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Chapter Eleven
Sirius sighed as he walked into the Aurors' department. There certainly was going to be hell to pay. He missed two weeks of work, and didn't even call in.
There had to be something more then James being there to get him out of his stupor. All he remembered was a woman telling him not to cry because it's over, but to smile because it happened.
That was what was written on Hedwig's headstone. It made him want to bury himself deeper in bitterness and grief.
But some unknown force made him get up and go to sleep. Made him go to work. Made him start living again.
As people smiled to him and he got back into the groove of things, he thanked this force under his breath. He swore he heard Hedwig quietly say, "Your welcome."