Sneaking Out
Electra got up extra early, so that she could go down into Hogsmende without her brother knowing what she was doing. It wasn't that he didn't approve of her seeing Sirius; it was just that he didn't think it was a good idea people knowing that she was at the moment.
She crept out of her room pulling on her cloak, as soon as she was past all of the office's she started to run down the corridor; remember back when she had been at school. She smiled to herself as she grabbed the banister and then headed down the stairs.
She almost ran into a man all in black robes at the bottom of the stairs, but didn't stop to say sorry; just shouted over her shoulder to him.
"Sorry, bout that!" Electra shouted.
"You shouldn't be running." He shouted after her.
She pulled open the main entrance and then ran down the path, but after a while she stopped running and went into a light walk; now a little red in the face. When she reached the gates they were already there waiting for her; they both smiled at her as she waved at them.
"What did you do, run down here?" Sirius teased her, she stop dead in front of them. "Come on."
"Fine." Electra said smiling at them. "He'll probably find out anyway, I almost knocked this guy over on my way out. Not sure who he was, only that he was all in black; oh even his hair."
"Snape." Harry told her.
"Severus Snape, that guy you lot used to bully?" Electra asked Sirius.
"We didn't bully him." Sirius said, as they both looked at him unconvinced. "They were just a few pranks; it was years ago."
Electra looked at him sternly and then smiled down at Harry who was almost the same height as she was; he smiled back at her and then looked at Sirius eagerly.
"So are you going to tell me, some of things you did to him?" Harry asked.
Sirius smiled at him. "Where to start?"
Sirius told Harry about some of their pranks, with Electra telling him not to get any ideas; trying her hardest not to sound like her brother. But of course she wasn't doing a very good job, and just gave in to the two of them.
They made their way to the first house, they flooed over to Electra' flat and then took her car. Sirius had begged to let him drive but she wouldn't let him anywhere there the stirring wheel, because last time he had cashed her car; he was fine on his motor but not as good in cars.
Electra pulled up at the end of the drive, as Harry lead forward to look out of the window; he didn't want to smile or even think about it; that he was out with his Godfather and partner looking for a family home together. This was it; he just didn't want to jinx it.
"Come on then you two what are we waiting for?" Sirius said excitedly as he opened the door and got out; he opened the back door for Harry.
Harry smiled at him as he got out of the car, he couldn't help himself; he knew that Sirius felt the same. Sirius put his arm around Harry's shoulder as they walked up to the house; with Electra in front of them reading a leaflet she had gotten about the house.
She opened the gate, and entered the garden; it was still well looked after even though no one had lived in the house for a couple of months. Electra looked up at the house, it did look nice even from out there; she quickly walked up to the front door and pushed it open there was already someone waiting inside.
"Hello, I'm Electra." She told him smiling holding out her hand.
"Oh yes, my brother talks about you; he's an Auror as well." The man told her smiling, but quickly stopped as Sirius and Harry walked in behind her; and Sirius was glaring at him didn't really help matters.
"Really." Electra said, as she looked round the entrance hall. "I'll have to tell Greg that I've met you then, it is Raymond isn't it; I'm not very good with names."
"Yes it is." Raymond answered. "Though I am surprised to see you all here together. Though I except they do an Auror to keep an eye on them after all."
Electra turned round in a flash and he backed away from her. "What is that supposed to mean? Sirius is innocent, and that had finally been proven; a little late mind but he is innocent."
Sirius smiled at her. "Thanks Electra, but you don't need to scare the man half to death."
Electra glared at him and then smiled, and went back to look around the house; as the man looked over at Sirius and smiled weakly as if to thank him.
"So, you really are going to be here the two of you?" Raymond asked them. "The Ministry just wants to make sure its safe of course?"
"Yeah, that's right." Electra said over her shoulder, as she walked through to the living room.
"She maybe pretty, but she's a bit scary as well isn't she?" Raymond whispered to Sirius on their way through.
"It isn't that she's scary, it's that she stands up for what she believes in." Sirius told him, as he let Harry go in first; and then turned back round he smiled at him and then followed them.
