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cvi||hangovers & coffee
"How pregnant are you?" Regulus asks as him and Maria enter the cozy home in Godrics Hollow for the one day a week when every one of them get together. Lily Evans-Potter rolls her green eyes with a soft chuckle, leading them down the hall past the stairs and into the living room.
"I'm only twelve weeks." Lily states pointedly. Even in the fitted, grey top she's wearing you can't see any noticeable baby bump yet.
"Prongsette!" Sirius says, thrusting his arms into the air as he sits on the sofa between Remus and James, Remus sighing as he was just in the midst of a heated debate with the Black about wizards chess.
"Did you hear the news?" Peter asks from where he's eating a packet of muggle crisps and watching the television. "Alice is pregnant."
"What?!" Maria exclaims. "Are her and Frank coming? They must be so excited." She gushes as Regulus pulls her to sit down by her hips, the couple squishing onto one of the two armchairs.
Lily sits herself back on the other side of James on the sofa, grabbing his hand and he positions it over her stomach as she leans onto his arm.
"They're spending tonight having dinner and making passionate love—"
"Shut up Sirius! They're just celebrating tonight but they're coming next week." Lily says softly after scolding Sirius.
"How's Mickey?" James asks and Maria smiles slightly at James' first question. She had seen him and Sirius earlier that week since the three where trying to gather a list of what everyone may want for Christmas, since today is the first of December.
"He's good."
"Can you believe that in thirty two days it will be the eighties?" Sirius says, baffled, and Remus rolls his eyes once again, flipping over the page of the daily prophet and reaching into the brown cardigan he's wearing, grabbing a small piece of chocolate.
"No, Sirius, it's mind-blowing how the years work." Regulus states and Sirius scoffs exaggeratedly and snatched some chocolate from Remus who looks at him incredulously. "Imagine how it'll feel for you when we reach the two thousands."
Sirius shudders.
The door rings abruptly and Peter gets up to answer it and they here the loud voices of Marlene, Mary and Dorcas as the girls enter, kissing Peter on the cheek as they file in, leaving him with a bright pink face.
"Bloody hell, can we have some gin?" Marlene breathes as they walk into the living room making Sirius raises his hand in agreement.
Despite Regulus reaching to grab her hips and pull her down, Maria wriggles out of his grasp to Mary who grins excitedly and hugs her tightly.
"You'll never believe the week I've had." Mary gossips as the girls sit on the carpet behind the coffee table, facing the sofa and a few feet adjacent to Regulus who's sat on the armchair. "Guess who I shagged on Monday?"
"Girl or boy?"
"Boy." Mary says with a small eye roll. "Sort of wish it was you."
"Maybe one day Mary, but in the mean time, she's mine." Regulus snickers from where he's sat and they turn to him, amazed as to how he heard. "I've said it like three times now, you girls are so loud."
Maria rolls her eyes at her boyfriend before turning back to Mary, "ummm, I can't think. Do I know him?"
"Yes."
"Sirius? Remus? Peter?" Maria asks and Mary rolls her eyes.
"No." Mary purses her lips before squealing and giving in. "Okay, it was Gideon Prewett."
"No way!"
"Yes way!" Mary says and Maria sighs, taking in the information.
"Was it good? What happened?"
"Well. We were in Diagon Alley. He was so sweet to me when we ran into each other so we went and got coffee." Mary explains to her. "But then he invited me to see what he's working on—since him and his brother build stuff for Hogwarts so of course I said yes! One thing lead to another and. . .we had sex on his desk.
"On his desk?!" Maria gasps, covering her mouth. "I don't think I've even done that." She looks at Regulus who shakes his head. "Nope. We haven't."
"It was amazing." Mary sighs dreamily, her hand in her chin as she's propped on her elbow on the coffee table. "He was so good at everything."
"Can we stop talking about how good it was when Mary shagged a ginger and talk about something fun?" Sirius groans and Lily looks rather offended.
"Sirius, sex with gingers is probably the best thing you could ever experience." James scoffs, squeezing Lily's knee where his hand now rests.
"You weren't even involved in this conversation." Mary rolls her eyes at Sirius who gasps slightly at her excluding him.
"Moving on." Dorcas says, tapping the side of the gin glass she holds. "When's the next order meeting? I hate these secret society rules and shit."
"Uhhh—the fourth. I think." Remus hesitated before nodding surely. "Yeah. And it's Maria's first one."
"Better be good news then." James sighs, slouching further into his seat. "With Regulus' help Moody's been getting better at catching those bastards."
Sirius, who had somehow exited the room without anyone noticing, strolls back in with two bottles of wine in his hands and a large grin on his face.
"I swear you're all trying to rub it in!" Lily groans as they begin pouring wine and James smiles sympathetically at his wife as he hands her a glass of orange juice making the red head sigh exasperatedly and take it.
