Holly's alarm went off too soon. She groaned as she flailed her arm around to shut it off. After successfully knocking the offending alarm to the ground, inevitably breaking it as it connected with the ground, she slowly climbed out of bed and made her way to the bathroom. After brushing her teeth she went back over to her room and got dressed. When she reached the kitchen Remus was already awake sitting at the table drinking coffee and reading the newspaper.

"What are you doing up so early?" she yawned. The sun was just rising.

"I don't need a lot of sleep."

"Well, maybe that's why you get sick so much. You don't get enough sleep and that leave your immune system venerable."

"I don't think that's why, but I'll keep that in mind." he gave her a forced smile. "You look nice." he said after giving her a once-over.

"Is it professional enough?"

"Very."

"Oh good. I've never had the opportunity to choose my own outfit for work before….well, kind of." Remus gave her a worried look. "It's complicated. Well, I had better get going, eh? Have a nice day Remy."

"You too, don't go causing any problems ok?"

"What me? Never." they both smiled and she walked over to her fire place and grabbed a handful of floo powder and shouted "Ministry of Magic." before throwing the powder into the fireplace. She was whisked through green flames and she felt slightly nauseated by the quick movement, but it all came to a halt as she came out at the Ministry. She walked over to the nearest elevator and pressed for her floor. That's when her nerves kicked in. She became extremely nervous, her hands began to get all sweaty and shake slightly as she got off at her floor.

"Ok, Holly, you can do this. You've done much harder things. You can handle this." she told herself as she reached her bosses office and knocked on the door.

"Come in." a voice behind the door. When she opened the door she saw that the voice belonged to a short man with a balding head. He looked really serious, and he had deep wrinkles in his forehead and dark circles under his eyes, he wasn't smiling. "You must be Holly Evans."

"Yes sir." she said strongly. She knew how to deal with these kinds of people. Half of the people she worked with before were like this.

"We're really looking forward to having you aboard our team. With a resume like yours, well, you'll be top in the field. That is if you live up to all your past experiences."

"What the hell is he talking about?" She thought "I'm thankful for this opportunity, Sir." is what she said.

"Well, I had better show you where you office is." He stood up and began to lead her down the hallway. He came to a cubicle and stood in front of it. "This is your workspace. I will be starting you out with a few weeks of paper work, and if you can get those done efficiently and productively, I might reduce the amount of paper work and move you to missions. With the times we live in, we need all the help we can get."

"Yes Sir." Missions? Missions! NO! I don't want to do anymore!

"Of course, once I move you up to the active duty your pay will reflect." Ok, maybe a few more. I could use the money. she thought reluctantly. She nodded her head to show she understood. "Well, Miss Evans we look forward to having you go out and be an active part of the team. Until then, I'll leave your work. If you have any questions, feel free to ask." She got the feeling that if she had a question, it wouldn't be welcome.

"Thank you again Mr. Rogers." she sat down and almost immediately a huge stack of papers appeared in front of her in her "In box." .

"This is going to be fun." she said sarcastically.

It was until several hours later did she finally get it all done. Her eyes were watering slightly. She placed the last paper in the "Out box" and the stack vanished. She let out a long sigh and stretched. She put her quill and ink away and started for home.

When she got back home the smell of something cooking was in the air.

"Wow, that smells really good." she said aloud.

"Thank you. I thought that you might like a well cooked meal after your first day of work." she was completely surprised to see Sirius standing into her kitchen.

"Sirius, what are you doing here? Where's Remus?"

"Well, that's a fine way to greet me." he said in mocked hurt.

"Oh, Sirius. Of course I'm happy to see you." she said walking over to him and hugging him. "I was just surprised. Where is Remus anyhow? And how did you get in here?"

"He's fine. He called me over earlier today, his grandmother's sick so he left to go see her."

"Oh, that's sad. I like his grandmother. She's really nice. Is she going to be ok?"

"Yeah Remus seems to think so. But when I got here he was just leaving. And one thing lead to another and I ended up staying to help you celebrate your first day of work."

"I still see you don't need a valid reason to celebrate anything do you?"

"This is a valid reason. But no, I don't. What can I say? I'm a social person."

"What are you making? It smells good."

"Don't you worry about that lovely, why don't you get changed into to something a bit more comfortable and we'll eat."

"Sounds great."

It was late outside. Holly stood at her window completely memorized by the moon. It was so full and beautiful. She could feel a strong pair of arms wrap around her and soft warm lips kiss the area where her neck met her shoulder. She turned around and leaned her head against Sirius' chest and shut her eyes. They just stood there, just happy to be there together.

"I don't want tonight to end." she said sadly.

"You think I do lovely? But sometimes the night has to end."

"Why? I could stay like this forever." she said looking up into his eyes. Something was off about them tonight. He seemed almost worried.

"As much as I love being here with you in this moment. I want tonight to be over."

"Sirius? Are you ok?"

"I'm fine. I'm just worried about… you know what? Let's not worry about that now. I'm sure everything is fine." He said pulling her closer, as if he was protecting her, and kissed the top of her head. She sighed deeply and closed her eyes. She could feel sleep coming over her. Sirius picked her up and placed her gently in her bed. Tucking her in lovingly.

"I'm not tired." she lied.

"Goodnight lovely." He kissed her forehead and began to leave.

"Don't leave." she said sitting up.

"Are you sure? Once I get in there, I'm not leaving."

"Yes, I'm completely sober this time too."

"Aside from the bottle of wine we polished off?"

"Half of bottle." she corrected. He took off his shirt and climbed in next to her. She cuddled up against him and immediately fell asleep.

"Of course. I love you Holl." He whispered, pulling her closer, falling asleep himself.