This chapter is kind of late but I have been way to lazy to edit this but I finally did! After this, there will be one more chapter and an epilogue. I would expand on this story but school is approaching and I know I wot have time to write so I want to at least finish it. I do have a idea for a sort of extra sort and Ill explain it at the end of the chapter. For now, enjoy this one and please review!

Warning: There will be some descriptions of abuse in this chapter so if that makes you uncomfortable, there will be a * where it starts and ends so you can skip it.

As the months went on and Easter vacation was nearing, Sirius felt like he was constantly floating on a cloud. He had an amazing boyfriend, a fantastic best friend and things were looking up for him.

After the whole school found out about their relationship, they were not as shy about their relationship. Well, at least Sirius wasn't. Kisses in the hallway, hugs almost all the times, lots of touching, things like that.

Despite the fact that their relationship was known by pretty much the whole school, they still continued to do their outside thing once in a while, mainly when they really needed that interaction.

They had a lot of firsts throughout the past couple months. They had their first Christmas, when James invited Sirius and Remus to his home and they opened gifts while Remus snacked on loads of unhealthy chocolate. They had their first Valentine's Day, when they both snuck into Hogsmeade where they consider their 'first date" and just messed around like children. They also eventually had their first 'time", which wasn't planned and kind of confusing at first but also gentle and loving and the best thing either of them had ever experienced.

They had a great, actually amazing, thing going and neither of them could express how happy they were. Even James and Lily were happy for them. The two of them had gotten closer over the months of watching over the lovebirds and eventually decided to give a relationship a shot. Even though James did get on her nerves a lot, they were adorably falling for one another and it was really good.

Sirius was kind of shocked on how easily Remus could know how he was feeling. How he could read him like his dusty, old books. The only person who knew him that well was James, but whenever Sirius was mad or sad or upset, Remus just knew and always tried to coax it out of him. And he could never say no to those adorable amber eyes and his sad face.

They were also able to talk freely about their conflicts. Remus always told him when there was a full moon so he'd wait for him throughout the night in the hospital wing and be right in the bed beside his for when he was brought it in the morning. And luckily, Madam Pomfrey was okay with this.

While his last few months have been pretty amazing for him, it was now holiday and Sirius had to finally go to see his parents. They were the ones whom he hadn't seen since the middle of summer, in which he ducked out early to spend the remainder of summer with James. Also the ones he hated passionately.

He had also spent his winter break at James' house since his mum invited him. However, James' dad is in the hospital and since he figured they would want some family time, he had volunteered to spend it at home, despite James urging him it would be fine to come. He was going to ask Remus if he could stay with him but he knew the problems he had with his mum and didn't want to be a burden.

So that's why he found himself waiting at Kings Cross station for his brother, Regulus, to stop talking to his friends so they could apparate out of there. He used to love his brother a lot. They would always take care of each other when they were younger and enjoy each other's company. But then, as he grew up, he decided to be more interested in what his parents were selling then Sirius was.

He followed their every call and gave him all the love and affection in the world. They even wanted to name him the heir of the Black house, even though it should be Sirius.

Regulus also had no problems letting his parents beat Sirius to hell. Sometimes, he'd even encourage it and say he did something so they would. Sirius had a deep hate for him, mainly because he was his brother and he thought he would have his back and help him, but instead just treated him worse than his parents. They chose not to even acknowledge each other at school and never exchange words.

He turned his head and saw Regulus walk towards him, a cold and nasty look on his face. He stood next to him and grabbed his arm. No hi or anything, just a signal to get them out of there. He sighed and they disapparated off to 12 Grimmauld Place.

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When Sirius arrived, as usual, no one really cared about his appearance. They acknowledged him at times, but the only words said to him were just insults about how irresponsible he was and that he was disgrace to the Black name. This didn't bother him though because it was nothing he hadn't heard before. Luckily no one brought up him and Remus so he was in the clear for now.

That is, until dinner that evening.

They were eating some weird thing that Kreacher had cooked and Sirius pretended to eat it while the room was filled with silence. His mother spoke now and again to say nice things to his father and rude things to him but it seemed like an okay dinner. But of course, Regulus had to speak.

"So Sirius, how are things at Hogwarts with that Half-Blood Gryffindor boy? You seem awfully cozy in the halls and after that nice ol' kiss in the Great Hall; I assume you're a couple?"

Sirius dropped his fork and was swearing in his head. Most of the times he forgot Regulus was at Hogwarts, especially when it's important. And now he knew and told his parents, who were narrowing their eyes and ready to scream.

"You w-were k-k-kissing a boy? At school? In front of EVERYONE? And a half-blood?! They are as dirty as mudbloods" his mother roared. .

Sirius swallowed and kept quiet. He didn't want to say anything just to keep a bigger fight from happening. But he was angry. He was angry at Regulus because he is a shithead who lives off of his pain. But especially for his parents because they were saying things like "freak" and "disgusting" but it wasn't just about him, it was about Remus as well. He would do something to them but he needed to get out so he blocked out his mothers and father screams and though about how he could get out of this and off to James' house.

His lack of attention must've begun to show because suddenly, he felt a sharp pain across his cheek. He looked up and his father looked murderous. He yanked Sirius hard by his long hair and dragged him up the stairs. He knew he was going to get a beating and knew he had no way of getting out of this one. If he tried to leave, they would probably just kill him so he decided to take it. He had a better chance of leaving the home later if he did. But at the moment, he didn't know that this was going to be more than just a beating.

