Chapter twenty-six - 'A bit, what's that supposed to mean!'
"God I expected you here hours ago how come you're so late?" Sirius asked quickly as Harry, Ginny, Tonks and Lupin came in from the hot sweltering streets of London on the first evening of the Christmas holidays.
"The weathers gone nuts out there. The train over heated and we had to wait ages for the driver to cool it down before we could get into London." Harry explained dropping his case down in the hallway and pulling his stupid jacket off, why he'd thought to wear it he had no idea.
"Wow, I've never known it break down before." Sirius asked in slight disbelief that the arrival of his beloved godson was hindered by something so simple, as a heat exhausted train.
"Have you ever known it be a hundred on the nose less than a week before Christmas in London?" Ginny asked dropping her case next to Harry's, pulling her flip flops out of her hand bag and putting them on after kicking her scruffy trainers off.
"Suppose, is it as warm up at Hogwarts as well?" Sirius asked noting the wet t-shirt Harry had on and baggy lose trousers than never seemed so big on him when he wore them before.
"Yeah but not quiet this bad. McGonagals put a cooling charm on most the rooms so we can carry on with lessons. It's not working to well though, half the students have collapsed with heat stroke. And the rest are just trying to skive, even Hermione doesn't seem to want to concentrate these days." Harry explained sitting down at the dinning room table and running his fingers through his lanky hair.
"Wow it must be bad out there. Are you two stopping for dinner?" Sirius asked eyeing Tonks and Lupin cautiously as he noticed Tonks whispering something funny in Lupin's ear that made him smile naughtily and go pink in the cheeks.
"Err, no I've got to go stand guard at the ministry and Remus says he's got to pick up some stuff for Ron. Haven't you?" Tonks explained as Lupin was fiddling with something back out in the landing before coming back in again.
"Erm, yeah. You know Ron got poisoned up at Hogwarts well he's fine now but there keeping him over night and Molly wants us to pick up some stuff for him." Lupin explained casually as he looked over at Sirius who was eyeing his friend far more cautiously than ever before.
They'd been behaving far too secretly recently together and although he tried his best not to think about it, he was suspicious it might be for the worst possible reason. Remus loved the heat, he always felt much better in it and may have been feeling particularly randy these last few weeks as the weather heated up. Sirius had been rather suspicious of this belief, judging by Remus's odd chirpiness in the morning and the fact that Tonks always looked particularly flushed whenever Sirius walked into a room when they're already alone in it. It had become so obvious these days that as he refused to knock to walk into his own rooms he didn't like walking about and opening door's incase he happened upon something he really didn't want to see then doing.
"I never did hear how that happened?" Sirius eventually asked Harry, who sat down at the table next to Ginny trying not to spill the jug as he poured out some drinks.
"He accidentally ate a whole box of those love potion chocolates and well, it didn't go down too well when he had the antidote. Apparently your not supposed to take twelve different varieties at a time or something like that, we just can't work out where he got them from." Harry explained trying his best not to grin.
"How did he managed that?" Lupin asked.
"Never mind how, who's giving Ron Love-Chocolates?" Tonks asked smirking away and fanning herself, at this Harry started to go pink and suddenly jumped slightly spilling his juice when he noticed something he probably shouldn't of.
"It's not Ron who's getting them, it's Harry. He left then on his bed and went to sleep, Ron comes in to eat some and ends up finishing the box off, like the greedy thing he is." Ginny laughed with Tonks as Harry tried to stop his face from going pink in front of Sirius's wild giddy eyes.
"Who's he getting Love-Chocolates from?" Sirius asked with a glint of youthful madness showing behind his usual gaunt Azkaban stained eyes.
"That's the problem with Ron. Seems a bunch of girls shared a box so they could try and guess his favourite type of chocolate as ya' know, as a test!" Ginny continued hysterically as Harry gave up on stopping his face and preceded to smirk at the thought of Ginny's toe as it slid up the inside of his leg while no one else knew where it was going.
"For the record, I'm going to murder those twins for this. Last week Neville had to be locked in a broom cupboard for a few hours after that Lavender Brown incident and I don't think Dean's ever going to quiet get over the Myrtle and Cho thing." Harry smiled broadly but not because of the memory but because Ginny was attempting to drive him mad by making his heart beet faster than a mouse's.
"Cho? Isn't she that lass from Ravenclaw that plays seeker, you used to fancy the pants off as Ron so delicately put it one day." At this Ginny's toe's sat firmly back on the ground much to Harry's disappointment, honestly Sirius didn't half know how to ruin things sometimes.
"Something like that. She does still play seeker for them I think, when she aint to busy with big-ears from Hufflepuff, or from what Hermione rant's on about. And as for Ron, he's spent the last two hours in my company claiming Snape would look brilliant in a dress and blonde hair and asking me to turn his hair into pink dreadlocks to see if he could get a Firebolt's notice and trust me, you really don't want to know what he was doing with it at the time!" Harry explained, as he suddenly noticed Tonks's hand slide up the inside of Lupin's trousers from behind her while Sirius's attention was firmly on Harry's slightly pink cheeks.
Harry knew this was a blatant lie and only for Sirius's benefit, Harry could see his godfather looked a little more than left out stood on his own. He wasn't annoyed at having Ginny there just this one night, he was just lonely and Harry could see it. But Harry couldn't help it, his head felt like cotton wool at the minuet and he just wanted to make Sirius smile properly and if telling some stupid joke at Snape's expense was going to do it then what did it matter. Sirius however despite laughing at the joke could tell deep down in his heart that Harry was lying to him for his own good, Sirius hated that thought, if people must humour him, particularly Harry he wished he could be completely ignorant of it but he noticed it more and more these days.
"Oh really, I don't know, Snape might look highly amusing in a dress and blonde wig?" Sirius grinned deciding anything to humiliate Snape couldn't be that bad a thing.
"So really, you can hardly believe a word he says!" Harry finished, pleased now he noticed Ginny's leg shove up close to him again, he was missing the stupidly extra warmth.
"Stop that." Lupin hissed so quietly Tonks had barely heard him herself, however she did stop when Sirius turned back to them.
"What time are you off?" He asked totally oblivious to Ginny's hand that had now disappeared under the table to slide up Harry's thigh and make his heart pound and his fortunately baggy trousers bulge.
"Erm, soon, can't stop for dinner tonight I'm running late as it is, what with the train and what not." Lupin explained quickly standing firmly behind Tonks who was conveniently covering something in Lupin's trousers for him.
