AN: I own nothing…and I passed out about three minutes after receiving two shots, so please read and REVIEW, because it will make me feel better.

Revised: August 22, 2006 (Brit-picked).

Chapter 4--Low

The sky could fall, could fall on me
The parting of the seas
But you mean more, mean more to me
Than any color I can see

Jessica and Sirius made there way into the veterinarian office, which had been closed for the night, "Fin, are you up there?" she called up the stairs to his apartment, which was above his office.

"Yeah, I'll be down in a minute," he yelled down the stairs. Jessica sat in the examining room rubbing Sirius' fur rigorously, as though hoping to calm his nerves. She looked towards the stairs nervously, thinking she could hear voices other than Fin's.

"Hi Jessica," Fin said, walking up to her and placing a kiss on her cheek.

"Hi, am I interrupting anything?" she asked glancing back at the stairs.

"No, why?" he smiled.

"Nothing. I just thought I heard you talking to someone," she said smiling uneasily back.

"Nope, just you, me, and the dog," he said gesturing to each person and Sirius in turn.

"Oh, okay. Thanks for doing this Fin, I don't know when I would have found the time to make an appointment during the actual office hours and I really want to make sure he's in tip-top condition," she said looking into his light green eyes.

Fin was an attractive man who had sandy brown hair, a medium build and beautiful green eyes, but what really attracted Jessica to him was his easy going attitude and agreeable persona.

"Well let's get him on the examining table," he said looking at Sirius.

Sirius, aided by Jessica, climbed on the examining table. He sat there in complete annoyance as the green-eyed man, began prodding him with cold, gleaming silver instruments.

"Okay, this dog is completely healthy," Fin said smiling reassuringly at Jessica, "but I think it would be to your advantage to get him neutered."

Sirius immediately jumped off the table, began growling, and backing away from Fin, causing Jessica to instantly crouch down and try to calm him.

"Jessica, here let me try," he said stepping towards Sirius which caused him to begin barking loudly.

"NO, Fin, step back, I can handle him," she said reaching her hand out and gently stroking his coat, "I don't know what the problem is, he's never acted like this before," she said looking back at him.

"How about a small sedative?" asked Fin pulling out a needle pushing it slightly so liquid sprouted out from it.

"NO," Jessica said hotly, "I think we should just go home, maybe he doesn't like males," she said looking back at Sirius with concerned eyes. "I'm going to take him home, thanks anyway," she said pulling on Sirius' leash to take him outside.

"Are you sure, Jessica? I mean a little sedative and I can check him out and you and I could have a small date," he said, smiling brightly at her.

"No, as tempting as that sounds," she said smiling uneasily again, "his needs are more important than mine at the moment, and what he needs is to get home."

"Jessica, think this through...we haven't seen each other in a week," he said giving her sappy love eyes.

"No, goodbye Fin," she said placing a kiss on his cheek and walking towards the door, "Besides, I have a long day tomorrow."

"Jessica, how about dinner, Saturday at seven?" he asked, eyeing her dog with contempt.

"Uh, sure, I'll meet you here," she said quickly as Sirius pulled her through the door, but not before sending one more vicious growl at Jessica's boyfriend.

Sirius immediately walked as fast as he could from the place, pulling Jessica along with him, for he had heard the voices as well and they disturbed him greatly. He mentally made a note to himself to go directly to see Dumbledore tomorrow whilst Jessica was at work.

Two Months Later

Sirius, now with a new female vet and un-neutered, sat in Jessica's lap on the couch, feeling her fingers run soothingly over his coat, "How's that, hun? Are you feeling better?" she asked with concern in her voice. Sirius turned his head and licked her hand to show that he was feeling better.

They had run into Fin at the park a couple of hours earlier and his mind was reeling from all of the sudden emotions of hatred he had felt towards the man.

He let himself get lost in his thoughts of Fin and how the mere sight of the man made his hair stand on end. Fin was no good, he could feel it. The problem was getting Jessica to notice this, whilst restricted through his animal disguise.

You just don't like him because he's Jessica's boyfriend and you're stuck being her dog, his mind shot at him.

No, I don't like him because he's...he's...there's just something about him that bothers me and those voices…I'd know those voices anywhere he fought back.

Yeah, like the fact that she allows him to kiss her and hold her whereas the best you get is a pat on the back, he answered himself smugly.

He mentally shuddered at the image of Fin kissing Jessica on the lips when they met in the park which, in his opinion, had lasted entirely too long.

Admit it, you like her, his mind taunted him.

I don't like her...I'm merely fond of her he shot back.

'Liking' someone and being 'fond' of someone is the same thing, his mind jabbed back.

What about the voices? I didn't just conjure those up; that man is bad news, he threw at himself.

This went on for another five minutes until Sirius realized that Jessica was singing softly.

I looked at your face I saw that all the love had died
I saw that we had forgotten to take the time
I, I saw that you couldn't care less about what you do
Couldn't care less about the lies
You couldn't find the time to cry

We forgot about love
We forgot about faith
We forgot about trust
We forgot about us

Sirius listened to her calming voice, recognizing the words from the diary entry she had made days ago.

Now our love's floating out the window
Our love's floating out the back door
Our love's floating up in the sky in heaven
Where it began back in God's hands

Jessica's soft voice was ruined by the shrill ringing of her cell phone, "Ughh," she said as she picked it up, "Hello," she answered professionally, "Miss Malian, how can I..." she stopped as she was interrupted.

Sirius, with his canine capabilities, heard the other woman say, "I need you to make me a reservation at Cafe Pierre at Central Park's Four Seasons, immediately. I want the reservations made for 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening for five people. Make sure they have a secluded area set up," Sirius then heard the dial tone.

"Ughh, its 9:00 at night on a Thursday evening, damn it, they're probably going to be booked solid," but no matter how much these circumstances bother Jessica, she immediately removed her laptop from her satchel, found the restaurants number and began making the necessary calls.

"Monsieur, I understand that this is short notice, but when Miss Aimee Milian says she wants a reservation for five in a secluded area on Saturday at 8 o'clock p.m., she gets it, comprende?" she said with an air of authority.

"Thank you very much Monsieur, but if I may make a minor suggestion," she said in a serious tone, "Make sure there are no errors, no mistakes, or things that will push her buttons, or your restaurant will no longer exist," she said hanging up the phone.

"Okay Sirius, I think we can call it a night," she said looking at the clock, which read midnight. "That took two hours, man, that woman really pushes my buttons," she said climbing into bed. Sirius immediately took his position at the foot of the bed and both fell into a restful sleep.

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Song: "Low" by Coldplay on the "X&Y" album

Song: "In God's Hands" on the "Loose" album