Lean on One Another

by darkladyvamp

What would you do if you had just found you father, Sirius Black, then he was gone? How would you cope?

4. Memories

Here's chapter 4

Disclaimer: not mine, no money. Crescent mine.

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Chapter 4 - Memories

Later that night I was laying in bed, wishing Harry had come back in and talked to me today but I hadn't seen him since we almost kissed. Sighing I unconsciously touched my lips and wondered what it would have felt like to finally kiss him. Shaking my head I think back to when I first met Sirius.

The doorbell ringing brought me back to reality from the book I was reading. Running to the door to beat my 7 year-old-sister I threw it open to see a man with shaggy long black hair. He looked like he had come from the grave, maybe he was a zombie! That'd be cool. Maybe he could suck out Jake's brains out. Do zombies knock?

'Can I help you, sir?'

'I'm looking for Selene.'

I looked at him confused, that was close to my mom's, Serena, name and didn't she tell me her friends used to call her that? I shrugged, 'are you looking for my mother?'

'Could be.'

I shrugged again and turn towards the stairs, 'MMOOOMMM! THERE'S SOME GUY HERE TO SEE YOU!' I turned back to the corpse guy, 'she should be coming.'

He has an amused look on his face, 'I'll just wait outside.'

'Sorry but, no offence or anything, you are kinda scary looking and I don't know you.'

From behind me I heard a gasp, 'Sparkle, go to your room.'

I turned to my mom, 'I was talking to this guy,' I turned to him, ' I don't know your name.'

'Sirius. Sirius Black,' my mom said, 'now get to your room.'

I shrugged, 'I can here just as well from up there.'

As I ascended the stairs I heard Sirius chuckle, 'I bet she's fun.'

'Just like her dad,' my mom replied.

I sat at the top of the stairs to listen better.

'What's her name? Who's her father?' Sirius asked.

My mom mumbled, 'Crescent,' and I heard Sirius make a sort of choking sound.

'She's so big.'

'She's only 4 months younger than Harry.'

'Oh, god'

'Why did you come here?'

'To see her, to see you'

'You're not welcome here.'

Jake walked over to me, 'what are you doing?'

'Listening. Shhh.' I whispered trying to hear.

'Who's your mom taking to?'

'Some guy named Sirius Black who choked when he heard my name.' Jake's eyes widened, 'you know something! Tell me!'

I heard my mother's voice, 'Tell her Jake and I will do things to you that you could never imagine.'

Sirius chuckled, 'Still using that, huh Serena ?'

'Sirius shut up. Sparkle get down here.'

I walked down the steps and into the living room, 'yes, mum?'

'Were you listening at the top of the stairs?'

'Of course not, mummy. That would be rude.' I said in a very much practiced innocent voice. Sirius chuckled.

'Don't lie.'

'Lying is rude too,' I said nodding my head.

'Since your down here I'd like you to meet someone.'

'Who?'

'Sirius.'

'But, I've met him' I pointed to Sirius.

'Yes, well he's also your father,' my mom said impatiently.

My eyes widened as I took in his appearance, 'really?'

'I wasn't always so shabby' he said with a laugh.

'Spark, go back to your room, tell Jake to come in.'

Without turning around I shook my head, 'Jake is outside the door. Nosy little prat, he is.' I said trying my best to imitate my mom's accent and language.

As Sirius laughs my mom gets frustrated, 'room!'

'Yes, mum.'

As I left I heard my mom, Jake and Sirius talking, my mom stood and closed the door. A few minuets later I was sitting at the top of the stairs when I heard Sirius roar, 'SHE IS MY DAUGHTER TOO!' There was a pause then, 'YOU STAY OUT OF THIS YOU NOSY PRAT!' I laughed that he called Jake what you had, 'NO! IT'S NOT MY FAULT. AND GO TO HELL YOU LITTLE GIT SHE'S NOT YOUR DAUGHTER, SHE'S MINE!'

