Chapter 29 | A Sirius Meeting

                                    

                                          
Matteo and Elektra had found themselves rather busy in a spare broom cupboard in an abandoned corridor midway through Saturday morning. They hadn't had any alone time for quite a while, and El also noticed her lips weren't half as cracked as they used to be because of it!
                          
"Well, I've certainly-" Matt breathed out in between kissing her rosy red lips, "-missed this." El ran her hands through his dark curly hair, bringing him closer to her as their lips danced with one another. She giggled into him, "It's the only time we can get away from, you know- ARGH! I feel dreadful..." She pulled away suddenly, sinking her head as Matt cupped her face. "We don't need to think about him; it's just you and I." He rested his lips once more upon hers, gentle and seductive, biting a little with a hunger for more. His hand caressed her leg, tenderly moving up to the outside of her thigh just as the creaky, wooden door swung open.
                          
"Hate to intrude, but we were supposed to go down to the Three Broomsticks." An irritated and sarcastic Harry Potter stood there, the Marauders Map in hand, trying to look anywhere but where Matt's hand was. 

El immediately pushed Matt off her, fixing her denim skirt, as Matt turned to Harry, smirking his usual grin, "Can't you see she's in the middle of something?" Matt subtly puffed out his chest, loosely folding his arms. Harry shot him a look of despair, "I think meeting her dad, who nearly died over the Christmas period, in case you forgot, is more important than snogging you." Harry snapped, glaring at him as El fixed her hair as quick as she could. She could see how bothered Matt was, but he decided to let out a chuckle instead, "Ah, how protective you still are of her." 
                          
El butted in promptly, shoving an arm in between them as she stepped out of the cupboard, "Okay, thanks, Matt, that's enough. Harry is right; I do need to go." She looked from Matt to Harry, "I just forgot, that's all." She said sweetly to the spectacled teenager. Harry nodded his head, turning around to walk back down the corridor, closing the Marauders Map and putting it back in his pocket as El said her goodbyes to Matt. 
                          
"You don't have to be such an arsehole to him." She gently informed him as Matt stepped out, closing the door. He shrugged his shoulders, "I don't have to be; you're right. But he asks for it." El's eyes widened as she crossed her arms over her chest, "I'm going." She angrily mumbled as she started her quest to the Three Broomsticks or catch-up to wherever Harry had wandered off. 
                          
"Sorry about that." El jogged up to Harry, who had already made it midway down the winding path to Hogsmeade. Harry turned to her casually, "It's fine." He gloomily muttered as El adjusted her baggy jumper. "It's not fine, Harry-" She started, but Harry quickly snapped, "I said it's FINE." He huffed loud, letting go of his built-up rage that bubbled away inside. El stayed withdrawn, not desiring to piss him off anymore than he already appeared to be. 
                          
The Three Broomsticks stood jammed packed with every man and his dog, as Remus liked to say. El scanned the room and saw a casual, half-open black shirt, Sirius with a few loose necklaces hanging down to his tattooed chest. Remus and Slughorn sat next to him, happily chatting away with one another. Sirius had his arm draped across Remus' chair lovingly and protectively just as he caught eyes with his daughter. 
                          
"Hey, Dad!" El greeted them as they strolled over to their table. Both Remus and Sirius looked up, with Remus looking a bit more dejected when she referred to Sirius, who got up from his seat, pulling her into a tight and warm embrace; he smelt of firewhiskey and dark, musky cologne- the usual.
                          
"My darling! I missed you." He kissed the top of her head just as he noticed Harry stood there next to her. "Get in here!" He smirked at Harry as he held on tight to El with one hand, the other open-armed for Harry to walk into the same hug. He hesitated for a minute as El tried to back away, but Sirius' grip on his daughter was firm, which could only mean he was doing it on purpose.

Harry gave in, walking into the hug as his arms wrapped around not only Sirius' back but El's too as they collided into a group hug. El's face squished up against her father's chest as she sarcastically grumbled, "Well, this isn't awkward at all." Sirius chuckled some as he let the two of them go, with El quickly scrambling to find an empty chair. "Why I best be off, I see a reunion is due to take place." Slughorn merrily sung out, too drunk from all of the Butterbeer he was consuming, as he stumbled up out of his seat and waltzed back towards the bar.