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"so you've really known harry since he was a baby professor lupin?" ron asked, as if this was his first time finding this information out, his artic eyes wide and vermillion brows raised in faux surprise. 

remus nodded taking a sip of his fruit tea. "indeed i have." 

"so you must have all kinds of stories about him then?" 

remus looked over at the absolutely horrified expression on harry's face and couldn't help but grin. "well now that you mention it..." 

harry's face was such a deep shade of roseate he was resembling a bouquet of peonies. 

"i don't think i have any noteworthy ones really." remus said finally, giving harry a 'your secrets are safe with me but if you don't do your defense against dark arts homework that might change' grin. 

harry let out a breath of relief. while ron looked a little disappointed.

sirius walked over with two glasses of fruit tea, handing one to remus(as if he knew that he'd want another) and keeping the other for himself. "what are you guys talking about?" 

"nothing!" harry said quickly, glaring at ron.
however ron was absolutely starstruck by sirius that he wouldn't have responded anyway.

sirius had that effect on everyone he met. harry remembers one time when his father was complaining to his mother about how when he and sirius were walking together a child had walked up to them and told sirius that he was the "coolest adult that he'd ever seen.
"i was standing right there!" james complained, offended. lily told him that he was "much cooler than sirius" to make him feel better, and even got harry to say the lie as well. 

"this one is your uncle padfoot right? the auror?" ron asked with a whisper. "the third name on the map?"

harry nodded. him being in possession of the marauders map was a secret. it was one of the gifts he had received from sirius on his eleventh birthday and he had solemnly swore not to tell anyone about it(especially not remus). 

ron pulled out his autograph book once more. 

- ♡ -

although ron wasn't told any stories about harry, he was told some highly entertaining ones about his professor snape. ron knew now that he would have troubles taking his potions professor seriously knowing that his nickname was "snivellus". he couldn't wait to let fred and george know. 

"how are you even surviving working in the same place as ol' snively?" sirius asked. 

"he isn't as bad as you think, really. and i don't think you should tell them those stories sirius, that is their professor after all." remus said, polite as usual. 

"isn't as bad as i think? so all those letters that you've sent to me about how you think that he's a-" 

"it seems that we've finished our tea, i'll get us some more." remus interrupted. as he walked away sirius gave him a smug grin. 

"so...are you two putting the map up to good use?" sirius asked. 

harry nodded enthusiastically. "we came across this really cool mirror! it shows you your deepest desires." 

"dumbledore caught us there one time and told us it was called the mirror of erised." ron said. "it's a pretty uncreative name really, it's just desire spelled backwards." harry said. 

sirius's eyes widened in surprise. "dumbledore caught you?" 

harry fidgeted, he hadn't wanted sirius to find out that about that. it was a dumb mistake, he was too busy watching for filch that he hadn't checked the map carefully enough to notice dumbledore. he was embarrassed about it, he wanted his uncle padfoot to think that he was a sneaky marauder too. "we didn't get in trouble..." 

"potter's luck, i suppose." sirius said with a smile. "were you able to find out what dumbledore saw in the mirror?" 

"you wouldn't believe me if i told you." 

"i know that dumbledore is nuttier than a fruitcake, so i wouldn't be surprised if he saw a jar of peppermints." 

"somehow peppermints would be a lot better, he apparently saw a pair of fluffy woolen socks." harry said. 

"woolen socks?" sirius asked. 

ron shrugged. "you can never have enough socks."  

- ♡ -

when the time had come for marlene and dorcas to cut their cake harry was a little sad that something so beautiful had to be eaten. the cake was red velvet, neatly decorating the top were ripest strawberries and blueberries. the frosting was ivory white, fluffy, and flavored of the most sweetest vanilla. the daffodils, daisies and roses made of delicate icing in pastel shades that decorated the body of the cake seemed like they took great care and patience to make. 

marlene had gotten frosting on her nose and dorcas had laughed before kissing it off. after witnessing this sirius 'accidentally' got frosting on his own nose as well. much to his disappointment though, remus handed him a napkin. 

ron, who's ravenous appetite would allow him to completely devour a slice of cake in a matter of seconds, was not eating and instead wrapping up his slice in a napkin and placing it in his bag.

"what are you doing that for?" harry asked.

"i'm saving it for a time when ginny really wants cake-" 

"well that's sweet of you-" 

"-so i can eat it in front of her and watch her suffer." ron finished. 

harry was starting to feel very glad that he didn't have siblings.

- ♡ -

"alright everyone group picture!" mary, another one of harry's aunts with a gorgeous gingerbread complexion, a fiasco of obsidian coils and chicly ruby painted lips. she pulls out a camera that, being a journalist, she always has on her.

marlene applied another layer of cherry lipstick just in case she needed any, and dorcas made sure their hair still had the butterfly clips inside before the couple made their way to the center. after them was an odd man with white candyfloss hair whom harry didn't see very often at parties and didn't know much about, the only thing he knew was that this man's name was xenophilius and he seemed to somehow know dorcas.

ron seemed a little shy, not knowing if he was meant to be included in the picture as well. lily smiled at him. "you're part of the family now too, ron." she said, and lead ron to the center the potter boys following behind. 

a few seconds before the picture was taken, ron spoke through his smile like a ventriloquist and whispered to harry "i still think your mom is hot." causing harry to give him a disgusted look just as the photo was taken. 

🗒 ❛ author's note: ༉‧₊˚✧
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𝙷𝙰𝙷𝙰𝙷𝙰 𝚛𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕! 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚎-𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝚒 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎-𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 ^-^