Cassie Black (Sirius Black Sister)

Christmas Day

I woke up on Christmas day filled with excitement, I have been looking forward to this for the last week. Wanting to give them a day to remember I had wrapped all of the presents and put them underneath the Christmas tree. I smelt the breakfast that had been put on the table from upstairs. Walking past Sirius's room I heard the sound of someone walking around the room, I knocked and waited patiently. He appeared yawning and mumbling about hunger before I even spoke. Smiling to myself I went after him who for a man who's spent the last thirteen years in prison was pretty swift.

Breakfast was mostly silent apart from the occasional whisper from Fred and George's direction. Everyone had finished and we sat there, I clapped my hands and announced that it was present time. The Weasley children looked shocked as they didn't receive this many presents every year as they saw the piles with their names on them. "Sorry, I think I went a bit over board." I smiled sheepishly at the children and their parents. They all didn't want to accept the gifts but I insisted, Sirius told them not to bother as I always got my own way in the end. Directing the children in the direction of their gifts I sat down on the sofa next to my husband and watched as Masie opened her presents. They all thanked me many times, each time I waved them away to go and play with the gifts they had gotten. I smiled as they all began talking loudly and the Christmas cheer was starting to happen. We each received a Weasley jumper and I made them wear them over the pyjamas. I also forced them to have their photos taken to remember the day.

The day went passed so quickly as we ate dinner together and enjoyed each other's company. Afterwards the games came out and rounds of wizarding games started to appear as we went further into the evening. The clock chimed signally that it was midnight and that we should probably go to bed. I didn't tell them about us going to paint the house tomorrow and for the rest of the holidays, I thought that it would be a surprise.

I got up super early the next morning, it forced me and Max to go out and buy paint and supplies before everyone woke up. I decided to paint the kitchen white to brighten up the play but not before adding a feature wall of a green. We brought a lot of neutral colours so I can brighten up the once dark house. Buying all of these products was going to be expensive but luckily I was a heir to the Black estate and could use the accounts that were available to me. We got home at 11 o'clcok armed with all of the possible products that you could need to decorate a house. I children were sitting in the living room when I announced my idea to paint the house to them. We started with the living room. Removing the furniture from the room and putting it into a different one was the first job. I forced them all to change into old clothes so we could start painting, I knew that I had the best idea ever as they looked excited already. The painting was going to take a lot longer than expected especially since we were doing this the muggle way. I knew that this was going to take longer than a few days and I hoped that we had enough time to complete the project that I had started.

The rooms were becoming liveable over time and with the new coats of paint it became a brighter place to be. The spirits of all of us were being up lifted as the new year came closer, until it was new year's ever and I remembered that the school year was starting up again in a few days and that we should probably get that sorted. I wanted the children to relish in the fun that was provided over the few days that they had been home so they could understand the memories that we had made together. We were staying up to midnight tonight to celebrate the new year together before we depart for different locations. Molly didn't approve of the drinking that was going on around the room with all of the order members as the night went further on the guests got more and more plastered. It was funny and horrifying at the same time. I watched the kids as they ran around and danced to the music that was playing from some obscene location. The evening went well until it was around 3am and all the children had gone to bed a while okay and the party was still going. Many guests were leaving with none drunk partners so they got home safely and didn't share any information that was important to our organisation. I started to lock up the alcohol cabinet to stop any accidents from happening when I decided the party was over. I saw the arguments starting between Remus and Sirius. Everyone knew that it wasn't going to end well seeing as the tension was still present between the two of them. I saw the actions before they had even been taken as I grabbed my brother by the waist and instructed my none drunk husband to end the party. I took him up the stairs and into his bedroom which was a mess. It looked like someone had taken all of their anger out on the objects in the room. I had forgotten that even though he was a nice and lovely drunk he would get to the point where he would start crying. A normal seeing occurrence for the two of us as he would continuously be crying in my presence or on me. He was blubbering about it being all his fault and how he should have protected them from it. I didn't understand the whole point of this but I let him carry on crying, I carried on tidying up his bedroom and fixing all of the different objects that had been broken in there. Smiling at some of the photographs that had been stuck to the wall I turned towards my out of control drunk off his face brother.

