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Chapter 6

A Bit Risky

"James," Sirius groaned one sunny Saturday afternoon, "Tell me what my problem is,"

James, who was putting in some new locations for the Marauders' Map, looked up from his work. His best friend was face down on his four poster bed and seemed to be in misery. He knew that Sirius wasn't exactly happy to know that Remus and Ami were dating. It was kind of obvious that Sirius fancied Ami since he kept gazing after her with well, what else but lovesick eyes. So this is what James must have looked like whenever he stared after Lily Evans, red head girl of his dreams. In James' opinion, it was kind of sad and desperate. He also made a mental note to make sure his stare was more intellectual looking rather than looking forlorn with Lily.

Now it was time for him to be the comforting best friend he was.

"Well, Padfoot, it's not really a particular problem. I'd say it's more of a multiple number of problems. You snore when you sleep. It's worse than Peter's stomach when he's hungry. Um, you leave the seat up and you worry about your hair a bit too much sometimes,"

Sirius slowly lifted his head to stare in disbelief at his best friend. So much for comforting him.

"Everybody leaves the seat up after using the bathroom! We're boys!" Sirius exclaimed, "And I do not worry about my hair! I just like to look good sometimes! Is that a crime?! And I don't snore!"

James just smirked at Sirius, "Nice comebacks, Padfoot. You surely have swayed my opinion,"

The sarcasm made Sirius want to hurl something hard at James' smug face. If only he had a bludger.

"Just listen to yourself, Padfoot, you're in utter disarray over one girl. You've hardly known Mizuno for half a year and you're mooning over her already not to mention that Moony is dating her. Why can't you just let it go and let the boy be happy?"

"I know. I know," Sirius groaned, hating the fact the James was right and being quite logical, "There's just something about her,"

James rolled his eyes.

"You say that about every girl you fancy and eventually end up dating. But then it always ends up the same. You get tired of her and then dump her,"

"I do not!"

James gave Sirius a patronizing look of annoyance.

"Let's go down the list shall we?" And James did just that. He started with Alyssa De Salvo with the beautiful eyes, to Psyche Eris with the cute smile, and ended with Jenny Walburn with the nice laugh.

"In conclusion Padfoot, you pretty much can't hold down a romantic relationship for long. Why don't you just stop thinking about Mizuno and do her a favor by not chasing her?"

"I wish that was easy," Sirius moaned. James sighed. He really did feel for his friend but Sirius had been in too many break ups (Sirius usually doing the dumping) for James to feel sorry for him.

"What is it that you like about her anyway?"

Sirius sat up in his bed and shrugged as he closed his eyes, envisioning Ami.

"I know with my past girlfriends, we usually just snogged, but Ami's different. I can talk to her all day to her about anything and she'll listen to me. I like how she's open to what I have to say,"

"I'm open to what you have to say. Why don't you fancy me?" James said mockingly as he grinned. Sirius threw his pillow at James' face but the bespectacled teen caught it easily.

"Stupid arse," Sirius muttered.

"Glad to help, Padfoot," James input, "Alright, joking aside. What if you wrote a note to Ami expressing your feelings and burn it?"

"What would the point be if I burned it?"

"You would get your feelings out, let go of your feelings by burning the note and get on with your life and stop whining about it to me," James put in logically. Sirius thought about it. It wasn't such a bad idea. It wouldn't hurt so much, he guessed. But writing a note sounded kind of boring and Sirius didn't want to sound cheesy. It seemed either way Sirius was stuck. Stuck fancying a girl that his friend was dating.

"Besides, Padfoot, it's not like you can be Moony, right?" James asked him cheerfully. That's when an idea hit Sirius. He could be Remus for a little while that is. But the thing was: did he want to risk it? Did he want to risk his friendship with Remus and Ami? The thing about Sirius you should remember that he didn't think about that first for he already had an idea forming in his mind, his eyes sparkling with mischievousness. Yeah, you could say he was impulsive.

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(Present Day)

Dinner was awkward to say the least.

Remus finally came back with groceries and the four little boys. After helping put the food away, Remus had to leave for some other business so that just left Sirius, Sunny, Brayden, Jason, Daniel, and Fletcher together all alone.

