Dark Beauty /Sirius Black/ [2]

Dark Beauty - 20.

Chapter 20

"I can't believe you're all leaving me next week," Adria sighs, leaning against the archway in the living room and looking over at the teenagers sprawled out on the couches. Jesse and Ramona were visiting until New Years and Adria was more than happy to have them. Much to Sirius' dismay who was terribly protective of "his girls" Adria was still and always would be a hopeless romantic and loved having them, it was always so cute to see them being coupley.

Adria never saw Lia as romantic, even though she knew very well of her crush on Alina she never acted on it but seeing her with Ramona was just so adorable that she had to stop herself from gushing. Currently, Lia was lying with her head on Ramona's chest whilst the girl ran her hands through her blue hair, Lia looked as though she was almost falling asleep and it was just all around cute.

Alina had her legs sprawled over Jesse's on the other couch with her hand in his on her leg and a smile on her lips whenever she caught him staring at her. It was always nice that Alina had someone she loved as much as she loved Jesse, for the longest time Adria thought that Alina wouldn't even care to date anyone and as much as that was perfectly alright, it was clear that Alina was happy with Jesse.

The girl was happy that both Alina and Lia had found people who loved them as much as they loved them, it was always so sad that Lia had to cope with Alina not being able to reciprocate the love she had for her, and now that she had Ramona it was clear that all previous feelings of that nature towards Alina had definitely vanished.

"I don't want to leave," Alina frowned, "I feel like school is just pointless now. The Professors are all clearly worried about the war and half of the students are gone now that their parents think they'll be safer with them."

"Hogwarts is supposed to be the safest place," Adria said, wrapping her cardigan around herself at the breeze floating in through the window, "it's the safest place for all of you. If I had the chance to be protected by the castle again I'd take it in a heartbeat because it's terrifying sometimes. Kids I went to school with have gone missing and Dorcas' parents have taken her and left and it's all so crazy that sometimes the only place you are safe is the place you can't be.

So, if you guys have the opportunity to stay there then stay for as long as you can!"

"I've only got months to go," Lia whispered. She was very evidently scared and not just for the war she had to fight but everything else. Her N.E.W.Ts were coming up and she was terribly afraid of that too because no matter the war she was intending to survive it and she needed to know her future would be secured for her, "and I have nowhere to go when I leave."

"I think not," Adria exclaimed, "Lia this is your home whether you like it or not, you are my best friend and you have lived with us for years and that's not stopping anytime soon."

"But-"

"No buts," Adria said, wagging her finger at the girl, "I don't care if you're only a year younger than me and I don't care if you wish to fight in the order, but you are my honorary child and you will live in this house!"

"Adria!" her head turned at the sound of Sirius' voice and with a frown on her lips at the tone, she held her finger to indicate one minute and hurried into the kitchen, "mails here."

"You don't sound very happy about that," Adria said, walking over to him and wrapping her arms around his waist. Her head rested on his shoulder, pressing kisses to the skin the t-shirt that previously belonged to Benji failed to cover.

"More like...confused," he muttered quietly, "It's a letter from Gringotts."

"Oh," she said, "that's odd. We've been using muggle banking."