A couple weeks went by and I was having trouble juggling taking care of Ally and keeping up with my class work. My teachers were helpful, giving me extensions on all of my work, but even that was wearing thin. Even though Ally tried to act older than she was, it was hard to forget she was three. Right now we were sitting up in the common room and I was trying to get my transfiguration essay done, which had been due last week. Ally walked up to me and whined,

"Mommy, I'm booooored." I glanced up from my essay and said,

"Ally go play with your dolls, mommy has to finish this essay by tomorrow or her teacher will be really mad at her." Ally gave me the puppy dog eyes and said,

"But mooooommy…"

"Ally I'm sorry but mommy can't play right now." Right at that moment Sirius walked into the common room.

"Mommy!" Ally started pulling on my shirt, and I let out an exasperated sigh.

Sirius walked over and sat next to me. He sat there quietly for a moment before letting out a breath and running his hands through his shaggy hair,

"Chloe if you want I could watch Ally for a little bit until you're done with that essay." I looked at him, trying to decide whether he was pulling my leg or not,

"I don't know. I mean what do you know about watching a three year old girl?"

"They like dolls, make-up, and need fed what else is there to know?" Sirius chuckled, regaining some of his old confidence.

"Look I'm being serious…" He cut me off,

"Then I guess I'm Chloe." I gave him a look and he looked down,

"…nothing dangerous, no sugar, and no using Ally to pick up girls, okay?" He crossed his heart and I rolled my eyes, "Ally you are going to go with Sirius for a while so mommy can finish her work."

"But mommy I thought we didn't like Sirius!"

"It's okay Sirius said he was sorry and he and mommy are friends again so go off and play with him for a little bit." I gave her a quick kiss on the top of her head, and went back to working on my essay.

Sirius' POV

I picked up Ally and carried out the portrait hall. As I was carrying her I took a long look at her. She definitely had her mother's blue eyes, but she had my olive colored skin and dark hair. She was perfect. It's not like I didn't want to be a part of Ally's life, but I didn't think I could handle being the father of this little girl. I was too afraid of turning into my parents, and I didn't want Ally to have to grow up like I did.

I felt Ally tugging on my shirt and I realized I had stopped in the middle of the hall. I quickly lifted her up onto my shoulders, and she grabbed my hair and began tugging. I glanced up at her, and she giggled,

"You're my horsey, giddy up!" I neighed and took off "galloping" down the hall.

I knew exactly where I wanted to take Ally. When we got there I set her down, and knelt down on my knee. I looked her in the eyes and said,

"Do you like princesses?" She nodded excitedly, so I walked in front of the wall three times until a door appeared.

When we walked in there was a play set shaped like a castle and a bunch of princess dresses and make-up. Ally stood there wide-eyes before running over to some of the dresses. She picked out a pink one and put it on over her clothes. Then she ran back over to me, tugging on my hand,

"We are going to play castle and you are the queen and I am your princess!" My chest swelled with pride when she said she was my princess, and before I knew it I was sitting down at the make-up table.

"First we gots to put on lipstick…" She spent a good twenty minutes doing my make-up, and when she was done she held up a mirror for me to look at.

My face was covered in make-up. I had on bright red blush, blue eyes shadow, red lipstick, and glitter, lots of glitter. I looked like a clown, but I smiled and said,

"I look very pretty." She giggled, and ran over to the castle.

"Otay, you are the queen but someone poisoned you so you are sick now." I lay down on the floor and pretended to be sick.

A couple hours later, I was carrying Ally back to the common room on my shoulders. She jumped through the portrait hole where Chloe was putting away her transfiguration books. She looked up and burst out laughing.

"Sirius…your face!" I realized that I never took off the make-up Ally had put on me,

"Mommy doesn't he look pretty? We was playing princesses!" I set Ally down and ruffled her hair,

"All I can say is she definitely has her mom's energy." I winked at Chloe, and she through a pillow at me, "Well my job's done, I'm going to wash this make-up off and go try to find Becky."

Chloe's POV

I watched as Sirius walked up to his dorm and I had to smile. Ally had fun and Sirius couldn't wipe the smile off his face. Maybe there hope for him yet… I shook my head. I couldn't be thinking like that, he made it very clear when I had found out I was pregnant with Ally he wanted nothing to do with her.

It had been a little over four years ago when Sirius and his family had taken a summer vacation to France. I had been walking along one of the streets, shopping for a new cauldron when someone ran into me. The next thing I knew I was on the ground. I looked up to see the cutest boy I had ever seen. He had deep brown eyes and shaggy brown hair. He smirked when he noticed me staring and I blushed. He offered me his hand and helped me up,

"Hi I'm Sirius and I'm 13 years old." I giggled and said,

"I'm Chloe and I just turned thirteen last month."

From that moment on we were inseparable for the rest of the summer. Both of our families were happy that we had found another respectable pureblood to be friends with so they always let us go out and play together. Over this summer Sirius became my first kiss, my first boyfriend, my first everything. One night we were sitting next to each other on top of this secluded hill, watching the stars. Sirius leaned over and kissed me, but this time there was something more to his kiss.

We fell back with him on top of me, and he began to reach his hand up my shirt. I gave him a confused look, and he chuckled,

"Didn't your mom ever tell you about the wands and the cauldrons?" I nodded,

"Yea but my mom said that it shouldn't happen unless two people love each other."

"I do love you Chloe! Do you love me?"

"Yeah, I love you."

"Then what's the problem." I stared at him and couldn't find a flaw in his logic, and we started right where we had left off.

About a month later Sirius and his family were getting ready to head back to England. I went over to see Sirius because I had something important to tell him. When he saw me he gave me a big hug, and I began to cry,

"Shhhh, we'll write every day, Chloe, and I promise I'll find a way to come and see you." I shook my head, silently sobbing into his shirt,

"That's not why I'm crying. Sirius I have something to tell you, and I'm scared."

"You don't have to be scared of telling me anything." I looked up at him and whispered,

"I'm pregnant." He leaped back from me,

"What? I can't be a father at this age. I'll only be fourteen when your baby is born." My eyes flared up,

"Don't you mean our baby? I didn't make this child alone, you were the one who suggested that we…we…" I couldn't finish my sentence,

"I'm sorry Chloe I just can't." He turned and walked back inside his house, leaving me crying on his front porch.

That had been the last time I had seen or heard from Sirius until I ended up on the Hogwarts Express. He had broken my heart that day, not because I was in love with him. I realized over the years that what I had felt back then was what my thirteen year old self had thought was love. No, he broke my heart because my daughter would grow up never knowing what a good man her actually was.

I looked down next to me, and Ally was curled up asleep. I smiled and picked her up, just happy that Sirius had been able to give me the most wonderful gift I had ever gotten.