To ring in Regulus's sixteenth birthday, we decided to go out for dinner, stock up on a variety of alcohol, and have the time of our lives back at the house.

Sirius was already blackout drunk, James was close behind, Jolie was 'tipsy', Remus was near sober, and I was in a euphoric state somewhere between tipsy and blackout.

James wouldn't stop laughing, "No-, guys I'm serious."

"No, I'm Sirius!"

"Shut the fuck up Padfoot," James groaned, "Why don't you believe me that I could beat Padfoot in a fight in animagi form?"

Remus chuckled, "I could annihilate all three of you combined."

Regulus poured himself another shot, "I still can't believe it."

"The animagi part, or the werewolf part?" I teased.

The youngest Black brother slammed his now empty shot glass on the coffee table. He ran a hand through his messier than usual hair, "Both. I'm still trying to comprehend it."

"Welcome to the club." Jolie joked as she rummaged through her purse.

After we had gotten home from dinner, we had decided to go straight to drinking.

"I have a fun idea," Jolie announced as she pulled a vial from her bag.

"Is that-"

"No fucking way-"

I groaned as she held up the vial that I easily recognized as Veritaserum.

The truth serum.

"I don't know about you lot," Sirius slurred, "But I'm too wasted to even come up with a lie right now."

Remus poured himself some firewhiskey, "You're too wasted to walk in a straight line right now, dear."

"Hey-, me too!" Regulus laughed as he high-fived his older brother.

"Are we playing, or not?" I groaned.

After a few delayed agreements, Jolie was passing the vial of Veritaserum around. When it reached James, he placed a few droplets on his tongue before grabbing my chin and tilting me towards him.

He quickly kissed me before holding out the dropper and placing a few droplets of the sickly sweet potion onto my tongue.

Once everyone had a dose of possibly the most chaotic potion that one could consume, it was hard to differentiate whether the effects were from the alcohol or the truth serum.

"Time to see if it worked," Jolie announced in a singsong voice, "Remus what's your deepest secret?"

Remus looked as if he was trying to hold back from speaking, but failing. "I'm a gay werewolf."

We all burst out laughing.

"You already knew that, how's it funny?" Remus pout as he leaned his head on Sirius's shoulder.

James cocked his head back as he laughed, "Because it's funny!"

I stifled a laugh, "Let's play since the potion is obviously working."

"I'll go first," Jolie mumbled, "Sirius, truth or dare?"

Sirius ran a hand through his long hair, "I'm going to spice it up and say truth."

"Wonderful, have you ever had a crush-, or attraction to anyone in this room other than Remus?"

Sirius groaned, "Yes."

We all looked at him startled.

"Who? I never knew that." Remus questioned. "It's Prongs, isn't it?"

James shot his best friend a wink, "I don't blame you, Padfoot."

I hit James in the arm, making him wince.

Sirius rolled his eyes, "I'm only admitting this because of the serum, but it was Daphne."

My eyes darted to Sirius, "Me? When?"

"Before I knew I was also attracted to men," Sirius slurred dramatically, "You kissed me in fourth year on a dare and I may or may not have been attracted to you for a solid three days."

I burst out laughing, "I feel honored."

"I don't blame you, Padfoot," James laughed, "Because she is just-"

"Yes, well, time to be quiet darling." I suggested, shooting a glare at my boyfriend.

Sirius looked around the group of us scattered across the living room, "Daphne, truth or dare?"

After a brief 'oh shit' moment, I managed to pull myself back to a somewhat sober state. I guess I'm in the mood for a bit of fun.

"Dare."

Sirius grinned mischievously, "I dare you to kiss someone in the room-," He looked at James quickly, "Who isn't James."

Easy.

I glanced at Jolie, who was sitting beside me, and she nodded.

Cupping her face, I pulled my best friend into a kiss, letting my lips briefly brush against hers before actually locking lips with her.

Jolie's small hand held my jaw loosely, letting her fingers skin against my neck.

Before the kiss could progress any further, someone cleared their throat, and Jolie and I broke away from our kiss.

I grinned, "Very well."

Regulus locked eyes with Jolie, "That was-"

"Hot," James finished, "I'm not even jealous."

Remus and Sirius began to laugh. "It does not affect me." Remus chuckled as he ran his hands through Sirius's hair.

"Same here," Sirius slurred, "Not effected at all."

Jolie leaned her head on Regulus's shoulder, "It's because Daphne and I are sexy as fuck, so when we kiss it's like an overdose of sexiness added onto the fact that it's two girls kissing."

"Damn right." I agreed.

James gave the look as I sat between his legs and leaned against his chest. His hand was gripping my thigh as he tucked my hair behind my ear.

I turned to whisper something to him, letting my lips brush against his ear, "I can already feel how turned on you are right now, love."

"Oh, really?" James teased, wrapping his arms around me.

I rolled my eyes and turned back to the group, "I guess it's my turn. Regulus, truth or dare?"

"Uh," Regulus laughed, "Truth."

I smirked, "Are you a sub or dom?"

Regulus rolled his eyes, "Why did I know that you were going to ask that-"

"Sub-," Jolie coughed, "Shit-, sorry, had a tickle in my throat."

Remus stifled a laugh, "Not the only thing you have down-"

"For the record," Regulus interrupted, "I'm not always a sub."

Jolie pondered this for a moment, "That's true, I guess you're more of a switch."

Sirius groaned, "I could've lived my whole life without knowing that piece of information."

"And I could go the rest of my life without knowing that Remus is top-"

"Not always!"

