"You've always had your differences. So what's so different about this time?" Remus said a few months later from a café, where he and Holly we're having lunch.

"It's not like I don't love the guy, it's just…I don't know. Ever sense he's been back it's been different."

"Of course it has. He's been by himself for twelve years, and now the whole world…well you know. Your not going to leave him are you?"

"I don't know."

"You really don't mean that. I know you still love him."

"I do."

"So what's the problem?"

"We can't go out like we used to. That place is kind of a mood killer sometimes, with everyone living there."

"What me, Bill and Dora?"

"It's Dora now?"

"Quit changing the subject."

"Fine. Remus, I do love him, but sometimes I think that this isn't what I had pictured."

"What did you have picture?"

"I thought I'd be married way before now, have kids, not be chancing people down all over the country still."

"Why can't you have that now?"

"Could you imagine us trying to settle down now?"

"No. I guess your right. Well, you could still get married."

"Right, walking into a church with a convict is a great idea Remus."

"No, I mean, couldn't you get like Dumbledore to perform it or something? He's done it before."

"I guess so. But I don't know if he'd want that."

"Your kidding me right?"

"No."

"Holly."

"What?"

"He's wanted to marry you for how long now? Or is this about something else?"

"Like what?"

"Lily." she looked away for the first time in their conversation. He was dead on. "I know he would have wanted them there too, but, you can't change the past."

"I don't care about the past. It just wouldn't be right without them there. I have to go."

"Where are you going now? Please tell me your not going back to Russia."

"No. I'm going for a walk." and she left. Remus was left there thinking of how he was going to explain to Sirius that he didn't do what he was supposed to. Talk her into a set date.

Christmas had come and gone, and so had all of the kids on break from Hogwarts. It was a nice change of pace to have the house alive and full of the youth again. Even none of the adults liked the signs coming out of there with the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. She was an evil woman. But there was nothing any of them could do about this.

Sirius had spent the first week after everyone had alone, only coming out for food, then locking himself up with Buckbeak until the early hours of the morning when Holly would feel him crawl into bed. Everyone had figured that having Harry around again had made him miss James even more than he already did, and the fact that he knew Peter was still alive just ate at him.

It was around three in the morning when Sirius crawled into bed. Holly, who had been unable to sleep turned on her side and faced him. She smiled softly at him and moved some hair out of his face.

"It's ok." she whispered. It took him a moment to realize what she was talking about.

"I can't help it I could have…."

"Do you think he would have wanted you to dwell on this for this long?"

"No." he said miserably after a minute.

"I love you." she said kissing him. He finally smiled.

"I love you too." and that was the end of the conversation, as he kissed her back, the old gleam in his eyes returning.

"Hey, what are you doing right now?" Tonks said coming into the library a month later.

"Nothing much, just proofreading this for Remus. I was just about to put this down, the sun's setting, and the reading light sucks here. Why what's up?"

"Could you come up to the drawing room for a few minutes?"

"Sure." Holly followed Dora up to the second floor and was shocked at what she saw.

Dumbledore was standing at the front of the room with a widely grinning Sirius who seemed to have acquired a suite from somewhere, Remus who was standing next to him, who also had a big grin on his face.

"What's going on?" she said, though she had a very small clew.

"Marry me?" Sirius said when she had come to the front of the room. He took her hand in his.

"What now?" her heart was going a million miles a minute.

"Yes now. Dumbledore was nice enough to perform it. Don't make me beg. Please?" she looked over at Remus who was nodding.

"Yes then." Sirius let out a triumphant cry, much how he did when he asked her out in seventh year.

Within the hour they had exchanged vows, at which Sirius had taken off the Promise Ring had given her, reveling a pale line underneath it, and replaced it with a small diamond ring. Holly let tears slip down her face out of both joy and also out of missing Lily, but this was better than nothing. She was marring the man she loved, and at least Remus was alive and well to see this.

Several hours later Sirius and Holly laid in their bed, after having the first night for the rest of their lives together, completely happy wrapped in each other's arms.

"Are you happy?" Sirius asked kissing the top of her head.

"Yes. Sense they died I thought I'd never see this day without Lily. But now that it's happened, I couldn't imagine it
any other way."

"Really?" she knew he felt the same way when it came to James.

"Yes. I didn't get my knight in shining armor, though."

"What?" Sirius had tried very hard to be that for her.

"Nope, I got a fugitive in a barrowed suite, but as strange as it sounds, this is the perfect way. Goodnight. Love you."

"Love you too, Lovely." he smiled and watched her fall asleep. He decided something then and there. If he were to die tomorrow, he would die a happy man.

A/N: Well, that's it! Sorry it took so long to finish.:( But hey, it's done! I hope you guys enjoyed it. I rather enjoyed writing it. Rock on guys. I'll have another story up soon, promise, this time, I've got it almost done before posting. :-P