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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO:

The One With the Date

Sirius pulled his motorbike up in front of Castellanos' flat at exactly six that evening. He had made a reservation at an Italian restaurant in Lancashire. He planned on taking her to a nice romantic dinner in the fancy magical village and then maybe they'd go for dessert at the ice cream shop down the street. He wore black jeans with a navy blue dress shirt untucked and his black leather jacket over top to bite the wind. He left his helmet on his bike and made his way up the stairs to knock on the door.

It opened immediately to a tall gorgeous dark haired woman. She had black curls cascading down her back and her mocha skin was very revealing in the short cut-offs and red tank top she wore. She smiled appreciatively at him.

"Well, Thea didn't quite let on just how fit you were," she said with a grin.

Sirius grinned back and looked her up and down just as obviously as she had just done him. "And she didn't mention how sexy her roommate is either."

The woman grinned back. "I'm Priya; come on in, Sirius."

Sirius followed her into the flat, watching the sway of her hips. "Where's Castellanos?"

"She got called into the hospital for an emergency this afternoon and she's running a bit behind. She should only be a few more minutes. Can I get you anything to drink while you wait?"

Sirius shook his head, smiling at her. "No thanks. So what do you do, Priya?"

"I'm a healer like Thea, but I specialize in magical bugs and diseases. I give her high praise working with children all of the time. The few of them that I see are usually quite the handful."

"They can be. I have a six-year-old at home who definitely takes up all of my time. I wouldn't trade it for anything."

Priya smiled. "Okay, that's sweet. Oh, here's Thea."

Castellanos had stepped out of the door on the right. She was wearing a short tight white dress, black high heels and a black leather jacket. Her golden blonde hair was fluffed down and waved around her face. Big gold hoops were in her ears and she had a long gold knotted chain around her neck, dangling between her breasts. Sirius' body reacted immediately and he shifted his stance slightly hoping that it wasn't completely obvious.

"Castellanos, looking sexy and you wore a little white dress."

She rolled her eyes. "Exactly. Notice that it's not black." When he only continued to grin at her, she turned to her friend. "See you when I get back."

Priya shook her head. "No, I'm staying at Pasha's tonight, remember? I'll see you tomorrow."

Castellanos said goodbye and she followed Sirius outside to where his motorbike was waiting and her eyebrows simply rose. "You wanted me to wear a little black dress and heels, but you want me to ride that thing? Why don't we just Apparate?"

Sirius put his hands on her hips and let his eyes wander appreciatively down the tight dress, the bronzed legs and thighs and he sighed in appreciation. "I'd prefer you'd ride me, but for now the bike will have to do."

Her mouth dropped open and he grinned.

"Come on, you know you love the bike," he teased, holding his helmet out to her. "Those tight thighs clenched around my waist, the rev of the engine under you. It's sexy as hell."

She took the helmet and carefully slipped it over her hair. When she climbed behind Sirius wordlessly, her dress rode so high that if her thighs hadn't been clamped around his waist, she would be giving the world a full show of her black lace knickers. But when he started the engine, she had to admit (silently and to herself of course) that yes, it was sexy as hell.

Sirius flew the bike to Lancashire and when they landed in front of the restaurant, she punched his arm.

"You failed to mention that the bike flies!"

He grinned. "I might have tweaked it a bit," he told her, helping her off the bike and letting his eyes travel down her body appreciatively again. "Going to turn me in?"

Castellanos handed him the helmet and ran her fingers through her hair, hoping it wasn't too flattened by the helmet. "No." Her eyes widened at the restaurant choice. It was one of the best known restaurants and she had always wanted to eat here, but hadn't been given the chance before. "You have excellent taste, Black."

He twined his fingers with hers and tugged her up against him, taking her lips in a deep kiss and grinned at her. "I know 'cause you taste fucking amazing."

She laughed. "That was cheesy."

Sirius shrugged. "But it made you laugh and you do taste amazing."

He leaned in to nip at her lips again.

"Food, Black. I'm starving," she told him, kissing him once more before she pulled away. "But you don't taste so bad yourself."

