The next morning the apartment was filled with noise, Lily was up making pancakes while she was surrounded by four boys. Poppy stumbled out of her bedroom sleepily,she recognised Remus and James immediately but had no idea who the other two boys were. One had gorgeous long black hair and was taller than James and his friend but slightly smaller than Remus. He was wearing black skinny jeans and a white t-shirt, his friend had mousy brown hair which fell just above his eyes. He was the shortest and was wearing a red jumper and blue dungarees.
"Morning" A warm voice filled her ears as she approached the counter. Remus and Lily were making breakfast.
"Morning" Poppy mumbled tugging her baggy t-shirt further down her legs.
"I'm Sirius and this is Peter by the way" The long haired boy smiled at Poppy before engulfing her in a hug, despite the surprise she hugged back. James waved at her and asked her how her drive up was and they all made small talk as Lilly and Remus finished making the food.
All of them sat around the living room, James, Sirius, and Peter on the couch, Lily on the floor next to James' feet and Poppy and Remus sat against the wall beneath the window. They ate and made conversation, Lily told Poppy that the boys wanted to come to Ikea too and Poppy didn't protest; she just excused herself so she could go and get dressed for the day.
When she was gone the boys all looked to Lily.
"She's bloody gorgeous" Sirius laughed and Peter agreed.
"She's nice" James beamed and nudged Remus who was a bit thrown off by Sirius' comment. Lily laughed and said this wasn't news to her. The boys offered to do the dishes which Lily gladly accepted. Poppy was dressed and ready to go just as the boys had finished their cleaning.
"Ready to go" She shouted into the kitchen which received a chorus of yeahs. They all squeezed into Poppy's car and James who had somehow managed to get shot gun decided to turn on the radio.
Hamilton came blasting out of the speakers shocking all the others in the car, Poppy reached over and turned the volume down.
"Sorry" she cringed as the others laughed.
"I LOVE HAMILTON" James shouted as Lily groaned.
"He does it is all he sings now, I regret showing him it"
James turned the volume back up and he and Poppy did a rendition of Guns and Ships as the others roared with laughter. They got to Ikea in no time and decided that if they broke off into teams they would get everything faster.
Poppy, Remus and Sirius went to get bedding, towels, curtains and blankets while James, Lily and Peter went to get more kitchen stuff and some more living room furniture. Poppy felt awkward in the beginning but she soon felt at ease in the presence of Remus and Sirius who were both hilarious. The three goofed around Ikea and Sirius danced with an old woman in an Ikea display kitchen, Remus and Poppy stood on the sidelines watching in awe as the old woman kissed Sirius on the cheek and left him dumbfounded on the tiles.
They gathered the rest of the stuff they needed, Remus helped Poppy choose the softest blankets for both the living room and her room because she couldn't decide.
They met back up with the other trio and paid for everything before cramming everything and everyone into Poppy's small car and driving home.
When the got home, they added the Ikea purchases to their apartment before James and Lily left for their date, Peter had to go to a family dinner so that just left Sirius, Remus and Poppy. The three made pasta and garlic bread and curled up on the couch to watch Stranger Things because Sirius had not seen it which Poppy was appalled by. They watched in silence and Poppy began to feel her heavy eyelids falling shut.
A weight fell onto Remus' shoulder and broke his attention away from the tv. He looked down at Poppy and then up at Sirius who was smirking.
"What do I do?" Remus whisper shouted.
"I don't know a girls never fallen asleep on me before" Sirius said standing up and dusting his hands on his thighs. He told Remus he was going home and he had to either stay there with Poppy or wake her up if he wanted to go home before leaving.
Remus didn't want to wake the girl up so he sat there feeling a sleepy sensation washing over him and before he knew it he too was asleep on the couch.
A few hours later, Lily clumsily walked into the apartment and giggled at her two friends, snapping a picture of the two sleeping- Poppy's head was lying on Remus' shoulder and his head was resting on top of hers, his arms sloppily laying over her waist.
Lily just went to bed instead of sending Remus home at three a.m. She got into bed and fell instantaneously to sleep.
