A/N: Hello! OMG, I love everyone who reviewed! My vacation was awesome and was made complete when I came home and saw my reviews! Ahhh, they were amazing, just like you guys who read my stories! But I will stop writing and let you read! Please review! Love Always, padfootqueen

Important note!- NOOOO, Cory and Malfoy did not have sex! And neither do Cory and Sirius in this chapter, so don't think that!

Cory was in a dark chamber. He was there and in the distance so was someone else but her dream self couldn't tell who.

"Nooooo! Stop please! Anything, I'll give anything!"

"You stupid child, what do you think I want?"

"Fine, I'll do it…just don't hurt him…please…"

The laugh.

"Cordelia?"

Flash

It was her parents this time.

"Ophelia! Noooo!", then they were dead.

"Cory….!"

Flash

She was back at her foster parent's house. It was in the basement. There he was, Jarred, her foster-father. Drunk.

"You stupid child! What the fuck is wrong with you! You're nothing! A worthless piece of trash."

Then there was a pain in her back as the Jack Daniels bottle was broken on her lower back. She screamed.

Flash

The screaming carried over into the real world. Cory turned on her side and hid herself in the fabric next to her. Everything was coming back. Voldemort. Her parents. Jarred. Everything. Everything she had worked so hard to repress was flooding back to her. It was like a damn had been opened and there was no stopping it now. She was shaking as the images replayed themselves in the privacy of her own mind.

Then she stopped. Something wasn't right. Then everything that more recently happened flooded back as well to her. The last thing she could remember was being laid down on a comfortable surface and warmth. That warmth. His warmth. Sirius. Cory opened her eyes for the first time and looked at what she was laying on. It was a black sweater. (A/N: Okay now use your imaginations because J. K. Rowling doesn't go into this. They do actually wear other clothes. Hence the clothes under the robes. Okay, that probably didn't make any sense but I don't want people reviewing and saying that they didn't get it. If you still don't then review and I'll answer but other wise, on with the show.) Her hand was on the black sweater and so was the side of her face. Her senses were coming back very quickly. She took a look around again.

Cory was in a room. But not just any room. The room she was in looked like a lodge straight out of Vermont. Everything was wood; the walls, the floor, the table in the corner and even the bedposts. There was a fire roaring from a fireplace on the far wall of the room and all over the tables and parts of the floors, were candles. The candles were in all different shades of red then blues and some whites. Gorgeous forest green carpet was in front of the fireplace under a coffee table. From there the carpet continued to stretch along the floor to lie under two black leather armchairs and one black leather couch. The one direction she had yet to look was behind her. Her eyes followed up the strong chest she was leaning on and soon she met the stunning, black eyes of Sirius Black.

Awkward. Was one way to put it. Romantic. Was another. Which was it?

"Hi….." Sirius said looking down at her with great emotion in his eyes. A mix of surprise, uneasiness and love poured out through Sirius' eyes and Cory drank up his emotions that matched hers perfectly. More of their surroundings came into play then. Cory noticed as Sirius slid his back up so it was against the back board of the bed, bringing Cory with him, that they both were being warmed by intense cranberry, flannel sheets. The rim of Sirius' soft, faded blue jeans was just visible and Cory looked down at herself. She still wore her own old blue jeans and had on her blue long sleeve shirt as well. Glancing away from herself and the bed, she looked over at the room again she noticed that draped over one of the black leather chairs, were two pairs of robes. Hers and Sirius'. Everything somehow felt right. Her dreams weren't returning to her anymore, she wasn't even thinking about Lucius. All she was thinking about was this moment with the guy she loved. Her Sirius Black.

"Did you do this?" Cory asked returning her gaze once to Sirius'.

"You were asleep and I knew if we went back to the common room everyone would ask way too many questions and I took a guess that you wouldn't want to have to deal with them….so I brought you here."

"Where are we?" Said Cory announcing her second question and looking around again.

"We're in the Room of Requirement. Me and the rest of my friends found it second year. The room takes the form of the type of place you need the most. I needed to get you somewhere warm and comfortable and this room was the room we got."

Sirius smiled down at Cory and never in his whole life had he wanted to reach down and kiss someone so badly. Cory looked up at Sirius. All the worry that was in his eyes was now just replaced by one thing; love. A piece of Cory's hair broke out of its hold behind her ear and cascaded to the front of her face. Sirius moved his hand out from behind his head, where one of them had been, the other Cory noted was around her waist, and pushed it behind her ear again.

All the tension that had been between them had melted away. The resistance they had had to use not to touch and kiss each other was no longer needed. They didn't have to hold back anymore. Sirius' hand remained on the side of Cory's face. His touch was too tempting for Cory to bear. She slid up to him and kissed him gently on the lips, a kiss he gladly returned. She stopped and so did he. The two looked at each other. They seemed to get to a silent agreement. His hand still caressed her face and Cory couldn't take it anymore. She moved over, thus forcing Sirius to move to the center to the bed, which he did willingly. She swung a leg over his lower abdomen and leaned down. At the same time, Sirius sat up and wrapped his arms around the girl straddling his waist. Cory's hands journeyed up his chest to neck and then to his long, flowing hair. For so long she had wanted to plunge her fingers through his hair and now she was finally was doing it. His hair was fine and thin just like his fingers that were in her hair as well.

