Bailey didn't sleep a wink that night. She wasn't sure what she was going
to tell Hermione. Sirius had given up the couch and slept on the floor.
Bailey wasn't sure what to think of him yet. Sure she still loved him but
that was because he had been her first love, and everyone knows that first
loves never leave you.
Sirius thought that it would be better this way. Don't get attached than when he had to leave or she left it wouldn't be so hard. But he knew that it wouldn't last that way forever. He still loved her, with all of his heart. When he was in Azkaban he thought about her every day, about as much as he thought about Lily and James. In one way or another he had betrayed them and he knew it.
Remus slept in his room dreading the next day. He needed to find work and he needed to find it fast. It was great to see Bailey again but he didn't want to have to kick her out because he didn't have the money to pay the rent on the place. He liked this place; it was nice and not so close to town. Remus smiled as he thought about Bailey and Sirius sleeping in the front room, together, even if one of them was on the floor and the other was on the couch.
The house was so quite you could hear the crickets and toads out side. Bailey was dieing to get up and lay next to Sirius, but she knew that she couldn't. The quietness was just about to drive Bailey insane when she watched as Sirius got up and went to get a glass of water.
'Please just let him lay next to me, that is all I ask.' Sirius stood in to doorway from the kitchen to the front room just staring at the supposedly sleeping form of Bailey. He felt terrible that he left her, if he had known that she was with child, he wouldn't have been so rash. He might have just tracked Peter down and put him under some type of binding spell. If only he could do it all over again.
Bailey lifted her head to look at Sirius. He came and sat at her feet.
"I'm so sorry." He said, his eyes fully locked on to hers. Bailey sat up, and pulled Sirius into a hug.
"There is nothing for you to be sorry about. I know that what you did was for the best. I did miss you an awful lot though. I am just glad that you home, here with me, again." Bailey could feel hot salty tears on her back. Sirius was crying!
"I would have never done anything if I would have known that you were pregnant. I would have stayed home with you. I wouldn't have tried to kill peter." He said.
Somewhere in the house Remus, with his werewolf sixth sense, could hear everything that was going on. But nonetheless he was smiling.
"No you wouldn't have. You are as stubborn as I am, if you wouldn't have tried to kill peter I would have." Bailey pulled away from the hug and smiled at Sirius.
"It is so great to see you again. I have not gone a day without thinking about you." Sirius told her. He smiled one of his smiles and Bailey knew she had gotten her Sirius Black back.
They slept together on the couch that night, neither sleeping just laying there holding each other.
The next morning Bailey got up and made coffee for everyone and woke Remus up.
The plan was for Bailey and Remus to be in the Three Broomsticks and Sirius or snuffles would be waiting for Harry and company at the end of hogsmeade. Bailey and Remus would show up later.
When Bailey and Remus were comfortable in their booth they sat in when they still went to school, everything seemed like it was normal. Bailey could be herself. But when she saw Harry and Hermione she started to panic.
"Remus I don't think I can do this." Bailey said as she looked out of the window towards her daughter. "Why does this have to be so hard? Why didn't I tell her in the first place?" she asked herself.
"Come on. Lets get out of her and down to snuffles." Remus said, not knowing how to calm Bailey down.
Bailey started breathing very fast as they neared the place where they were supposed to meet with Sirius.
Sirius smiled as he saw Bailey. Hermione and Harry turned to see Remus and. Hermione's mother.
"Mom?" Hermione asked.
Bailey took a deep breath and Sirius squeezed her hand for reassurance.
"Yes dear. I am a witch, just like you. I wanted to protect you so I lied and I kept my life a secret from you. I hid from things that I shouldn't have hid from. I hope you can understand that. I am sorry and I hope you can forgive me." Bailey decided to break the news to her that Mark wasn't her real father in a couple of days. Bailey didn't know what to do.
Hermione stared at her mother with wide eyes. She kept opening her mouth like a fish. Harry stared at hi godfather, how did he know this woman.
