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Here's chapter ten!
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Chapter ten – Awakening
To any Muggle below, the tall, twenty story building looked like any ordinary hospital. But every witch and wizard around the world knew otherwise.
It was called St. Mungos.
On the seventh floor of the hospital in the third door on the left, a man lay in the bed with his eyes closed, looking as though he was asleep. He was ghostly pale and his breathing was shallow.
It was eerily quiet in the room. There was no sound whatsoever.
That is… until the man gave a gasp and sat up straight. His eyes flew open wide and he looked around frantically. "Where am I?" he muttered, standing and gripping the bed post to keep his balance. He looked out the door window and saw all the nurses and healers bustling about. When he saw their uniforms, he frowned, "St. Mungos? Why…?" And then his eyes widened in panic. "Oh, no," he whispered. "Cassie…"
"DUMBLEDORE!" he bellowed, storming into the headmaster's office.
The old man looked up in surprise. "Sirius?" he gasped when he saw the man leaning heavily on the doorframe. "How did you get here? When did you—?"
"Where is she?" he ground out through gritted teeth. "She not at the Muggles'—"
"Sirius, you need to sit down—"
"Where is she, Dumbledore?" Sirius bellowed desperately. "She—she was bleeding…"
"Sirius!" Dumbledore rushed around his desk and tried to put his hands on Sirius' shoulders, but the other man flinched away. "Sirius, you must listen to me. Cassie is just fine. She's with Remus. They're in—"
"I need to see her, Dumbledore," Sirius whispered, his eyes filled with desperate tears. "Please."
Dumbledore nodded finally, "Alright, Sirius, alright. I'll call Remus right now and tell him to bring her down here. But, please, Sirius, sit. You're still weak."
Sirius finally nodded and sank into the sofa Dumbledore conjured.
"Was she terribly hurt?" he murmured, staring up at Dumbledore with helpless eyes.
Dumbledore shook his head, "She was more… emotionally hurt from watching you fall through the veil." He hesitated, wondering if he should tell Sirius about Voldemort possessing his goddaughter. Deciding against it, he poured a cup of tea and handed it to Sirius. "Drink," he ordered gently.
Sirius took a sip and closed his eyes, the tension in his shoulder immediately disappearing. "Calming draught?" he guessed quietly.
"Yes," Dumbledore agreed.
"Please, Professor," Sirius begged again. Images of his goddaughter battling the Death Eaters were flashing through his mind. The man's hands around her neck, choking her… Her tar and sweat and dirt streaked face horror struck as she watched him fall through the veil… "I need to see Cassie."
Dumbledore nodded, "I'm calling Remus right now."
Bella grinned, staring at her best friend.
Cassie looked up from her book when she felt Bella's eyes on her, "What?"
Bella's grin widened, "I just can't believe that you and Jacob finally got together."
Cassie rolled her eyes, "Oh, please, Bella. You've known for over a weeks and a half."
"Yes, but," Bella sat down on the couch, "I thought it would never happen. You were so insistent that you didn't like him!"
Cassie shrugged, "I didn't think that he liked me back so I didn't see any reason in admitting my feelings."
"But I'm your best friend!" Bella whined. "You could've told me!"
Cassie sighed exasperatedly, "Alright. I promise you, Bella, that the next time I have a crush on someone who's totally out of my league, I'll tell you."
Bella smiled, "That's more like it."
"Hello, all!" Jacob shouted, coming through door.
Cassie rolled her eyes again, "You do know we have a doorbell, don't you?"
Jacob grinned, "But doorbells are no fun."
Cassie huffed and Jacob sat down beside her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and kissing her cheeks as he did so.
"How has your day been?" he asked her.
"I've spent the day with Bella. How do you think it's been?" she said mockingly.
"Hey!" Bella shouted.
Cassie chuckled, "I'm just kidding, Bells."
Bella huffed. Jacob sniggered and pulled Cassie closer to his side. "What're you two planning on doing for the rest of the day?" he asked.
Bella looked at her phone and cursed, "I actually have to go home. Charlie wanted to spend some daddy-daughter time or whatever. He's trying to strengthen our bond, or something. I don't know, but if I don't get home soon, he'll think I've ditched him."
Cassie grinned, "Bye, Bella!"
"Bye, Bells!" Jacob called as Bella ran out the door.
"Bye!" she called back. They heard her truck start and pull out the driveway.
"So, what do you want to do now?" Cassie asked, looking over at her boyfriend.
Jacob grinned devilishly, "I have a few ideas." He cupped her cheeks with his hands lightly brushed their lips together. Cassie grinned into the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Wanna do this?" he murmured, his lips brushing against hers with ever word.
Cassie looked at him through half lidded eyes and said softly, "Good enough for me."
Jacob smiled and pressed their lips together again. Cassie gently ran her fingers through his hair as his arms went down to her waist, gently pulling her onto his lap.
They broke for air, gasping. Jacob used this break to venture down to her neck. Cassie tilted her head so that he had better access to the skin. He pressed gentle, loving kisses to the sensitive skin that almost made Cassie want to groan in pleasure.
"Remus will be home soon," Cassie whispered as Jacob moved up to the sensitive skin just below her ear. "He'll skin us both alive if he catches us like this…"
Jacob gently nibbled on her ear lobe and breathed into her ear, "He's not home yet…"
Cassie shivered pleasantly and Jacob tilted her head back to him so that he could press their lips together again. Cassie moved her hands from his hair to his chest, feeling the muscles even through the fabric of his shirt.
Jacob pulled them gently down into a lying position, Cassie resting comfortably on his chest. Cassie kissed his chin and jaw line. "Remus really will be home soon," she murmured. "He only left to go to the store…"
Jacob nodded and pressed a light kiss to her lips, "Let's watch a movie until he gets here. He can't skin us alive if we're just watching a comedy…"
Cassie smiled and stood. She walked over to the DVD box and rummaged through it. "Hmm…" she said. "What should we watch? Ah ha!" she exclaimed, holding up a DVD. "'Bill Engvall: Aged and Confused.'"
Jacob snorted amusedly and she popped it into the DVD player. She lay back down next to him and allowed him to wrap his arms around her waist comfortably. Cassie snuggled into his chest and the movie began.
The movie had ended a while ago and Remus still wasn't back yet. Cassie and Jacob had fallen asleep just as Bill was describing the preparations for his colonoscopy. Jacob's arms were still around Cassie and her head was tucked comfortably under his chin. For the first time in months, Cassie had a small smile on her face as she slept.
That is… until they were startled awake.
"CASSIE!" Remus yelled, throwing the front door open and sprinting into the house.
Cassie and Jacob jerked awake. Cassie was about to sit up straight when Jacob pulled her down. "Easy, Cass," he murmured in her ear. "It's just Remus."
"What's up, Remus?" Cassie murmured groggily as Remus came sprinting into the room.
"Cassie," Remus said breathlessly. "It's Sirius."
Cassie didn't let Jacob's arms keep her from sitting up this time. "What?" she said in a panic. "Is he okay? What's happened? Is he…?"
She stopped, unable to say it. Jacob sat up and put his arms back around her comfortingly.
Remus shook his head, thought. "No," he said. "Sirius is awake. He's with Professor Dumbledore. We need to go over there. Now."
And there's chapter ten! I hope you all enjoyed.
It took me forever to come up with how to wake Sirius up. That's part of the reason why I didn't update last night.
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