Disclaimer: Harry Potter and everything about it belongs to J.K Rowling and this story will not be making profits.
WARNINGS: Eventual slash, crazy families, insanity brewing, written before book 5 came out!! (I don't know any London stores so forgive me on that) Never hitch hike!
Summary: Harry and his godfather Sirius decide to spend
some quality time together. It probably...most likely will never happen since of book 5 but I wrote this before book 5, muahahaha!
A/N: I don't know if Sirius was really older than James but I'm just doing that for the story's sake! Sirius will use magic in front of a muggle but it's an 'emergency'!
Harry Potter goes to live with his Godfather!
Ch 2 Difficulties on the Road
It was nearing night time and Sirius and Harry had been driving all day long. They were now out of London, but Harry wasn't exactly sure where they were, he had dozed off for a bit and awoke to find Sirius still driving, looking very tired.
Harry wanted to let Sirius know he was awake without startling him. So he stretched a bit, letting all the kinks out. Sirius glanced over at him and back to the road.
"Um Sirius… don't you think you should rest a bit?" Harry said quietly. Sirius let out his bark-like laugh, obviously he thought that was a silly question.
"No need Harry! I know when I'm tired and when I'm not tired." Sirius said confidently.
"Well maybe so, but just to let you know your driving on the wrong side of the road." Harry said noticing a car coming head on toward them. Sirius yelped like a wounded dog and slowed and swerved to avoid the collision.
"Watch where you're going you loser!" the man driving the car shouted in an American accent.
"Oh! We must be in America!" Sirius said proudly, "see Harry? I was only driving on the wrong side of the road because I thought we were in England!" Harry didn't see how this was possible. How could they travel that much in less than a day. He gave Sirius a suspicious look.
"Sirius," Harry said slowly, "did you fly the motorcycle some of the way?" Sirius grinned guiltily.
"Well you were asleep so I thought it wouldn't matter, plus I needed to feel the air up in the sky!"
Harry sighed. Sirius had obviously had so much air that he was now light headed! Sirius noticed a sign on the side of the road, it had places on it, one looked like a small building, a hotel perhaps?
Sirius took the next exit and drove for a while following some signs and other random things to help tourists. Once he found a hotel, he parked his motorcycle.
Harry clambered out…his legs felt wobbly since he hadn't walked in a while. Sirius hoped off the motorcycle and stumbled, his legs must have been a bit jittery too, he shook them both a bit and walked forward, Harry in tow.
It indeed appeared they were in America they found out as they approached the clerk's desk. Some people were paying with different money then they had.
"Excuse me! Can you tell us how to exchange London money for American money?" Sirius asked charmingly to the clerk.
The clerk was a young man, probably in his late twenties, he gave Sirius a strange look.
"Err- why yes you can exchange some right here." He faltered. Sirius beamed. After exchanging money and getting a room, the clerk called for a bell hop who showed Sirius and Harry to a room.
Harry's eyes popped open. Sirius had rented a suite! Harry glanced at his godfather who was…looking at the bell hop? Harry blinked and stared at him.
"Err, Sirius?" Harry asked. Sirius blinked and looked at his godson, "Yes?"
"Um…why did you rent a suite for one night?"
"You should get a good night's sleep here, and isn't it better than Privet drive?" Sirius asked clapping Harry on the back making his knees buckle.
Sirius started wandering around the suite looking here and there admiring the furniture and mini refrigerator.
"Look Harry!" Sirius exclaimed excitedly opening the door of the mini fridge. Harry glanced at his godfather awkwardly and back to the bell hop.
"He gets overly excited." Harry whispered slipping the boy some money to make him leave.
Once Harry and Sirius were only, Sirius started rummaging through the mini fridge for snacks- he was giggling like mad. Harry raised his eyebrows.
"This is gonna be fun! I feel like I'm 16 again!" Sirius said gleefully gathering snacks from the mini fridge.
"I'm 15 Sirius." Harry piped in. Sirius stared at him a moment then nodded slightly.
"Of course! But I was always older than your dad." He winked at him.
He dumped the food on the bed next to where Harry was perched. Sirius looked around for something, he spotted a desk.
Searching through it he found what he wanted- a deck of cards.
"Wanna play a game of go fish?" he asked grinning. Harry laughed at his enthusiasm. Sirius really did act like a teenager!
After several games of go fish Sirius gave up because Harry was too good at it. Sirius then challenged Harry to a game of poker but this didn't work as there were only 2 of them and Harry would always end up folding.
