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Well this is it...this is the second to last chapter!! .::sniff sniff::. But there is one more chapter to look forward to so don't start crying for me yet!!!! lol!! jkjk!! Oh well I hope you enjoy it...!!!!
Chapter Fifteen
When Mo was finally released from the Hospital Wing it was nearing the end of February. She hadn't seen anyone for near a month and being out in the throngs of students was almost overwhelming.
As she weaved through the students in the halls she imagined that every pair of eyes was following her. How could they not know what she had done? Had Dumbledore been serious when he said that no one would know?
Her nerves fluttered as she passed a group of fifth year Ravenclaw guys who grinned and winked at her. She offered the best smile she could manage before she hurried away.
Not so long ago she would have loved the attention, probably would have flirted with them, but now it was different. She no longer felt confident and sure of herself. The person she had been disgusted her, and the person she wanted to be she could never become.
As she rounded the last corner to the Gryffindor Tower she spotted three very unwelcome guests. Regulus, Bellatrix, and Rodolphus were swaggering down the corridor towards her.
"I see the rumors are true," Bella spat when they stopped her. "The mudblood lover did live and what a sorry thing you are."
"Shut up Bella," Mo snarled. "You don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't I?" she retorted. "I was there remember? I saw everything."
"It doesn't matter what you saw," Mo replied. "No one would believe you and I could care less if you told anyone anyway, Sirius and I lived. Voldemort didn't succeed."
"Oh but darling," Regulus's simpering voice reached her ear. "This is only the beginning. You and your precious little friends will be hunted like animals as soon as you're out from beneath the wings of that filthy wizard they call our Headmaster. You will all die, I promise you. You've only prolonged it with that little stunt you pulled."
Mo ground her teeth, "Threats never have and never will bother me Regulus. I may not be one of you but I can hold my own against any of you and you all know it. I will make sure that they're all safe even if it costs me my life. I promise you won't live to see the end of it all."
Regulus regarded her coolly, "Someday Stanton we'll have this out and I have not doubts as to who will come out on top."
"Don't make a promise you can't keep," Mo whispered. "Because that makes it all the more sweeter when you lose."
"He won't lose," Bella snapped. "But you better stay out of our way or we'll find a way to prove it to you."
The three of them brushed past her and disappeared down the corridor. Had they pushed her any farther she might have killed them on the spot, but what good would it have done? Then she'd be locked away for the murder of students.
Clenching her fists, she forced herself to walk away. When she reached the portrait of the Fat Lady she tried to prepare herself for facing her friends. But when she climbed through the portrait hole the common room was empty.
She sighed; they were in class of course. It seemed being cooped up in the infirmary for a week had made her lose her sense of time. Not willing to go back to class yet and sit and listen to the whispers circulate around the room, she went up to bed and didn't wake till night had fallen.
When she was fully awake she forced herself to get out of bed. It was time she faced everyone, she thought tiredly, and slowly walked out of her room to the staircase.
She'd been able to avoid it, being closed up in the Hospital Wing as she had been, and now that she had to face them it was proving to be very difficult. She had lied to so many people and it had almost killed the most important one of them. She looked up when she started down the stairs.
Lily and Caroline were sitting on the couch talking softly and both looked up when they saw her. They both smiled encouragingly but she couldn't manage to bring a smile to her own face. She realized she was more prone to tears at that moment than smirks and grins, something that was completely new to her personality.
She opened her mouth to say something but shut it abruptly when her eyes came to rest on the person who had just come through the portrait hole.
"Sirius is something bothering you?" James asked as they left McGonagall's office for the second time that week with the promise of detention in the future.
"No," Sirius answered absently. "What makes you say that?"
"Nothing except that you didn't enjoy that nearly as much as you should have," Remus supplied when James only shrugged. "What's going on? Is it Mo?"
"No of course not," Sirius said just a little to quickly. "Why would she have anything to do with it? I already told you we're not together and never were."
"Well if it's not her what is it?" James asked.
"I dunno," Sirius said. "I guess I just haven't gotten all my energy back. I'm still really tired."
