Next morning Sirius mood changed a little bit, the bird he used to send a letter to Harry came back with his answer, Harry asked Sirius to send him some food, because the Dursleys were on a diet and making him follow it too.
"Those muggles are not worthy of having Harry in the same room," said Sirius before slamming the door behind him, going to the village to buy his godson some decent food.
A couple of days went by and it was now Saturday morning. Remus was going to come for dinner, arriving with Pacon later in the afternoon. The cabin was definitely not built for entertainment, the only furniture in the place was the bed and the kitchen table, but they figured it would be fine.
"I will go to the village, buy some things for the dinner," said Jessica. "Want to come?"
"No, I think I will wait here, in case he comes early." Sirius was more anxious than Jessica thought he would be. Pacing the cabin.
It was very cute to see Sirius like that, Jessica pondered how she would act if she knew Lily was about to walk in that cabin door any minute and was able to feel sympathetic, she then realized what Sirius was feeling.
When she arrived at the cabin she was taken aback, Sirius was outside door in loud conversation with a woman. Jessica approached them and she felt sick to her stomach, she seen that woman before, she worked for the Ministry. Still walking towards them, Jessica kept on trying to remember which department she worked.
The woman was very young, the way she was dressed made her look like a muggle, if it wasn't for her pink bubble hair, Jessica would not even recognize her. Sirius was laughing pretty hard. Jessica stood by Sirius and finally remembered who the woman was.
"Sirius, stop laughing, you should get inside," said Jessica with caution, carefully putting an arm full of groceries on the floor. "She is an Auror."
"I know," said Sirius with teary eyes from laughter. "This is Tonks, my cousins daughter, you met her, remember?"
"Yes," Jessica remembered the little girl she met on her graduation day. "Sirius I really think you should be careful," she whispered to him.
"Is okay," she said brightly. "I am happy I found you, mother will be so pleased, she was worried sick about Sirius."
Sirius was still trying to stop laughing. "Jessica, Scrimgeour send her to investigate what you are really up to, what an idiot."
"What?" said Jessica in shock. "He suspects I am up to something?"
"If you ask me, I think it is pretty obvious. But he only got suspicious because he overheard a conversation between Brisson and Fudge, they were saying how much you changed in the past month, you are always smiling, happy to do whatever you are asked. Brisson made the comparison that you were acting a lot like when he first met you, back when you two were happily living together," she said with a smile.
Jessica and Sirius giggled like two teenagers.
"Anyway," Tonks went on. "When Scrimgeour mentioned someone should investigate, I volunteered right away. And I think is great I found you, now I can make up a story, and I think I might go confuse someone in Asia, so they say Sirius was spotted there," she said laughing, joined by Sirius who was once again laughing pretty hard.
"Idiot," said Sirius again, taking a big breath. "Stay for dinner," he offered. "Remus is joining us soon."
"Remus really?" asked Tonks, and Jessica swore she saw a twinkle in her eyes. "I haven't seen him in ages."
Sirius gave her an evil grim following by a smile. "You shall see him again."
"I need to go inside and finish dinner," said Jessica. "Pacon will be her soon, he is our secret keeper. Sorry you can't go in now."
"It's alright. Sirius and I can catch up while we wait,"
Once Jessica opened the door to go inside the cabin Sirius summoned two chair, they came flying out the door, Jessica had to duck few inches, and one of the chairs missed her head.
It was surprising that Jessica was not uneasy with the new comer, she actually felt the opposite. Tonks energy was good, Jessica knew she could trust her, once or twice she even thought how nice it would be to have a girlfriend again. Every so often she heard Sirius and Tonks laugh hysterically.
Jessica finished dinner as soon as she heard new voices out the door. She quickly set the table and went to join them.
Remus and Pacon were now laughing with Sirius and Tonks, soon after Sirius told them Tonks was the Auror in charge. Pacon whispered the address and they started going in, Tonks tripped on a chair and avoided falling face down when Jessica held her.
Words could not describe what Jessica was feeling, having Remus and Sirius reunited was overwhelmingly emotional, adding Tonks and Pacon to the scene was a bonus beyond imagination. The five of them looked like teenagers, none could stop laughing and all were talking nonsense. If another person came into the room he would think they were all drunk, the catch was, they didn't even drink a single drop of alcohol.
Sirius started on his stories about his time at Hogwarts, the stories quickly turned into a Severus joke telling time, at this point Jessica was so out of it, that she couldn't help but to laugh with them. Even Tonks had some funny stories to tell, of her mischievous moments at Hogwarts.
"Last year I was teaching the third years to get hid off a boggart," Remus said, wiping some cheerful tears out of his eyes. "Any poor Neville Longbottom is terrified of Snape, of course the boggart turned into him, moments later, Neville succeeded in his spell and Snape was in front of a class full of student wearing a long lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat topped with a moth-eaten vulture, swinging a huge crimson handbag."
The room blasted with laughter, Tonks knocked her cup off the table and it smashed in million pieces.
"Oh dear, sorry," she said. " I better call it a night. I still need to make up a story, what is going on with Jessica Thompson."
"I should get going also, it's really late," said Remus looking at a pocket watch.
"Thank you for having me," Pacon added. "I am on my way."
They disapparated leaving Jessica and Sirius alone again.
