CHAPTER 7

The days had passed and the full moon arrived, Remus had decided that it was much easier for him to just go back to their old home and stay there the night, instead of moving everyone out to the Burrow.

"I'll see you in a few days and then we will definitely be celebrating your birthday because you know what else is on that day?" Remus said to her.

"What?" Riley asked.

"It's been 10 years since I adopted you" He told her.

"Wow it's been that long?" Riley said "Time flies when you're having fun" she added.

"Be good and I'll see you soon" Remus told her, hugging her again and then leaving. Sirius didn't say a word; he just stood in the hallway, looking at his own feet, he wouldn't even look at him. When he heard the door close, he looked up to Riley looking at him, and then she shook her head and walked away, before he could say anything to her.

"Still not talking to Sirius?" Ginny asked as Riley walked outside to play Quidditch with them.

"No, not until he apologises to Remus" Riley replied then got on her broom and took off into the air. Sirius was sitting in the kitchen, staring at his cup of coffee that Molly had made him.

"Why don't you just go and talk to her?" Molly said as she sat down next to him.

"She is still very mad at me" Sirius told her "I don't think she'd want to talk to me" he added.

"I think if you just sat down with her, things might get sorted out" Molly told him "She's a tough girl and she loves you both, she'll listen" she added.

"Yeah you probably have a point but how?" Sirius asked.

"When she comes back inside, just speak to her, or corner her, either way" Molly said "That's what I do with the boys" she added and then walked away, leaving him to think things over. He figured he could wait until they had finished Quidditch and then just wait for her outside. The game ended, with Riley nearly knocking Harry off his broom and Riley nearly flew into a tree, when she saw Sirius sitting down on the back steps.

"Riley, can we talk please?" Sirius asked when she landed.

"What about?" Riley asked, but Sirius waited until the others had gone inside.

"Well, this thing with Remus and I" Sirius said but stopped.

"This thing is your fault. You blamed him for what happened at the Diagon Alley and it wasn't his fault" Riley yelled.

"I know it wasn't his fault" Sirius told her.

"Then why haven't you told him that?" Riley asked "He's gone away, for the full moon and he thinks he's going to loose you for good" Riley told him.

"If anything ever happened to you, and I wasn't there to help you, I'd never forgive myself" Sirius told her.

"Dad I know that and Remus knows that, but nothing is going to happen to me" Riley told him as she sat down on the steps next to him "You've got to believe that and with the war going on, we need all our friends and loved ones, who knows what's going to happen" Riley told him.

"Yeah you're right" he said.

"Will you talk to him then please, when he comes home?" Riley asked.

"Yeah I will, I love him. I really do." Sirius told her.

"I know you do, you just need to tell him more." Riley said "Want to head inside?" she asked.

"Nah, how about we just sit outside and talk for a little bit." Sirius replied. "Tell me how it was living with Remus when you were little." he asked.

"It was so much fun, he taught me so much at such a young age" Riley began saying "He never left me alone, told me everything about you and Mum, like what you guys were like when you were at school. He taught me all about the Dementors and Boggarts. I saw one, when I was 8, scared me half to death it did." Riley said and then she went on to talk about everything they did together and how she stayed with Dumbledore as well.

"Sounds like he looked after you quite well." Sirius said.

"Yeah he did and he so wants you to do the same with me but you got to let me do it on my own as well, I'm not a little kid anymore." Riley replied.

"No matter how old you get, you'll always be my little girl" Sirius replied, then he put his arm around her, and then it started to rain.

"Inside now?" Riley asked

"Definitely, I can't wait for Moony to come home." Sirius said.


The days went passed, and August 31st came around, bringing Remus home after the full moon and Riley's 15th birthday. Since Sirius had agreed to talk to Remus as soon as he got home, Riley had agreed for Molly to throw her a birthday party. And as Remus said, it wasn't only her 15th birthday; it was the 10 year anniversary that Riley became a Lupin. Riley had changed her name to Riley Maddox Lupin Black, making both Sirius and Remus her guardians and her fathers. They were heading down the stairs for breakfast, when Remus walked through the door, causing Sirius to leap over the bottom five stairs and run straight into his arms.

"Whoa Sirius, gently, rough night." Remus said to him as he hugged him.

"I am so sorry, sorry for everything." Sirius said, his neck nuzzled against Remus' neck "I don't think it was your fault, you've raised this beautiful girl just the way I always wanted her to be raised, you…" Sirius was saying but Remus stopped him by kissing him.

"It's alright babe." Remus said, "Let's have some breakfast I'm starving." he added and they all headed to the kitchen. "Hey kiddo, thank you." he said when he hugged Riley.

"For what?" Riley asked.

"Talking to him, I know you did" Remus told her. "And also, Happy Birthday." he added.

"Thanks." she replied and they all sat down to a huge birthday breakfast Molly cooked. As they were all sitting down eating dinner, the atmosphere had drastically changed.

"So looking forward to starting school tomorrow?" tonks asked.

"OH yes of course." Riley replied.

"Least you'll have Remus at school." Sirius said pouting.

"Awww, I'll come visit in the holidays." Remus said.

"Hey Dad, I'm sorry." Riley said.

"For what?" Sirius and Remus both replied.

"I threw out Padfoot and Moony." she said.

"When did you do that?" Remus asked, trying to hide his smile.

"When dad and I had that fight, before we came here." Riley replied.

"Ah yes, we saw that." Remus replied.

"Accio Moony and Padfoot." Sirius said and then the two little stuffed animals, that resembled Sirius and Remus' animal form, came zooming into the kitchen and landed right in front of her.

"Aren't you lucky that you have 2 nosey fathers?" Remus asked.

"Thank you." Riley said and she took the animals upstairs. Later that day, Riley and the others made sure they had everything packed in their trunks, ready for the next day. The part was going to go till the late hours of the night and Molly didn't want them rushing around in the morning.