I threw the ring down at Lucius' feet and walked out the front doors and found myself walking towards the familiar fallen tree by the lake. Tears were streaming down my face as I thought about the first serious argument with Lucius and his hurt face as I gave him back the ring. The truth was, I had needed to say it, because I did love Oliver more than I loved Lucius, but I still loved him. It was more to do with the fact that I was feeling stressed at the moment. I had snapped at the first person that pushed me too far, and it happened to be Lucius. I looked back up towards the castle and saw Lucius descend down the steps and get into his carriage. I sighed, secretly hoping that he was coming to find me. But then another part of me was saying no, if he really is serious about this, then let him make the effort. Let him prove to me that he is prepared to put himself out, like Oliver did this evening. As my mind whirred, I sighed and sat down on the tree.

'You know I hate to see you so down.' I nearly screamed when I heard the voice.

'Sirius, what are you doing here! You might get caught!'

'Then keep your voice down and follow me!' I watched him turn back into his shaggy dog and looked behind me before following him right passed the Quidditch pitch, right to the other side of the castle grounds, where literally no one ever went. There Sirius led me to a spot surrounded by willow trees and there he changed back into himself.

'Why are you here?'

'Merry Christmas to you too!'

'Listen, if you're caught…I can't even bear to think about it.'

'Then don't. I hear your Patronus takes a very familiar shape.'

'Yeah, a shaggy dog. I wonder why that is?'

'Well, it was inevitable, you've always been like a daughter to me. So, what's wrong?'

'Nothing!'

'Destiny! You're a Black; I know you and you're terrible at lying!'

'I've just had a major row with Lucius.'

'What about?'

'He's jealous of my relationship with Oliver!'

'So would anybody. You two are very close, you were made for one another.'

'I know but anyway, he told me to stay with him at Christmas or else!'

'He threatened you?'

'Calm down! I told him that I needed to use the Library to study Defence against the dark arts, not how to perform them and I told him the worst he could do was finish it and I gave him back his engagement ring and I walked away.'

'He'll be back. He cares about you too much. So much so he's let his guard slip. Ever since we were young, Lucius could manipulate whomever he wanted and he could keep them under his control with bribes and threats. Then he met you and he fell for you without realising it. He let his guard down, he let you get under his skin before he could manipulate you. Now it's you who hold the cards over him, when that has never happened before. Narcissa may have dreamed about it, but it never happened. He's not used to people standing their ground, so I expect that the little warning shot you fired has got him thinking and worrying. He'll come back and he'll try and treat you like a princess, in a hope to get you to at least stop thinking about Oliver as much.'

'I don't think anyone could do that.'

'Yes well, just be glad that you're the one with the control over Lucius because I would have hated for it to be the other way around. Now, I have a message for Harry.'

'Ok.'

'Tell him to concentrate on school and not to do anything stupid.'

'Says the man who has travelled the country to deliver a message.'

'Shh! I must get back to London! If he needs me, tell him to use your owl. Umbridge won't check it, she'll think you're sending a message to Mr Blondie! Ok?'

'Ok. I'll see you soon. Take care.'

'And you, both of you. Bye.' I watched Sirius turn back into the dog and watched as he carefully moved through to the forest. I got up and headed back to the castle. As I approached the lake, I saw Oliver sitting on the log. It was where we used to spend many breaks, sitting quietly, hugging and talking.

'Oliver?' He looked up when I called his name. I could tell from a distance that he had been crying and I felt upset for him. I walked right up to him and cupped his face, brushing his tears away with my thumbs.

'Destiny?'

'What's wrong love?'

'I can't do this any more. I can't stand by and watch you be miserable with Lucius. I can't even stand by and watch you by happy with Lucius. It's killing me Destiny, all I feel is hurt, my heart hurts, I can't eat because I feel sick and I can't sleep because I think about you and him together. I don't know what to do to get you back.' I felt tears fall down my face as he said this.

'You don't have to do anything. Like I keep saying, I never left you in the first place, my whole heart belongs to you. We're in such a mess!' I sobbed and placed a soft kiss on his lips. Oliver responded by kissing me back and pulling me on to his lap, holding me close to him. We kissed for a long time, alternating between slow, sensual kissing and passionate kisses. I didn't want it to end but knew we had to stop before we regretted it even more.

'I wish I could sit here all night and hold you.'

'So do I Ollie.'

'That's the first time you've called me that all year.'

'I know.'

'It's like we've gone back three years and are sat here like we usually did.'

'I know, you calling me Dee, me calling you Ollie.'

'Do you remember when we first met?'

