It was the middle of summer and it was getting hotter by the day. As the hours passed the heat was getting to everyone, especially Mrs. Weasley. Tomorrow was finally the long awaited wedding of Fleur and Bill. At the beginning Mrs. Weasley, Fleur, Hermione and Ginny couldn't wait to plan every last detail but now they couldn't wait for it to be over. The wedding was going to be held in the field that was next to the burrow. Of course there was no space inside to accompany family, Bill and Fleur's friends, and the entire Order. Today the women's wedding itinerary was filled with nothing but getting fitted into their dresses. The men on the other hand had to decorate and set up for the wedding after getting fitted in their suits. It was only 9 o'clock in the morning and the burrow was already buzzing with activity.

"All right, get up! We have too much to do and little time to do it!" Mrs. Weasley shouted, pulling open the drapes in Ron's room. On the floor slept Harry and Ron as Hermione and Ginny slept in the two beds.

"Oy! What are you doing mom?! What time is it? Are you mad!?" Ron screamed shielding his eyes from the bright sun.

"Not today Ronald, all of you get up! Up!" She yelled back as she went down to the kitchen clapping her hands.

Hermione and Ginny easily woke up and headed straight for the bathroom to get dressed and clean up. It took about fifteen more minutes, some kicking and punching by George and Fred, for Harry and Ron to finally get up and get ready. Downstairs Fleur and Bill were going over last minute wedding details on the couch while everyone else sat down for breakfast. As Ron and Harry looked around to find a place to sit, he realized Sirius was there.

"Sirius! When did you get in?" Harry cried making his way over to give Sirius a hug.

"About 10 minutes ago, just in time for breakfast" He said eyeing the delicious spread on the table. Harry sat down between Sirius and Ginny. The table was mostly silent; everyone knew to eat fast as Mrs. Weasley was already clearing the table. Hermione quickly ate her food for a different reason. A few weeks ago she had drunkenly slept with Sirius and continued to as often as possible ever since. The problems were not only was he too old for her, he was Harry's godfather. The first time it happened it was a celebratory girl's only dinner with Fleur and Hermione got drunk and spent the night at Grimmauld place to avoid the disapproving eyes of Mr. and Mrs. Weasley. She somehow managed to corner Sirius in his office where they had sex right there against the bookshelf. When asked by Ginny in the morning at breakfast where she was all night, she simply responded "just talking with Sirius" and there the affair began. Every time Sirius wanted to be with Hermione all he had to say to her was "let's talk" and no one would be the wiser. Sirius knew his physical relationship with Hermione was wrong and unethical but she was well beyond her years both physically and mentally. When he was with her he didn't feel like this was Hermione, his godson's best friend.

As soon as she finished her last piece of bacon, Hermione hurried into the kitchen to clear her plate and get as far away from Sirius as possible. He was too irresistible to her and she knew she couldn't say no if he said those two words. Sirius understood her, like no one else could, and made her feel special. She almost thought she could be in love with him, almost. She ran up the stairs to wait in Ron's room until Mrs. Weasley was ready to go. They needed to go Diagon Alley and get their brides maid dresses fitted at Madam Malkin's.

"Hermione let's go" Ginny called up the stairs. Hermione walked down the stairs to find herself alone in the living room with Sirius. Everyone had already gone by floo powder and only the two of them were left.

"You make it very obvious your trying to avoid me Ms. Granger" He said with his icy blue eyes staring at her.

"I'm not avoiding you, I'm just…busy…with wedding things" she said rushed. Before she could look back up to him he was directly in front of her, hands on waist. He slowly leaned into a deep kiss and smiled at the sound of Hermione's heart beat quickening. It could have been five maybe ten minutes before Hermione pushed him off her.

"That's enough" she whispered trying to catch her breathe. "Let's go before Mrs. Weasley has a stroke when she realizes we aren't there yet".

When Hermione and Sirius arrived everyone was in full dress getting fitted. Ginny was already finished and was twirling around the store in her canary yellow tube dress. Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Charlie just looked pathetic standing there embarrassed in their tuxes.

"This bow tie looks ridiculous! Do I really have to wear it?" Ron whined as he pulled the bow tie off his neck.

"Yes" was all he got from Bill and he knew to keep his mouth shut.

Remus was joined by Sirius as they picked out nice suits to wear. Hermione made her way to the dressing rooms to get her canary yellow tube dress on. Of course it was hot as hell in the store because of the heat and the amount of people in such a small place. Hermione tore off her clothes and slipped on the dress, pulling down the light fabric as it stuck to her sweaty limbs.

"Well, well, well don't we look ravishing" Hermione whipped around and saw Sirius leaning against the wall with a mischievous grin on his face.

"Thanks, yellow isn't really my color…did you find a suit?" noticing Hermione's obvious discomfort, Sirius tried to put her at ease.

