She hadn't been expecting to wake up. But when she did she was completely relieved.

"Buffy?" came Remus' soft whispering.

"Remus?"

"Thank god you're okay!"

"What happened?"

" Willow… Willow saved you."

"Is she okay?"

She heard no answer. "She…Angelus killed her."

"But she remembered? She saved me because she remembered?" Remus nodded.

Buffy felt tears starting to roll down her cheek.

"Buffy, why would you do such a stupid thing like that? You of all people should know how dangerous Angelus is! You could have gotten yourself killed, or turned or…anything. You have no clue how lucky you are, Buffy." Buffy looked away.

"Is Faith okay?" she asked, which Remus took as a sign that she wasn't ready for that conversation.

"Wonderful, B." Buffy sat up and saw Faith at the door. "Can I get a moment with her, Wolfy?"

Remus reluctantly left the room.

"Faith… I thought…well you were…"

"I was, yeah. Now I know how you felt after that whole key thing…" Buffy couldn't help it but to laugh. "But…"

"But what?"

"I want to thank you, B."

"Oh wow…the unapologetic Faith is apologizing!"

"Shut up." They laughed. "But you…you saved me…and Remus…and in some ways you saved Willow even…"

"Its what we are supposed to do, remember? Help people." Faith nodded.

"You were always better at that than me…"

"You saved people to. You did."

Faith shook her head. "No. You were always the better slayer than me."

"No, Faith. And I should be thanking you. You saved me."

"Hey, we can save the apologies for now until we stop Voldemort and his goonies." They laughed.

"Okay."

"You know, you're really lucky. You got bit but yet you never died and are not a vampire. And you have two men who love you more than anyone ever loved me."

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"Remus…"

"Mmhmm?" they lay in their bed, Buffy lying held tight in Remus' arms.

"It's just…knowing what we're getting into, I might not make it out alive…"

"Of course you will! You just need time to get over what happened."

"Remus?"

"Mmhmm?"

"Let me finish. I just want to let you know how much you mean to me…" Remus set a finger on her lips.

"I know, baby…" they kissed.

"But right now," she said, standing up, "I promised I'd be taking Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny round to get Hogwarts supplies." And she left. Remus didn't move, but sighed as she walked away.

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Buffy listened as Hermione read her the booklist. They were in walking towards the bookstore when Buffy stopped dead.

"Hey," came an amused voice. When Hermione looked up Buffy was smiling.

"You guys go on ahead…I'm gunna talk to Sirius for a moment." When Hermione, Ginny, Harry and Ron had left Buffy gave Sirius a hug.

"Man, Buffy, its been so long! You don't even come visit anymore!" Buffy shook her head.

"What are you doing out here, Sirius?"

"Well I needed a knew wand and since I'm free to be out here, well I thought I'd come and get it on my own." He held up the new wand. "I see you're helping Harry and them get their school stuff…"

"Mmhmm…"

"Mind if I join in?"

Buffy smiled. "C'mon."

After finishing in Diagon Alley and returning the kids to Grimauld Place, Buffy and Sirius went out to a muggle bar a couple blocks away from Grimauld Place. They spent quite a time there; a couple of hours; just laughing, talking and drinking. They eventually made it back to Grimauld Place; a tad on the drunk side.

"Ssssshhhh…" said Buffy, quite loud for someone trying to restore peacefulness, as Sirius slammed the door and they staggered into the hall, laughing. As they had reached the top of the stairs Buffy tripped on the last one and grabbed Sirius for support. They stood there for a moment, Buffy leaning on Sirius, Sirius leaning on the wall. Then slowly, very slowly, they moved closer and closer, until they kissed. Not a you're-my-best-friend-I-love-you-kiss, not a drunk- (which they definitely were,)-I'll-kiss-anyone-kiss, but a passionate I-need-you-more-than-anything-I-love-you-more-than-anyone-kiss. And when they finally broke apart, which eventually they did, they stood in silence, before kissing again.

"Buffy…" gasped Sirius, pulling away far enough so he could say her name.

"Shh…"

"But Rem-"

"Doesn't have to know." She kissed him again before dragging him into him room, closing the door behind them.

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A/N: PLEASE READ, DEVINE-DESIRE

As much as I do appreciate your criticism and I will take it into consideration for the development of some of the characters, I would just like to say Buffy, and all of the other characters lives are going to be different, because of how they were raised. Buffy was not raised the same way as she was in the show and so her experiences were different and therefore she has lead a different life. And I do believe that you have made a point about Remus and Sirius, and I will attempt to fill out what is missing with Remus and Sirius both, but I think Sirius is a little love-struck, yes, but again with the living a different life thing. I don't think that he had ever had a love of his life in the HP books, and so I think that he would react a little differently to it and ultimately changing the way he behaved.

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