"Well I might as well be off too, could do with a shower before work to cool off, you know." Tonks explained fanning herself again as Lupin couldn't help himself mutter.
"I bet you could do with something else as well but I bet it won't help cool you down much!" At the time Sirius didn't notice but he did however notice Tonks start flapping her baggy top open around the neck collar so Lupin who was considerably taller could see right down to her bra if he leaned forward a bit, which he did.
"Oh, so it's just us three until tomorrow when Molly gets here." Sirius asked looking back to Harry and Ginny who were looking very guilty indeed, as she also fanned herself a little with her top careful not to allow anybody but Harry see her. This however Sirius didn't notice, as Ginny was just a little girl to him and seemed to drop completely off Sirius's sexual radar.
"When does she get here?" Harry asked leaning forward to catch a glimpse of what was hiding behind Ginny's top as he picked up the jug finding it incredibly hard to resists the urge to through it down her top and start licking it off. Some how though he didn't think even Sirius's easy go rules would allow such a thing.
"Erm, I think it might be about dinner time, she's going to bring Ron when he gets discharged or something from what Charlie said. After that I'm not too sure." Lupin explained.
"The hospitals incredibly slow though these past few days, what with loads of people suffering from heat stroke and dodgy remedies for it." Tonks explained, finally bending forward a bit to tie her shoe lace, showing Lupin the most sexiest thing he found about her, the little curve of her back and then standing up she ran her hands through her hair like Harry does. It always reminded Ginny of a cat and the way it cleans its hair but seeing the look of painful pleasure on Remus's face behind Sirius's back, she knew it was purely for effect.
"Oh well never mind. Do you fancy some salad for tea then and ice cream?" Sirius asked nicely having finally got his head around hosting to the extent he actually enjoyed it more than banging things around.
"Yeah sure, it's too hot for anything else." Harry replied trying to keep Sirius distracted from what might be going off under the table or even the crude thoughts Harry was having as to what he would really like to do to Ginny on top of the table involving both ice cream and the jug of juice sat before him.
Unfortunately for Sirius who was totally out of touch with why Harry might be going pink other than the heat, Lupin had already in a fit of passion, lifted Tonks up on to the table ripped half her clothes off (just as Harry was imagining) and done some rather entertaining things to her, even if he did manage to get her back to his room before going the whole way many times that night until he eventually manage to break a fifty year old solid oak bed (again)!
"Yeah we have to go now. I'll see you some time tomorrow Sirius." Lupin explained as Harry and Ginny kept there mouths shut about the way Tonks had grabbed Lupin by the neck and literally dragged him out the room closing the door tightly behind them.
Although Ginny couldn't be sure, she distinctly heard a little bump not long after the door had closed, that sounded suspiciously like Lupin grabbing Tonks by the legs, lifting her up against the wall and passionately kissing her as she tried to refrain from a night of hot mad passionate loving right there on the stairs.
Harry however was hardly capable of any thoughts other than trying not to grunt at the table and what best he should do first, if ever left alone with Ginny. Sirius, bless his little dirty cotton socks, was just pleased to have his favourite godson back looking although a little thin so happy before him and nothing else.
Flicking his wand so the jug magically filled itself with yet more cold pumpkin juice, Sirius began to conjure up a large bowl of Greek salad and serve it out three ways. Harry seeing his chance to do something totally out of character and reckless, started to pour more juice for the three of them.
"Sirius do you have any cutlery in the cabinet?" Ginny asked seeing none had yet appeared.
"Yes of course." Sirius turned his back and started picking around for three knives and forks while Harry meanwhile dropped several drops of a peculiar orange liquid into Sirius's cup when he wasn't looking.
He nearly spilled the whole thing into it as Ginny started rubbing firmly against his fly knowing full well the temptation and chance of getting caught was driving Harry so wild he couldn't even remember Sirius's name for a second.
"Have you seen Kresher recently?" Ginny asked politely as Sirius took a quick sip from his drink before passing them a plate a piece.
"Erm yeah, I've decided to force him to only go in the second kitchen, his den and the room between the two and no where else in the house unless I call him. He can feed himself easy enough and seems to be a lot less aggressive since I shoved in a few harmless family heirlooms and allowed him to steal a pair of me mum's old sheets. It's good coz I don't have to bother with him unless I need to and well, despite everything, I'm glad he seems a bit happier." Sirius decided calmly.
"Really can't imagine you been ever happy about him?" Harry asked trying to concentrate on his salad while all the time feeling Ginny's toes with there red nail varnish on sliding up his leg again.
"Well I sort of just pity him now and well, god knows I've tried, but I can't bring myself to kill him and I can't send him away, so provided he's not hurting anybody I suppose I can leave him be." Sirius explained gulping down the last of his drink and pouring more out for them all.
"What's this little red thing Sirius?" Harry asked picking up a cherry tomato on his fork and holding it up for Sirius to see.
"Erm that's a..." Sirius began but, thud. Sirius passed out into a deep long sleep, face down in his salad.
"You little devil." Harry grinned at Ginny knowing full well he'd put a super sleeping product in Sirius's dink giggled back pretending to be cross.
"Me? You're the one that did it." Ginny replied getting up and turning Sirius's face into a more comfortable sideways position.
"Well he said last time I spoke that he couldn't sleep in all this heat so I just helped him along." Harry stood up opening Sirius's collar a bit to stop him from over heating and enjoying the feeling of Ginny's uninterrupted hand sliding up his thigh.
"Yes well, still, you knocked him out cold till the morning." Ginny pointed out running her other hand around Harry's neck and up through his hair.
"Well you did say you'd like to have some time just for ourselves, no distractions, nobody popping in and ripping my testicles off screaming 'get the bloody hell off her'. So what you think, did I do ok?" Harry asked grinning madly and pulling Ginny's little waste up so close he could feel each swell and reduce of her breasts against his soft skin. He could feel her heart pounding against him and wondered if in fact it was his own just going twice as fast.
She smiled back at him and moved her other hand up to his neck pulling him down towards her soft wet lips for such a gentle soft intoxicating kiss, Harry grabbed her bottom pulling her close up to his crotch and kissed her so passionately Ginny nearly dragged him against the table next to Sirius and pulled Harry down on top.
Suddenly she made him stop though leaving Harry breathless and so hot he could melt an ice cap. Unable to contain himself he stared greedily at her wet lips and barely heard her in his ear.
"If you come upstairs and behave I'll tell you if you did good or not in the morning." She whispered but before Harry couldn't stop, he'd grabbed her by the arm case in one hand left buttock now in the other and pushed her upstairs to his new room next to Sirius on the third floor. He started kissing her before they'd even dropped there stuff onto the floor and soon had her tight in his arms with uncontrollable passion when yet another urge washed over him making him stop and put her down.
