Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize from the Harry Potter series

Disclaimer: I own nothing you recognize from the Harry Potter series.

Becoming a Memory

Chapter 20

"Have fun at your first day of auror training." Hermione said standing in front of the fireplace.

"And you have fun at healer training. Try not to make your fellow healers feel too stupid." Sirius said to her and gave her kiss, and another, and another.

"Sirius we need to go to—" he silenced her with more kisses. As much as she loved being showered in Sirius' kisses she knew they had to go to work, and if she didn't stop this now they'd never leave the house.

Ever since they moved into their new house the both of them had become even more affectionate than before. They couldn't be in the same room as each other for more than a minute with touching or kissing each other. And that usually led to hours of love making in their bedroom. Not that either of them was complaining one bit of course.

She stepped back and put a finger on Sirius' lips. "I would love to spend another whole day in bed with you, but we need to go. We can continue tonight if we aren't completely exhausted." He nodded begrudgingly.

"Alright, I love you, see you tonight." He said pouting.

"I love you too, I'll miss you." She replied.

He gave her one last kiss and flooed to the Auror Department in the Ministry. Hermione sighed. They hadn't been apart much at all in the time since her return from Voldemort's hideout.

At school all their classes were together, but now they were working in completely different places. Sirius was at the Ministry and she was at St. Mungo's.

Hermione turned to grab her bag and looked around her home for a second. It was nice and simple. Just the way she liked things. It wasn't overly flashy but it definitely wasn't a mess either.

Her watch then alerted her that she needed to go and she grabbed some floo powder and went St. Mungo's.

ST. MUNGO'S

Hermione was exhausted. During training that morning she learned that even though she had already mastered many healing spells, there were still spells she needed to learn.

After the new healers took notes on all sorts of new spells and practiced them for awhile they were spilt into groups to help with rounds. Hermione was glad that she and Lily ended up in the same group.

Doing rounds was exhilarating. They were quickly paced and efficient. A healer was required to think fast and make no mistakes whatsoever, because one mistake could mean someone's life. Hermione loved every minute of it.

She enjoyed the rush she got every time her resident healer asked her a question and she answered correctly just as fast. By the end of the day she and Lily had secured the reputation as being the best out of the bunch of new healers.

Now as she was changing out of her uniform and into the clothes she came in her natural high began to fade, leaving her drained.

"See you tomorrow Ariel," Lily mumbled as they got to the floo.

"You too, goodnight," Hermione yawned.

After Lily went through the fire Hermione grabbed some powder and went home as well.

Sirius was already home when Hermione stepped out of the fireplace. He looked just as, if not more, exhausted than she did. But he still had dinner ready.

"Hey love, you look dead on your feet." He said as he kissed her.

"So do you. Thank you for getting dinner ready." She motioned to the table.

"No problem at all. Now let's eat, so we can go to sleep early. We both need it desperately."

As they ate dinner they discussed how their days went and what they did. Hermione didn't say it out loud, but when Sirius said that he wouldn't be seeing any real action for a couple of months, she was relived.

She didn't know how she would handle knowing that he was in danger everyday. In her mind the less action he saw, the greater chance she had of him coming home every night.

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"I missed you today." Hermione said as she snuggled into his arms once they were in bed.

"I missed you too," he wrapped his arms around her securely. "I love you so much. A couple of times today during workout I wondered what I was doing there. And then you popped into my head and I knew it was for you. I want to do everything in power to keep you safe even if it hurts me."

"No." she said and pulled herself out of his arms to look at him.

"No?" Sirius was slightly confused at her reaction.

"Yes no! I don't want you getting hurt because you're thinking about me and not about what you're doing. I will not lose you. And if I'm the reason you get distracted and get hurt, I will never forgive myself. I don't think I can live without you." Tears were pouring silently down her cheeks and she looked at him with completely unguarded eyes. She let every emotion she was feeling show in her eyes as she looked into his.

