This was it. It was over. Sirius stared down at his motorcycle and couldn't help but to grin. He had finished with James's added help and it was finally done. It couldn't fly yet it could run properly the normal way. He couldn't wait to take his first ride and there was only one person he wanted to be there with him.

With that in mind, Sirius walked over to the restaurant and sat at his usual table. When the waitress came over, it wasn't Evelyn, it was an older woman.

"Is Evelyn working today?"

"Sorry, love. She took the day off. What can I get you?"

"Er, coffee."

The waitress walked away to get him his drink. Where was Evelyn? She usually worked on this day. Why was she taking the day off? Had something happened? She had run off so quickly the other day and now it seemed like she was avoiding him. He had no way of contacting her. What was it that she had said when he was with James? She had wanted to "call" him, could he call her?

The other waitress returned with his coffee and Sirius asked:

"Can I call her?" He asked it slowly, unsure if it was the right thing to do.

'Evelyn?" The waitress asked. "I suppose so. There's a phone over there by the door. "

Sirius stared at the strange contraption, wondering what it was he had to do. There were a series of numbers and Evelyn had mentioned that she didn't know his number. Do all humans have numbers? Was it like some form of cattle branding? Did only muggles have numbers? How does one go about finding out their number? And even if you did have a number, what do you do with it?

"Forget her number?" The waitress asked.

"I don't know it," He admitted.

"Want me to see if someone in the back has it?" She asked indicating towards the kitchens.

"No, that's okay. I'll just wait." Sirius answered before sitting back at the table. He had a Daily Prophet with him and he attempted the crossword puzzle. He wasn't very successful given that he kept looking out the window waiting for Evelyn.

He was anxious. He wanted to go on his bike. He wanted to know where Evelyn was. He gave up on the crossword and left. He could go home but he didn't want to. Ever since his night out, his family began to completely ignore him. It was better then them nagging him but now he felt nervous about being in his own house. They were almost too quiet, like they were plotting something.

So he went back to his motorcycle and polished it unnecessarily because it gave him something to do. He was growing incredibly restless. He had to do something. Maybe he would ride it by himself. He was holding the handlebars when he heard his name being called. He turned around to see Eveyln bouncing towards him, carrying something, looking happier then he had ever seen her.

"Guess what!" She practically screamed with such a bright smile on her face that it made Sirius laugh. All of his anxiety seemed to dissipate in a second. Evelyn had finally reached him and she set down the package and wrapped her arms around his neck with such force that he took a staggered step back. They kissed for a long moment then separated, her arms still around his neck, his around her waist. They smiled into eachother's faces and Sirius said:

"You got a guitar?"

Evelyn furrowed her brow for a moment and pursed her lips in surprise but before she could ask how he knew, Sirius bent down and kissed her again because he was so happy she was finally there. He pulled away and said:

"It's sort of obvious with the case."

Evelyn bounced out of Sirius's arms and Sirius was surprised at how annoyed he was by the sudden lack of her.

"It's the one from the store and that man you tried to fight? He's giving me lessons. Either he forgot or he is very forgiving but it doesn't matter." Evelyn smiled as she held the case close to her. "Mine. All mine." She said in a soft voice.

Sirius was sure that it wasn't normal to have a surge of jealousy for an inanimate object, but he did. And he retaliated with:

"I have good news too." Sirius laid a loving hand on his motorcycle.

"It's done?" Evelyn asked her voice higher than normal due to excitement.

"Finished it this morning." Sirius said as he looked it up and down before turning toward Evelyn: "Want to go for a ride?" He asked with a wicked grin that seemed to knock the breathe out of Evelyn's lungs.

She stared down at her guitar, hesitant. She wanted to play it. She wanted to be with Sirius. She wanted to ride the bike. She wanted a lot.

"Oh that's right, your mother forbade you," Sirius continued, trying to hide his grin. It was as good as any sort of charm or potion, Evelyn's face turned into the same of sort of determined look she had when she had broken into the auto-shop. Sirius knew he had her.