"Yes I found one and don't worry so much. You know our secrets are safe with me". He winked at her and walked back into the store to check on Remus. Hermione was scared shitless. If anyone found out that she had slept with Sirius it would ruin everything. Harry would probably never speak to her again and she would basically be ostracized. She couldn't help herself though; being with Sirius was the only thing that made her happy.

"Why have you been acting so weird? Are you nervous about the wedding or something?" Ginny questioned Hermione intently. They were back at the burrow and it was already after dinner time. Getting everyone's outfit ready for the wedding took longer than expected.

"No, I'm not nervous, nothings wrong" Hermione answered without looking up from her book.

"Your lying. Something is definitely going on" Hermione knew Ginny wasn't going to let it go but this was something she could never tell anyone.

"Look…I'm kind of seeing someone and I'm not sure if it's serious or not" Hermione said, still not looking up at Ginny though she could tell Ginny was about to have a heart attack.

"Let me get this straight, you've been seeing someone and your telling me about it now?!" Ginny was in hysterics.

"Who is it?!" She screamed at Hermione pulling the book away from her and flinging it across the room.

Hermione looked up at her frantically thinking about what she should say. "I'm…I'm…not ready to say. I don't know if we're serious or not and I don't want to ruin anything by gossip". She prayed this would be enough to sway Ginny away from the subject but she was terribly wrong.

"You have got to be kidding me…you better fess up right now!" Ginny was standing now with her hands on her hips.

"Look I'm serious, I don't want to say anything and I'll tell you when I'm ready!" Hermione was now standing too. This was a discussion that needed to end immediately. Ginny just stared back at her. Hermione never raised her voice so obviously this was something different.

"Ok…fine" was all Ginny could muster for the moment. "But as soon as your ready, I'm the first one to know". Hermione agreed, and sighed from relief, and decided to go to bed early. Ginny followed, they both knew Mrs. Weasley would have them up at dawn to get ready.

In the middle on the night Hermione woke up in a cold sweat. She hated living this lie and it was eating her up inside. She couldn't bear to end the relationship with Sirius but then again losing Harry is just as bad maybe worse. She threw the covers off of her and went to the kitchen for a glass of water. Of course went she entered the kitchen, Sirius was sitting at the table.

Hermione sat down across from him and folded her arms. For a few minutes neither said nothing but just looked at each other.

"I don't know if I can do this anymore" she whispered to him.

"We can't possibly have a normal relationship. We'll hurt too many people in the process" she continued. Her eyes welled up with tears. She hated what she was doing but she knew it had to be done.

"No…I'm sorry but I can't do that." Sirius said quite loud. Hermione jumped at the sound of his voice.

"I'm not going to give this up and I know you don't want to either." He reached across the table and grabbed her hands. "If they can't understand than they don't need to be in our lives. I love you, Hermione" She looked up at him. His eyes were wide and his grip on her hands tightened.

"You don't love me Sirius, you just love the idea of being with me" Hermione said coldly.

Sirius couldn't believe what she said. He knew she didn't mean it. He let go of her hands and brought them to his side.

"Go to bed Hermione" Sirius said and got up from the table and left.

Hermione couldn't go back to sleep. What was wrong with her? Sirius was right. If people couldn't accept them then the hell with them. She kept picturing Sirius's face when she told him it was over. The hurt in his eyes made her heart sink whenever she thought about it. The door to Ron's room burst open and in came Mrs. Weasley.

It took all day to finally get everyone up and ready but they managed to do it in time. As Ginny finished up the last layer of lipstick it was time for the ceremony. It was still hot outside even though the sun was down and the stars were shining. It was a beautiful and elegant wedding. All went according to plan and everyone was ready to just relax and have fun at the reception. Mrs. Weasley was first in line to get her butter beer or fire whiskey and made sure to keep them coming.

Hermione sat alone at her table watching everyone dance and laugh the night away. A hand came up from behind and massaged her shoulder.

"Let's talk" a husky voice whispered in her ear. She turned around and saw Sirius standing there. He had a light grey suit on and a clean crisp white shirt. He looked so handsome and irresistible. He grabbed her hand and led her toward the burrow but turned and kept going past it towards the Weasley's barn. He stopped right in front of the door and looked at Hermione for approval. She smiled at him and pushed the door open now leading Sirius in behind her. Sirius wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her deeply. He proceeded to push her slowly backwards until her back hit a pile of hay. He gently picked her up and placed her on the hay so she could easily wrap her legs around his waist. She unbuckled his belt and unzipped his pants to relieve him of the pressure from his rock hard member. Sirius moaned as he soon realized Hermione hadn't worn underwear. She didn't waste anytime and guided him into her. Hermione laid back and gyrated her hips in sync with Sirius's movements. For some reason this time felt different, to the both of them. Sirius kissed her neck as he delved deeper and deeper. Hermione could barely contain the pleasure that was whipping through her body. They finished simultaneously and just as someone burst through the barn doors.

"Sirius? ... Hermione?!"