"Well might as well know the whole truth while were at it." Bailey took a deep breath. "Sirius here is your father. Mark never was. You are a full blooded witch." Hermione looked from her mother to Sirius. The last thing she was Harry put his arm around her and the rest went black.
Sirius thought that it would be better this way. Don't get attached than when he had to leave or she left it wouldn't be so hard. But he knew that it wouldn't last that way forever. He still loved her, with all of his heart. When he was in Azkaban he thought about her every day, about as much as he thought about Lily and James. In one way or another he had betrayed them and he knew it.
Remus slept in his room dreading the next day. He needed to find work and he needed to find it fast. It was great to see Bailey again but he didn't want to have to kick her out because he didn't have the money to pay the rent on the place. He liked this place; it was nice and not so close to town. Remus smiled as he thought about Bailey and Sirius sleeping in the front room, together, even if one of them was on the floor and the other was on the couch.
The house was so quite you could hear the crickets and toads out side. Bailey was dieing to get up and lay next to Sirius, but she knew that she couldn't. The quietness was just about to drive Bailey insane when she watched as Sirius got up and went to get a glass of water.
'Please just let him lay next to me, that is all I ask.' Sirius stood in to doorway from the kitchen to the front room just staring at the supposedly sleeping form of Bailey. He felt terrible that he left her, if he had known that she was with child, he wouldn't have been so rash. He might have just tracked Peter down and put him under some type of binding spell. If only he could do it all over again.
Bailey lifted her head to look at Sirius. He came and sat at her feet.
"I'm so sorry." He said, his eyes fully locked on to hers. Bailey sat up, and pulled Sirius into a hug.
"There is nothing for you to be sorry about. I know that what you did was for the best. I did miss you an awful lot though. I am just glad that you home, here with me, again." Bailey could feel hot salty tears on her back. Sirius was crying!
"I would have never done anything if I would have known that you were pregnant. I would have stayed home with you. I wouldn't have tried to kill peter." He said.
Somewhere in the house Remus, with his werewolf sixth sense, could hear everything that was going on. But nonetheless he was smiling.
"No you wouldn't have. You are as stubborn as I am, if you wouldn't have tried to kill peter I would have." Bailey pulled away from the hug and smiled at Sirius.
"It is so great to see you again. I have not gone a day without thinking about you." Sirius told her. He smiled one of his smiles and Bailey knew she had gotten her Sirius Black back.
They slept together on the couch that night, neither sleeping just laying there holding each other.
The next morning Bailey got up and made coffee for everyone and woke Remus up.
The plan was for Bailey and Remus to be in the Three Broomsticks and Sirius or snuffles would be waiting for Harry and company at the end of hogsmeade. Bailey and Remus would show up later.
When Bailey and Remus were comfortable in their booth they sat in when they still went to school, everything seemed like it was normal. Bailey could be herself. But when she saw Harry and Hermione she started to panic.
"Remus I don't think I can do this." Bailey said as she looked out of the window towards her daughter. "Why does this have to be so hard? Why didn't I tell her in the first place?" she asked herself.
"Come on. Lets get out of her and down to snuffles." Remus said, not knowing how to calm Bailey down.
Bailey started breathing very fast as they neared the place where they were supposed to meet with Sirius.
Sirius smiled as he saw Bailey. Hermione and Harry turned to see Remus and. Hermione's mother.
"Mom?" Hermione asked.
Bailey took a deep breath and Sirius squeezed her hand for reassurance.
"Yes dear. I am a witch, just like you. I wanted to protect you so I lied and I kept my life a secret from you. I hid from things that I shouldn't have hid from. I hope you can understand that. I am sorry and I hope you can forgive me." Bailey decided to break the news to her that Mark wasn't her real father in a couple of days. Bailey didn't know what to do.
Hermione stared at her mother with wide eyes. She kept opening her mouth like a fish. Harry stared at hi godfather, how did he know this woman.
"Well might as well know the whole truth while were at it." Bailey took a deep breath. "Sirius here is your father. Mark never was. You are a full blooded witch." Hermione looked from her mother to Sirius. The last thing she was Harry put his arm around her and the rest went black.