"Help me find a place to hide this so we can go," Evelyn said, sad to part with her guitar but happy to be with Sirius. A few weeks ago at the beginning of the summer, Evelyn thought she wanted nothing more then a guitar, that she never would of chosen something else over it. She felt odd about the change in her. But isn't that what summer is for, growing and changing?

Regulus watched this exchange with a satisfied smirk. Of course there was a girl. He had nearly given up on following Sirius who was boring him to death with his constant attention to his motorcycle and sitting in a cafe. But here was Sirius's secret and she had her filthy muggle arms wrapped around him. Sirius was spending his time with this. Some silly muggle girl over his own family. Regulus thought bitterly of the fact that Sirius preferred muggles over his own brother. He felt angry and hurt and with that anger, he acted impulsively.

Regulus ran home as fast as he could and burst into the door screaming:

"Muggle!"

He tore through the house looking for his mother and finally found her in the kitchen, sitting at the table.

"Muggle..." He panted out, out of breath. "Sirius is dating... a muggle. I saw them...snogging."

The teacup his mother was holding fell from her hand. "Muggle?" She asked faintly.

Regulus nodded. "She has short hair and she plays guitar and-" Regulus stopped short, he had just noticed that Bellatrix hadn't yet left and the delighted look on her face was a stark contrast to the one on his mother's.

"I do not care what sort of muggle she is!" Mrs. Black said furiously.

"Oh but I do." Said Bellatrix with a sneer. "I'd love to know what sort of filth Sirius surrounds himself with that destroys our nobility. Do tell, Regulus."

"That's all I know," Regulus said with a gulp. He was beginning to regret this. He was angry and he wanted to get Sirius in trouble but the look on Bellatrix's face made him uncomfortable.

Mrs. Black abruptly left the room with tears in her eyes. Regulus went to follow her and left Bellatrix alone, who was still smiling to herself.

Before he could get out of the door, Bellatrix called:

"Regulus, I want you to take me to where Sirius is with this muggle."

"Why?" Regulus asked while looking at her hand which was inching towards her wand.

"I haven't seen my dear cousin my entire visit. I do wish to say goodbye before I leave."

"I expect he'll be home soon," Regulus said vaguely. He didn't really want to be held responsible for whatever punishment was coming to Sirius. He didn't care about the Muggle.

"I will not wait!" She snapped. "Regulus, do not forget the influence and power I have outside of this house. It would be prudent not to cross me. You must do what will make your family proud. Uphold the honor of the family Black unlike your filthy brother."

"I do. Which is why I don't waste my time or energy on Sirius or his little blood-traitor activities." Regulus sneered.

"You will respect me and my wishes," She bellowed at Regulus, pointing her wand at him. "Now bring me to Sirius."

"Are you sure this will work?" Evelyn asked skeptically as she stared at Sirius who looked perfectly at home on the motorcycle.

"Don't you trust me?"

"Yes. But..." Evelyn lost her train of thought, as she saw Sirius smile widely at her "yes." She laughed, still giddy with excitement and felt herself blush a little.

"It just got done really quickly." Evelyn felt bad about the fact that she didn't think the bike would work.

"James helped a lot." With magic but Evelyn didn't need to know that.

"Oh." Evelyn said her smile faltering for a moment.

"Oh? Did you not like James?" Sirius asked curiously. He wanted to know her opinion.

"I did. He's just...odd. Odd in the same way you are."

"Prongs and I are just a couple of nutters." Sirius said with a smile.

Evelyn returned a weak smile, she couldn't help but to think that maybe they were both insane. "Why do you call him Prongs?" She asked.

Sirius hesitated. He couldn't tell her the real reason. "I dunno. Why does he call me padfoot?"

"I get that one though. Sirius...dog star...padfoot. But prongs? No idea. Though I seem to remember you mentioning something about your friend being a deer at Beth's party."

