Ilya sat in her office surrounded by paper work and sighed.
She hated having to do night duty at the ministry especially with four fifteen year olds alone unsupervised in the house.
Not that she didn't trust Gabriel and Cho but she was afraid she might make the same mistake she did.
Ilya closed her eyes and rubbed her eyelids as she hoped Remus found Sirius.
She needed to talk to Sirius and tell him how she still felt about him.
Ilya began to do some work imagining she might never see Sirius again.
Remus stood in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix waiting as another three members arrived.
They apparated in and Remus stood at the table.
"Now listen up. We need to find Sirius. A source says they saw his transfigured form down in Cornwall. Tonks you and Molly go to Cornwall and check all of Scotland. Arthur you and Alastor go up north to Yorkshire and search everywhere including the moors. Arabella you'll come with me and we'll go to Ireland. Everyone meet back here on Friday morning," said Remus quickly.
The members apparated immediately.
Saturday night....
Ilya walked into the three broomsticks and noticed Remus sat behind a potted plant that had suspiciously grown five feet since Ilya had been in there that morning.
She approached Remus' table after getting a bottle of butter beer to help her relax after a stressful day at the ministry.
Sirius hid behind the over grown potted plant looking around for an Auror or a Dementor some excuse for him to leave.
"I saw Ilya yesterday." said Remus casually sipping a tankard of mead.
Sirius hesitated from watching the door.
"She told me about what happened between the two of you that night." said Remus.
"That cow I told her not to say anything." cursed Sirius though he knew his friend could see straight through him.
"Um Hm." said Remus not believing his friend's frustration.
"So what did she have to say?" asked Sirius.
"How about you firstly explain to me what you were thinking?" asked Remus.
" I wanted to prove that I was as popular as you and Jamesy with women, but I really loved Ilya." Sighed Sirius.
"And?" asked Remus.
"But after we slept together well I felt really guilty and I wasn't proud of using her that way. So I left and never told you guys," explained Sirius.
" But she was hurt and very confused as to why you left her the morning after." said Remus.
"I just couldn't stay. I felt so guilty for using her I just had to leave. You have to believe me Remus. I'd never hurt her intentionally," explained Sirius.
Remus looked at his old friend and saw in his eyes he was telling the truth.
"I believe you Sirius. But well, Ilya has something to tell you and in a way I'm as shocked as you are. But on the other hand it was bound to happen." said Remus.
"What are you talking about?" asked Sirius.
The door to the three broomsticks opened and Ilya walked towards their table with a bottle of butter beer in her hand
"Why not ask her yourself?" asked Remus nodding his head in Ilya's direction.
Sirius looked at Ilya and felt his heart nearly burst with guilt and regret.
"I can't." whispered Sirius hiding behind the tree.
"Too late here she comes." said Remus not sounding too concerned as he sipped his mead.
Ilya walked over to the tree.
"Hey Remus." smiled Ilya.
"Hey Ilya I believe you know my friend Sirius." said Remus indicating Sirius who was hiding behind the overgrown tree.
"Sirius?" asked Ilya.
Sirius peeked through the branches.
"Er hey Ilya. Long time no see," said Sirius coyly.
"Where the hell?" asked Ilya looking at Remus.
"Just looked around. He was awfully hard to find actually. What with being on the run from the Aurors and everything. Lucky I had help from the order." said Remus.
"Oh Sirius I was wondering if I'd ever see you again. Anyway, I've something important to tell you," said Ilya.
"Why don't the two of you talk and I'll go get some more drinks." said Remus vacating his seat.
"Thanks Remus, I owe you." smiled Ilya.
Remus smiled happily and walked over to the bar.
"So what do you need to tell me?" asked Sirius.
Ilya sat down and sighed.
"You won't believe how long I've been waiting to catch you and tell you," said Ilya.
Sirius took her hand and stroked it in comfort.
"Just tell me Ilya," he whispered.
Ilya looked at their hands touching and smiled.
"Sirius remember our night together all the passion and love we shared. Well I don't know how to tell you this but well it went wrong," said Ilya.
"What do you mean?" asked Sirius.
"Remember when I left a week later and I told you and the others it was because I was moving to America?" asked Ilya looking at the table.
"Yeah I remember." said Sirius.
"It was a lie Sirius," whispered Ilya looking up into his eyes.
"I still don't understand," said Sirius.
"I was pregnant Sirius." sad Ilya their gazes still locked.
She could tell he was shocked.
"No. You said you...no it can't be." said Sirius.
"Sirius I want you to know her. She's grown up with out a father long enough and I think it's time she learnt who he is," said Ilya.
"Ilya I'm on the run. I can't. Besides your an unspeakable you'd turn me in with out a glance." said Sirius.
"I wouldn't Sirius. I still care about you," said Ilya.
"What after all these years?" asked Sirius.
"Of course. I don't blame you for leaving the next day and I don't believe you killed Peter." assured Ilya squeezing his hand.
"All those years I was in Azcaban all I could think of was our night together and how I longed to hear your soft whispers in my ear." smiled Sirius looking at her.
"You can Sirius. Stay with our daughter and me. We can catch up after all theses years. Just this time promise you won't leave me again." Whispered Ilya putting a piece of brown hair behind her ear.
"All right. But I'm a bit nervous about meeting her what if she hates me?" asked Sirius.
"She won't. Now you go with Remus and get some stuff. Remus will bring you to my house tonight after she's asleep." said Ilya.
"I really appreciate this Ilya." smiled Sirius kissing her hand.
"I know." said Ilya.
Sirius got up and went to the bar where Remus was sat. Ilya sipped her drink and smiled to herself.
