Cho woke up that night and heard two voices talking and walked down the
stairs and saw her mother talking to familiar man.
"I'm so happy you let me move in Ilya." smiled the man.
"it's OK Sirius.I'm just happy to see you again." smiled Ilya.
"mum what's going on?" asked Cho.
"oh Cho. I'm sorry if we woke you." said Ilya.
"i was awake anyway." said Cho walking past the two and got a drink from the fridge.
"Cho this is your father. Sirius this is our fifteen year old daughter Cho." said Ilya.
"she is so grown up." whispered Sirius.
"i guess this explains my black hair and sense of humour." said Cho looking Sirius up and down..
"she even has my sarcasm." said Sirius.
"it's strange how she looks like you.isn't it?" asked Ilya.
"it is " said Sirius.
"hello I'm standing right here." said Cho.
"sorry." said Sirius.
"anyway sorry to break up this happy reunion but i need to meet Gabriel and the others early tomorrow." said Cho sipping her drink.
"good night Cho." said Ilya kissing her on the head.
"night mum. Sirius." said Cho leaving her drink on the side and walking up to bed.
"see i told you she doesn't like me." said Sirius.
"she was just a bit surprised that's all." assured Ilya.
"you sure?" asked Sirius.
"of course, now get some sleep on the couch." said Ilya conjuring a blanket and cushion.
"night Ilya. i owe you." whispered Sirius.
"night Sirius we'll talk more in the morning." said Ilya kissing his forehead before going up to bed.
Cho woke up the next morning and went down stairs to see Sirius asleep on heir couch.
she rolled her eyes and flooed to Diagon alley.
she walked to the ice cream parlour and saw wanona already waiting with a peanut brittle sundae in front of her.
"hey wanona." smiled Cho sitting down.
"what's wrong?" asked wanona her spoon stopping in mid air.
"my dad is staying at my house." said Cho.
"what? but that's dangerous. your mum works for the ministry he could easily get caught if he goes out." said wanona putting her spoon back in her bowl.
"i know. i met him last night,i admit i see the resemblance but still he shouldn't be here." said Cho.
"what you going to do?" asked wanona.
"i don't know. it's mum's decision i know but i have to some how convince her." sighed Cho.
"what if he leaves again? wouldn't that show your mother how he doesn't like her?" asked Wanona.
"i couldn't do that. mum has spent her whole life trying to find him again. i couldn't dot hat to her." said Cho feeling guilty.
"i suppose but it's for her best interests isn't it?" asked Wanona.
"i suppose." sighed Cho.
Gabriel and Gabrielle arrived through the opening and sat down at the table. Gabriel sat down beside Cho and gaveher a kiss.
"something wrong you two?" asked Gabrielle sensing something was wrng.
"no nothing." smiled Wanona picking up her spoon and continueing to eat.
Cho sighed at having to be in denial.
Ilya woke to the sound of a mixer downstairs and went down to see Sirius making panckaes.
"Sirius." said Ilya.
"oh sorry if i woke you Ilya." smiled Sirius putting some batter in a pan.
"it's OK. but try to keep it down next time." smiled Ilya getting herself a drink of water.
Sirius couldn't help his eyes stray from the pan.
Ilya was dressed in a short dressing gown that covered up her small pajama set.her dark brown hair, though tangled, was put up in a bun leaving her neck bare. her long legs were bare and yet tanned, like Sirius remembered and her almond shaped eyes looked beautiful.
"er Sirius." said Ilya in an amused voice.
"what?" asked Sirius.
"you might want to keep your eyes on the pan." said Ilya with an amused smile playing on her lips.
Sirius snapped out his daze to see a burnt pancake in the pan.
"oh shit." cursed Sirius moving the pancake onto a plate.
Ilya put down her cup down and took the plate to the bin.
she tiped the pancake into the bin and put the plate back on the work surface.
"want some help?" asked iya kindly.
"na it's OK. you go and put your feet up." smiled Sirius, pouring some more batter into the pan.
Ilya sat at the breakfast bar and watched as sirus shapped and flipped a perfect pancake.
he put it on a plate and passed it to Ilya on the beakfast bar, before putting sme more batter in the pan..
