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-Tear- last chappie! It's quite long too! I am still thinking about a sequel. I am currently writing a marauder fic when they go on holiday. Heh, I can just imagine Sirius trying to work a can opener. And I'm also thinking of starting a new Sirius/OC fic! Yay! So look out for them!
Chapter 23 – Make a wish, take a chance, make a change.As the music of the song ended, Rachel wished it would just go on and on. The dance, the kiss, everything had been stored as the happiest moment of her life. She looked around her. She didn't know if it was seeing Riley crying happily or Lily and James with their arm around each other smiling broadly, or if it was Sirius's happy face looking right at her.
Rachel for the first time since coming back into the hall, looked at the front table. Her father was beaming, unable to hide his grin. Rachel quickly took her eyes off her dad because Simon had up from his seat, closely followed by Kate. Olivia wasn't even at the table. Rachel jumped slightly as she saw Olivia pacing towards her and Sirius, still in the middle of the dance floor with a disgusted look on her face. Rachel wasn't going to let anyone ruin her moment.
"Stay with me." Rachel whispered to Sirius as she grabbed his hand and stepped closer to him.
Sirius squeezed her hand. "Course." He muttered.
"What the hell was that?" Olivia hissed not bothering to keep her voice down.
"I can't get married, sorry," Rachel said not sounding sorry at all. "I've found a reason." Rachel said looking up at Sirius.
Olivia scowled. Kate and Simon had arrived. "She says she can't get married because she's with Black." Olivia said looking at Rachel and Sirius's hands, which were firmly together.
"Oh honestly Rachel," Kate said putting her hands on her hips. "Don't drag Sirius into this!"
"Argg!" Rachel yelled in frustration. "Sirius and me are together!"
"But we are getting married!" Simon complained.
"No we are not!" Rachel snapped.
"Rachel, you and Sirius are not to see each other. You have to understand that we are taking this wedding very seriously!" Olivia said calmly.
Rachel slowly shook her head. Her and Sirius had only just got together; Rachel wasn't going to let her mother take that away from her. "You can't make me stop seeing him!"
"You will find that we can," Kate muttered. "You won't be alone with Sirius, you will only see him in classes and at meal times."
Rachel's eyes widened. She could feel Sirius's hand shuffle slightly. She grabbed an even firmer grip on it.
"Whether we see each other or not, we still love each other!" Rachel said truthfully.
"I really think you should stop this little joke, Rachel!" Simon said coolly.
"It's not a joke!" Rachel yelled. "You know what? Who's stopping Sirius and me leaving right now? This is our night, our special night. I don't want it ruined!"
Kate opened and closed her mouth several times before letting Rachel and Sirius walk right on out of the hall.
"Why did you let her go?" Simon asked confused.
"I couldn't stop her even if I tried. This won't go on much longer. Rachel can be difficult to adjust to… uh changes." Kate muttered uncertainly.
"She can't do this!" Rachel yelled hopelessly once her and Sirius were back in the entrance hall. "She can't stop me seeing you!"
"Hay, hay," Sirius muttered wrapping her arms around Rachel and pulling her close. "As much as I hate to deceive your mum, after all she's done for me, I will find a way to see you. I'm a marauder after all!"
Rachel looked up at him and smiled. "You better! Because I couldn't live without you."
Sirius leaned down and kissed her lightly on the lips. "I couldn't live without you either."
"Do you want to go back to the commonroom?" Rachel asked.
"Ahem."
Rachel shifted slightly on the couch. It took her a few moments to register what was going on. She hadn't opened her eyes yet but she could feel the sun coming through the window. That never happened! Her dorm had dark blue curtains! Rachel felt a firmer grasp around her middle. This made her open her eyes. She looked at the pair of arms that were holding her around the middle and instantly recognized them as Sirius's. She them remembered the actions of last night. After the ball, Sirius and Rachel had headed back to the dorm and had fallen asleep together on the couch next to the fire. Rachel now was curious as to who had woken her up from her sleep.
Much to her annoyance, her mother, Olivia and Simon were standing over her with the same horrid expression on their face. Rachel was tempted to close her eyes and hope they would go away, but she had avoided the problem all last night, she couldn't escape it anymore.
"Sirius!" Rachel hissed in his ear.
Sirius shuffled and lifted his head to see the problem. He didn't let go of Rachel.
"Oh." He muttered as he saw Kate, Olivia and Simon standing above him and his love.
"Nice of you to greet us!" Rachel said slowly getting up from the couch, careful not to let go of Sirius incase Simon grabbed her. "But if you would excuse us?" she asked smiling deceitfully at the three faces of terror.
"Oh not you don't!" Olivia barked pushing Rachel back onto the couch, making her land right on top of Sirius. Sirius just smiled and kindly welcomed Rachel's kiss.
