As soon as Sirius stepped out of the fireplace he made his way to the master bedroom where he knew he would find his wife. He heard Lily and Katie volunteer to make dinner and the kids had run off to the den to play some kind of muggle board game. He was seething with anger at Lucius Malfoy, at his son, and at himself for loosing it in the alley like that.
Not wanting to risk waking his wife if she was asleep he quietly opened the door to the room. Lexi was sitting propped up on pillows and reading an article in Witch Weekly. She looked much better than the night before. Though the circles under her eyes were still visible her skin had returned to its normal color. When she realized that Sirius was in the room she flashed him her brilliant smile.
"Hey," she said softly as he approached her.
Sirius bent down and kissed her passionately. He then sat down on the bed next to her and gently stroked her long black hair.
"What's wrong?" she asked him.
Sirius would have rather not answered her question but he couldn't refuse when he caught the look of worry in her eyes.
"It's Griffin," he said finally, "I don't know what I'm going to do with him."
"I heard you two fighting," said Lexi. "Sirius he's growing up and it's only normal for you two to bump heads once in a while."
"This is more than once in a while."
"Well you're tempers clash horribly," she said smiling.
"That's not all though," he said.
Lexi narrowed her eyes at her husband. She had known the moment he walked into the room that he wasn't telling her something.
Sirius sighed deeply before launching into the story of what had happened at Diagon Alley earlier that day. When he finished he looked over at his wife who was hastily wiping away a few tears from her eyes. He put his arms around her and embraced her tiny frame. The two stayed like that for a while in each others arm each comforting the other as they had done on so many other occasions. Finally Sirius pulled away and held Lexi by her shoulders.
"We have to tell them something," he said gently.
Lexi bit her trembling lip and began to play with Sirius's wedding ring. Sirius knew this habit all two well, for his wife would always play with his ring or her own when she was nervous or deep in thought. After what seemed like an eternity she spoke.
"I don't think I can."
"Lexi we don't have any choice, we can't hide this anymore," pleaded Sirius. "The kids are going back to school in three days. Christiana could be in danger Lex."
"She won't be," she said simply, looking at her husband.
"But Lexi she can perform a spell just by thinking it," said Sirius.
Lexi moved out of her husbands grasp and walked towards the window.
"No she can't those powers don't come till much later."
"What?"
"She won't be able to perform any spells in her head until she reaches the age of at least 16," Lexi said quietly. Then turning back to her husband she added, "No enchantress can. I couldn't."
Sirius just stared at his wife in utter amazement. Lexi rarely spoke about the fact that she was an enchantress herself. Whenever she did it surprised him.
"There is time to make sure she can control herself," said Lexi. "There are things that I could teach her to help her."
"Then you can start now, right?" asked Sirius.
"No I can't," replied Lexi looking at the floor. "I have to deal with my own problems before I can be any help to her."
"Will you at least speak with her?" asked Sirius resorting to pleading again.
"Before they leave for Hogwarts I will speak with her," said Lexi slowly as if it was difficult for her to get the words out. "I cannot make any promises though. I don't know how much I can tell her."
"All I ask is that you try," said Sirius bending down to kiss her lips.
"Will you be down for dinner?" he asked when they pulled apart.
"I'm still very tired from last night's events," she said with a bitter laugh. "Maybe tomorrow morning I'll make my grand entrance. It is a little unfair that I haven't seen my nieces and nephews since they arrived."
"I love you, you know that," said Sirius as he moved towards the door.
"I know," Lexi smiled.