Sirius then looked around for something else to do but Harry was tired. After a bit of cleaning up stray cards and candy wrappers, Harry climbed into one of the magnificent king sized beds and dozed off in no time.
Sirius was bored out of his skull and he wasn't very tired. So he climbed into the other king sized bed that happened to be stationed right in front of the T.V. and turned it on hoping Harry had told him enough info about TV's from earlier to know which button turned it on. Harry had mentioned that the volume could be very quiet or very loud, Sirius hoped the volume wasn't too loud as not to wake Harry.
The volume was fine but Sirius let out a yelp of surprise as a man and woman came on doing some VERY naughty things. Sirius fumbled with the remote trying to change the channel. What kind of sicko had rented this room before him?!
Sirius thanked his lucky star that Harry didn't awake because he was having much difficulty with the remote. He finally changed the channel to a boring show that only advertised products. With a sigh of relief, Sirius settled into the bed more comfortably.
The man on the screen was selling different sized knifes and telling how much they were. He held up a large butcher knife and started talking about it.
"Hey!" Sirius shouted at the man, " That was the knife I nearly killed Ron with!" Harry stirred in his sleep so Sirius shut his mouth. The man was saying that the knife cost 100 American dollars, Sirius wondered how much that was compared to British money.
"I bought mine from a man in the alley's." Sirius muttered to the man on T.V. After the man was finished with knifes he started talked about the uses of other muggle products.
Sirius watched late into the night completely absorbed in it. He glanced at the clock after a while and noticed it read 1:27am. Sirius blinked and noticed he was sleepy, so he shut off the T.V. or at least tried to…he couldn't find the power button in the dark and pressed the wrong button.
The channel changed and on came the same couple still going at it. Sirius screamed and jumped off the bed hitting the power button on the T.V. itself.
"Whasa matter Sirius?" Harry asked sleepily. Sirius got up and flopped back onto his bed.
"It's nothing Harry, go back to sleep." Sirius said. Harry turned over and was asleep.
Sirius settled into bed and closed his eyes. Now he knew why Harry fell asleep so easily, it was very comfortable. Sirius awoke quite suddenly…he didn't know why but he felt he was awake and sat up rubbing his eyes.
He heard noises coming from the next room. What time was it? He looked over at the clock which read 4:13am. Sirius crawled closer to the wall and put his ear up to it. He instantly wished he hadn't…the noises sounded a lot like the dreaded T.V. channel he kept turning to.
Sirius crawled under his sheets and put his pillow over his head to drown out the sound. He fell asleep thanks to the softness of the bed and woke up much later, around 11am.
Harry was still sound asleep, his face buried deep into the pillows. Sirius smiled at him – he looked so peaceful. Sirius wondered how they'd eat anything since they'd eaten everything in the mini fridge. With a resigned sigh he shook Harry awake knowing that he'd know exactly what to do.
It took Sirius a while to finally get Harry awake enough to ask him how they'd get more food. Harry told him to pick up the phone and call the cafeteria where they'd send up whatever Sirius would ask for.
"Really?! That's so cool!" Sirius exclaimed running for the phone. Harry went into the bathroom and washed up his face and brushed out his hair. Once he came out Sirius was hitting the phone against the wall.
"HELLO?! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" Sirius was bellowing. Harry rushed over and swiped the phone from Sirius. Harry obviously hadn't explained enough about telephones to Sirius.
"Er sorry my godfather is new with technology, he lived far away with no power." Harry said into the phone at a normal tone.
No one answered…then Harry realized Sirius had been talking to the operator which was a recording.
"I really need to explain phones to you." Harry said with a sigh as he called the cafeteria ordering them both food. Sirius went into the bathroom now and fixed up his hair and splashed water on his face.
When he came out he noticed Harry picking up the remote to the T.V. – the T.V! Sirius hadn't fixed the channel!!
"NOOOOO!!!!" Sirius cried charging the length of the room , diving at Harry and knocking him off the bed. THUD!
"Ow!! Sirius what on earth was that for?!" Harry cried as he massaged his temples and looked around for his glasses. This is it! Harry couldn't see! Sirius pressed the power button on the T.V where as he suspected a pair – a different pair this time – were having a party in the bedroom- jeez didn't people have anything better to do then broadcast themselves doing something that should be private? Sirius pressed random buttons until it switched.
Harry finally found his glasses and put them on he then glared at his godfather who was watching a program about muggle products. Sirius smiled at Harry and ruffled his hair.
