to me, you are perfect

Chapter Four

It's Christmas Eve, and Sirius is holed up with James, Regulus, and Harry in James's house as they all attempt to learn French together. Harry gets up every few minutes to go entertain himself with whatever it is that he does, but the older men keep at it, determined to get Sirius semi-fluent before he ventures back to France to see Remus again.

"I just need to get a speech prepared. If I know all the basics, which I somewhat do, then I just need to tell him that I love him and think he's my soulmate." Sirius says, his voice joking but not fully.

James slaps his back with a smile.

"We'll get there, Pads. We've got Professor Reg to help us, anyhow." James winks at the younger Black.

Regulus is already almost fluent in French, the intelligent bastard. Sirius and Regulus's parents had made them take French as children, though Sirius never stuck with it, opting more for sports and things of that nature, Regulus liked French. That means he's become the unofficial teacher for the other two. James is of course learning French in solidarity with Sirius.

"Okay, let's write down the speech you want to write, and we'll get to translating it," Regulus says, his patience already wearing thin when he's around the other two.

A knock sounds on the door and they all look at each other in confusion. Then James's face clears.

"I forgot Lily is coming over today! Shit, she's bringing Pandora too." James says, rushing to the front door.

"Lily's here? And with Pandora?" Sirius looks at his brother in confusion.

Regulus shrugs, not having a chance to speak to Pandora since the day before. The door is opened and Lily and Pandora rush inside, both of them carrying multiple gifts. James hugs them both and smacks a kiss on both of their cheeks.

"Lily, my darling, we may have forgotten that you two were coming but it's alright! We'll just order out and watch a movie while we pass out gifts, yeah?" James's face is a little frantic, clearly thrown by the other two.

"Oh, James." Lily laughs, setting a hand on his shoulder. "Where's my son? Harry?"

The boy in question runs out of the hallway, happily jumping into his mother's arms when he hears her voice.

"Mum!" Harry cries as Lily peppers his face with kisses.

"Hello, my love. Are you having fun with your boys?" She asks, sending amused looks at the other men in the room.

Sirius notices how Regulus's face flushes a bit when she grins at him. Huh. Strange.

"Why, of course, he is! We're all learning French for Padfoot." James announces happily.

"Vous apprenez le français? (You're learning French?)" Pandora says.

"Holy fucking shit!" James bellows, looking over at the other boys with awe.

"Language, James!" Lily scolds.

"Ah, wee old Harry knows not to repeat after me. Don't you, bud?" James ruffles his son's hair.

"I do not repeat anything Dad says because he has a foul mouth," Harry confirms.

"That's my boy!" James laughs loudly.

Sirius is laughing alongside him, standing to hug and kiss Lily and Pandora. Regulus follows suit, pulling Pandora away after he greets the two women. Sirius watches them as they talk in hushed voices, obviously catching up.