"I got in touch with James." Sirius said blankly one morning after Olivia got dressed.
"Did you?" Olivia raised her eyebrows, "How is he?"
"Lily's pregnant. Has been since November. They found out right after I left."
"That's great." she smiled, "A nice baby due in July. I'm happy for them."
"You-Know-Who is after them."
Olivia frowned and her face became laden with worry, "Oh dear… Are they in hiding?"
"Yes. A Prophecy told that a baby boy born in July will be greater than the Dark Lord. The baby can take Voldemort down." he said. When Olivia didn't respond, he continued, "So Voldemort heard of it and wants to kill the baby and Lily and James. That's why he's after them. That's why they went into hiding."
"Oh…" Olivia said, "I'm so sorry. How do they know it's the baby though?"
"Well there's criteria to the Prophecy and he fits all… Born to parents who defied the Dark Lord three times… Lily and James have done that… Born at the end of July, he'll be born then. Olivia, it's their baby."
"I know this must be tough on you." Olivia said mournfully.
Sirius sighed irately, "You've got no idea. We need to go back. I need to see them."
Olivia's eyes got wide, "Umm… I don't know about that…"
"It's not a request. It's a demand."
"No, Sirius. No."
"We're moving back there, Olivia! We are not going to Boston, we are not staying in Gloucester, we're not going anywhere else, we are going back to London!"
"I'm not."
"Well I am. And I'm staying there. Come with me or not, but I'm not going to be here anymore. I'll leave you behind if I have to."
Olivia followed him as he went to the bedroom and got his bag out of the closet. "Sirius, stop."
"No. I'm not staying here, I can't. I have to go back and be with them."
"Sirius, you can't and you aren't!"
Sirius grabbed her wrists roughly and got in her face, "You don't control me, Olivia! I am going back! Are you coming with me or not?"
"You aren't going!" she yelled.
"I am!" he shook her, "And I guess you aren't! I'll leave you here then… But Olivia, I'm going and you cannot stop me!" He let go of her and practically threw her back. She stumbled back and fell down, her back and head going into the wall. He looked over and his eyes widened, "Oh my God, Liv… I'm so sorry!"
Olivia got up shakily. Sirius fawned over her but she smacked his hands away. "Get off me, you arse!"
He acted as if he didn't hear her. He wrapped his arms around her and held her in a hug, while she fought and tried to get out of his grip. He was too strong though, and eventually she gave up. She slumped in his arms. Sirius carried Olivia to their bed and sat down, holding her close to him.
"I won't go…" he murmured in her ear. "And we can go to Boston, and you can go to school… I won't go, Olivia."
Olivia sniffed, not that she was crying, and said, "I love you."
"I love you too." he said.
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While Olivia was feeling guilty about keeping Sirius from something so important, he at the same time was thinking why she did this to him. She enchanted him into doing things he would never do. Running away, moving to Boston, creating a Muggle life. She convinced him to do all that. He loved her so much. Strangely, he would do anything for her.
He wasn't paying much attention as Olivia instructed the movers where to place furniture in their new apartment. There were only two bedrooms and one bathroom. It had a leaky faucet in the kitchen, stains on the white carpet and the lock on the front door had already been broken when they moved in. However, it was all they could afford with Olivia going to school and Sirius not making as good of money fishing in Boston.
He barely noticed as the movers finished and left. He sat on their couch unconsciously as Olivia flitted around the room, straightening picture she just put on the walls, making sure everything was in its place.
"And I know you're gonna say 'You could just use magic for that, love.' but I don't care." Olivia said, snapping him out of his stupor.
"Hmm?" he asked.
She rolled her eyes, "Nothing." she sat next to him and took his hand in hers, "I start school next week."
"Really" he asked, raising his eyebrows, "Full time student?"
"Very full time. I also talked to the director, he said the least time I can graduate in is about two and a half years."
"Alright, and how much will you be there then?"
"Probably from about eight in the morning to six or seven at night."
He nodded, "I'll take on more projects."
