A poking sensation ran up the side of his arm, a small giggling sound rang through the air. Opening his eyes he saw Alice sitting on the floor looking at him with a glint in her eyes, he shifted his arm and noted the lump that lay under it.
"What you want Alice?"
"I want Mand, why what do you want?"
He looked closely at her
"Something you can't give me"
"Oh and what does that mean?"
"I want peace of mind, I want the insurance that my family will leave me alone that we'll all live long happy lives."
"Oh well I can't help you there."
She began to stroke Amanda's head tugging lightly at strands. He felt Amanda hit him in the stomach and moaned. Her eyes shot open and a grin spread up her face
"Sorry"
"Yeah right when have you ever been sorry?"
"Mand upstairs now we have to talk."
Sirius saw the smile on their faces as they ran upstairs a loud laughter sound rang through the room. Slowly stretching Sirius swung his legs off the sofa and saw the stares he received.
"What?"
"Nothing."
Frank and Remus sat next to him while James moved to the chair. They were looking at him as if they expected him to say something.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Well what happened last night?"
"Oh it wasn't Branwen and Ginny. Narcissa and Bella jumped them yesterday morning and took a potion called Polyjuice that made them look like them."
The three boys looked thoughtful for a moment then Frank spoke up
"Alice already explained that when you were sleeping we wanted to know bout you and Mand?"
Sirius just shook his head and leaned back into the chair. A grunt sounded as a head looked down the stairs. Joseph's hair was all messed and bags lay under his eyes. He took the second chair by the fire and grunted at the boys.
"You get any sleep mate?"
Joseph snapped his head towards Sirius and looked at him.
"Not much I kept seeing Bellatrix change into Ginny and then Ginny's face as she was hitting me telling me I should have known it was her, and oh she's so mad at me."
"Yeah I thought so."
Joseph looked at everyone before he answered.
"Amanda didn't look that mad at you last night though mate."
Sirius grinned sheepishly and looked at the floor. James noticed this
"Come on fess up Sirius what's happening."
"Him and Amanda were nuzzled up on the sofa together trying to eat each other's faces."
"PETE!"
"What you were!"
He sat on the arm of James' chair and all the boys looked straight at Sirius.
"Fine. I don't know what's happening, she was upset yesterday and we sort of just ended up kissing and then Snape interrupted and then we were kissing again and then we found Ginny and Branwen came up here and…"
"You got all upset so Amanda kissed you, then Ginny hit me and stormed off to bed. How come you got the one that kisses when she's upset and I get the one that hits?"
Remus leaned in and rested his arm on Sirius' shoulder.
"So you two an item?"
"I don't know, I mean its Mand. We're just friends. I like her but not like that although I didn't mind the kissing thing."
Frank laughed lightly
"You better make sure she doesn't think you're going out then, otherwise that could be trouble."