"hm this tastes gorgeous." smiled Ilya.
"but not as gorgeous as you." smiled Sirius.
Ilya blushed but continued to eat.
later...
Ilya sat watching T.V in the lounge while Sirius rumaged through Cho's baby book.
"she was so cute, i can't believe i missed all this." sighed Sirius looking at Cho crawling around in the picture.
"don't feel so guilty Sirius, it wasn't your fault. i wanted to tell you i was just tooo afriad." said Ilya muting the TV.
"i can undersand why." sighed Sirius.
Ilya moved closer to where Sirius was sat and looked over his shoulder.
"she so cute at that age. i remember i had lock all drawer and cupboards bcause she was so curious." smiled Ilya..
"i bet its surprising what a kid so small can get up to." sighed Sirius.
"yes well i wished you were there." said Ilya.
Sirius looked at her and smiled.
"so was Cho good as a child?" asked Sirius closing the book.
"she was OK. she always had lots of friends and did well in school. but she always asked why she didn't have a dad." said Ilya.
"i'm never going to leave the two of you again Ilya." said Sirius putting an arm around her shoulders.
"Sirius, don't make promises you know you can never keep. i just want you to be here for the both of us." said Ilya leaning her head on his soulder.
"you know i always will be Ilya." said Sirius, kissing her cheek.
Cho stood in Madam Malkain's looking through new robes with Gabrielle and Wanoan.
she needed to talk to her father about why he hadn't asked her mother about when the slept together.
it didn't make any sense to her.
she walked back to the leaky cauldron and flooed home to try and get some sense out of the situation.
she arrived to see her mother and newly found father sat on the sofa watching a muted TV.
"oh Cho, i thought yo were going to meet your friends." said Ilya, as Sirius moved his arm from around Ilya's shulders
"i wanted to talk to Sirius." said Cho looking at her father.
"well i was just going to owl the ministry. i'll kleave the two of you to talk." said Ilya getting up and walking up stairs.
Cho sat down beside Sirius, as he turned off the TV.
"so what did you want to talk to me about Cho?" asked Sirius looking at his daughter.
"i wanted to ask why you left my mother, the morning after you two slept together." said Cho getting straight to the point.
"well, that's a question i kept asking myself all the time i was still in hogwarts and she had gone." said Sirius with a sigh.
"so why did you?" asked Cho.
"well i felt i had treated your mother unfairly. she was just one of those girls who was a friend of my friend james' girlfriend lily. lily tried to set us up on many occasions, but i just thought Ilya was too innocent to get mixed up in me." sighed Sirius.
"so how did you get involved?" asked Cho.
"well eventually Ilya took matters into her own hands and cornered me in the great hall, before a ball and askedme out. since it was in front of so many people including my friends i was inclined to say yes. which i did and it kind of went on from then." explained Sirius getting up and picking up the breakfast plates from the coffee tables in front of the sofa.
"so did you really love her?" asked Cho watching her father with her eyes.
Sirius hesitated before walking into the kitchen as he tried to think of an answer.
"well?" asked Cho getting up and sitting at the breakfast bar.
"at the beginning i have to say no i didn't. Ilya was kinda like a sister to me in the beginning and i just classed her as that, untill lily and james got involved." sighed Sirius putting the plates in the dishwasher.
"what do you mean?" asked Cho eagerly.
"they sent me up to the astronomy tower one night, during the full moon, when i was supposed to be a look out for Remus when he was in his werewolf. at about midnight i went up to find Ilya sat in an empty window frame looking out over the grounds. turned out i'd been set up. by my so called best friend." sighed Sirius leaning on the breakfast bar, with his elbows holding up his head.
"so what happened then?" asked Cho.
"well we talked and then Ilya made the first move. she cornered me again and kissed me.
i was caught off guard but i'm not saying i didn't like a girl being in control at the time." said Sirius.
"whoa mum." thought Cho.
Sirius seemed to read her mind because he said
"your mum always got what she wanted, by any means necessary."
"so what happened at the ball?" asked Cho.
