When the owl returned - and bearing a note to boot - Sirius greeted it exuberantly. "I knew you'd come back! You're a good mate, and when they all - " he paused to hiccup " - when they all start raising hell in th'Owlery, you'll be helping us with information and making sure there's mail for ev'ryone." He attempted to clap the owl on the back, but it wasn't having any of that, and it fluttered to the top of his television and held out its leg for Sirius to remove the note. There was something mildly disdainful in its eyes as it regarded Sirius.
"Yes, eye to eye, that's th'spirit. That's how you'll fool 'em all, and I'll be behind you all th'way, because you were here when no one else was." That reminded Sirius, even in his completely sloshed state, of just why he had got himself to that state to begin with, and he suddenly grew morose and a little weepy. "No one else was here, only you, Owl. Al. Al th'Owl." He attempted to reach up and pat the owl's back again, but it flapped its wings really hard and stuck out its leg further, intent on delivering its message so it could get the hell on out of there, most likely.
"You were th'only one, 'cause she left me and now I have nothing, Al. And if you've got all th'information now, then c'n you tell me where she is and what she told you 'bout me? C'n you tell me if she still loves me?" Leaving the note attached to the owl's talon, he took several steps backward and sank down onto the bed. He sniffed loudly and continued in a hoarse, broken, and very inebriated voice, "I jus' wanna know, b'cause I still love her and I jus' wanna know if she loves me, too."
The owl must have had some small degree of sympathy for Sirius. Either that or it really wanted to finish its duty and leave. Whatever it was, it glided down from the television and settled next to Sirius on the bed, holding its leg out very prominently.
Sirius had already started crying - it was the light sobbing of a very drunk man who clearly had no handle on his emotions, thanks to said drunkenness - and so the owl had to nip him a couple of times on the leg with its beak before it finally got his attention.
He looked up to see the proferred note and finally removed it from the owl's leg. Luckily, it was short, so he didn't have too hard a time reading it, although he did have to squint to keep the letters from moving around on the page. Tricky little letters.
After crumpling it up and throwing it into a corner, he told the owl, "Al, I've got another mission f'r you, 'k, mate?" This was not at all good news for Al the Owl, and it gave Sirius a very pained look, which Sirius was far too wasted to grok. "Tha's a mate." Another hiccup. "I love you, Al."
Sirius managed to successfully, and very sloppily, pat the owl on the head, and then he got up and staggered over to his desk, where he wrote out another note. After fumbling around for quite a while, managed to tie it to Al's leg.
On the way over to Lily's room, it was highly likely that Al was now plotting an owl rebellion.
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Lily,
ok I will do what yoou want, but 1st I want to know, do you still love me? do you still love me Lily? Are you in love w/ me the same way I'm in love with you. Becaus I am so in love with you Lily. and you are breakin my heart. and I'm realy sorry and I know what I did was wrong but I didnt know you woudnt rememember and I did tell you why I did it which is becaus I'm in love with you and I thoughht you loved me too and that's why I did it but then you did not rememember and just tell me----do you still love me?
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Date: 2007-05-29 10:40 pm (UTC)"Yes, eye to eye, that's th'spirit. That's how you'll fool 'em all, and I'll be behind you all th'way, because you were here when no one else was." That reminded Sirius, even in his completely sloshed state, of just why he had got himself to that state to begin with, and he suddenly grew morose and a little weepy. "No one else was here, only you, Owl. Al. Al th'Owl." He attempted to reach up and pat the owl's back again, but it flapped its wings really hard and stuck out its leg further, intent on delivering its message so it could get the hell on out of there, most likely.
"You were th'only one, 'cause she left me and now I have nothing, Al. And if you've got all th'information now, then c'n you tell me where she is and what she told you 'bout me? C'n you tell me if she still loves me?" Leaving the note attached to the owl's talon, he took several steps backward and sank down onto the bed. He sniffed loudly and continued in a hoarse, broken, and very inebriated voice, "I jus' wanna know, b'cause I still love her and I jus' wanna know if she loves me, too."
The owl must have had some small degree of sympathy for Sirius. Either that or it really wanted to finish its duty and leave. Whatever it was, it glided down from the television and settled next to Sirius on the bed, holding its leg out very prominently.
Sirius had already started crying - it was the light sobbing of a very drunk man who clearly had no handle on his emotions, thanks to said drunkenness - and so the owl had to nip him a couple of times on the leg with its beak before it finally got his attention.
He looked up to see the proferred note and finally removed it from the owl's leg. Luckily, it was short, so he didn't have too hard a time reading it, although he did have to squint to keep the letters from moving around on the page. Tricky little letters.
After crumpling it up and throwing it into a corner, he told the owl, "Al, I've got another mission f'r you, 'k, mate?" This was not at all good news for Al the Owl, and it gave Sirius a very pained look, which Sirius was far too wasted to grok. "Tha's a mate." Another hiccup. "I love you, Al."
Sirius managed to successfully, and very sloppily, pat the owl on the head, and then he got up and staggered over to his desk, where he wrote out another note. After fumbling around for quite a while, managed to tie it to Al's leg.
On the way over to Lily's room, it was highly likely that Al was now plotting an owl rebellion.
---
Lily,
ok I will do what yo
ou want, but 1st I want to know, do you still love me? do you still love me Lily? Are you in love w/ me the same way I'm in love with you. Becaus I am so in love with you Lily. and you are breakin my heart. and I'm realy sorry and I know what I did was wrong but I didnt know you woudnt rememember and I did tell you why I did it which is becaus I'm in love with you and I thoughht you loved me too and that's why I did it but then you did not rememember and just tell me----do you still love me?DO YOU STIL LOVE ME? I still lov you.
Yours trully and I love you,
Sirius