James and Remus exchanged a look and both decided to leave it alone. They walked the rest of the way back to the Gryffindor Tower in silence and remained silent even after following Sirius into the common room.
The pain that erupted in his chest when he saw her was excruciating, Sirius thought. She looked tired with dark circles around her eyes, which also carried a hint of wariness at the sight of him. He clenched his jaw and purposely covered his emotions. He needed more time before he dealt with her. Too much had gone on between them for him to easily forget what she had done and what she had been.
She felt the pain well up inside when Sirius looked up to see her standing there. The coldness in his eyes was enough to send shivers down her spine and have her feeling every ounce of her betrayal.
The weakness in his body was as evident to her as her own. That she knew she had caused it only made it worse and her eyes clouded over threatening a storm of tears.
Not here, not now, she thought. None of them needed her tears and she certainly didn't deserve their sympathy. Without a word she turned and hurried up the stairs. She knew he was watching her and she knew that was all that he planned on doing for a long time to come.
When she was sure she was alone she let the tears fall freely. She deserved all of his hate and definitely didn't deserve his forgiveness. She had hurt him and knew it but somehow she couldn't find a way to let go.
For some reason she hadn't expected the cold, distrusting gaze or the waves of betrayal that had radiated from him. When he had stepped in front of her that night almost a month ago she had known he loved her as she loved him but she knew now that some things could be ended by the slightest twist of events.
When she had Disapparated from Voldemort with Sirius in her arms and then found him an inch from death she had wanted nothing more than to give him her life. She supposed her love for him would have helped her succeed if Dumbledore hadn't interrupted her. But the sense of betrayal in his eyes told her that even with the sacrifices she had made what she had done was unforgivable. However, before he pushed her from his life completely he was going to hear her side of the story. Damned if he wasn't...
"Aren't you going to go after her?" Lily asked Sirius softly as he sat down in a chair followed by James and Remus.
Sirius eyed her coolly, "No."
An uncomfortable silence followed this but Lily wasn't going to stand for it anymore. "You two cheated death for each other and now you refuse to speak to her?" Lily exploded. "Sirius I thought you loved her."
Sirius sneered, "I'm not sure who the person I loved was. Definitely not that girl up the stairs."
"Don't be an idiot Sirius," James snapped, tired of keeping his mouth shut. Sirius was his best friend, which meant he knew how hardheaded and stubborn he could be. He also knew how much pain Mo had caused him, how much pain she had caused them all but she was the best thing that had ever happened to him and he would never be the same without her. "Did you see the look in her eyes when she saw you?"
Sirius's sneer disappeared but his face remained void of emotion.
"God Sirius if you couldn't see the way she looked at you you're blind," Lily shook her head. "She loves you."
"It's only going to cause more pain for the both of you if you don't settle this," Caroline comforted. "You have to talk to her."
"No," Sirius said. "I don't."
He stood up and headed off to his dormitory while his friends watched after him in sympathy.
Hours later Sirius was pacing back in forth in his dormitory. He couldn't find a moments peace. His mind was filled with Mo. He couldn't escape her. She had betrayed him, but God help him, he loved her.
He knew he shouldn't, that she all but deserved his hatred but her face was haunting his dreams at night. She was always in his dreams. Always leaving a kiss lingering on his lips making him long for the real thing. The real thing, he thought, Mo. The one person he should hate but couldn't.
He clenched his hand in a fist and slammed it down on his bed in frustration. His heart wanted her but his pride wouldn't let him go to her. Being in love wasn't supposed to be this painful but his whole body ached for just the sound of her voice.
His head shot up when that soft voice reached his ears.
"Sirius."
He whirled around to see Mo standing in the doorway. All emotion left his face as he looked at her.
She winced but stood her ground, "We need to talk."
"About what?" Sirius asked.
She had been afraid of this. That he would just blow it off as thought it weren't anything, as though their emotions and hearts weren't involved. But they were and she could feel her heart slowly starting to break.
"Please don't make this any harder for me," she pleaded softly, brokenly.