"Err, wait hear a sec, I have to go do something." Harry whispered kicking open his case and grabbing his wash bag he ran into his personal bathroom and slammed the door behind him quickly.
Ginny having thought about this moment for a while now, knowing Harry would only behave in a way she asked him to, pulled open her case dragged out her once old summer dress that was now freshly made with a refurbishing spell and started to pull her trousers down and top off. Pulling the dress on and shoving her other clothes back into her case and pushing them both back into the corner.
Ginny admired her handy work in the mirror and waited for Harry as she combed her hair a bit. It now looked brand new but just as she wanted, ridiculously short showing off her lovely legs that Harry had once called her sexiest asset, until grabbing her bottom and almost moaning peachy down some deserted corridor when they were supposed to be talking to Sirius but happened to be half an hour late getting in touch. Because it was in theory, too small it held her braless breasts in a much more flattering pose making them look far more full and voluptuous than they ever did before.
Harry had meanwhile sprayed his underarms, had the quickest wee possible and now brushed his teeth suddenly decided he might pass out for the heat if he didn't drink some water. Having barely gulped it half down Ginny arrived in the doorway in her pre practiced pose to entice him away. As she curled her hair around her finger Harry pulled his glasses off and pushing her up against the wall. To start biting at her neck and then kissing around the front and up the other side, began nibbling on her ear making Ginny gasp, as he finally lifted her legs up around his slim waste and plunged his face down to kiss the top of her breasts.
Ginny, however annoyed at not being able to kiss him back leaned her head back to enjoy the feel of Harry's hands grope and try to pull her legs tighter around his middle.
"Harry!" She gasped as he dropped her back down on the bed, it was too hard to hold her up and he didn't want to tell her she was too heavy. With one hand feeling her soft scrumptious bottom, the other round her back he finally began kissing her lips and pushing his tongue into her mouth to caress the tip of her tongue. For a moment though he moved away, just enough to saver the sensitive feelings he could imaging that tongue doing just by touching the tip with his own.
Although quiet capable of blowing his top by just one stroke from his sweet redheaded love, Harry reigned himself in as best he could to softly kiss Ginny on the cheek, driving her wild with pleasure by the sudden change.
He didn't want to push her with his randy behavior and had promised himself to slow down like this regularly to check she was still perfectly happy with what he was doing. Unfortunately this merely increased how turned on she was and made her drag him to the bed and climb on top, to kiss him back passionately pulling Harry's shirt off as he kicked off his shoes and socks with his toes.
Pushing him back down on his bed Ginny straddled his lap and proceeded to play with her hair not allowing him to sit up or even touch her anywhere other than to stroke the insides of her legs just above the knees. He daren't move any further up as he hadn't before and he'd never caught a glimpse of her in lacy black knickers like this before. Glasses or not, he knew sexy underwear when it was flashing precariously every few seconds or so at him.
He wanted to sit up to pull her down to him, or sit with her on his lap anything just so he could kiss her slender neck and feel her hot chest rise and fall against his now steaming body, but every time he did she pushed him back.
"No Harry you lay back down there while I just undo this clip." Ginny explained as her hair fell down around her shoulders and she ran her fingers though it gentle just as Tonks had done before hoping for the same love fueled look from Harry, who was already providing it every time he caught a glimpse of her soft slightly tanned legs. It was painted on of course but Harry was too male and too turned on to understand the little secret beauty tips of how to make a pasty girl look golden brown.
"Please let me kiss you. Or are you trying to give me a heart attack?" He whimpered looking longingly up at her with big green puppy dog eyes that could also melt the heart of an angry Veeler, he just didn't know it. Ginny looked down into his big eyes and within moments had him sitting up to kiss her hungrily soaking in every single moment his lips met hers.
But she wanted to feel his hot body closer to him than this and in one fell swoop leaned back so they'd fall backwards, with Harry laid on top astride her leg. With a little encouragement she allowed him to start sliding his hand down her chest, as she found the small of his back running the lightest of fingers down his spine making him shiver all over and catch his breath as waves of tingling pleasure ran up and down his spine.
"You can touch them you know." Ginny whispered as Harry's hand stopped short of squeezing her chest but she'd barely got the words out and Harry was running his fingers over then and caressing as he kissed her neck more hungrily than before. After a moment though he stopped kissing and turned his head down to look properly at his own fingers running in heavy circle around the top of each breast.
"Kind of cute really aren't they!" He laughed fascinated by the way they could feel both firm and soft at the same time. This was partly one of those times when he was trying to control himself better and also he was just so dam curious by them.
Realising Harry was lingering for a reason before moving further forward, Ginny made the conscious decision to push Harry to sitting up which he at first meant stop but soon worked out it was to yank at Harry's stomach and pull his t-shirt up over his head. She'd never seen him topless before, just as he'd never felt her breasts properly before.
"You sure about this?" He asked feeling incredibly self conscious about his white chest and scared body although a little blind to how thin he looked, when he was with Ginny he always felt the bigger of the two but still he still felt a little weedy when he was topless in front of people.
"I wouldn't be pulling it off if I wasn't now would I? I want to feel you warm against me Harry." She whispered, throwing the top aside and pulling him back down to the side of her. He started to kiss her neck slowly like he often loved to do and then moved up to nibble on her ear and smirk as he heard her shudder down her spine as he did.
They were both laid on there sides now as Harry kissed her lips gently and looked carefully into her eyes to see how she felt about him. He knew she liked him but he needed reminding every now and then that this, beautiful young women in his arms, wasn't there for any other reason than she wanted to be.
She didn't speak, she didn't tell him anything but took a hold of Harry's hand and started to run it up the outside of her bare leg as he watched it slip under her dress and rest gently on her knickers which he couldn't help himself but flick slightly with a cheeky grin. After he tried to move it away, but Ginny had other plans and began to run his hand up the inside of her bare leg and neither Harry nor Ginny were quiet sure who gasped harder as she reached the top of her leg and set Harry to gently stroke her knickers that were now wet and throbbing with every breath.
It had never occurred to Harry that Ginny would let him feel her so intimately on his bed after a few months of dating. It had taken him so long to realise how he felt, that now things seemed to be moving ahead to compensate. He watched her face smile with lazy pleasure as he rubbed and stroked pressing harder every now and then and softer, then rubbing merely up and down or around in circles. He wanted to see the reaction on her face as she closed her eyes and just enjoyed it before suddenly sitting up and opening her eyes she kissed him softly holding his face with her hand.
