AN: Hello! It's been a while! I was recently reading through my old stories and I remembered how much I loved wiriting in this universe. So, here is a series of one shots about Raina and Sirius' relationship after his name is cleared and Harry lives with him. I will be switching between the Golden Trio and the Marauder Era.

I don't own anything you recognize.

Enjoy!

Summer 1996

Harry could hear them laughing from the kitchen as he left his bedroom. He didn't think he had ever heard Professor Lupin-"Call me Raina, Harry"-laugh that hard. Or at all, for that matter.

"I had nightmares about that for weeks", Raina said with a smile. "My parents were so worried."

"You didn't tell them, did you?", Sirius asked nervously, despite the fact that he worry was twenty years late.

Raina shook her head. "Of course not. They never knew anything about us."

"Were you ashamed to be my girlfriend, Raina?", Sirius said, pretending to sound hurt.

"A bit." She laughed at the look on his face.

"Oh, good morning, Harry", Sirius smiled as he saw his godson enter. "Raina here was just telling me how much of a horrible boyfriend I was."

Raina rolled her eyes. "You should've heard the things Lily said about you."

"She didn't want you to be with him?", Harry asked, sitting down beside Sirius. Raina shook her head.

"No. She couldn't even stand that I was friends with him and James. Once Sirius and I started dating, she'd just slip in little digs at him here and there."

"Lily told me that she'd hex my arm off if I hurt Raina", Sirius said with a nostalgic smile. "She would have, too."

"Was it hard being friends with both of them?", Harry asked, intrigued to learn more about his parents.

"Oh, yeah", Raina took a sip of her coffee. "I met Lily on the train first year, and Sirius and James a couple of weeks into the term. She nearly killed me the first time she saw me talking to them."

"Did she make you choose between them?"

"Never. She disagreed with my taste in friends-and later boys", Raina sent a pointed look at Sirius, who smiled. "But she would never ask me to pick a side."

"James would always ask Raini to talk to Lily about him", Sirius added with a chuckle. "She'd never do it."

"Of course not! That would make it look like I was picking sides! Besides, nothing I could have said would've changed her mind."

"Did he think that you did?", Harry asked.

"The first few times I told him that I had talked to her", Raina explained. "But after that I told him no. I was the one who told him that if he left her alone, she'd come around. And she did."

"Excuse me", Sirius chimed in. "I believe I told him that."

Raina rolled her eyes. "Yes, right after you said, 'Give her one more go, Prongs. Ask her to Hogsmeade again''.

Harry smiled at their banter. He bit his lip to keep himself from asking a question he had had on his mind since he went into Raina's pensieve in her office during third year.

"What's wrong, Harry?", Sirius asked.

Harry shook his head.

"You can ask us anything", his godfather assured him. "We'll tell you whatever you want to know."

"Why did you two break up?", Harry blurted. "I mean, was it before or after...everything happened."

Raina and Sirius looked at each other.

"Well, I suppose we never formally broke up", Raina said carefully. "It was sort of implied when I was yelling at him that night."

Sirius nodded, smiling wryly. "I read between the lines. Although, she was yelling so much I didn't have the chance to tell her that I'd always love her. Even though she definitely broke my nose before she left."

Raina blushed and took a long drink of her coffee. Harry felt bad for asking such a personal question.

"I'm sorry", he quickly said. "I didn't mean-"

"Don't apologize", Raina said kindly. "Things were already a bit awkward between us. Would you like to hear the story of the time Sirius almost got us killed when he took me on a date?"

Sirius groaned. "How many times do I have to apologize for that?"

"Be quiet."

"What happened?", Harry aked eagerly.

"Well, Sirius came to my house on that bloody motorbike of his", Raina began. Harry's eyes widened at her words. He had heard her tell Sirius off for swearing four times in the same day before.

"Language in front of Harry, Raina", Sirius teased. She ignored him.

"Anyway, I told him there was no way I was getting on that thing, but he convinced me that we had to. The next thing I knew, we were in the Forbidden Forest. He said he wanted me to see it when I wasn't in my wolf form, so I could see how beautiful it was."

"It was a nice thought!"

"Then, we heard a howl in the distance", Raina continued, smiling a bit at Sirius' interruption. "I was so scared that whoever that wolf was was going to kill us."

"I ended up taking her back to your grandparents' house", Sirius took over. "Where, as soon as we walked in, James made a joke about me bringing her home so soon."

"Then his mum offered me hot chocolate so I could calm down", Raina said. "I was pretty shaken."

"Did they know?", Harry asked. "About you being a werewolf?"

"They did", Raina nodded. "Because someone decided to transform into their Animagus forms in their backyard."