He followed her into the restaurant, telling the hostess his name and a few minutes later they were seated at a table in the middle of the restaurant. The waiter brought them red wine and they ordered an antipasto before he grinned at her.

"Did I impress you?"

She smiled, sipping the wine in her glass. "A little. I've always wanted to come here."

Sirius picked up his own glass. "It's a great place from what I remember. I've been a few times with my friends years ago."

Castellanos nodded, her eyes on the menu. "I don't even know what to order."

He leaned across the table to whisper to her. "You know what the best way to order at these places is?" When she shook her head, he smiled. "Don't. Let them choose for you. It's always amazing."

She closed the menu and grinned at him. "Deal."

They placed their 'surprise us' order with the waiter, who smiled pleasantly and hurried off and then she turned to smile at him.

"So, you finally got me on that date without a dare."

"I did," he said, grinning widely.

Castellanos only smiled at him. "Where's Harry tonight?"

"He's having a sleepover with Remus. They were going to bake biscuits and have pizza and something about watching a Muggle film. He's bringing him home to me just before lunch tomorrow. Harry has a birthday party of a new friend to attend to tomorrow and he's pretty excited."

"Sounds fun."

"Should be," Sirius told her with a smile. "And Harry insisted on my cousin Tonks going over as well, which means Moony is all flustered." At her blank look, his smile widened. "She's thirteen and fancies Moony a bit. He's quite embarrassed by it, but she loves Harry and enjoys spending time with him so I figure it's a win-win situation for her — even if it makes Moony a bit uncomfortable."

Castellanos chuckled, sipping her wine. "I can see how that would make him uncomfortable. Moony is also Remus?"

"Right, sorry, nickname," he said with a grin.

"And Tonks is a name?"

"Surname," he said with a grin. "Her name is Nymphadora and she rather despises it."

Castellanos laughed. "I can see how that is a bit of a mouthful for her."

The antipasto came out, melanzane ripiene alla parmigana, and Castellanos told him about the emergency that she had been called to the hospital for. A child had suffered a severe reaction to an exploding potion. It had taken over two hours to calm the child and to get the boils off of the skin. Thankfully, he was going to be fine.

By the time their food was served, Sirius learned that she would be turning twenty-four in September and that she was leaving just after her birthday to spend a few months in Sri Lanka.

"Why Sri Lanka?" Sirius asked her as he dug into his scaloppine tosca that the waiter had brought him. "You told me last time how close you are to your family and how going back to Greece was too far?"

She smiled, taking a bite of her own meal, the pollo speciale. "It's for Healing Hands in Habitat. It's a wonderful organization started about a decade ago by a Scottish healer named Grant. It's completely run on volunteers. You go for twelve weeks - room and board are taken care of - and you go where you're needed to heal and to help those in need of medical care. Sri Lanka is currently amidst a rather intense civil war and thousands if not millions of people could use the help. It's an amazing thing and I want to be a part of it. I want to help in any way that I can, no matter how small."

"Wow," Sirius said, eyes wide. "I'm really impressed right now." When she blushed he grinned. "No, honestly. That's the bravest and most brilliant thing I could imagine. If I had the healing skills you do, I'd consider it myself. So, you'd be back just before Christmas?"

She nodded, stabbing a fresh mushroom with her fork. "Or just after."

"And you're a hundred percent on board?"

"A hundred and ten percent on board. I've already got my work visa and my magical license to practice in another country set up. The portkey is taking eight of us from St Mungo's on September 30th," she explained with a smile. "I'm excited and terrified at the same time. There's a Muggle equivalent organization that works nearby and from what I understand we work with them to a great extent as well."

He just grinned at her. "That's truly amazing."

She smiled at him, wondering what he was thinking. "Are you disappointed that I'm going to be gone in two months after you finally got me to go out with you?"

Sirius grinned, reaching for her hand. "A little, but as I plan on shagging your brains out tonight, my mind may be on other things at the moment."

Castellanos smirked at him. "You really are bold, Black. You just assume that I would let you go all the way with me after this fancy dinner? I said I'd ride your motorbike not your broomstick."