She hated having to do night duty at the ministry especially with four fifteen year olds alone unsupervised in the house.
Not that she didn't trust Gabriel and Cho but she was afraid she might make the same mistake she did.
Ilya closed her eyes and rubbed her eyelids as she hoped Remus found Sirius.
She needed to talk to Sirius and tell him how she still felt about him.
Ilya began to do some work imagining she might never see Sirius again.
Remus stood in the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix waiting as another three members arrived.
They apparated in and Remus stood at the table.
"Now listen up. We need to find Sirius. A source says they saw his transfigured form down in Cornwall. Tonks you and Molly go to Cornwall and check all of Scotland. Arthur you and Alastor go up north to Yorkshire and search everywhere including the moors. Arabella you'll come with me and we'll go to Ireland. Everyone meet back here on Friday morning," said Remus quickly.
The members apparated immediately.
Saturday night....
Ilya walked into the three broomsticks and noticed Remus sat behind a potted plant that had suspiciously grown five feet since Ilya had been in there that morning.
She approached Remus' table after getting a bottle of butter beer to help her relax after a stressful day at the ministry.
Sirius hid behind the over grown potted plant looking around for an Auror or a Dementor some excuse for him to leave.
"I saw Ilya yesterday." said Remus casually sipping a tankard of mead.
Sirius hesitated from watching the door.
"She told me about what happened between the two of you that night." said Remus.
"That cow I told her not to say anything." cursed Sirius though he knew his friend could see straight through him.
"Um Hm." said Remus not believing his friend's frustration.
"So what did she have to say?" asked Sirius.
"How about you firstly explain to me what you were thinking?" asked Remus.
" I wanted to prove that I was as popular as you and Jamesy with women, but I really loved Ilya." Sighed Sirius.
"And?" asked Remus.
"But after we slept together well I felt really guilty and I wasn't proud of using her that way. So I left and never told you guys," explained Sirius.
" But she was hurt and very confused as to why you left her the morning after." said Remus.
"I just couldn't stay. I felt so guilty for using her I just had to leave. You have to believe me Remus. I'd never hurt her intentionally," explained Sirius.
Remus looked at his old friend and saw in his eyes he was telling the truth.
"I believe you Sirius. But well, Ilya has something to tell you and in a way I'm as shocked as you are. But on the other hand it was bound to happen." said Remus.
"What are you talking about?" asked Sirius.
The door to the three broomsticks opened and Ilya walked towards their table with a bottle of butter beer in her hand
"Why not ask her yourself?" asked Remus nodding his head in Ilya's direction.
Sirius looked at Ilya and felt his heart nearly burst with guilt and regret.
"I can't." whispered Sirius hiding behind the tree.
"Too late here she comes." said Remus not sounding too concerned as he sipped his mead.
Ilya walked over to the tree.
"Hey Remus." smiled Ilya.
"Hey Ilya I believe you know my friend Sirius." said Remus indicating Sirius who was hiding behind the overgrown tree.
"Sirius?" asked Ilya.
Sirius peeked through the branches.
"Er hey Ilya. Long time no see," said Sirius coyly.
"Where the hell?" asked Ilya looking at Remus.
"Just looked around. He was awfully hard to find actually. What with being on the run from the Aurors and everything. Lucky I had help from the order." said Remus.
"Oh Sirius I was wondering if I'd ever see you again. Anyway, I've something important to tell you," said Ilya.
"Why don't the two of you talk and I'll go get some more drinks." said Remus vacating his seat.
"Thanks Remus, I owe you." smiled Ilya.
Remus smiled happily and walked over to the bar.
"So what do you need to tell me?" asked Sirius.
Ilya sat down and sighed.
"You won't believe how long I've been waiting to catch you and tell you," said Ilya.
Sirius took her hand and stroked it in comfort.
"Just tell me Ilya," he whispered.
Ilya looked at their hands touching and smiled.
"Sirius remember our night together all the passion and love we shared. Well I don't know how to tell you this but well it went wrong," said Ilya.
"What do you mean?" asked Sirius.
"Remember when I left a week later and I told you and the others it was because I was moving to America?" asked Ilya looking at the table.
"Yeah I remember." said Sirius.
"It was a lie Sirius," whispered Ilya looking up into his eyes.
"I still don't understand," said Sirius.
"I was pregnant Sirius." sad Ilya their gazes still locked.
She could tell he was shocked.
"No. You said you...no it can't be." said Sirius.
"Sirius I want you to know her. She's grown up with out a father long enough and I think it's time she learnt who he is," said Ilya.
"Ilya I'm on the run. I can't. Besides your an unspeakable you'd turn me in with out a glance." said Sirius.
"I wouldn't Sirius. I still care about you," said Ilya.
"What after all these years?" asked Sirius.
"Of course. I don't blame you for leaving the next day and I don't believe you killed Peter." assured Ilya squeezing his hand.
"All those years I was in Azcaban all I could think of was our night together and how I longed to hear your soft whispers in my ear." smiled Sirius looking at her.
"You can Sirius. Stay with our daughter and me. We can catch up after all theses years. Just this time promise you won't leave me again." Whispered Ilya putting a piece of brown hair behind her ear.
"All right. But I'm a bit nervous about meeting her what if she hates me?" asked Sirius.
"She won't. Now you go with Remus and get some stuff. Remus will bring you to my house tonight after she's asleep." said Ilya.
"I really appreciate this Ilya." smiled Sirius kissing her hand.
"I know." said Ilya.
Sirius got up and went to the bar where Remus was sat. Ilya sipped her drink and smiled to herself.