I'm sorry it's been so long since I've updated! I hope that this is good for all my fans! I love you all and I'm happy I have 30 reviews! I feel so loved!! Thank you and I can never receive enough reviews! Oh and I'd like to thank my friends who helped with getting me to write more on the story, since it was left on a cliff hanger of sorts. Thank you for helping me with my mistakes in spelling as well! Thanks!

Embers

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter I only own my new ear piercing! That's it folks I'm broke.

Hermione: Took her long enough. . .

Embers: Hey! I got busy! It's not easy being lazy, or trying to write two books! Grr.

Snape: Excuses never helped anyone, slacking is not good.

Embers (sticks tongue out): Yes you are so right father. . . (grumbles)

Sirius: I forgive her! It's not easy being a teenage girl with so many chances to flirt. . . (smirks)

Embers: Sirius just you shut up! Ok, folks here is the next chapter! Oh and with the Order of the Phoenix things it will apply however Sirius is not dead in my story! Thanks!

Chapter 6: Sarah wakes up

Sarah was walking around the halls of the Potter house, baby Harry in her arms. She had been babysitting for Lily and James so they could go and have fun. Harry was looking up at her with his big brown eyes and cooing slightly. Sarah smiled at him and gently rocked him. She found the living room and sat in front of the fire. She gently rocked him and soon he was sleeping soundly. She stared into the fire, mesmerized by its flickering spurts of energy. She didn't notice a man's head appear in the fire, her eyes were looking atop the flames where the fire licked the air behind the mantle, her eyes long glazed over.

The man slowly got out of the fire and was shortly after followed by another man. They talked in quiet voices, as to not wake the baby up or stir Sarah from her train of thought, until the opportune moment. A sandy blond haired man picked up the baby and walked off, leaving his black haired friend and Sarah alone. The black haired man sat in a chair next to the fire, his gaze resting upon the woman staring into the fire. The sandy haired man came in and sat next to Sarah, who was still unaware of their presence in the room.

He gently shook her shoulders and took her out of her trance. "Remus?" Sarah asked. "What are you doing here? I though you and Peter were going drinking tonight." Sarah stated.

"Well, someone missed you and wanted to visit you." Remus said, "I'm going to watch Harry for the rest of the night, you go and have fun alright?" Sarah stood and gave him a wondering look.

"Where is he Remus? I don't see anyone besides you." She told him.

"I'm behind you Sarah." the black haired man told her.

"Sirius!" Sarah said, quickly walking over to him and giving him a warm hug, he gently kissed her lips and she smiled. "But I thought you were in Egypt with your brother." Sarah told him.

"We had a change of plans, he wanted to spend time with his girlfriend and well I didn't want to see what would happen, so I left." Sirius told her. Sarah smiled and shook her head. She looked over at Remus.

"Thank you for taking care of Harry Remus I really appreciate it." Sarah told him. Remus nodded and shooed them out of the large house. Sarah and Sirius quickly left.

Holding Sarah's hand Sirius took her to an elegant restaurant. They ate there and then he took her to a club, letting her dance her heart out, even if it meant dragging him onto the floor with her, he just smiled.

After several fast paced songs a slow song started to play. Sirius pulled Sarah into his arms before anyone else could take her from him. She smiled and buried her head in his chest, smelling his cologne. "You smell nice Sirius." she told him.

"Not as lovely as you look or smell Sarah." he told her. Sarah just smiled and shook her head, placing her head where it had been nestled earlier. Sirius smiled and placed his head on hers. The rest of the song went by in their silence. In that moment something clicked in Sarah's head, not only did everything that related to being with Sirius feel right, but that it didn't feel right when he was gone, or away from her, that yes she felt something so strong that it scared her, and as the song ended and Sirius gently kissed her lips she knew that she loved him with every fiber of her heart.

Sirius and Sarah left when the club closed, rather close to dawn. Sarah leaned into Sirius' strong arms and sighed, happy to be spending the moment with him. They walked to Sirius' apartment, Sarah not wanting to walk to her house and wanted to spend time with him. She had spare clothes in a drawer in his house and could get anything else she might need from him.