He suddenly pulled her into a hug. It was the perfect hug in her opinion. It was warm and soft, but also firm and protective. It was as if his hug was speaking for him. His promise was in his hug as he held her tightly against his chest. He was saying how much he loved her and understood, and how he didn't want anything to happen to either of them. But it also said that he would do anything to make sure she was not harmed. As he placed sweet kisses in her hair she knew that she hadn't changed his mind.

He pulled back slowly and wiped her tears away, and then he placed light, delicate kisses on every part of her face. He pulled her back into his arms and laid them both back down on the bed.

"I won't let anything happen to either of us." He whispered into her hair.

She knew what he wasn't saying though. That if it came down to only one of them living he would make sure it was her.

If he thinks I will let that happen, she thought, he's got another thing coming to him.

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THE NEW MR. AND MRS. POTTER'S WEDDING RECEPTION

Hermione and Sirius were the first to greet James and Lily when the newly weds arrived at the reception.

"Congratulations both of you!" Hermione said as she hugged them both. "The ceremony was lovely."

"Thank you Ariel," Lily smiled

"Oh let me get a picture!" Hermione said. She pulled her camera out and took a picture of the three of them. She then called Remus and Peter over to get them in a picture too.

"Love, give the camera to someone else and get in the picture." Sirius said. She knew she couldn't be in a picture though. Harry didn't have any pictures from his parents wedding with her in it.

"Everyone else is dancing now, maybe later. But right now let's get a picture of just us, Remus would you mind?" Remus took the camera from her and stepped back a bit. Sirius got behind her and wrapped his arms around her. While Remus took the picture they were smiling at each other and Sirius bent down to kiss her.

"That's going to be such a cute picture," Lily said.

"Thanks Remus, hey, where's Natalie we can get a picture of you two together as well?" Hermione asked.

"She just went to get something to drink. She should be back soon." Almost as soon as he said this Natalie appeared. Hermione had the two of them get together and took their picture.

"Now the bride and groom." Hermione smiled and waved the camera towards the newly weds. She got a few pictures of Lily and James then decided to put the camera away for a bit.

As soon as she set down the camera she was being dragged to the dance floor by Sirius.

LATER THAT EVENING

"Do you remember our first dance?" He whispered to her as they slowly turned about the dance floor.

"Of course I do. You tried to tango with me in front of the whole school."

"Oh, yeah, I mean the second time we danced, when I finally won you over with my charms and good looks." He grinned.

"Actually what really won me over was your excellent singing ability while on a broom stick." Hermione smirked up at him.

"Oh really," Sirius raised an eyebrow. "Maybe I should sing more often then. How about now? I'm sure James wouldn't mind." He looked around for James, "hey, James—" Hermione covered his mouth with her hand.

"Sirius dear, no one wants to hear you sing."

Sirius gave her a look that confirmed that he had been joking the whole time. She laughed and kissed him.

"We should go. It's getting late. Anyway, Lily and James snuck away a long time ago." She said. Sirius agreed and they grabbed their things and went to their home.

A WEEK AND 3 DAYS LATER

HOGWARTS

"You look beautiful Ariel. Sirius is going to be knocked off his feet." Lily said looking at Hermione in her wedding dress. Hermione smiled her thanks.

"Is it time yet?" She asked.

"Almost, we're waiting on Remus to come over so he can walk you down the isle." Lily answered. Hermione had asked Remus to walk her down the isle in place of her father because he was the one that finally convinced her to give Sirius a chance.

Remus came to the room followed by her other bride's maid, Natalie. As they walked to the doors of the Great Hall Hermione couldn't help but think how much she wished Harry, Ron, Ginny, the rest of the Weasley's, and her parents were here with her.

But as she walked into the Great Hall and saw Sirius waiting for her in front of Dumbledore all those thoughts vanished.

There were few guests, just like they had decided on before. Lily, James, Remus, Natalie, Dumbledore, and McGonagall were the only attendee's. They had invited Peter as well but he was in Antarctica visiting his parents.

Hermione and Sirius smiled at each other the whole time Hermione was walking down the isle. When she got to him he mouthed "you look beautiful" to her.

The beginning of the ceremony went quickly and before Hermione knew it, it was time for the rings.

