I do not own Harry Potter...sadly, but I do love getting reviews. :)
Sam
"Sam wake up!" Kaelin yells at me. I sit up groggily. "Sam, the train leaves in twenty minutes and you're not even packed!"
"Wha-" I start. Wait. Twenty minutes? I jump out of bed and begin throwing my stuff haphazardly into my trunk. Christmas break! I couldn't wait to get home. Christmas at my house was always fun.
"Hey Kaelin?" I ask absently while brushing my tangled hair.
"Yeah?" she calls from the other room.
"Do you know if Padfoot is staying with me or James?" I ask. Normally, he stayed with me, but I thought I'd ask in case he changed his mind after the kiss.
"Doesn't he always stay with you?" Kaelin asks. So she would be no help. I guess I'd have to ask him myself.
Fifteen minutes later, the six of us were getting on the train. I looked back at the castle one last time. I'd miss it, but I was glad to be going home. I'd be back in just two weeks. Not to long.
With six teenagers, the compartment is a little packed, but we manage. I sit across from Sirius not really thinking about it. Kaelin sits next to Remus of course next to me.
I won't go into detail about the train ride. Let's just say it's crazy. When we reach Platform 9 ¾, I still hadn't asked Sirius if he was coming to my house. Oh well, I'd find out soon enough.
My trunk was heavy with all the Christmas presents I'd thrown into it, and when I took it down from he rack above my sea, it almost fell on top of me. I did end up falling, and landed hard on the ground.
"Need some help?" Sirius asks laughing at me. I reach my hands out expecting him to help me up.
"Thanks," I say when I'm off the ground. Sirius just shrugs.
"You're coming to my house right?" I ask holding my breath.
"Of course. Unless you don't want me," he says.
"Of course I want you to come!" I say laughing. "Help me carry this." His trunk was already on the platform, so he took one end of mine, and together we dragged it off the train.
"I think your trunk is heavier than Kaelin's!" he complained.
"Well sorry for wanting to buy everyone Christmas presents!" I say. My parents stand off to the side with Kaelin's looking out of place. Even after seven years, they still aren't completely comfortable with the Wizarding world.
Kaelin and Remus are talking to her parents. Kaelin's dad doesn't look too happy, and I'm assuming they are telling them about the whole boyfriend girlfriend thing.
My parents smile when we come up. "Hi honey, how's your year been?" mom asks hugging me.
"Great. We won our first quidditch game!" I say excitedly.
"Yeah, and then Sam spent a night in the Hospital Wing!" Sirius says laughing.
"Hey! That wasn't my fault!" I say.
"Yes it was! You completely ignored my warning!" he retorts. Dad laughs.
"Nice to see you to are getting along so well," he jokes.
"What happened?" mom asks worriedly as we head to the car.
"I got hit by a bludger and fell of my broom. Sirius here caught me, it was nothing really," I say.
"Yeah, because a broken arm is nothing," Sirius says.
"Well, I'm glad Sirius was paying attention at least!" Dad says.
The car ride was much the same filled with constant chatter from my mother. "I heard there was a ball. Did you two go?" she asks.
"Yeah, I went with Jase," I say. "He's in my Charms class."
"Sirius where were you?" Dad asks in that how-could-you-let-my-baby-girl-go-with-a-date kind of voice.
"I went too, but I didn't have a date," he says. He doesn't seem to be enjoying the conversation too much, so I change the subject.
"Where are the boys?" I ask referring to my ten year old twin brothers.
"At school. They don't get off until tomorrow," mom says. Yes! A whole day with no twins!
We pull into the driveway a few minutes later, and I jump out of the car. My dad opens the trunk, and I almost fall again trying to get my stuff out. Sirius laughs helping me once again.
I try to grab the other end, but end up dropping it and we both fall on the ground dropping the trunk on top of us. We just laugh trying to push it off. "How much does this thing weigh?" Sirius groans pushing it off of us.
"Quit complaining!" I say taking one side. I step back into a patch of slippery ice, and once again, I fall.
"Clumsy much?" Sirius laughs, catching me. I look up at him laughing. His arms are warm against the cold air, and I don't want to move. We stay like that for a few minutes until I see my parents watching us.
I quickly stand up getting my trunk and dragging it into the house. I ignore my parents amused looks as I take my stuff up to my room. I'll be hearing about this soon from my mother.
I don't bother to unpack and run back down the stairs. Sirius is in the kitchen with my mom. "Where's dad?" I ask sitting down at the breakfast bar next to Sirius.
"I think he's in his office," mom says. She's making lunch.
"What's for lunch?" Sirius asks.
"Always thinking of your stomach Padfoot?" I ask laughing. He laughs.
"Sandwiches," mom says. "Sorry, no gourmet meals today."
"Let's go outside," I say. Sirius nods following me. We go outside and over to the big oak tree where we first met. I climb up into the tree.
"So, we've got two whole weeks. What do you want to do?" I ask as Sirius climbs up into the tree with me. I settle back against a thick branch.
"Eat your mom's amazing cooking, spend time with one of my best friends, and enjoy being away from my family," he says cheerfully.
"What's your family like?" I ask. I've never met them, and he hasn't told me much about them. Sirius looks away hesitating.
"You don't want to know," he says.
"Yes I do. You're my best friend, and I don't know anything about where you came from!" I say stubbornly.
"They're not the kind of people you'd want to meet," he says. "They hate muggleborns, and anything that could soil their beloved name."
"Do they support the Dark Lord?" I ask.
"They support him, but they don't follow him. They don't do anything that would make them do actual work,' he says. "Regulus, is different. He's one of his followers."
"He is?" I say. Sirius nods.
"My parents were so proud when they found out. That was the same night I left last year. The same reason I won't ever go back," he says sadly.
"What happened that night?" I ask. I remember that night clearly.
Until then, Sirius had only spent a few weeks with us before school started in the summer. It was late when I heard the knock. I opened the door to find Sirius standing there with his trunk and broomstick looking absolutely crushed. I never questioned him about it. It always seemed like a painful subject for him, but now I had to know.
"It was a few days into summer when Regulus didn't come home one night. My mother was frantic saying it was my fault. I was the one who forced my brother to leave. My father told me what a worthless son I was. How I would never be anything like Regulus.
"I blew up at him, screaming about how Regulus was a murderer. How he supported the man who wanted to kill people because of their birth. I told them I wasn't proud to be their son.
"They said I was ungrateful. That they'd given me everything, and I just threw it all away. I'd had enough. I threw my stuff into my trunk and grabbed my broom. Just before I left, I saw my mother blasting me off the family tree. I swore than and there that I would never go back to that place.
"I had no plan when I left, so I flew here. I thought about going to James', but I remembered that fist day we met. How you're family accepted me without question. This place has always been more of a home for me than my parents' house ever was," Sirius finished.
"I had no idea things were that bad," I said quietly. He shrugged.
"It's gone now. I don't ever have to go back," he says.
"What happened to Regulus?" I ask.
"I suspect he was on a mission for Voldemort. He came home eventually," he says.
Neither of us says anything for a while. Finally, I spoke again. "Padfoot," I say. He looks up at me. "Let's make this the best Christmas ever okay?"
He smiles. "Okay," he says. Just that one word makes me believe it really will be.
As of right now, I'd say I'm about halfway done. That could change in the future as i get more ideas though.