A/N: Sorry I didn't update when I promised, but my schedule has been very
hectic. Work and finals are coming up at school..it's like..AHHH. Ok
enough of that.here's a new chapter..hope you like.
"He looks so much like James." She whispered as she watched Harry go up the stairs.
"He does, and he has Lily's eyes. Has his fathers quidditch skills, his moms heart." Sirius said. "How did you find out I was out?"
"Dumbledore." She said simply, knowing what he was referring too.
"Dumbledore, he knew where you were?" He asked surprised.
"Yea.you know Dumbledore, he knows everything. When I told him I couldn't stay here in London anymore he helped me get a job at a Witchcraft and Wizardry school in America. I didn't hear from him again, until he sent me an owl five years ago, when Harry started Hogwarts. When I found out you escaped, I was going to return, but Dumbledore advised it was best if I didn't, so I didn't..I stayed in New York. When news about your trial was out, I told Dumbledore that NOTHING was keeping me away this time.he understood, he just made me promise to wait for the verdict.and I did. So the day you were proven innocent I told everyone I was leaving. I resigned from my job, packed all my thing but decided to it a while, I knew things were going to be hectic enough without me adding more.but two weeks was too long.I had to come." She said
"I'm glad you did." Sirius said, looking her in the eyes, he gently took her left hand. "You were one of the reasons I lasted in Azkaban so long. I knew I had to get out.I had to survive for you, and Harry." Tears were forming in his eyes as he spoke "Faith, I'm so sorry for everything.if I wouldn't have made Peter Secret Keeper, we." he was cut off.
"NO.Sirius.NONE of this is your fault. What would have happened if YOU would have stayed Secret Keeper? Huh? What if Voldemort captured you? Tortured you? He would have killed you, then James and Lily. Then having Harry taken from me.I would have been ALONE.completely alone.with no one." Faith said, looking Sirius straight in the eyes "I don't blame you for anything that happened, not for one second did I blame you, and I'm sure neither does Harry, and I'm positive that neither James nor Lily blame you either. As much as I wish there could be something we do about it, what happened, there isn't. Right now, to me, the only thing that matters is that I got my family back. I got my nephew and my husband." She said the last few words almost inaudible.
"I know Faith.but I still can't stop thinking about how things could have turned out if I hadn't." Sirius started.
"Stop.don't think about that, because you'll go mad.more then you normally are." Faith said as a joke.to lighten to mood. And it worked. Sirius started to laugh a little.
"Ok.you're right.I can't help but still think about all that, even though I know what's done is done." Sirius stated he knew she was right. He knew things could have turned out a lot worse if he had stayed Keeper. "You know I think that we should talk to Harry. He must be so confused right now. We have a lot of explaining to do." She said. "How come you didn't tell him about me?" She asked, catching Sirius off guard.
"Well.I guess I didn't tell him because he has been through so much. I mean, Faith, his whole life has been hard. He's witnessed the return of Voldemort, the death of a fellow classmate, fought a basilisk, was entered in the Tri Wizard Tournament, not to mention he thought I was out to kill him.which I'll explain later" he said noticing the strange look Faith gave him. "Nothing has been easy for him. And as much as I wanted, I couldn't' be there for him.I was hiding, trying not to get caught. And this past month with the trail and all, I still haven't had a chance to sit down and talk to him. The only thing I am grateful for is that he has the best group of friends, they have been there for him through everything." Sirius told Faith.
"Wow.I can't believe he's been through so much. I'm glad he has friends to lean on.and now he'll have both of us. So let's go and talk to him." Faith said.
"Ok.let's go." They both got up and headed upstairs.
"He looks so much like James." She whispered as she watched Harry go up the stairs.
"He does, and he has Lily's eyes. Has his fathers quidditch skills, his moms heart." Sirius said. "How did you find out I was out?"
"Dumbledore." She said simply, knowing what he was referring too.
"Dumbledore, he knew where you were?" He asked surprised.
"Yea.you know Dumbledore, he knows everything. When I told him I couldn't stay here in London anymore he helped me get a job at a Witchcraft and Wizardry school in America. I didn't hear from him again, until he sent me an owl five years ago, when Harry started Hogwarts. When I found out you escaped, I was going to return, but Dumbledore advised it was best if I didn't, so I didn't..I stayed in New York. When news about your trial was out, I told Dumbledore that NOTHING was keeping me away this time.he understood, he just made me promise to wait for the verdict.and I did. So the day you were proven innocent I told everyone I was leaving. I resigned from my job, packed all my thing but decided to it a while, I knew things were going to be hectic enough without me adding more.but two weeks was too long.I had to come." She said
"I'm glad you did." Sirius said, looking her in the eyes, he gently took her left hand. "You were one of the reasons I lasted in Azkaban so long. I knew I had to get out.I had to survive for you, and Harry." Tears were forming in his eyes as he spoke "Faith, I'm so sorry for everything.if I wouldn't have made Peter Secret Keeper, we." he was cut off.
"NO.Sirius.NONE of this is your fault. What would have happened if YOU would have stayed Secret Keeper? Huh? What if Voldemort captured you? Tortured you? He would have killed you, then James and Lily. Then having Harry taken from me.I would have been ALONE.completely alone.with no one." Faith said, looking Sirius straight in the eyes "I don't blame you for anything that happened, not for one second did I blame you, and I'm sure neither does Harry, and I'm positive that neither James nor Lily blame you either. As much as I wish there could be something we do about it, what happened, there isn't. Right now, to me, the only thing that matters is that I got my family back. I got my nephew and my husband." She said the last few words almost inaudible.
"I know Faith.but I still can't stop thinking about how things could have turned out if I hadn't." Sirius started.
"Stop.don't think about that, because you'll go mad.more then you normally are." Faith said as a joke.to lighten to mood. And it worked. Sirius started to laugh a little.
"Ok.you're right.I can't help but still think about all that, even though I know what's done is done." Sirius stated he knew she was right. He knew things could have turned out a lot worse if he had stayed Keeper. "You know I think that we should talk to Harry. He must be so confused right now. We have a lot of explaining to do." She said. "How come you didn't tell him about me?" She asked, catching Sirius off guard.
"Well.I guess I didn't tell him because he has been through so much. I mean, Faith, his whole life has been hard. He's witnessed the return of Voldemort, the death of a fellow classmate, fought a basilisk, was entered in the Tri Wizard Tournament, not to mention he thought I was out to kill him.which I'll explain later" he said noticing the strange look Faith gave him. "Nothing has been easy for him. And as much as I wanted, I couldn't' be there for him.I was hiding, trying not to get caught. And this past month with the trail and all, I still haven't had a chance to sit down and talk to him. The only thing I am grateful for is that he has the best group of friends, they have been there for him through everything." Sirius told Faith.
"Wow.I can't believe he's been through so much. I'm glad he has friends to lean on.and now he'll have both of us. So let's go and talk to him." Faith said.
"Ok.let's go." They both got up and headed upstairs.