I was about to fall down the stairs from laughing so hard as he yelled at Jake, mostly stuff I had wanted to say to him since my mother married the stuffy, greedy little man. I heard the door open and slam shut and then saw Sirius about to walk out of the house. I cleared my throat and he looked up at me.

'Hey there, sparkle,'

I wrinkled my nose, 'please, don't call me that,'

'What would you like to be called?'

'Anything else.' I said truthfully.

Climbing the stairs he sat on the step below me. 'give me a minute, I'll think of something'

'That was awesome, the way you yelled a Jake.'

He grinned, 'you heard that?'

'Eavesdropping is rude.'

He lets out a bark like laugh that made me jump, 'that it is, Daughter Dearest, that it is.'

I chuckled, 'my mother doesn't think that's funny, she says it's rude.'

'Don't be rude, now'

'Never.'

'Sirius, get away from my daughter,' my mother said with menace.

'Give it up, Selene. I'm here to stay.'

'Maybe I should send an owl to someone to let them know you're here, maybe say Mr. Fudge.'

Sirius glared at her, 'you wouldn't.'

'Watch me.'

Sirius started to get up but I stopped him, 'don't make him go, mom.'

'I will not have him in this house,' she said angrily to me.

'Well then I will just have to go with him.'

'You will not.'

'Watch me.'

'Damnit Sparkle, now is not the time to play the rebel.'

'I don't play, I am.' I heard Sirius suppress another laugh, probably the bark one, then turned to him, 'Can I come with you?'

'I was hoping you would.'

The two of us hung out at some hotel I checked into, while he waited outside as a dog, for a couple days, getting to know one another.

He dropped me back at home promising that next summer I could stay with him.

I sighed again and the memory of Harry leaning close flashed across my eyes. Trying to suppress it I thought of what happened the next summer when Sirius took me to his house. Being escorted by a giant bear like dog was not an everyday thing in my life, at least it wasn't. I had never met any of the people he always mentioned to me so I was looking forward to it.

Sirius led me into the house that had appeared out of nowhere after I read a slip of paper and down to a kitchen in the basement. How odd.

'Stay here. I kind of want to prepare them for this, ok'

I shrugged, this whole thing was not so normal. 'no problem, got it, stay here.'

He grinned, 'good' I watched his back as he walked into the kitchen, 'um, guys, I have a surprise.'

'What are you talking about?' a guy asks. Sirius called my name and I walked in looking down letting my waist long black hair cover my face.

'Merlin's beard,' I heard a woman mutter. I looked up trying to find the source of the strange utterance. Five sets of eyes are staring at me. Only 2 of them are women so I figure it had to be one of them.

I smiled sheepishly, 'hi.'

'What's your name, dear?' a woman with deep red hair asked me.

I opened my mouth to give my name when Sirius does it for me then introduces me around. 'Crescent, this is Molly Weasley, her husband Arthur Weasley, Tonks, Bill Weasley, and your godfather Remus Lupin.' Remus looked at me and let out something like a squeak. I was close to making the exact same sound.

'Who is she to you, Sirius?' Bill asks in a voice that lets me know he knows but wants to hear it from him.

'She's my daughter.'

That memory never failed to make me smile. I remembered that for 2 ½ weeks Remus wouldn't look me in the eyes. Sirius thought this was the most hilarious thing in the world.

'Um…Sirius? Can I ask you something?'

'Anything you want, Daughter Dearest.' he had taken to calling me that from the first night I'd met him, that or Moonbeam.

'Why won't Remus look me in the eye.'

'Because of your eyes,' he said after he had stopped laughing, which had taken a while.

'Excuse me?'

'He told me they remind him of the full moon, he's not to fond of the full moon.'

'No, I don't suppose he is.'

'We used to call your mother goddess of the moon, because her eyes. Yours look even more like the moon. He'll come around, he did with your mother.'

'ok'

Without warning the memory of when I first met Harry hit me upside the head.