He opened the door for her and they walked into the front room of a large apartment. Sirius took off his coat and tool Sarah's from her as well. He hung them up before going and getting her a cup of tea. Sarah sat on the couch, looking around; he always was adding new things to his apartment from his travels.

She saw a picture of her. Standing up she walked over to the wall and looked at it. She was sitting by the lake leaning into Sirius, both of them were in their swim suits, the picture wasn't moving and she guessed it to be a black and white muggle picture. It was very well taken; she didn't know it even existed. Sirius walked in the room to find Sarah looking at his picture. "You like that picture don't you?" he asked. Sarah turned and smiled at him.

"Yes I do actually I didn't even know that picture existed." She told him.

"I didn't either, believe it or not, Remus took it, I didn't know he was so talented. Or that he even knew how to use a muggle camera." Sirius confessed. Sarah smiled and gently set the cup of tea down on the coffee table before walking into Sirius' arms and gently relaxing in his strength and reassurance of caring.

"I love you Sirius, please don't hurt my heart." Sarah told him. Sirius looked at her, surprise shining in his eyes.

"I would never do anything to hurt you Sarah, I want you to know that." he told her. Sarah smiled and gently lifted her head up, her lips meeting Sirius' in a warm and loving kiss, that soon became passionate. They stopped when the need for air became a demand. However when they stopped, Sirius' eyes asked something that Sarah wanted as much as he did. Nodding she let his lips touch hers again, however they both wanted something and their night together was going to be a late one today. . .

Sarah gently opened her eyes and looked around the room she was in, however she saw nothing, only blackness. She quickly realized that she had something cold on her eyes and quickly removed it to see a lone figure sitting above her. "Sirius, is that you?" Sarah croaked; her throat was dry and she was handed a glass of water.

"I'm sorry, it's Severus" came a tart reply. Sarah was surprised.

"Severus! Thank you very much for staying by my side." Sarah said. "I appreciate it greatly. You are a kind friend indeed." Sarah said, she looked at Severus and saw shock pass over his eyes quickly before they were yet again masked in mystery.

"Sarah, I must be frank with you. I have strong feelings for you that I cannot hold back any longer. I want you in more than a friendly way. Please, understand me. I really care about you, but, I want something more than friendship, please." he said. Sarah was shocked by his outburst, and even more so when he leant over and kissed her lips.

He tasted of different herbs. Sarah was shocked, and pulled away. "Severus, I'm sorry, but, I don't feel the same way about you. I thought I did for a while, but, well I just realized that well, I don't I think of you as a great and wonderful person, but I don't love you that way Severus. I'm sorry." Sarah said. Severus looked at her and she briefly saw disappointment flash across them before like a few moments before, and again they were covered in mystery.

"I didn't expect you too, it's alright." Severus told her before standing up and walking out of the room, his black robes allowing him to disappear into the night surrounding the castle. Sarah sighed and went to sit up, before a pain in her ribs stopped her. She heard a noise just outside the hall and a small yelp, she knew the voice the moment she heard it. It was a girl she loved dearly, like a daughter.

"Hermione, what on earth brings you here? At this time of the night too?" she asked.

"I wanted to see if you were awake yet, Madame Pomfery is letting me train under her so I can go and become a doctor at Saint Mungos." Hermione told her.

"Oh." Sarah said. Hermione walked over and quickly cast a spell, Sarah knew it when she heard it, she had known the spell for a while, having needed to know it so she could help her brother and his friends should they have gotten hurt during one of their late night escapades.

"Your ribs were broken, however they were healed and are very sensitive, so you might want to be careful when you move." Hermione told her. Sarah nodded and smiled at her.

"I will don't worry, would it be alright if I used a numbing spell or would those not be helpful to me?" Sarah asked. Hermione told her that those would be fine, before sitting and carefully casting a few last spells, one of which Sarah knew that Hermione shouldn't be casting, let alone knowing.

"Thank you Professor Lupin for being so still and allowing me to do what I needed to." Hermione told her before standing and turning to leave.

"Hermione, you can call me Sarah outside class, and when it's only around a few select students. Also, why isn't Pomfrey here watching you to make sure you know what your doing?" Sarah asked.

