Chapter 37

Disclaimer: Noppers. Nothing is mine. Ever. ~angst~

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"Absolutely not!" I announced crossing my arms over my chest to show I wasn't budging from this point. Sirius was standing in the door watching me put the girls to bed. He had just informed me that Remus wanted him to go with him to see if he could find any news on Voldemort's whereabouts.

"I already told him I would." He replied. I glared at him while handing Andromeda her sneak-o-scope. They wanted to go wandering around Knockturn Alley and I was not impressed with that idea.

"Tell him you can't!" I tossed back, harsher than it needed to be. Sirius gave me a look, no doubt trying to get me to back down. I shook my head. I was not budging from this one.

"Maybe if you weren't going to Knockturn Alley to specifically look into Voldemort's doings." I stated, storming past him and shutting the door partially.

"Calli I can't just let Remus go alone. It's too dangerous." He reasoned while he followed me down the stairs. I whirled around to face him.

"Exactly. That's the point." I pointed out darkly. Sirius sighed.

"He's my best friend." He reminded me and I chomped down on my lip to keep from screaming. Tears welled in my eyes.

"And I just lost mine a few days ago to Voldemort. I will not take that chance with you." I stated while letting the tears roll down my cheeks. Between the grief for Emmiline and the baby, which was really messing with my emotions, I seemed to be crying a lot more than usual. Just today I had read something in the Daily Prophet that she would've laughed at and cried my eyes out.

"You won't lose me." He soothed softly, taking a step towards me.

"Again." I added softly and started crying harder. He wrapped his arms around me.

"How about we make a deal? If I go with Remus tonight, you can go to Gringotts tomorrow and look at what I left you." Sirius had been dead set against me going to Gringotts because he thought it was too dangerous. I thought about it and found myself nodding.

"Only if you promise to be extremely careful." I said.

"I promise." He said and I smiled. Now I could rest easier than I would've. A knock at the door made my smile drop. I wasn't impressed with the fact that Remus was still being a noble git towards Dora.

"He'll come to his senses." Sirius stated when he noticed my smile drop. I sincerely hoped he was right because I was starting to have doubts. Sirius walked towards the door and after he and Remus did the question thing pulled it open.

"Thank you for letting him come Calli." Remus stated and Sirius huffed indignantly while I laughed and nodded.

"You make it sound like I have no control over what I do." Sirius muttered. I kept laughing before looking at Remus trying to get across the message that I needed him safe. Remus sent me a smile and nodded.

"I'll make sure he comes home in one piece." He said and I smiled.

"Thank you." I replied. Sirius took one look at me before walking over and giving me a deep kiss. He placed one on my forehead when he pulled away.

"I'm coming home tomorrow morning. Please be safe." He begged to me and I nodded.

"I will be." I said softly. They moved out the door and I shut it behind them, sliding the lock into place. I slid down the door to sit in front of it. I rested my hand on my stomach.

"We will both be very safe." I added. A wave of nausea hit me and I headed for the sink.

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"Where are you going exactly?" Harry asked the next morning. Sirius had spent the night with Remus and was a little tired so I had brought the girls over to the burrow to see if the Weasley's could watch them. I smiled at him.

"Just to Gringotts. Sirius left me some stuff and I want to see what it is." I answered. Hermione looked slightly concerned.

"Are you going to be okay?" She questioned and I shrugged. I doubted I could go this whole trip without crying but I was going to do my best.

"As okay as I could ever be." I replied honestly. Harry frowned.

"Are you okay right now? You don't look your best." He stated and I shrugged.

"Nightmares." I replied and everyone nodded in understanding.

"Where's Sirius?" Ron requested and I bit my lip, trying to decide whether or not to leave it to Sirius to tell everyone.

"He had a late night." I deflected. Sirius could explain that situation to his god son. I checked the clock and shifted my purse.

"I've got to go. I'll be back soon and Sirius will probably be awake in about two hours." I informed them and everyone nodded and waved me towards the door. I shuffled out the door and quickly disapperated. Diagon Alley hadn't changed much except that there were less people and Ministry posters covered every wall. I caught sight of Gringotts and groaned. The line of people was ridiculous. This excursion might take longer than I had previously imagined. I walked closer and spotted a familiar red headed person making their way towards me.

"Hey Bill." I said as soon as he was beside me. He smiled.

"Hey Calli. What are you here for?" He asked and I waved towards Gringotts.

"Sirius left me some stuff in his will and I wanted to have a look. You?" I answered and Bill nodded. I knew he was a code breaker but that didn't explain why he was over here.

