"I'm worried Molly." Adelaide mumbled as she paced around the kitchen of Grimmauld house, her hands gripping her mug of tea tightly.

Molly Weasley watched from her place against the counter, amused at the woman's erratic and worrisome behaviour, she shook her head and placed down her mug of tea, moving to grab the woman's shoulders gently to stop her continuous pacing.

"You and Harry will get along perfectly fine." She reassured the woman. "Harry is a sweet boy."

Adelaide smiled a little. "I just dont want to be seen as the evil stepmother kind of character." She confessed bowing her head slightly.

The Weasley mother laughed. "Dear, you are far form the evil stepmother kind of character, trust me when I say you have absolutely nothing to worry about."

"Thank you Molly." The brunette woman sigh. "I've just feel incredibly nervous."

"And that's perfectly normal dear."

Adelaide walked over to the kitchen table and took a seat, her eyes sliding to the wall in front of her, there was an Order meeting going on again, one to discuss plans to rescue Harry. Molly was thankfully not needed as much so she was permitted to slip in and out of the room when she wished, providing Adelaide with some company, in all truth the brunette was happy that there were visitors in Grimmauld again, the Weasley children were a joy to be around.

"How have you and Sirius been lately?" Molly suddenly asked, slipping into the seat opposite Adelaide. "After his little, you know..."

"Breakdown?" Adelaide chuckled. "We have been perfectly content, if not closer."

The mother beamed. "I'm surprised you two haven't married yet!" She laughed "I've never known a couple to be so close!"

"Well we did have to spend a rather long time together, from France to here we were pretty much tied together." Adelaide chuckled her eyes falling to the table "We've had quite the adventure."

Molly patted her hand softly. "You bring out the best in him, as he does you, Remus tells me that you're a changed woman."

Blushing, the woman before Molly let out a small breathy laugh. "He certainly has altered the way I see things." She muttered. "Without him I would have been lost..."

"He told me about little Thomas."

"Oh..."

The fiery haired woman saw the sudden alarm on the brunettes face, a soft and reassuring smile took over the mothers lips, trying to calm the woman. "I won't judge you dear, I understand how it feels, it's horrid what you went through." She mumbled softly. "It must have been difficult to let him go."

"Incredibly so." Adelaide mumbled, sadness twinging in her chest as she thought of her son. "It's been months since I've last heard from him, I've sent letter after letter and yet there is no reply, his father ran away again and I'm at a loss of what to do. I have no clue if he is okay, or if he is safe..." She felt her eyes well with tears and her throat tighten.

Molly squeezed her arm softly. "Have you told Sirius?" She asked lowly.

Adelaide shook her head."He has too much on his plate." She cleared her throat and composed herself. "Besides, Harry is coming! This is no time to be sad."

The mother smiled a little, sensing that Adelaide wanted to change the subject, she nodded and took a sip of her tea, her brow furrowing as a clatter was heard upstairs, followed by the unmistakable laughter of the two Weasley twins, up to their little pranks again no doubt.

"WHAT ARE YOU BOTH UP TO!" Molly yelled springing from her seat as the sound of retreating footsteps was heard.

"Nothing!" Came the twins simultaneous and timid reply.

Adelaide laughed and took a sip of her own tea. "I could barely cope with one prankster, I don't know how you do it Molly."

"Practice." The exasperated mother sigh, flopping down into her seat once again. "Plenty of practice."

The two sat in a comfortable silence, finishing their tea as they waited for the meeting to inevitably finish, it had been going on for a few hours now, since the plan they made had to be completely foolproof, they couldn't mess up this rescue, not one bit. Adelaide didn't know much about the rescue but she knew that Harry would be arriving quite late, plenty of time for her and Molly to cook dinner and prepare everything for the boy, no doubt he would be exhausted when he arrives.

"Molly, before the meeting finishes, I must ask for you're advice on something." Adelaide spoke, her eyes wandering to her fingers as they twitched nervously.

The Weasley mother looked to her softly. "What is it dear?"

"It's about Remus." The other woman confessed. "I worry about him and Tonks, there is doubt in his eyes, he has many problems to face Molly, I dont want him or Tonks to get hurt."

Molly leaned back as she thought over her reply, it was true, she saw that too, the man had his share of problems, things he refused to let go... "Maybe you should talk to him, see where he stands with this, see whats wrong, maybe he needs to talk to someone other than Tonks."

Adelaide nodded. "I shall, maybe after dinner tonight." She decided.

"Wonderful, maybe it will help him." Molly grinned.

"I hope so."

A symphony of footsteps were soon heard from the meeting room, signalling that the meeting was over, a small grin spread on Adelaide's lips as the murmur from the meetings participants was heard quickly approaching, looking over to the open door, Adelaide waited for the room to fill with people all wanting tea and a small snack to eat, no doubt drained after their exhausting meeting. As if on que, the room soon began to fill with familiar faces, all joking amongst each other as they took a seat on the table and began to discuss the recent events from outside the Order, catching up on events they did not have time to talk about before.