"That was not my idea!"

"Did you tell Mr. Potter that when you got caught?"

Sirius grimaced and shook his head at the memory.

"What did he say?", Harry asked.

"Not much", Sirius told him. "He wasn't exactly happy with the reason I gave him as to why we became illegal Animagi."

Raina snorted and rolled her eyes.

"What did you tell him?"

"I told him it was all in the name of love", Sirius said. "He didn't think that was funny, or a good reason. Merlin. That man was terrifying when he was angry."

"You would know", Raina muttered.

"Hey, I seem to remember you getting in trouble at their house once."

Harry's eyes widened as he looked at Raina. She fidgeted.

"Don't look at me like that, Harry. Also, Sirius, I remember you saying that, if I got in trouble, you would take the blame for me."

"I never said that", Sirius corrected her. "James said that to convince you to come. I never agreed to that."

"What happened then?", Harry asked excitedly. He couldn't imagine Raina getting into trouble at all, despite who her friends were.

"James asked me if I'd be able to stay with them during our spring break. Sixth year, right?"

Sirius nodded.

"I told him no", Raina continued. "Because the full moon was in the middle of the break, and my parents would never let me go anywhere before or after to make sure that I was alright. James had the brilliant idea that I go stay with them anyway, and tell my parents that I was staying at school. I really didn't-"

"Oh please, Raina", Sirius rolled his eyes dramatically as he interrupted her. He turned to his godson. "Don't let her innocent act fool you, Harry. She wanted to do it, she just doesn't want to admit-Ow! See! She's violent, too!" Sirius reached under the table and rubbed his leg were Raina had just kicked him.

"Anyway", Raina said, glaring at her ex-boyfriend. "Yes, I did it anyway. Everything was fine until the day after the full moon. It was a particularly bad one, partly because I was in a strange place and the wolf was confused."

"You really beat yourself up that night", Sirius said softly. "Prongs and I could hardly do anything to help you."

Raina gave him a small smile before continuing. "I woke up on the couch in the Potters' sitting room, all bandaged up by James' mother. Mr. Potter saw that I had woken up and started talking with me. Then he told me that they had sent a letter to my parents telling them that I had hurt my leg pretty badly."

"The look on her face", Sirius shook his head. "I have never seen her so scared. But believe me, James I were in much more trouble than she was."

"With James' parents", Raina added. "You didn't see the look on my dad's face when I got home." She shook her head. "Mr. Potter was mad, though. I'm not sure if it was because I was in pain, I was tired, or because he was mad at me, but I started sobbing after I told him that my parents didn't know I was there."

Sirius scoffed. "Totally unfair. Crying never did anything for us."

"What did he do?", Harry asked Raina.

"Told me to get some sleep, and that I would be going home the next day." She shuddered. "Ugh, I'll never forget the way he said that. 'I'll let your parents decide what to do with you'. By that point, I was crying so hard Sirius and James thought he had smacked me."

Harry fidgeted involuntarily and looked at Sirius.

"Oh, yeah", he nodded. "Let me tell you, Harry, there is nothing more embarrassing than your girlfriend being one room away while your dad is yelling at you. Even if she was asleep."

"Actually I wasn't", Raina chuckled. "Mrs. Potter brought me biscuits and sat with me while you and James tried to defend yourselves. She told me not to tell you that I heard everything."

Raina laughed at the look of pure embarrassment on Sirius' face.

"My parents were", Raina sighed. "Disappointed, I guess is the best word. They weren't sure what to do. I had never done anything like that before."

"What did they do, again?", Sirius asked sincerely. "I don't remember if you ever told us."

"They wouldn't let me use my owl", Raina replied. "They did let me send you guys a letter to tell you that I'd gotten home safely. Oh, and I couldn't go to Hogsmeade for the rest of the year."

"How would they have known?", Harry asked.

"They trusted me", Raina shrugged. "Although, I'm sure my dad sent a letter to Professor McGonnagall just to make sure. After all, he knew who my friends were."

"Why didn't you ever tell them about Sirius?", Harry asked, changing the subject completely. He was curious now. He wanted to know everything about their lives together.

"They were protective." Harry was surprised that it was Sirius who answered. "We met them after we graduated from Hogwarts. I'll never forget the look her dad gave us when Raina hugged each of us."

"Because of what happened?"

"Probably."

Raina nodded, her eyes clouded over. Sirius gently tapped his foot against her leg under the table. He offered her a reassuring smile, which she returned.

Harry could tell that they had communicated without words. They did that a lot.

Harry hoped that he could find someone like that in his life.

Or, maybe he already had.

AN: Thanks for reading and reviewing! See you in the next chapter!