Truth or Dare ✔️

AE - 20

Sirius eyes fluttered open and he instinctively reached his left arm over and felt the cold flat mattress beneath his flattened palm. He leaned up on his elbows and yawned. "Sunshine?"

He was greeted with silence and he yawned and looked around the darkened room. Sitting up, he scratched the back of his head and swung his legs over the edge of the mattress. The room was cold and he leaped from the bed to the floor and trotted to the bathroom to relieve himself, grabbing his house coat along the way.

When he was finished, he looked at his sleepy reflection in the large mirror, sneered and then laughed...he looked rough. There was easily three days growth on his face and he sighed.

"Merlin's balls, Black, you've certainly looked better," he said to his reflection as if it would respond. He raised two fingers and smirked, turned around and hunted the floor for his house shoes. "What the hell happened last night," he asked himself, trying to remember.

He opened the door to his bedroom to watch several of the members of his house staff eye him hard as they passed by him. One of the maids, eyed him with pity as she shook her head.

"Wot," he asked.

"I can ask Leo to make you a tonic for your head Sir if you're in need of one," she said.

"Why? Do I look like I need one?"

"Sir, you were up on the roof last night with Master Regulus, Professor Lupin and Mister Potter howling at the moon!"

Sirius had absolutely no recollection of having done that.

"It took Leo, Luis, MasterAlexander and Mistress Sissa to bring you down..."

Sirius' eyes moved to the left and to the right and his brow raised. "You jest," he said.

The girl's eyes widened and she shook her head. "Oh no Sir! I swear, it's true! You were singing at the top of your lungs some old English sea Shanty songs, yelling toward the heavens that you were the Captain of the SS WolfStar..."

Sirius' brow rose even higher..."WolfStar, you say? Hmm..."

"Yes my Lord...I swear it...we all heard you..."

He felt his face and chest grow hot as he nodded. "Very well, thank you," he said. "Oh and my apologies for keeping you all awake."

"Of course Sir. Should I fetch Leo for you?"

"Is he up and about?"

"I believe so, Sir."

He shook his head. "I'll find him on my own, thank you."

The girl nodded and curtsied and went on about her duties.

He turned on his heel and headed straight for Lupin's chambers. He knocked on the door three times and hearing nothing, he opened the door. He peeked around the corner of the door toward the bed to find Remus naked, lying face down, spread eagle on the large bed. Dora emerged from the bathroom wearing only a towel and she dropped her housecoat, shocked to find her cousin standing in her boyfriend's room with a very red face. He turned his head and motioned that she should cover herself...Dora was a very beautiful young woman and while he was very much in love with Hermione, he didn't particularly wish to see his cousin naked...his gaze returned to Remus lying on the bed and he smiled, remembering many cold nights and even colder mornings of their mis-spent youth.

He looked toward Dora, holding his finger to his lips and took a running start then jumped up on the bed. "WAKE UP MOONY! YOU'RE ABOUT TO BE LATE FOR TRANSFIG!"

Remus jumped up and looked around for his clothes. "Shite! Shite! Shite! Minny's gonna kick my arse! A fucking prefect simply cannot be late!"