Marlene had never, not once in her life, seen Sirius Black at a loss for words. She’d never seen him anything less than confident and it was a clear sign that he truly was sorry. Marlene’s brow creased slightly at the thought. It still didn’t make it right, but seeing him like that did make things slightly better. Her gaze dropped to the half crushed flowers he handed to her and she had to hold back a laugh. She, too, was at a loss for words. She hesitantly reached for the flowers, her cold fingers sliding against his, sending a shiver down her spine. Her eyes flicked back up to his and she gave him a half confused, half mildly thankful look. It took her a moment to respond, but she sounded awfully calm for what she was feeling inside. “I know, but he wants to see you more than I do right now, Sirius.” She didn’t sound rude as she was saying it, but she couldn’t lie to him, not now. Elijah was dying to see him and her.. well, it was debatable. She truly didn’t know.
She watched the boy walk in and survey her Aunt’s house. For a single woman, her house was pretty bloody big. She had to have the best, Rosemary did. Marlene didn’t see the point of having such a big house if there was no one to share it with other than her and Elijah every so often. When Sirius complimented her Aunt’s curtains, she gave him a look as if to say; ‘Really, Sirius? You’re talking about curtains?’. He obviously took that as a cue to head upstairs, which he did rather quickly. She wasn’t far off, purely because Elijah would start asking questions if Marlene didn’t come up with him.
Elijah’s whole face lit up as Sirius walked into his room and he sat up, ignoring a motherly look from Marlene, who had told him to take it easy. “Sirius!” He exclaimed, giving the boy a huge grin. When he walked over to Elijah and yanked the toilet seat out of his bag, both Elijah and Marlene’s eyes widened. One in awe, one in absolute shock. It didn’t surprise her that Sirius had taken the whole toilet seat thing literally and she rolled her eyes, knowing that they’d pay for it later. It was typical of him, something she hadn’t seen in a while.
"Awesome!" Elijah almost shouted, reaching for the seat. He held it out infront of him and his grin couldn’t have gotten any wider. "Thanks, Siri! I’ll frame it and hang it up in my room. Rose will be so mad, it’ll be so funny!" Marlene held back a sigh, knowing she’d get the blame for it. Elijah turned the seat to face her in the doorway. "Look, Mar! Come over here and join us, he came to see both of us!"
At that, Marlene hesitated. It wasn’t something Elijah could pick up, but her eyes flicked to Sirius’ and she knew he had. She turned her gaze back to her brother and laughed. “I’d love to bask in the glory of your new toilet seat, but I’ve got to make dinner. Rose will be home in a few hours and she’s expecting it to be ready.” Elijah turned up his nose at the mention of his Aunt, but he didn’t push it. He knew Rosemary would be even more pissed off at Marlene if dinner wasn’t out and ready. That’s the least she expected of her niece. “Alright, but as long as you make Spaghetti Bolognese. She hates it.” And with a wink, Marlene was making her way down the kitchen, leaving the two boys to bond.
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