First True Love

Author's Note: I LOVE Sirius Black! He is one of my favorite HP characters next to Ron... or Fred and George and I was kinda upset at what happened to him in the fifth book, so with my extremely overactive imagination, I'm doing this fic for him!

Disclaimer: I don't own HP or the characters, but I do own the female that Sirius will fall for! :D

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Chapter 4

"Merry Christmas, mates!" piped James. The three men- James, Sirius, and Remus- were all sitting around Remus's flat drinking eggnog and wrapping last minute gifts for wives, kids, family, and significant others. The toasted each other and drank, all very happy to be together for the holidays. "So, Lily has me playing Santa for Harry tonight... thing is, he isn't even close to a year old. Won't Santa freak him out?" Sirius laughed.

"Well kids usually like Santa. I mean, you should see them in the muggle shopping center with the guy." he said knowingly.

"Its because of the gifts." said Remus knowingly. "Personally, I never liked Santa." Sirius and James both looked at him in confusion.

"Why not?" asked Sirius. Remus frowned as he looked down into his drink.

"Bad memories." he said simply. James grinned and looked at his friend with a knowing smile.

"He use to scare you too, huh?" he asked. Sirius suddenly began laughing. "Its not funny, Padfoot. There is nothing nice about a five hundred pound old man with flying deer bursting into your house at night while you're sleeping!" James informed.

"There's also nothing funny about two grown men being afraid of a fictional fat man!" Sirius laughed.

"Shut up, Sirius." growled James.

"Bite me." Sirius retorted. Remus shook his head and picked up a small box that looked as if it would hold a necklace inside it. This seemed to catch his companions' attention as they stopped arguing and looked at him. "Moony, what is that?" He looked up at his friends innocently.

"What?" he asked, obviously trying to hold back a blush

"In that box... is there jewlery?" asked James. Remus blushed and shrugged.

"Probably... why?" he asked.

"Who is it for? You've got someone hiding from us, haven't you?" asked Sirius, a teasing grin crossing his face. Remus rolled his eyes.

"Probably." James raised an eyebrow at him. If Remus had someone in his life, why hadn't he told his two best friends about her?

"Who is she?" asked Sirius as Remus finished wrapping the box. He looked up at them and sighed.

"Her names is Maria." he said.

"Jones? The Ravenclaw?" asked James and Sirius in unison. Remus blushed and nodded.

"That's her... I suppose... we're... dating."

"Moony's got a girlfriend!" announced James and Sirius and they grinned at him widely. "I can't believe you didn't tell us." Remus smiled and shook his head.

"My personal life isn't your business." he said.

"Since when?" asked James, grinning and the friends laughed. "Yeah, but congradulations. I didn't think you were looking. Sirius and I could have helped you."

"I dunno, I think he made a pretty good catch on his own." said Sirius, grinning. "Nice job, Moony." Remus laughed and lifted his glass.

"Too a few more years of immaturity?" he asked. James and Sirius exchanged grins and lifted their glasses.

"Long live the Marauders! Respectable Prongs, Ickle Wormtail, troublesome Padfoot and Faithful Moony!" they said.

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"Merry Christmas." said Sirius brightly the next morning, holding a gift out to Cassie with a wide grin on his handsome face. The holidays made him like a little kid again and it was truely entertaining. He had even woken up early and made them breakfast. Cassie laughed and took the box before leaning forward and kissing him, handing him his gift as well.

"Thank you, love." she said. Sirius grinned and opened his gift, pulling out a golden chain with a dog paw print shape at the end and their names inscribed in it. He laughed and grinned at her.

"Clever." he said with a grin. Of course with them being engaged she knew he was an animagus. Cassie laughed and opened her box to see a matching diamond necklace and bracelet.

"Sirius... This is incredible. It must have cost a fortune." she said, a blush crossing her face as she looked at the jewelry, not having expected him to spend so much money on her. Sirius grinned at her and kissed her cheek.

"Only the best for you, my love." he said and reached over, putting it on her. Cassie blushed and grinned at him.

"You're incredible." she said, kissing him gently after he put the bracelet on her. Sirius grinned.

"I know I am." he said as he handed her another package. Cassie raised an eyebrow at him.

"What is this?" she asked. Sirius smiled.

"Open it." Cassie raised an eyebrow at him, but opened it. It was a mirror. A simple mirror really, which didn't seem to have much purpose to it except to look at yourself.

"Is this suppose to mean something?" Sirius began laughing.

"Look into it and say my name." he said, kissing her softly. Cassie made a face at him and and looked at the mirror.

"Sirius Black." she said. Suddenly, a face appeared in the mirror. Cassie blinked when she saw it was Sirius, grinning at her widely.

"Hey love." said the mirror, causing her eyes to widen. She looked up and saw that he was holding a similar mirror and looking into it. He looked at her and grinned. "You like? Its a two way mirror. Kinda like a way of communicating if we're apart too long." Cassie blinked and looked back at the mirror before looking at Sirius.

"Apart too long... What do you mean by that?" she asked curiously. Sirius looked at her slightly guilty.

"Umm... You don't need to worry about that just yet, hun." he answered, leaning forward and kissing her. Cassie smiled and leaned forward, kissing him back.

"I love you." she whispered. Sirius smiled.

"I love you too."