black and white ✰ g.w.

CHAPTER TWO

When Olivia entered the bedroom she would be sleeping in, she too was overcome with sneezes because of the extreme amount of dust and grime. When she recovered, she saw that there were three beds in there, one of which looked small and new. She asked Catrina, "Are Evelyn and Scarlett sleeping in here, too?"

"Yes, whenever they get here," Catrina answered. "You know Natalia and Aaron. Always late."

Olivia smirked to herself. It was true that Natalia and Aaron Cabot were usually the last people to arrive anywhere, but Catrina didn't have any room to talk. She was often late, too.

A few hours later, Faustus, Fraser, Duncan, Henry, and David finally arrived to 12 Grimmauld Place. From inside her room, Olivia could hear Sirius and Faustus talking and smiled. Faustus had been very subdued since Lord Voldemort's return, and finally having his paternal uncle in his life would hopefully be very good for him and his wellbeing.

It took Olivia a much shorter time to clean her room than most of the others. She was one of the few that was of age and able to use magic to clean, but because of the extremity of the uncleanliness, it took a while even with magic. She was just getting finished when Ginny, Evelyn, and Scarlett entered.

"Livia!" Scarlett exclaimed, running towards her older cousin with a wide smile.

"Scarlett!" Olivia said, squatting down to the four-year-old's level to hug her.

"How is your room so clean?" Ginny asked, looking around the room with a mixture of amazement and exasperation.

With a grin, Olivia lifted her wand.

"Can you clean ours? Please? Bella is rubbish at cleaning and Hermione and I can only do so much. We're getting almost nowhere."

"I'll help you clean your room, Gin," Evelyn assured the redhead. Olivia mentally let out a sigh of relief; she didn't want to have to tell her no.

Ginny smiled at her and patted her shoulder. "You are so good, Evie. Too good for this world."

Evelyn chuckled. "Yeah, okay. Sure."

"Okay so that bed is mine," Olivia said, pointing at the bed nearest to the door. "So I would assume that one's yours, Evelyn." She pointed to the next one. "And Scarlett, that pretty purple bed right there is yours." As Scarlett ran to the smallest bed and jumped on it, Olivia turned to the other girls. "Am I okay to leave?"

"Yeah, we've got her."

"All right. I'll be back eventually." Olivia walked out of the room, intending on going upstairs but instead heard the arguing of familiar voices coming from one of the bedrooms. She walked over to the open door and upon looking in, immediately understood why there was so much bickering going on. "Wow, this room is packed," she said, leaning against the doorframe.

This bedroom looked like it was intended for two beds but instead had five, and four of the inhabitants of the room were currently arguing over which beds belonged to who.

"Really? We hadn't noticed," Fraser said.

"Okay, no need to be rude." She recounted the beds and saw that there were only four regular sized beds and one small one. She concluded that the small bed was meant for Gregory. "Is Faustus not sleeping in here with you guys?"