Sirius sat on the bed, gleaming with happiness. "Great night, don't you think?" Sirius pulled Jessica into his arms.
"Just wonderful," Jessica stroked his chest. "Are you glad they are gone?"
"Yes," giving her a kiss. Jessica smiled against his lips.
Next Tuesday morning Jessica went to take a shower before going to work and when she got back to the cabin, she found Sirius sitting on the table pale reading the Daily Prophet.
"She is mad," he muttered.
"Who is mad?" Jessica asked walking behind him to look at the newspaper, she recognized Rita Skeeter column at once.
"Tonks," Sirius answered. "Listen to this," he read it aloud.
The Auror office still doing
all in their power to capture Sirius
Black. Wisely enough they did
not ignore my last article in the
matter, my concerns regarding
Jessica Thompson involvement
with Sirius Black were not lightly taken.
Scrimgeour send one of the most
prestigious Auror to investigate
Jessica's mysterious disappearance.
Where does she goes when she
doesn't show up at the Ministry?
Oh yes, I have the answers.
Upon investigation the Auror
office discovered Jessica has a
hidden romance. Word is Brazilian
Minister of Magic requested
Jessica's services, and till recently
we all believed it was all work related.
But is it really? The answer is no,
the Auror reported Jessica Thompson
and Pacon Iawi are happily
dating, they are madly in love.
Lets hope a wedding is in their
near future, after all those years
of heartache Jessica deserves to be
happy. Sources confirms that
she no longer wears the engagement
ring Sirius Black gave her,
I mentioned it on an earlier article…
"And she goes one telling a bit about Pacon's history, how you guys met and all," he said in shock.
Jessica was laughing.
"Aren't you mad?" Sirius asked.
"No way, I think it very clever," said Jessica. "Tonks is brilliant."
There was a knock on the door. Jessica went to get it and it was Tonks.
"I am so sorry," she said looking miserable. "I thought it would be the perfect cover up, I only told Rufus, I have not idea how Rita found out."
"It's alright," said Sirius feeling sorry for Tonks. "Jessica you will need to go see Pacon, make sure he is okay with it."
"Yeah I will," she said giving Sirius a sweet kiss. "I need to go to work. Don't forget to send Harry the birthday cake I baked."
"I need to get back too," Tonks waived. "See you later."
Jessica made sure to go talk with Pacon before going to London, he was very assumed and did not mind it at all.
It was mid August now, things were going pretty well. Sirius and Jessica love was growing each day, and then when they thought it was impossible to feel more love than that, it would grow a little bit more.
Winter was dying out and Spring was approaching, making everything around them even more beautiful. Remus spend most of the days there with Sirius, while Jessica went to work, and he would leave soon after Jessica got back, letting his friends enjoy the rest of the day by themselves. Tonks often stopped by, and Jessica started to think she was going there to see Remus and not Sirius.
The night was warm and comfortable. Jessica went to sleep on Sirius arms, like every night. Jessica opened her eye and the night was unusually dark, it was pouring rain outside, the wind was as strong as a hurricane, she looked at Sirius who was asleep like nothing was happing. Jessica was scared, which was surprising, normally she enjoyed stormy nights, she thought lighting was beautiful, she loved watching natures force, but this time she was afraid and she didn't know why.
She slowly got out of bed, being careful not to wake Sirius up. Jessica went to the window to watch the storm more closely, the fear inside her growing at each second. After a few minutes, she decided it was best to climb back to bed, surround herself with Sirius arms and try to go back to sleep.
Before she turned around she looked one more time out the window and froze. Someone was walking in between trees. Jessica focused harder to see if it was someone she knew. She tried to call Sirius out of shock, once she recognize who it was, but no sound came out of her mouth. Peter Pettigrew was walking a few feet way from the cabin, although it was years ago since last time she seen him, his rat like face and pointed nose was still the same.
He saw Jessica staring and gave her a evil grim. He turned to face her and she saw he was holding something, but it was too dark to figure out what it was. Suddenly, a lighting stroke near the cabin and she saw it, the thing that Peter was holding, she screamed in horror, another lighting hit and it blinded her. Everything went dark.
A new feeling came over her, but it was different, the pain she was feeling was not hers. Harry was in pain, and she was feeling it with him.
"Jessica," she heard Sirius call, "Wake up," he said again, shaking her gently.
She opened her eye and Sirius was on top of her. She was sweating cold, panting like she run miles.
"Sirius, Harry is in pain," Jessica suddenly said, pushing Sirius off her and sitting down.
"What?" he asked puzzled.
"I felt it, it was weird, is his scar is hurting him," she said knowing she sounded stupid. "What happened to the rain?" she realized the night peaceful.
"It didn't rain. Jessica, it was only a nightmare," he said softy. "You screamed and woke me up."
She started crying.
"It was not a dream, the pain was real, I felt it," she was shaking. "Peter has Voldemort, I saw him, Peter was holding him like infant, it was horrible," she sobbed harder. "Voldemort is going to come back, Peter is helping him now, he is going after Harry again," she sobbed on Sirius shoulders.
"Harry is alright, he can't be touched where he is," he kissed her cheek, tasting her salty tears. "He will be okay."
Sirius helped Jessica back into her pillow, he held her close.
"Try to go back to sleep," he said. Jessica sobs died down as he stroked her back, till she finally dosed off.
