Chapter 1
The sky was a beautiful gray as Chloe Fairchild awoke from her bed. She looked out the window that was on the wall opposite her and breathed in deep. Today was the day that she would travel to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the start of her sixth year. She rolled over in the bed she was sleeping in to find that she was the only one in it along with a note on the pillow beside her.
"Good morning love. Breakfast, and me, are waiting downstairs for you. –S"
Chloe smiled to herself and silently remembered last night. It was not the first time that she and Sirius had been together, but it was the first time that it had meant something more than just lust. They had just had an order meeting and the topic had been grave. 'Will this be like it was before? Will good people be tortured and cursed in numbers like before? How many will die this time?'
Once the meeting was over, Chloe had made her way up to an empty room in Grimmauld Place. She knew what it was like to loose love ones. Her parent's had died in the first war. They were killed by Bellatrix LeStrange. Once Chloe had graduated, she had joined the Order immediately. Although it wasn't as big as it was, she still felt as though she was making a difference.
Last night it was raining like crazy and she was lost in thought looking out the window when she heard a knock on the door.
"Hey Chloe, you okay?" It was Sirius at the door. Chloe couldn't help but notice how good he looked. He was wearing a pair of plain blue jeans and a grey crewneck t-shirt that fit so perfectly, Chloe couldn't help but to look at his chest thinking about the beautiful set of muscles that she knew were there.
"Yeah, thanks. Just thinking."
"About what?"
"What my life would have been like if Bellatrix hadn't done what she did." Chloe noticed a look of pain in Sirius's eyes.
"Oh my gosh, Sirius, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean…" Chloe had forgotten that Sirius and Bellatrix were family. She knew he didn't consider her that, but it still was painful to know that he shared blood with someone so evil.
"It's okay, she's not me." He walked over to where she was standing. The both looked out the window and watched the rain dance on the window pane.
"You know Chloe, I find it not healthy to dwell on the past. Things happen, but you need to keep moving. That's all we can do now, keep moving." His voice got quieter. "Keep moving…"
"I know," said Chloe. She looked up at him and noticed how beautiful he actually was. She could see the worry lines on his forehead, but could also see the laughing lines around his eyes and mouth. She put her hand up to his face and softly stroked his cheek.
Sirius looked down to her. He saw her beautiful blue eyes in the darkness and could see the white of her teeth as she opened her mouth to speak.
"Sirius, you are beautiful, you know that right?"
"Not as beautiful as you." He leaned down to kiss her, but before he could, she stepped up on her tippy toes and beat him to it. She put her mouth on his and could taste the butterbeer on his lips.
He broke the kiss but only to grab her hand and lead her out of the empty room to his down the hall. He shut the door and neither of them left that room for the rest of the night.