"What?" He asked gently smiling at her and wondering what else he could do to make her lay back and enjoy him so comfortably.
"It's my turn now!' She whispered leaning over so Harry had to stop as she unbuttoned his fly. He knew what she was intending to do but he had no idea what it was going to feel like or whether he'd even like her to do it. He always liked doing things in the shower but also felt a bit shy when it came to talking or joking about it with the other lads but within seconds, he could feel her nimble fingers take a hold of him through his boxers and gently squeeze him, running her thumb firmly from his base to his tip make Harry lie back and gasp as she did.
'Dose little Harry like that?" Ginny asked softly in his ear with another kiss.
"Who you calling little?" Harry replied before gasping suddenly as she did it again but firmer.
"So he does like it." She whispered taking a third squeeze this time but much harder and for much longer up his length and off the top making Harry gasp even heavier.
"I really, really like that last bit!" He whispered as she leaned in closer to kiss his neck. Unsure what it was he liked she repeated the last part slowly squeezing from half way down him and lingering longer as she pressed her thumb over his tip to see him half moan, half gasp with pleasure.
After a while of random wondering around each others body's and a hell of a lot of kissing, Harry thought he'd finally got his confidence together but unfortunately, in his over enthusiastic way to try something new the pair came tumberling off the bed with the sheets near enough stark naked.
"You idiot!" Ginny giggled not troubling to untangle herself from Harry's skinny legs.
"Oi, you were the one that suggested it!" Harry grinned back, pleased he could some how lay comfortable, kiss her and hold basic conversation all at the same time.
"I know, fun though isn't it." She grinned.
"Yeah, err, want to try it again?" He wondered hoping the reply would be a quick yes and he could move naughtily back down her body to hear her gasp when he reached his goal with his tongue.
"Well actually, I though we could try something else.' She smiled rolling her body onto all fours above Harry.
'Maybe we could try something a bit further." She smiled in her odd sweet mischievous way that usually had Harry agreeing to anything, but this time was different, he was actually quiet admittedly, rather nervous.
"Something further?" He mumbled guessing what she was suggesting and puling himself up to seating and unfortunately for his bamboozled mind pushing his chest and lap closer to her body as she sat comfortably just over his knees.
"Hmm. What ya' think?" She continued a little giggly but before Harry could get much of an answer out of her she'd pushed her chest down, to give him yet another slow kiss that just turned him to mush between his ears.
'How the hell am I supposed to think straight when her lovely soft skin and warm wet lips kept making me so bloody horny?'
"Ah, ok." He found himself gasping halfway through, before his arm gave way and his body fell flat against the floor, to only be followed by another intoxicating Ginny giggle.
"What's the matter Harry?" She wondered feeling his damp hot body slide against her equally hot and sweaty one.
"Oh nothing, I'm err..?" He began but didn't really know what to say as slowly they started to shuffle around so Ginny was laid on the floor and he was next to her. He really didn't know what to say now. He'd agreed and she seemed really comfortable with the idea of them together however nervous he felt.
"You sure you want to. I mean, I don't mind if you'd rather wait a bit."
'A bit! What's that supposed to mean? An hour, a day, 6 months or a couple of seconds while I yank me-self together and take the lead like I'm supposed too!'
"Err, I've just not done it before that's all. I'm a bit nervous." Harry found himself explaining softly while his five limbs seemed to be moving somewhat by them selves now, one of them more than the others.
"Neither have I Harry. I'm just as nervous as you are, but, I'd rather it be with you rather than anyone else." She explained earnestly sitting up a bit and slowly helping Harry's face move further and further down onto hers in an attempt to get his body to follow as a result.
"That is rather comforting!" He mumbled with a shrug letting his eyes be completely swollen up by her lips as he started to kiss them again.
"See doesn't matter what we do, how we supposed to know any different if we don't try it a little? Unless you really don't want to that is." She suddenly added as Harry's body stopped and he didn't seem to be quiet as reciprocating in his kisses as he was a few moments ago.
"Oh, no, I want to, well I want to with you that is. Err, just not sure if I'd be any good that's all." He rambled, he knew he was rambling he just couldn't help it from coming out of his mouth.
"What have I got to compare you to?' She smiled urging the last of his body on top of her and rejoicing in the sudden burst of new kisses.
'Please Harry, can we just try it just this once. If we muck it up then its ok, we can stop and go to sleep or something. Please Harry, just let me find out what it's like?" She half moaned as Harry just seemed to give in.
His body wanted to try, he wanted to try, she wanted to try and despite the awful nagging feeling he'd forgot something important he had a go. After all, he'd heard the twins bragging about it more than once or twice so how the hell could he muck it up that much anyway.
"Do you like it?" He found himself half gasping while Ginny grinned up at him and nodded earnestly willing him on.
"Do you?" She whispered back kissing his neck and shoulders.
"I'm still nervous." Harry muttered laying closer down to her chest in the hopes it might be better like that.
"Don't be? This is nice." She mumbled but Harry finally worked out what had been twigging in his head and slowly leaned back from her to pant lightly on his hands and knees.
"I'm sorry." He mumbled quietly sitting back.
"Don't be. What's the matter?" She suddenly asked, looking really worried as he sat back and she leaned up to be close to him.
"I'm sorry, I'm just, didn't want to err, well thing is I, err. Oh, why does this have to be so difficult!" He finally complained trying to look away from Ginny now with out seeming too rude.
"It's ok Harry it doesn't matter. Err, we can stop if you want to?" She soothed sure everything would be ok if she didn't push him. He'd been so understanding to her and never once even suggested doing something he thought she might be uncomfortable with. She felt the least she could do was be the same now, despite the more than tiny feeling of disappointment she had at them stopping.
"I don't want to but I, I do, I think..?" He half mumbled sitting round next to Ginny and pulling the sheets back over there laps.
"Oh, well, it doesn't matter Harry. We can lay down now. Go to sleep if you want, I had fun tonight Harry. I like being with you, but I don't like it when it's uncomfortable so I'd rather just stop before it does.' She tried to explain fiddling with her hair bit nervously, the only thing that seemed to be flashing through her head is that for some reason he didn't want her.
'Err, maybe we could have a go another time completely. Not sure when, but maybe we could try again some other time." She smiled until Harry decided if he didn't know what to say maybe a kiss would help.
"Ok, that would be good. Err, you don't mind do you, but I'm a bit err, worn out." He mumbled still trying to keep control of everything.
