Author's note: I have NEWS!!! I decided to make this fic a DU story!!! (DU-daily update) because (including this chapter) there is three chapters left and there are also three days until this fic's birthday so if I update everyday I can finish on it's birthday!
I'm also turning Hogwarts Students Biggest Secrets (if you are going to check it out, please do, read it from the end please because there is no need to read them in order and the first few are so rubbish) and A New Reality (a Remus raises Harry story!) into DU stories too! So I'm going to be so busy, but it means I won't keep readers waiting so long.
Please do still review each chapter though please, because I really don't want my review count to suffer because of this. Thank you so much! This is the very last chapter before Sirius finds out! And we all can't wait for that!!! This is a filler chapter, it's quite short but necessary.
Chapter Eight!
"Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!" The, now familiar, bellow echoed up the stairs where Sirius was sitting in his office desperately trying to write a speech.
Crumpling up the parchment, he angrily threw it into the corner where it joined a whole pile of other discarded attempts.
The stairs groaned as he stamped down them, feeling an intense wave of deja vue.
"What is it!? I am trying to work!" Sirius grumbled.
"Harry knocked over the table and I'm right in the middle of my homework and how can I be expected to concentrate and get Os when I can't even-"
"Okay, Emerald. That's enough." Sirius's voice sounded strained as he turned to his godson. "Harry, did you knock over the table?"
Harry shook his head frantically, his eyes pleading with his godfather.
"He did! He-"
"That's enough, Emerald!" Sirius snapped. He bent down to be eye level with his godson. "Did you knock into it by accident?" He asked gently.
"No! I didn't!" Harry insisted.
"You know I won't get mad if it was an accident." Sirius persisted, almost hopefully. The less fuss there was the faster he could get back to his office.
"It wasn't an accident!" Harry felt dangerously close to stamping his foot.
"I told you he did it on purpose!" Emerald announced victoriously.
"I didn't do it on purpose!"
"Harry, you either did it by accident or you did it on purpose." Sirius cut through the pair of them before they could resort into full shouting mode.
Harry was silent, he didn't do it on purpose and he didn't do it by accident because he didn't do it at all!
"He did do it!" Emerald was getting crosser every second.
"So you keep saying, Emerald. But how come he never does things while I'm around, hmm?" Sirius snapped, finally saying what had been on his mind for a while.
"Because he wants you to like him!"
"But he doesn't want you to like him? Surely he would want to be accepted by everyone?"
Harry tried to pretend he wasn't there. No one seemed to notice he was anyway by the way they simply referred to him instead of speaking to him.
"He wants to get me out of the way!"
"You seem to know a lot about how he's feeling!"
"It's obvious!"
Harry tip-toed towards the door, Sirius and Emerald shouting at each other was scary.
"Are you sure you're talking about his feelings and not your own?"
That made Harry freeze, he spun back around to see how Emerald would reply to this one. She simply looked lost for words.
Silence reigned for a second before Emerald's face suddenly lit up.
"He did do it in front of you once!"
"When!?" Both Harry and Sirius demanded at the same time.
"When he first came! He pushed me over!"
Harry's face reddened at the memory, his very first meeting with the girl and he had mucked it up so badly. Stupid step.
"Emerald he accidentally tripped over the front step and fell into you, it was an accident." Sirius was fast losing patience.
"Everything is in accident apparently, so knocking over my table was an accident?"
"It was an accident!" Harry added, still talking about falling over the step, this being the first time he could say something without interrupting.
"I thought you said you didn't touch that table, Harry? Now you're saying it was an accident? Why didn't you say that ten minutes ago!" Sirius snapped, his voice rising.
"No! I didn't touch the table!"
"So you accidentally didn't touch the table." Emerald scoffed, thrilled the conversation was finally going her way.
"Harry, did you or did you not touch the table? Let's get this finished with so we can all go and do something which isn't quite as pointless as this conversation." Sirius said, trying very hard to keep his voice even.
"I didn't touch the table!"
"So why did you say it was an accident?" Sirius's voice took on a gentle tone now, as his anger evaporated purely out of complete exasperation at the situation and his inability to comprehend it.
"I said tripping over the step was an accident, I couldn't fit it in before without interrupting!" Harry said miserably.
Sirius gave him a quick hug which emitted an irritated huff from Emerald and a smile from Harry. "It's okay, Harry, it doesn't matter if you did accidentally upset the table. It was just an accident like tripping over."
Realising the conclusion Sirius had jumped to Harry exclaimed. "But I didn't upset the table, I'm not scared of owning up, Sirius! I just didn't do it!"
Sirius sighed, he ran a hand through his unruly hair, certain it was greyer than ever before.
"Emerald, did you accidentally upset the table yourself and now you're blaming Harry?"
"No!"
"Harry, did you upset Emerald's table?"
"No!"
"One of you is lying." Sirius remarked flatly. "I have neither the time nor the patience to find out which one of you is though so Emerald apologise to Harry."
"What!?! But Dad-"
"Now!" The impervious tone sounding unfamiliar, even to Sirius.
Emerald glared at him but didn't want Harry to see her told off and so grumpily complied. "Sorry, Harry."
Harry just stared at her in total amazement. Sirius was making her apologise? Did that mean he believed him over his daughter? Maybe that meant he would believe him if he told him everything!
"Do you accept her apology, Harry?" Sirius asked. Getting to his feet and stretching one hand behind to rub his aching back.
"Yes!" Harry felt a big smile creeping on to his face. He didn't even notice the death glare Emerald was sending his way.
"Good, now Harry apologise to Emerald."
Harry's mouth dropped open. "But she just apologised to me!"
"You will both apologise to each other, and then I know that one of you got the apology they deserved. Either for upsetting a table or for getting framed for upsetting a table."
"But-"
"Now, Harry!"
So Sirius hadn't believed him over Emerald after all, he knew it was too good to be true. "Sorry, Emerald."
"That's quite alright, Harry, I expect you can't help it." Emerald smiled widely at him.
Harry gritted his teeth, of course he couldn't help it, the only one who could stop him getting into trouble was Emerald; because she was making it!
"Good boy, Harry. And thank you, Emerald."
Harry got the distinct impression that Sirius was pretty sure that that was where the 'real' apology was. He fought to keep his face from crumpling.
"Now, both of you behave else you will be staying in your rooms when Uncle Remus comes around later." Sirius threatened, before retreating (with a lot of loud stamps) back up to his office and his speech.
Harry smiled, Remus was coming! That meant Emerald would lay off him a bit!
And Remus understood and was nice.
Harry couldn't wait!
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Author's note: Sirius finds out next chapter, which will be out tomorrow! Please press the very nice button below and review, however long or short, it's all appreciated immensely! Thank you so much!