"I thought I told you last night that I'm not getting married!" Rachel said between kisses.
"We have to set some rules." Kate said calmly.
"No we don't!" Rachel said ignoring her mother completely and only concentrating on Sirius.
"Rachel look over here!" Olivia yelled waving her hands helplessly.
Rachel reluctantly stopped kissing Sirius and looked to Olivia. "Make it quick."
Right," Olivia said briskly. "You are no longer allowed to see Sirius until after the wedding,"
"You can't do that!" Rachel interjected.
Olivia pretended Rachel had said nothing and carried on. "Every night you are expected to help me with the wedding plans and spent time with Simon, get to know him better!"
"NO WAY!" Rachel said jumping up from the couch.
"Sirius, I think it's time for you to go." Olivia said ignoring Rachel's dance if fury.
Sirius nodded slightly and turned to leave.
"Wait!" Rachel yelled as she stopped dancing. She ran up to Sirius who was near the portrait hole.
"I have to go." Sirius whispered in Rachel's ear.
"Love you." Rachel whispered kissing Sirius on the lips quickly before watching him disappear out of the portrait hole.
"I love him!" Rachel yelled turning back around and facing her mother, cousin and fiancée. "You can't do this!" she said stubbornly.
"You don't love him!" Simon said as if loving Sirius was impossible. "I mean I'm sure he's a nice guy, but you and me are suited for each other!"
"Damn right he's a nice guy!" Rachel yelled.
"Then don't bring him into this!" Simon yelled back.
"Right," Kate said standing up, obviously not wanting to be apart of the new Simon/Rachel argument. "We will leave you two along!"
"Right." Olivia said jumping up at the chance to leave. She followed Kate out the portrait.
"He's a marauder!" Rachel yelled once her mother and cousin were gone. "You don't want to mess with one of them!"
"What the hell is a marauder?" Simon asked in his posh accent.
"Never mind!" Rachel yelled impatiently not wanting to explain what a marauder is and what it does. "The point is, you had better watch out!"
"Ha!" Simon yelled not looking imitated at all. "Well look, I've got you all to myself! A marauder can't be that bad! Why don't you show me around?"
Rachel frowned. "No."
"Fine," Simon muttered moving closer to Rachel. "We can always make out."
"Don't you dare come any closer!" Rachel yelled warningly.
"Why? What are you going to do?" Simon asked moving closer.
Rachel thought. Not knowing what else to do, she pulled her arm back and slammed Simon right in the nose.
Within seconds, Simon's nose was pouring blood everywhere. He moved away from Rachel, looking as though she had finally gotten to him.
"I think you've broken my nose." He muttered.
"Good!" Rachel yelled.
"Not to worry," he said getting out his wand and pointing it at his nose, muttering a spell. "I got taught a simple spell, just incase I needed it, from your cousin in fact!"
"Olivia told you a spell to repel a broken nose?" Rachel asked bitterly.
"Yeah, great help!" he said moving closer to Rachel again. "So where were we?"
Rachel was now so furious with Simon and Olivia, and just everyone, she stood, not knowing what to do. She wanted a spell that was irreversible. Then it came to her. It was brilliant. She quickly got out her wand and pointed it at Simon.
Again, within seconds, the brown suit Simon was once wearing had turned yellow and sprouted feathers. Not long after that did he grow a beak and have webbed feet. Rachel had put Simon into a chicken suit, exactly like Sirius had done to her. She would have loved to do the spell right before the wedding, but surely Olivia would kill her.
"What the hell?" Simon yelled looking down at himself.
"Handy spell," Rachel said slipping her wand away. "Sirius and James taught me that one!"
"Oh off course it was Black's idea!" Simon said bitterly.
"Well I'm off to enjoy the rest of my day with my boyfriend!" Rachel said beginning to walk out of the portrait hole. It was as if there was an invisible wall there, because she couldn't get through. Then it occurred to her as she tried barging through the wall, her mother or Olivia had probably thought she would want to escape, so they blocked her from getting out!
"Argg!" Rachel said not giving up trying to push through the door. She charged at it one more time, but the wall had obviously had enough and pushed Rachel, making her fly half way across the commonroom and landing in a heap on the floor.
"Get off me!" Rachel yelled pushing Simon away from her. "I can get up myself!" she said getting herself up. "This is great! I'm stuck with you!"
That afternoon had defiantly been the worst of Rachel's life. Gryffindor students had come in and out all day; after all it was their commonroom too! But only Rachel couldn't manage to get out and Sirius couldn't get it. What got Rachel was Simon didn't feel intimidated by the chicken outfit at all. Rachel didn't know how to scare him off.