'I think about it all the time. I remember when I first saw you. You walked passed me on the express, stopping briefly. I thought you were gorgeous and spent the whole train journey hoping I would see you again. I didn't see you on the train but when we arrived into Hogsmeade, I saw you getting off the train. When all my year was taken into the great hall to be sorted, I looked around the hall but couldn't see you. It was just as the sorting hat shouted Gryffindor for my house that I saw you, sat at Gryffindor table, so I sat myself next to you.'

'I had seen you on the train, that's why I stopped briefly. I knew you were a first year but couldn't help but think you were cute. I saw you heading to the boats and then getting sorted. I wanted to jump up with excitement when the sorting hat placed you were it did. Do you remember our introduction?'

'Yes, it was 'Hi, I'm Oliver Wood and I think you'll like being in the house with me, I mean my house, I mean Gryffindor.' I said 'Hi, I'm Destiny Black and I'm sure it's a great house, whoever it belongs to' which made you blush.'

'I remember talking to you all through dinner and up to the common room and over by the fireplace.'

'You walked me down to breakfast and nearly all the way to my first lesson in the morning too. You were such a gentleman, I found it really sweet. You helped me settle in easily, introducing me to all your friends.'

'But my girlfriend wasn't very happy.'

'I remember that, the Ravenclaw girl, Heather. She came up to you at breakfast once, had a go at you for ignoring her and you finished with her.'

'She was a bit shocked to say the least but I knew I liked you and wanted to be with you, I just had to get the courage.'

'I remember that Saturday 30th September. We were sat here, messing about when you just cupped my face and kissed me.'

'You didn't protest!'

'I was shocked though. When you finally put me down, I was shell shocked.'

'You asked me if that meant you wanted us to be girlfriend and boyfriend and I said yes.'

'And I told you that I was glad you had said that otherwise I would never have spoken to you again. We walked back to the castle holding hands. It was quite sweet when you look back. How young and innocent we were back then.'

'Do you remember our first time?'

'Like it was yesterday. It was snowing and we came outside to join in the snowball fights. We ended up down here, having our own mini fight when you pounced on me and kissed me deeply. You took my hand and led me up to your dormitory, locking the door and leading me to the bed. It was romantic and how I would have wanted my first time to be.'

'This area holds a lot of our memories, doesn't it?'

'It seems to be the place we used to get away from it all, where we had our own little world and no one else existed whilst we stayed here.'

'I wish we didn't have to move now, that we could stay here for all eternity and never worry about anyone else being in our lives.'

'So do I.' I hugged him tightly and he hugged me back. All our talk about the good old days had made me feel even worse, like my heart had been ripped out of my body and that Oliver was holding it in his hands, keeping it safe for me whilst the rest of my body ached and broke down. I pulled away and looked into his eyes, rejoicing in their deep brown colour, watching as they stared back. He cupped my face and kissed me, passion running through us. I deepened the kiss and let my hands run over his back and up to cup his face. I pulled away and looked at him.

'Destiny, I know we shouldn't but I have to…' I placed a finger on his lips and stood up, taking his hand as I did and leading him towards the castle. I opened the doors to the entrance hall and looked around, checking that no one was there. We ran across the hallway and up the stairs to my room. Once inside I turned to him and kissed him deeply, letting him push me backwards on to the bed. I ran my hands over his chest before pushing his coat and robes to the floor whilst his hands were at the back of my dress, fumbling with the zip before pushing it to the floor. I removed the rest of his clothes quickly and took his hardness in one hand, massaging it slowly. Oliver moaned into my mouth as his hands fought with the rest of my clothes. Finally we were both naked and Oliver slowed down the kisses so they became more sensual. He placed a finger inside me and smiled when he felt that I was ready. I blushed slightly and returned to the kissing, stopping briefly as I felt him position himself at my opening, rubbing the head against it. We locked eyes as he entered me, both of us breathing quickly and deeply as we did, smiling at each other. Oliver pushed the rest of himself in and lay softly on top of me, his hands in mine as he began to thrust. It was slow and sensual, like he was trying to feel every last movement of our bodies. We soon came together, our feelings for each other showing themselves when they were needed. Oliver continued to kiss me softly for a long while before we moved under the covers and cuddled up.

'If Lucius walks in now…'

'Don't speak of him. I'm trying to forget the fact the he exists at this precise moment. I needed that, to truly feel that we still felt the same about each other.'

'It was nice.' He placed a hand on my small bump and rubbed it softly.

'When will you really start to show?'

'A month or two probably.'

'I wish it was ours.'

'So do I. I wish that all this were ours. Aren't you worried that Umbridge or someone might catch you.'

'I don't care; she can sack me for all I care. You're the only important thing to me now.' I cuddled up to him and sighed, wishing that this moment would last forever and as we fell asleep in each other's arms, I tried to capture the feeling of happiness I was feeling at that precise moment.