"Madame Pomfrey knows that you know the spells I would cast, and that you know how to cast them yourself. So you would be able to prevent or correct any mistakes I might have made. Besides she knew that I wanted to see you." Hermione told her.

"Alright, now get off to bed with you, I don't want you to stay here with a finicky old woman. Now off to bed with you!" Sarah told her, Hermione smiled and turned to leave. When she was at the door she stopped and turned.

"Your not finicky and you most certainly aren't old." after telling her that Hermione made a quick departure and left Sarah to sleep until morning.

"Thank you for thinking that Hermione, I appreciate it." Sarah replied, knowing that Hermione wouldn't hear her. Sarah let herself sink into her covers and closed her eyes, willing sleep to come, however sleep wasn't kind, and didn't grant its relaxing wave to sweep her in. Sarah was left to her thoughts. And she spent the majority of her night thinking about what her dream/memory was trying to tell her. She remembered that night very well, it was one week before she and Sirius would have an argument over something rather stupid that would end their relationship. Sirius would go to a bar and get drunk and some whore would pick him up, only moments before Sarah would go and find him wanting to tell him that it was stupid, and that yes, she still loved him. Only to be deeply hurt by seeing him in the arms of a whore that she used to be friends with, however that had been before Sarah had discovered that her so called friend only wanted Sirius or Remus.

Moments before she was swept into sleeps warm and comforting arms, Sarah realized something, she was still deeply in love with Sirius Black.

Sirius' alarm went off, alerting him that Sarah had woken up. He had decided that for once and for all he was going to tell her what he felt. That he still truly cared for her, that it hurt to see her standing somewhere and he wasn't able to take her in his arms. He wanted to tell her, however he was afraid that Sarah wouldn't feel the same way, that instead she would reject him before she feared he could hurt her again.

He quickly dressed and grabbed a bouquet of lilies and white roses, Sarah's favorite flowers (mine too but you didn't need to know that :P ) and he walked down the halls and was just about to enter when he heard something that made his heart rejoice. Sarah's first word's waking up, "Sirius. . ." he was just about to run in and take her in his arms, when he heard another voice, this one deep and one he hated more than anything, Severus Snape's voice. Sirius heard Severus's confession, and looked into the room to see him bed over and kiss Sarah. Sirius's heart broke and he dropped his flowers and a note that he had written her, never noticing the note falling. He quickly left before he could hear whatever love sick words would follow, he was soon in his rooms and he walked over to his fireplace, to stare into the dying embers.

Hermione saw something white on the floors, picking it up she looked for a note, not seeing one she looked at the ground, to find it there. She looked at it and saw that it was for Sarah. She walked into the room and set the flowers and note on the foot of Sarah's bed. She quietly walked out of the room as well, walking into her rooms to sleep for the remaining part of the night.

Sarah woke up to the sound of Poppy bustling around the hospital wing. She looked at the foot of her bed and saw a bouquet of flowers, and a note placed on top of them. She sat up and asked Poppy to bring them to her.

"Of course I will, but you shant be going anywhere today young lady!" Poppy told her. Sarah smiled at the old woman's caring nature and after thanking Poppy she looked at the flowers. "Oh, I want you to take a potion to help with whatever pains or injuries may still be on you." Poppy told her. After drinking the potion Sarah made a sick face. "Don't try to throw that up dear." Poppy smiled.

"I will don't worry." Sarah smiled. "Do you know who brought these flowers?" Sarah asked.

"Sorry, why don't you read the note?" Sarah did as she was suggested, and read the note.

Dear Sarah,

You're still in the hospital wing as I write this. But I had to tell you since I found out that you had been hurt by that Death Eater, I realized something. I truly deeply love you, and I don't know what I would do should you die, I know that won't happen so I won't linger on that thought. People may think me rash and thoughtless, but well I can be deep and thoughtful. You once knew me as that. I wish you still did, but through my own fault you don't because of my rash behavior. I want you to know that I need you like the sun needs the moon, and I love you like the rose loves the early morning dew that makes it as beautiful as your face when your smiling and full of life. I hope that you feel the same but I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't because of my stupidity, I've lost you twice and I wish I hadn't. You are truly a wonderful woman. I hope that we could see each other, however I won't be surprised if you are frightened that the past may once again repeat it's self, if you even reflect my feelings. I'll end before I start to ramble. I love you with every fiber of my body.