"It isn't a bad size, is it Sirius?" Electra said with her hand on Harry's shoulder, as he came into the room finally.
"No, not bad at all." Sirius agreed looking around the room, trying to imagine it with furniture. And then looked over at Electra with Harry pointing out spots in the room where things would go, he could help but smile at them; this could be it. "What do you think then?"
"Well, we'll have to have a look around the rest of the house; but it's not too bad." Electra said, as Harry smiled at her; she took hold of Harry's hand without thinking. "Come on Harry lets have a good look round."
Electra and Harry went off to explore the house while Sirius stayed downstairs with Raymond to talk about the prices of the house, it was quit a bit more then he could afford but he didn't want to admit it to any of them.
"Well they seem to like it." Raymond said. "But I doubt that you will be moving in, it's a little piecey even for normal people."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Sirius demanded.
"Sirius!" Electra shouted as she was coming back down the stairs.
Sirius glared at him and then walked out, to meet a smiling Electra; she grabbed hold of his arm and pulled him into the back to talk without being heard.
"This is lovely, it really is; but did you see the piece?" Electra whispered.
"Well...I..." Sirius tried to say.
"If we go half's, or something; and with my new job we should be able to do it." Electra said thoughtfully. "Oh I could sell the flat, I know it won't go for much; but there's a bit extra."
"You can't do that." Sirius told her. "I can't let you put all of your savings into this."
"And why not?" Electra demanded stepping closer. "If I'm living here as well, I should be aloud to put something into the house."
"Electra." Sirius said.
"Don't start with me, its not a mans world anymore; women can do anything men can do." Electra told him firmly.
"I know, but this...this is different..." Sirius told her.
"That guy's pacing out here, he's getting on my nervous keep asking stupid questions; wondering if I've lost my mind." Harry told them as he came into the kitchen.
"I'll send Electra out there to scare him." Sirius teased.
"I'll go talk to him; while Harry talks to you." Electra told him, and then turned to Harry. "Harry, do you like the house?"
"Yeah, course." Harry said smiling at the two of them.
"Don't." Sirius warned her, Harry stopped smiling.
"I'm just going to tell him that we're interested, and put an offer in; though should I put it in your name?" Electra said thoughtfully. "He's being stubborn Harry that's all; we'll work on him later."
Electra smiled at Harry and then walked out leaving the two of them alone, with Sirius looking quit moody.
"What's going on?" Harry asked him.
"Nothing." Sirius said folding his arms.
"Sirius?" Harry asked.
"It's just that I don't have the money for the house...and Electra well..." Sirius started but he turned away and looked out into the garden.
"What about Electra?" Harry asked. "She seems to like the house as well; she is going to be living with us still isn't she? I like her, she's nice. I know you like her a lot as well, it's so different to see you with her; you're so different around her."
"I do like her, it's just that...it was hard for us to start with because he was Remus' younger sister; and now with everything...it's even harder." Sirius told him, but didn't turn around. "She offered to put up the rest that I couldn't."
"So what's the problem?" Harry asked confused. "Lupin's alright with you two now, and well about everything now...I can't really say much about that. Only that...well...with the two of you, if we live together it will...well kind of like a family...won't it?"
Sirius turned round and smiled at him. "So you think that I should let her do it then?"
"Sirius, that's what you do; couples do these things together." Harry told him.
Sirius smiled at him as he walked over, and ruffled his hair and put his arm around his shoulder. "Let's go tell them then."
They walked through to the living room together, Harry smiled at her but Sirius didn't give anything away.
"He'll have it." Electra told Raymond.
"I never even said anything." Sirius almost shouted at her, but smiled at her anyway.
"Are you sure?" Raymond asked them.
"Yeap, we're sure." Sirius said, pulling Harry closer. "This is it then, our new home."
***
Harry still couldn't believe it, as he sat at the table facing Ron; he hadn't told any of them where he had been going that day. And had somehow managed to keep it to himself all this time; because Sirius had asked him not to say anything to any of them until the finally papers had gone through.