"No it's ok, we can lay down now if you want. And I'm a bit tired too ya know, I've hardly slept at all this week with all this heat." She smiled as Harry quickly yanked his boxers on and laid down next to her pulling the sheet up as she cuddled up to him.
"Are you sure you don't mind?" Harry muttered rolling his head over to be next to Ginny's neck.
"No, don't be daft, I love you to pieces why on earth would I mind?" She mumbled quietly, as he closed his eyes.
"Love you two." Harry mumbled half asleep now as his body just seemed to want to crash from hyper-sensitive to absolutely unconscious.
"Morning Harry?" Ginny whispered seeing Harry's eyes wake up next to her.
"Morning!" He mumbled back smiling when he realised she was kissing him again.
"Did you sleep ok?" She whispered back when her lips weren't quiet so busy with his.
"Yeah, pretty much. Bet Sirius slept well though." He quickly added seeing Ginny giggling at him.
"Yeah, err, you don't think he's going to be too cross with us do you?" She wondered cuddling up close to him.
"Nah, he could do with a good night's kip and besides, like him and my dad wouldn't have done something as daft as this themselves?" Harry decided, fishing around in the pile of clothes for his t-shit and jeans.
"However, I think it might be a good idea to get dressed and stuff before he comes looking. He may be really rather easy going about some-things but he'll be bloody annoying if he thinks he can find summet funny out from me about you." Harry explained picking around the pile for the rest of his clothes.
However annoyed Ginny was to see Harry picking his clothes up to get dressed again she looked at the bedside clock and knew that really he was right. The last thing she wanted was Sirius coming upstairs and walking in on them even if they weren't doing anything much at the moment.
"Oh ok, well, erm, remember on the train you said you'd help me dye my hair err, will you still do that or was that in case we weren't doing anything else?" She asked a little cautiously pulling the sheets up tighter around her little chest and tucking her hands under her knee's.
"Err, yeah your mum shouldn't be here until later and well, I'll still do it if you want but, err, do you mind if I have a quick shower first?"
"No not at all, I'll erm, get dressed and stuff and then I can wash it into my hair." She smiled as he quickly sat down next to her, gave her a kiss, grabbed some clean underwear and a t-shirt from the draw and disappeared into the bathroom for a quick shower. Ginny dug around and found her clothes and hair dye and was only just doing her blouse up when Harry emerged a little wet around the edges but fully dressed and rubbing his hair dry with a towel.
"You look nice in that." He decided smiling guiltily at how tight it seemed across the chest when she didn't have her lemon vest top on over the top.
"Thanks. Err, do you want to put it in now because it takes about fifteen minuets to do and well, I kind of wanted to get it done before mum could really do anything about it."
"Its semi isn't it?" Harry wondered sitting down on the bed next to her and gently taking hold of her hand in his.
"Yeah well if it looks awful I want it to come out before school but if it looks alright Tonks knows a permanent charm that will do it properly. No offense Harry but I really don't want you trying to dye my hair permanently one colour, coz it can look a right mess if it's done wrong."
"Oh well, I don't think you'd ever look a right mess in anything, but yeah I can understand. Err, you might want to take this off though if this is gonna be brown dye then I don't want to ruin your top." He had meant it purely in a practical way, but then as soon as it had come out Harry realised just how dodgy this could sound after last night.
"Oh ok. But err, as much as I love been half naked and with you Harry, do you mind if I wear a t-shirt or something in case Sirius comes up?"
"I really didn't mean to come out like that honest." Harry tried to smile but not until he spotted Ginny's little grin did it come to his face properly.
"I know, but even if it did I don't mind, long as you take yours off too." She grinned standing up to un-do the button's on her blouse which Harry found stupidly made him blush.
"Err, Sirius, wake up. Sirius you crazy twat wake up!" Lupin asked carefully rocking Sirius's shoulders as his face was still side on in last night's dinner and he seemed to be snoring far louder than he ever did before.
"Oh would you look at that, he's fast to sleep. Now quick give me a kiss Remus before he wakes up, I wanna go before Molly gets here." She grinned rapping her cold fingers around his neck and pulling in for a kiss.
"Huh!" Sirius suddenly jumped sitting bolt up right and rubbing his eyes as Tonks was quickly pushed off by Lupin to stand firmly next to him like they'd just been trying to rouse him or something.
"Oh you're awake. Sirius, its half past eleven what are you doing still laid down here where we left you last night?" Tonks asked cautiously seeing his eyes slowly come back into focus and the frown form again above his eyes.
"What? Huh? Err. What?" He stumbled out rubbing his eyes and yawning to find a piece of damp lettuce stuck to the side of his face.
"Err, have you been down here all night?" Lupin wondered looking at the surprisingly empty seats of Ginny and Harry which clearly had two plates of barely touched dinner in front of them exactly like when Tonks and Remus had left some many, many hours later.
"Err, have I been sleeping in pile of salad?" Sirius wondered wiping a bit of source off his forehead now.
"Yes Sirius you have. Did you take a sleeping draft or something?" Tonks wondered recognising the apparent un-focused vision of Sirius's eyes.
"Err no, I'm sure I didn't. What, I've been down here all night?" He continued to wonder looking a bit lost as he did.
"Yeah, seems so." Lupin explained sitting down at the table next to Sirius and flicking his wand so some of the left over plates started cleaning themselves up.
"Err, where's Harry?" He suddenly asked sitting up straight and becoming much more awake.
"Err, probably still upstairs. We haven't seen him this morning." Lupin explained as Sirius yanked himself to his feet and started striding over towards the door and up the stairs.
"Err, Sirius try not to err?" Tonks began grabbing hold of the back of Sirius's shirt to stop him half way up the stairs.
"Try not to what?" He snapped impatiently.
"Barge in when you're really not wanted!" She finished carefully as firmly as she could.
"What?" He blinked sure Tonks was the one not making any sense.
"Look just knock and be a bit err, patient, he might still be asleep." Tonks sighed as Lupin released she knew more than she was telling and Sirius's knew less than what was sensible.
There was a gentle knock at the door as Harry quickly let go of Ginny, he knew for sure it'd be Sirius wide awake now and was just grateful she'd got dressed properly after rinsing her hair through and then stopping half way through drying to make out again.
"Harry you up?" He asked knocking on the door waiting half a second then pushing it slowly open to see Harry and Ginny looking really rather guilty standing in the middle of the room.
"Yeah I'm err, did you sleep well?" He asked smiling weakly as he tried to think of something to say quickly. When he was honest the more he thought about it now, in that blink of a half a minuet's silence, Harry wondered that Sirius might not see the amusing side of this, and it might not have been such a good idea after all.
