Been suffering from some rather ridiculous amounts of writers block the past month so when insomnia reared its ugly head I just kinda rolled with it till it was time to wake up and be ready for work.

Yes it's short. No I am not happy about it. Yes I'm glad I actually got something out even if I wrote the damn thing in less than an hour.

Enjoy.

When Bellatrix stumbled down the stairs of her cousin's home the following day she felt like she was dying at best. Landing her shoulder against the wall she walked forward with the grim determination of someone about to meet the hangman's noose and entered the kitchen immediately grimacing at its kaleidoscope of bright colors while letting out a quiet hiss of pain.

Shakily snatching up her usual blue tinted Lennon glasses off the top the fridge, she slide them in place and very nearly let out an orgasmic sigh at having the offending glare of the morning sunlight cut off so abruptly.

"Girl you look like shit, you ok?"

Bellatrix glanced over her shoulder to meet Lily Noir's gaze somewhat evenly while shaking her hand back and forth a bit.

"Kinda sorta?"

Then Sirius walked into the room and things became somewhat less civil as he gave her a once over while letting out a low whistle, "Hot damn Bell did your night consist of two hookers and an eight ball?"

"They're only hookers if they are dead, they are call girls other wise...and I don't have to pay for sex that sort of just happens on its own honestly."

Lily raised a brow at that, "And the cocaine?"

Bella's frazzled brain didn't process the questioning tone in the other woman's voice as she tried to figure out how to operate the coffee pot before her while mumbling out, "What about the cocaine?"

Still trying to figure out the trifling machine before her Bellatrix was ignored as Sirius turned towards his wife while shaking his head slowly, "Should I even bother?"

Lily snorted at that rolling her eyes to the heavens as she adjusted her notes spread across the dining room table, "I wouldn't, she'll do what she wants and damn the consequences."

Sighing he landed in his seat and soon rested his head in the crook of his crossed arms, eventually he tilted his head to the side to speak to his wife ignoring what sounded like a small fire being ignited behind him as he did so.

He suppressed the urge to smirk as Bella's yelps of shock echoed through the room, served her right after all, and it wasn't like Lily would let her home burn down with her children in it so really no fear here.

"Any answers?"

Lily huffed at that before shaking her head slowly, "No, in theory this should have worked as intended but honestly there was so much conjecture involved with making the sacrificial ceremony work that..."

She paused, pinched the bridge of her nose, then shook her head quickly while finally stating what she had been avoiding all this time, "It should not have worked, but it did. That is all I have got."

Sighing Sirius took her hand, kissed it, then pulled it close to his chest while staring at her in a tired manner, "So it was a fluke that what you and Prongs pulled off worked, I can accept that. I miss my brother, I do, but we have each other, we have Harry, Nashira, and hell even Bella, and really? That's alot, I'll take it, no explanations needed."

Lily smiled at that then her eyes widened perceptibly as Bellatrix yelped out, "Oh shit is it supposed to do that!?"

The young couple were barely able to summon Bellatrix away from the exploding coffee pot before half the kitchen was caught on fire.

Staring at the wreckage a half hour later with both Lily and Bella looking on with him Sirius eventually turned to his cousin and flatly stated, "No more cocaine."

Nodding meekly she glanced aside while muttering out her agreement, "No more cocaine in the house..."

Sirius brows raised as he glared down at the Black teen, "What was that?"

She grinned brightly then spun on her tip toe then began power walking out of the house, "We need a new coffee pot, and stove, and microwave, don't worry Bellatrix is on the job!"

Sirius' temple was pulsing in barely restrained rage when he felt a tug on his pant leg, glancing down he met Harry's gaze and scooped him up in an instant while pulling the young boy close blowing raspberries into the top of his head.

Harry giggled and eventually managed to say, "Daddy stop!" Followed by more giggling. Turning to the wrecked kitchen Sirius eventually met Lily's gaze as she hefted up Nashira and she shrugged lightly before turning away while quietly stating her own feelings.

"Time to renovate."