"well i can remember exactly what your mother wore. it was a long purple dress that stopped at knee and it was strapless which made you feel atrached to her like a magnet. Ilya got attention from all guys from all houses from all years in that dress. but she brushed them all aside for me." said Sirius being able to picture Ilya in the dress.
"did you do it then?" asked Cho.
Sirius looked shocked at the suggestion.
"what are you nuts? McGonagall never allowed that sort of thing. she prowled around the dorms every night making sure everyone was in the right bed.and if not, straight off detentin for a month." said Sirius.
"well i'm a ravenclaw so i don't really know professor McGonagall aprt from for Transfiguartion." explained Cho.
"yeah well be glad you don't." said sirus.
"so when did you...?" asked Cho gesturing for Sirius to get straight to that particual night.
"that night, was the most beautiful night ofmy life. " grinned Sirius, "i never stopped thinking about it since she left hogwarts."
"just tell me how you got it." said Cho.
"it was during the easter holidays, we'd all gone to the club near Remus' house. Ilya lived near Remus at the time with her parents so it was easy for us to meet up. well i saw Jamesy and lily and Remus with his girlfriend at the time Mel and felt left out. they had slept with their girlfriends at some point or another.
so i decided to sleep with Ilya. it was obvious it was what she wanted, the way she looked and wlaked when shewas around me. so she asked if i wanted to go back to her house. i immediately said yes, not thinking of any of the consequences. now i wish i had." said Sirius recalling that night.
"did you ever think it possible for mum to get pregnant?" asked Cho.
"i knew she could get pregnant but i used protection. i just wish she had told me she was pregnant before she left." said Sirius regretfully.
"where exactly did she say she was going?" asked Cho curiously.
"she told us all a week later she was moving to another school in America. i was sad to see her go and so were the others. i only wish she had told me the truth." said Sirius.
"so did you love her then?" asked Cho.
Sirius smiled glaze eyed.
"yeah i did. and i still do." admitted Sirius.
Ilya was glad that Sirius and Cho were getting along, it was what she had always wanted.
she smiled to herself as she got dressed and opened the window for the daily prophet delievery owland paid the owl before taking the papaer.
on the front page was a picture of Sirius hidden behind the tree in the three broomsticks.
"Sirius!" yelled Ilya as she ran back down stairs.
Cho heard her mother yell and looked quizzicaly at Sirius who seemed equally confused.
Ilya appeared with the daily prophet in her hand and looked very worried.
"what is it Ilya?" asked Sirius.
Ilya thrust the paper into his hands.
"uh oh." muttered Sirius as he read the front page.
"exactly. what were we thinking meeting in a public place where any one could have seen you." exclaimed Ilya as she began to hyperventilate.
"calm down Ilya.Cho get your mother some water." said Sirius pulling Ilya down into a stool.
Cho pushed a glass of water into her mother's hands.
Ilya sipped the water and felt herself being able to breath calmly.
"It's OK Ilya, i knew coming here wasn't a good idea. I'll apparate to the order's head quarters." said Sirius getting up.
"no Sirius don't go." croaked Ilya.
"it's really for the best. I'll contact you through Remus sometime i promise." said Sirius kissing Ilya's forehead before a 'pop' announced he'd left.
Ilya began to cry and Cho comforted her mother awkwardly.
she needed to find out where her father had gone and convince him to come back.
"mum where's the phone number for Remus Lupin?" asked Cho hnading her mum a box of tissues.
"in my black book on my desk." said Ilya dabbing er eyes.
Cho got the book and dialled it.
"hello?" asked Remus, he was sitting in the kitchen of the order of the phoenix HQ where Sirius had just appeared.
"um mr Lupin, this is Cho chang and i was wondering if i could speak to my father?" asked Cho a swell of pride running through her as she said 'father'.
"um i don't know about that Cho. he seems very distressed. i'll owl you later with any information you wish to know." said Remus hoping Cho would be curious enough to decode his message.
Cho could tell Remus was speaking in code, but unfortunately she didn't know what that code was.
"ok mr Lupin thanks anyway." said Cho.
she put down the phone and looked at her mother who was still sobbing.