"I'm escorting and accompanying you while some business is conducted. And no this is not by request of Sirius." He added, holding out his arm and giving me a smile. This action reminded me of the twins, but I linked my arm with his and he led me inside.

"Mr. Weasely, if you would be so kind as to bring Mrs. Black over here." One of the goblins announced gesturing to one of the rooms off to the side. I tried not to flinch when everyone spun around and tried to get a glance at me simultaneously. Having that many eyes on you at once was rather disconcerting.

"Should I be concerned?" I muttered to Bill and he laughed slightly before shaking his head.

"No. They just want to go over a few things in regards to your vault." He whispered back as we entered the room and closed the door. I was feeling nervous, what could be wrong with my vault. I slid into one of the chairs.

"We've been told that you have married Sirius Black. Is this true?" The goblin requested, he hadn't introduced himself.

"Yes that's true." I answered, nodding while showing him my rings. The goblin nodded and wrote something on a piece of parchment.

"Do you mind if we preform a blood status test?" I raised my eyebrows up at him.

"No I don't mind. May I ask why?" I requested, while he pulled out the necessary equipment from his desk.

"We just want to make sure there won't be any adverse reactions to you." Cause that explained everything so well. I glanced at Bill and he smiled in sympathy.

"Sirius' vault. Since you married him you are technically his heir." Bill expanded.

"But Sirius left everything to Harry. And his will was put into place because he died." I pointed out. Bill nodded.

"He left almost everything to Harry. Since Sirius is still alive that means his will has to be un-put into place. So that means that your vault has been transferred into Sirius' vault." Bill explained as the goblin stabbed me in the finger before squeezing some of my blood into a vial. My stomach spun at the sight of it.

"The Black vault is now accessible by you." The Goblin added. My head whirled at that one. I hadn't figured that Sirius would've been the sole heir to the Black family fortune and that by marrying him so would I. I knew how old the Black family was so that was probably a considerable amount of money.

"You didn't even consider that did you?" Bill asked, I could tell he was trying to stifle his laughter. I'd get him back for that later.

"No I didn't." I admitted softly.

"Your blood status is pure blood. Excellent, that means there will be no issues." The goblin squeaked excitedly and hoped off of his chair. I stood up to be polite. He headed for the door and waved at me to follow him. I glanced at Bill, who nodded, before following him. I had a bad feeling that I was facing a longer cart ride than previously expected.

"Are you okay?" Bill whispered softly. I smiled weakly at him and nodded.

"Fine." I replied. He frowned and I wondered if all the Weasely children had inherited Molly's glare. Not a great thought.

"You look kinda pale." Bill pointed out and I shrugged while we climbed onto the cart. I was going to put on a brave face for as long as I could manage.

"These carts make me sick." It was partial truth. They had always made me queasy, but my stomach was still churning from the blood I could see soaking the bandage slightly, and this baby was making my "morning sickness" much worse than the girl's had. Bill nodded and handed me a bucket.

"Black family vault." The goblin announced. I threw up into the bucket as soon as we rounded the first corner. I was doomed.

"Calli, are you sure you're alright?" Bill questioned worriedly after he siphoned out the bucket for the fifth time. I thanked my lucky stars that the cart was slowing down.

"Maybe." I groaned back before throwing up again when we turned another corner. Bloody speed demon goblins. Bill waved his wand without a word before turning to the goblin.

"Do you think we could stop and apparate her there?" Bill asked and the goblin shook his head. I leaned my head against Bill's shoulder hoping that if I was sitting upright the puking would stop. It didn't work.

"It's against protocol." The goblin protested. Bill leaned forwards and I recognized that stance as the 'I'm not budging from this one' Weasely posture. I'd seen Ginny use it a lot.

"I don't think she can handle much more of this." Bill replied and gestured to me. Judging from the look the goblin gave me I must've looked pretty pathetic. He pulled the cart to a stop.

"Since we are already here, on the way back." I owed Bill one.

"Can you stand?" He asked as he helped me out of the cart. I nodded.

"Yeah I'll be fine." I was slightly shaky but mostly steady. The goblin lead the way into the vault. I stood staring at the wealth wide-eyed as soon as the door opened. Holy crap there was a lot of shiny stuff in there. Sirius and I needed to have a talk.

"What did you come here to see anyways?" Bill asked and I pulled out my letter and handed it to him. I was still a little dumbstruck. Bill nodded as he skimmed it.

"Jewelry there and photo albums there." He pointed and I took a step to the jewelry. I found a necklace almost exactly the same as the one I had worn to Amelia's memorial, expect this one was an actual black diamond.