"Do you want anymore dear?" Molly asked him.
"No thanks, I'm quit full." Harry told her, and then looked over at the stairs when he heard footsteps.
Sirius and Remus walked into the kitchen both of them smiling, it was so different to see them both like that; he still couldn't believe it.
"Remus, is Sirius down there with you?" Electra shouted down the stairs as she came.
"Yeap he's here." Remus answered her as she came into view.
She almost jumped down the last two steps into his arms, smiling at them all and handed Sirius a couple of rolls of parchment. He looked at her, and then opened them up, and read.
Sirius looked up at her smiling and then over at Harry, who was already on his feet as though he already knew what they were.
"We've got the house." Sirius told him.
"What, what house?" Molly asked, almost dropping the pots.
"We're got a house." Sirius told her smiling.
"I didn't think that you were going to do it so soon." Molly managed to say.
"Why, I don't want to stay in this house all my life; would you?" Sirius said. "And anyway I'm a free man, we need somewhere to live."
"Wait a minute we, who's we?" Remus asked rounding on Electra. "Did you go with them?"
"What?" Electra said trying to sound surprised at his question, but decided to tell him. "Yes I did, he seemed quit glad really that the Ministry was interest in Harry's safety."
"What?" Remus asked her, looking quit confused.
"He knew I was an Auror, I work with his brother; so he only thought that I was there to keep an eye on the two of them." Electra told him pleasantly.
"Yeah, well part from thinking that she was pretty; oh and scary." Sirius said smiling at the two of them.
"I'm not scary." Electra said firmly.
"Of course your not." Sirius told her trying to keep a straight face.
"Just, I don't know be careful in future that's all." Remus told her. "That everyone will fall for something like that."
Electra smiled at him. "Of course."
(What do you think, let me know.
School's starting, so moving in has to be put on hold. And now they have to get around not telling anyone even the teachers who don't already know about who Electra is; but of course their all quit resource I'm sure they'll find out in time.)
Electra got up extra early, so that she could go down into Hogsmende without her brother knowing what she was doing. It wasn't that he didn't approve of her seeing Sirius; it was just that he didn't think it was a good idea people knowing that she was at the moment.
She crept out of her room pulling on her cloak, as soon as she was past all of the office's she started to run down the corridor; remember back when she had been at school. She smiled to herself as she grabbed the banister and then headed down the stairs.
She almost ran into a man all in black robes at the bottom of the stairs, but didn't stop to say sorry; just shouted over her shoulder to him.
"Sorry, bout that!" Electra shouted.
"You shouldn't be running." He shouted after her.
She pulled open the main entrance and then ran down the path, but after a while she stopped running and went into a light walk; now a little red in the face. When she reached the gates they were already there waiting for her; they both smiled at her as she waved at them.
"What did you do, run down here?" Sirius teased her, she stop dead in front of them. "Come on."
"Fine." Electra said smiling at them. "He'll probably find out anyway, I almost knocked this guy over on my way out. Not sure who he was, only that he was all in black; oh even his hair."
"Snape." Harry told her.
"Severus Snape, that guy you lot used to bully?" Electra asked Sirius.
"We didn't bully him." Sirius said, as they both looked at him unconvinced. "They were just a few pranks; it was years ago."
Electra looked at him sternly and then smiled down at Harry who was almost the same height as she was; he smiled back at her and then looked at Sirius eagerly.
"So are you going to tell me, some of things you did to him?" Harry asked.
Sirius smiled at him. "Where to start?"
Sirius told Harry about some of their pranks, with Electra telling him not to get any ideas; trying her hardest not to sound like her brother. But of course she wasn't doing a very good job, and just gave in to the two of them.
They made their way to the first house, they flooed over to Electra' flat and then took her car. Sirius had begged to let him drive but she wouldn't let him anywhere there the stirring wheel, because last time he had cashed her car; he was fine on his motor but not as good in cars.