"Ooo, that'll be the door bell!" Tonks grinned disappearing down the stairs to let in what was no doubt going to be Mrs Weasley.
"I'll help." Lupin added quickly nudging Sirius in the back and following her.
"I'd best go see mum." Ginny decided sneaking quickly after them and not daring to look too much at Sirius as she pasted.
"Morning Sirius." Harry finally sighed as it was clear he needed something a bit more than a kick in the back of the knee to wake up properly.
"Morning Harry, did you get a good night's sleep?" He asked firmly wondering into the room and standing to face Harry as he bashfully rubbed the back of his head and look daringly away from Sirius and his painfully polite features that seemed to be hiding a rather evil mind at times.
"Err, yeah it was ok." Harry replied carefully not really quiet sure what to make of the situation.
Although Sirius was quiet happy to lark about most the time with Harry, he was beginning to wonder that really deep, deep, deep, deep down somewhere, he might have a strong parenting streak in him. One that didn't like the idea of Harry sneaking sleeping potion in his drink, so he wouldn't be able to interfere with anything Harry might want to do with a girl alone all night long in his room.
"You idiot!' He finally snapped in an odd quiet voice complete with a little slap round the back of the head.
'You left me bloody well sleeping in the salad bowl! All night long, I've got a sore neck now!" He grumbled giving a third little whack for good measure.
"Well it was quiet a strong mix she had and well, you just sort of zonked out.' Harry explained deliberately keeping further away than Sirius's arm's length now he seemed in a slapping mood.
'Well you looked so bleeding tired and the good night's sleep isn't going to do ya' any harm now is it?" He continued ducking another little whack.
"Where the hell did you come up with such an idea like that anyway!"
"It wasn't me, it was her idea. I just sort of went along with it. And besides I couldn't help it I was far too bloody horny to be thinking straight anyway." Harry snapped annoyed Sirius seemed to be somewhat mocking him offensively for the first time ever rather than actually telling him off, this was as bad as Dumbledore's painful silence.
"Thinking straight..? You put bloody sleeping draft in me dinner."
"Actually it was ya drink." Harry quickly put back not sure if this information was really necessary or if Sirius was really rather cross with him at the moment or just winding him up.
"Arrgh!' He finally half growled turning half way to the door.
'You're as bad as you're flaming father sometimes! Least you left me in the other room." He complained yanking the door open and starting to the stairs. Harry however, after standing rather confused for a second quickly followed Sirius in the panic that he might do some thing drastic like drop a hint to Mrs Weasley as a punishment.
"You're err, not that cross with me are you?" He asked as he finally caught up with the confused godfather on the stairs.
"No I'm not cross with you Harry. Just a bit annoyed that's all." He grumbled.
"Oh, well, oh. How can you not be cross with me and yet be annoyed?" He finally asked a little thickly but easily received a thick answer so it didn't matter.
"I dunno, I get board sometimes. I don't want you bogging off to the Burro or something."
"Yeah well Ron doesn't really like the idea. He gets a bit difficult some of the time. Well most of the time. Well actually he pretends she doesn't exist and slaps me over the head a lot when ever the thought occurs to him." Harry explained as Sirius finally turned to look at him with a little bit of his smile.
"Wonder what he'd think to this then?' He continued with a rather dirty grin.
'Wonder what Molly would think too?" He added tapping his forehead gently.
"Don't you dare you crazy board Pooch!" Harry added quickly and for some stupid reason jumped on to Sirius's back as he was about to reach the door.
"Ah, so determined to stop me are you? That sounds like a guilty conscious to me!"
"What you on about Sirius? I just don't want you embarrassing her that's all, she has enough problems with her mother at the minuet and I don't want you making it worse!" Harry argued, not troubling to let go as Sirius continued down the rest of the stairs. Sighing heavily when he reached the bottom, Sirius let Harry drop to the floor and turned to face him.
"Tell me basically what you were up to last night and I'll keep me gob shut! Don't go into any detail I'm not that interested Harry." He added seriously on the end, as Harry sort of half smiled and shrugged.
"We were just talking and stuff." He eventually replied.
"Not that much lack of detail!" Sirius groaned with another little whack over Harry's head.
"Well what do you expect me to say, I was just having a bit of fun while you were asleep." Harry shrugged still really rather pink in the cheeks.
"Fun Harry. I refuse to believe you spent the entire night talking and occasionally giving her a little kiss on the cheek. After all, you're not Remus!"
"Err, no I've been hearing a little bit about his err, fun stuff.' Harry explained but Sirius quickly put his hand up.
'Snapped a bed post or something like that?" Harry half mumbled.
"I really do not want to know about that Harry. Anyway, I'll pester you about it later when they've gone. But I'm sure I'll see that annoying woman sooner or later so I can easily let any old things slip out.' He grinned scuffing Harry's hair up a bit and pushing the door open to be suddenly hit with a wall of shouting. Something had set his mother off and Sirius found himself yet again yanking the curtains shut over her, only to have them wrenched open by the clear bellowing of Mrs Weasley at Ginny in the old dining room.
'What the hell's got into her now?" Sirius grumbled giving up on his mother and striding into the room to be met by Tonks looking really rather cross and pale.
"Err, I think you best get the fireplace ready for them to leave." She whispered, quickly coming over and half hiding behind Sirius's ragged form.
"Oh err, ok. What the hell happened?" He whispered back seeing Ginny's hot face glaring back at her mother as the shouting continued.
"Err, a variety of things but Ginny's nice hair set it off." Tonks replied as Sirius started to move away and set the fireplace up so they could leave safely and hopefully to him, soon.
"Oh, thanks. I did that, but I don't think now would be a good time to brag about it." Harry quickly put in with an odd smile.
"Oh well you did a good job how did you do it?" Tonks explained trying to ignore the bellowing from the other end of the room.
"It's a muggle sort of semi-permanent she got from some girl at school, I just rubbed it in and helped her rinse it out this morning." Harry explained looking longingly over at Ginny who was trying her best both not to cry and not to let Harry see how humiliated and upset she was, before bellowing back the moment her mother stopped to take a breath.
"Well maybe if you took more of an interest in me I might come and talk to you about things, but as you're so determined to shove me out the family like you did Percy then can you really blame me! All I did was try some hair dye out and you finally start to notice I exist, maybe if I'd done it sooner you might have started to notice me! And I don't care what you say, I like it as it is and I'm not changing it back!" She shouted even worse then when she was shouting at Ron, it was clear the bellowing stubbornness hadn't fallen that far from the tree in the Weasley family.