James laughed loudly, "Aw, family bonding."

I kissed him on the cheek, "It's quite the sight, isn't it?"

"I'm just gonna go," Regulus sighed, "James, truth or dare?"

James rests his chin on my shoulder, "I'm going to go with dare."

Regulus grinned, "Interesting choice."

He whispered something to Jolie, which made her laugh, before meeting James' gaze.

"I dare you to yell the first thing that comes to your mind right now."

James blurted, "I'm really fucking horny!"

He slapped his hand over his mouth, "Fuck this, stupid Veritaserum."

All of us were laughing at James, who was turning redder by the moment after unwillingly telling us all he wanted to go have sex at the very moment.

"You're more than welcome to 'go to bed' for the night, Prongs." Remus joked.

James flipped Remus off, "No because I haven't had the chance to embarrass you yet."

Remus dramatically leaned his head back on the couch, "Merlin no-"

"Moony, truth or dare?"

"Either one is going to end badly for me, won't it?" Remus asked, his voice dripping from sarcasm.

James ran his hands through my hair as he spoke, "You would be correct."

"Bloody hell," Remus sighed, "I'm going to go with truth."

James grinned, "Have you ever had sex while I, or any of our other roommates, were in the room."

Remus's face began to flush, all the while Sirius was trying to fight his laughter, but failing horribly because of his drunken state.

"I may or may not-"

"Merlin-, was I sleeping?"

"You and Vixen were asleep in your bed." Remus replied.

My eyes widened, "When I was there? Sleeping peacefully?"

Remus nodded, and Sirius burst out laughing.

"So you were getting railing while there were four other people asleep in the room?" Jolie asked.

Remus stuttered, "To-, to be fair, Adrian wasn't there. He was with his girlfriend I think."

Regulus dropped his head in his hands, "Respect."

We all burst out laughing at this.

The rest of the night was spent with more drinking and laughing, ending with everyone stumbling up the stairs to go to bed only hours before the sun began to rise.

• • • • •

Just as soon as the trip began, it ended.

The last day, after Regulus's birthday, was our last day, which we spent recovering from our wicked hangovers and soaking up as much sun as possible.

Now we were handing the house keys to Marco, bidding our goodbyes to the beautiful town of Amalfi, Italy, and finding an alleyway to apparate back to London from.

"I am not excited to go home." Jolie groaned as she pushed her sunglasses up the bridge of her nose.

I laughed, "That's why I don't go home more than once, maybe twice a year."

"I only have my dad to go home to, and I'm pretty sure that he couldn't care less whether or not he sees me." Remus announced.

James' eyes widened.

"Well, my mums abusive." Sirius mumbled.

Regulus commented, "Hey, mine too!"

They high-fived each other.

"Well, that got dark fast." James exclaimed as we stepped into a deserted alleyway.

Remus shrugged, "It is what it is."

"I, for one, am glad to be going home." James announced. "I miss Romeo."

Jolie rolled her eyes, "I swear to Godric, James, you treat that cat like he's your child."

"We co-parent because children are kind of disgusting." James replied, draping his arm across my shoulders.

"Kids are kind of cute-,"

I turned to stare at Sirius, "Padfoot, you either don't drink or you drunk go blackout. No in-between."

"That's where Remus comes in, because he'll still be responsible even when I'm having one of my moments."

Remus stifled a laugh, "I think now would be a good time to tell you that I'm straight-"

"I call bullshit."

James grinned, "I've shared a dorm with you two since first year, and I call bullshit."

"I was only kidding." Remus huffed, pulling his wand out of his pocket.

Sirius intertwined his fingers through Remus's, "Can we go home? I miss mum."

"See you at the house?" James asked, looking at Remus and Jolie. The latter pulled her wand out and nodded.

Sirius and Remus disappeared with a twist, and James grabbed my hand, apparating us back home in a spiral.

When we landed, we were outside the Potter manor. Sirius had already skipped up the steps and opened the front door, Remus trailing behind him with their trunks.

"Mum, we're home!" Sirius yelled.

There was a CRACK beside James and me as Regulus and Jolie appeared.

James followed Sirius and Remus up the steps, and into the house with our trunks. Jolie, Regulus, and I followed close behind.

Once inside, Euphemia came rushing into the foyer to greet us, as well as Alma the house elf.

"It's so good to see all of you!" Euphemia exclaimed as she took turns hugging all six of us. "How was the trip?"

Sirius became to dramatically recount the story of how he got his god-awful sunburn, with Remus interrupting to add a point to the story.

"Alma is glad to see the Masters and Mistresses, should Alma send your things to your rooms?"

I smiled softly, "That you be great, thank you, Alma."

The house-elf snapped her fingers, and all of our trunks went flying up the stairs and into our separate rooms.

"Is Mistress Chance staying the night? Alma can make up a room."

Jolie replied, "Oh no, I should be getting home-"

"Don't be silly, dear," Euphemia insisted, "You must be tired from traveling. You're more than welcome to spend the night-, or stay for a few days."

"Are you sure I won't be a bother, Missus Potter?"

Euphemia smiled, "Of course not, and you should start calling me Euphemia."

"Well," Jolie contemplated, "I guess I could stay for a couple of days, my parents are in New York."

"It's like a second vacation!" Sirius exclaimed before skipping up the staircase to his and Remus's room.

Alma asked, "Should Alma make up a room for Mistress Chance?"

"She'll be staying with me-, as long as that's alright with you." Regulus muttered, looking at Euphemia for reassurance.

The older woman smiled, "That will be quite alright."