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Previously - "Ainsley doesn't stand a chance does he? Especially if Andromeda doesn't like him and she thinks Amy is better off with Sirius." Remus asked.

Tonks smirked "Of course not, the fall of Ainsley Gibbon is just beginning and you are one of the lucky few who get to initiate it."

Chapter 12- Big Girls Cry

After the order meeting Amy got ready quickly and drove over to meet Ainsley at his house. From there he was taking her out to some fancy Italian restaurant in the middle of London.

When Amy pulled her car into his driveway, she felt very nervous all of a sudden. A lot had happened since she had last seen Ainsley and she had to be careful what she said. The last thing she wanted to do was accidently give away that she knew anything about Sirius or the Order.

Amy got out of her car and knocked on Ainsley's door. She had to wait a few seconds before it finally opened.

"Hello Amy, come inside quickly please. I am nearly ready to go," Ainsley said, giving Amy a quick kiss on the lips before walking back down the entryway of the house and into his lounge room.

Amy followed him but her nerves were getting worse and she was starting to feel sick. Amy decided to distract herself by counting how many tiles were on Ainsley's floor. She was up to twenty when she started randomly thinking about Sirius and if he was okay. Probably he is just doing something with Remus. What if he has a nightmare and I'm not there? He is capable of looking after himself, he managed fine before you came along. Maybe I shouldn't stay here all night though, maybe I should go home after dinner just to make sure he is okay? Amy mentally slapped herself, thinking about another man while in my boyfriends house. Poor form Amy, that isn't cool. She continued to argue with herself in her head though. It isn't like I've been thinking about how nice his eyes look with that grey colour or how good I feel when he compliments me or how gorgeous his butt looked in those jeans he had on today. Great now I've got a picture of Sirius's butt in my head, while I'm in my boyfriends house. I'm so going to hell if I keep on doing this.

"Earth to Amy."

Amy blinked her eyes and saw Ainsley standing in front of her.

"Sorry, I got distracted. I've had a lot on my plate lately," Amy apologized.

"You think that you have a lot on your plate. At least you don't have to worry about some idiot sending you exploding squids," Ainsley complained.

"What on Earth are you talking about?" Amy questioned, having no idea what he meant.

"Someone at work has found out that I'm afraid of squids. Everywhere I go there is something that has been transfigured into a fake squid. As soon as I go to pick them up, they explode leaving some sort of green liquid over me. Someone even sent me a live one in a tank yesterday. I had to call a Muggle Pet Shop to see where I could send it back." Amy was trying hard not to laugh. Carissa would of let it slip about Ainsley being afraid of squids but a live one in a tank and exploding fake ones had Sirius written all over it. Amy also figured that he must of roped Tonks and Kingsley into doing the dirty work.

"That must of been horrible for you. Hopefully you figure will out who is doing it soon," Amy said keeping herself composed.

"So do I, squids are awful creatures. Are you ready to go?" Ainsley asked.

'Ummm, no there is something I need to talk to you about first," Amy said quietly, looking down at her shoes. She had to get this out before she got even more nervous and threw up everywhere.

"What is it?" Ainsley asked.

"I had a visit from Albus Dumbledore a few days ago," Amy answered, still not looking at her boyfriend.

"What did he want with you?" Ainsley queried.

"He offered both Carissa and I a job teaching Muggle Studies at Hogwarts this year and we accepted the position," Amy blurted out, as she finally looked up at Ainsley.

"Are you fucking kidding me Amy? Dumbledore is an old crackpot and that boy Potter is worse. They both want to bring down the Minister for Magic with their bullshit stories," Ainsley yelled at her.

Amy was trying very hard to control her temper, why were people so insistent on setting her off today.

"Look Ainsley, I don't really care if Dumbledore believes that sky is pink and it rains butterflies. I'm getting paid more money for less work and can actually teach the kids what it really is like for a Muggle in the Wizarding world," Amy replied, as calmly as she could.

"How do you think this will look for me Amy? If you work for him, the Ministry will think I'm on Dumbledore's side," Ainsley argued back.

"So what? They aren't going to sack you, you are too good at your job. Plus are you sure they are telling the truth? It wouldn't be the first time that they have lied," Amy was yelling now.

"Amy, that was ages ago that they tried to cover up your Dad's death. Don't you think you should be over it?" Ainsley continued.

"Over it? I can never forgive them for it! My Dad meant nothing to them because he was another Muggle. It didn't matter if his killer got justice or not, for all I know they never even went to prison. I can never forgive them for not allowing me to get some sort of justice for him," Amy screamed.

"Look Amy, it was probably Sirius Black. They could never pin any other murders on him, but I would be inclined to think that he committed a lot more than what he was locked up for."

Amy was exasperated by now. She wanted to scream at Ainsley that Sirius was innocent and that was another major fuck up by the Ministry, but stopped herself just in time.

