Chapter 29
December 20th 1976
It was Christmas break and Sirius hated that he was back at home, he wanted to be able to spend it at the Potter's with the rest of his friends but James was still annoyed at with for what happened. He was grateful that he had Vega talking to him again and Remus was slowly opening up again but James wouldn't say anything, it had even made Quidditch training awkward. In the end James had put Castor in the middle to receive and pass along the Quaffle every single time.
Sirius was currently sitting in his room staring at his ceiling, he wished more than anything that he could have spent it at Hogwarts but he didn't sign up in hopes that James would forgive but it never happened.
"BOY COME DOWN HERE" Sirius could hear his mother shout.
Sirius sighed and headed downstairs. He found his mother sitting in the drawing room.
"Yes mother?" Sirius sat down across from his mother.
"I hear from your brother that you are in a relationship with the Monroe girl. Is this true?" Sirius wondered why it took this long for the information to reach her
"That is none of your business"
"Don't talk to me like that young man"
"You have never cared about what happened in my life before, why now?"
"You have found a respectable wife, we thought you would continuing disgracing us with your actions but this changes everything. Your father is proud of you, we want you to give her this ring and propose to her" Walburga held out a box for Sirius to grab but he didn't move
"YOU THINK I'M DOING THIS TO FIX WHAT I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST!"
"Do not talk to your mother like that young man" Sirius' father had just joined them in the room.
"Why, what I said is true. You both have never cared unless it involved me disgracing the Black name. Why change now. Just because of whom I am in a relationship with" Sirius knew he shouldn't talk back like this but he had had enough of dealing with their shit.
"Why you little..." Orion had enough of Sirius talking back to him, instead he pulled out his wand and sent hexes and jinx's at Sirius until he believed Sirius couldn't handle anymore. Sirius collapsed to the ground after not being able to stand anymore, he was just glad they hadn't used the Cruciatus Curse on him.
Sirius finally made his way up to his room and grabbed his trunk, he knew it was a good thing he didn't unpack. When he made it downstairs he couldn't see his parents so made it for the front door. He got to the front door just as his parents had spotted him.
"WHERE THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?" Orion yelled at his son.
"I'm leaving I've had enough of this place" Sirius opened the front door and left.
He kept walking down the street hoping to gain enough distance between him and his old home. When he finally thought he was far enough away he stuck out his wand to summon the Knight Bus.
When it appeared Sirius jumped on, handed over the money and gave them James' address, Sirius was starting to feel light headed but had to keep pushing through. When it arrived at Potter Manor Sirius climbed off the bus and headed towards the front door, he knocked on the door and just hoped that James wouldn't send him away.
Sirius was starting to feel worse and honestly thought he was going to pass out any minute, he was grateful when the door finally opened. At first James looked confused but when he realised it was Sirius at the door the anger appeared on James' face.
"Please" Sirius managed to get out before he passed out on the doorstep.
"Damn it, what has he gotten himself into?" James muttered to himself as he grabbed Sirius and pulled him inside.
James placed Sirius on one of the couches in the living room before calling his mother. "What's going on sweetie?" Jane spoke when she entered the living room.
"I have no idea mum, Sirius was at the door and he passed out. I don't know what happened"
"Alright let me have a look at him" James nodded at his mother before heading upstairs where he last saw Vega and Castor.
James entered the guest room where Vega was staying and found both of them in there. "Sirius is here"
"What do you mean he is here?"
"I mean he turned up here not looking right, all he managed to say was please before passing out" Vega didn't say anything before rushing past James and heading downstairs.
"What are you going to do Prongs?"
"I've got no idea Mane but we should find out what happened first"
"You really should forgive him, everyone else has. If Moony isn't mad anymore you have no right" but James didn't reply, he just turned around and left the room with Castor following not far behind him.
When Vega entered the living room she was shocked at the state that Sirius was in, she was worried he was badly hurt. She went and knelt next to Sirius. "Is there anything I can help you with Mrs Potter?"
"No dear, I am just about finished actually he should wake up any minute and please call me Jane." Jane left the room.
Sirius finally woke and Vega threw herself at him. "Sirius what happened?" Sirius knew she was angry, she never called him Sirius anymore, it was only when she was angry at him
"I just had a disagreement with my parents, come on let me sit up" Vega got off Sirius and allowed him to sit up before sitting next to him. Jane then came back in.
