The blonde woman stood silently waiting, still not sure why in the hell she was doing this. Or more to the point why she'd told Sirius to meet her here. There was nothing in it for her, no reason. But when Sirius had contacted her she had known what it was about. Known that he now knew. And she had known that he would come for Bellatrix.

And yes she was here, trying to placate him, sorting out yet another one of Bella's almighty messes. Mainly she was here for the child's sake. She wouldn't be persuaded to take it of course, not when there was so much at stake for her. But she was worried about what Sirius was planning.

As she heard the 'crack' she stepped from the shadows and inclined her head slightly

"Sirius"
"Mrs Malfoy"

Narcissa rolled her eyes, somehow even managing to make that look elegant. She took another step toward her cousin, just now noticing the wand in his hand. Great show of trust she thought glancing at her own in her hand.

Sirius couldn't help but laugh, The instinctive mistrust definitly brought back some memories.

"Is it his Cissa..."

Narcissa paused, not wanting to see the reaction, not wanting to be the one to have to break the news to her cousin. "It has to be, Bella told me she and Rodolphous rarely share a bed anymore...and she says when they do she's careful...Tell me did she honestly Imperio him into sleeping with her"

Sirius nodded slightly a dangerous glint in his eyes. "She did yeah...and when I find her she'll be sorry for it"

Narcissa sighed "I'm sure she will be Sirius, but remember she'll be fairly near her due by now if I have the dates right...and we may not see eye to eye on...well anything, but this is a baby we're talking about...It didn't choose its parentage"

"...and James didn't choose to..." he began incredulously.

"Yes I know that...I know he didn't, But its happened Sirius and its fallen to you to deal with the concequences...I've hidden Bellatrix. It's a safehouse...I'll give you the adress Sirius but you need to promise me that you won't harm her now. Bella's diffrent anyway she...doesn't see things like most people do..."

"Crazy you mean" he retorted, Narcissa sighed, This wasn't getting anyone anywhere

"Sirius"

"...sound like my mother" he muttered under his breath "Alright Cissa...I won't kill her...though she deserves it...and the kid...I'll...I'll figure somthing out"

"Narcissa nodded still smarting over the mother comment, "Well then we're done cousin"

"Apparantly so. Tell Lucy I said hi"

"It's Lucius" she said curtly.

"And the baby, what'd you call it again"

"Draco"

Sirius couldn't stop the laughter, He tried in vain to turn it into a cough and grinned somewhat sheepishly at his cousin

"Sorry Cissa...I'm sure he'll thank you for it...Good name. Pureblood name..."

He laughed again, not even bothering to try and disguise it this time.

Narcissa raised her wand slightly, as threateningly as Narcissa Malfoy got. Sirius sensed he had outstayed his welcome. With her free hand Narcissa reached into her pocket and pulled out a bit of parchement throwing it at her cousin.

"Thats where you'll find Bellatrix. Memorise and destroy it. Goodbye Sirius"

With that she dissapperated leaving Sirius to retrive the parchment, Glancing quickly at it, he had it memorised and set it alight. He knew where to find her.

"Right" he said and quickly dissapperated back into the Potter's kitchen. James sat with a sleeping Harry in his arms. he looked up at Sirius. One look told him it was true.

"Sorry, Harry," he whispered.

"Prongs, it isn't your fault," sirius said. "She used an Unforgiveable."

"I could have thrown it off," James said. "And besides, what does it matter now, there's a baby... I can't tell Lily. It'd kill her. Are you sure it's not Lestrange's?" Sirius nodded unhappily.

"Narcissa says it has to be yours," he said. "I haven't found Bellatrix yet. I don't know what I will do when I find her."

Silence descended on the room.

"Lena was pretty pissed that you were gone," James said. Sirius sighed and collapsed into a chair.

"When did it get this hard?" he wondered.

"The day we left Hogwarts," James replied.

"Those were the days," Sirius said. "All we worried about was Quidditch. Now it's Death Eaters and everything... I'd give anything to sneak with her into the Prefects bathroom again."

"Thanks for the image, Padfoot."

"Come on, it was hardly a secret we liked going there," Sirius said.

"That doesn't mean that we all wanted to think about it."

"She's distant lately. Clingy, too. It's strange, like I barely know her anymore. We've been together nearly four years. We haven't had sex in weeks. And that's bad, for us."

"I shared a dorm with you, you don't have to tell me," James said.

"What do I tell her?"

"You can't tell her" James said quickly.

"I won't," Sirius said. "But I'd better get home. She'll be back from work by now."

"Sorry for making things even more difficult for you two," James said.

"We'll work it out," Sirius said. "And I'll find my cousin, too. You worry about Lily and this handsome fellow," he said, touching Harry's hand affectionately.

"Good luck," James said, as Sirius went to the fire.

Lena White sat in the kitchen she shared with her boyfriend, sleepily holding a cup of coffee. She had arrived home from the night shift at St. Mungo's, where she worked as a Midwife, and had gone straight upstairs to see the love of her life. But he wasn't there, and this was not the first time it had happened recently. He was always out doing something mysterious, allegedly for the Order, but she didn't know anymore. She was even beginning to ask herself if she cared
anymore. A tear slid down her face.

She loved him, more than she could say. But he was slipping away from her. Absently her hand slid to her stomach. She stroked it gently, staring into the dying flames and wishing Sirius would come back .

Finally, the fire roared to life, casting an emerald glow over the kitchen.

"Lee, you're up," he said, shocked.

"So are you," she said dryly. He threw off his cloak, and sat in the chair opposite her. With a tap of his wand, a cup of tea appeared before him.

"Are you going not tell me where you were, or should I not bother to ask?" Lena wondered.

"Lee, I would if I could," he said. "But—"

"Sirius," she interrupted. "If you can't trust me, this is pointless.

Maybe I should go into hiding by myself." Sirius sat up straight and put his hand on Lena's.

"Lee, please," he said. "We've been through so much together, don't throw it away." Lena had tears in her eyes.

"I'm not throwing it away, you are," she said. "I know you have a lot on your plate, what with the Order and everything, but it's more than that. Things haven't been the same for a while now, and you don't seem interested in fixing it."

Sirius wrapped his arms around her. "Please?" he said.

"I'm tired," she said. Far too tired to start the conversation they desperatley needed to have. "Let's go to bed. We can discuss this tomorrow."