"Oh yes you are, you little stroppy madam! I'm not having you walking around looking like that! You look a right state, you used to have such nice hair when I got to do it, but now you always have it scraped back off your face or dangling down in your eyes! At least Bill keeps his stupid hair clean and tidy. YOURS always looks a mess!"
"My hair is clean you stupid old hag! And I like it the way it is!"
"When we get home, I'm going to sort that mess you call hair out and dye it back to its natural colour?"
"I'd rather chop it off than let you get your hands on it!" Ginny bellowed back gripping her wand firmly in her hand behind her back.
"Don't be so ridicules Ginny!"
"Oh you don't believe I would do it!' Ginny laughed puling out her wand and eyeing her mother rather dangerously.
'I'm sick of your stupid hand me down worn out, old fashioned clothes. I'm sick of you treating me like some silly little girl with no brain. I'm not like you, I don't want to spend my entire adult life sticking my nose in other people's lives because I'm so miserable with the mess I've made of me own.' She bellowed firmly, before standing square on grabbing all her hair tightly in a pony tail lifted her wand up and bellowed again.
'Curanto!' So all the hair came off in her hand. Then holding the length in her hand she through it in her mothers face shouting as she did.
'There, if you want so much control over it then you can have it." Striding over to the fireplace all ready and waiting she dunked her hand into the floo pot dropped it in the fire and disappeared back home.
"Don't you dare walk a way from me you stroppy little madam!" Molly bellowed ignoring the hair and striding after her. Ginny however was very quick to get out the fire place on the other end, so after quickly hugging Ron to see that he was ok and locked herself in her room crying her eyes out before her mother could catch up to her.
"Blimey, she's either very brave or intending to move out soon." Sirius sighed re-setting the fire place so no-one could get in and extinguishing the flames with his wand.
"Poor girl, all that just because she died her hair.' Lupin sighed sitting down at the table and rubbing his head from all the shouting.
'It looked alright didn't it?" He wondered turning to Tonks who immediately agreed with him. Harry however had gone over to pick up the remains of Ginny's hair so he could give it back to her later as a sort of keep sake present. She's like that he was sure.
"Err, well I don't envy that house today. Even if they do have a big garden to stroll around in." Sirius decided standing next to Harry to see if the sight of Ginny so obviously upset despite the lack of tears had disturbed him too much.
He may not like the idea of Harry indulging in adult themed evenings with her but still, it was clear he cared about her a lot and Sirius had every intention of talking to him about her rationally, when he finally learned how to talk about embarrassing things rationally with his friend and maybe practiced a bit on Tonks.
"Erm, I'm gonna go lay on me bed and read or something." Harry mumbled quietly, looking away from everybody and heading towards the door. Sirius however thought this might be his fault from before.
"Harry I'm really not bothered about before, and I don't mind you leaving me to sleep down here. It was rather funny really and I had a good night's kip. Best night I've had in ages." He explained, quickly following him as Harry stopped at the door.
"I'm glad, I didn't mean to upset you." Harry mumbled again shrugging and sighing heavily.
"Look err, it's the first day of the holidays why don't we do something fun. I've done all the cleaning and stuff and put some decorations up but maybe you'd like to help with the tree, it's looking a bit odd in all the sunlight." He continued not wanting to loose Harry just yet.
"Err, maybe later. I'm kind of tired at the moment Sirius. We could do it later, after dinner when I've had a bit of a nap. It's too warm to be doing much now anyway." He explained aware his back was wet with sweat and just how tired his eyes were probably looking.
"I guess you do look tired and it is really rather warm down here. I had to put Kresher in a cold bath yesterday morning coz he couldn't cope. Really hard to resist the urge to drown him like, but still, he used to be quiet ok with hot weather.' Sirius explained as Harry merely smiled weakly, shrugged and headed up to bed once he'd put the remains of Ginny's hair in his bedside cabinet.
'What's the matter with him?" Sirius asked in his mundane way, when he finally gave up on the Christmas tree to sit down with Lupin in the sitting room.
"Sirius, he's probably just a bit mixed up at the moment, and tired, now try and stop worrying, he'll be up soon and then you can start the holiday properly." Lupin explained trying to sound as honest and comforting as possible, but the fact that Harry had now continued to refuse food and had laid in his bed pretending to sleep for nearly eight hours, seemed to be making it difficult for him. Sirius however looked at Lupin and had to admit even for Harry, he was behaving very oddly.
"Do you think I should try and talk to him or something?" Sirius wondered, looking at the clock in the corner again.
"Well you can try but try but be a bit careful about it."
"Careful about it, what you on about!" Sirius snapped, annoyed that Lupin had that look again, like he was going to say something Sirius might not want to here.
"Well remember it's not James you're talking too!" Lupin sighed carefully leaning away from Sirius now.
"What's that supposed to mean! Of course I won't forget who I'm talking to, honestly Moony, you're beginning to sound like the dratted Molly Weasley!" He complained, it was obvious Harry wasn't James they were far too different.
"That's not what I mean. I know you won't forget, it's just, he might be a bit shy about it and less likely to give you a load of gory details."
"Shy? What for, I'm not going to laugh at him!" Sirius snapped but finally after seeing Lupin's very annoyed and pointed look, gave in to his stubbornness and started to understand better.
"Sirius, you're old. I know you don't like to admit it but you're old enough to be James he might not feel comfortable talking you about her that's all. I mean Harry's not like you, he'd probably talk to James like he was a normal dad, and well your not James, you can be a little confrontational at times."
"Well I suppose so, and I'm not old! But I guess I am a lot older than him. And I suppose in his warped little mind he'd probably think me and you are rather past it now because were same age as Prongs and all. But I won't laugh, girls are confusing, so of course he's gonna struggle. I'd rather him ask me stuff than have some girl getting him all worked up and confused. I always remember Hogwarts girls been so bleeding difficult!" Sirius grumbled, before finally putting a few things on a plate, making a glass of juice appear and headed into Harry's room with a bit of a forced calm air.
"Harry are you awake?" Sirius asked softly closing the door behind himself and putting the plate down on the little desk. He sat down on Harry's bed next to his long lanky legs and waited for some sort of reply.
"No." He grumbled from under his pillow.
"Well wake up I wan to talk to you!" He sighed poking the pillow a bit to work out where Harry was laid.
"No.' He continued to grumble until Sirius gave in and yanked the pillow as best he could from Harry.
'Oi!" He squealed tried to grab it back.