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Maria wakes the next morning with a a banging headache and she frowns at her surroundings, shaking the person beside her and hearing a groan. Mary McDonald sits up, her curly hair sticking up at all angles as she looks around, seeing Regulus Black beside Maria who's next to her on the floor of James and Lily's living room and Remus and Peter snoring on the sofa, Peter's head resting on Remus' shoulder. Sirius Black is hanging over the armchair, sitting sideways with his back on one of the arms, his head hanging over one side whilst his legs are dangling over the other.
Marlene and Dorcas left the previous night because they didn't want to be too hungover visiting Dorcas' parents.
"Nice sleep, McDonald?" Regulus, who is sat with Maria's head in his lap snickers at the girl. He had not drank much at all, he's never really been one to drink so much to where he passed out on the floor of his girlfriend's brother's living room.
"Shove off, Black."
"You're the one always flirting with my girlfriend." Regulus smiles sarcastically and Mary rolls her eyes with a grin and throws a pillow at him making him groan quietly.
"That's cause she's hot. Why? Sad I'm not flirting with you as well?" Mary feigns a pout and Regulus rolls his eyes.
"I'd rather lick a cheese grater than flirt with you, Mary." Regulus says with a sweet smile and Mary screws her face up slightly, sticking her tongue out at Regulus who does it back.
"Shut up." Maria grumbles, her eyes still closed and Regulus looks down at her eyes she slowly opens her eyes. "I hate when you do this." Maria jumps slightly, seeing him looking down on her making him laugh and kiss her forehead before she sits up. "Jesus, what time is it?"
"It is ten past eleven." Regulus says. "There is a clock on the wall—"
"Shhh, it's too early for you to be so smart." Maria whispers, placing her hand over Regulus' mouth. He gently bites her hand and she smacks him on the cheek gently but hard enough to make him groan.
"You look terrible. Beautiful, but terrible." Regulus mumbles as they sit cross legged facing each other. Maria scowls at him slightly as she stands up and stumbles slightly. "Are we going home now? My back hurts from sleeping on this really uncomfortable floor."
"Yes, yes, yes." Maria mumbles, shrugging on her coat and running up the stairs, smiling when she sees James moving some hair out of Lily's sleeping face. "Me and Reg are going."
"Be careful." James smiles and she nods, waving as she strolls out of the door and Regulus fixes her hair before they walk out of the home onto the street.
"Can we go get coffee?" Regulus questions as they reach the muggle village and Maria looks at him incredulously.
"You could've asked that when we where at James' house." Maria groans and Regulus grins, slinging an arm over her shoulders and pulling her into his side.
"You are so glum when you're hungover." Regulus stated with a smile and she glares up at him through her lashes making him sigh. "I will do whatever you want when you find a way for me to repay you I promise—can we please just get coffee?"
"Anything?"
"Yes."
"Fine." Maria mumbles and Regulus grins as she walks quicker in front of him through the door to the coffee shop on the corner of the relatively busy muggle street.
As they enter, they see that the shop is also quite busy, a few older couples and a group of teenage girls near a window. Maria sighs and looks behind her at Regulus who shrugs his shoulders, strolling over to the counter.
"Hi. Can I have coffee, black, please? And. . ." He looks down at Maria who's beside him and she sighs.
"Hot chocolate, please." She smiles at the man who nods and Regulus pats for their drinks that are handed to them in cardboard takeaway cups and they sit at a table in the corner of the shop. "I hate you for this." Maria mumbles, cupping her hands around the hot cup and Regulus smirks from opposite her. His long legs situated either side of her crossed ones beneath the small table, his leg brushing against hers and feeling a need to have at least a part of his body constantly in contact with hers.
"I love you." Regulus smiles innocently and she bites her lip to stop her smile making him furrow his eyebrows and reach over the table, grabbing her chin and using his thumb to free her lip from her teeth. "Don't do that."
"Why not?"
Regulus is silent for a moment as he leans back in his chair, shifting slightly, "I don't like when you hide you're smile."
Regulus looks around the shop briefly and Maria hears the squeals and whispers of the teenage girls from near the window when he glances in their direction.
"You have some admirers." Maria snickers into her cup and Regulus raises an eyebrow.
"You part of those admirers?"
"Nope." Maria shakes her head as she sips the scalding liquid making Regulus smirk.
"Then I suppose I'll have to make you one." Regulus smirks, glancing over at the girls who are still staring flirtatiously before gripping Maria's cheek and pressing his lips to hers firmly. "How about now?" He whispers against her lips and she smiles and shakes her head.
"Nope."
"I have more fun ways of making you one." Regulus shrugs with a small smirk as he sits back in his chair.
"Oh, like what?" Maria smiles, leaning her chin on her hand as she looks at him.
"Don't you worry your pretty little head about that, sweetheart." Regulus smirks as he drinks some of his coffee making Maria purse her lips.
"I'd like to know."
"Oh, I'll leave you to daydream." Regulus' lips twitch against his cup as Maria blinks. "Don't wonder too far, though, Ria. And bite your lip again we'll have to leave before we finish our drinks."
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as a few of you have requested im working on a remus fic because i too am in love with him :)
hope you enjoyed lovelies!
—grace xx