Once the morning's cleaning work had been completed, Molly and Arthur called for them all to head to the living room; it was where they had a break, before heading back to the cleaning work. Sirius and Remus ran down the stairs, acting like two school children. They came to a stop at the bottom, composed their expressions and headed into the living room. In there, Ginny and Harry were sat discussing animatedly about Quidditch, with Ron. Hermione, over in the corner by herself, sat looking through her revision notes, trying to get her head around the similarities between Monkshood and Wolfs bane.
Seeing that there was only one empty seat, Sirius remained standing by the door; looking around at everyone, "Fancy a drink?" He asked them as they sat in their groups. Molly accepted a glass of water, while Ginny, Arthur and Harry requested a Butterbeer. "Can't I have some Fire Whiskey?" Ron asked, looking up hopeful, "No!" came his stern mother's reply as Sirius sniggered, by the door. Sighing, Ron returned to the conversation about the Wronskei Feint at the Quidditch Cup the year before. "Hermione, would you like a drink?" Sirius asked her, unsure whether to disturb her while she was studying, she nodded her head, unthinking.
As Sirius stood, waiting for her to answer him, his eyes met Remus', and he had to look away immediately, as he stifled a laugh. "Pumpkin Juice?" Sirius asked Hermione, alerting her back to her senses. Again, she nodded. She appeared to have gained a slight pink tint to her cheeks; a blush. Confused, Sirius headed into the kitchen to get the drinks.
As their Ex Defence teacher, Remus felt it wise to go over and assist Hermione with her work. He walked over warily, knowing himself how important concentration was with studying, "Would you like any help, Hermione?" Remus asked her quietly. Startled, she dropped her notes. "I err...sure, I don't mind..." She stuttered awkwardly. Ignoring this, Remus reached down to organise the notes once more.
At this moment, however, Sirius returned with the drinks. His immediate reaction was panic, when he noticed Remus wasn't in his seat, but as Sirius walked over to hand out the drinks, he found Remus and Hermione studying intensely. Rolling his eyes, Sirius passed Hermione her drink carefully.
Seeing the two men together, reminded Hermione of what she had seen the night before. She glanced from one face to the other, feeling momentarily awkward, as though she was intruding on them again. "T...Thanks," she stuttered nervously. As she reached out to claim her drink. Instead of grasping the glass firmly, the faint orange liquid went tumbling to the floor. Throwing her notes aside, Hermione went to pick up the glass, "I'm sorry..." She said as she summoned a cloth. Unsure what to say, Sirius walked away to give out the remaining drinks, leaving the remnants of the liquid, soaking into the carpet.