It was late, Rachel and Simon were the only two people left in the commonroom. Lily had come in earlier to say Sirius was staying on the couch in her room because the portrait wouldn't let him in. Now with no one here, bar Simon, Rachel wondered where he was going to sleep.
"Where the hell are you sleeping tonight?" Rachel asked rudely.
"With you." Simon said with a smirk.
"You are not!" Rachel snapped.
"Well, Honey," Simon said emphasizing the word 'honey'. "I am sleeping in your bed, where you sleep I don't know!"
"I'll sleep on the floor then!" Rachel said and with a toss of her hands, she marched up the stairs into her dorm.
Riley and Ashley were already asleep. Rachel changed into her pajamas silently. Without a word, she laid down on the hard floor, not bothering about blankets.
Simon climbed into Rachel's bed and moved over, offering Rachel a space next to him. Rachel frowned and turned her head. She couldn't even bare looking at him. She supposed she would have to get used to it, she was marrying the dude in less than a week.
Rachel stirred lightly. She was half dozing. It was very hard to actually get sleep while sleeping on the hard floor. She was just about to doze off completely when she heard a tap at the window.
Rachel, half shaken by the racket on the window lifted her head to see what was making the noise.
Even though it was dark, she could make out exactly what was outside. Looking right into the window, sitting on a broomstick, was Sirius. Rachel beamed the instant she saw him. She rushed to open the window, trying not to wake anyone up.
"What are you doing?" Rachel hissed as she opened the window slightly.
"We're going on a date," Sirius whispered. "Now get dressed!" he said now smiling broadly.
Rachel didn't need telling twice. She rushed to the floor, where she had left her jeans and black tank and quickly slipped them on, fully aware that Sirius was probably looking at her getting changed. She didn't care, as long as Simon didn't wake up.
Rachel rushed over to the window and jumped onto the windowsill. Sirius turned the broom around so Rachel could jump on the back. Not very experienced with jumping on the back of brooms from windowsills, it took Rachel a while to get on. When finally she was sitting on the broom, she moved closer to Sirius, wrapping her arms tightly around him so she wouldn't fall off.
"Told you I would find a way!" Sirius said.
"I know," Rachel muttered resting her head on Sirius's shoulder. "It's been horrible."
"I bet," Sirius whispered. "I couldn't help but notice Simon had a beak, what happened?"
Rachel laughed. "I put him in the chicken outfit, after I tried to break his nose!"
"Bet he didn't like that!" Sirius said feeling proud.
"He didn't seem to mind at first, then I told him James and you taught me it, then he turned sour!" Rachel giggled.
"Ha!" Sirius said feeling proud. "Well, were here!" Sirius said flying down.
As Sirius got closer to the ground, Rachel could make out where they were. Sirius had flown to the lakefront. Set out on the sand was a little table set out with two chairs around it. The sand was surrounded with little lights that were very dim so it didn't look like anyone was here. On the table was a little basket.
"Sirius." Rachel whispered amazed.
Sirius landed the broom and walked onto the sand. "Surprise." He muttered extending his hand for Rachel to take.
Rachel grabbed his hand and let Sirius take her to the table. "You can be so sweet when you want to!"
"I would have taken you somewhere nice, but all the restaurants are closed." Sirius muttered sitting Rachel down then sitting himself down opposite her.
"This is better than any restaurant." Rachel said happily gazing around again.
"Well I've got Butterbeer." Sirius said reaching into the basket.
Rachel smiled as Sirius handed her a bottle.
"Is this what you do for all the girls you take out?" Rachel asked, a smile playing on her lips.
Sirius laughed. "This is the first time I've done something like this!"
"Really?" Rachel asked.
Sirius nodded his head. "This is our first proper date after all!"
"True!" Rachel said pondering. "I love you." Rachel said after a while.
"I wonder how many times we've said that to each other!" Sirius said laughing.
"Not enough." Rachel muttered standing up and walking over to Sirius. She swiveled him around so she could sit on his lap. Deciding they only had the night, she wanted to make the most of it. Rachel grabbed Sirius around the neck, pulling him close to her and began kissing him.
For five whole minutes Sirius and Rachel made out. Rachel came up for another breather.
"Officially the best date ever!" she said half out of breath.
"It's not over yet," Sirius muttered. "Have you seen the whole Hogwarts ground at night from the skies?"
Rachel shook her head curiously.
"Well you're about to!" Sirius said lifting Rachel off him and leading her back to the broomstick. "We're going for a ride."
"Charmer." Rachel muttered kissing Sirius again.
"I know," Sirius said between kisses. "Come on."
Sirius and Rachel mounted the broomstick and before Rachel could think twice, Sirius had kicked off for the ground.
