A/N: I own nothing.

Chapter Six

Josephina awoke with a start. She turned over and realized Sirius was not there. She got up out of bed and heard the shower running, and remembered that she was buck-naked. She grabbed her bathrobe and threw it on.

She saw that he left the door open, so she walked in and cleared her throat, giving him a sign that she was in there. He stuck his head out the shower doors. "Good Morning, Beautiful." He smiled.

"Hi," She said. No you idiot, say something else, She told herself when she noticed the grim look on his face. "I'm not a morning person." He smiled as he pushed the shower door open and stepped out.

"Join me. It will wake you up." He said, stripping her of her bathrobe and pulling her in the shower.

"Sirius! This water is bloody cold!"

"I know. It woke you up, didn't it?" He smiled. "I just got in a few minutes ago. After I wake up a little, I make it warmer." Sirius turned the handle and the water got warmer. "Is that better, love?"

She nodded. Sirius moved closer, pulling her to him. "Or maybe this will help." He brought his mouth down to hers.

They made love in every position the shower would allow. Josephina couldn't help but think of how she could have been so stupid when she moved back here without him. She thought about what would have happened if she had listened to Lizbeth, and didn't come back. Or, if she had brought Sirius with her. But, what would it matter? She has always had a way of screwing up a relationship; it would have been no different with Sirius.

"Let's go make some breakfast," Sirius suggested as they got dressed. "Why don't you see if Lizbeth and Remus want breakfast."

Josephina went to the basement to get Lizbeth and Remus. When they entered the kitchen, Sirius had already started breakfast. "I would have taken care of this." She said.

Sirius gave her a playful slap on her bottom that made her jump. "I have everything under control. Just sit down, and have some coffee." He smiled at Lizbeth and Remus. "Coffee, or tea?"

"Tea, please." Sirius summoned two teacups out of the cabinet and made some tea. Remus got up to help him.

When their backs were turned, Lizbeth kicked Josephina in the shin. "Spill." She whispered.

"What?"

"We'll be right back." Lizbeth announced, and pulled Josephina out of her chair.

When they reached the den Lizbeth smiled innocently and said, "Spill, Jo. What happened?"

"What? Nothing happened." She lied.

"Don't bull shit a bull shitter, Jo. I know something happened. Remus went upstairs to look for Sirius this morning. He wasn't in his room, or anywhere on the second floor, he wasn't down here, and he sure as hell wasn't in the basement."

"We slept together, so what?" Josephina said impatiently.

"I knew it! So what now?"

"I don't know."

Lizbeth cocked her head. "Well, what are you going to do? Send him home?"

"I don't know, Liz. Let's just go eat breakfast. One thing at a time, okay?"

Sirius already had breakfast sitting on the table. "What was that all about?" He asked.

"Nothing." Josephina responded, sitting down next to him.

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Remus and Lizbeth retreated to the basement when they had finished breakfast. As Josephina began cleaning, Sirius walked up behind her and wrapped his arms around her and kissed her neck. "Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?" He whispered in her ear.

She stopped, resting her hands on the table. "No."

He turned her around to face him and said, "I'm in love with you, Josephina. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, or I'll die trying. You're the best thing that ever happened to me. I won't let you go this time."

Josephina stared at him, lost for words. He stood there, watching her, refusing to let her go until she responded. "I had the perfect plan, Sirius. To come back here and forget about you. I thought I'd never see you again. I had planned to go on with my life without you in it."

She stopped when Sirius let go of her and started to walk away.

"I messed up, Sirius. My plan backfired." She quickly went on. "I feel in love with you."

Sirius stopped abruptly, and turned to face her. "Say that again…please."

"I'm in love with you, Sirius."

Sirius smiled and walked back over to her, wrapped his arms around her and kissed her deeply.

He pulled back, but did not let go completely. "Promise me that you will never leave me again." He demanded.

"I promise."

"Promise me again."

"I was stupid, Sirius. I didn't know what I had until it was gone. I won't let that happen again. I promise that I will never leave you again. But, I can't promise that you won't leave me."

"I can." Sirius kissed her forehead and pulled away from her.

"Where are you going?"

"Well," He said, leaning against the doorframe. "I was just thinking how sexy you look right now, and I was hoping that you'd follow me to the bedroom."

She smiled. "Maybe we should base this relationship on sex."

"I think we tried to start it like that and it didn't work."

"Actually, I think we started with alcohol. Then sex."

"Sorry, you wrong. It started with a very sexy woman lost in the forbidden forest."

"Or a very sexy man underneath his friends invisibility cloak."

"At least it started. So, do I have to carry you to the bedroom, go at it on your kitchen table, or are you going to follow me? Because, one way or another, I'm going to have sex with the woman I love."

"Oooh, the kitchen table sounds nice…"

"The bed id softer."

"I never noticed that one, thanks for pointing that out."

"Okay, that's it. I'm going to have to carry you." He moved closer and picked her up.

She laughed. "Well, you know, there's always the Jacuzzi…"