With the love of my heart,

Sirius Black

Sarah gasped at the note. She didn't know what to say. True she knew that Sirius was very gifted in all aspects of life (he just didn't want the high expectations that came along with showing your true level of intelligence) she set the note down and looked at the flowers, they were her two favorites, white roses, and lovely white calla lilies. She asked for something to put the flowers in and Poppy came over with a large transfigured vase for them, filled with enchanted water to make them last longer.

Sarah spent the remainder of her day thinking of Sirius, not knowing what to do, and wondering why he never came and told her himself.

That evening she was released and Remus took her to their rooms so she could rest and talk to him before the fire. After she was dressed and ready for bed she came out with her bathrobe on and sat in one of their two over stuffed tan chairs. "Remus, did Sirius and you talk while I was in the hospital wing?" Sarah asked.

"Yes, he seemed more affected by what happened to you than I did amazingly enough." Remus stated. Sarah smiled, knowing that Remus would have had some sort of panic attack or another and would have been overly stressed, the same she would have been for him.

"Did he mention me at all?" Sarah asked.

"Actually, yes."

"May I ask what he mentioned?"

"He told me of his worries about you, and his feelings about you. Why?" he asked.

"He wrote me a note, but never delivered it, I don't know how I got it however." Sarah told him.

"The note? He was going to give you that, however he didn't want anyone to find it, he told me he burned it, and planned on telling you after you woke up.

"He never came when I woke up." Sarah sighed sadly. "In fact he never even visited me." Sarah added sadly.

"Well did something happen to make him stay away?"

"Not that I can think of, but Severus was there when I woke up."

"Did anything happen that may have given Sirius a wrong impression?"

"Severus told me that he really cared about me in a not friend way."

"And?"

"Then he kissed me."

"What did you do?"

"Naturally, I pushed him away. I have never seen him that way." Sarah told him.

"That would be it, he didn't see or hear what happened after that. He got the wrong impression." Remus resolved. Sarah frowned and shook her head.

"Is there anyway that I could tell him? Without anything awkward happening?" Sarah asked.

"I wouldn't know." Sarah suddenly got up, moments after Remus finished his reply, and took a small handful of floo-powder.

"Sirius Black's rooms." She said after throwing her handful into the embers. She was in his rooms and saw him staring at the embers of his fire, she walked over to find that he had fallen asleep. "Sirius, wake up, please, wake up." she said, gently shaking his shoulders. He woke up a few moments after she started to shake his shoulders.

"Sarah, what are you doing here?" he asked. After a moment he added, "wouldn't Snape get mad at your being in my rooms?"

"Sirius, I don't feel anything for Severus, I told him that last night, he's nothing more than a friend, and my heart belongs to someone else."

"Really?" Sirius asked.

"Yes." Sarah told him. "I got your flowers, and I want to thank you for those." Sarah told him.

"Oh, I guess someone found them after I'd dropped them."

"I also got your note." Sarah added.

"Oh."

"I do love you Sirius, I dreamt of you while I was unconscious, and I remembered how much I felt for you." she put her fingers on Sirius' lips. "Yes I am terribly frightened of a repeat of what happened the last two times, and well, I don't know if I'm brave enough to take that chance. Please know that." Sarah told him. She turned to grab another handful of floo powder.

"Sarah, before you go back, please let me tell you something." he got up and walked the short distance to her.

"Sirius please don't say it, I want to hear you say it more than I can fathom, but don't." She told him. Sirius nodded. Sarah continued off to the fire and into her living room and from there she walked into her room, grateful that the next day would be Saturday, as she discovered when she looked at her calendar.

Remus sat in their living room, thinking, he needed something to lighten up the mood, he knew that what happened would happen between them, he was surprised that it happened so soon though. He sat there thinking late into the night, (ok not that late. . .) Around 12 he had an idea, however he would need to talk to his niece* and ask her for some information. Smiling he walked into his room and went to sleep for the night.