It was much better than riding alone. While Rachel was up in the skies, she forgot all about the wedding. In fact, unless they talked about, when Rachel was with Sirius, she forgot about the wedding completely. Sirius gave her this feeling that no one else could give her, and she couldn't help but think he was the one for her.
For the entire week it was the same. Every night Sirius would fly to Rachel's window to take her out somewhere. Every night it would be somewhere new and romantic. Lily, Riley and Ashley were always interested as to where Sirius had taken Rachel.
It was a bright Saturday morning and Rachel was pleased to be spending it with her friends. It was the weekend before the wedding; Simon was too busy with preparations to spend time with Rachel.
"One week," Rachel muttered pacing around Lily's dorm. "This isn't supposed to be happening!"
"Are you going to actually do it?" Riley asked who was plumped comfortably on a sofa.
"Like I have a choice," Rachel replied bitterly. "Olivia will have to drag me down the isle though."
"What about Sirius?" Lily asked.
"I dunno," Rachel muttered. She stopped pacing and sat down on the remaining chair. "I love him. I really do. What am I supposed to do?"
"Run away?" Ashley suggested.
"And live happily ever after," Rachel muttered dreamily. "That's a dream. It won't happen."
"Is Sirius even going to the wedding?" Riley asked.
"I think so," Rachel replied. "We were talking about how we can make it a total disaster last night."
"What are you planning?" Ashley asked.
"Can't say!" Rachel said laughing. "If I get my way, we aren't even going to get a chance to do it because there won't be a wedding!" Rachel said. Her expression didn't look hopeful. She had begun to give up hope.
Just in the next room, talking about the exact same subject were the marauders.
"We have to think of something!" James said desperately.
"You're telling me!" Sirius moaned. "I've been thinking ideas over in my head for ages now!"
"Maybe she could just divorce Simon?" Peter added.
"And do you expect me to just stand by in the meantime?" Sirius snapped.
"Stupid idea." Peter muttered.
"It's next weekend. If we are going to do anything, we better think fast!" Remus said calmly.
"Padfoot, do you actually love her, like die for her love her?" James asked stupidly.
"Yes." Sirius replied almost instantly.
"Then maybe you should talk to my dad."
Sirius gave him a very confused look. "Why?"
"Think." James replied.
Sirius's confused expression vanished and was replaced with a look of disbelief. He didn't know why he didn't think of it before. It was so obvious, and it was the only way.
"Ok." Sirius whispered.
Without wasting anymore time, Sirius got up and headed towards the door. He needed a fireplace to travel to the Potter mansion. The closest one was in Lily and James's commonroom.
Sirius descended down the last of the stairs and sprinted over to the fireplace. Half out of breath; he grabbed the pot of Floo powder and threw it into the fire. He bent his head down and stepped in, shouting 'Potter Mansion!'
Sirius returned later that evening with an excited but worried look on his face. He had spent an hour and a half talking to Mr. Potter and he had a plan. Now all he had to do was set everything up.
That same Saturday night, like always, Sirius flew up to Rachel's window to get her and take her somewhere new and exciting.
Simon was already asleep and snoring horribly loud. Rachel had lay on the floor for what seemed like hours before she saw Sirius's shadow appear at the window.
"Finally!" Rachel said opening up the door. She noticed Sirius was dressed in a proper looking suit. "What's with the suit?" Rachel asked quickly.
"I'll tell you later," Sirius said. "Get dressed, quick!"
Rachel ran around to her wardrobe, wanting to find something formal to match Sirius's suit. Not thinking about how difficult riding on a broomstick in a dress would be, Rachel got into one of Riley's knee length blue dresses that she had borrowed and ran back to join Sirius.
"So where are we going tonight?" Rachel asked wrapping his arms around Sirius as he flew off.
"You'll see." Sirius replied rather nervously.
"So are you going to tell me what's up with the suit?" Rachel asked.
"Not yet." Sirius answered.
The way Sirius had acted through the entire ride to wherever they were heading, Rachel wondered if he was planning to break up with her. He seemed very distant and nervous, which was very unlike him.
"We're here." Sirius whispered flying down.
It was defiantly the most impressive looking place Rachel had been with Sirius. There wasn't any tables or chairs, or even blankets to snuggle into. It was a sandy place somewhere around by the lake with little mountains behind the sandy shore.
"Are you ok?" Rachel asked as Sirius took off his shoes and walked into the middle of the sandy shore.
"I'm fine." Sirius muttered.
"Your not breaking up with me are you?" Rachel asked uncertainly.
Sirius let out a bark type laugh. "Honey, that's the last thing I'm doing!" Sirius said extending his hand. "Come here."
Rachel who hadn't had time to put on some shoes, trotted happily over to Sirius's welcoming arm.
