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So Lily and Taryn continued to be friends. Taryn went home to live with her parents, as she couldn't afford a place of her own. She explained the whole thing to her sister, but bending the truth a bit to avoid telling her about the Order, which she had sworn to Dumbledore that she would keep secret.

Lily went back to Hawaii with James and they finished their honeymoon in peace. When they came back home, they visited Taryn and James filled her in on everything big that had happened in Sirius' life. He had found a new girl friend. Taryn didn't really mind that much, for it would be hypocritical- She had just gone out with somebody a week ago to get her mind off of Sirius.

Taryn hadn't seen Peter since the wedding but didn't mention it, supposing that he was busy. She saw Remus a lot, though, because she lived closest to him out of all of her friends.

She got a job working in the advice column in a local muggle newspaper. It was a pretty easy job for her as she had faced a lot of the problems that the people writing in had.

Her sister told her to get a magic job, but there was nothing she really would want to do. Her current job paid enough so why would she want to go get some magic job that she couldn't do that well, and get fired?

After three months working at the newspaper, she got the first letter that stumped her…

Dear Taryn,
My girlfriend and I broke up four months ago and I agreed to it, though pretty reluctant to see her go. I'm dating somebody else now, but I can't stop thinking about the girlfriend that I had had before her. I mean, we didn't even get together until I had had dozens of girlfriends before but I just liked her more than the others. She was different. I probably wouldn't have been able to see that if she didn't hate me. Now that really made her different from all the other girls. Now I don't want to go back to her begging and take back my 'mature' decision. What do I do?

From,

Er…. Rather Not Say My Name

Taryn first decided to handle the problem by thinking what she would do if she were in that position, but coming to the conclusion that she would just go ask Lily for advice, she went to the second step and went back into her memory and checked if that had ever happened before anywhere in her relationship with Sirius.

And then she realized that Sirius had been the one writing to her.

He missed her.

He missed her.

He missed her.

Well, what was she supposed to write? Was he expecting for her to realize it was he? Was this his way of telling her? Or was he really writing just for the advice? Did he even know that she was the Taryn that he was writing to?

She sat back in her chair and closed her eyes. For the next few minutes she just listened to the sound of people rushing around the room with paper and the sound of printers printing articles.

Slowly, she drifted off into her mind, losing contact with everything else around her. Her thoughts went back to the day that she and Sirius had first broken up, in their seventh year.

It had been a really nice day at first. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. Taryn had gotten up, ready for a great day.

She had walked down to the Great Hall and instantly found Sirius. He always stood out in the crowd. Taryn then walked over to him and sat down on his lap. "Good morning, Sirius." She greeted him.

Sirius hadn't looked as cheerful as usual and she knew it was because he had been up studying all night. I know it sounds impossible, but it was mostly because the Potions master had threatened to not let him go to Hogsmeade that weekend and he was supposed to be going with Taryn.

Sirius had had to leave the Great Hall early to help Peter, James and Remus with a prank they were working on (Taryn guessed that it would be on this group of Ravenclaw boys who had tried to prank them, and guessed correctly.). Soon after he had left, owls flew into the Great Hall.

Much to her surprise, an eagle owl landed by her plate, holding an envelope. Curiously, she reached over and took it from the owl. She opened the envelope neatly and looked at the letter that was inside it.

Dear Taryn,

So I've been thinking a lot recently, and with Prongs and Lily getting together last week, I don't think it's best if we stay together. I mean, it's really hard to explain and I couldn't say it to your face.

I can't even say I love you.

Please don't bring this up after this. I can't stand it.

-Sirius

After rereading the letter, Taryn stood up and walked out of the Great Hall, trying to stay calm, and then burst into tears she was out of the view of her fellow students. Crying was something she had not done for four and a half years.

The next day, Sirius had pretty much avoided her, but she was able to feel him looking at her during class.

Taryn sighed, opening her eyes and looking around the room. Only a few people hadn't left yet, so she looked back at the computer that she had been typing with and logged off.

She grabbed her sweatshirt and walked slowly out of the building, deciding to type up her reply to Sirius' letter next time she was at a computer. At that moment, she really had no idea what she would reply to the letter, or if she would even reply to it. But no matter what she did, Taryn knew that she would be seeing Sirius again very soon.

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And the review reply:
Evahyoung- I know that Sirius may have seemed perfectly calm when Taryn said that she didn't want to be with him, but he really was screaming inside, and trust me- He didn't want to leave her at all, but he knew that she's too stubborn. Well, anyway, this chapter sort of supports what I just said, that he really didn't want to leave her.

Thanks for reading:D