"Look we are getting off subject here. I told Dumbledore that I would do it and I am not going back on my word now," Amy was yelling at Ainsley still but was thinking of Sirius. She had come so far with him all ready. She certainly wasn't going to give up on him now, even if she had to have Ainsley mad at her again.

"Listen to yourself Amy, now I can't even trust you to make decisions for yourself anymore," Ainsley harshly said.

"Excuse me, I am quite capable of thinking for myself. We aren't married or even living together so you have no right to say that I can't do a job, especially when that job would give us more time to spend together," Amy retorted.

"Fine then, come to the Ministry now and I'll marry you. If that stops you from taking this stupid job," Ainsley demanded.

"No, I'm not going to marry you just because you don't want me to do a job. You aren't supposed to control me, you are meant to love and respect me. You need to trust me and my ability to make these decisions. I want you to marry me because you love me, not because you haven't got your way!" Amy screeched

"But you can't be trusted. Look what happened at Chris's wedding," Ainsley screamed back.

"I got drunk once and danced with my favourite cousin. It wasn't like I did a nudie run or cheated on you with anyone. We just had some fun, something you wouldn't know about," Amy replied coldly.

"You embarrassed me, you always end up embarrassing me! You might think it's fun to ramble on about robots or sharks or whatever random thing has your attention that week, but to me you are a fucking embarrassment," Ainsley yelled.

Amy was hurt, it was like Ainsley took a knife and stabbed it straight through her heart.

"Well I'm glad I know how you really feel. If I am such an embarrassment to you, maybe we are better off alone. You don't agree with anything I do anymore and to be honest I haven't been happy around you for a long time. I am taking this job, whether you like it or not," Amy managed to get out, before the tears started rolling down her face.

"Just go then Amy, get out!" Ainsley screamed.

Amy ran out of the house, hearing something smash behind her. By the time she reached her car, the tears were pouring down her face. Her heart had just been shattered into a million pieces and she wasn't sure what to do. If she went back inside and apologised, Ainsley would somehow guilt her into not sticking by her decision. If she went back to her house, she would be alone and be tempted to text or call Ainsley and once again end up back at square one. So that left Sirius's place, not that she really felt like seeing him since he did kind of cause this mess in the first place. Carissa would be there though and she would make sure Amy didn't go running back to Ainsley.

With her decision made Amy drove back to Grimmauld Place. When she knocked on the front door, Remus answered.

"Amy, what are you doing here? I thought you'd be out all night."

"Didn't quite go to plan," Amy said walking in, tears still falling down her face. "Where's Carissa?"

"She went out with Kingsley, told us she wouldn't be back till the morning. She had said you wouldn't be back either. Are you ok Amy?" Remus questioned, he could tell she was really upset but had no idea what had happened.

"Yeah, I'm just going go up to my room and wallow in self-pity for a while," Amy answered, heading up towards her room.

Remus took a deep breath. Now he had to explain this to Sirius, and who knew how he would react. How do you explain to a man renowned for having a furious temper, that the women he liked had arrived back home in tears? He quickly walked back to the drawing room where he and Sirius had been playing a game of wizard chess before Amy had arrived.

"Who was it?" Sirius asked.

"Amy came back," Remus said, carefully.

"Why is she back already? Did Ainsley cancel on her or something?" Sirius quizzed Remus.

"I'm not sure, but she looked pretty upset," Remus answered.

"Did that bastard hurt her? If he so much as hurt one hair on her body, I'm going to Crucio him myself, cut him up into pieces and feed him to Buckbeak!" Sirius yelled, jumping out of his chair in anger.

"Calm down, maybe you should and talk to her first and find out what happened. You don't want kill him before you know exactly what he has done," Remus suggested, knowing that Sirius would probably follow through with the threat if he didn't calm himself down soon.

Sirius ran out of the room without another word. Five seconds later he popped back in, "Where exactly is Amy, Remus?'

Remus chuckled,"Her bedroom."

"Thanks." Sirius ran as fast as he could up the stairs passing Molly, who chastised him for running on the stairs but he took no notice.

Sirius got to Amy's door and he burst inside. He saw her lying on the bed sobbing quietly.

"What did he do?" Sirius asked coldly.

Amy sat up and looked at him "Please not now Sirius. Just go away, I can't deal with you right now."

"Not until you tell me what happened. Did he hurt you? If he did, I'll go there right now and kill the bastard!" Sirius snarled.

Amy really wasn't up to arguing so she answered him, "He didn't hurt me, not physically. We broke up, that's all."

Sirius walked over to Amy and sat on her bed. He put his arm around her trying to comfort her "I'm so sorry Amy, is there anything I can do to help? Maybe feed him to the Dementors."

