Dark Beauty /Sirius Black/ [2]

Dark Beauty - 17.

Chapter 17

Christmas day came quickly and the Hopkins couldn't deny their excitement. It was wonderful for Adria to wake up at four to Jude who was carrying on her tradition of waking up the ones who got the presents, and when he pulled on her hand to get to the living room, seeing the amount of presents he had as well as everyone else, everyone was ecstatic for the day.

Sirius was going on and on about the night of Christmas, saying that part of Adria's present was a date just for the both of them, and to say she was excited was an understanding. She loves spending time with Sirius, he was her best friend as well as the boy she was in love with so having dates with him weren't only cute, but also incredibly fun and everyone was better than the last.

Adria and Sirius made pancakes the morning of Christmas, it was the one thing everyone could all agree on collectively without anyone fussing over not liking something or not being in the mood to eat it and even though, regardless of Adria's words, everyone was fussing over her, she actually was able to help Sirius who was making sure she kept out of any trouble.

The two had an eventful day, going to Alfie's to see Mila and drop of Jude so that he could get even more presents, and then going to James and Lily's to see everyone, which resulted in even more presents for them. Neither of them knew where they were going to put everything they had but Adria was excited for her night with Sirius because of the most beautiful dress that Lily had gotten her. It was red and flowy, down to her knees and perfect to wear under her winters coat that getting ready for her evening with Sirius was fun.

He wanted to do something fancy so that the both of them could forget about everything in their lives and pretend to live as though they were like one of those "muggle celebrities that the tv box is always yapping on about," Sirius said, earning a laugh from Adria who kissed him plenty of times to know that she was more than grateful.

She didn't need a fancy restaurant to have a good Christmas, in fact she didn't even need presents. She always wondered why her parents said they barely cared about presents at Christmas when it was one of her favourite things but she realised that the gifts she needed in life weren't materialistic objects that she could own, it was Sirius, and Jude and her friends and family, those where her gifts that she would cherish forever.

"You look gorgeous," Sirius whispered, seeing her jump down the last step and almost slipping on the heels she wore, allowing Sirius to catch her with a shake of his head as he stood in his suit that would put any muggle celebrity to shame in the eyes of Adria.

"So do you," she grinned widely, holding his head in her hands so that she could kiss him, "and I don't care if you look manly, or handsome or any other masculine way-"

"No, gorgeous works," Sirius smirked, slipping his arm around her waist, "it's not too cold, would you like to walk?"

"I think that would be lovely," she grinned, reaching for her coat on their small coat rack and quickly slipping it over her shoulders, "you know, Sirius, you could've gotten me fudge flies and I would've probably cried out of gratefulness, I love you and you don't need to get me a fancy dinner."

"I know, I know," he nodded, keeping her close as they walked down the driveway, "but I wanted to do something special, I wanted a night away from work and stress and everything that has gotten us down simply so we can enjoy our winter holiday."

"Well it's been wonderful so far with you," she leaned her head on his shoulder, "I just hope it's not all posh twats who think they're better than everyone because they drink wine and have money."

"Well they're not better than anyone, really." Sirius shrugged, "I think in fact, it's the opposite."

"Well if they're being judgmental because they think they're better, then I definitely think it's the opposite." Adria nodded.