"Oh My God." I whispered as I lifted up another necklace. It was just the right length for me to wear it around my neck and have it rest at the hollow of my throat. It was made of precious jewels with a locket in the middle. Inscribed on the locket was my initials. I opened it.

"I'll love you forever Cal." Sirius' voice whispered to me out of the locket. I smiled at Sirius' unique nickname for me while I turned towards Bill, who was smiling.

"It was your guys' one year anniversary a while ago. Sirius was keeping it here for safe keeping and never got the chance to come grab it." Bill explained and held his hands out for the locket so that he could help me put it on.

"Wow." That was about all I could manage. Bill laughed and pointed at the stack of photo albums.

"That's the other half of your gift." He announced. I owed Sirius a much better gift.

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"How'd it go at Gringotts?" Harry asked when I found everyone in my living room playing with the girls. Sirius glanced up at me and gave me a knowing smile. I walked over to Sirius.

"Thank you. So much." I stated before leaning down and kissing him passionately. We continued on until Harry and Ron coughed.

"I'll take that as a good." Ron replied and I laughed.

"Yes it was very good. Sirius where did you get all those pictures?" The photo albums were full of pictures of the Order and the Weasely kids, Harry and Hermione. He laughed.

"I've been collecting for a while." He answered. I turned to Harry and Hermione.

"Did you get a tour?" I requested and they both nodded.

"Big enough house?" Hermione teased slightly. I laughed while sitting on the love seat beside Sirius.

"Maybe." I replied. A whistling sounded from the kitchen.

"Tea?" I asked and Sirius nodded while leaning forward to get up.

"I'll get it." Harry and I chorused at the same time while standing up. Everyone laughed while we headed to the kitchen. I started pulling cups out of the cupboards.

"Sirius told me about his mission." Harry announced and I bit my lip, setting down the two cups in my hands harder than I had meant to. I looked at him and saw he was studying me.

"Are you okay with that?" I asked softly. Harry didn't deserve to lose his godfather twice. He gave me a look.

"Are you?" He replied and I shook my head.

"Not really." I admitted. Harry grabbed the tea bags from where they were resting on the windowsill.

"Is everything okay between you and Sirius?" Brilliant. Harry's been here less than two days and he's already noticed that Sirius and I aren't as good as we could be.

"We've been a little strained. Between the nightmares I've been having and Sirius going away soon, the two of us have been-" I paused searching for the right word. Harry smirked slightly.

"Putting who's more stubborn to the test?" He suggested and I nodded while laughing slightly.

"Just don't let Voldemort break you two apart." Harry announced. I gave him a smile before lifting the tray the tea was resting on. Harry snatched it out of my hands.

"I have to do something don't I?" He replied to my look and I shook my head before leading him back to the living room.

"By the way, there seems to be a lack of Gryfindor colours in the nursery." Harry pointed out as he placed the tray down on the table. I groaned.

"Oh don't you start. Ron was getting on about the Chudley Cannon's colours." I replied and Sirius groaned as well.

"Absolutely not. Puddlemere United is the only Quidittch team's colours that will be gracing our walls." Sirius added and I raised my eyebrows up at him.

"Is it now? You do realize that there was an our in that sentence right?" I asked and he shrugged.

"Just putting it out there." He answered. I rolled my eyes at him.

"You'll be getting an earful later." Harry pointed out and everyone laughed. I realized how much I had missed spending time with all of them. I was going to miss them all so much more when I was in Hogsmeade. I fingered my locket gently. At least now Sirius could tell me he loved me everyday still while he was away on his mission.

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Sirius was just sliding under the covers when my conscience won out and I had to at least bring up the idea of another baby. What Harry had said earlier about not letting us fall apart was still bothering me.

"Sirius?" I asked softly while he placed a kiss against my cheek and pulled me against him.

"Yes." I felt hope flutter in my chest suddenly. Maybe Sirius would take this idea well.

"What would you say to another baby?" I plowed right into it while still managing to not give away the fact that I was expecting again. Sirius sighed softly.

"I think that having another one right now wouldn't be the best idea. We've got enough stuff to handle don't we?" He stated, while laughing slightly. I managed to fake a laugh while the hope spluttered and died in my chest. I vowed to myself to tell Sirius before he left. The instant he told me what day he was leaving I would tell him so that I could give him enough time to make whatever decisions he needed to make.

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That took a bit longer than I had planned but I'm hoping I can be forgiven. Thanks for Reading please review!