"I'm so happy you let me move in Ilya." smiled the man.
"it's OK Sirius.I'm just happy to see you again." smiled Ilya.
"mum what's going on?" asked Cho.
"oh Cho. I'm sorry if we woke you." said Ilya.
"i was awake anyway." said Cho walking past the two and got a drink from the fridge.
"Cho this is your father. Sirius this is our fifteen year old daughter Cho." said Ilya.
"she is so grown up." whispered Sirius.
"i guess this explains my black hair and sense of humour." said Cho looking Sirius up and down..
"she even has my sarcasm." said Sirius.
"it's strange how she looks like you.isn't it?" asked Ilya.
"it is " said Sirius.
"hello I'm standing right here." said Cho.
"sorry." said Sirius.
"anyway sorry to break up this happy reunion but i need to meet Gabriel and the others early tomorrow." said Cho sipping her drink.
"good night Cho." said Ilya kissing her on the head.
"night mum. Sirius." said Cho leaving her drink on the side and walking up to bed.
"see i told you she doesn't like me." said Sirius.
"she was just a bit surprised that's all." assured Ilya.
"you sure?" asked Sirius.
"of course, now get some sleep on the couch." said Ilya conjuring a blanket and cushion.
"night Ilya. i owe you." whispered Sirius.
"night Sirius we'll talk more in the morning." said Ilya kissing his forehead before going up to bed.
Cho woke up the next morning and went down stairs to see Sirius asleep on heir couch.
she rolled her eyes and flooed to Diagon alley.
she walked to the ice cream parlour and saw wanona already waiting with a peanut brittle sundae in front of her.
"hey wanona." smiled Cho sitting down.
"what's wrong?" asked wanona her spoon stopping in mid air.
"my dad is staying at my house." said Cho.
"what? but that's dangerous. your mum works for the ministry he could easily get caught if he goes out." said wanona putting her spoon back in her bowl.
"i know. i met him last night,i admit i see the resemblance but still he shouldn't be here." said Cho.
"what you going to do?" asked wanona.
"i don't know. it's mum's decision i know but i have to some how convince her." sighed Cho.
"what if he leaves again? wouldn't that show your mother how he doesn't like her?" asked Wanona.
"i couldn't do that. mum has spent her whole life trying to find him again. i couldn't dot hat to her." said Cho feeling guilty.
"i suppose but it's for her best interests isn't it?" asked Wanona.
"i suppose." sighed Cho.
Gabriel and Gabrielle arrived through the opening and sat down at the table. Gabriel sat down beside Cho and gaveher a kiss.
"something wrong you two?" asked Gabrielle sensing something was wrng.
"no nothing." smiled Wanona picking up her spoon and continueing to eat.
Cho sighed at having to be in denial.
Ilya woke to the sound of a mixer downstairs and went down to see Sirius making panckaes.
"Sirius." said Ilya.
"oh sorry if i woke you Ilya." smiled Sirius putting some batter in a pan.
"it's OK. but try to keep it down next time." smiled Ilya getting herself a drink of water.
Sirius couldn't help his eyes stray from the pan.
Ilya was dressed in a short dressing gown that covered up her small pajama set.her dark brown hair, though tangled, was put up in a bun leaving her neck bare. her long legs were bare and yet tanned, like Sirius remembered and her almond shaped eyes looked beautiful.
"er Sirius." said Ilya in an amused voice.
"what?" asked Sirius.
"you might want to keep your eyes on the pan." said Ilya with an amused smile playing on her lips.
Sirius snapped out his daze to see a burnt pancake in the pan.
"oh shit." cursed Sirius moving the pancake onto a plate.
Ilya put down her cup down and took the plate to the bin.
she tiped the pancake into the bin and put the plate back on the work surface.
"want some help?" asked iya kindly.
"na it's OK. you go and put your feet up." smiled Sirius, pouring some more batter into the pan.
Ilya sat at the breakfast bar and watched as sirus shapped and flipped a perfect pancake.
he put it on a plate and passed it to Ilya on the beakfast bar, before putting sme more batter in the pan..
