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-Chapter♕♚Thirty-

✧THE DINNER PARTY✧

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It wasn't at all odd for the Black brothers or Rabastan to board the Hogwarts Express at such an odd time of year, better yet, it was all empty and the three could enjoy the simplicity of the ride.

Or, in Sirius' case, tease Rabastan to the endless trials of hell considering he was:

Wrong about his sister getting hurt.

Hated the fact that she was getting married.

And also hated that all this was getting done without him being there.

It was all trivial, but with Sirius being the eldest among them, there was little Rabastan could do to retaliate against him. Even Regulus was safe more times than not.

"I've heard Bella's already been calling her Auntie Rhea, adorable, isn't it?" He teased, and Rabastan tried his best to keep his comments to himself. That this was Rhea's choice, but he absolutely hated it.

"You both don't see any issue with that, any at all?" He questioned, and that certainly caused Regulus to frown. "Why would we?... Uncle's very happy, happier than I've ever seen him. Better yet, mother's—"
"Our mother is going to have a heart attack in the coming year with this, oh wouldn't that be grand?" Regulus shoved his brother in the shoulder and Sirius could only roll his eyes.

He didn't mind staying at the manor for the three days, usually dragged on, but his two favorite people besides Andy were getting married to each other—And that deemed a celebration in his mind.

"Did you get Rhea a gift?" Sirius questioned, and Rabastan turned his head up from his book. Humming along.
"I've got her a load of Chocolate frogs and a bit of jewelry. Not many options in Hogsmead. What did you get her?" Now it caused his hands to sweat, should he have gotten more?

"Siri and I tagged teamed it, I got her a Ravenclaw jumper that says 'Black' on it."
"Hm, and then I got her a Ravenclaw Jersey with Uncle's old Quidditch number on it. Sure he'll love seeing that again." He said with a slight laugh, and Rabastan realized that he certainly needed to add to the gift.

Perhaps he could coax his brother to give him an idea or two, it was difficult enough with the necklace as is. He didn't recall Rhea liking much of anything, and yet hearing the two's gift ideas seemed so perfect.

"Reg, who did you say was picking us up?" Sirius asked, and the youngest of the bunch had continued to look out the window.
"Cissy." The three shared their thankfulness, and the brightest faces only stated how appreciative they were that she had arrived instead of the latter.

"Merlin, you all have grown so much since Christmas. I don't think Rhea can handle that right now." Sirius snickered and Rabastan rolled his eyes, it had been a surprising day when Rhea finally realized that her brother had grown taller than her.

They had all arrived at the Black manor, and Alphard greeted the lot of them with a never-ending smile. Course the panic and nerves were easy to spot from his Nephew's position of it all, and in the mirror of it all, Rabastan held a tight frown.

"You might not like it, mate, but anything was better than it was before. You can't deny that." Sirius claimed, and while it had been far nicer than he needed to be, nor did it deserve the scoff from Rabastan.

It was an endless grouping of people who didn't approve, even now he was starting to see the issue when all the men showed up to greet Alphard as though he was a celebrity.