Sirius grit his teeth together and turned his back on her, "Well get on with it then."
She looked down at the floor as tears threatened to spill over her cheeks. She took a deep breath, "I don't deserve your forgiveness and I don't expect it. But there's something you have to know. I was forced into that life. I never had a choice. It was what I did to survive. If I had tried to leave at any time Voldemort would have killed me."
"So you'd rather kill innocent people, is that it?"
"Not at all," Mo cried. "You have to believe me that I wouldn't have let Voldemort near any of you. I loved you all like my family. Hell, you were my family. How can you think that I would have let him do anything to you?"
"I'm not sure what to think anymore Maureen," he replied.
She cringed at the use of her real name. He had never used it before. She pushed it to the back of her mind, "Sirius when you found me I was getting ready to pronounce my disloyalty to Voldemort. I was going to make sure he knew I would never kill another innocent person again just because he wanted it. Can you see that I was doing it for you?"
Not being able to stand staring at his back she touched his shoulder and he looked at her, "I'm not proud of what I did. The fact that Dumbledore didn't turn me over to the Dementors is amazing to me. But you have to believe that I was never going to betray you to Voldemort."
Sirius regarded her coldly, "Then why were you there that night?"
"Damn it Sirius!" Mo exclaimed turning away from him. "I already told you. I had decided I would rather die than let him kill you, all of you." With tears in her eyes she turned back to him pleadingly, "I was there because I–I love you. I would have died for you Sirius."
She searched his face for a moment and turned to go, "I needed you to know that."
Sirius caught her hand before she had taken two steps, "When you walked in here I was seriously debating on whether I wanted to go talk to you. You know what happened wasn't some stupid thing that normally happens to teenagers. All of us could have died."
"Don't you think I knew that?" Mo snapped. The heat and anger came now and she wrenched her hand free from his. She had held it back because she had known what had happened was her fault. But now, even after confessing everything to him, he was still hard as stone. "I've lived with it every day of my life for as long as I can remember. I've been responsible for the deaths of countless people. It's not something easily forgotten."
Sirius watched the red glow of temper rise in her eyes and noted that it pleased him. What she had done could in no way be excused but still she had been strong enough to face him and Voldemort. Wasn't she everything he wanted, everything he would ever want?
He kept the grin itching at his lips hidden for the time being and decided to shock her for a change.
On impulse he went with the first thought that came to his mind, "You know that last week in the Hospital Wing I dreamt of you every night." Mo had to bite back the hot retort sizzling on her tongue and could only stare as he watched her. "You were running away from him and there was nothing I could do, or would do I should say. I wasn't helpless you know, I just couldn't bring myself to go after you. I figured I did once I wasn't sure I should do it again."
She blinked once, and then twice, "I guess I deserved that. You dreamed of me?"
He nodded, "When I saw you fall in that last dream before you woke I realized that I've never been so scared in my life."
Mo wasn't quite sure what to make of him at the moment. She wasn't sure if he was toying with her or was truly genuine. "Are you trying to make a point Sirius?"
"I couldn't- can't get you out of my head," Sirius said and realized just how frustrated it had made him. He glanced at her and noticed the tears flowing from her eyes again. "Damn it Mo, don't start crying again. What am I supposed to do I don't even feel like I know you and still I love you."
"Sirius the girl you love is me," she answered almost pleadingly. "The only aspect about my life that you didn't know, you know now. What more can I do?"
That was what he had wanted, he realized, when all he saw in her eyes was the need for him to accept her, to just love her. "I never stopped loving you," he told her but kept his distance. "This past month I thought I did, was sure that I could and did get over you. But I was wrong. Can you forgive me?"
"For-forgive you?" Mo sputtered. "Are you serious?"
"I bloody well hope so," he replied smiling. "Will you?"
"You're not the one that should be asking for forgiveness," she said uncertainly.
"So you don't forgive me?"
"Sirius! What is this? I thought you would hate me for the rest of your life," she exclaimed. "Now I come in here and you're making fun of me and treating me as though none of this happened."