"I don't remember that," Sirius said quickly. "Are you asking all these questions to avoid getting on?"

"Maybe." Evelyn smiled then she took a deep breath. She hitched her leg over the seat and wrapped her arms tightly around Sirius.

"It helps if you allow me to breathe." Sirius muttered as he shifted uncomfortably.

"I'm supposed to take your breath away." Evelyn commented.

"True, but." Sirius kicked the motorcycle on and the engine vibrated underneath Evelyn. "Don't forget your life is in my hands right now."

Evelyn moved closer to him, so that she was pressed up right against his back. And Sirius felt the air leave his lungs again but for a different reason.

"Ready?" He asked, feeling even more nervous though he didn't show it. He never drove before. Not even a car. But he could do it. How hard could it be?

Very hard, Sirius realized as he edged the vehicle forward and felt it sway. The steering, the balancing, the fact that Evelyn was so close to him, it made things very difficult. Sirius felt the bike wobble and he knew what was going to happen before it happened. Without a moment's hesitation he took out his wand and cast a protective charm over Evelyn and then himself, so when it crashed they would both be okay. He didn't care at that moment if he would be expelled or not for using magic with no overage witch or wizard in sight.

Evelyn felt herself tumble off and for a terrible moment was sure she was about to die. But she was miraculously okay save for a couple of scratches and maybe a few bruises.

"Are you okay?" Sirius asked, his face worried. Evelyn nodded unable to speak but looked him up and down to be sure he was fine.

"Your arm is bleeding!"

"It's fine," Sirius brushed it off. "Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yes!" Evelyn said impatiently as she reached up to examine his arm. He pulled it away.

"I'm so sorry." Sirius said feeling terribly guilty and knowing that any moment an owl would arrive and things would change forever.

"It's fine but Sirius let me-"

But before Evelyn could finish Sirius bent down and kissed her. It was a strong kiss, the sort of kiss that left the both of them feeling weak and shaky. The sort of kiss that said so much and could be so much more. Evelyn felt dizzy from it, not from the accident but from the lips moving against hers. When they pulled apart, they looked gravely into eachother's eyes and Evelyn felt tears forming from the shock of it all.

"That bad, huh?" Sirius said as he wiped one of the tears away that had fallen from the corner of her eye. Evelyn let out a shaky laugh and wrapped her arms around him more tightly. She was about to say one of the thousands of things on her mind when she heard her name being called.

"EVELYN MORRIS!"

Evelyn nearly fainted. Getting into a motorcycle accident was bad. Somehow having her mother witness it was even worse. Sure enough, there was her mother running across the street looking pale. Evelyn suddenly realized that they hadn't gotten far at all. They were only a block away from the cafe.

Sirius reacted by grabbing his wand and taking a protective stance over Evelyn. When he saw that it was her mother, he felt like he should be the one crying. Everything was crashing down around them.

"Get away from her!"

Sirius obliged and stood up, shaky on his feet and took a step back.

"Are you alright, Evelyn? Oh my god, my child!" Evelyn's mother was crying in earnest.

"Mum, I'm fine. Stop crying."

Sirius didn't hear the rest of the conversation because sure enough here was the owl delivering his letter, warning him about underage magic in front of and to a muggle. It was just a warning though thankfully, not an expulsion. And still thankfully, Evelyn and her mother were too preoccupied to notice.

"Mum, wait. I'm not going to leave him here! He's hurt."

"I don't care what he is! He nearly killed you!"

"But I'm fine! Look! Hardly even scratched. Sirius," Evelyn said turning to him but his back was turned and he wasn't paying her any attention.

"Sirius?" She asked uncertainly.

"You should go," He said gruffly not looking at her.

"See Evelyn? He doesn't even care about you."

"Don't say that!" Evelyn shouted unsure of who she was saying it to. The tears falling from her eyes.

"I do care!" Sirius said furiously. He nearly just got himself expelled from school and nearly exposed himself for what he truly was, surely that meant something. But he couldn't explain that to either of them. He kicked the overturned motorcycle out of frustration.