Amy gave a small smile " No, nothing like that, but can you answer a question for me?" she asked.

Sirius nodded, "Anything for you."

"I know you haven't known me for long, but I can't ask Carissa since she is out."

"What is it Amy?" Sirius said trying to keep his temper, he had a feeling he was going to have to show a lot of restraint from hexing Ainsley.

"Do I embarrass you?" Amy asked.

"What do you mean?" Sirius was confused by the question.

"When I talk about killer robots or zombies or when I say whatever random thing that pops in my head. Do you find that embarrassing? Ainsley said that I was an embarrassment to him," Amy sniffed, as she looked down at the ground.

Sirius grabbed Amy's head with both hands and made her look into his eyes "Amy, you are not an embarrassment. I find you smart, entertaining and so much fun. Plus you have such a good heart that you will help anyone, including me. Ainsley is an idiot for treating you like that and you don't know how hard it is for me to not go around there and rip his heart out for calling you that. He is the embarrassment, not you. That is not how a gentleman treats a lady."

Sirius let go of her head but put his arm around her shoulders again.

"Thank you Sirius but please don't hurt him. I don't want to see you lose everything again because of someone like him." Amy rested her head on his chest. "It's just so hard because I know I've done the right thing but I feel miserable. I just want to get completely drunk tonight and kill some brain cells so I don't have to think anymore."

"Don't you always tell me, drinking isn't the solution?" Sirius commented, but smiled at the fact Amy was ignoring her own advice.

"I'm not saying I'll become an alcoholic, but one night of having a few drinks isn't going to hurt me. I just want to get drunk and wallow in self-pity for the night," Amy sighed, as she moved her head back off Sirius.

"That's fine but on one condition though. I am staying here with you while you drink, otherwise you might try to apparate to Ainsley's house to declare your undying love for him and end up splinching yourself. Broken hearts and alcohol never go well together," Sirius advised. He still wanted to go and tear Ainsley limb from limb for what he said about Amy, but that could wait. Amy was clearly hurting and not just from the breakup. Sirius suspected those words about her being an embarrassment, had just torn her self esteem completely apart. Obviously the idiot didn't appreciate Amy at all.

"I'm going to switch off my phone, so I don't end up drunk dialling Ainsley either. If I talk to him too soon, I'll end up falling back into the same trap again. I'm probably best off having no contact with him for a while," Amy sighed.

"I don't suppose you have any liquor stashed here do you?" Sirius asked

"Kind of forgot that, I was too focussed on coming here and hiding," Amy replied, smiling slightly.

"Never mind, I'll go and get a bottle of Firewhiskey for you," Sirius said, getting off her bed and walking out of the room.

When Sirius arrived back, Amy was watching a DVD on her laptop.

"What are we watching?" he asked.

"I'm watching Bridget Jones's Diary. You really don't have to watch it, it's a romantic comedy and I doubt you will enjoy it. I'll be ok on my own," answered Amy "It just hurts since I was sure Ainsley and I would be together forever and now I've fucked everything up. I just want to forget about this whole entire day."

"You haven't fucked anything up Amy, he has. You shouldn't have to lose yourself completely just to be with someone else. It may take weeks or even months, but you will get over Ainsley and eventually find someone who is really meant for you," Sirius told Amy, as he lay down next to her.

Amy was just about to comment on how sweet Sirius was being but he interrupted her "Plus I still say that he is a probably a dud in the bedroom department. You can't be with someone who is hopeless in the sack. The offers still open by the way, if you want to to see what a real man can do," Sirius said, while he laughed at the reaction on Amy's face.

Amy groaned, "Why must you say something really nice and then turn it into something rude."

"It's what I've always done. I'm just a joker at heart," Sirius said, shrugging his shoulders. He didn't mention that the reason he always did it, was to protect his heart. Jokes were his way of hiding his pain and any real feelings. If people didn't know how much he really cared, they couldn't see how much they really did hurt him whenever they betrayed him.

"You know I'd never do anything to hurt you right, Muttley. I do care about you," Amy said softly.

Sirius smiled, of course Amy already knew why he did it. She was just waiting for him to be comfortable enough to admit it to her out loud.

"I know you do. Anyway enough with all this soppy stuff. Less talking, more drinking and we will worry about life tomorrow," Sirius declared, as he poured both of them a drink and they settled in to watch the movie.

A/N- Chapter title is based on the song Big Girls Cry by Sia. I don't own Bridget Jones either Helen Fielding does.

I think Sirius and Amy both like each other a little more than either would care to admit. Also while Ainsley and Amy won't date again, he won't be pushed aside that easily. Ainsley will try and win Amy back eventually but he will have to get through an angry Sirius first. In case you are thinking it, there will be no drunk kissing. We still have to wait a little longer for Sirius and Amy to get together.

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