A/N: Hi again. The last chapter got reviews so I am very happy (I guess my moaning paid off). Because I'm happy I decided to get another chapter up before Christmas. Thanks to all you people out there who haven't given up on this already and are still reading my fic. It really means a lot to me!

Chapter 3

It only took Harry and Sirius two days to make the move. One day to magically transport all of their belongings to the new house and another to run around jumping on the beds and messing up the things they had tidied the day before, to make the place more homely.

When they had completely finished and they were sure the house looked how they wanted it they both collapsed on their bed. Exhausted but happy.

After a few moments of silence Sirius spoke.

"I think I'm going to like it here."

"Of course you will. I'm here. And everyone knows that it's absolutely, completely, 100 impossible to not like a place when I'm in it."

Sirius raised one eyebrow at the younger man.

"You know Harry if your head gets any bigger you'll be stuck in this room forever."

Harry screwed his face up and stuck his tongue out at Sirius.

"Oh come on Harry you must have a better comeback than that."

Harry stuck his tongue out again.

"You know, you are really starting to get very rude nowadays. It just won't do. In fact, I think I will have to teach you a lesson…"

Sirius sat on Harry's stomach and began to tickle him mercilessly. Harry kicked and shrieked and wriggled but Sirius was bigger than him and he couldn't fight him off.

"GETOFFMEEEE!! LEMMEGO!!"

"Not until you have learnt your lesson."

"I'VE LEARNT I PROMISE!! PLEASE LET ME GO!!!!"

Sirius slid off Harry laughing and watched him try and regain his breath.

"You're so beautiful."

Harry smiled shyly and curled up against Sirius' warm body. Sirius kissed the top of his head before wrapping his arms around him, shutting out the rest of the world. In that moment, wrapped around each other, thinking about beginning a new life together, they were both completely content.

Not very far away, in a small office just outside Diagon Alley, Carla Jakes was counting out a pile a pile of Galleons on the desk and smirking.

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Later the same week Sirius woke up early to get ready to visit Remus at 12 Grimmauld Place.

When he reached the bottom of the stairs he found the Daily Prophet owl, waiting in its normal place waiting to be paid for delivering the newspaper.

He paid the bird and absent-mindedly leafed through it. He was just about to drop it back down on the table when a picture on the front page caught his eye. He suddenly felt wide awake as he stared at it horrified, hoping that any minute it might change and be something else. Needless to say, it didn't change but stubbornly stayed exactly the same. It was a good picture actually. Sirius couldn't help noticing that the sun was making his hair look particularly shiny on that day. However, he didn't think that the general public would notice that when they saw a picture of him kissing his Godson on the front page of the Daily Prophet.

He shoved the paper in the bin, making a quick decision to make sure that Harry stayed oblivious to it for as long as possible. He had a feeling he might not take the invasion of his privacy too well.

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By the time the pair reached Grimmauld Place Sirius was a nervous wreck.

Harry had been very quick to notice the absence of the newspaper and asked if Sirius had picked it up. When Sirius said he hadn't Harry had insisted on apparating to Diagon Alley to pick one up. Sirius had only just managed to persuade him not to, saying that Remus would have one while making a mental note to remember to pocket any he saw lying around at 12 Grimmauld Place before Harry had a chance to see them.

When they flooed into the kitchen Remus was waiting for them with a worried look on his face. Sirius swore inwardly. In all his panic about Harry reading the article he had forgotten that Remus would almost certainly bring it up.

"Are you ok?"

Harry replied with a bright smile on his face.

"Yeah we're great."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes why wouldn't I be?"

"Well, I just thought that with the newspaper you might be a bit pissed off…"

He trailed off as he saw Sirius shaking his head violently and waving his arms around behind Harry.

Harry turned around to see what Sirius was doing.

"What's going on?"

Sirius sank down into a chair and groaned. After all his hard work Harry had found out in less than 2 hours. He was really bad at secrets.

"Sirius? What happened?"

Sirius stood up and walked across the room to where Remus' copy of the Daily Prophet was lying. He silently handed it to Harry and watched him read.

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Harry's reaction was pretty much what Sirius had expected. He had had his fair share of the media interfering in his life during the war and was severely displeased to see it happening again.

After shouting at Sirius for not telling him, shouting at Remus for telling him and shouting at both of them just because they were there and he could take his anger out on them he collapsed on a chair and fell silent.

Sirius put his hand on his shoulder cautiously.

"Harry, I know you're upset but… well, they were always going to find out eventually."

He steadied himself for another explosion but it didn't come. Instead Harry leant back and replied so quietly that he could hardly hear him.

"I know that. But I wasn't supposed to now. It was meant to be when we chose to let them know. I should've known it wouldn't turn out that way, since when have I ever had a choice about my life?"

He stood up and left Sirius and Remus standing in awkward silence, anticipating what the next few weeks were going to be like.

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A/N: that's all for now folks. Will update as soon as I can. Review! Goodbye m'dears!