Jessica hurried to sit by him on the bed, getting all of the long hair out of his face, she saw it was badly bruised and with dry blood all over it.

"Look for a rag or something, I will try to clean this off," she told Pacon, who started looking for something she could use.

"I tried healing his cuts, it worked fine on most of his face, but I couldn't heal the one on the side of his mouth and on his back," he said while looking around.

Jessica turned Sirius to the side a little bit and saw gashes on his back from one side to the other.

"Do you know what did this to him?" Pacon asked giving her a damp dish towel.

"Yes, it was a werewolf," Jessica replied, trying to imagine what Remus would think if he saw Sirius like that.

"I know some good stuff that will heal this up, probably won't even leave a scar."

"Would you bring some chocolate too? He was attacked by dementors."

"Yes, I will be right back," he said and left.

Trying to clean most of the filth and blood out of his face, she could see now how thin he was, his face waxy, it looked like a skull of a corpse. The cut to the side of his mouth was indeed very deep. Once his face was clean she turned him to the side again and started cleaning his back.

Pacon came back with a bowl of a variety of crushed plants. While Jessica held Sirius on the side Pacon gently rubbed the mixture on the wounds.

"Just keep applying it every half a hour and it will heal, and here is the chocolate you asked," he said examining the gashes closely

Jessica got a small piece and put it in his mouth, and started rubbing the plants on his face.

"Where did you find him?" Jessica asked.

"I didn't, it was a wizard friend of mine. He called me because he saw the hippogriff and assumed the man was one of us. I recognized Black the moment I looked at him. I remembered when I first went to London for my training, you told me you believed Sirius was innocent. So I knew to come to you, before deciding what to do with him."

"Thank you," she said holding his hands.

"So you still believe he is innocent?" Pacon asked.

"I know he is innocent now," Jessica told Pacon all that she knew. "I am hoping he will tell me more once he wakes up. Where is the hippogriff?"

"My friend is watching over him. But he thinks it's mine, I modified his mind, he doesn't even remember he was the one that found Sirius and the hippogriff."

"Just brilliant," she said wishing Sirius was awake.

"Thanks, you guys can stay here as long as you need. Black is safe here, I don't think no one would recognize him," Pacon said brightly.

Jessica nodded.

"There is food on the refrigerator, anything else I can do for you before I go?" he asked.

"No it's okay, I will just watch over him."

Jessica sat by Sirius for hours, holding his bony hands. Every half a hour she would rub more of the plant mixture and she could see a big improvement already. After a few pieces of chocolate Jessica noticed the color coming back to his face, he didn't look as pale as before.

The cabin was now dark, Jessica remembered Remus and Willy had no idea where she was. Deciding Sirius was safe for few minutes she apparated back in her apartment.

"Jessica? You are early," Remus said when he saw her.

Jessica looked confused for a second and realized it was still day outside, she looked at her clock and it was mid afternoon.

"Remus I don't have a lot of time. Muffliato. You won't believe this. Remember Pacon?"

"Naturally, the Brazilian Minister," Remus said looking a little bit concerned.

"Yes, he found Sirius," she said with excitement. "Pacon is hiding him. Isn't it wonderful?"

"It is wonderful, I bet he is so happy to see you," said Remus.

"I hope he is, he is out of it, too weak I assume," she said. "I need you to go get him some new robes, and try to get him a wand" She went to her bedroom and got a bag full of gold galleons. "Try to go fast, I want to go back soon, in case he wakes up."

"Okay," without another word he was gone.

Jessica started packing a trunk full of her clothes, and some books. She also went to pack some food, she did not know of Pacon had there, but she wanted to make sure Sirius had some of the things he liked to eat. In about half a hour Remus was back.

"I went as fast as I could. There are five different robes there, two pairs of shoes, I hope I got the size right. I also got him socks and underwear. The wand was pretty hard, I told Ollivander it was for a friend and he was not happy, he sold me one that he thinks would be good to a vast group people," said Remus.

"Thank you, please let Willy know where I am, you can take my bedroom if you want. I need to get back," she said closing her trunk after putting Sirius things inside.

"When will I be able to see him?" Remus asked.

"I will send Pacon to get you once he wakes up."

"Okay, see you in a few days," said Remus giving her a warm hug.

"See you," said Jessica and left.

Sirius did not even move while she was gone, Jessica applied the plants as soon as she got back, and she did the same thing every half a hour throughout the night. When the sun was rising she went and made a tall cup of coffee, this was her second night without sleep and Jessica thought every second awake was worth it.

