The Pureblood Princess | Sirius Black

|56| But Why?

Adelaide awoke the day after her fateful fall to the smell of lavender and lilacs. She smiled to herself, despite the great deal of pain she was still in. Then, her eyes fluttered open to reveal several persons staring at her— causing her to catch her breath in fright. She attempted to jerk the covers up over her head, but with her arms being in casts, it was a little difficult.

"Addy!" Cheered James and Regulus.

"Good Afternoon!" greeted Peter.

Remus gave a breathy chuckle at her reaction then wished her a good afternoon as well.

Adelaide looked over to her side to see Sirius drooling in his sleep with their potions text book laying on top of him awkwardly.

"Will someone please throw Dorris at him?" she asked with a slight smirk.

Regulus immediately grabbed the fluffy ball of purple and pitched it toward his dreaming brother.

"H-Hey! What the hell Reg?" Sirius griped, throwing Dorris back at him whilst Regulus chuckled.

"Thank you Reggie!" Adelaide said sweetly.

Sirius fell out of his bed as he tried to get to her. "Addykins! How're you feeling?"

"Like I fell off of a skyscraper." she said nonchalantly. "Is that all for me?" she asked, looking over at the bedside table filled to the brim with cards, candies, flowers, and a purple stuffed bear holding some balloons.

"Yeah... " Sirius said, looking over at the table, pouting slightly with his brows furrowed.

"Paddy, why don't you take the candy." she said with a smile. "It's your birthday after all."

Sirius's face instantly lit up. "You sure?"

Adelaide chuckled. "Absolutely!"

Sirius immediately began digging through a box of Every Flavor Beans.

"So, um... did we win the game?" She asked with an awkward smile.

Sirius just looked at her and rolled his eyes with a smile. "Yes, love. We won the game."

"Well... at least one good thing happened..." she trailed off eyes drifting back toward the many mementoes upon her hospital nightstand. "Hey, can one of you read me the cards?" she asked.

Remus, gladly jumped at the opportunity and grabbed the stack of cards and letters. "Which one do you want to hear first?"

"Erm... depends... Who are they from?"

"Um... well these all look like they're from Quidditch people... Jack sent you those yellow flowers by the way... um this one is from Lily... and...This is from Dollie—"

Regulus grabbed that particular card and threw it directly into the trash bin.

"— Oh this is from Evan! I think he gave you the bear too. Um.... you have a couple letters too... one from Emmeline... one from the Prewetts, and this one from someone named...Rob? Who's Rob?" Remus asked with a slight edge to his voice.

"Oh! Robert Selwyn! He goes to Durmstrang."

"You got a letter from Pugnose McGee?" Sirius said contemptuously with his mouth full of one of her Cauldron Cakes.

"Yes?"

"Why?" he spat with his mouth still full.

"I would suppose he wanted to wish me well... you know on account of me being all shattered to bits and all." she responded lazily. Sirius glared at the letter in Remus's hands, grumbling oaths under his breath. Adelaide decided this was not the time to tell Sirius about how they had become pen-pals of sorts for the past few months. "Please go on..."