• Romeo, Juliet & Cinderella • | Tomrry

Act. XXXIII. Exposed

Sirius yawns and walks around the tent, tail wagging from side to side. Harriet never gets up before eight in the morning, so it's safe to go to sleep there. Sirius loves James with all his heart, but his morning spirit doesn't fit into that package.

Sirius pushes the cloth away and jumps onto the bed. He has done the same thing for twelve years, which is how long it took Harriet to have a bed for herself that was big enough. His dog-like screech could well be heard everywhere because of how high-pitched it was. Although his fear is no greater than that of the two people in bed.

Harriet covers her mouth and gasps at her, pushing her hand away and exposing her busted lip. Tom rubbing his head from hitting the wall. Tom reluctantly looks at Sirius and calls out to Nagini "Nono! IT'S SIRIUS! IT'S SIRIUS!" Tom distorts the expression more. Is she serious? Sirius climbs out of bed and changes shape, crossing his arms.

"And me wanting to sleep five more minutes... It seems like that was ruled out here." Harriet looks away, embarrassed. She has her pajama shirt on, but not her pants, and Tom has his boxers suspiciously exposed for anyone to see. "And...? Something to say?"

"Well... Things happen?"

"I'm going for James"

"NO NO NO-"

. . .

"I just can't..."

James rubs his temples. Having this talk in private with so many people accompanying is a mess, they could barely find an empty space for those involved: Lily, Sirius, Remus, James, Harriet and Tom. Harriet doesn't know what to do, as if her giant clothes aren't enough to cover her embarrassment, and Tom can't look more irritated, yet serious and almost indifferent. Not to mention that the atmosphere does not help to be calm. There is a lot of scandal outside.

"Be honest, both of you," James demands. "They've already had sex."

"Yeah." Tom responds almost instantly and Harriet just shakes her head.

"And this is why those tubal ligations in little girls are phenomenal. I told you it was a good idea to put it on." Sirius states, rocking in his chair. He wants to take it a little easier than James. He function as devil's advocate. Lily exhales, crossing her arms.

"How long ago?"

"A few months." replies Tom. Harriet is tempting a date near the end of the Hogwarts year.

It's doesn't make sense lying at this point, but at the same time, she has to know which truth to expose. As far as they are concerned, they recently got back to doing things. Which counts as a valid answer to the question, without stating that they have been doing it since Harriet was twelve. That would cause problems. James clicks his tongue.

"You're not five years old and you know perfectly well about this subject, and that it's not something you should be doing," James points out and Harriet bites her lip. "Not to mention that you've had a boyfriend for almost two years and you didn't tell us anything."

"Because I knew you were going to be angry."

"That's no excuse for not telling me." James insists. This still hurts him. Regardless of what it was, Harriet must have said it. At least that's James' perspective, because his daughter trusts him and how is he supposed to help her if he doesn't know what's going on in her life? Harriet, for her part, has a more accurate way of seeing it.

"You were going to tell me not to have a boyfriend yet and since you don't like him, you weren't going to let him come or be in home on my birthday" she explains and Lily shakes her head. Yes, James would undoubtedly have banned Tom from every possible place. "You also think that he can't be good because he has black magic and talks to snakes. Even as my friend, you didn't like him. If I told you that he's my boyfriend... you blew up the house!" Harriet justifies.