Sirius loved the confused light in her eyes and the pretty frown on her face. Laughing he moved across the room to gather her into his arms. "I would have to be really thick to hate you for the rest of my life," he devoured her mouth, reveling in the taste and feel of it against his own. He pulled back slowly thrilling at the shock that passed between them while he lingered around her mouth, "Merlin, I've missed you."
Mo was staring at him in shock her eyes dark from the kiss, "You still love me? I thought –"Sirius smiled happily at her making her stop mid-sentence, "What?"
"You think too much," he answered. "After all this, I know what kind of person you are and knowing that you have a few flaws and secrets just makes it all more interesting."
Mo saw that he really was forgiving her and it was enough to make her burst into tears again.
Tears were one thing that Sirius had never been able to handle even when the woman was stark, raving mad at him, "Bloody hell woman. Please stop crying, I can't stand it."
Her breath hitched in her chest, "I'm s-sorry. It's j-just that I n-never thought this would h-happen." Overcome, she wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face against his shoulder.
He grinned mostly to himself, "Well it did and I love you so could you please stop the water works?"
She laughed and wiped away the tears, "Yeah, sorry. Love you too."
He grinned, "Yeah I know. How could you not?"
Mo rolled her eyes and shoved him backwards onto the bed, "It's lucky for you that I do."
His eyes sparkled wickedly as he pulled her down with him, "Naturally."
She grinned up at him, confident that it would be easier to face the rest of her friends and the rest of the world as long as Sirius was with her.
Well? How was that? Did I end the chapter well? Naturally everyone knew they would get back together but did I do it, um what's the word, gracefully...smoothly? lol!!!! I didn't want to end it all mushy so I decided to use Sirius's and Mo's humor!! hehe!! Well I have one chapter left for this story, but it's the epilogue so that should be up pretty soon if not tonight!!! lol!!! Well tell me what you think if you want to review on the way out!! lol!! please review...please!!!!!
Ta all!!! Till next time!!! Katie
Well this is it...this is the second to last chapter!! .::sniff sniff::. But there is one more chapter to look forward to so don't start crying for me yet!!!! lol!! jkjk!! Oh well I hope you enjoy it...!!!!
Chapter Fifteen
When Mo was finally released from the Hospital Wing it was nearing the end of February. She hadn't seen anyone for near a month and being out in the throngs of students was almost overwhelming.
As she weaved through the students in the halls she imagined that every pair of eyes was following her. How could they not know what she had done? Had Dumbledore been serious when he said that no one would know?
Her nerves fluttered as she passed a group of fifth year Ravenclaw guys who grinned and winked at her. She offered the best smile she could manage before she hurried away.
Not so long ago she would have loved the attention, probably would have flirted with them, but now it was different. She no longer felt confident and sure of herself. The person she had been disgusted her, and the person she wanted to be she could never become.
As she rounded the last corner to the Gryffindor Tower she spotted three very unwelcome guests. Regulus, Bellatrix, and Rodolphus were swaggering down the corridor towards her.
"I see the rumors are true," Bella spat when they stopped her. "The mudblood lover did live and what a sorry thing you are."
"Shut up Bella," Mo snarled. "You don't know what you're talking about."
"Don't I?" she retorted. "I was there remember? I saw everything."
"It doesn't matter what you saw," Mo replied. "No one would believe you and I could care less if you told anyone anyway, Sirius and I lived. Voldemort didn't succeed."
"Oh but darling," Regulus's simpering voice reached her ear. "This is only the beginning. You and your precious little friends will be hunted like animals as soon as you're out from beneath the wings of that filthy wizard they call our Headmaster. You will all die, I promise you. You've only prolonged it with that little stunt you pulled."
Mo ground her teeth, "Threats never have and never will bother me Regulus. I may not be one of you but I can hold my own against any of you and you all know it. I will make sure that they're all safe even if it costs me my life. I promise you won't live to see the end of it all."
Regulus regarded her coolly, "Someday Stanton we'll have this out and I have not doubts as to who will come out on top."