"Then why all the mysteriousness?"
"I have to do something." Sirius said looking directly into Rachel's eyes.
"Ok." Rachel replied uncertainly.
"But before I do, I want you to take into account the scenery and everything, because you have to remember this forever," Sirius said slightly stepping away from Rachel.
Rachel nodded looking around the sandy shore and at the lake.
"And more importantly I need you to know that I'm not just doing this because it's the only way or because I feel I have to. I was planning to do it anyway, because I love you."
Rachel nodded again, more surely. She had no idea what Sirius was going to do. It half scared her that he was going to do something stupid. Before Rachel could think anymore about Sirius acting stupid, he had begun to speak again.
"When I first saw you I was afraid to meet you. When I first met you, I was afraid to hold you. When I first held you, I was afraid to kiss you. When I first kissed you, I was afraid to love you. Now that I love you, I'm afraid to lose you. I don't want to lose you to Simon, or anyone. You're my everything and if I lost you I would have nothing. I will love you till I die and I want to spend the rest of my life with you," Sirius slowly pulled a small black box from the inside of his suit pocked and bent down on one knee. "Rach Potter, will you marry me?" he said opening the small box to reveal a beautiful engagement ring.
Rachel let out a loud gasp, shocked. The surprise had now left her and all Rachel could feel was happiness. Here he was, the man of her dreams, down on one knee, offering his hand in marriage.
"Yes." Rachel whispered, grinning so wide it hurt.
Sirius's grinned, just as wide as Rachel and carefully slid the ring on Rachel's finger. He stood up in silence and pulled Rachel closer to him. Rachel looked into Sirius's eyes, the eyes she could look at forever and get lost in.
"Kiss me already!" she muttered.
Sirius didn't need telling twice. He wrapped his arms around Rach and pulled her even closer, obeying her orders to kiss her. Rachel was left breathless while she kissed Sirius.
"We're getting married!" Rachel said in a girly voice after breaking apart from Sirius. "Actually getting married!"
"I know!" Sirius said wrapping his arms around Rachel again. "I can't believe it."
"Neither!" Rachel whispered.
"I didn't think you would say yes."
"I never thought, in a million years that you would ask!" Rachel added.
"I love you Rach, I was going to ask eventually."
"I love you too," Rach said kissing Sirius lightly on the lips. Then rapidly a terrible thought came into Rachel's mind. "Mum, dad, Olivia, Frenchie. How am I going to tell them?"
Sirius lightly smiled. "Just tell them."
"They won't understand!"
"I bet they would."
Rachel let out a low laugh. "Simon? Understand? Olivia cut me slack? Never!"
"They would."
"How would you know?"
"I talked to your dad."
Rachel steered at Sirius. "You talked to dad?"
"I asked him for permission." Sirius said.
"You did?" Rachel asked letting out a grin.
"He told me I should have done it sooner."
"That will be right!" Rachel said giving Sirius another, stronger kiss.
"What was that for?" Sirius asked slightly out of breath.
"For being you," Rachel said grabbing his hand. "And making me the happiest girl on earth."
Sirius beamed. "So who gets the pleasure of telling Simon?"
Rachel didn't return to her dorm that night. Not having a single care in the world about Simon anymore, she decided to stay with Sirius.
Her and Sirius had slept on the couch in Lily and James's commonroom. Rachel was sleeping quite peacefully until someone jabbed her lightly in the shoulder.
"What?" Rachel asked groggily not bothering to open her eyes. It was probably Simon or Olivia anyway.
"Morning." Came a friendly voice.
Rachel opened her eyes to come face to face with James who was beaming with admiration.
"Oh, hello." Rachel said rubbing her eyes. "Sirius, you can open your eyes, it's only James." Rachel said shaking Sirius slightly who woke instantly. Rachel wondered if he had actually been asleep.
"So, have a good night?" James asked smirking.
Rachel looked down at her finger and remembered back to last night. Good, was an understatement. It had been the best night of her life. Her engagement ring stood out rather clearly. Rachel wondered if James had seen it already. She wanted to tell everyone together, so she put her hand behind her back, looking stupid.
"One of the best." Rachel muttered casually.
"Morning, Prongs," Sirius muttered, unable to wipe the smile off his face.
"Why are you so happy?" James asked.
"Uh," Rachel began. "There's something we have to tell you, all of you."
"It's important." Sirius added.
It was as if James knew what Rachel was talking about. Instantly he got up and ran to wake up Lily, who came down looking very flustered, thinking there was a fire.
"Wait here," James said charging over to the portrait. "If anyone sees you guys together, you will be in for it." He said jetting out of the portrait and no doubt into the Gryffindor commonroom to get Remus, Peter, Riley and Ashley. Rachel wondered how he was going to get into the girls room, no doubt he had a way. Typical.