Next day Sirius started showing good signs of improvement, his face was totally healed and his back still needed a couple days more, but never the less it was healing pretty well. Around noon he started making small movements on his own, Jessica got the urge to shake him awake, but quickly overcame it and started making a chicken soup in case he woke up soon.

While the soup was cooking she went to apply some more plants and Sirius started muttering. She hesitated for a second.

"Sirius," she said. But he just kept on muttering. "Sirius, it's me, please wake up."

Sirius sat upward with a jump, Jessica moved a few inches back avoiding a collision. Sirius looked around for a few seconds.

"AAARRGG," he cried in pain.

"Sirius, please, lay back down, your wounds have not healed yet," she gently helped him back to his side. When he was comfortable she knelt by his bed.

"Where am I?" he asked weakly, Jessica could tell by the look on his face he was both, scared and in pain.

"You are in the Amazons, a friend of mine found you and contacted me," she said, and he softened his face, giving Jessica the impression he was no longer worried.

"Since when you have friends that live in the Amazons?" he asked again.

"This was my last post, when I worked of the Department of Mysteries," she answered. " I lived in this cabin for three years."

Sirius left out a small laugh. "You would think they can afford giving you a decent place you live," he said looking once again to the small one room cabin and its ceiling made of palm trees leafs.

"Compared to the houses around here, this is very decent," she explained.

Sirius took a big breath.

"Does it still hurt?" she asked.

"Yes, Remus got me really good didn't he?" he asked while trying to reach the wounds on his back. Jessica sat back on the bed and helped his hand to where the gashes were.

"He really did, you had gashes on you face too, but they already healed," she said.

Sirius touched his face, where the deep wound used to be. "Yeah, I remember now," he said.

"I think you should try to eat something, you are very weak," said Jessica.

"I don't think I can sit up long enough," he said trying to feel his back wounds again.

"Is okay I can feed you," Jessica went to get a bowl of the chicken soup. "I will need your blanket to support your head a little higher." Sirius gave her the blanket, she folded it and carefully put it under his head.

She gave him a spoon full of soup.

"I forgot how good your food is," said Sirius, savoring his first bite as much as he could.

"Oh, thank you, that is sweet." She kept on feeding him.

"This is so depressing, I can't even feed myself," he said.

"I find it romantic actually," she said smiling at him.

"I don't know in which planet this is romantic," Sirius was a little annoyed with the situation.

"It's been a pleasure to take care of you, I am enjoying every minute of it," said Jessica and for the first time their eye meet, she smiled again, but Sirius quickly looked the other way.

"I met Harry," he said silently.

"I know. He is wonderful, isn't he?" Jessica tried to hold his hand but he moved it out of reach. Sirius did not notice she tried to do that.

"Yes, great kid," Sirius smiled a bit for the first time. "I asked him to come live with me, he said he would come. But then Peter escaped, and I had to run again."

"Sirius, Dumbledore would not let you take Harry from his aunt house. The night Lily died, she shielded Harry from the killing curse, giving Harry a protection, Voldemort couldn't touch Harry, that is why he fell. Every summer when Harry goes back to their house the protection renews, because his aunt and mom share the same blood."

"I see, makes sense why he still going there instead of staying with a wizard family," he said.

"I tried taking him in a couple of times," she added.

"Did you?" he was pleased, she could see it in his eyes, wishing he would look at her.

"Yes," she said looking at his bare chest.

He was so skinny she could see all of his ribs bones. She ran her fingers on his chest, feeling each of his ribs, starting at the top going one by one till she felt the last one. She could not stop herself, and kept on going, touching his lower abs, she noticed there was no muscle left.

Sirius got hold of her hand and squeezed it gently, he moved her hand away from his body, dropping it back on her leg. She looked at him and he shook his head. Jessica wanted to be with him really bad, feeling slightly sad she decided to respect him and give him all the time he needed.

"Jessica, it really hurts, do you have something that will put me back to sleep?" he asked after a few moments of silence.

"I have a small travel size potion kit, I can try to put something together for you."

She went for her trunk and got a small box, took some ingredients out and started mixing them together. From the corner of her eye she could tell Sirius was looking at her, but didn't dare to look back, she pretended she didn't notice it.

"Here it is," she gave him a small amount of the potion. Gently getting the blanket under his head she covered him with it.

"Thank you for everything," he said before falling sleep.

For the past three days Jessica was longing for the moment Sirius woke up, imagining he would sweep her out of her feet and be so excited to see her there. Sure, he was nice, she kept thinking, but after all this time she expected much more.

