"Hard to forget. Couldn't borrow the car from someone reliable, could they?" Holden shook his head but smiled, glancing at the clock once before he headed out the kitchen to open the door for the guests. "Let's say hello, Gideon, shall we?"

He opened the door and there was Sirius already with a squirming puppy in his arm. He crouched down pretty much immediately to be level with Gideon, holding the puppy up for him. "Do you want to greet him?"

"Do you want to greet first, Sirius?" Holden rolled his eyes, looking behind Sirius at Remus. "I know he was raised to have manners, so what went wrong?"