"Don't make a promise you can't keep," Mo whispered. "Because that makes it all the more sweeter when you lose."
"He won't lose," Bella snapped. "But you better stay out of our way or we'll find a way to prove it to you."
The three of them brushed past her and disappeared down the corridor. Had they pushed her any farther she might have killed them on the spot, but what good would it have done? Then she'd be locked away for the murder of students.
Clenching her fists, she forced herself to walk away. When she reached the portrait of the Fat Lady she tried to prepare herself for facing her friends. But when she climbed through the portrait hole the common room was empty.
She sighed; they were in class of course. It seemed being cooped up in the infirmary for a week had made her lose her sense of time. Not willing to go back to class yet and sit and listen to the whispers circulate around the room, she went up to bed and didn't wake till night had fallen.
When she was fully awake she forced herself to get out of bed. It was time she faced everyone, she thought tiredly, and slowly walked out of her room to the staircase.
She'd been able to avoid it, being closed up in the Hospital Wing as she had been, and now that she had to face them it was proving to be very difficult. She had lied to so many people and it had almost killed the most important one of them. She looked up when she started down the stairs.
Lily and Caroline were sitting on the couch talking softly and both looked up when they saw her. They both smiled encouragingly but she couldn't manage to bring a smile to her own face. She realized she was more prone to tears at that moment than smirks and grins, something that was completely new to her personality.
She opened her mouth to say something but shut it abruptly when her eyes came to rest on the person who had just come through the portrait hole.
"Sirius is something bothering you?" James asked as they left McGonagall's office for the second time that week with the promise of detention in the future.
"No," Sirius answered absently. "What makes you say that?"
"Nothing except that you didn't enjoy that nearly as much as you should have," Remus supplied when James only shrugged. "What's going on? Is it Mo?"
"No of course not," Sirius said just a little to quickly. "Why would she have anything to do with it? I already told you we're not together and never were."
"Well if it's not her what is it?" James asked.
"I dunno," Sirius said. "I guess I just haven't gotten all my energy back. I'm still really tired."
James and Remus exchanged a look and both decided to leave it alone. They walked the rest of the way back to the Gryffindor Tower in silence and remained silent even after following Sirius into the common room.
The pain that erupted in his chest when he saw her was excruciating, Sirius thought. She looked tired with dark circles around her eyes, which also carried a hint of wariness at the sight of him. He clenched his jaw and purposely covered his emotions. He needed more time before he dealt with her. Too much had gone on between them for him to easily forget what she had done and what she had been.
She felt the pain well up inside when Sirius looked up to see her standing there. The coldness in his eyes was enough to send shivers down her spine and have her feeling every ounce of her betrayal.
The weakness in his body was as evident to her as her own. That she knew she had caused it only made it worse and her eyes clouded over threatening a storm of tears.
Not here, not now, she thought. None of them needed her tears and she certainly didn't deserve their sympathy. Without a word she turned and hurried up the stairs. She knew he was watching her and she knew that was all that he planned on doing for a long time to come.
When she was sure she was alone she let the tears fall freely. She deserved all of his hate and definitely didn't deserve his forgiveness. She had hurt him and knew it but somehow she couldn't find a way to let go.
For some reason she hadn't expected the cold, distrusting gaze or the waves of betrayal that had radiated from him. When he had stepped in front of her that night almost a month ago she had known he loved her as she loved him but she knew now that some things could be ended by the slightest twist of events.
When she had Disapparated from Voldemort with Sirius in her arms and then found him an inch from death she had wanted nothing more than to give him her life. She supposed her love for him would have helped her succeed if Dumbledore hadn't interrupted her. But the sense of betrayal in his eyes told her that even with the sacrifices she had made what she had done was unforgivable. However, before he pushed her from his life completely he was going to hear her side of the story. Damned if he wasn't...
"Aren't you going to go after her?" Lily asked Sirius softly as he sat down in a chair followed by James and Remus.
Sirius eyed her coolly, "No."
