___<br/><br/>The day had gone much better than expected. Harry couldn’t say he had spent a lot of time thinking about the greater context of the trip, but he could tell in the ease Sirius had displayed on their way back that it had been a good day.<br/>As soon as the last load had been packed into the van, Sirius had been quick to turn up the volume on the radio, and the music had been playing for the duration of their drive back to London.<br/>It had always been like this, ever since Harry could remember; snickering half-conversations between songs played and songs sung.<br/>Eventually, Harry had to turn it down to focus on the narrow turn into the garden alley behind the terraced houses on Grimmauld.<br/>“Can you see better like that?” Sirius challenged with a grin, already reaching to turn the volume back up.<br/>“Sod off,” Harry sputtered with a laugh, trying desperately not to nick either fences or garbage cans. He only barely glanced towards his godfather. “You try parking this thing.”