"What's going on?" Lily asked still looking flustered.
"Nothing urgent." Sirius muttered sitting up.
"We have something to say." Rachel muttered.
"What?" Lily asked.
"Wait and see." Sirius winked, lifting Rachel onto his knees.
"Where's Simon?" Lily asked.
Rachel didn't have time to reply. That instant, James returned with the entire group, who were still in their pajamas, also looking like there was some kind of fire.
"Are we having a pajama party?" Riley asked looking very tired.
"Not quite." Rachel said.
"We have something to tell you." Sirius said shifting slightly.
"Your Pregnant!" Peter yelled.
"No!" Rachel yelled.
"Then what?" Ashley asked.
"Well," Rachel said looking at Sirius. "We're getting married!"
There was silence and everyone steered at Rachel and Sirius.
"Your getting married?" Lily asked.
Rachel nodded slowly.
"As in actually getting married?" Ashley asked gasping.
Sirius nodded.
"AHH!" Riley screamed waving her hands like a manic, jumping on top of Rachel and giving her something between a hug and a suffocation session. "Let's see the ring!"
Rachel pulled her hand out from behind her and flashed it around.
"Shit! How much did that cost you?" James asked walking up to get a better look.
"Who cares?" Rachel snapped. "Give me a hug, then!"
James's neutral expression vanished from his face and was replaced with a smirk. "Congratulations." He said lifting Rachel up from Sirius's lap and wrapping his arms around her.
Hugs and kisses were shared for 15 minutes straight.
"So what about Simon?" Lily asked.
"We should really tell him, wifey." Sirius said wrapping his arms around Rachel's middle from behind and resting his head on her shoulder.
"Ow! I'm not wifey yet!" Rachel said grinning. "Can I tell Simon now? I have a feeling he might just be slightly irritated to find out I'm engaged to another man!"
"Wifey?" Ashley asked.
"Don't ask!" Rachel replied rolling her eyes.
"You can tell him whenever you want, Wifey." Sirius said mockingly.
"I'm warning you." Rachel said not being able to hide her grin.
"Stop flirting. Yes you were flirting, and let's go tell him!" James said pushing Rachel towards the portrait.
"Ok, Ok!" Rachel yelled. "I'm quite capable of walking by myself."
"Or you just want to walk with me, Wifey." Sirius said grabbing Rachel's hand as they entered the corridor.
"What did you just say?" Came a deep voice from behind them.
Rachel spun around to see the exact four people she was looking for. A satisfied grin appeared on her face.
"Mum, dad," Rachel said calmly, nodding her head slowly. "Simon, Olivia."
"What's going on?" Simon asked, now a hint of desperation in his voice. This pleased Rachel. "Why are you all smiling?"
"We've got some good news." Rachel said winking at her dad who lightly smiled.
"Go on." Simon ordered.
"I'm engaged." Rachel said simply.
"We know," Simon said laughing. "To me!"
"Oh no," Rachel said. "To him." She said looking up at Sirius and beaming.
That was too much for Simon to put into words. Rachel raised her eyebrows at him as he gapped, trying to put words together. She was amazed at how fast he had reacted. It was quite entertaining to see him look so distressed.
"You can't do this!" Simon said looking from Sirius to Rachel.
"You'll find we can."
"How?" Olivia snarled.
"I had permission." Sirius said looking up at David with almost admiration.
"David?" Kate said coolly. Rachel had expected her mum to comment before this.
"They're in love." David replied simply.
"Yes. We are." Rachel said surely.
"Rachel, you can't." Kate muttered.
"Kate," David said warningly. "Let Rach decide. Please. She knows what she wants."
"Fine," Kate muttered knowing she wasn't going to win against her husband, stubborn daughter and her gang of friends, not to mention lover. "Just don't expect me to come." She said walking off down the corridor and out of sight.
"You're getting married to me!" Simon said grabbing Rachel by the arms and shaking her, trying to make her see sense.
"Scared?" Rachel hooted. "Scared I've finally irritated you?"
"Let me spell this out," Simon said shaking Rachel so hard; she was forced to let go of Sirius's hand. "You're getting married to me!" he yelled shaking her only harder after every word.
"Let me go." Rachel said calmly.
Simon tightened his grip on Rachel's arms.
"Let me go!" Rachel yelled.
"NO!" Simon yelled. "Your mine!"
"I'm not yours!" Rachel yelled trying to break loose of Simon's grasp. "Let me go!" Rachel said almost begging.
"Let her go!" Sirius yelled trying to lighten Simon's grasp. "I said let her go!" he yelled looking furious. Simon saw Sirius's fury and slowly let go.