Adelaide flicked her wand toward the kettle to heat it up then pointed it toward the cupboards, sending many cups flying out and resting on the table in front of the participants, she got up and looked around the room frowning a little as she noticed that both Remus and Sirius were absent from the table.

"Their talking in the meeting room." Kinglsey spoke, from his seat as he noticed Adelaide scanning the crowd. "Best not interrupt them."

The woman smiled warmly. "Thank you." She wandered over to him. "How have you been Kinglsey?"

"Heartbroken without you my love." Kinglsey grinned, taking the woman's hand, then pressing his lips to her knuckle. "But I have been perfectly fine otherwise."

Adelaide chuckled. "You flirt." She quipped as he let go of her hand. " I am glad to hear that you are okay, it's been a while since we last spoke."

Kinglsey nodded. "Well, Sirius has stolen you from me." He joked. "I'm upset that we haven't spoke."

"The great Mr Shacklebolt is upset? Impossible!"

"Only for you Adelaide."

The two friends looked toward the open door just as Sirius and Remus appeared, the animagus looked to them with a bemused smile his hand tucked into his pocket and his brow slightly cocked as his eyes switched between the two. Remus smiled slightly and took a seat at the end of the table, leaving space for Sirius and Adelaide, the mans head was sheepishly bowed from the rest of the room, his eyes locked onto the table.

"I leave for a few minuets and already, Kinglsey is trying to steal my lady." The ex convict sigh jokingly.

Adelaide got up grinning. "Don't be silly, you know I am completely and utterly yours." She walked over to him and pecked his lips, earning a few mocking jeers from the table.

"Get a room!" Yelled Madeye, a slight and almost scary grin on his face.

Sirius smirked and shook his head a little before leaning down to Adelaide's ear. "I need to talk to you, privately." He whispered to her as the others resumed their conversation.

The woman nodded and took his hand following him out to the completely empty living room, he shut the door after checking no one had followed them and then walked back over to her, his face soft and calm.

"It's about Harry."

"What's wrong? Is everything okay?" Adelaide quickly asked concern now filling her eyes.

The animagus chuckled and pressed his palms to her shoulders before she could panic any more. "Everything is fine." He reassured her. "I just wanted to let you know that he will be arriving later than expected."

"I'll make sure everything will be ready for him, I'll keep his food warm, just in case he still wants it." The woman smiled softly.

"Wonderful, im sure he will appreciate that a lot." Sirius kissed her cheek. "I will be in a meeting when he arrives but I will try to be as quick as possible."

Adelaide nodded. "is everything okay?" She asked softly, her hand coming up to gently press to his cheek, noticing the stress that seemed to surround his eyes, the darkness that suggested there was even worse news.

The ex convict slipped his hand to her sides. "Things don't sound to good at the moment." He told her quietly. "It looks like there could be another war."

"Oh dear..." The woman looked to him worried, unable to think of anything to say, her mind thought over the possibilities this could bring, the problems that could arise. Harry could be harmed. Sirius Could be harmed. Tears suddenly sprung to her eyes as her brain began to go over every single worst scenario.

Sirius quickly cupped her cheeks in his hands. "It is only a possibility." He assured her. "Everything is fine at the moment, trust me, it wont be happening anytime soon."

Adelaide nodded and calmed herself. "I'm sorry, I just panicked a little."

"Don't apologise for something perfectly normal." The animagus muttered softly, brushing his lips against hers comfortingly. "We are all scared, no matter how tough we seem to be."

The woman smiled. "I find it impossible to imagine the great Sirius Black scared." She chuckled, earning a laugh from the man.

"I'm never scared love."

Adelaide moved forward and hugged him gently, closing her eyes as she rest her head on his chest, breathing in his scent, his hands moved to her back and gently massaged circles, comforting the woman, as he felt her grip tighten. The animagus could instantly feel that she was still worrying over the news, he regret telling her but he knew that she would find out at some point, he wanted to be the one to break the news, rather than her hear it from word of mouth. Deep down he hoped that it would not happen. But sometimes things did not work out so well.

"We should get back before they start speculating." Sirius murmured softly against her hair.

Adelaide chuckled and nodded, taking his hand in hers, they made their way out of the room and into the kitchen, smiling to the Order members who were all busy with their freshly served tea and biscuits, the two wandered over to Remus who smiled a little to them.

"Everything okay?" He asked.

Adelaide nodded. "Perfectly fine my friend." She grinned. "How are you?"

Remus shrugged. "I've been better." He looked down to his tea, trying to muster a smile.

"How are things with Tonks?" The woman asked softly.

The wolf stayed silent for a moment, his eyes drifting to look up to Tonks who sat next to Madeye, talking to Molly happily. "I dont know...Look, can we talk later?" He asked softly.

Adelaide nodded and rubbed his back reassuringly. "After dinner?"

Remus smiled. "Sure."