SECOND ATTEMPT AT UPLOADING

A/N- I'm so sorry, I know I promised this chapter on Monday but my baby has been incredibly sick. I have hardly been able to put him down since Sunday afternoon. He still isn't 100% but is doing much better. Also I have now got a new keyboard so I can write properly. Yay. You will notice in this chapter there are different page breaks. These represent a flash back. Seeing how I write thoughts, most of the time, in italics I think it could get a little confusing, however if my regular readers would prefer it that way please leave me a review to let me know. This chapter is rated M for some Sirius snogging, haha, and bad language, nothing to heavy but just a warning. Well on with the chapter as I'm sure you are all desperate to know what happened after the kiss.

IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE: I have to go back to chapter 5 and change the new rule with teachers and students to 45 instead of 40 as this story is set in 1999 so Sirius would already be 40 and Hermione 20 (when I calculated their ages I forgot Hermione was a year older then everyone else but knew Sirius was 20 years older then her)

Disclaimer : I don't own anything except for the plot

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Before Sirius could push Hermione away, she pulled away and ran out of his quarters. This was the exact reason she didn't want to go alone, she knew it would happen if he tried to comfort her in any way. "Dammit! Dammit! Dammit" she muttered to herself as she ran towards the tower. She should have canceled or at least pulled away when he hugged her but no, it was just like before, only this time she got away before it went as far.

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Hermione sat in the library at Grimmauld a week after returning from Australia attempting to distract herself from the pain she was feeling inside, when Sirius enter. "Harry has gone to visit the Weasley's. He said if you want to join him, just floo over" he told her, while looking at the shelves for something to read.

"Do you mind if I stay here? I'm not ready to face them yet" she replied without looking up from the book she had been looking at for the past half an hour.

"Not at all, but you should know Mrs Weasley would like to see you, she sees you as one of her daughters."

"I know, but I haven't told anyone but you and Harry that I went to find my parents and I can't deal with the questions right now" a tear slowly ran down her cheek.

"Please don't cry. You don't need to see them yet. I'm sure Harry will tell them about it today and then next time he goes you know they won't mention it." He told her as he gentley stroked her back.

"Thank you, Sirius. I don't know what I would have done this last week without you" she nestled her head into his chest, tears started to become heavier and she began to sob.

"Shh, love. It will be okay. I promise. I know it might not feel that way right now, but I swear to you it as time goes on it will get easier. The pain won't ever go but you will learn to live with it." He told her and kissed the top of her head. Without thinking he lifted her chin and went to kiss her cheek, as he done this Hermione turned to look at him and the kiss landed on her mouth. At first the kiss was a soft kiss that a friend would give when consoling, but the longer Sirius lingered, the more Hermione wanted to deepen it. As if reading her thought, Sirius opened his mouth and softly licked her bottom lip asking for entry which she granted.

Sirius pulled Hermione onto his lap and entwined his fingers into her hair, pulling her head back so he could deepen the kiss even further. Hermione's whole body was tingling, she could feel her stomach muscles tightening, and she began to push her body closer to Sirius', rubbing up against his lap. These actions were a wake up to Sirius as he felt himself harden. He lifted her off his lap and gently sat her back down next to him. "I'm so sorry, Hermione, I really should have done that. It was completely out of line to take advantage of you." He apologised.

A fresh tear ran down Hermione's cheek "You weren't taking advantage of me. I wanted this, I have for since before I left." She whispered, lowering her head so he couldn't see the tears that were beginning to fall more heavily caused by the feeling of being rejected.

"I did take advantage of you. You were confiding in me and I took advantage of that by kissing you. This can't happen between us. I'm your best friend's, who you look at like a brother, Godfather. You live under my roof and you are only 20 years old. I'm twice your age. It can't happen." As he walked out the door, he turned around to see the tears running down her cheeks "I'm so very sorry, Hermione, I hope this doesn't change anything"

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Hermione throw herself onto her bed, drew the curtains and cast a silencing charm so no one could hear her sobs. After 15 minutes of tears she drifted off to sleep.

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Ginny and Draco say across from each other trying to organise the schedules for the next month, they had already decided to do them on a fortnightly rotation and only need one 2 hour long shift a night with 2 prefects as there was no longer the threat as in previous years.

McGonagall had given them a few of rules to follow for the schedules that would help promote House Unity and also to make sure those who were on duty were safe. Those rules were; First and foremost each Prefect must be on duty with someone from a different house, secondly, the duos could only be male and female as having two females patrolling could pose a threat to them if they happen to come across a fight, and finally, before beginning their shift and at the end of the shift they must report to a head of house that has volunteered for that day. While the rules seemed simple the hard thing was there was an uneven amount of prefects making it more difficult to split evenly, the only thing helping was they didn't need patrols on weeks as the Professors would take care of them.

"Why don't we just not give me any shifts that way there is an even number to divide up and it will be fair" Draco suggested hopefully.

"That wouldn't be fair at all, and there are less male prefects then female so it would make it even more difficult. If anyone would get off their duties it should be a female" Ginny countered

"If I can't get off my shift you aren't either"

"I wasn't going to suggest that, I don't think anyone should get off"

Draco smirked at her wording "I guessed that when you refused to join me in the shower this morning" He said, raising his eyebrow at her.

"That's not what I meant, you git. You can get off when you want I just won't be doing it for you"

"Bat for the other team, do you, love?" He asked seriously.

"No I don't. I'm just not interested in you."

"See, that's exactly what makes me think you're into the ladies. Every girl is interested in me." Once again he was completely serious. "I wouldn't be too surprised if Potter turned you but I can assure you not all guys are duds in the sack like him"

"For fuck sake, I'm not a lesbian. I'm just not interested in sluts. I don't like the idea of what someone like you could be carrying" She signed, growing more and more frustrated with him. "And I really don't want to know how you know what Harry is like in the sack."

"Experience. That's how I know." He said. Ginny started to see red, the only time Draco and Harry got along she was dating Harry. "Oh shit!" Draco said, realizing why Ginny was looking ready to rip his head off "No, no. It was after you two split up, why do you think he hates me again? Anyway let's get these schedules done so that I can actually do something fun."

"I am going to get the whole story out of you but for now ok let's get these done, I need to see Hermione."

They started to work on the schedules and within half an hour they had them complete and went their separate ways.