Jessica was sitting outside the door of her cabin, with its door open ajar, so she could hear if Sirius woke up. The forest was dark but the sky was glimmering with thousand of stars. In the distance she heard the sounds of the jungle. Inside her, she searched desperately for peace, trying to concentrate on her surroundings, but the pain she felt inside was much stronger than all the beautiful things around her.

Her memory took her back to the day she visited Azkaban, Sirius was so pleased to see her, kissing her hands devoutly and saying I love you. What changed? She asked herself over and over again, in a little more than a year Sirius love for her seemed to have vanished.

Her head leaned against the door frame, she was so tired, this was going to be her forth night without proper rest. She was now trying to figure out a way to make sure she would be awake every half a hour. Jessica was now meddling with her watch trying to make its alarm sound a lot louder, since it was a muggle product it was harder than she thought it would be.

Crack. She heard inside of the of the cabin. A desperate feeling came over her, thinking Sirius had left her there. She opened the door and looked straight at Sirius bed, but he was still fast asleep, he did not disapparate. She stood up pulling her wand out and slowly walking inside.

"Good Lord," she said when she saw Pacon standing behind the door holding a fruit basket. "You could've said something." Her heart racing while she put her wand away.

"And what?" He said smiling at her. "Miss the chance to scare you a bit?" he added putting the fruit basket on the table.

"Not funny," she said when Pacon started laughing a too hard for her taste.

"Yes it was," he said stopping laughing. "Anyway, I came to help you tonight, you need some sleep," those words rang through Jessica hears like a song. "I wanted to come earlier, but I got busy."

"I really need to rest, are you sure is okay?" she asked while sitting on the bed by Sirius.

"Yes, I will stay all night," he reassured. "I thought he would be awake by now."

"He woke up this afternoon, but he was in pain, so I put him back to sleep," she added in a sad tone of voice.

"I bet he was so happy to see you," said Pacon.

"I think he was, but not how I pictured. I don't think he loves me anymore," said Jessica while laying down on the bed by Sirius, making sure she was far enough not to touch him.

Pacon had an uneasy look on his eye, Jessica knew he was putting words together carefully. "Don't worry to much about it, you said he was in pain, maybe her was a little out of it," he finally said.

Jessica did not know what to say, she just closed her eyes, in no time she was fast asleep.

Though eye were closed, she felt the day light, she opened her eyes and it slowly started coming to focus, she was now facing where Sirius was laying, but took her a few seconds to realize Sirius was not there. Panicking, thinking he left, she sat up, and to her immediate relief she saw Sirius sitting on the kitchen chair, sealing an envelope.

"Good Morning," he said not looking at her. He gave the letter to a tiny owl who happily flew out the window. Jessica quickly tried fixing her hair before he looked at her, pulling it into a pony tale. "I wrote a letter to Harry telling him I am okay. I didn't want to wake you up, thought you needed the rest," he said casually looking at her.

"Thank you," she said sliding to the edge of the bed, trying to avoid looking at Sirius who was shirtless in front of her. "Where is Pacon?"

"He left a little while after I woke up," he said. "What a nice guy."

"He sure is," Jessica went to look at the wounds, as she walked Sirius followed her with his eyes, but Jessica was still avoiding looking at him. "Your wounds look much better today," she said examining it closely.

"Yeah, and they don't hurt like yesterday, still stings a bit, but I really can't complain." He was looking at his fingernails which were black with filth. "I really need a bath," he added.

"They only have shower here, and it's outside," she said getting her trunk open, and taking Sirius things out. "I asked Remus to go buy you some new robes." She started giving him a pile a clothes. "And a wand, of course."

Sirius dropped everything he was holding and held the wand tightly with both hands. He looked like a child on Christmas morning right after opening the present he was longing for.

"Thank you," he said with watering eyes.

"I hope it works well for you," she said feeling warm inside, sharing a little bit of Sirius radiating happiness.

"I am sure it will." He put his wand on top of his head, and his hair started shrinking, from his elbows to his shoulders. "Here is good," he said satisfied with his hair length. "Do you have a good spell for tangles?"

"Yes," she said smiling a bit of his vanity. She place her wand right were Sirius had his, the hair started untangling, until it did not look messy no longer, for a few seconds they exchanged tender looks. "Let me use impervius charm on your back, so your wounds don't get wet."

"Good idea," He said breaking eye contact.

Jessica carefully placed the charm around his wounds. "I think it will be alright," she said and he turned around facing her. "You better go wash that hair of yours, if there was a competition for greasy hair, you would win. Even Severus doesn't stand a chance," she said in an attempt to make him laugh.