He woke up early the next day, and went right into the rooms where his niece was, and after briefly talking to her he left with a smile on his face and an evil flicker in his eyes. Quietly he walked into the Great Hall and set things up for his prank, knowing that where two certain people were going to sit was helpful to his plan.

Sarah woke up and walked into her shower, turning the hot water on and stepping inside she washed herself, and stepped out, smiling that she had a new day to live in. She walked back into her rooms and got ready for her day.

Looking at her clock, she found that she had almost an hour before breakfast started. So she walked into their study and after grabbing her lesson calendar and plan book she started to plan her next few lessons, starting with the N.E.W.T. level 7th years, deciding to cover animungi forms. She was going to teach them all about them and then after the end of the history and such, she would help those interested become animungi and get them their licence. After finishing her lessons for the 7th years she looked at her clock to find she had ten minutes until breakfast started. Packing up her things she left them on the table and started to walk to the Great Hall.

Sirius was walking in the halls of the Lupin's house, trying to find Sarah. However when he saw her and walked to her she would walk into a room and would disappear only to reappear into another room when Sirius opened the door. Soon he grew too tired and sat, he did this twice before he went and finally found Sarah and suddenly she was standing in front of him, smiling and laughing.

She reached her hand out to him, and everything around him changed. And with that change, Sarah disappeared. Sirius looked around, he was standing in the Quiddich pitch, upon hearing laughter he looked up to find Sarah above him, she suddenly fell and Sirius ran over to catch her, and she was in his arms again. Smiling, he gently leant over and they kissed.

Sirius woke up, a smile on his face. He looked at the wall across from his bed and saw a picture, he and Sarah were dressed in dress robes, and they were going to the 7th year graduation ceremony/dance. Sarah was leaning back in his arms, her head rested gently against the front of shoulder, Sirius' head leaning gently atop her, both of them were laughing about something, however like all of Remus' pictures that they had been given, they were black and white and still.

He rolled out of bed and after showering he dressed and walked to the great hall. At the entrance he saw Sarah. "Sarah!" he yelled. Sarah smiled as she turned and looked at him.

"Yes Sirius?" she asked.

"Would you walk in with me and sit by me during breakfast?" he asked.

"I would love to Sirius." Sarah told him, Sirius smiled and opened the doors to the hall, having Sarah enter first, and then after he entered he offered her his arm.

"A lady must never go unescorted! It's unladylike!" he joked, Sarah laughed and they walked to the head table and sat next to each other. Remus was there, and there were two open seats next to him, Remus' attention was taken by the headmaster and they seemed to be deeply involved in their conversation. Sirius pulled Sarah's chair out and she sat, however when she sat, there was a very loud farting noise and Sarah blushed. Remus turned and looked at her.

"Sarah! I thought you knew better than to do that in a public place, and to be so loud about it!" Remus scolded. Sarah blushed even more and turned her head away from her brother. "Thank you Sirius." she told him trying to pretend the whole hall didn't hear what had just happened. Sirius pulled his chair out and went to sit, after first checking to make sure nothing was there for a repeat of what had happened to Sarah.

However when Sirius happened the noise was louder and more disturbing. Remus looked at him and had a look of disapproval on his face. "Sirius you should know better than to make such noises in the Great Hall! That was disgusting!" Remus scolded. Sirius looked at Sarah and saw a small smirk on her face.

"What are you laughing about Sarah?" he asked.

"I'll tell you later, we have a bit of revenge to plan out." Sarah told him, her voice barely about a whisper. Sirius nodded and ate the rest of his mean in peace.

~*~*~*~Author's note~*~*~*~

I would like to thank my spell checker/editor person for checking it for me, I really appreciate it! THANK YOU TUTTLE!!!! I'm so sorry for not updating for so long! But here is the 6th chapter of the story and here it is! Finally finished!! I'm sorry it's not as long as most other chapters are but uhm... I can only say that I haven't been able to think of events, I would like to thank Alyssum for giving me the inspiration for this chapter. I'll dedicate this chapter to you since you helped me get into my writing shape! THANK YOU!! I have thirty reviews . . . wow you guys love me, you really do!! Thank you very much for them! I still need a title for my story so give me your ideas! And the more reviews the quicker I'll write the next chapter, alright?? Thanks you again for being so patient! Muah!

Embers.