I woke up to the sound of harsh banging on the apartment door. Seeing as my brother and his fiance were on a date night and obviously not home (as if Andromeda would allow such hard knocking on her freshly painted door) I forced myself to roll out of my bed and stumble into the living room. The only light I had was from the bulb over the door that flickered for some reason that not even magic could fix. With sleep heavy eyes, I fumbled with the lock and opened the door - only to be punched right in the nose.

That really woke me up. I fell back onto the floor, gasping in pain as I felt something slick roll down my lips, and I heard someone shout out a "fuck!" before bending down beside me. My eyes watered as the stranger lifted me up bridal style and carried me further into the house. The person holding me kept grunting and even through my pain filled brain I found that as an insult. I wasn't that heavy, for crying out loud! I was placed on the couch, there was blinding light, and my nose snapped back into place.

"I'm going to kill you," I groaned, holding my nose. "Whoever you are, I'm going to kill you."

"I really am sorry! I didn't hear the door open and I was going to knock again."

"What type of knocking is that? You were bloody pounding the door down."

"I said I was sorry!" The voice cried hysterically.

I finally dropped my hands and opened my eyes, coming into contact with familiar grey eyes. I reeled back in shock, too absorbed in the fact that I was only wearing a baggy t-shirt with no bra, to realize that Sirius Black was also bleeding. I cried out in horror and hurriedly pulled my knees to my chest, scooting away from him.

"How do you know where I live?" I screamed, blindly waving a clenched fist in his direction. Shocked at my sudden attack, Black fell on his arse and hurriedly scooted away from my line of fire.

"I didn't know you lived here! I'm looking for my cousin!"

I froze mid swing, "Andromeda?"

"Yes! Where is she?" He looked hopefully around the vacant flat.

"She's on a date with my brother," I said, calming down. I finally took him in. "What happened to you?"

Black gave me a blank look, obviously not going to tell me. He had a bleeding lip, a black eye, and his clothes were torn. His hair stuck to his forehead with sweat and he truly looked like he fought a war before getting to my doorstep. He didn't even have any shoes on.

"Okay then," I rubbed at the drying blood on my lip. "Do you know any Healing spells?"

"I'm not very good at them." He didn't look very happy telling me this.

"Okay, let me get my wand and I'll fix you up. If 'Dromeda sees you like that she'll have a heart attack." I said, awkwardly standing so that I was holding my shirt over my arse before running out of the living room and down the hall.

Once in my room, I took a deep breath and held back my scream. Sirius bloody Black was in my house! Not only was he the most popular boy at school but he was also very nice to look at. I had seen him countless times hanging around Lily Evans - another popular girl in school - and he was notorious for his pranks on Slytherin. I quickly yanked off my blood stained sleep shirt, put a bra on, and got into my Hufflepuff sweats and a tank top. Although I wished I had made a better impression on Black, there was no time to get dolled up for him. Wasting no more time, I snatched my wand off my bed side table and rushed back out to the living room.

He had moved so he was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands. Hearing me enter, he looked up and tried to smile but winced from the pain in his lip. Fighting off the blush rising on my cheeks, I crouched in front of him and grabbed his face, making sure my wand tip was level to his upper lift. I concentrated on the first healing spell to come to me and was pleased to see that it healed perfectly.

"Thanks," Black said, popping his lips and smiling. My heart sped up and my face grew hot. "Er, what's your name?"

I wasn't surprised, "Gemma Tonks."

"Nice to meet you, sorry for punching you. I'm Sirius Black. Andromeda's cousin." He introduced, although it wasn't necessary. I smiled in return and focused on his black eye.

"They won't be back 'till morning. You can sleep in their room, I'm sure 'Dromeda won't mind." I said once I finished with his eye. It was still visible but less bruised. Bruises like that were hard to heal.

"Thanks, Gemma." Black went to stand but toppled onto me, groaning in pain.

I squeaked in shock and quickly rolled him off of me. I expected him to play it off but instead he panted for breath, his eyes squeezed shut in pain, and his hands pressed onto his stomach. Without asking for permission, I flicked my wand and his shirt cut perfectly in the middle. Any girl would love to be in my position, to see Sirius Black's infamous abs, but all I could see were deep gashes that were bleeding heavily. I gasped in horror and thought of every healing spell I had learned - none were meant to fix this type of wound.

"We have to go to the hospital," I stuttered, hands hovering over his wounds helplessly. "I can't heal this!"

"No," He gasped. "I can't. Call 'Dromeda."

"Black-"

"CALL HER!" He roared, making me jump in fear.

With a small nod of compliance, I hurried to my feet and ran to my bedroom where I had left my cell phone. Ted had bought it for me when I was younger but I only used it when I was home from school, since Hogwarts had no reception. With shaking fingers, I dialed my brother's number and hurried back to Black. He was trying to sit up and I shoved him by the shoulders back down. He tried to fight me but in his weakened state there was nothing he could. Instead, Black glared at me, his face seeming to lose color every second.

"This better be important, Gemma." Ted growled when he answered on the fifth ring.

"Ted, I- I need you and 'Dromeda to come home. Sirius is here!"

"Who?"

"Sirius Black! Her cousin, Ted!"

"Serious what?"

"What about Sirius?" I heard Andromeda say in the background before her voice was considerably closer. "Gemma, what's wrong?"

"Sirius, he's hurt bad and he won't let me take him to the hospital. You need to come home, I don't know any spells for this!" I was on the verge of tears. Black was staring up at me but his eyes were dazed. I doubted he could hear a single thing I was saying. "Hurry!"

"We're on our way." Andromeda said before hanging up. Not a minute later she and Ted came through the front door that was still open.

I was pushed to the side as Andromeda took my spot, cradling Black's head as she inspected him. I backed off, my back bumping into Ted's chest. He rubbed my arms in comfort, looking awkward as he watched his fiance dote over Black, her fingers running over his gashes and taking out her wand and waving it in a complicated way.

"I'm, uh," I cleared my throat, not meeting Ted's eyes as I began to drift towards my room. "I'm going to bed."

Ted nodded before walking towards the linen closet to get blankets to wrap around Black. Once in my room, I leaned against the door and closed my eyes. The bloody idiot had picked me up with all those wounds . . . I wiped at the tears that managed to fall and yanked off my clothes, once again stained with blood. My heart was still racing but this time not from Black looking amazing. I had been too wrapped up in his looks to notice how pale he was or that he grimaced with every word he had said.

Falling into my bed, I tried to fall asleep but it was difficult. I could hear nothing from the living room and as much as I wanted to go out and see what was happening, it wasn't my place. Ted was probably in his room as well; Andromeda had a way of ignoring people when she was in stressful situations. I tossed and turned for a while before finally succumbing to a horrible night of sleep.