1Chapter Three: Erik

"Erik, you have to tell him why you weren't there. Why you did not help raise him, he deserves to know. If you don't tell him he will hate you forever." Storm was growing frustrated with her husband. "Plus, the sooner you tell him the sooner you can tell him that he has a bigger family than he thought, plus a little cousin on the way." Storm was so excited about the baby, it was due in June. They could not go the entire school year without telling him.

"I know, I know. I convinced Hermione to talk with me this evening after dinner, after her detention with Snape, and I want her to try to get Harry to talk to me, rather than me talking to him. I think that it would be better."

It was my lucky day today on Avenue A
When a lady in a limousine drove my way
She said, "Darling - be a dear - haven't slept in a year
I need your help to make my neighbor's yappy dog disappear"
"This Akita-Evita just won't shut up
I believe if you play non-stop that pup
Will breathe its very last high-strung breath
I'm certain that cur will bark itself to death"

Today for you - tomorrow for me
Today for you - tomorrow for me

We agreed on a fee-
A thousand dollar guarantee
Tax-free - and a bonus if I trim her tree
Now who could foretell that it would go so well
But sure as I am here that dog is now in doggy hell
After an hour - Evita - in all her glory
On the window ledge of that 23rd story
Like Thelma and Louise did when they got the blues
Swan dove into the courtyard of the Gracie Mews

Hermione could not believe that she had this song stuck in her head during potions. She felt as if she would break into song at any moment. It was a Friday potions class, it was also her 18th birthday, and she could not stop thinking about Sirius and their date that night. To top it all off she had this song stuck in her head. She was so busy thinking about Sirius, the song, and with making the Sleeping Drought that she did not notice Snape looming near her.

"Don't add that Unicorn Hair girl! Unless you want to blow us all up! 30 points from Gryffindor and detention tonight, in my office for being so careless." Snape had an evil grin on his face.

"But sir, the game is tonight!" Hermione couldn't get detention tonight, she had a date with Sirius, and she had to talk to Professor Evans about something.

"Were you planning on going to a game for once in your life, or is it that you had a previous engagement? Now get back to work adding the correct ingredients, or else it will be 50 points from Gryffindor and detention for the rest of the month!"

Hermione had been defeated. And what's worse, Hermione thought, is that Professor Snape knows about me and Sirius. Could this day get any worse?

"What do you mean, Snape gave you a detention! You never get detentions.!" Sirius was absolutely livid with Snape at the moment.

"I mean that he just blew up on me in class. Apparantly I was adding Unicorn Hair at the wrong moment to the Sleeping Drought." Hermione was trying her best to keep Sirius under control. When it came to Snape, he did have a temper.

"What do you mean you added the wrong ingredient! You never add the wrong ingredients." Sirius could not believe that Snape had messed up his plans for the evening.

"Well apparently I'm not as perfect as everybody thought. Oh, by the way, Snape knows about us." Hermione had been dreading telling Sirius this. Well at least the song was no longer stuck in her head.

"How the hell does he know! Did you tell him!" Sirius was turning purple from anger. Hermione knew that the only way to calm Sirius down at this point was to retaliate.

"Now hold on a minute Black! Don't start yelling at me just because you friend Sev. Is PMS-ing." At that comment they both burst into laughter.

"Alright, alright you win. I guess we can go out to dinner tomorrow night." Sirius loved letting her win arguments.

"That's right, I win black, and it's a date." Hermione gave Sirius a long kiss, letting his hair brush his her face. Then she headed of to her detention.