TWO HOURS LATER:
"Yay! All done, and you all look so pretty!" shreiked Nymphadora, smearing on the last bit of pink lipstick on Remus' face.
Lily laughed. "Yes, Nymphadora, they look lovely. You did a great jod."
Nymphadora smiled. "Thank you," she said. "And never, ever, ever call me that again!" She then took her anger out on Remus, who was distracted by trying to rub the goo off of his face, by crawling down on the floor and biting him on the ankle.
"Nymphadora!" Sirius shreiked, ignoring the protests at her name. "Why did you do that?"
'Why not? I know I broke the skin, and all, but it isn't like there will be any new scars! There was already one shaped like a bite mark. Why?"
After a few moments of hesatation, James started to gloss everything over. "Remus has a very naughty pet cat."
"But that doesn't excuse your behavior," Sirius scolded. "You still need to apologize."
"Oh, okay," groaned Nymphadora. "I'm sorry I competed with your cat. I have a question though. Does your cat have rabies? I found a chipmunk in our backyard, once. It had rabies, too. I wanted to keep it as a pet, but my parents wouldn't let me. I put it outside, and my dog found it. Now, it lives in my dog's tummy, happily ever after!
"That's, uh, interesting," Remus said. "And, no, my cat doesn't have rabies. At least I don't think it does. Does it, James?"
"Why are you asking him?" Nymphadora asked.
"Can you keep a secret? Remus asked. Nymphadora nodded, her pink hair flying in every direction possible. "Well, I don't have a cat. You see, James fell down the stairs at Hogwarts, and ever since then, he imagines that everyone has a cat."
"That sounds so cool!" Nymphadora said excitedly. "I'm going to see if that happens to me!" She then ran up the stairs and jumped off the top steps. "I can fly! Wait, no I can't. She then fell flat on her face at the bottom and screamed.
"Uh, did anyone else hear a snap?" James asked as Sirius and Remus rushed over to Nymphadora. It was Lily who took charge.
Lily bent down and started talking to Nymphadora, asking her to wiggle her fingers. After a moment, she whacked Sirius over the head with an umbrella from the troll-leg shaped stand Nymphadora had bumped into previously. "What kind of a babysitter are you?" she shouted. "You just let a five-year-old jump off a full-sized staircase!" She then pulled out her wand. "Come on. We have to make a Portkey." She then whispered into Sirius' ear. "Two things; one, when James have I have kids, you will not be their babysitter. Two, I'm pretty sure Andromeda won't be too happy when she finds out you let her daughter jump off a staircase, resulting in a trip to St. Mungo's because of a broken arm."