Sirius had taken a job doing construction work, plumbing work and handiwork. He fixed peoples' cars, furniture, plumbing issues, other vehicles, house problems and helped construct buildings. He had hid this knowledge of carpentry and auto mechanics from Olivia until now. He was taking on many projects, and getting quite a bit of money from them too.
"So, Liv. Will you tell me what you're majoring in?"
"Music Performance."
"Is that regular music?"
"No, it's like instruments and conducting and singing and performing in front of audiences."
"How many classes a day?"
"It varies." she shrugged, "So what do you think?"
"I'm glad you're doing something you love." he said. Olivia smiled.
"Anything else?"
"Sing for me?" he suggested.
Olivia giggled, "No, not yet."
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"Oh, dear Merlin! Sirius, it's the first day of my classes! Let go of me so I won't be late!" Olivia exclaimed the following Monday. It was a quarter to eight and Olivia had to get going soon. She had gotten her driver's license the Friday before and though she wasn't particularly used to driving yet, she was going to drive the used Chevrolet Chevette that they had bought the other day for quite a good deal.
"Hmm, what happened to my girlfriend who was usually so excited for morning sex?" Sirius murmured against her neck. He had one arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her tightly to him and the other hand was groping at her breast through her shirt. He was grinding his hips against hers, doing no effect whatsoever.
"She's a college student now."
"Well from what I've heard of them, you should be even more eager to have sex with me. Especially with how good I am."
"Cocky, aren't you?" she smirked, trying helplessly to pull herself out of his grip. "Okay, Sirius, really. Let go. I need to get going."
He sighed but let go of her nonetheless. She smoothed her white peasant blouse, tucked into black knit shorts. She stepped into black oxford heels, grabbed her schoolbag and kissed Sirius goodbye.
"Have fun." he said.
"Thanks." she smiled, "Have a good day." with that, she grabbed her keys and went off.
XXX
Olivia got home with a grin on her face. She put her bags by the door and went off in search of Sirius, who had to be home by now. She ventured into their room to see him with a towel wrapped around his waist. He had a smaller hand towel n his hands, rubbing his head to dry his shaggy black hair.
"Hello, love." she greeted him, walking over. She took a strand of his long messy hair in her fingers and frowned, "Looks like you need a haircut."
He grinned and kissed her passionately. "Hello."
"Have a good day?"
"It was nothing special." he said, "But I didn't get sex in the morning." he said, pouting.
"Well I don't have time for that anymore." she sighed, "Not in the morning anyway."
"Then," he began, snaking his arms around her waist, "you'll just have to give me some when you get home and before we go to bed."
"I don't think I have that much time for sex in the evening. Especially since that's only three or four hours away from each other." she said, pulling away and turning on their magical radio. It was currently tuned to the British sports channel.
"And their first win in over twenty years, Chudley Cannons won against Ireland last night. It sure was surprising, yes, but it happened. Apparently, a win is possible for them."
"Wow…" Olivia smirked, "I never would have guessed."
"They're a good team, you know it." he said, but couldn't refrain from laughter. He reached over and switched the channel to a smooth, jazzy song. "In the mood?"
"No." she said. She laughed as he walked over to her and kissed her deeply.
"How about now?"
"Still not really." she said, pushing him away. She went to their dresser and picked out a pair of jeans, a t-shirt, and undershorts and laid them on the bed. "Get dressed, we're going to Russeva Island."
Russeva Island was a rather large island off the coast of Massachusetts. It was inhabited entirely by members of the wizarding community. It was invisible to Muggles. It must have been hard to disillusion it since the island is so big.
There were multiple wizarding communities inside of Massachusetts, including a community similar to Diagon Alley called Antana. Olivia had pinned up a map of Massachusetts in their bedroom with all of the wizarding communities stuck with a pin. She actually even had a book with all the wizarding communities in the United States. She had gotten it from a merchant in Russeva.
"I don't want to go to Russeva." Sirius whined childishly, but he put on his clothes anyways.
"Too bad, love. We must meet the wizarding community." Olivia giggled after he put his shirt on, and began to pull him out of the room.