"So," Rachel said as if nothing had happened. "Sirius and I are getting married. Lib, Dad, we'll send you an invite. Maybe you too Simon."
"Let's go, honey." Sirius said carefully putting his arms around Rachel and leading her away, the gang right next to them.
"Can she do this?" Simon asked furious.
"Yes," Olivia replied simply. "Let her throw her life away with that Black boy. I give them two months, maximum before she comes running back to us."
"NO," David said shaking his head. "I give you two weeks, maximum before you go running to her, begging for forgiveness."
"Well that went well." Rachel muttered sarcastically.
"Do you think your parents are going to come to the wedding?" Lily asked.
"I hope so." Rachel muttered.
"We have to decide a date, Wifey." Sirius said seriously.
"Well," Rachel said hitting Sirius lightly for calling her Wifey. "Why not this weekend? Everything is arranged."
Sirius grinned. "Are you sure?"
"Never been more positive."
"So does that mean I'm going to be a bridesmaid?" Riley asked jumping up and down in a way you would think she's the one getting married.
"Suppose so." Rachel said.
"AHH!" Riley yelled. "Lils, Ash, let's go pick out some new dresses!"
"Yeah, Moony, Wormtail," James said slowly. "Let's give them a hand."
"Have fun." Sirius said waving sarcastically as they trotted in the other direction.
"Alone again." Rachel muttered.
"Yeah."
"Pinch me and tell me this isn't a dream." Rachel said extending her arm for Sirius to pinch.
"Simon's done enough damage to your arms," He said putting her arm down. "Can't I just kiss you instead?"
"That would be nice." Rachel said leaning in for a kiss.
"So," Sirius said letting go of Rachel. "Where are we going to get married?"
"I've always wanted to do it on the beach." Rachel muttered.
"The beach?"
"Yeah. The beach." Rachel said unsurely, not too sure if Sirius liked the idea or not.
"Now that would be nice!" Sirius said grinning.
"Really?" Rachel asked like an overexcited schoolgirl.
"Yeah." Sirius whispered, closing the gab between him and Rachel for another kiss.
Rachel had always been told that arranging a wedding was hard work. Luckily for her, she had to do nothing apart send Simon back to France. Which was relatively easy, thanks to her dad and the power he had. Scared stiff, Simon basically ran back to France.
If only everything was so easy. Kate hadn't talked to Rachel since she announced her and Sirius's engagement. It was now 1:30 pm, the Saturday after. Rachel's wedding day.
"The dress won't fit!" Rachel yelled trying to get into the white, layered, strapless wedding dress. It was half an hour before the ceremony and the latest Drama was Rachel's dress. Thankfully, Riley, Lily and Ashley were there to help. The girls had set up a small tent on the beach to get ready in. Luckily it was a sunny day, perfect conditions for a wedding on the beach.
"You could always go naked," Riley suggested unhelpfully as she put on lip-gloss. "I'm sure Sirius won't mind."
"Yeah, I mean he's seen it all before," Ashley said laughing as she saw Rachel's frown. "Hasn't he?"
Rachel lightened her glare a little. "He's changed," she muttered. "And no, we're going to wait till after we're married!"
"That's good." Lily said.
"So is anyone going to give me a hand?" Rachel asked desperately, wondering why the subject had changed to something so off topic.
Ashley and Lily rushed over to try zip up Rachel's dress. Rachel had picked it out herself, not wanting any part of Olivia at her wedding, who had chosen the previous dress. Rachel had requested it to be tight. She didn't mean skintight. After a bit of a struggle, Lily and Ash finally did the zipper up.
Rachel surveyed herself in the mirror. She didn't see a tall, slim, blonde girl standing before her. She only saw her smile. She had done it, finally. She had made a wish, took a chance and made a change. Now she had to live it up.
"Riley, can you pull yourself away from that blasted mirror and give me a hand?" Rachel asked, ready to throw a mascara bottle at Riley.
"I wonder if Sirius has seen the bossy side to you?" Riley muttered as she picked up her make up bag and began working on Rachel.
"I heard that!" Rachel muttered.
"Shut your gob so I can at least try to put something on you!" Riley said impatiently as she pulled out a tube of light pink lip-gloss.
"Is your mum here?" Lily asked sitting herself down on a seat.
"I doubt it," Rachel muttered sadly. "I wish she would come, see I'm happy."
"I'm surprised she let your dad go." Ashley said sitting down next to Lily.
"Yeah, I know," Rachel said closing her eyes for Riley to apply eye shadow. "Lils who is walking you down the isle?" Rachel asked. James was Sirius's best man. He couldn't be in two places at once.
"Peter." Lily muttered coldly.
"Why so miserable?" Ashley asked.