Electra pulled up at the end of the drive, as Harry lead forward to look out of the window; he didn't want to smile or even think about it; that he was out with his Godfather and partner looking for a family home together. This was it; he just didn't want to jinx it.
"Come on then you two what are we waiting for?" Sirius said excitedly as he opened the door and got out; he opened the back door for Harry.
Harry smiled at him as he got out of the car, he couldn't help himself; he knew that Sirius felt the same. Sirius put his arm around Harry's shoulder as they walked up to the house; with Electra in front of them reading a leaflet she had gotten about the house.
She opened the gate, and entered the garden; it was still well looked after even though no one had lived in the house for a couple of months. Electra looked up at the house, it did look nice even from out there; she quickly walked up to the front door and pushed it open there was already someone waiting inside.
"Hello, I'm Electra." She told him smiling holding out her hand.
"Oh yes, my brother talks about you; he's an Auror as well." The man told her smiling, but quickly stopped as Sirius and Harry walked in behind her; and Sirius was glaring at him didn't really help matters.
"Really." Electra said, as she looked round the entrance hall. "I'll have to tell Greg that I've met you then, it is Raymond isn't it; I'm not very good with names."
"Yes it is." Raymond answered. "Though I am surprised to see you all here together. Though I except they do an Auror to keep an eye on them after all."
Electra turned round in a flash and he backed away from her. "What is that supposed to mean? Sirius is innocent, and that had finally been proven; a little late mind but he is innocent."
Sirius smiled at her. "Thanks Electra, but you don't need to scare the man half to death."
Electra glared at him and then smiled, and went back to look around the house; as the man looked over at Sirius and smiled weakly as if to thank him.
"So, you really are going to be here the two of you?" Raymond asked them. "The Ministry just wants to make sure its safe of course?"
"Yeah, that's right." Electra said over her shoulder, as she walked through to the living room.
"She maybe pretty, but she's a bit scary as well isn't she?" Raymond whispered to Sirius on their way through.
"It isn't that she's scary, it's that she stands up for what she believes in." Sirius told him, as he let Harry go in first; and then turned back round he smiled at him and then followed them.
"It isn't a bad size, is it Sirius?" Electra said with her hand on Harry's shoulder, as he came into the room finally.
"No, not bad at all." Sirius agreed looking around the room, trying to imagine it with furniture. And then looked over at Electra with Harry pointing out spots in the room where things would go, he could help but smile at them; this could be it. "What do you think then?"
"Well, we'll have to have a look around the rest of the house; but it's not too bad." Electra said, as Harry smiled at her; she took hold of Harry's hand without thinking. "Come on Harry lets have a good look round."
Electra and Harry went off to explore the house while Sirius stayed downstairs with Raymond to talk about the prices of the house, it was quit a bit more then he could afford but he didn't want to admit it to any of them.
"Well they seem to like it." Raymond said. "But I doubt that you will be moving in, it's a little piecey even for normal people."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Sirius demanded.
"Sirius!" Electra shouted as she was coming back down the stairs.
Sirius glared at him and then walked out, to meet a smiling Electra; she grabbed hold of his arm and pulled him into the back to talk without being heard.
"This is lovely, it really is; but did you see the piece?" Electra whispered.
"Well...I..." Sirius tried to say.
"If we go half's, or something; and with my new job we should be able to do it." Electra said thoughtfully. "Oh I could sell the flat, I know it won't go for much; but there's a bit extra."
"You can't do that." Sirius told her. "I can't let you put all of your savings into this."
"And why not?" Electra demanded stepping closer. "If I'm living here as well, I should be aloud to put something into the house."
"Electra." Sirius said.
"Don't start with me, its not a mans world anymore; women can do anything men can do." Electra told him firmly.
"I know, but this...this is different..." Sirius told her.
"That guy's pacing out here, he's getting on my nervous keep asking stupid questions; wondering if I've lost my mind." Harry told them as he came into the kitchen.
"I'll send Electra out there to scare him." Sirius teased.
"I'll go talk to him; while Harry talks to you." Electra told him, and then turned to Harry. "Harry, do you like the house?"