"Oh good your awake Sirius, can you please tell me what happened?"
"I just had an argument with my parents, father didn't like my response so I was met with the end of some choice spells"
"That isn't right, who would punish their children that way?" Jane was angry.
"It's nothing I haven't had before, I had just had enough so I came here. I hope that is alright?"
"You shouldn't have had to deal with this before, you should have come here before now, we would have taken you in Sirius. You can stay here the rest of the break and even come back next summer" Jane left the room.
"Why have you never told me about this before now Sirius?" Vega looked at Sirius.
"I didn't see the point, there was nothing you could have done about it babe" Sirius put his arms around Vega.
"But you were hurt Sirius and are obviously still in pain"
"Are you mad at me?" Sirius gave Vega puppy dog eyes.
"Yes, now stop looking at me like that. You never told me your parents have punished you like that before!" Vega stood up and walked away.
"Babe come back here" At this point James and Castor had come back in the room.
"What's going on in here?" James looked at the two of them
"V is mad at me because I never told her my parents have used their wands to punish me before" Sirius shrugged like it was no big deal.
"YOU'RE PARENTS HAVE DONE THAT!" James and Castor said at the same time.
"Yes, it's no big deal among those types of families, growing up I didn't know any different, even my cousins who were girls were punished the same" Sirius tried to stand up but just collapsed back onto the couch.
Vega looked at him and sighed before walking back over to him. "I'm sorry I never said anything to you guys." Sirius looked at Vega who looked like was about to cry. "Babe, I'm sorry" Vega just looked at Sirius for a minute or two and then kissed him.
"Really Pads?" Castor just glared at Sirius, he still wasn't used to seeing the two of them kiss and he honestly didn't think he ever would.
"Sorry Mane" Vega gave her brother a sheepish smile.
"Come on you can help me get some drinks from the kitchen" Vega raised an eyebrow at her brother and then realised what he was getting at, he wanted to give James and Sirius some privacy.
"Why haven't you told us before?" James walked over and took a seat beside Sirius on the couch
"What difference would it have made, I honestly thought it was normal. Remember how in first year I didn't know there was anything wrong with the word mudblood"
"I know, I just would have thought you had told me your parents have punished like that you. We're best friends for crying out loud"
"I'm sorry alright, I just didn't know it would be a big deal but now you know and I can't go back" Sirius leant back on the couch and put his hands over his face
"Mum said you can stay here"
"I know but what do you think about that? We haven't spoken in weeks"
"I know and I've been a prat, I shouldn't have been ignoring you for this long. I should have forgiven you when Moony did"
"Do I have to repeat everything I've said to both V and Moony?"
"No it's fine I heard it, in fact after you confronted V in the Astronomy Tower she came to me and chewed me out for ignoring you. I can't believe you confronted her as Padfoot though"
"I figured she wouldn't yell at me like that, it always softened her up in the past"
"It's true though, she ranted about that as well. Even though she had let you stay with her she was still annoyed that you worked out a way to talk to her and not get her to yell at you"
"Yes well at least she talks to me now, I hated having both you and her turn your back on me"
"I know, I hated not having you there. I hated that I was ignoring you"
"Have you two finished being girls yet?" they both laughed at Castor's comment
"No" they both said together while grinning.
"Well at least I'm a girl, I can join in" Vega walked over and sat in front of Sirius on the floor, normally she would sit on his lap but she was worried she would hurt him. Sirius leaned forward and kissed her head before leaning back on the couch.
"Now as much as I hate that Padfoot got beaten up by his parents I am glad you two are talking again" Castor walked over and took a seat on the floor beside his sister
"At least things will be back to normal and McGonagall won't be panicking anymore"
"What do you mean Pads?" Vega questioned Sirius and he was glad to hear that she wasn't angry anymore
"McGonagall asked if we were up to something as to why we weren't talking, when I told her you were all annoyed at what happened she said she believed me but I didn't know if I believed her response. I think she half expected us to pull something like that"
"McGonagall worries too much, what is she going to do once we graduate?" Castor questioned
"Live a quiet life" Castor replied
"Yeah until our kids attend Hogwarts" James had a grin on his face and Vega was worried for the safety of Hogwarts.