Mouth to mouth. Chest to chest, Cory wrapped her legs around his waist then froze. …There seem to be certain things you don't understand, Cordelia. I am a Malfoy and as a Malfoy I get whatever I want. And I want you. Lucius' voice crept into her head and forced her to pull back from Sirius. Panicking with fear, Cory got off the bed and crossed the room. Too many visions of Malfoy controlled her mind. His voice echoed repeatedly through her ears and this caused her to shiver. Trembling, she sat on one of the leather armchairs and stared into the thriving fire. Soon Sirius was kneeling before, as always wearing his emotions in his eyes. This emotion was hurt.

"Cordelia…." He ventured softly. Cory flinched. "What did I do?"

"It's not you…." Cory said trailing off.

"Was it, him? Malfoy?" Upon hearing his name Cory flinched for the second time. Cory nodded her head. Sirius sighed, then continued softly, "Cory, I'm not Malfoy. I'll never do something like that to you, baby. Never…..Do you want to go? If you do I'll understand-"

Cory looked away from the fire.

"No Sirius." She said desperately. She did not want him to leave. He was the only person that made her feel safe. "I don't….just… I don't want to leave you. With you Sirius, I know that no one can hurt me. It's not your fault I pushed away, it's Malfoy's. When you kissed me, I just couldn't help but think of what happen. I'm not saying you're like him it's just that…."

Sirius nodded his head. "Okay, do you need anything?"

Cory looked away from the fire and into his eyes. "Only you."

Sirius' heart burst in his chest. She needs me! YES! He nodded again and smiled, "Co'mere."

He reached out for Cory and took her in his arms. Cory folded herself into Sirius' strong arms as he picked her up. He kissed her lightly on the forehead and then went back to the bed and laid her down on top of it.

"Try and sleep, okay?"

"Where are you going?" Cory said panicking slightly as he started to walk away.

"I was just going to go sit on the couch and let you sleep…"

This was the exact opposite of what he wanted to do but he didn't want to freak her out or anything by sleeping with her. He had already did it once, he didn't need to do it again. Cory on the other hand too wanted Sirius to stay with her.

Pleading, she said to him, "Please don't leave me, Sirius. I-I don't want to be alone."

He smiled and said, to make sure she was really okay with it, "Are you sure?"

She nodded.

Sirius went forward to the girl he loved and slowly pushed back the sheets. Cory slid over as he moved into the bed, his body relaxing against the mattress as he slid further into it. He lay on his back and they both smiled. He put his arm around Cory's shoulders inviting her to lay on his chest. She accepted as he guided her to his chest. Again she lay her head on his chest along with her hand. She knew she should sleep but what if she had another dream? Two in one night would be hell. After about ten minutes she thought Sirius was asleep so she looked up, just to make sure. She was caught. He was awake.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" He asked softly returning her gaze.

"Why aren't you?" Cory asked raising her eyebrows at him.

"I asked you first." He said as a smile slid across his face.

"So." Cory replied and the smile slid right off his face.

He then looked serious(no pun intended.) "Why aren't you sleeping, Cordelia? Tell me."

She lied, "I'm not that tired."

"Riiiight. Or maybe you're scared to dream like you did last time you went to sleep?"

"How-" She began. But Sirius interrupted her.

"Cordelia, I'm human, I have nerve endings, I felt you shake and toss in your sleep. And I also heard you screaming in fright. Something's wrong….can you tell me what it is?"

She looked away from him ashamed at her fear of her dreams.

"Don't look away, Cordelia." Sirius said and then continued, "Please, just talk to me. Maybe I could help."

"I don't think you can Sirius… You can't change the past…." Cory then shuddered as her foster father's face flashed through her mind once again. Sirius felt her shiver and he pulled her closer to him.

"Cordelia, if you're scared, then know this; I will never let anyone hurt you. I'll always be there for you, no matter what. You got that?"

Cory looked up at him and smiled a sad smile. She lent forward and kissed him gently on the lips. When she pulled back she said, "I know Sirius. I know. No one can hurt me when I'm safe with you."

Soon after that, they both fell asleep. But this time it was Sirius who had the nightmare.

Visions of his home flashed through his mind. His dreadful mother. His abusive, jerk of a father. And his brother who even though he hated, still he on some level cared about. That was why when beatings came, Sirius tried to take most of them and spare his brother. But, Regulus had learned to be the perfect son and become a pureblood manic just like his parents. His mother yelling, his father's beatings and brother's remarks filled his head.

His eyes popped open. He was caked in a cold sweat. Shit. He looked down fearful that he might have woken Cory. But, to his great surprise and relief, Cory laid across his chest dead asleep. Thank Merlin. He thought and exhaled a sigh of relief.

