Kissed by Black
Disclaimer: No, we don't own Harry Potter….
Chapter Two
The sight of Selene's red face and sweaty hair made my inner self feel guilty. The silence was thick. The baby was gone. She didn't speak, she didn't blame be… she just sat there with her eyes red and fixed on me.
'Selene, I'm sorry,' I said. Her eyes flickered.
'Of course you are! We lost our baby!'
'No, I mean yes…. I mean… I…'
Selene motioned me towards her. I walked towards her and sat on the bed. Her thumb stroked my arm.
'I'm sorry for acting so bitchy… I just feel so lonely sometimes. I feel… insecure. I wonder if you still think of me… pretty. It's just that ever since her death, we changed.'
I felt frustrated. Who died? Was I sick? I decided to ask Selene; 'Do you wonder if Sirius Black…'
Selene coughed. 'I just confess my feelings and you just wonder about Sirius freakin' Black!'
'Well, I just thought that there's no use crying over spilled milk.'
'I know Simon. I know. But yesterday you were drinking. You were celebrating that you were going to be a father… I lost a son. My second baby… Our second baby!' Her voice broke. I held her in a hug.
'It's going to be ok. Don't worry. Padfoot is here.'
I heard her scoff. 'I love you…'
'I…too.' I heard her sniffling. 'What about Sirius Black?' she said. I looked at her. She was still crying. Was she trying to distract herself?
'Well, what if when he fell through the veil, he didn't die… what if he was transported into another world?'
Selene looked at me. 'What if he fell in love with someone!?'
I shook my head. 'Sirius Black is a proud bachelor.'
'I know… but that's why fanfiction exist, right?'
'Fanfiction?'
'Yeah, that site I showed you on Sat. The one I spend lots of time writing on.'
'I don't remember.'
'It's not important,' she sighed and then closed her eyes. 'You must hate me for being a barren.'
My eyes widened. Why was she tormenting herself… I mean, it wasn't Selene's fault that she fell. But then losing those close to us made one feel helpless. James… oh, how I wish he was here. And Remus! He would know how I ended up here in the first place.
'Listen Sel. I am your husband and I don't hate you. I… love you,' I said. Her eyes narrowed slightly, then she closed her eyes and snored softly. I sat there. Then I felt my foot aching. I needed to walk.
The corridors were long. Nurses and doctors walked along them and patients too… and their families.
'…it's just plain stupid, spending time writing on that site.'
'It's not Mum. You know, it helps me improve my English.'
'As if! You just read lemons or what you call those…'
'I don't. Fanfiction is ok.'
Fanfiction! I looked at the teenager with cast on her left hand. 'What's fanfiction?' I flop next to the teenager after her mother disappeared.
'Er… who are you?'
'Sirius… Simon.'
'Ok… You know… Er… you look a lot like Sirius Black. You're not …?'
'Nope. But can you explain what fanfiction is and about…'
'Er… For example, I've read Twilight…'
'Twilight?'
'Yeah, where a vampire fell in love with a human… but I wonder what would have happened if Edward has changed Bella into a vampire at the ballet studio…'
'So, you alter the ending?'
'Sort of. I mean, my sister is a great Harry Potter fan… she wrote a fanfiction about: What if Harry Potter was sorted in Slytherin? I mean, fanfiction is perfect.'
I nodded. 'Have… well is there any fanfiction where Sirius Black didn't die?'
'Suppose… why?'
'Well, it's nothing. Goodbye Ms-?'
'I'm Abriana.'
'Well, goodbye Abriana.'
Abriana grinned and I grinned back. Fanfiction was the answer to my problems, well, I just hoped.
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