"Yeah, course." Harry said smiling at the two of them.
"Don't." Sirius warned her, Harry stopped smiling.
"I'm just going to tell him that we're interested, and put an offer in; though should I put it in your name?" Electra said thoughtfully. "He's being stubborn Harry that's all; we'll work on him later."
Electra smiled at Harry and then walked out leaving the two of them alone, with Sirius looking quit moody.
"What's going on?" Harry asked him.
"Nothing." Sirius said folding his arms.
"Sirius?" Harry asked.
"It's just that I don't have the money for the house...and Electra well..." Sirius started but he turned away and looked out into the garden.
"What about Electra?" Harry asked. "She seems to like the house as well; she is going to be living with us still isn't she? I like her, she's nice. I know you like her a lot as well, it's so different to see you with her; you're so different around her."
"I do like her, it's just that...it was hard for us to start with because he was Remus' younger sister; and now with everything...it's even harder." Sirius told him, but didn't turn around. "She offered to put up the rest that I couldn't."
"So what's the problem?" Harry asked confused. "Lupin's alright with you two now, and well about everything now...I can't really say much about that. Only that...well...with the two of you, if we live together it will...well kind of like a family...won't it?"
Sirius turned round and smiled at him. "So you think that I should let her do it then?"
"Sirius, that's what you do; couples do these things together." Harry told him.
Sirius smiled at him as he walked over, and ruffled his hair and put his arm around his shoulder. "Let's go tell them then."
They walked through to the living room together, Harry smiled at her but Sirius didn't give anything away.
"He'll have it." Electra told Raymond.
"I never even said anything." Sirius almost shouted at her, but smiled at her anyway.
"Are you sure?" Raymond asked them.
"Yeap, we're sure." Sirius said, pulling Harry closer. "This is it then, our new home."
***
Harry still couldn't believe it, as he sat at the table facing Ron; he hadn't told any of them where he had been going that day. And had somehow managed to keep it to himself all this time; because Sirius had asked him not to say anything to any of them until the finally papers had gone through.
"Do you want anymore dear?" Molly asked him.
"No thanks, I'm quit full." Harry told her, and then looked over at the stairs when he heard footsteps.
Sirius and Remus walked into the kitchen both of them smiling, it was so different to see them both like that; he still couldn't believe it.
"Remus, is Sirius down there with you?" Electra shouted down the stairs as she came.
"Yeap he's here." Remus answered her as she came into view.
She almost jumped down the last two steps into his arms, smiling at them all and handed Sirius a couple of rolls of parchment. He looked at her, and then opened them up, and read.
Sirius looked up at her smiling and then over at Harry, who was already on his feet as though he already knew what they were.
"We've got the house." Sirius told him.
"What, what house?" Molly asked, almost dropping the pots.
"We're got a house." Sirius told her smiling.
"I didn't think that you were going to do it so soon." Molly managed to say.
"Why, I don't want to stay in this house all my life; would you?" Sirius said. "And anyway I'm a free man, we need somewhere to live."
"Wait a minute we, who's we?" Remus asked rounding on Electra. "Did you go with them?"
"What?" Electra said trying to sound surprised at his question, but decided to tell him. "Yes I did, he seemed quit glad really that the Ministry was interest in Harry's safety."
"What?" Remus asked her, looking quit confused.
"He knew I was an Auror, I work with his brother; so he only thought that I was there to keep an eye on the two of them." Electra told him pleasantly.
"Yeah, well part from thinking that she was pretty; oh and scary." Sirius said smiling at the two of them.
"I'm not scary." Electra said firmly.
"Of course your not." Sirius told her trying to keep a straight face.
"Just, I don't know be careful in future that's all." Remus told her. "That everyone will fall for something like that."
Electra smiled at him. "Of course."
(What do you think, let me know.
School's starting, so moving in has to be put on hold. And now they have to get around not telling anyone even the teachers who don't already know about who Electra is; but of course their all quit resource I'm sure they'll find out in time.)