The four brothers were adopted by Ami about two years ago but you would never know that they were adopted. They looked so similar to Sunny and Sirius that it was scary. They all had black hair and ranged from gray to blue eyes. Originally, Ami had gone to adopt one child but when she found out that the four were brothers, she couldn't bear to separate them. They had all adored their mother and staying with her and Sunny. They remembered Sirius from last summer at 12 Grimmauld Place but they didn't spend time a lot. Sirius was busy brooding around the house being restless.

The boys were very protective of their mother and wouldn't let just any man get near her. They had a hard time believing that their mother had married a man like Sirius. It was quite easy to say that the boys weren't too fond of their 'father.' All the boys except Fletcher seemed to detest Sirius. He was the youngest at age four and very trusting. But then again, he seemed to adopt his mother's gentle manner. Fletcher smiled at Sirius as he ate his sandwich.

"So what do you boys like to do?" Sirius asked rather awkwardly. Since he missed out on Sunny's childhood (and Harry's for that matter) , Sirius wasn't really sure how to act around children. Brayden, Jason, and Daniel continued to eat silently, blatantly ignoring Sirius. Sunny looked at the three, about to scold them when Fletcher answered.

"I like books!" Fletcher piped up cheerfully. Sirius stared at him and blinked. He let out a small smile.

"So you like to read?" Sirius asked, grateful for the little boy's answer.

"Well, I know some words because, Mama teached me," Fletcher answered, "But I liked it best when she read stories to me. She'd make some up too! Do you like to make up stories, too?!"

Before Sirius could answer, Jason cut in.

"Fletcher, don't be dense. Sirius has been in prison for years. I don't think he had time to make up stories meaning he can't really do them now can he?" Jason asked. Although he was only six, he talked quite cynically and coolly. Jason reminded Sirius of Snape for some reason.

"Jason!" Sunny exclaimed, "Don't talk that way about Dad and don't call Fletcher names. Please apologize,"

"It's true," Daniel added, supporting his twin, "Azkaban is a place for crazy people. How do we know that Sirius isn't crazy? He might have reached that point ages ago," Unlike Jason who talked callously, Daniel sounded more mocking and sarcastic.

At that point, Sirius knew that Jason and Daniel would be trouble. What was it with twins being troublemakers?

He looked over at Brayden, who was the oldest at age eight. He didn't say a word. He just ate blankly. The boy seemed quite out of it.

But Sirius didn't blame them. Their mother was gone and they had to live with a practical stranger (i.e. him). Talk about rough.

"I know you don't know me that well and don't really want to," Sirius started gently, "But I'm going to try my best to. Ami loved you all very much and talked about you fondly. I want to know the boys that my wife loved so much as well as our daughter," he added as he smiled at Sunny.

"Shut up!" Brayden suddenly yelled. The whole table looked at him in surprise at his sudden outburst. "You were gone for a long time and made Mama sad. And then she died. If you loved her so much then why did you let her die?!"

With that Brayden, ran up the stairs, Sunny, Jason, and Daniel followed closely behind. Sirius sat frozen on the spot, past memories flooding his mind. Fletcher put his small hand over Sirius'.

"You know, Daddy, Brayden, Jason, and Daniel are really good brothers. Sorry for their meanness. Mama taught us better than that, I promise. Don't be sad, Daddy," Fletcher told him. Sirius picked Fletcher up and hugged him as tears ran down his face again that day. Brayden's words had really struck him. They were true. Why did he let Ami die? Why couldn't he do more for her?

"Ami, please!" Sirius pleaded as he cradled her body in his arms. Ami weakly reached out and touched his cheek. Even as she died, her touch was still gentle and soft. Tears were streaming down her cheeks because she knew what was happening.

"I'm sorry," she whispered almost inaudibly as she gave him a sad smile. Sirius' eyes widened as she closed her eyes, never to open them again. He started to sob. She was gone. Sirius hugged his dead wife's body wishing it was only a nightmare but he knew in the back of his mind that it was reality.

"AMI!!!!!" was the only thing heard that night.

There you have it. I apologize for the very long hiatus. And I'm sorry that the chapter isn't as long either. I feel so guilty for not posting up a new chapter sooner that I wanted to get one done right away hence this short one. I can't make any promises because even I'm not sure what'll happen sometimes, but I'll try to make the next chapter extra long for you guys.

P.S. I know they're not really developed yet but what do you guys think of the Black children? I don't want to make it out that their Mary-Sues(which they aren't) but I can't help but focus on them since they are the children of Ami and Sirius. I'm a bit worried about this and would like your opinions on this matter, please. Harry and the rest will show up later though.