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The days dragged slowly and the nights even slower, Shay's light of hope was almost completely gone. Lily and James grew closer as Lily suffered from aftershock and James mourned for his best mate. Remus and Peter tried to stay by Shay's side as much as possible. Sirius was showing no signs of returning to the world of consciousness. Ten days turned to fifteen which turned to misery for everyone. No one was able to accept he may never wake up. On the seventeenth day however Peter came baring good news.

"Sirius, he's he's he's," Peter stammered catching his breath having obviously sprinted all the way to the common room. "Awake."

Unfortunately Sirius chose a Quidditch day to wake up so Shay and James weren't present immediately. Lily, Remus and Peter however ran as fast as they possibly could the Hospital Wing. And Sirius was definitely awake, awake complaining and yelling that he was fine.

"Poppy! I am most definitely fine!" Sirius screamed as his friends approached his sick bed.

"Good god Sirius!" Madame Pomfrey screeched, "You have been unconscious for seventeen days!"

"Blimey, it didn't seem that long. Anyway I'm most definitely fine." he said with authority.

"Well, I can't seem to find anything wrong with you so you may leave within the hour, but only because I am in no mood to be screamed at by a patient I have bent over backwards to tend to! I don't want to see you back here Mr. Black." she said and scurried away.

Holding her to her word Sirius was back in the Gryffindor common room before James and Shay were even done with practice. James was the first one back and he was ecstatic. After screaming like a girl for a considerable amount of time the two brothers embraced in a very manly sort of hug and smiled.

"So where's Jefferson?" Sirius finally asked.

"Well, I'd suspect she probably went to go check on you, she's barely left your aide for ten days." Lily said.

"Yup, McGonagall had to threaten expulsion to get her to come to class." James said wrapping his arm around Lily lightly as she showed signs of dizziness.

"You're joking!" Sirius said mouth gaping.

"They said, he's awake!" Shay said rushing inside the common room and quickly finding Sirius sitting in an armchair.

"Hello pretty lady, long time no see." Sirius said smiling widely. Shay resisted the urge to snog his brains out and instead sat down next to him and hugged him very tightly.

"Welcome back from the dead Black." Shay said smiling.

"A hug?" Sirius asked disappointment clouding his lust filled eyes.

"I think you've had enough excitement in one day, love. I'll see everyone tomorrow." Shay said walking to her bed without another word.

"Well, Lily I think I'm gonna leave too, wanna come?" James asked innocently.

"Sure," Lily replied sleepily. "Good night everyone, we're glad you're back Sirius."

"Thanks Lily," Sirius said, "What happened with them?" he added one the pair had left.

"I'm not sure they even know." Remus said smiling and offering Sirius some chocolate.

0.o.0

The days after Sirius' recovery resulted in a very happy Shay. All of their friends were noticing just how hard Sirius was trying for the girl's love. They also had seen just how much he meant to her and they were utterly confused why she was taking so long.

"Oi! Shay! Padfoot! Quidditch pitch in twenty!" James shouted the day before their first game.

"But Prongs!" Sirius complained, "It's raining! And I was in the Hospital Wing for seventeen days!"

"Man up Black," Shay said laughing and walking towards the dormitories.

She came back out fifteen minutes later in her normal spandex and jersey. Sirius was ready this time however and had managed to get into her room yet again to surprise her once she finished changing.

"Holy shit Black!" Shay screamed emerging from her screen and throwing the nearest hairbrush at him in reflex.

"Woman you take forever to change!" Sirius complained handing her her yellow converse, "We only have five minutes!"

"Shut it I'm not naturally beautiful I need my makeup!" Shay said rummaging for something on her vanity.

"You listen to me!" Sirius said pulling her by the wrist and pinning her against the wall, "you're gorgeous, always! Right now you're probably the most stunning thing I've ever seen and we're going to Quidditch!"

Shay was taken aback. Sirius locked eyes with her for a very long time and Shay was vaguely aware they would be late, reluctantly unpinning herself she quickly tied up her shoes and followed Sirius out of her room.

They walked almost the whole way to the pitch in silence. That kind of silence where you know you're both glancing at each other every few seconds, but you just can't pluck up the courage to say something that might ruin the moment.

"Thank you," Shay finally stammered once they had reached the exit out ofthe castle, "for saying I was beautiful."

Wow, Shay thought, that couldn't have been more badly timed.

"Well, you are." Sirius replied smiling at the incredibly brave girl, "Don't ever forget it."

"I won't." Shay said smiling. "So Slughorn asked if we should cancel the ball, I said we should"

"What? Why?" Sirius asked.

"Well, for the past month basically I've been busy taking care of… Lily and you and Lily has been taking the attack worse than you. She still gets pain all the time and we were the ones planning the ball." Shay said sadly.

"What if James, Remus, Peter and I planned the ball?" Sirius asked hopefully.

"Oh lord" Shay moaned, "You four have no sense of decoration and I doubt you can manage the money and get everything."

"We can do it I promise it will be amazing" Sirius said, "We deserve something fun don't you think?"

"Yes, I do, I miss being happy" Shay said.

