"Emily! How are you dear?" Mrs. Potter asked, pulling her into a hug.
"I'm good."
"Are these your friends?"
"Yeah, that's Julian, Nora, and Marisa. Also Regulus was wondering if he could stay with us also. He's just a year below James and I."
"Of course everyone is welcome. Your Sirius' brother right? He's told me so much about you."
"He has?" Regulus was shocked. Why would Sirius talk about him?
"Hey mum!" James ran over and hugged his mum.
"Hey mum!" Sirius hugged her right after. "Reg what are you doing here?"
"I invited him. Hope that's okay." Emily smiled.
"Yeah, that's great." Sirius pulled Regulus into a hug causing Regulus to be even more shocked. "I've been meaning to ask if you wanted to move in with us? I know you already said no but I can't imagine anyone wanting to live there."
"I can't. I'm not as brave as you. I would be bullied at school and I would never be able to escape."
"We'll help you. Please."
"We can try." Everyone celebrated.
As soon as they got to Potter Manor Emily went up to her usual room when she was staying there. Everyone could've had their own room but instead the girls decided to all share. They dragged other beds into the room.
"Come on Reg! We have to make your room yours. If you'll be living here it has to match you." James and Sirius were dragging Regulus down the hall.
"I want to help!" All the girls ran to regulus' room.
"Okay! We need James and Sirius to get anything they can find that would go good for decoration. Julian and I will find bedding to match. Emily, you help Mrs. Potter with dinner and Marisa and Regulus can get the room cleaned up." Nora started bossing everyone around as usual.
"What?! You're kidding! Why can't I help Mrs. Potter?" Marisa complained dreading the thought of being alone with just Regulus.
"It's okay. I can clean alone." Regulus looked sad but smiled at Marisa.
"No! You can't clean alone. I'll help." Marisa began cleaning up.
Everyone went to do their separate jobs. After Mrs. Potter didn't need help anymore she headed up towards Regulus' room to see if they needed help. She heard laughing and paused at the door.
"Hey! You just got dust all over me!" Marisa yelled.
Regulus chuckled. "You're fine." He gasped. "Oh it's on!"
"No!" Emily could hear them running around the room laughing.
"Got you!"
"Regulus! Let's go." Marisa whined.
"You got my glorious hair dirty."
"You sound like Sirius."
"No. Don't compare me to him. I'm way better looking than him."
"Yeah, you are." Marisa mumbled. She must have been standing close to the door because Emily heard her.
"What?"
"Nothing."
"Fine, since you won't tell me you can have more dust."
"Nooooo."
"Hey, why are we standing outside the room?" Someone whispered in Emily's ear causing her to jump.
"James! You scared me. Where's Sirius?"
"Downstairs. Julian and Nora are too. They're blushing and look super awkward."
"Awww, that's so cute. They totally belong together."
"Regulus! No more dust!" Marisa yelled.
"What are they doing in there?"
"Throwing dust at each other."
"Why?"
"Who knows." Emily walked downstairs and plopped down on the couch. James followed and sat in an arm chair across from her. She stuck her feet on his lap.
"Why do you insist on using me as a footrest?"
"Because I can."
"Don't worry James. If she uses you as a footrest it means she's comfortable around you. You should feel special." Nora said and stuck her feet on him also.
"I'm honored." James said sarcastically.
"I want a foot rest." Julian and Sirius stuck their feet on James too.
"Guys!" James tried shoving their feet off, but had no luck.
"Is James a footrest now?" Marisa asked as she sat on the couch next to Emily.
"Yes."
"No," James said grumpily, still trying to push the feet off.
"Well In that case I'll just..." Marisa stuck her feet on top of the pile of feet.
"Let me join." Regulus sat next to Marisa and stuck her feet on top of James also.
"You guys are the worst." James spit on their feet and they all quickly pulled their feet back, except Emily who had her feet on the bottom of the pile so they didn't get spit on.
"Ewww!"
"Gross! James!"
"Haha losers!" Emily laughed.
"Why are you letting Emily keep her feet on your lap?" Sirius asked, smirking.
James rolled his eyes. "Because they don't stink."
"My feet smell glorious." Nora said.
"Yeah and I'm-" "if you say your Brandon Sanderson I'll smack you!" Nora said before Marisa could finish.
"Do any of you even know who Brandon Sanderson is?" Julian asked.
"Nope."
"No clue."
"No."
"Huh uh."
"Who?"
"Remus does."
"So stop saying you're Brandon Sanderson then."
