Sirius tilted his head to the side a lazy smirk forming on the corner of his lips “Time got away from me” that was always his excuse for everything. He had received a few detentions and a few house point docked because of that same excuse. He ruffled his short hair slightly and only a drop or two seemed to come out; he still had to get used to the lack of hair on top of his head. He strolled over and sat across from Remus on a chair leaning forward placing his elbows on his knees as he looked across. “An eventful night?” He wasn’t really sure what Remus had meant by that. He furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at his friend rather confused. Sirius wasn’t really sure what could have happened that Remus had come to him to talk about it.

Remus wasn’t the type who usually ended up with eventful nights; now if James had come to him with a story he wanted to talk about that would be far more likely. Now that James was single again Sirius was sure the old fun James would come back and his ears would be filled with all sorts of strange shenanigans. That wasn’t Remus though… no Remus wouldn’t come to him with some story about drinking far too much firewhiskey and ending up in some kind of trouble.

He lowered his voice slightly though he knew he didn’t have to. He knew that the Potters could be trusted but it was from the habit of speaking about the Order “Eventful as in Order eventful?”. There were many at Hogwarts in Sirius’ year and other years that thought Sirius to be stupid and just some silly playboy pureblood but Sirius had a brain and he used it. Yes he acted like he hated school which he did but he had managed to get good grades even if he didn’t act like he was the sort to get good grades. He leaned closer almost at the edge of his seat as he waited for Remus to answer. It felt as though his skin was itching at some sort of information that his friend was holding on to… information that clearly Remus thought he needed to hear.

The moment Severus was brought up he couldn’t help but wrinkled his nose. He hated that greasy little weasel. Then he brought up that Rose was sleeping with Severus and Sirius had to use all his power not to make a gagging noise. Did she get some kind of damage done to her eyes? No perhaps she had some damage from a head bump… he internally laughed at his own jokes. In his own opinion he was probably the funniest person he knew. The next few words out of Remus’ mouth caused Sirius to lean back in his chair surprised at the mention of his brother.

Sirius hated thinking about his brother; every time he thought about his baby brother a pang of guilt. He had left his brother to the darkness of their home and family. He couldn’t help but feel like he should have tried harder to try and change his brother’s views just as his had been changed. Sirius would never admit it out loud but he saw good in his brother… maybe one day Regulus would see that as well.

“Why would my brother go to you about that?” Sirius asked as he tried to figure out what was going on “Why does he care about telling you that your sister has clearly lost her mind and has worst taste in men than a mountain troll?”. He wasn’t sure why it mattered who Rose was sleeping with clearly she was making awful decisions such as Regulus… what could they do about it? He leaned on the arm of his chair as wrestling his head on his hand his thumb braced his chin as his pointer finger moved slightly on his cheek as he tried to work through the information he had been given.

Sirius narrowed his eyes at Remus when he said that she was trying to have kids with Regulus. What in the bloody hell was going on with their siblings? Regulus was still in school… he wasn’t old enough to have children. Children had never even crossed Sirius’ mind but that was probably because a relationship never really crossed his mind. Any children that Sirius bore would definitely not be planned. He mouthed the word ‘what’ but no sound actually came out. He Sirius Orion Black was actually at a loss for words. He still saw Regulus as his kid brother… not old enough to be wrapped up in this kind of trouble with his best friend's sister. He wasn’t really sure how he should react… this was the first bit of real news that he was getting of his mother. The news wasn’t good news either. He had news that his brother had a girlfriend or something and she was sleeping around on him and words that more or less confirmed that he was a death eater… something he had been trying to deny until he had some real evidence.

“No offence but your sister is a nutter” that was if the information was correct. Who was to say that Reg wasn’t jealous that his girl slept with someone else and decided to try and get back at her by telling her brother these things. “Are you sure that Regulus was being truthful?” he asked “What does he have to gain with telling you of your sister...uh your sister’s extracurricular activities?”

Sirius was still having trouble wrapping his head around this news. This was not really what he had been thinking would be their topic of conversation when he had gotten the letter… well he had thought it would be about a Lupin’s sex ventures but clearly he had thought about the wrong Lupin. “What do you think you can do to help her?” Sirius wasn’t really sure what their relationship was like at this point but he was sure that she wouldn’t really like if her brother tried to come and tell her who she should and should not sleep with. “I mean we both know that your sister is kind of a…” he paused...not he couldn’t call her a bitch in front of Remus “We all know that your sister is kind of stubborn” he corrected himself as to not offend Remus too much. “Well you might want to tell her to get her head checked...Snivellus? ” he stated that name with clear disdain.

Sirius gritted his teeth when he heard about the mark; part of him was still in denial about Reg’s loyalties. When the Dark Mark and Regulus were brought into the same conversation he couldn't help but go frigid. He hated to think about his baby brother getting into something so dark and dangerous. He was sure their parents had pushed him into it; they themselves wouldn’t join for fear of getting caught... They weren’t brave enough for that. They would however tell his brother how proud it would make them he was sure of it. They were wicked… especially their mother. Their father had learned a long time ago to just follow his wife and what she said it made life a lot easier… advice he had always ignored from his father. No… it wasn’t time to think about how awful his parents were or what they had pressured his once kind brother to become.

Sirius carefully let go of the arms of the chair he hadn’t even realized he was gripping too with white knuckles. His family made him angry… even if he brought out a good memory though they were few. His memories of his family were all tainted with just how dark hearted his mother was. “Who killed them?” he prayed to gods he didn’t even believe in that it hadn’t been Regulus… he didn’t want to think about his brother killing anyone. It was selfish to hope it had been anyone else who had killed them even if it had been Remus’ sister.

Sirius leaned forward again “I wouldn’t put it passed good ol’ Snivellus to be trying to use her like you are thinking about trying to use Reg” He knew Remus was a clever young wizard but he also knew that Regulus was as well. Regulus always had a knack for being one step ahead as a child and Sirius could never figure out how he did it. “I don’t think he would fall for it… he isn’t a fool.” He wished Regulus could be used like that but in Sirius’ opinion the only people who could manipulate his little brother were his parents. “Depending how close he is to the…” he paused… he hated admitting his brother’s foley “Situation… he may try to use you or…” Sirius closed his eyes… to be honest he didn’t even know his brother anymore he was little more than a stranger now. Slowly Sirius opened his eyes ready to admit that Regulus was probably capable of evil “Or try and hurt...or kill you”.

Remus didn’t have to explain the need to keep a sibling safe; he and Regulus hadn’t had a real conversation since he had left at the age of sixteen. Sirius hadn’t talked to his brother in over two years but he still felt a need to somehow protect him deep down. Sirius leaned forward in his chair and reached over and touched Remus’ hand. “I understand how you feel... “ he paused “If there is anything to do to help I will… I may not be her biggest fan but I will help you as much as I can.”