"I'm happy, I'm so happy that I'm alive, and I'm here with all the people I love" Sirius said, "I sound so queer, sorry."

"Oh please you deserve to be happy love" Shay said running to grab her broom and push off into the sky.

After an extremely long and cold and wet practice a very grumpy Gryffindor Quidditch team hit the showers. Shay put her tangled hair in a mess of curls on her head and headed out to find Sirius. She wanted to go to the kitchens and Sirius would know how to get there without getting caught.

He crept up behind her and grabbed her around the waist speaking her thoughts by saying.

"We're having that picnic now."

"Kitchens?" Shay asked.

"Most definitely" he responded and they walked happily out of the rain.

"So tell me, how did you manage to survive completely unharmed from SIX cruciatus curses?" Shay finally asked once Sirius started helping the house elves cook.

"Well, I'm not exactly sure, there was this, now don't laugh," Sirius said eyeing her, "Presence that was always there on my hand I think and that little bit of the real world sort of brought me through it."

Shay blushed. She knew exactly what or who that presence had been, but she didn't need him to know that.

"A presence eh?" Shay asked skeptically.

"Ya a presence with tons of blonde hair and curves." he said smirking at her surprise, "Oh yeah I knew it was you."

"You knew this whole time? About the threat of expulsion and everything?" Shay asked sheepishly.

"Yes, that was pretty amazing of you to do. Thank you." he said earnestly setting a plate of lasagna in front of her

"Italian." Shay said smiling and digging in, "Sirius this is really good!"

"Don't sound so surprised!" Sirius said laughing, "So, ten days, you must really have it bad for me."

"Oh please, we're really close..." Shay said.

"Close... What? What are we Jefferson?" he asked interested.

"We... Black... are," Shay paused and avoided his eyes, "...people."

"People? Now Jefferson that's not exactly what I meant." Sirius said enjoying every minute of this.

"Well," Shay said finishing her lasagna, "I'm really tired. Thanks for the food!"

"Whoa! Wait, Jefferson. Do you think maybe sometime we could do this again?" Sirius asked hopefully.

"Well, seeing as I didn't have a terrible time," Shay said smiling widely, "I think that can be arranged."

"Great! I'll see you at the game tomorrow then?" Sirius said.

"Yes you will." Shay said and moved close to Sirius, he towered a good four inches above her and she looked into his deep blue eyes with happiness. Sirius froze so Shay planted a kiss on his cheek rather then his lips. A bit disappointed and bewildered Shay left for her dorm. Her figure slipped out of the entrance to the kitchens and Sirius regained the ability to move.

"PRONGS!" Sirius shouted as soon as he muttered the Head's password.

"Padfoot for the love of god!" James yelled and Sirius looked to see James and Lily settled very close to each other on the couch.

"Fine! I'll turn around you two kiss, you get ten seconds! Then sorry Lily I need James." Sirius said.

"Fine. What do you need Padfoot?" James said reluctantly.

"Not with her here." Sirius said motioning to Lily.

"You are not in a position to be choosing! Now what is so important." Lily said.

"Well," Sirus sighed and then recounted his entire time with Shay before finishing with, "And I don't know what happened, but I was so scared to kiss her! It's like she's too good for me!"

"Blonde wavy hair and curves?" Lily repeated disgusted. "You pig!"

"Hush, I need help! Lily I got nervous! I'm Sirius Black for the love of all things that taste good!" Sirius whined.

"Well, I have to say I'm proud of you Pads, you might actually be experiencing emotions, you know that aren't coming directly from your pants." James said. Lily laughed.

"Listen everything will be fine, just maybe going slow is good for you guys." Lily suggested.

"Sirius she's not a slut, you're going to have to be conscious of the fact this won't be easy." James warned him.

"But it will be worth it in the end." Lily reassured him.

"Yes it will" James said gazing at Lily.

"This is... this is... god I just wish she loved me!" Sirius said falling backwards into an armchair. Lily bid them good night and walked to her room, knowing it was guy time.

"Good night Lily" James said smiling, she hugged him lightly and walked to her room.

"So, sorry I interrupted... again." Sirius muttered.

"You know, it's ok." James said falling backwards on the couch as well.

"God, look at what these girls do to us eh? I mean some ladies men we are." Sirius scoffed.

"It's a complete and utter disgrace that they have this much power over us." James agreed.

"Well, there's always the match tomorrow. I get to watch Shay just barely escape another injury every few seconds." Sirius said sighing.

"You really worry that much?" James asked.

"Mate, the most dangerous thing Lily does on a daily basis is get a paper cut from reading a book. Every single thing Shay does she does it without precaution. She's definitely a Gryffindor."

"Padfoot, she's the female version of you. Do you not think she worries? You got hit with SIX cruciatus curses don't you think that killed her?" James said.

"I don't think she has it as badly as I do. I've loved her since third year."

"Blimey, why'd you never tell me?" James asked a bit hurt.

"It was the most terrifying thing falling in love, then realizing she hates you and not knowing how to fix everything." Sirius said as James stared in disbelief.

"Oi! I know I know that's exactly what happened with Lily." Sirius said after being stared down by his best mate.

"Girls." James sighed.

"Can't live with em can't live without em."

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