"You're the one that said it first." Emily replied.
"Yeah and I regret it."
"Aww, Jules, you don't need to worry. I'll fight anyone who says that again." Nora said in a baby voice.
"Simp." Marisa muttered.
"You're one to talk." Emily whispered in her ear.
"Shut up." Emily burst out laughing causing everyone to look at her weirdly.
"We should play a game." Nora suggested.
"What game?"
"Truth or dare."
"No." Emily responded quickly. She knew Nora too well to not know what she was up to.
"What are we five?" James scoffed.
"It sounds fun." Julian said.
"See, Julian wants to play."
"I don't want to play. I'm kinda third wheeling for all of you guys." Sirius said.
"What are you talking about? Your wife is right there." Emily said and pointed at James.
"I'm out of here. I'm gonna go visit Moony." Sirius walked out.
"Okay let's play! I'll start!" Nora said happily.
"Marisa, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Do you like anyone?"
"You already know that answer."
"But not everyone does." Nora smirked and looked towards Regulus who was staring at the ground.
"Yes, I like someone. But I'm not saying who." Regulus clenched his hand into a fist.
"Julian, truth or dare?"
"Dare." Marisa smirked and Nora regretted suggesting this game.
"I dare you to have Nora sit on your lap until she gets picked by someone other than you."
"Only if you want to." Julian looked at Nora. They were both beet red.
"It's only a dare." She sat on his lap and nearly fainted when he put his hand on her hip to pull her on more so she didn't fall.
"James, truth or dare." Julian seemed to be having a hard time focusing.
"Dare, I'm no wimp." Emily just had to hope that Julian was too flustered with Nora on his lap to do anything that would embarrass her.
"I dare you to do the same thing as me but with Emily." Dang it. Emily fought a blush from creeping onto her face.
"Em?" Emily walked over and sat on the edge of his lap. James couldn't figure out why he wanted to pull her as close as possible.
"Regulus, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Who's the prettiest person in this room?"
"Marisa." Regulus looked at the floor blushing while Marisa stared at him shocked. Then she seemed to remember that there were only 6 people in the room.
"That's sweet Reg. Out of all six of us I'm the prettiest."
"Emily truth or dare?"
"Truth." She was not risking anything.
"What do you think about Lily Evans?"
"How do you know anything about any of that?"
"I mentioned a few things to him while we were cleaning."
"Well I think she's pretty, popular, lucky everything I'll never be." Emily and James seemed to have forgotten that she could get off of his lap now, and no one planned on telling them.
James looked at Emily but couldn't see her face.
"Nora truth or dare."
"Dare." She stood up off of Julian's lap.
"I dare you to stay on Julian's lap until the end of the game unless you have to get off for another dare." Nora sat back down on his lap and he smiled slightly.
The game had continued and everyone was mostly doing truth avoiding dare so they didn't have to do much.
James put his hand on Emily's waist and pulled her closer to him. She got the chills at the contact.
"You don't have to compare yourself to Lily." James whispered in her ear. "You're beautiful just as you are."
"Thanks." Emily didn't believe a word he said. How could he ever think she was beautiful compared to Lily Evans?
"Marisa truth or dare?" Nora asked.
"Dare."
"Oooh, risking it! I dare you to hold Regulus' hand until the game ends."
"What? No! That's embarrassing, he doesn't want to hold my hand." Regulus was staring at the floor but looked up when she said that last sentence.
"It's fine Marisa. It's just a dare."
"Fine." Marisa held out her hand and Regulus intertwined their fingers together.
"See it's not so bad." They were both blushing.
"James truth or dare?" Marisa asked quickly so she wouldn't have to stop her voice from shaking. She was beyond nervous holding Regulus' hand.
"Dare."
"I dare you to call Sirius and tell him you're dating Emily." Emily glared at her traitor of a friend.
"No."
"What?"
"No, I won't do that. I'm not gonna say Em and I are dating if we aren't."
"It's just a dare."
"Then just actually date her." Nora suggested earning a glare from Emily.
"Stop you guys! James doesn't have to do the dare." Emily stood up. "I'm going to bed."
"We haven't eaten dinner yet." James protested, missing the feeling of her.
"I'm not hungry." Emily went up to the girls room and sat on her bed. Tears began falling down her face and she furiously wiped them away.
"Em. Can we come in?"
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry." Marisa mumbled.
"It's not your fault. It was just a dare. James just couldn't even handle the thought of us being a couple." More tears ran down her face.
A/N Told you I would make it up to you ;)