"Evelyn, we're leaving. He's acting violent. That's a very disturbed young man."

"No he's not." Evelyn said but her voice broke. Maybe he was. She didn't know. Hadn't she always suspected he was insane? They did meet when he was trying to break into somewhere.

"Evelyn, NOW." Her mother said in such a stern voice that it made Evelyn stop crying.

"Fine," She said her voice shaking, knowing she had to go with her mother.

She looked back at Sirius who stared at her steadily. It was if they were having an entire conversation without words. Evelyn fought the urge to run back to him. Sirius fought the urge to run after her. She turned forward and walked back towards to her mother's car.

"I thought I'd come visit you at work but then I see this." Her mother was still crying. Evelyn wiped the tears from her own eyes and tried to ignore her.

"I have to get something of mine," Evelyn announced as she veered off and picked up her guitar from the place she and Sirius had hid it.

"What's that?"

"A guitar."

"Is it his?"

"No! It's mine. I knew you wouldn't approve so that's why I got a job. So I could pay for it with my own money and take lessons and pay for it without you." Evelyn was shaking with rage and still from the accident. She was exhausted but a wave of adrenaline rushed through her.

"I'm not the villian here, Evelyn. I'm just trying to do what's best for you."

"YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ME!"

"Of course, you're so misunderstood. Well you're right. I don't know you. The daughter I know wouldn't be sneaking around, lying, hiding things, and going into dangerous situations with strange boys. I forbid you from seeing him again."

"What?" Evelyn asked her voice a whisper.

"He's dangerous and he hurt you and I don't want you around him."

"It was an accident, mother. I could have gotten just as or even more hurt from falling off a horse. I'm not leaving him." Evelyn said firmly.

"Oh yes you are! Consider this, daughter. You say you got a job just to buy and learn the guitar? Well what took you so long? You've been working for weeks. I let you have freedom. And what do you have to show for it? He's been distracting you. You haven't been going to horse lessons, you skive off work to go off with him, It took you this long to do something that is your dream because of him. Consider that, Evelyn."

Evelyn didn't even realize she was crying until she felt teardrops rolling down her neck. She had a terrible sinking feeling, maybe it was the adrenaline rush wearing off or maybe it was what her mother said or maybe she had too many emotions at once, but Evelyn let out a loud sob and continued to shake.

"I hate you," Evelyn said through the sobs.

"I'm sure you do but deep down you know that you hate me because I'm right."

Evelyn let out another sob. "You're not." She said less sure of herself.

"I'll let you keep the guitar and your job and you could shave all of your hair off for all I care. But I insist that you stay away from that boy. He's trouble."

Evelyn wiped the tears out of her eyes and relished in the sinking feeling for a moment. Maybe she was right. Evelyn closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Fine." She said meekly.

Evelyn kept her eyes closed but opened them when she felt movement beside her. Her mother was reaching out as if to hug her. Evelyn moved away.

"Let me say goodbye to him," She pleaded.

Evelyn's mother stared at her daughter and finally said:

"Okay. I'll wait here while you do so."

"No. Can't you give me just a little bit of privacy? I can walk home. I need a walk to cool off and I'm not injured or anything. Please?"

Maybe it was the urgency with which Evelyn said it or the pained look in her eyes but her mother agreed. So Evelyn walked towards Sirius with a specific thought in mind. Only a few blocks over was another woman with a thought in mind and a boy with too many thoughts to think straight, also heading towards Sirius.

Author's Note: I really do hate leaving it on a cliffhanger like that. Especially because I'm in the process of moving so it may be about 2 weeks before I can update again. I'll try to update sooner. I really do feel bad. But I'm extra curious to know what you guys thought of this chapter as it was the roughest to write thus far. I expect the next will be harder...I'm not really helping with this cliffhanger thing, am I? Until next time, and as always thank you SO SO much for reading!