I pulled him into his bed and threw the covers over his body as he curled up into a ball and fell fast asleep. I stayed for a while just sat with him and looking at the pictures that were on the wall when someone came into the room. My husband was standing there looking at me with a smile, He put his arm around me whispering in my ear as he took me away from the sleeping form of my brother and into the room we shared. I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow leaving the world of living to the land of sleep.

Waking up after a heavy night of drinking isn't fun but I heard shouting, which was a tell-tale sign of an argument about to start. Hungover people taking part in arguments is never fun for anyone but people who drank extremely bad the night before, well that is going to be much worse. I didn't drink that much as I stopped after a few hours knowing that I was extremely irritable the morning after. Pulling my body out of bed was a task, just as I finished getting myself out of bed my bedroom door flew open and Masie came running in telling me about Sirius and Molly fighting and it was getting seriously. Running down the stairs and into the kitchen, I slipped in unnoticed by the arguing pair as they kept going about various topics. The arguing was getting out of control when Molly started shouting her mouth about his Azkaban imprisonment and how he was still a wanted man. She was basically blackmailing him into submission to keep him quiet. By this point I was angry at the women who had treated my family so kindly. I wasn't even a little bit angry I was full on furious. Slamming my hands down on the table causing the two to abruptly stop and look at me. That didn't stop Molly though she carried on but this time directed her anger towards me. I didn't let her start on me as I cut her off before she could even speak to me. "NO, MOLLY." I started with anger. I felt my insides heat up and my facial expressions turn nasty. "I WILL NOT STAND FOR YOU TO SHOUT YOUR MOUTH OFF ABOUT MY BROTHER AND HOW HE IS A GOOD FOR NOTHING PERSON." She made to interrupt me as I was shouting. I cut her off straight away. "NO, YOU WILL ISTEN TO ME WOMEN, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HOUSING YOUR FAMILY FOR MONTHS NOW. YOUR FAMILY IN THE NOBLE HOUSE OF BLACKS EYES ARE BLOOD TRAITORS. I HAVE BEEN WILLING TO LOOK PAST THAT FACTOR AND ALLOWED YOU TO STAY HERE IN THE ACIENT HOUSE OF BLACKS HOME. YOU HAVE THE AUDASITY TO ATTEMPT TO BLACKMAIL LORD BLACK INTO SUBMISSION AFTER HE IS PAYING FOR YOUR STAY IN THIS HOUSE. I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD KEEP YOURSELF QUIET AND NOT RUN YOUR MOUTH ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU CAN FIND TO SHOUT ABOUT." I felt myself turn into my mother as I shouted about blood traitors and the noble house of black. The hurt was shown on her face as well as her children's face. I didn't back down until she finally apologised over her behaviour and how she had been in the wrong and that she was grateful for my hospitality. I walked out of the room and down the stairs into the basement which led out into the gardens.

I breathed deeply in the smell of the flowers and the London smell, which was unique and made me feel like I was at home. Bending down I reached into a brick and felt around for the cigarettes that Sirius had kept here all those years ago. The brick was magically kept so the elements didn't affect the insides. Pulling out the half packet of smokes, I lit one up and took a long drag feeling the smoke in habit inside my lungs. All of the stress I was feeling was slowly disappearing as I breathed in the smell of smoke. I heard the door open and someone sit beside me. I kept my eyes closed as the person spoke to me slowly and clearly. The pronounced their words carefully and it sounded very scripted. Opening my eyes and looking to my left I saw Severus Snape sitting beside me, looking at the gardens I used to inhabit. Offering him a cigarette, he took one and we both sat there in silence smoking slowly.

 Sorry for the updates being so spaced out, I have no excuse but oh well. I hope everyone is enjoying reading this. I have hit over 1000 read now, bring on 2000. Thank you.

Megan xx