"hm this tastes gorgeous." smiled Ilya.
"but not as gorgeous as you." smiled Sirius.
Ilya blushed but continued to eat.
later...
Ilya sat watching T.V in the lounge while Sirius rumaged through Cho's baby book.
"she was so cute, i can't believe i missed all this." sighed Sirius looking at Cho crawling around in the picture.
"don't feel so guilty Sirius, it wasn't your fault. i wanted to tell you i was just tooo afriad." said Ilya muting the TV.
"i can undersand why." sighed Sirius.
Ilya moved closer to where Sirius was sat and looked over his shoulder.
"she so cute at that age. i remember i had lock all drawer and cupboards bcause she was so curious." smiled Ilya..
"i bet its surprising what a kid so small can get up to." sighed Sirius.
"yes well i wished you were there." said Ilya.
Sirius looked at her and smiled.
"so was Cho good as a child?" asked Sirius closing the book.
"she was OK. she always had lots of friends and did well in school. but she always asked why she didn't have a dad." said Ilya.
"i'm never going to leave the two of you again Ilya." said Sirius putting an arm around her shoulders.
"Sirius, don't make promises you know you can never keep. i just want you to be here for the both of us." said Ilya leaning her head on his soulder.
"you know i always will be Ilya." said Sirius, kissing her cheek.
Cho stood in Madam Malkain's looking through new robes with Gabrielle and Wanoan.
she needed to talk to her father about why he hadn't asked her mother about when the slept together.
it didn't make any sense to her.
she walked back to the leaky cauldron and flooed home to try and get some sense out of the situation.
she arrived to see her mother and newly found father sat on the sofa watching a muted TV.
"oh Cho, i thought yo were going to meet your friends." said Ilya, as Sirius moved his arm from around Ilya's shulders
"i wanted to talk to Sirius." said Cho looking at her father.
"well i was just going to owl the ministry. i'll kleave the two of you to talk." said Ilya getting up and walking up stairs.
Cho sat down beside Sirius, as he turned off the TV.
"so what did you want to talk to me about Cho?" asked Sirius looking at his daughter.
"i wanted to ask why you left my mother, the morning after you two slept together." said Cho getting straight to the point.
"well, that's a question i kept asking myself all the time i was still in hogwarts and she had gone." said Sirius with a sigh.
"so why did you?" asked Cho.
"well i felt i had treated your mother unfairly. she was just one of those girls who was a friend of my friend james' girlfriend lily. lily tried to set us up on many occasions, but i just thought Ilya was too innocent to get mixed up in me." sighed Sirius.
"so how did you get involved?" asked Cho.
"well eventually Ilya took matters into her own hands and cornered me in the great hall, before a ball and askedme out. since it was in front of so many people including my friends i was inclined to say yes. which i did and it kind of went on from then." explained Sirius getting up and picking up the breakfast plates from the coffee tables in front of the sofa.
"so did you really love her?" asked Cho watching her father with her eyes.
Sirius hesitated before walking into the kitchen as he tried to think of an answer.
"well?" asked Cho getting up and sitting at the breakfast bar.
"at the beginning i have to say no i didn't. Ilya was kinda like a sister to me in the beginning and i just classed her as that, untill lily and james got involved." sighed Sirius putting the plates in the dishwasher.
"what do you mean?" asked Cho eagerly.
"they sent me up to the astronomy tower one night, during the full moon, when i was supposed to be a look out for Remus when he was in his werewolf. at about midnight i went up to find Ilya sat in an empty window frame looking out over the grounds. turned out i'd been set up. by my so called best friend." sighed Sirius leaning on the breakfast bar, with his elbows holding up his head.
"so what happened then?" asked Cho.
"well we talked and then Ilya made the first move. she cornered me again and kissed me.
i was caught off guard but i'm not saying i didn't like a girl being in control at the time." said Sirius.
"whoa mum." thought Cho.
Sirius seemed to read her mind because he said
"your mum always got what she wanted, by any means necessary."
"so what happened at the ball?" asked Cho.
