Chasing The Stars | Marauders | Sirius Black

53 ~ Yellow, Grey, YELLOW, GREY!

Due to the upcoming arrival of their friends later that day, James and Eloise were collectively having a nervous breakdown ,

"Sirius! Take your shoes off on the carpet!"

"Why are there two yellow cushions next to each other?! It's supposed to go yellow, grey, YELLOW, GREY!"

"Is that a fingerprint on the mirror?"

"I told you to get out the cocktail sausages not the SAUSAGE ROLLS!"

"SIRIUS STOP SNIFFING AND BLOW YOUR BLOODY NOSE!"

"Sirius, Love...That is a polishing rag NOT A TISSUE!"

Sirius immediately blew his nose on it as previously requested and wiped it on the fingerprinted mirror, bored of the reprimanding and maintaining eye contact with his now crimson-haired girlfriend the entire time, devoid of any emotion.

"The fingerprint has gone" he smirked and Eloise snarled and pointed a finger at him,

"I'll be dealing with you later" at that moment James walked back in, saw the mirror, and screamed, walking towards it.

"WHO. DID. THIS?!" he shrieked and Eloise pointed at Sirius who had crossed his arms and looked like a sulking child, "Eloise" James began, his voice wavering with anger, "Break up with him"

"I am considering it" Eloise was still glaring at Sirius whose eyes had widened and he let out a scream of his own,

"I'M SORRY I'M SORRY!" He then began frantically wiping the mirror with his shirt sleeve, ultimately making it worse,

"Leave it" Eloise seethed and Sirius spinted out of the room worriedly, calling for Euphemia as he did,

"MIA! HELP! ELOISE AND JAMES ARE TRYING TO KILL ME AGAIN!"

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The first guest had arrived just as Eloise and James had finished wiping the mirror one hundred and one times over. Sirius answered the door and Remus immediately laughed at his surly expression,

"What's wrong with you?" he asked and Sirius humphed, pointing at Eloise and James who were organising the sausage rolls into zig-zag patterns. Remus laughed and walked over, "What did you two do to make Padfoot look like you stole his favourite squeaky toy?" he asked as he dropped his bag onto the sofa, causing all hell to break loose: The Potter siblings were screaming at Remus in perfect unison whilst James hurled the bag away from the cushions and across the room as Eloise plumped the them back to perfection. Remus then looked at Sirius who was nodding, "Ah, well that answers my question".

The rest of the guests arrived over the space of half an hour, the last being Marlene who stormed in, mumbling something about 'stupid brothers' and 'ate all of the chicken'. After the group had calmed down the hot-headed blonde, they sat in the living room chatting about their Summers. Fleamont and Euphemia walked through, dressed in rather smart clothes,

"Right children" Euphemia said, straightening her coat, "Belle, your father and I will be out until tomorrow afternoon, you're in charge" Eloise laughed at James whose mouth dropped open,

"Why does she get to be in charge?" he whined, and his mother merely looked at him with raised eyebrows,

"James, my darling, why do you think?" she asked with a smile, patting his head as she walked past him, doing the same with Sirius and blowing a kiss to Eloise. Fleamont smiled at his son and daughter before turning to Sirius,

"Don't have too much fun and stay out of my daughter's room" with that he sent a wink to Eloise and followed his wife out of the door.

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After the twins had loosened up about the state of their house, the day had continued rather pleasantly. Aside from Sirius pranking Marlene and earning a slap around the face, and Peter accidentally hitting Lily with the sausage roll that was aimed at Remus, causing James to jump to her defence and a food fight to occur, they had mainly just sat around catching up and drinking Mrs Potter's homemade lemonade. Lily had come back from Spain, very tanned, her number of freckles having doubled and gushing about a boy called Carlos that she met, causing James to let out an involuntary growl. The group were now sat in a circle on the floor, the sky having darkened and Sirius having brought out his stash of firewhiskey that Eloise was trying to be angry about.

"Time for a little game of drink drink strip" he announced

"That's such a shit name I think we can all tell you made that up to see your girlfriend without clothes Pads" Remus smirked causing everyone to laugh and Sirius to run to Eloise pretending to cry.

"Shot to the heart Remus, and you're to blame!" he cried dramatically, quoting the song, before falling onto Eloise causing her tiny frame to collapse underneath his weight. James jumped up to help his sister who promptly threw herself at Sirius, ready to pummel him, however this didn't go to plan when he scooped her into his arms and ran out of the back door giggling.

"You'd think they'd already been drinking wouldn't you?" Lily sighed, a small smile on her face, and a trace of what looked to be longing. James, uncharacteristically, happened to pick up on this, and before she knew what was going on, she found herself in his arms as he ran after Sirius, screaming for him to;
"Wait up! And also, don't shag my sister!" causing the girl to let out a snort as the rest of the group followed them into the forest behind their house laughing and joking about what sorts of mischief the four were getting up to. They all ran to the clearing that Sirius had lead them to, and looking at each other, their faces pale in the light of the crescent moon, Lily and Eloise collectively screamed

"Murder in the dark!" earning confused looks from every other pureblood. Remus and Mary's faces lit up and Eloise and Lily grinned at one another. Ever since Eloise had first visited Lily's house for the holidays, the pair had always met up with some children that Lily knew from the muggle village and played Murder in the Dark. After explaining the rules to the uneducated purebloods, the game commenced. They had agreed no magic, and it was very funny watching Marlene stumble around in the dark, cursing under her breath. Eventually, everyone was found, with James and Lily winning (much to everyone's surprise, they had teamed up) and the friends trooped back to the Potter's mansion.