Wands and Wishes

Racing The Wind

"Morning Riss." Sirius greeted as he took a seat beside her.

"You seem in a good mood." She commented, pushing her eggs around her plate.

"Are you still worrying about your exams?" Sirius asked, putting his hand on top of her head to ruffle her hair, "I told you, you have nothing to worry about!"

Iris flinched and Sirius pulled his hand away immediately, a frown replacing his smile as his stare hardened on her. His arm had been fixed with no problem but she had spent three days unconscious in the infirmary because of what Severus did to them - the official story being that she fell down four flights of stairs. Her head had been sore ever since and she avoided the Slytherin common room whenever she could and even took to eating all her meals at the Gryffindor table.

"Still tender?" He asked, grabbing a few things to eat.

"Yeah." Iris answered, running her fingers gingerly over the sore spot, "I hope the pain goes away before the summer holiday."

"You better not be thinking of using your head as an excuse to stay home." James teased as he took a seat across from them.

"You can't get rid of me that easily." Iris retorted with a small grin.

"We won't be doing anything reckless, just in case." Lily added as she took the open seat beside her sister.

"Speak for yourself." James, Iris, and Sirius said in unison.

Lily pursed her lips at the three of them but said nothing more as she grabbed some fruit to eat. Now that she was distracted Iris was actually able to eat before she was forced to go to class.

"So you're parents know that Sirius and I are coming, right?" James asked, digging into some sausage and eggs.

"No, we thought we'd surprise them." Iris sniffed.

"I see someone woke up on the exam side of the bed this morning." Eridanus said as she took a seat beside James.

"You're like this every year Iris, you can't deny it." Ronan chimed in, taking a seat beside Eri, before Iris could even open her mouth.

The other Gryffindors had scrunched up their noses at the new comers but after a month it was hard to say that they weren't used to it by now. Even the professors had stopped trying to get them to separate. The seating arrangements changed each time but they had all become close enough that it didn't matter.

"Hey where are Remus and Peter?" Ronan asked, his plate already piled high with food.

"Remus is in the infirmary, he isn't feeling well, and Peter is about somewhere." Sirius answered, "While were on the topic of the summer holiday Eridanus, what does our dear old mum have planned this year?"

"The usual attempt at keeping me away from my friends but I'm actually thinking of following in your footsteps." She answered, pausing in her assault on toast to look at him, "Things are getting worse."

"There's plenty of room at my place." James suggested sympathetically, "My parents won't mind, they love having people around."

"Thanks." Eri sighed then added some jam to her toast.

"My family is thinking of taking a trip to visit our relatives in Ireland." Ronan said dejectedly, "It means I'll have to deal with my cousin Erin."

Everyone laughed at the expression on Ronan's face, he must have truly hated his cousin to be making such a face. Before they had a chance to further discuss their summer plans it was time for class.