Sirius smirked, his eyes twinkling at her. "With your roommate conveniently not being home tonight, Castellanos — you want me, and you know it."

"I did tell you that I'm a busy woman and that I don't have time to get involved in a relationship," she told him. "This was in the works when you first asked me out and I got confirmation yesterday that I am indeed part of the team going to Sri Lanka."

"And I did mention a few great shags was all I was looking for," he kissed her palm, his eyes twinkling. "You're gorgeous and sexy and I like you - but I'm not looking for a relationship either, Althea. I'm just getting my own life back on track and adjusting to being Harry's full time godfather. I'm looking to get to know you is all and where that may or may not end up well, that's half the fun of finding out."

Castellanos closed her hand, the heat of his mouth still on her skin. "You make an excellent point." She stepped out of her right heel, letting her foot trail up the leg of his jeans, smiling seductively at him. "And I suppose maybe, I might possibly, let you convince me that it would be worth my while to invite you home with me…"

Sirius shivered as her foot gently kneaded his leg. "I'd be more than happy to try."

He paid the bill and when they stepped outside, he tugged her up against him and kissed her deeply, his hands moving to her waist, one sliding around to squeeze her bum in the tight dress. Her hands fisted in his hair and his tongue met hers fiercely, both fighting for control of the kiss.

When he pulled away, his eyes stayed on hers. His hand slowly slid up her torso, caressing a breast and moving over her arm, gripping her hand. "Want to grab some ice cream?"

Castellanos jolted in surprise and then her smile broke out. "Sure."

Sirius linked his arm through hers as they strolled down the street to the ice cream place. They each had a cone, Sirius chose strawberry and Castellanos chose chocolate and vanilla swirl. They walked back to the motorbike as they ate and Sirius grinned at her as he finished his cone.

"Mmm, I do love strawberry ice cream, but there's definitely something else I'd rather be doing with my mouth," he told her, swooping down and tasting the ice cream on her tongue as he kissed her.

She licked her lips when he pulled away with a smirk. "You're a tease, Sirius Black."

His eyebrow rose in amusement. "A tease?"

She finished her cone, cleaning her hands with the napkin provided and tossing it the rubbish bin nearby. "Yes, a tease."

Sirius placed his hands on her waist and smiled at her. "How am I tease?"

Castellanos wrapped her arms around his neck, almost at his eye level due to her heels. "The other day, you said that you wanted to lick me all over — now you say you'd rather be doing something else with your mouth: Tease." She kissed the side of his neck and pressed herself up against him, her eyes on his before she deliberately stepped back. "It's been a really great night, but you should probably take me home."

She turned and picked up the helmet before he spun her around, crushing his mouth to hers. His hand slid over her bum, kneading and squeezing and his other hand trailed along the edge of her short dress, brushing the skin there seductively.

When he let her go, her eyes were glazed over and he grinned at her.

"Get on the bike, Castellanos."

Once she was wrapped tightly around him, he sped off towards her flat, parking his bike and following her up the stairs. She unlocked the door, turning to smile at him.

"We both know that I should say goodnight and close this door."

Sirius grinned, leaning down to brush his lips gently across hers. "Do we?" he murmured and then he smirked. Two could play this game, he thought. "All I know is that I can't wait to taste you on my lips."

She flushed and he grinned. She grabbed the front of his shirt and tugged him into her flat, kicking the door shut behind him. Her hands fisted into his hair and she kissed him.

Sirius met her demand, mouths meeting furiously in a desperate kiss and he grinned. His hands slid down her body, gripping her bum tightly and using his other hand to tug her leather jacket off. She yanked at his own jacket, dropping it to the floor and she unbuttoned his shirt.

"This is crazy," she told him. "We barely know each other."

He nipped at her ear, suckling the skin just below it and smiled. "Doesn't mean a thing when you're wet for me."

"Bloody bastard," she hissed, pushing his shirt over his shoulders and sliding her hands up his chest with a smile. "Maybe I just want to use you tonight — how does that make you feel?"

