Chapter 50

Sirius pulled into Lily's and Remus's drive way and immediately jumped out, quickly getting Matt out and pulling Ana by the hand to get her to hurry up. He rushed to the door and knocked hurriedly. A faint call of, "just a moment," could be heard from inside. Sirius groaned in impatience and clutched tighter to Ana's hand.

Moments later the door was pulled open by Lily, looking exhausted. "Sirius!" she exclaimed. "What's wrong?"

She stepped aside, allowing them to come inside. Sirius looked tired, worried, nervous, and scared. She had never seen him so anxious before and it scared her. "What happened Sirius? Where's James?"

At that Sirius broke down. "He's at home!" he sobbed angrily, carrying Matt over to the couch and laying him down, even though he knew that it wasn't a good place for him to sleep. Ana was looking at Sirius strangely and almost with fear. "There was a death eater attack. He told me to grab Ana and Matt and leave. So I did. But that meant leaving him all alone with the death eaters and the kids. There are going to be so many memory charms that are going to be used. And James…what if he doesn't survive. I'll never forgive myself. Ever!"

Lily breathed in, and then pat Sirius on shoulder in a reassuring manner. "Calm down. Nothing bad is going to happen. Come on, sit down and I'll get you something to drink. Is tea alright?"

Sirius nodded numbly and allowed Ana to crawl onto his lap. "Where's daddy?" she asked. She looked worried and sad.

Sirius forced a smile and replied, "He'll be here in a little bit."

She looked unconvinced but didn't press it. Instead she snuggled into Sirius's side and he wrapped his arm around her small body. Lily came back out with a cup of tea in her hands and handed it to Sirius.

"So what happened?" she asked as she settled down on the seat across from where Sirius was sitting.

Sirius shrugged. "Well, everything was all cool and then pop pop pop. Death eaters were apparating in every direction. And then James was yelling at me to leave and so I did. And here I am, freaked out as hell that something happened to the only person that I could ever love! Damn it I am such a lover of romance!"

Lily listened to him and then laughed. "I'm sure he'll be fine. He's completely capable of taking care of himself."

"Against twelve death eaters?" grumbled Sirius.

"What, doubting me are you?" a voice said from behind him. Sirius recognized James's voice and leaped up, completely forgetting that Ana was leaning against him. He rushed over to James, giving him a tight hug. James well backwards a few steps and then laughed as he returned the embrace. After a moment, Sirius pulled back and hit James on the arm.

"Don't you ever do something like that again, James Potter!" he exclaimed. James laughed and kissed Sirius on the mouth.

"Don't worry, I don't plan to."

Lily smiled slightly at the two and got up to go find another glass of tea, leaving the family alone. Ana came over to James and held her arms up, meaning that she wanted to be held. James bent down to pick her up and kissed her on the cheek.

"How are all of the kids?" Sirius asked as he sat back down on the couch, picking up Matt in his arms to rock gently.

"They're all fine. I got them all out safe and performed effective memory charms on the children and parents and anyone else who may need some…forgetting."

Sirius smiled slightly and leaned into James's side. "That's good. What's left of our house?"

James shuddered slightly. "I'm not really sure. They had left, but I have a feeling that they are going to come back while we hide out here."

Sirius nodded. "What does it matter? Houses can be replaced, but you can't be. I'm just so glad that you're alright."

James kissed him on the forehead. "We can check it out tomorrow."

Sirius nodded and fell asleep in his husband's arms.

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"Wow," Sirius commented, as he looked at the remnants of their house. "That kind of sucks."

James smiled grimly and walked forward into the rubble. "They didn't leave anything did they?"

"It would appear not," he answered, picking up random pieces of debris and then tossing it aside.

James sighed. "You shouldn't be out here while you're pregnant."

"I'm pregnant, not dying," grumbled Sirius and continued wandering around.

After an hour of rummaging, James sighed and turned to his husband who was sitting on a piece of rubble. "Well, I say we start over," he said. Sirius didn't look up. He was holding something in his hand. "What is that?" asked James, walking over to his husband.

Sirius turned it around for him to see. It was a picture of him, Sirius, Ana, and Matt. James laughed at the irony of the situation. "Well, they destroy the house, but they leave the most important thing. Like lives, moments preserved in pictures can not be replaced. Aren't we lucky?"

Sirius smiled. "Without a doubt."

sigh

"Do you want to empty your account?" asked the goblin at the desk. Sirius sighed and shifted Matt on his shoulder.

"No, I just want to get out enough to get a house. What do you think that would be?"

The goblin shrugged. "I don't know and I don't care. How much do you want out?"

Sirius sighed and thought up an amount at the top of his head. The goblin wrote it down and took the key to Sirius's vault. "Follow me," he muttered and walked off. Sirius sighed. He really hated going down to the vaults.

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"I think that couch is really nice, what do you think?" James asked Ana as he wandered around throughout a furniture store.

She shook her head and pointed to a big couch that was straight dark blue. James sighed and walked over to it. He really hated that color. He liked blue, but dark blue just annoyed him for some odd reason.

"Wouldn't you prefer the maroon one?" asked a hopeful James, pointing to a couch of the exact same model in the corner. The little girl shook her head.

"No, I like this one!"

Groaning, James grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the furniture. He was going to wait for Sirius's input before buying something. "Bloody children," he thought, as she whine to go back into the store.

A.N. the last chapter is up next. Does anyone want a sequel. I was considering it, but then I was like: hey, I could start a whole new story. So I decided I'd await your opinion. So yeah…if you'd like a sequel, tell me in a review, and if the idea of one disgusts you, tell me in a review! Thank you for reading this!