An uncomfortable silence followed this but Lily wasn't going to stand for it anymore. "You two cheated death for each other and now you refuse to speak to her?" Lily exploded. "Sirius I thought you loved her."
Sirius sneered, "I'm not sure who the person I loved was. Definitely not that girl up the stairs."
"Don't be an idiot Sirius," James snapped, tired of keeping his mouth shut. Sirius was his best friend, which meant he knew how hardheaded and stubborn he could be. He also knew how much pain Mo had caused him, how much pain she had caused them all but she was the best thing that had ever happened to him and he would never be the same without her. "Did you see the look in her eyes when she saw you?"
Sirius's sneer disappeared but his face remained void of emotion.
"God Sirius if you couldn't see the way she looked at you you're blind," Lily shook her head. "She loves you."
"It's only going to cause more pain for the both of you if you don't settle this," Caroline comforted. "You have to talk to her."
"No," Sirius said. "I don't."
He stood up and headed off to his dormitory while his friends watched after him in sympathy.
Hours later Sirius was pacing back in forth in his dormitory. He couldn't find a moments peace. His mind was filled with Mo. He couldn't escape her. She had betrayed him, but God help him, he loved her.
He knew he shouldn't, that she all but deserved his hatred but her face was haunting his dreams at night. She was always in his dreams. Always leaving a kiss lingering on his lips making him long for the real thing. The real thing, he thought, Mo. The one person he should hate but couldn't.
He clenched his hand in a fist and slammed it down on his bed in frustration. His heart wanted her but his pride wouldn't let him go to her. Being in love wasn't supposed to be this painful but his whole body ached for just the sound of her voice.
His head shot up when that soft voice reached his ears.
"Sirius."
He whirled around to see Mo standing in the doorway. All emotion left his face as he looked at her.
She winced but stood her ground, "We need to talk."
"About what?" Sirius asked.
She had been afraid of this. That he would just blow it off as thought it weren't anything, as though their emotions and hearts weren't involved. But they were and she could feel her heart slowly starting to break.
"Please don't make this any harder for me," she pleaded softly, brokenly.
Sirius grit his teeth together and turned his back on her, "Well get on with it then."
She looked down at the floor as tears threatened to spill over her cheeks. She took a deep breath, "I don't deserve your forgiveness and I don't expect it. But there's something you have to know. I was forced into that life. I never had a choice. It was what I did to survive. If I had tried to leave at any time Voldemort would have killed me."
"So you'd rather kill innocent people, is that it?"
"Not at all," Mo cried. "You have to believe me that I wouldn't have let Voldemort near any of you. I loved you all like my family. Hell, you were my family. How can you think that I would have let him do anything to you?"
"I'm not sure what to think anymore Maureen," he replied.
She cringed at the use of her real name. He had never used it before. She pushed it to the back of her mind, "Sirius when you found me I was getting ready to pronounce my disloyalty to Voldemort. I was going to make sure he knew I would never kill another innocent person again just because he wanted it. Can you see that I was doing it for you?"
Not being able to stand staring at his back she touched his shoulder and he looked at her, "I'm not proud of what I did. The fact that Dumbledore didn't turn me over to the Dementors is amazing to me. But you have to believe that I was never going to betray you to Voldemort."
Sirius regarded her coldly, "Then why were you there that night?"
"Damn it Sirius!" Mo exclaimed turning away from him. "I already told you. I had decided I would rather die than let him kill you, all of you." With tears in her eyes she turned back to him pleadingly, "I was there because I–I love you. I would have died for you Sirius."
She searched his face for a moment and turned to go, "I needed you to know that."
Sirius caught her hand before she had taken two steps, "When you walked in here I was seriously debating on whether I wanted to go talk to you. You know what happened wasn't some stupid thing that normally happens to teenagers. All of us could have died."
"Don't you think I knew that?" Mo snapped. The heat and anger came now and she wrenched her hand free from his. She had held it back because she had known what had happened was her fault. But now, even after confessing everything to him, he was still hard as stone. "I've lived with it every day of my life for as long as I can remember. I've been responsible for the deaths of countless people. It's not something easily forgotten."