"No Harry, I want to talk to you. Now sit up, I don't want to sit and talk to a bleeding cushion Harry!" Harry merely tried to shuffle back down in his bed but Sirius was surprisingly persistent and wouldn't give in until Harry sat up in his slightly sweaty t-shirt. The pillow pulled over his knees, which he'd tucked up under his chin and the blanket pulled tightly round his shoulders to create a little cocoon for Harry to hide in.
"What?" He sighed ready to listen to Sirius who felt far more uncomfortable now Harry was staring straight at him with surprisingly dark eyes, to say he'd been laid in bed all afternoon resting whether asleep or not.
"Well you've been laid in bed all day Harry and you look awful. Did you get any sleep at all last night?" He finally asked a little bluntly seen as Harry had let his head fall sideways on his knees so he wasn't making eye contact with Sirius any more.
"Of course, I went to bed!" Harry complained yawning slightly.
"To go to sleep?" Sirius persisted.
"Yeah, well eventually. I've just been a bit tired recently that's all." Harry finally grumbled wiping the horrible claggy feeling off his forehead.
"You still feeling down then, since Dobby left you to sleep all day?"
"Yeah, it's probably just cold or something, you don't have to fuss."
"You just don't seem yourself that's all. I thought you'd at least come and have some tea with us?"
"I wasn't hungry."
"Well I brought you something to have now your awake."
"I'm not hungry."
"You haven't had anything to eat all day Harry. You have to eat something."
"No I don't."
"Yes you do, you can't just lay around all day and not eat. If your ill then you'll need something in ya or you'll not get any better."
"Suppose!" Harry grumbled letting his legs lay flat and the blanket fall off so he could pick at the plate Sirius had brought him.
"You're looking ever so thin again Harry?" Sirius wondered aloud seeing Harry's bed wear hang well off him compared to how he looked in the summer laid in it. Sirius was sure lads were only supposed to grow over time. Harry however merely scowled at the plate in front of him.
"Don't start going on about that again Sirius! It's so annoying." He grumbled.
"Harry you look thin, how often do you skip meals these days anyway?"
"I dunno, once in a while when I've got work and stuff to finish." Harry shrugged becoming increasingly uninterested in his food the more he picked at it.
Sirius however wouldn't be fazed quiet yet and every time Harry tried to give up on eating, Sirius merely pushed the plate back at him. This continued until he looked ridiculously worn out and had at least eaten half the food. Only then did Sirius's stubbornness give in, and disappointedly left Harry to curl up tightly in his bed while Sirius explained it to Lupin what he was thinking and allow Lupin to put it into words so any normal person would be able to understand. It was always a bit of a challenge but after a couple of hours Lupin could usually decode most of Sirius's grumblings and explanations.
"So you didn't really ask him about last night then?"
"No I chickened out and he seemed so tired. I know he's probably just laid there wide awake but he won't tell me what's wrong. He just keeps repeating that he's tired, he's not hungry and he's fed up of feeling so crap all the time and that's it."
"Oh, so do you think he's been like this since he went missing for the day up at school." Lupin wondered, it was only after this incident that Remus suddenly noticed Sirius's outward worry. Mainly because he was continually been asked for his opinion on it despite having very little to go on other than what Sirius told him.
"Well yeah, but then he must have been getting pretty bad in the first place for Dobby to hide him away in the room of requirement mustn't he. I mean, what the hell's been going off at that place, if he's not well then wouldn't some one have noticed?"
"Harry's stubborn he might, which he probably dose, have far too much pride to admit he's feeling under the weather and refuse to admit how fed up he is. Look he's asleep stop worrying Sirius. So he'll be a bit tired and lazy for a few days and sleep. As long as you let him get some rest, make him eat regularly and keep a close eye on him I'm sure in a few days he'll feel much better and you can play what-ever stupid game it is you like playing and finally stop worrying about him looking a bit dodgy." Lupin explained supportively.
"I suppose. But why does he have to be ill now when I get to see him. I don't mind looking after him when he's not well, because well, it comes with the job description apparently. But I just wish he wasn't that was all. I get board stuck talking to you all the time." He grumbled lounging back on his chair and picking at his teeth with a stick (as yet again, Lupin had cooked steak for tea and Sirius had had to re-heat his for a quiet bit longer so it didn't look quiet so bloody and rare!).
Not long later after Sirius had carefully, without receiving any information he might not want to know about, found out about how Remus and Tonks were doing together these days, he was disappointed but satisfied that he wasn't going to get to hit Lupin with a two-be-four any time soon and eventually slouched off to bed hoping for better look next time.
He wasn't exactly tired from doing a day of not much and after having a quick bath merely pulled a book out he'd found on Christmas Crafts. Sirius wouldn't dare admit to anybody else, but he'd secretly been trying to make his own stockings to hang under the tree. As he hadn't quiet managed to get the lettering right yet, so daren't hang any of his attempts up incase Lupin guessed they hadn't simply been re-worked or transfigured from old socks like the rest of the mish-matched Christmas decorations.
Harry had been laid in bed what felt like hours half awake now and was totally fed up with been ill. It was Christmas and he felt like his arms and legs would drop off if he even sat up a bit. His head felt heavy and his stomach felt empty when he finally yanked himself up to try and drink some more water.
Harry was kidding himself that he thought it would help much but decided to drink some anyway. It never seemed to help much before but as expected, he sat up took a few sips of water to try and cool his face down with, had a momentary relief from his dry mouth and rushed to the toilet to be sick.
It only came up as watery liquid with the odd bit of undigested lump in it but Harry still felt awful and shaky afterwards when he washed his mouth out and staggered back to bed. This time however rather than been greeted by Ron's usual snores once he'd finally laid his head back down, he heard the sound of Sirius's gentle heavy feet move across the landing to softly put his head around the bedroom door.
"I'm just going to bed, are you feeling any better?" He asked carefully seeing Harry's awake face looking back at him from the pillow. Even in the dim light Sirius knew Harry looked pale and although it was obvious to Harry he'd just been sick, it was nothing new to him so Harry didn't see the trouble to worry Sirius unnecessarily who wasn't quiet sure.
"Not really. Might feel better in the morning when I get some more sleep."
"Ok, shout if you want anything I'm only next door and Remus won't hear you if you're worried about waking him. He's usually pretty def when he sleeps these days."
"Ok. Night Sirius." Harry sighed rolling back over in his bed and leaving Sirius to sulk disappointedly back to be bed. He was sure he heard the sound of Harry vomiting and flushing the toilet, he just didn't want to accuse him of anything if he was just going for a leak or something and Sirius had got it all wrong again.