***When they got upstairs, he threw Sirius on the ground and kicked him hard in the stomach. Sirius fell over and groaned, feeling his dinner contents lingering in his throat. His father grabbed him again by the hair and punched him extra hard in the jaw, which most likely is broken.

"You think I will tolerate having a Nancy boy in my family?! You think you ca fancy boys and think I'd let you leave alive?!" He roared. Sirius shivered. He had never heard his father this angry.

He got on top of Sirius and beat him hard. Sirius felt all of it. He felt every punch, the bleeding, broken nose; the pained, sore jaw; the metallic tasting blood lingering on his tongue; all of it. He also heard all the slurs he spat in his face. Better him than Remus.

"And who's this boy? Lupin you say? Oh I know that family. His father was always a weak, crazy shit who couldn't do anything for himself and his mum as well. Guessing their pathetic son turned out exactly like them."

Sirius felt anger bubbling in his body but it faltered by a sharp blow to the stomach.

"Dirty half-bloods. Almost as bad as mudbloods. You think you can kiss some dirty halfblooded dog on the lips and still be considered worthy? I should kill him as well!" And at that point, Sirius lost it.

"Shut the hell up!" Sirius screamed and used every ounce of strength he had to push his father off. His bones felt weak and his chest as well, but he lifted himself off the floor and get ready to apparate. Unfortunately, he felt the pain of it before his mum even said the words.

He fell to the floor and felt his lungs burning as he screamed like a banshee. Every inch of his body was one fire and it was like white hot iron was being put on his skin. He felt even his soul screaming in agony. It was the cruciatus curse.

They had always threatened him with it but he never thought they'd do it since it's illegal. He didn't think they hated him so bad that they'd torture him. But now, he knew they did.

His head felt like thousands of bombs were going off in it and he felt like his body wants to die but can't'. He was in the worse kind of pain and the only thing he wanted was to just die. He heard his parent laughing and he knew that they felt nothing for him anymore. Just because he was in love.

When they stopped, it was because his father was telling her something and he knew what it was. He wanted her to use another curse. On that wasn't so painful, but worse the same. Before they could even point the wand at him, he sued every last ounce of strength left, concentrated, and apparated the hell out of there.***

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When he arrived, he fell and landed on his stomach. He was there, at James' house. It was a nice family sized house that was not too far away from other wizard homes. He really didn't want to bother them but he didn't know where Remus lived and he just really needed to be somewhere safe at the moment.

He felt lots of soreness and a sharp pain shiver in his whole body as he walked up the stairs. He weakly rang the doorbell and slouched on the ground besides the door. Apparating in his state had made him feel even worse and he wondered why he wasn't just dead yet.

When James opened the door, he heard him say his name and call his mom and after that, everything went dark

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When he opened his eyes, James was looking down at him while his mother was examining him. He smiled weakly, knowing he was in good hands. James' mum was a good woman who instead of joining the dark side, works at St. Mungo's and helps people. When Sirius groaned loudly, James narrowed his eyes at him.

"Bloody hell Sirius what happened?" he asked. James had seen Sirius with a bruised body and a broken nose but nothing ever this bad.

Sirius gave him another weak smile. "Parents know. Gave me a hell of a beating. Even used the C-Cruciatus curse."

James' eyes widened and he looked at his mum, who was staring at Sirius with glassy eyes and a pained expression.

"Darling they did…they did what? I knew they were nasty but to use an unforgivable curse on their own child… Oh if I had just let you come…" His mom had stopped dabbing Sirius' nose and began to full outcry.

James put a hand on her shoulder and Sirius' eyes widened in surprise and horror.

"Mrs. Potter in no way is this fault. I'm the one who went!"

"But I shouldn't have let you! I knew they w-weren't treating you right in that house and I was so caught up over James' father I didn't think…" She started sobbing again and Sirius felt tears coming in his eyes.

Here was James' mother, crying over the fact that she couldn't save him from his terrible parents. Blaming herself like a mother usually would if something happened to their child. That was when he knew that James' mother was like his as well. Not by blood, but by the fact that she showed him more love than his family ever did. So Sirius grabbed his mum and pulled her into a hug and just held her through the tears.

Sirius looked up at James, who was watching them with a sad look on his face and a single tear falling from his eye. James had never cried when Sirius came to him after a "fun' summer at home and when Sirius just couldn't cry, he gave him a hug or made him laugh just to let him know that he was there and not going to let him be alone.

Even James' father, who was in the hospital resting after an accident. He had always been there when he came to their home. He was the one that offered to give Sirius his own room at their home. He was the one who told him and Remus "Cheers!" when they came to their home for Christmas. He was the one who made him laugh during fun Quidditch practices over the summer.

The Potter family meant the absolute world to him. They accepted the boy he loved so dearly and treated him like they were his own. They were his real family, purely by love, and with them is exactly where he wants to be.

Kind of dark but the end was kind of light. This was mainly to describe the meaning of family and who Sirius' really family was, aka the Potter's. Next chapter, aka the final one, will have Remus and some other stuff. Or something like that. I know this story is ending but I had an idea of writing another story of one-shots about some of their moments. Like some of their outside meetings, their Christmas, valentines day, etc. The moments I talk about but don't really go into depth about. they can even be about Sirius' breakdowns or James and Lily. If you'd like this, please let me know and I will find time in the future to write it. It wouldn't be right now but it would be in the future. Okay sorry for that long message, hope you enjoyed and have a great Tuesday!