"He's like a whole head shorter than me!" Lily yelled.
"At least you won't have to dance with him," Riley said unhelpfully. "Ew, imagine that!"
"Are you nearly done?" Rachel asked interrupting. "We have to go!"
Riley did some last adjustments, which really made no difference before she started to pack everything away. Rachel stood up, swaying slightly.
"Are you ok?" Lily asked taking a hold of her.
"Yeah," Rachel said slowly. "Just nervous."
"You'll be fine!" Riley said thumping Rachel in the back.
"When you walk down the isle, only look at Sirius. Imagine everyone else isn't there. If it helps imagine they're cabbages!" Ashley said.
"Cabbages?"
"It works, trust me."
"So are we all ready?" Riley asked.
Rachel nodded slowly.
"Well, good luck, Rach." Lily said giving Rachel a big hug.
"Enjoy the last moments being Rachel Potter." Ashley muttered.
"Or you could always divorce him." Riley said giving Rachel a hug.
Rachel ignored Riley's comment and watched as her friends walked out of the tent and into the sunshine. Rachel could just make out the seating and light blue carpet on the sand as Riley walked through the small flap.
Rachel had been told to wait 30 seconds after her friends had gone. Then she would come out of the tent and her dad would be waiting, ready to walk down the isle.
"26." Rachel counted aloud, looking around aimlessly at the empty tent.
"27." The thought Simon back in France crossed her mind. Thank gosh he was gone.
"28." Her mum. Was she here?
"29." Her last moments as a Potter, before she became Mrs. Black.
"30." Sirius. She smiled at the thought of his name. This was it.
Rachel took a brave step out of the dark tent and into the bright light. She took a moment to look around at her surroundings, wanting to remember everything about this moment.
There was a soft see breeze, but apart that everything was completely still. The music could be heard and Rachel could make out Riley walking down the isle.
"Are you ready?" David asked from next to Rachel.
Rachel jumped slightly. She had forgotten he was there. Yes. She was ready.
"Yes." she whispered.
David smiled lightly and weaved his arm around Rachel's. They began to walk down the light blue carpet.
"Is mum here?" Rachel asked.
"Look for yourself." David muttered.
A different song began to play as Rachel came to the back of the seating. She look down the front of the seats, sure enough her mum was there. As the music changed, everyone turned around to look at Rachel who blushed slightly.
"Keep walking." David said.
Rachel just realized, she had stopped walking. She looked at Sirius, who was up the front in a muggle black suit, his hair around his face, in the typical Sirius way. He smiled slightly as he saw Rachel coming. James was standing next to him, with a fat grin on his face. It looked like he was trying not to cry. Rachel had promised herself, she wouldn't cry. She had made James swear he wouldn't deliver a soppy speech.
Rachel forgot everything else, bar Sirius. She locked eyes with him as she continued to walk down the isle, thinking everything else was a cabbage.
The walk down the isle seemed like it wasn't going to end. Finally, Rachel came to a stop next to Sirius. David gave her a kiss on the check before sitting down next to Kate, who didn't smile. Rachel ignored her completely, thinking she was just another cabbage.
Rachel smiled at Sirius, who returned the smile as the minister began to talk. The minister's words were half swept away with the wind. The sea breeze had picked up and Rachel's hair, which was out and lightly curled, was flying from under her Vail.
"Do you have the rings?" the minister asked, directing the question at James. Rachel hoped James had them. Although she wouldn't be surprised if he smiled sheepishly and said he forgot. Thankfully, James pulled out two rings from the inside of his pocket and handed them to the minister.
As the minister passed a ring to each Sirius and Rachel, Rachel could feel the tears coming on. She smiled, trying to keep them in as Sirius grabbed her hand and began to speak.
"They say you only fall in love once. That's not true, because every time I look at you, I fall in love all over again. I don't know where to begin explaining how much I love you and I can't put in words how much I care about you. I love you, Rach." Sirius said sliding the ring onto Rachel's finger.
Rachel took a deep breath and began to speak, slowly, not wanting to burst into tears.
"Because of you I laugh a little harder, cry a little less and smile a little more. I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not, I don't have to fake smile and pretend to be happy. When I'm with you, it just happens." Rachel stopped talking. Mainly because she didn't know what else to say and secondly she could feel the tears swelling up inside. She slowly slid the ring on Sirius's finger. This was it.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife." The minister said stepping away slightly.
Sirius slowly removed the Vail from Rachel's face, smiling. He wiped her eyes carefully and moved closer.
"Can I call you Wifey now?" he asked, grinning from ear to ear.
Rachel grinned, if possible wider than Sirius. "I suppose you can." She said wrapping her arms around his head for their first kiss as Mr. and Mrs. Black.
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