"well i can remember exactly what your mother wore. it was a long purple dress that stopped at knee and it was strapless which made you feel atrached to her like a magnet. Ilya got attention from all guys from all houses from all years in that dress. but she brushed them all aside for me." said Sirius being able to picture Ilya in the dress.
"did you do it then?" asked Cho.
Sirius looked shocked at the suggestion.
"what are you nuts? McGonagall never allowed that sort of thing. she prowled around the dorms every night making sure everyone was in the right bed.and if not, straight off detentin for a month." said Sirius.
"well i'm a ravenclaw so i don't really know professor McGonagall aprt from for Transfiguartion." explained Cho.
"yeah well be glad you don't." said sirus.
"so when did you...?" asked Cho gesturing for Sirius to get straight to that particual night.
"that night, was the most beautiful night ofmy life. " grinned Sirius, "i never stopped thinking about it since she left hogwarts."
"just tell me how you got it." said Cho.
"it was during the easter holidays, we'd all gone to the club near Remus' house. Ilya lived near Remus at the time with her parents so it was easy for us to meet up. well i saw Jamesy and lily and Remus with his girlfriend at the time Mel and felt left out. they had slept with their girlfriends at some point or another.
so i decided to sleep with Ilya. it was obvious it was what she wanted, the way she looked and wlaked when shewas around me. so she asked if i wanted to go back to her house. i immediately said yes, not thinking of any of the consequences. now i wish i had." said Sirius recalling that night.
"did you ever think it possible for mum to get pregnant?" asked Cho.
"i knew she could get pregnant but i used protection. i just wish she had told me she was pregnant before she left." said Sirius regretfully.
"where exactly did she say she was going?" asked Cho curiously.
"she told us all a week later she was moving to another school in America. i was sad to see her go and so were the others. i only wish she had told me the truth." said Sirius.
"so did you love her then?" asked Cho.
Sirius smiled glaze eyed.
"yeah i did. and i still do." admitted Sirius.
Ilya was glad that Sirius and Cho were getting along, it was what she had always wanted.
she smiled to herself as she got dressed and opened the window for the daily prophet delievery owland paid the owl before taking the papaer.
on the front page was a picture of Sirius hidden behind the tree in the three broomsticks.
"Sirius!" yelled Ilya as she ran back down stairs.
Cho heard her mother yell and looked quizzicaly at Sirius who seemed equally confused.
Ilya appeared with the daily prophet in her hand and looked very worried.
"what is it Ilya?" asked Sirius.
Ilya thrust the paper into his hands.
"uh oh." muttered Sirius as he read the front page.
"exactly. what were we thinking meeting in a public place where any one could have seen you." exclaimed Ilya as she began to hyperventilate.
"calm down Ilya.Cho get your mother some water." said Sirius pulling Ilya down into a stool.
Cho pushed a glass of water into her mother's hands.
Ilya sipped the water and felt herself being able to breath calmly.
"It's OK Ilya, i knew coming here wasn't a good idea. I'll apparate to the order's head quarters." said Sirius getting up.
"no Sirius don't go." croaked Ilya.
"it's really for the best. I'll contact you through Remus sometime i promise." said Sirius kissing Ilya's forehead before a 'pop' announced he'd left.
Ilya began to cry and Cho comforted her mother awkwardly.
she needed to find out where her father had gone and convince him to come back.
"mum where's the phone number for Remus Lupin?" asked Cho hnading her mum a box of tissues.
"in my black book on my desk." said Ilya dabbing er eyes.
Cho got the book and dialled it.
"hello?" asked Remus, he was sitting in the kitchen of the order of the phoenix HQ where Sirius had just appeared.
"um mr Lupin, this is Cho chang and i was wondering if i could speak to my father?" asked Cho a swell of pride running through her as she said 'father'.
"um i don't know about that Cho. he seems very distressed. i'll owl you later with any information you wish to know." said Remus hoping Cho would be curious enough to decode his message.
Cho could tell Remus was speaking in code, but unfortunately she didn't know what that code was.
"ok mr Lupin thanks anyway." said Cho.
she put down the phone and looked at her mother who was still sobbing.