"Ariel," Sirius said holding their rings, "these rings have a spell on them. If one of us is hurt the others ring will turn red alerting them of this. I hope this will help you keep your mind at ease while I'm missions."

"It will definitely help my stress level, thank you." She smiled.

"Now it is time for your vows to each other" Dumbledore said happily.

"Ariel you are the love of life. I think I fell in love with you the moment I saw you. In that muggle movie you've had me watch with you many times there is a quote on love that says:

'Love is always, patient and kind, it is never jealous, love is never boastful nor conceited, it is never rude or selfish, it doesn't take offense, it is not resentful, love takes no pleasure in others sins, but delights in the truth, it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and endure whatever comes.'

"This is true to our love, because our love will endure what ever this war faces us with. I will love you till the end of time and do anything I can to keep you safe." Sirius then repeated the usual phrase after Dumbledore and slipped a ring onto Hermione's finger.

"Sirius, when I first met you I knew you would be trouble for me. I hadn't wanted to form any relationship but you wouldn't listen. And I'm glad you didn't, because you are the best thing that has ever happened to me.

"I love you Sirius Black more than anything else in this world. And I will also love you forever. No matter what happens in this war I will always love you. And, though you may try to stop me, I will do whatever I can to keep you safe as well." Hermione slipped Sirius' ring onto his finger after repeating Dumbledore.

"I now pronounce you Mr. and Mrs. Sirius Black." Dumbledore said.

Sirius wrapped his arms around Hermione and dipped her into a passionate kiss.

When Sirius stood her up he rested his forehead on hers. "I love you Mrs. Black," he smiled.

"Not as much as I love you Mr. Black," Hermione said lovingly.

"That's not possible," He said and kissed her soundly again.

2 WEEKS LATER

"So what's this secret you have to tell me Lily?" Hermione said as she walked out of the Potter fireplace answering the call she got from Lily moments ago.

"Ok, you can't tell anyone what I'm about to tell you until I tell James alright?"

"I won't tell." Hermione had an idea about what Lily was getting ready to tell her.

"I'm pregnant!" Lily announced with the biggest smile ever glowing on her face.

"Oh, Lily that's great! I'm so happy for you!" The two friends hugged happily.

They decided to invite all their friends over for dinner and tell everyone, including James, then.

LATER THAT NIGHT

Dinner had gone very well. James was absolutely thrilled when he learned he was going to be a father. He had already decided that Lily was going to have a boy, and during dessert planned when and how he would teach the baby quiditch and how to prank.

When Lily had told everyone her news, Hermione had been looking at Sirius. Sirius' face had worn an expression Hermione didn't recognize. It was like longing and a bit of jealousy mixed with happiness.

It was then Hermione realized that Sirius wanted kids.

Why hasn't he said anything? Hermione wondered. They still used contraceptive spells after they made love.

"Ariel," Sirius said as they crawled into bed.

"Yes?" Maybe he will talk about it now.

"What do you think about us having kids? I know I haven't mentioned it before now, but I've been thinking about it… and I'd like us having a baby. I can't think of anything greater than you carrying my child. Our child." He sounded hopeful and slightly nervous.

Hermione agreed with him. The moment Lily told her that she was pregnant, Hermione thought about what it would be like to have a baby with Sirius.

But she also knew that once Harry was born she would have to disappear.

Would she be totally heartless to say that she did want a family with him then disappear? What if she became pregnant before she had to leave? Would she tell Sirius and then crush him even more when she left? Or would she keep the pregnancy a secret and introduce him to his daughter in 18 years?

She had no idea.

But one thing Hermione knew she was sure of was that she loved Sirius and she wanted a family with him.

"I would love to have a child with you Sirius." Hermione smiled at him and he smiled back at her. He looked so happy.

She would deal with the consequences later. Right now she wanted to be with Sirius. She wanted to pretend her life could be normal for a little while longer.

A/N: Wow that was long! I hope all my amazing reviewers and readers liked it! There was A LOT in this chapter! And according to my outline we have many more to go!

I would love to hear what ya'll think about Hermione's decision and about what you think Hermione should do if she does get pregnant, or if she get's pregnant at all.

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