"Who says we're having children?" Sirius spoke causing Vega to look up at him, they have had this conversation previously about how Sirius didn't want children but now Vega was worried it was because of his own childhood and he was worried he would do the same thing.
It was Christmas day and James, Sirius, Castor and Vega were still sitting in the living room after opening their presents. They boys were currently looking through one of James' new Quidditch books, they hadn't even noticed that Vega had disappeared.
Vega had left the house and was currently sitting outside watching the snow fall.
"Babe are you alright?" Sirius came and sat next to Vega.
"I'm just worried about my parents. I know they are trying to help Dumbledore but I hate that they are on a mission for him over Christmas." Vega rested her head on Sirius' shoulder
"They will be fine. Here open this" Sirius handed Vega another present.
"You didn't have to get me another present Pads" Vega opened it and noticed it was another charm bracelet, but this one had 4 charms; a dog, a wolf, a lion and a stag.
"It's to represent all of us so you are always protected even when we aren't around. I would have gotten you a rat for Wormtail but I know you don't like them"
"It's perfect. I love you" Vega put a hand over her mouth once she realised what she said.
"I love you too Vega" Sirius grabbed Vega's wrist and pulled it away from her mouth
"You do?"
Sirius didn't say anything; all he did was nod and then kiss her. When he pulled away he just wrapped his arms around her.
"Thank you for my bracelet Pads, it is amazing" Vega smiled at Sirius.
It was later that night and Vega was having trouble sleeping, she knew why she was having trouble sleeping and she wanted the comfort from Sirius but Jane was adamant about her and Sirius not being in the same room. Vega just hoped Jane was asleep and wouldn't see her sneak into Sirius' room.
Vega opened the door to his room and quietly shut if before creeping over to the bed, she climbed in beside him.
"Pads please wake up" she grabbed his shoulder and silently shook him, Sirius launched at her touch and she instantly moved away from him on the bed.
When Sirius woke up and he noticed Vega sitting on the edge of the bed away from him and she looked worried. "What's wrong babe?"
"I tried to wake you but you launched and I was worried you were going to hit me"
"V I would never hit you, come here" she did as he said curled up beside him and he wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm sorry for waking you"
"It's fine, what are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sleep"
"And it won't have anything to do with what you are wearing?" Sirius grinned at her as he softly ran his fingers up and down her exposed legs. She was wearing an incredibly short nightie and it didn't exactly cover much.
"Oh god…" Vega spoke as she went bright red in the face
"I like it babe" Sirius whispered in her ear before he kissed her neck. "You should wear it more often"
"Mane would kill every living, breathing male"
"I just hope he doesn't know what I'm thinking right now then, he would defiantly kill me" Sirius was still kissing her neck and her breathing had increased.
"What are you thinking about?"
"You, wearing that, what this could lead too"
"And what would that be?"
"Well considering we have the room to ourselves there is a lot we could do but I'm not pushing you to do anything babe" Sirius finally pulled away from kissing her neck and looked her in the eyes.
"I know, I love you" Vega smiled at him before leaning forward to kiss him, when the kiss was deepened she climbed on top of him and his hands went to her hips.
"V, stop. You don't need to do this, I'm not pushing you to do anything" Sirius shifted both of them so they were lying side by side on the bed.
"I know you're not but you don't need too, I want too. I want to have sex with you" she smiled at him before she leaned over and begun kissing his neck and it was all the encouragement he needed, he let out a low growl before flipping them so he was on top.
It was the following morning when Vega headed downstairs for breakfast, when she entered the kitchen only James and Jane were in there she assumed that both Sirius and Castor were still asleep.
"Morning Prongs"
"Morning V" James gave her a smile but it was then he noticed something. "Ah V you might want to head back upstairs and cover that hickey on your neck before Mane comes downstairs"
"What about you talking about?" Vega hissed at him
"Sweetie he's talking about the huge hickey on your neck that I'm assuming Sirius gave you after you were all sent to bed, something which I told you stay out of his room and he out of yours"
"I'm sorry Jane"
"It's fine sweetie but you should go and cover it up" Vega turned around and left the kitchen heading upstairs with the idea of covering up the hickey on her neck first and killing Sirius second.