His grip tightened on her bum and she smiled. "Maybe I'll use you right back."

His lips met hers again and he slid his hands down her bum and under the hem of her dress, the firm outline of her bum just barely covered by the dress' posterior.

"Merlin, it's been too long," he murmured, his hand squeezing her bum in appreciation. Just the thought of what he wanted to do to her made him hard and he knew that he wasn't going to last long. It had been too many years since he'd been with a woman.

"Mmm, where's the zipper on this thing?"

She grinned at him. "You just, you know… peel it off."

"Merlin," he groaned as he slowly lifted the dress upward and he leisurely exposed more of her golden skin. When the dress hit the floor, he smiled completely beholden by her. She wore white lacy knickers and black high heels and he hardened even more at the sight of her. She hadn't been wearing a bra. "You truly are a goddess."

Castellanos crooked her finger at him and he followed her to her bedroom, grinning like a fool. He pulled her close to him, letting his mouth linger down to her breasts, tasting the skin there and suckling. Her head tilted back as he kissed her and he slid his hand between her legs, rubbing his fingers against her knickers and she groaned.

"Stop teasing me, Sirius!" she begged, her hands fisting desperately in his hair.

Sirius let her fall back onto the bed, crawling up over her as she undid his jeans, popping them open and sliding them down his hips. He covered her hand to stop her from tugging them off. He never wore undergarments, preferring not to, and at the moment he didn't want to be completely naked in front of her yet.

He had other plans.

His lips dropped from her breasts to her stomach, trailing down in hot open-mouthed kisses that had her hips arching to meet him. He grinned, kissing her belly button and letting his tongue trail lower. He placed his hands on her thighs, spreading her legs wider and he nipped at the sensitive skin along her thighs, kissing softly. Her dark blonde curls were damp and he grinned against her, letting his tongue trail along her thigh close, but not close enough to the heat where she wanted him to be and she groaned. His tongue slid along the crease of her thigh, nuzzling her gently.

"You're so beautiful," he murmured, brushing his lips over her. "Sexy," he said, brushing his lips over her again and she bucked against him.

"Sirius," she moaned.

He grinned against her, nuzzling her again and then very softly kissed her. Her hands fisted tighter in his hair, but he didn't mind as he kissed her again, open mouthed this time and then kissed her some more. He let his tongue trail along the edge of her, gently dipping in and out in a teasing fashion that had her panting.

"Mmm, so delicious. Better than ice cream," he said as his tongue worked her over.

By the time he started sucking she was screaming his name and when his fingers found her, she literally lifted her hips off of the bed in pleasure.

"Don't stop," she begged, "Don't stop!"

He didn't stop, and when the orgasm ripped through her, she screamed his name — and he kept sucking her. She came twice before he finally let go of her and moved his mouth back up her body to suckle her breasts. He laved at her hard nipples eagerly and she desperately pushed at his jeans.

"I need you inside of me — now," she demanded.

Sirius grinned and licked the underside of her breast. "I could spend all night between your legs."

"Sirius, fuck me — now!"

He simply grinned wide and kicked off his jeans. "I'm not going to last long," he warned her. "How do you want me, Thea?"

Althea flipped him, straddling him. Her hand gripped him and she sighed at the heat of him as she worked him over and he groaned beneath her. "Now," she told him, guiding him into her. She placed her hands on his abdomen and she rode him. He felt her going over again so he sat up a little, pushing himself deeper into her and slipping two fingers between her legs and watching her head fall back in pleasure.

"So beautiful," he panted, his mouth finding her breast. "So fucking sexy!"

"Harder," she told him, gasping when he answered her call. "Just like that… oh! Just like that!"

He grunted and she came, her hands clutching his shoulders desperately and he followed her over, gripping her bum tightly and riding her hard.

As they both caught their breath, she nuzzled his chest as his arms came around her.

"That was…"

"Amazing," Sirius supplied, kissing her cheek.

She grinned against his chest. "You have a magical tongue."

He grinned. "I like to be thorough."