"Sorry Harry I was uh- practicing my…um I mean I wanted to practice to put the T.V on myself!" Sirius said trying to find an excuse. This worked though because Harry just nodded and sat back down on the bed. After about 10 minutes of watching how to use a vacuum , there was a knock at the door.
"Room service!" someone called. Harry made Sirius stay put and answered the door. They ate their food on the bed watching the program, Harry only put up with it for Sirius' sake, he really needed to learn about muggle furniture.
After breakfast…or more like brunch, Harry had to pry Sirius away from the T.V so they could continue their trip. Sirius pouted the entire walk to the motorcycle.
"Don't worry Sirius, all TV's have the same channels!" Harry said encouragingly as he climbed into the sidecar of the motorcycle.
As Sirius climbed onto the motorcycle itself, he thought of the nasty channel from the hotel room.
"Erm, ALL TV's have ALL channels?" he asked trying to sound nonchalantly but only causing Harry to stare at him with suspicion.
"I suppose you'd need a special to get some more channels or maybe less, why?" Sirius didn't answer Harry as he backed up and left the hotel.
"Um no reason." Sirius finally said once Harry thought he wouldn't answer at all. They drove in silence for a while until they heard a spluttering noise. Much sooner than they liked they were stopping again but this time they were out of gas!
"What'll we do?" Harry cried in dismay as they moved the motorcycle off the road.
"No worries Harry, we'll just hitchhike!" Sirius cried beaming. Harry sighed.
"Sirius, that's illegal." Harry grumbled.
"Well then we'll have to hope someone will stop because they think it IS legal!" Sirius declared walking to the side of the road sticking his thumb out.
A couple hours later
"Harry would you mind taking over for a bit? My arm is awfully tired!" Sirius whined. Harry shook his head 'no'.
"Why don't we just fly outta here Siri?" Harry asked looking over to the motorcycle.
"Now why didn't I think of that!" Sirius exclaimed but then looked at Harry with a stern expression "Maybe because it needs gas to fly!"
"Well Sooorrry!" Harry grumbled. No sooner than when Sirius was about to put his hand down then did a car stop next to them.
"Hey handsome need a ride?" a woman cooed from the driver's seat.
"No thanks, I'd rather you just take US to the next town please." Sirius said looking taken aback.
The woman looked at Harry who was perched on the out-of-gas motorcycle.
"He's a cutie, he can come too!" the woman purred. Sirius wasn't all that anxious to go with this woman but they may not be able to get another chance!
Sirius and Harry climbed into the back seat after Sirius secured it onto the trunk of the car with a bunch of ropes he conjured without the woman noticing. He didn't want his motorcycle being left behind for a muggle to find and discovering it could fly!
Once inside the car Sirius got a better look at the woman driving and the person next to her. It was a young man with long hair, almost as long as Sirius'! Both were dressed in rather skimpy clothes- yes even the man. Sirius' eyes widened as a thought struck him, did a pair of hookers pick them up? Yes a male hooker! Sirius drooled at the thought but came back to reality as the female hooker was talking to him.
"Hey there handsome are you hungry?" she said in the same annoying voice when she stopped by to pick him and Harry up.
"Um not really." Sirius replied. He and Harry had had a rather large brunch at the hotel. The woman looked disappointed and continued driving. It was VERY quiet in the car.
Harry looked at Sirius nervously and back out the window. Sirius knew that Harry was annoyed at him for letting these people pick them up. Good thing they were just dropping them off at the next town over!
"So do Americans dress like that all the time?" Sirius asked politely trying to sound like no one in Britain dressed that way.
The woman glanced at Sirius in the mirror and giggled. The young man started to giggle too.
"Not all Americans dear." She purred seductively. Sirius raised his eyebrows and fixed his attention to the young man next to her. His hair was so long and silky looking that Sirius almost reached out to touch it but thought better of it.
"What are your names?" Sirius asked helplessly. The woman looked in the mirror again smiling seductively yet again.
"You can call me whatever you want." She said and winked before turning back to the road.
"Does he even talk?" Sirius asked nodding toward the young man.
"Oh interested in my partner eh?" she asked looking stranger than ever. Sirius backed as far away as he possibly could from her which wasn't much since they were packed into the small car.
The young man turned around in his seat…Sirius gaped at him, he was the most beautiful man he'd ever seen except perhaps his darling Remmie. He had dazzling ice blue eyes and kept his long dark hair in a pony tail.
Sirius made a gurgling noise in his throat and the young man gave him a surprised look. Harry glanced at his godfather officially worried for his sanity.
