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Allison closed her eyes, willing herself not to cry. She wasn't quite sure how she ended up there, but she'd been lying in the floor of Remus' flat for a while now. She hoped that he wouldn't come out of his room and see her until she pulled it together, Merlin knows he'd seen her cry enough lately. She absentmindedly rubbed her hand across her very large belly, feeling the soft kicks of her child growing inside and began to sob. She wondered just how her life had turned out this way, not too many years before she was happy and very much in love with Sirius Black. How time can certainly change things….

Flashback…

She was busy making dinner for her three year anniversary with Sirius. He was due to be home in 30 minutes so she was trying to hurry when she heard a loud crack in the living room. She smiled to herself thinking Sirius came home early, however it was Remus who appeared in the kitchen looking very upset.

"Allie, I have to talk to you now." He walked over to her and took the knife and potato from her hands. "It's Sirius."

She could tell by the look on his face that something was terribly wrong. She looked at him as tears started to fall from her eyes. "Please just tell me what happened."

After hearing the story of how James and Lily were gone and Sirius taken off to Azkaban she collapsed into Remus' arms and cried, in that moment she knew her life would never be the same.

End Flashback

She wiped the tears from her eyes and took deep breaths to calm herself. After a few minutes Remus' bedroom door creaked open and he walked out spotting her in his floor. He couldn't even count the number of times this had happened during the past few months.

"Oh Allie, are you alright?" He laid beside her and sighed when she didn't say anything. "You know I am always here for you if you need me, right?"

She smiled at him, trying to conceal some of her sadness. "I know you are, I just don't feel like talking about it right now. It is just too much sometimes. I promise I will come to you when I'm ready."

He smiled back at her. "Alright, how about some breakfast then?" He stood, then offered his hand to help her up.

"Sounds great, I'm starving." She took his hand and stood, then followed him to the kitchen. She sat at the table as he prepared breakfast for her, eggs and pancakes as always. She felt like this was her home away from home and Remus was her soft place to fall. There's no telling how she would have made it without him with her all this time.

Just then an owl flew in the window, delivering today's Daily Prophet. She took the paper and gave the owl a treat. She opened it and gasped at what she saw, dropping her glass to the floor….

Sirius Black Escapes

And then everything blacked out.