Too Late

A Harry Potter fan-fiction by Lana Mush

Warnings: Character Death; you may need tissues, somewhat fluffy and angsty at the same time. (I don't even know)

Rating: I'm going to put it as PG-13 for character death, but this may change. There will be no language, though.

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I think we all know who does. The idea for this goes to campanula1979. Thanks!

Info: This is a redo of .net/s/4692546/1/Too_Late. It stank, so I am redoing it! -Chorus of Yays- Also, once you are done, go read the sequel, "Too Late Again". (Pretty please with Bertie Botts on top!)

Summary: Sirius remembers all of the ups and downs of his relationship with Dorcas as he prepares to propose.

Chapter One

Do you think we'll ever get married?

Sirius lay in the grass next to Dorcas, looking at clouds. The lake was gleaming before them, and you could see ripples in the water where fish were swimming in the depths of the water. Remus was in the common room, studying and copying Lily's notes from the last full moon, when he had missed class. James and Lily were in Hogsmeade. James had convinced her to sneak down to the village with promises of candy. Peter had quite a bit of homework, and was spending his Saturday in the library. In other words, Sirius and Dorcas had the day to themselves.

"That one looks like a flower," Dorcas said, pointing up at an oddly shaped cloud.

"Eh," Sirius shrugged, "I think it looks more like a cat." Dorcas tilted her head.

"Hmm…" she said, scrunching up her face a bit, "I can see where you're coming from, but it still looks like a flower. Hey, look at that one!"

Sirius turned to see where she was pointing at and said, "Oh, yeah, it's kind of ring-shaped. That's weird."

"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Hey, Siri?" she asked, using her pet name for him, "D'you think we'll ever get married?"

Sirius was taken aback a bit. Sure, he and Dorcas had been dating for more than a year, but he really never thought about things like that. He thought for a minute before coming to a realization. "I don't know, Dor, but if I marry anyone, I'd want it to be you." He sat up and smiled at her. She smirked and sat up next to him.

"I'd want it to be you too, Sirius," she said, looking into his soft, grey eyes. She leaned over and kissed him, putting her hand behind his head. The kiss was broken after a few moments, and Sirius smiled again.

"I'd definitely want it to be you," he said, and kissed her again.

Sirius fixed the bow tie to his tuxedo and knocked on the door. Lily and James opened the door in a heartbeat and ushered him inside. He pulled out the small black box wordlessly and shrugged. Lily, even though she was eight months pregnant, jumped up and down, squealing. James smiled and patted Sirius's back.

Well, there ya go! Chapter One! The next chapters will be up VERY soon, I am enjoying this too much. Every chapter of this will have a short drabble/flashback thing, followed by a bit from the story. Also, once this is done, I will do the third part to this…thingie, which will be called Too Late for the Last Time. That will be the last part to the Too Late series, but I'm not REALLY gonna stop so soon. I will do a series like this for each of the Marauders and maybe Lily. If you are wishing for a Snape one, then keep wishing, because that will NOT happen.

Luvs and Kisses (Plus cookies for reviewers!)

-Lana