His reaction was completely different, his once happy radiation turned to anger. He stormed out of the cabin without another word.

Making a mental note not to say the name "Severus" in front of Sirius she went to brush her teeth using the kitchen sink, while drinking a cup of water he looked straight ahead the kitchen window and saw the bathroom where Sirius was, steam coming out of the bathroom window. Once she was done with her morning hygiene routine, Jessica worked on breakfast.

Took Sirius more the one hour to finally come back from the bathroom. Breakfast was ready and the table was set when he came in.

His improvement was noticeable, his new clothes looked really good on him, he was wearing a plain black pants and shoes with a light blue shirt, he left two buttons open, revealing a bit of his chest. His hair was dry, giving him an elegant look, his teeth much whiter then before, fingernails trimmed . Jessica understood why he took so long, Sirius spend a lot of time making use of his new wand fixing himself.

"You look really good," said Jessica breaking an awkward silence. "I have breakfast ready."

"Thank you," he said, sitting down to eat.

His gratefulness came fully appreciated by Jessica, but she sat there looking at him extremely annoyed and tired of hearing thank you and nothing more. Sirius started slowing down after eating without a break for half an hour, Jessica had to keep making the food multiply every few minutes or so they would have enough. Jessica in the other hand, was only drinking a tall cup of milk, feeling sick to her stomach from all the coldness in the room.

"Well, thank you," said Sirius again, Jessica rolled her eyes. "I am feeling better, you can go now."

"WHAT?" Jessica yelled without a warning. "I am sorry, you got me by surprise. You want me to leave?"

"Since I can take care of myself there is nothing left for you here," he said coldly.

Jessica wanted to cry now, she stood up and gave her wand a wave and the dishes on the table, one by one, started floating to the sink.

"I don't want to go," she said in a firm voice, leaning against the sink facing the table where Sirius was.

"I am sure your boyfriend misses you," he said looking at her for a second and looking back to the table where he was playing with his wand, spinning it around.

"What? Boyfriend?" she said looking puzzled. "I don't have a boyfriend," she said drinking a large amount of her milk.

"So what do you call Snape this days?"

Jessica choked with shock, milk came flying out of her nose and mouth, she tried coving it with her hand, but in the movement she spilled the rest of the milk over her shirt. Feeling extremely embarrassed she turned around. washed her face and trying to dry her shirt with a kitchen towel.

Sirius stood up and she heard his footsteps walking towards her, stopping inches behind her. Jessica faced him and he held her right wrist tightly, pointing his wand at it he started moving it upwards very gently through her arm. Took her moments to understand he was drying the milk, as wand past all of the milk around it would dry out.

His wand moved from shoulder to shoulder below her neck line, and her shirt got dry. Jessica breathing became heavy, she felt her whole body react to their closeness it was so hard not to reach out and kiss him, but the feeling quickly went away when she looked him in the eye, and saw Sirius looking at her with arrogance.

When his wand touched her left wrist, Sirius got the towel Jessica was holding and threw it back on the sink. Jessica was struggling to calm down, and make her breathing softer, but failing.

"You are a witch, for heaven sake, use magic," Sirius moved away, and sat back down.

"Severus is nothing more than friend, like always," said Jessica when her breathing went back to normal.

"I don't believe you," he said coldly again. "I saw Snape go get you every night at the school gate and walking you in for more than a month."

"And you just assumed we were together?" Jessica got annoyed beyond her control. "Look how clever you are, proud now? Are you?" She said walking towards him. "And all this time it never crossed your mind the reason I went there was to try to find you before the dementors did? And all the time you saw me there never once you tried to talk with me, why?" She was trying to fight her tears down.

Sirius was silent for a moment. "I heard you tell Snape you don't love me."

Jessica froze, he was right, she did tell Severus that, she knew it was a mistake and now more than ever she wished she told Severus to truth.

"I lied," she said softy. "At the time I did not want to love you. I was hurting because you never tried to go see me. When I heard you escaped, I thought I would see you in a matter of days, but months passed and you never came."

"I don't blame you," he said, but Jessica knew it was not over. "I can't get pass the fact you told Snape that, lie or not."

"It was foolish, but there is nothing I can do now, just forgive me," she waited to see if he was going to say something, but he didn't. "Okay?"

"Not okay," he said standing up facing her by only few inches again. "I want you to go now, and I will tell you when I am over it."

"But…"

"GO," he yelled before she could speak another word. Jessica didn't dare to try to speak again, they stared at each other for a while. "Just go please," he said weakly, sitting back down.

Jessica didn't want to go, but she left to respect his will.