said, smiling at him. Sirius grinned back at her as he put his arms around her waist and pulled her down on top of him. Talitha giggled as she looked into Sirius' dark eyes.
Sirius ran his hands through her long dark hair as their lips touched, he felt her tongue enter his mouth, exploring it wildly. His hand reached up and touched her face as his tongue ran over her lips. She tasted good. He rolled her over so he was lying on top of her. Talitha's hand moved up under his t-shirt and ran up his back. She pulled his t-shirt up over his head and threw it onto the floor. Sirius's mouth moved down her onto her neck as he reached under her vest top and cupped her breast. His other hand moved under her and expertly unclipped her bra.
As they heard a banging noise outside in the street, Talitha stopped kissing him and looked up.
"Ignore it" Sirius muttered as he started kissing her neck again. Talitha moaned softly and pulled his face up so there mouths touched again.
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Remus jolted awake as he heard the banging as well. He shook his head to try and waken himself up, and then stood up.
"James, was that you?" he called, realising James was still in the bathroom.
"waswhame" He heard James mutter back.
"Doesn't matter" Remus yelled back. He pulled out his wand and then cautiously opened the door to the flat and went outside.
Out in the street he found Dung on the floor against a wall. His lip was bleeding and his eye swollen.
"Alrigh' Moony" he tried to smile. Remus could see the pain in his face as smiling pulled on his lip. Remus pulled him up off of the floor and dragged him inside.
Dung fell into a chair and Remus noticed some of his clothes were torn. James emerged from the bathroom to see what all the noise was about.
"A fight in the hogshead" Dung said to them as they both stood looking at him. "I didn't start it but…" He then started to laugh as best you could with a fat lip. He clutched his side where his ribs hurt.
"Ow" he muttered
"Who?" Remus asked.
"Dunno, some big bloke" Dung replied "An' now I'm banned for life"
James laughed "Only you could get banned from a pub before you're old enough to drink in it legally"
Remus was looking at Dung's face to see what damage had been done.
"We could have done with Lily here to fix this mess" he said. James sat down and went quiet at the mention of Lily, remembering now that he was in her bad books.
"I'm not going to attempt to do anything with you Dung. I'll probably end up making it worse." Remus continued "We'll have to get you back to Hogwarts and hope Madam Pomfrey doesn't ask any questions"
"She wouldn't believe it even if I told the truth" Dung smiled, wincing again with the pain.
"Tali, you better get out here" Remus yelled. A minute later Talitha opened the bedroom door and came out wearing Sirius' England Quidditch team T-shirt which came half-way down her thighs. Sirius followed behind in just his boxer shorts. His hair ruffled, looking even more untidy than James'
"Dung, what in Merlin's name have you been doing" Talitha asked. Remus explained quickly, realising that talking was causing more pain for Dung. Talitha returned to the bedroom to get dressed. When she returned James had retreated back to the bathroom to be sick again, the site of Dung's blood not helping the situation.
"Moony's took Dung outside for some fresh air" Sirius told her. He was now wearing a pair of track pants.
"You stay with James" Talitha said as she kissed him "we'll manage Dung"
"Best friends, they're a nightmare" Sirius laughed. Talitha bent over to pull on her shoes, tripped and fell. Sirius caught her arm before she hit the floor.
"Shit. I think I'm still drunk" she giggled. Sirius picked up the bottle of Firewhiskey and laughed.
"Well you did drink half this bottle to yourself"
"Moony had a glass"
Sirius grinned and kissed her nose
"See you on Saturday" he grinned.
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Talitha walked out into the street and the air hit her making her go slightly light headed. She saw Remus and Dung further down the street and tried to run and catch them up, changing her mind when she realised running and Firewhiskey didn't mix. She opted for walking and calling after them instead. It wasn't hard to catch up as Dung was walking very slowly limping on his left leg.
Eventually the three of them reached the shrieking shack. Talitha grabbed their belongings from the table as Remus helped Dung into the tunnel.
"I'll come with you" He said climbing down after Talitha. At the other end of the tunnel they emerged from the whomping willow and headed up towards the castle under the inviability cloak, Remus having decided that neither Talitha nor Dung were in a good state to make it back on their own.
They made there way up to Gryffindor tower with Talitha only falling over twice. Although they had a near miss when the cloak fell of and they just managed to pull it back on when Filch the caretaker came round the corner. They had stood silently as he passed and as soon as he had gone Talitha burst into a fit of giggles.
"Sssshhh!" Remus warned, although her giggles were contagious because by the time they reached the common room they were all laughing. Talitha fell onto one of the sofas unable to control her laughter.
Slowly Dung made his way up to his Dorm and Remus grabbed the cloak and map
"I'll take him to Madam Pomfrey in the morning when the smell of Firewhiskey has gone off of him and tell her he fell down the stairs or something" Talitha told him. "Thanks for your help Moony"
"All in a days work." He grinned "Anyway it was better than clearing up James' sick"
He threw the cloak back over himself and Talitha watched as the portrait opened and closed again, not without a large 'tut' from the fat lady.
