Carried on from previous chapter.
We arrived at Alfred's house about fifteen minutes later. The three of us (that's to say James, Remus, and I) froze at the top of the drive way, gaping opened mouthed. Alfred's house is simply huge, built with pale brick blanketed in a thick layer of vines and moss. There were a few worn looking, vintage cars lying unused on the gravel drive. Lily smiled.
"It's lovely, isn't it?" She said.
"Jesus. If you would have told me it was this grand I'd have at least packed my best shirt," James remarked.
We walked forth across the drive and up to the wide, oak front door. Lily grapsed the heavy bronze knocker and banged it against the wood. Behind the rippled glass came the oddly disfigured outline of somebody foreign. The door opened and before us stood a girl who looked quite like Lily, only with a mane of curly strawberry hair instead of thick, dark red locks. Her eyes were green like Lily's but not as wide and sparkly. All in all she was all right looking. With enormous tits.
This girl smiled. "Hi," She said shyly.
"Boys this is Ava," Lily explained.
"James Potter," James announced, bowing low to the ground, sending himself up. God, trust him to try and nick the girl from the rest of us when he has a perfectly good looking girlfriend already. I wasn't about to let him get away with it.
"Sirius Black," I said, knocking James aside to extend my hand, "Charmed." I winked in the manner that usually had Hogwarts girls wetting their knickers. Unfortunately Ava didn't behave as fluttery as I had hoped she would. She simply gave my hand a little shake, whilst her eyes gazed behind me.
"Remus Lupin," I heard Remus say. To this Ava gave another shy smile.
"Of course, nobody calls us all that," James cut in, ruining the moment, "Call me Prongs. And Sirius is Padfoot, Remus is Moony."
"Strange nicknames," Ava observed, "Where do they come from?"
We all stared at each other, horrified. Shit. We were giving ourselves away already. We all looked at Lily desperately, relying on her quick wit and brains to get us out of this mess. She tossed her red hair over her shoulder.
"They most likely stemmed from some drunken hour. With these three, its best not to ask," She said. Reasonable.
Ten minutes later we were all settled in the huge yet cosy kitchen, our bags safely stowed away upstairs. It was awkward for a little while as we all stared in to various corners of the room, smiling politely whenever our gazes met. Then the knocker sounded again and James sprang to his feet. "I'll get it!" He yelled needlessly, running to the door.
A familiar voice called, "Hey!" and the next second Andromeda had appeared. Andromeda and I have quite a bit in common. We're both the black sheep of our respective families, we're both quite attractive and popular with the opposite sex, and we both know how to have a good time. Barely a second after appearing she had whipped out a bottle of wine from her case.
"Bit early, isn't it?" I said.
"Shut up, Sirius. It's never too early," Andromeda resolved. Lily fetched us all wine glasses from the cupboards.
"You didn't see Peter on your way, did you?" Remus asked as Andromeda poured out the wine.
"Nope," She said, "Is he lost?"
"We're starting to think so," James said.
"Who's Peter?" Ava asked.
"Another friend of ours," Lily explained, "He should have been here by now." She glanced anxiously up at the clock.
"I'm sure he'll be here soon. He's probably lost, you know what he's like," James said. He gave Lily a reassuring peck on the cheek.
"Drink up. You'll feel better," Andromeda said. We all took huge gulps of our wine.
And after that, it's all a bit of a blur.
James eventually woke when Lily came creeping in to the room, still in her night dress with her hair hanging messily around her shoulders. She peered over at me to see if I was awake. "Morning," I yawned.
"Afternoon," She corrected with a grin. She crawled on to James's bed, hovering over him to give him a kiss on the lips. Wish somebody would wake me up like that.
James opened up his eyes with much enthusiasm. He grabbed Lily and forced her beneath the covers with them. They both giggled in a sickening fashion, hands fleeing all other each other. James looked over at me. "Erm, Pads, do you want to...?" He nodded towards the door.
"Fucking charming," I muttered. I got up to wander down the corridor in search of more life.
I paused outside Remus's door. He's always been a early bird, so I assumed his hang over had hit him hard. I opened the door with a flourish and was immediately greeted with a cushion, which whizzed through the air and collided promptly with my nose. "Sirius get out!" Remus's hoarse voice yelled. I just had time to snatch a glance at him lay in bed, with, I couldn't believe it, Ava.
"You sly dogs!" I yelled as the door slammed shut.
Still no sign of Wormtail.