Midnight || Sirus Black

chapter 1

Sirius Black had always found trouble, you would say that it was attracted to him. But yet this summer at Grimmauld Place was no different than all the other years. Laying in bed he was throwing a golden snitch catching it and throwing it back up, it was James Potter's, somehow it was misplaced while packing for summer break. Slowly sitting up he had remembered what his mate said right before they got off the train, "Don't worry pads, you can always crash at my place, mum and dad won't mind." He chuckled to himself, he did get quite lonely. With Regulus always in his room studying and writing to his dear Slytherin friends, he had found that him and Regulus not very friendly with each other like the previous years. He missed his brother sometimes but it only lasted awhile feeling like that, knowing Regulus changed a lot over the years and wasn't the same boy who would call there mother an old hag whenever she got mad at the two.

Kreacher, their house elf popped in "Master Walburga instructed you to dress nicely and to be ready to done at the Malfoy's tonight" Sirius just rolled his eyes and got out of bed and went looking through his closet for something in all of his leathers and baggy jeans ripped jeans.

"Tell my dear mother I would rather marry a toad then attend dinner with the Malfoy's."

Kreacher unamused, "Yes master." He popped away with a crack.

"You're going to get in deep trouble with saying stuff like that Sirius." Regulus Black walked into his room. Sirius scoffed

"Yeah, and what does momma's boy want with me?" Sirius had always been a little overly dramatic so when he had his hand on his hips it didn't seem odd at all,

"To tell you tot to piss off anyone tonight and not get in trouble." Regulus felt like a mum sometimes with Sirius.

"Oh Regulus, I'm always on my good behavior." Sirius was pulling on a leather jacket with the pants he already wore, his nails with black chipped polish on them from a lost a bet with James this last year. "No need to worry." The other boy just sighed, he would figure out later, better hearing it from Mother and Father than his brother.

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Esther Malfoy wasn't exactly thrilled with the news that the Black family would be here for tonight's meal. She was hoping she could skip and ask tilly (her house elf) to make a basket of bake goods for her to take out to her willow tree for a night of reading and writing. So know she was in a bath that tilly prepared and was combing out her knotty blonde hair from a day's worth of running around with her one best friend Emilia Nott. The two decided to get out of there houses and be free for awhile, Esther was paying the price with her hair.

"Miss I can help you if you'd like." Tilly offered while putting the rest of the soaps on her bath.

"That be so helpful." She handed the elf the brush, "Some days I want to chop it all off." Her hair was around to her waist, so it was understandable why it was high maintenance, most days it was braided down or up in a braided bun.

"I think is looks beautiful miss." Tilly had worked her magic and there were no more knots. Esther smiled at the elf as she popped away. She finished her bath and made her way to her room to see what her Mother picked out for tonight. It was a long green , with lace detailing. As she got dressed she wandered over to all her jewelry, she found a piece her Father got her for her 16th birthday, a dainty necklace with a white diamond, she had a ring to match that she wore everyday on her middle finger.

Tilly appeared, "Miss requires you downstairs."

"Let me quickly do my hair," Took up he waned and waved it making her hair curled and some makeup on. "Let her know I'm coming."

She quickly scamppered down the stairs to the main hall, to find all 4 Black's where waiting with her Father, Mother and brother, Lucius.

"And you must be the one and only Esther Malfoy." Walburga took Esther in her arms and looked her over . "Oh, my darling, your even more of a beauty in person, isn't she Sirius?" Sirius in returned shrugged while Esther gave them all a tight lipped smile.

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Sirius Black sat in a chair across from the blonde not happy at all. Esther didn't look to happy either. Regulus sat with the too smiling to himself knowing what the two didn't know was about to be dropped on them. The three sat in uncomfortable silence until Sirius broke it,

"So, um." Sirius rubbed his neck. "What do you think about this whole dinner?"

"Rather eat with the rats" Esther had always said things, how do you say, blankly. Sirius stared at the girl

"That could be arranged" Sirius grumbled in his seat. "Suppose your like all the other Slytherins then." He added while sipping some tea Dobby had brought out for the teens. He was in for it now. Esther looked up at him,

"What's that supposed to mean?" Raising an eyebrow she gave him a look,

"Stuck up, rude, prude, pureblood lover, you get the point right?"

"Excuse me" Giving him yet another look, "I am not any of those," She paused when Regulus gave her a look, "Okay sometimes I can be rude but that doesn't matter."

"Sure" He folded his arm. "So you hate everyone then."

"Well, I have two friend, Regulas and Emilia over here is the only sensible ones around our house." Sirius looked at the two back and forth with an accusing look and pointed at the both of them

"So like you two a thing because so far you," He pointed at Regulus "have had a huge smile on your face while looking at her." He pointed his other finger at Esther.

"Regulus can't charm a girl even if his life depended on it, remember the Greengrass girl, he-"

"That we don't talk about." Regulus interrupted before Esther could continue, Sirius looked tickled at the information he was just told.

"Well dear brother, I can teach you how to charm a girl, I'm rather good at it." Sirius smirked at his younger brother.

"Rather not you teach me." Regulus stood up "So I'll leave two be, you know to talk." With that he was right out the door." Little prat, yeah leave me alone with a prat who has slept with well over half the girls at Hogwarts why don't you Regulus. Smart Reg, very smart of you.

"So" Sirius started to rub his neck, "What do you do?" She snapped out of her thoughts.

"Read." She picked up her her book and began to ignore the boy in front of her. Sirius who was trying not to hex the living lights out of the girl just sunk deeper into the chair he sat in until his tall frame basically was on the floor, he started to nudge his foot with Esther's, in response she kicked his shin and tucked her feet under her and resumed her reading once more.

"Bloody hell women" Sirius who was holding his leg glared at the blonde, "Fucking just talk to me." He threw his hands up. She looked up,

"First time a girl hasn't been all over you Black?" She closed her book and leaned back smirking. "Because seems to me that you think every girl is going to be all over you." He just glared at her every harder, she laughed. They were totally in for it.

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