"Thorough," she said, still panting slightly. "That was… God help me, the best thing I've ever… you can do that again whenever you want."

Sirius laughed, kissing her neck and collarbone and running his hands along her damp back. "Gladly."

They stretched out across the bed and Althea reached out to trace her fingers along the motorbike tattoo. "These are all so beautiful. Do they each have a meaning?"

He nodded, explaining each one as her fingertips traced them.

"The one for your godson is so sweet," she told him, kissing the tattoo. "And beautiful."

Sirius tilted her head up to him and kissed her. "Did I see a tattoo on your back?" He turned her, smiling at the tiny medical coat of arms on her right shoulder blade. "Very nice."

"Priya and I got them when we finished at the Healer's Academy," she told him, turning back to look at him as her fingers traced the lines in his chest.

"A sense of accomplishment, I like it." He kissed her softly again. "It's been a while for me, you know, prison and all, so that was a bit quicker than I usually like. Let's go again."

"Hmm?"

"Turn around."

She only smirked at him, but did as he asked, gasping when his thick length slid between her thighs and she reached behind her, stroking his neck as he suckled a breast under her arm. All she thought was, she could definitely do this all night.

~ ASC ~

Sirius woke up the next morning to the feel of a hand gently fondling him. He smiled, grey eyes meeting dark brown ones. "Morning Castellanos."

"Morning Black," she responded, kneading his sac gently. "Did you sleep alright?" Her hand shifted to stroke along his length and he bit his lip.

"Brilliant. You?"

Her nails scratched lightly and his breath caught, making her grin. "Quite brilliantly." She used her thumb to gently wipe his tip and then brought her thumb to her mouth and licked making him groan. "What time do you need to be home again?"

"Eleven thirty," he told her as her hand teasingly worked him over.

"Mmm," she said with a smile. "Good thing it's only seven. I am not done with you, Black, not by a long shot."

"Althea," he moaned as her hand movements picked up the pace. "I'm not going to last if you keep that up."

She smirked at him. "Why don't you let me taste you and we'll see?"

When her head moved under the sheet, he merely grinned. "No arguments here, babe."

~ ASC ~

When he strolled into his own house at ten after eleven, he was whistling and grinning like a fool. He hurried upstairs to shower and was just fixing his hair when he heard Remus and Harry come in. He finished what he was doing and went downstairs to greet them.

Harry grinned at him when he came down the stairs. "Uncle Padfoot! It's Ginny's birthday party today!"

Sirius grinned widely, nodding to the gift on the coffee table. He had taken Harry shopping for it on Thursday. Harry had picked out a stuffed animal of a dog for her as well as a huge container of coloured sidewalk chalk and a big bottle of bubbles with a few different sized blowing sticks. Sirius thought they were perfect as they were all Muggle gifts too which meant that they most likely would be something she didn't already have.

"We sure are, we have to wrap her present though. Go on into the sunroom and get some wrapping paper, tape, and scissors." Harry hurried off eagerly and Sirius turned to Remus. "So how did it go? He seems fine?"

Remus smiled. "He was great. He slept fine, though he did crawl into bed with me around two."

"He did?" Sirius asked, grinning in surprise. Harry hadn't done that to him yet.

"I think he felt strange not being in his own bedroom. Of course, with him also came Marauder," Remus said with a smile. "But he slept well. We had fun. And Tonks stayed until it was Harry's bedtime, then she Flooed home. We had a great time."

Sirius smiled at his friend. "I'm glad it went well. That means I won't feel so guilty when I'm not here next time."

"Did you feel guilty?"

"A little, yeah," Sirius admitted. "But then I was shagging Castellanos and mostly just felt pleasure."

Remus laughed as Harry came back into the room. "Naturally. You going to see her again?"

"Oh, I am mostly definitely going to do her again."

Remus rolled his eyes, chuckling at his friend. "Come on, Harry, I'll help you wrap Ginny's present."

An hour later, Remus said goodbye to Harry and Sirius and headed home. Remus was going to take care of Marauder as he said he had things to do and wouldn't be attending the birthday party with them. Sirius shrunk the birthday present and put it in the tiny trunk compartment that he had added to the back of his bike, strapping Harry in and making sure that his helmet was on. When he revved the engine, Harry grinned widely.