'Dearest, come here.' Sirius called softly trying not to wake his mother's portrait, who was not to happy with me at the moment, as she found out I was not a pureblood grandchild. I walked down to the kitchen to see Sirius sitting next to a boy about my age with black hair that stuck up everywhere and a rather odd scar. I made a mental note to ask Sirius later and to not stare, he probably gets that a lot. Suddenly a pot of stew, pitcher of butterbeer and bread on a board went flying at the table. I started laughing as Fred and George got screamed at. Looking back at the table I saw my father laughing with the dark haired boy. Seeing the boy laugh sent shivers down my spine. 'what's that about?' I wonder.

'Dearest? Come over here.' Sirius calls. I walked over and sat across from him, next to the boy. 'moonbeam, this is Harry,' Sirius said proudly. I blushed as he used his "affectionate" name for me.

I turned to Harry and stuck my hand out, 'Nice to finally meet you, Harry. Sirius talks about you all the time.'

Harry shook my hand and looked into my eyes. 'You don't look like a moonbeam, more like a twinkling star, with your eyes.' he said then looked down at the table with a slight blush creeping up on his cheeks. I grinned and looked at Sirius who was laughing silently at the two of us. I stuck my tongue out at him and he threw a piece of bread at me.

Molly called out my and Sirius' names and we both turn, 'cut it out! We should have one peaceful dinner, in Harry's honor.'

'You won't have a peaceful meal with moon child here.' Remus told her with a laugh. This time I stuck my tongue out at Remus and HE threw a piece of bread at me.

'Honestly!' Molly exclaimed.

Later on in the meal I felt tension build, especially in Harry who I was sitting next to, so I excused myself from the table, not 15 minuets later I heard Molly yelling then heard Ginny come upstairs, she was not to happy about it.

I walked to Hermione and Ginny's room, 'what's up?'

'They're all allowed to hear what's going on, but me.'

'I'm sure Hermione will tell you.'

She scoffed.

I shrugged and left the room.

With a sigh I turned over and let myself replay one more memory. I could still clearly see Sirius' face the first time I called him dad.

We were standing in the hallway with my trunk, getting ready to go back to my mom's house. School had started a few weeks ago but I told her I wasn't coming back until September 15. She yelled but I didn't care all that much.

Sirius was moodier than ever as I was getting ready to go. I felt bad, Harry had left about 2 weeks ago and now I was leaving.

Remus hugged me tightly, 'you can come for dinner anytime, ok ,daughter? Don't be a stranger.'

'No way you could keep me away!'

He left to give Sirius and I time to say goodbye alone.

Sirius gave me a small wave, 'see you later.'

Before I could even stop or think about it I rushed forward and hugged him tightly. It took him a few seconds but he hugged you back tightly, maybe even more so, as well.

I pulled away and walked to the door, ''bye Dad.'

His entire face lights up and he whispers, 'Crescent, 'bye.'

I was shaken out of my memories by the door creaking opened. Startled I sat up. "Who is it."

" It's just me, Twinkle." Harry said walking across the room in his pj's

"Oh." I laid back down. He crawled into bed with me and wrapped his arms around my waist.

"I'm sorry about this afternoon."

"For singing with me?" I asked not wanting to even contemplate that he might be sorry for almost kissing.

"No, for almost kissing you," he whispers in my ear.

My heart sunk to my feet, "It's ok."

"No, it's not. I didn't mean to almost kiss you."

My hears sunk even lower, if that's possible. "You didn't?" I managed to get out, even thought my throat was uncomfortably tight.

"I meant to kiss you."

I turned around in his arms, "What?"

He smiled and pressed his lips to mine softly. Sighing softly I wrapped my fingers in his hair and kissed him back. Pulling away Harry kissed my cheek.

"Goodnight, twinkle." Harry said and left the room before I could even answer.

I rolled over and smiled softly, I wouldn't be getting any sleep tonight.

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