By now they were nearing the next town and all the while Sirius and the young man were staring at each other, Harry staring at them getting freaked more and more. Harry glanced out the window and saw an approaching gas station.
"Turn at the next left!" Harry exclaimed. The woman turned into the gas station and stopped near a gas pump. Harry quickly got out of the car and ran around to the back where the motorcycle.
"Sirius give me a hand!" Harry called. It was no use, Sirius was still ogling the young man. The woman pinched the young man in his side.
"That's enough now Roman." She said somewhat baffled that Sirius had found him more attractive than her.
Roman stopped looking at Sirius and looked up at her with puppy dog eyes.
"What?" he asked. Sirius blinked. The hypnotic eyes now off his eyes, Sirius noticed they were at a gas station.
"Oi! Sirius! HELP me!" he heard Harry calling from somewhere behind him. Sirius climbed out of the car and helped Harry get the motorcycle off the car.
"Stay here, I'll go talk to someone." Sirius said and went inside the gas station.
"Well I guess we should get some gas too." The woman commented noticing the gas was low.
"Scarlet don't leave them until you know they're safe." Roman whispered quietly.
Scarlet rose her eyebrows and glanced out the window where Roman was looking. Sirius was returning with a mechanic. The two watched Sirius and the mechanic talking about the motorcycle and gesturing at it.
"What do you mean you don't have any gas for it?! This is a gas station!" Sirius screeched.
"Sorry but the kind of gas you want hasn't been shipped in yet, the earliest it'll be here by is a couple days." The mechanic said.
Harry looked horrified from Sirius to the mechanic. "What'll we do?" he asked in dismay. A honking was heard.
"Yoo hoo!" called Scarlet waving. Harry groaned and Sirius turned his attention to her.
"Couldn't help but overhearing dears that you can't get the right gas, why don't we just take you to where you were going?" she said looking innocent.
Sirius didn't like the situation but she hadn't tried anything funny yet and she was being helpful. Harry pulled Sirius aside.
"Do we really have to go with them?" Harry asked in a whisper.
"Do you really want to stand on the side of the road thumbing for another ride? Who knows who might pick us up then, it could be someone even more disturbing then them!" Sirius whispered back. Harry shuddered at the thought of someone worse than these to picking them up. He nodded glumly and they put the motorcycle back onto the car.
Soon they were off and driving away. After exchanging names to make it a little more comfortable, Sirius told Scarlet that he was in no hurry to go anywhere and that they were just on a road trip.
"Ah so that's the case is it?" Scarlet said in her strange voice. Roman was staring in his mirror looking at Sirius. Sirius was trying not to stare back and think of his Remmie instead. Harry was just trying to ignore them all, even Sirius since his godfather was acting so strange, even more so than usual.
"Oh crap." They heard Scarlet mutter as they heard sirens from behind them.
"It's the pleasemen!" Sirius squeaked in fear looking out the window. They were pulling them over!
A cop got out of the car and walked up to the drivers window. Scarlet rolled down the window and smiled sweetly at the cop.
"Something wrong officer?" she asked politely. The cop looked at her outfit and then at Roman's.
"M'am I'd like you to get out of the car please." The cop said giving her a fierce look. Scarlet got slowly out of the car and stood beside it. The whole time Sirius was breathing very fast and Harry tried to keep him calm.
"Now what is this about?" she asked as the cop checked her ID and registration.
"I thought so" murmured the cop. He looked into the car and noticed Harry and Sirius panicking.
"Got yourselves hostages too?!" he said his eyebrows rising dangerously.
"That's it you're all coming to the station with me." The cop declared.
"What? No! I don't want to ever go back to Azkaban!" Sirius cried into his hands.
"Calm down Sirius, the police station is nothing like Azkaban." Harry muttered.
The cop gave him a strange look. He took Scarlet by the arms and cuffed her.
"You have the right to remain silent, anything you say will be used against you in a court of law." Declared the cop.
"Hey! What did she do!?" Roman exclaimed. The cop glared at him.
"This woman was caught stealing jewelry from a home last night and the neighbors got this license plate. After I take her to the station we can confirm it, and all of you are coming with me!"
So, Harry, Sirius, Roman and Scarlet were shoved into the back of the police car. The cop dispatched another car to come out to pick up Scarlet's car and bring it to the station.
Sirius watched as his beloved motorcycle slowly faded away into the horizon and sighed. This was the last time he'd ever go on a road trip.
To Be Continued