"Let's go, Uncle Padfoot!"

Sirius grinned at him, revving the engine louder to make Harry laugh before he took off down the street and headed to the nearby town of Ottery St Catchpole. He drove into the town and slowed to ask the woman near the Owl Post Office where he might find the Weasley residence and she told him to drive through the town and make a left and the Burrow would be straight ahead.

Sirius drove the bike in the direction she told him and headed up the lane towards a tall stone structure six stories high and slightly crooked. It had a charming farmhouse appeal to it. He slowed the bike down, grinning slightly when three small red-headed boys hurried out of the house followed by a tall thin dark haired woman holding the hand of a small blonde girl at the sound of the motorbike. He shut off the engine and pulled off his helmet, shaking his hair out.

He grinned at the woman. "Hi, is the Burrow?"

The woman nodded, smiling kindly. "Yes, it is. And you are?"

"We were invited to a birthday party."

One of the red-headed boys, who Sirius realized looked completely identical to the boy next to him, moved closer, his eyes on the bike. "That's wicked," he said.

Sirius grinned. "Pretty brilliant, right? Sometimes Muggles know what they're doing."

He tried not to smirk when he bent over to get Harry and he heard the woman mutter, 'oh my.' He always knew when someone was checking out his butt, he thought. And he should know, as he had a damn nice arse and he knew it.

"Molly!" she called out, "Molly, you better come out here."

"What's wrong, Pandora? Did you find out where that noise was coming from? Oh!" she said in surprise, stepping out of the house.

Sirius turned with Harry in his arms, unshrinking the birthday gift and handing it to Harry as he placed him on the ground. He hung the two helmets on the motorbike and made his way past the gate with the three boys following him and Harry. Sirius smiled when Harry stopped in front of Molly and Pandora.

"Hello," he said softly. "Uncle Padfoot and I came for Ginny's birthday party."

Molly smiled sweetly at him. "Of course you did, my dear! And who are you, darling?"

"I'm Harry," he said, extending his hand.

Molly's heart stopped. "What impeccable manners! I'll have to get you to teach my heathens, Harry," she said with a smile. "Welcome to the Burrow. I assume you must be Padfoot?"

"Guilty as charged," he said with a grin, extending his own hand. "Sirius, actually. Sirius Black. This is my godson, Harry Potter. Your son and daughter kindly invited us over today."

Molly simply stared at him, her mouth agape.

The dark haired woman, Pandora, smiled at Sirius. "You'll have to excuse Molly, she thought Ginny's imagination had gotten the best of her and didn't actually believe her daughter had invited Harry Potter to her birthday. I'm Pandora Lovegood, this is Molly Weasley. We're pleased to have you here."

"Mum! Mum! Come quick, Charlie's stuffed Percy up the chimney!" Ginny exclaimed, running around her mother and spotting Harry.

"What?" Molly exclaimed, flushing red as the twin boys both yelled.

"Wicked!"

"Harry!" Ginny exclaimed, running over to hug him happily as her mother hurried past her to deal with Charlie and Percy.

Pandora sighed. "Never a dull moment in this place. This is my daughter Luna. The twins are Fred and George, don't ask me to tell you which one of them is which, and this is Ron. I see Harry already knows Ginny," she said with a smile as Ginny took Harry's hand and tugged him inside. "So, come in and welcome to the madhouse."

End Author's Notes:

Added this in for my Beta who claimed they didn't actually get any food at the fancy Italian restaurant! I chose the food based on the menu of my favourite Italian restaurant.

Antipasto — melanzane ripiene alla parmigana (eggplant filled with ricotta baked in a tomato sauce and topped with mozzarella cheese

Dinner - Pollo Speciale (breaded chicken breast prepared with spinach, fresh mushrooms, fresh tomato sauce and a touch of cream) and scaloppine tosca (veal scaloppine lightly battered and sautéed in extra virgin olive oil and fresh garlic).

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