In two days he would be going back to that hell hole, A.K.A. his home. What kind of home is it where he was unloved, hated and treated like crap? Not a very good one was the answer. Sirius had thought many times of running away from his 'home'. It seemed to be the greatest idea to him. But he knew he would never get away with it. Where would he go? What would he do? How could he get away? Because of these questions, Sirius never seemed to be able to run away, despite how much he wanted to. Plagued by the thoughts of returning to his home, Sirius was unable to fall back asleep.

After about an hour of just thinking, he felt Cory move against his chest. She squirmed slightly and opened her eyes. She seemed to at first freak out, not remembering where she was. But then she looked down at his chest and around the room a bit, she got her bearings straight. Looking up she saw him watching her and looked down into his chest. Then she looked up again, but this time she had a huge smile plastered across her face.

"Hey." She said in a sleepy voice, "What time is it?"

Sirius smiled down at the girl laying on his chest. He had just been in one his worst moods and just by seeing her smile, his anger and depression disappeared.

"It is…" he paused and looked down at his watch, "around nine o'clock. We should head back actually. Damn, I don't want to go….."

"Neither do I." Cory said truthfully as she lay her head back to his chest, "Neither do I."

"Something could have happened to them!" Lily Evans yelled as she paced the area in front of the common room's fire place. Since Herblogy no one had seen Cory or Sirius. No one knew that they were perfectly safe with each other and were, in actuality, in transit back to the common room at that moment. One of the people who didn't know this was Lily. To say she was nervous and scared for her friend would be the exact truth. The Marauders could guess where Sirius and Cory were but they didn't want to say their ideas out loud. They kept quiet because no one wanted to bare the wrath of Lily Evans when she was mad or didn't know something about Cory.

James decided that he would try and calm his girlfriend down before she blew an artery, "Lily, look, they're probably off together somewhere. Just try and relax, okay?"

"Relax? Relax! James Potter, your best friend is MIA as well as my best friend and you are not even worried about where they could be!"

"Of course I'd like to know where he is, but I know that he isn't stupid enough to put himself or Cory in harm's way."

"Oh, thanks Jamsie! I must say I'm touched." A voice came from behind Lily and she whirled around to face it's owner. A smile spread across everyone of the Marauders faces. There in the doorway stood Sirius Black.

And he wasn't alone. Everyone in the common room looked over at the doorway. None of them could believe their eyes. Were they hallucinating? Were Cordelia Ash and Sirius Black standing together in the doorway and not killing each other? Did Sirius really have his arm around Cory's waist and was she really enjoying his touch? The world must be ending.

But it wasn't. The two came to an empty couch and sat on it together. Sirius' arm was not moving from Cory's waist and she relaxed against his side and turned to face her best friend.

"Hey Lily!" Cory said very happily.

"Are you high?" Lily asked in all seriousness.

"No." Was the given response from Cory.

"Are you drunk on firewhiskey?"

"No."

"Are you being forced to do this?" She said gesturing to Sirius' arm and his protective way of holding Cory.

"No. Lily, me and Sirius are together now. We both realized we didn't like either of the people we were with. So we broke it off with both of them and got together with each other."

"No way. This is a prank. This has to be a prank. Did they", gesturing to the Marauders, "put you up to this?"

"I didn't do this, Lily." James said coming up behind her and looking down at her.

"Lily, it's not a prank. I'm with Sirius." Cory said trying to convince her best friend.

"Prove it then. Now, Cory." Lily said thinking that she was winning this argument.

"You want proof?" Lily and James both nodded. Cory continued, "Fine."

She rose off the couch out of Sirius' grasp and then turned and pulled him up. Then in front of almost everyone in Griffindor, she pulled Sirius into a deep, passionate kiss. The kiss went on for a good ten seconds, then they both pulled back from each other, but still their bodies stayed leaning against one another's. Sirius put his hands on the sides of Cory's face and smiled.

"Merlin, you are truly amazing." He said and kissed her again.

After their second kiss Cory pulled away and faced both Lily and James, the only two people that didn't seem to believe it. Lily, who was now sitting, was in a state of shock, and James was nodding his head in agreement that they had finally gotten together.

"It's about damn time." James said with a smile on his face.

"Wow……" Lily said gazing in the distance then she shot up off the couch, "Oh my God! YAY!"

She then ran forward and wrenched Cory out of Sirius' arms, much to Sirius' disliking, and hugged her best friend.

The night passed quickly after that with the retelling of what happened. Cory and Sirius told everyone how they had gotten together but didn't them about Malfoy. Cory wasn't ready to tell everyone. It still freaked her out too much. Everyone, meaning Quinn, Remus, Sirius, Cory, Lily, James, Bethany and Emma, all sat in front of the fire. Some were on couches, some were on the floor, they didn't care, they were all just happy to be where they were. Cory was smiling from ear to ear. She could've been happier then she was right then. She was with her best friend, five of her closest friends and she was wrapped in her boyfriends arms. What was wrong with this? Nothing.

Yet.