Sirius watched the red glow of temper rise in her eyes and noted that it pleased him. What she had done could in no way be excused but still she had been strong enough to face him and Voldemort. Wasn't she everything he wanted, everything he would ever want?
He kept the grin itching at his lips hidden for the time being and decided to shock her for a change.
On impulse he went with the first thought that came to his mind, "You know that last week in the Hospital Wing I dreamt of you every night." Mo had to bite back the hot retort sizzling on her tongue and could only stare as he watched her. "You were running away from him and there was nothing I could do, or would do I should say. I wasn't helpless you know, I just couldn't bring myself to go after you. I figured I did once I wasn't sure I should do it again."
She blinked once, and then twice, "I guess I deserved that. You dreamed of me?"
He nodded, "When I saw you fall in that last dream before you woke I realized that I've never been so scared in my life."
Mo wasn't quite sure what to make of him at the moment. She wasn't sure if he was toying with her or was truly genuine. "Are you trying to make a point Sirius?"
"I couldn't- can't get you out of my head," Sirius said and realized just how frustrated it had made him. He glanced at her and noticed the tears flowing from her eyes again. "Damn it Mo, don't start crying again. What am I supposed to do I don't even feel like I know you and still I love you."
"Sirius the girl you love is me," she answered almost pleadingly. "The only aspect about my life that you didn't know, you know now. What more can I do?"
That was what he had wanted, he realized, when all he saw in her eyes was the need for him to accept her, to just love her. "I never stopped loving you," he told her but kept his distance. "This past month I thought I did, was sure that I could and did get over you. But I was wrong. Can you forgive me?"
"For-forgive you?" Mo sputtered. "Are you serious?"
"I bloody well hope so," he replied smiling. "Will you?"
"You're not the one that should be asking for forgiveness," she said uncertainly.
"So you don't forgive me?"
"Sirius! What is this? I thought you would hate me for the rest of your life," she exclaimed. "Now I come in here and you're making fun of me and treating me as though none of this happened."
Sirius loved the confused light in her eyes and the pretty frown on her face. Laughing he moved across the room to gather her into his arms. "I would have to be really thick to hate you for the rest of my life," he devoured her mouth, reveling in the taste and feel of it against his own. He pulled back slowly thrilling at the shock that passed between them while he lingered around her mouth, "Merlin, I've missed you."
Mo was staring at him in shock her eyes dark from the kiss, "You still love me? I thought –"Sirius smiled happily at her making her stop mid-sentence, "What?"
"You think too much," he answered. "After all this, I know what kind of person you are and knowing that you have a few flaws and secrets just makes it all more interesting."
Mo saw that he really was forgiving her and it was enough to make her burst into tears again.
Tears were one thing that Sirius had never been able to handle even when the woman was stark, raving mad at him, "Bloody hell woman. Please stop crying, I can't stand it."
Her breath hitched in her chest, "I'm s-sorry. It's j-just that I n-never thought this would h-happen." Overcome, she wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her face against his shoulder.
He grinned mostly to himself, "Well it did and I love you so could you please stop the water works?"
She laughed and wiped away the tears, "Yeah, sorry. Love you too."
He grinned, "Yeah I know. How could you not?"
Mo rolled her eyes and shoved him backwards onto the bed, "It's lucky for you that I do."
His eyes sparkled wickedly as he pulled her down with him, "Naturally."
She grinned up at him, confident that it would be easier to face the rest of her friends and the rest of the world as long as Sirius was with her.
Well? How was that? Did I end the chapter well? Naturally everyone knew they would get back together but did I do it, um what's the word, gracefully...smoothly? lol!!!! I didn't want to end it all mushy so I decided to use Sirius's and Mo's humor!! hehe!! Well I have one chapter left for this story, but it's the epilogue so that should be up pretty soon if not tonight!!! lol!!! Well tell me what you think if you want to review on the way out!! lol!! please review...please!!!!!
Ta all!!! Till next time!!! Katie