Wallflower

Chapter Twenty: Acceptance

Adelaide was glowing as hummed softly to herself on her descent into the kitchen. She was nervous, even if she didn't show it. She had been waiting for a reply from SMU for three months now, and the school year started on the tenth of October, which was only three weeks away.

She froze as she saw an unfamiliar owl perched on the windowsill. With her heart beating in her ears, she quickly walked foreword and opened the window. The owl just stuck out its leg, revealing an elegant envelope with the SMU crest on the seal. She let out a deep breath; she either made it or she didn't, there was no in between.

She took the letter from the owls leg, and the creature promptly flew off. She swallowed, before sliding her finger under the wax seal and ripping it open. She took out the parchment, and her heart froze.

She screamed.

"What is it?" Sirius murmured as he hurried down stairs with sleep still in his eyes. Adelaide jumped him, kissing him and smiling like a lunatic.

"I was accepted at St. Mungo's!" she squealed, "I'm starting classes in October!" Sirius smiled widely.

"Congratulations! I knew you would make it!" he said, and she kissed him again.

"I am going to make the best damn breakfast you've ever had," she murmured, "and then, you're going to teach me how to be an animagus." Sirius sighed.

"You still haven't given up on that?" he asked, and she shook her head with a cheerful smile.

"Seeing as how I'd like to work in the children's ward, I think it'll come in handy," she said with a cheeky smile, "Now, you go take a shower since you smell like sex, and then I want you to get together your books on Animagi! Chop, chop!" Sirius sighed and lowered her to the ground.

"You know, most people don't want to learn before going to school," he murmured grumpily. She giggled, before grabbing his hand and leading him back upstairs.

"On second thought," she said happily, "I think I want you to come up stairs with me, throw me on the bed and ravish me." Sirius was definitely awake then.

"I'd be more then happy to do that," he said, and Adelaide laughed.

"But don't think I'm going to forget about becoming an Animagus," she warned, "because my heart is set on you teaching me. I won't take no for an answer!"

-Two Weeks Later-

Sirius was having a really nice dream. It was just Adelaide and him, all alone on a beautiful island overlooking a waterfall, and they were having a picnic. Time didn't seem to exist as they relaxed and made love over and over again, the sun remaining in the same position in the sky no matter how much time passed. He groaned as the images began to blur and he began to feel a very real weight on top of him and very warm breath against his ear.

"Wake up," Adelaide murmured softly, her lips brushing against his ear as she smiled, "it's morning."

"I don't wanna," Sirius mumbled under his breath as he faded in and out of his dream, "I wanna sleep…need to regain my strength." Adelaide giggled and kissed his cheek.

"Then I'll make breakfast," she said, "Whaddaya want? Name it and I'll make it." Sirius mumbled unintelligibly under his breath for a moment, causing her to raise her eyebrow.

"You need to speak English if you want food," she said with a grin. Sirius groaned and cracked open an eye.

"Bacon," he said simply, before closing his eye again, "Now lemme sleep." Adelaide sighed before she sat up, straddling his waist and placing her palms against his chest.

"You need to wake up still," she demanded, "It's October Fifth, you know what that means?" Sirius sighed and cracked open his eye again.

"Is that the day where you choose to annoy me incessantly until I'm forced to punish you?" he asked, his words slurring together. She giggled, and winked.

"I'm sure I'd have no issue with what you plan to punish me with," she said as she ran her hands down his chest, "But I'm afraid that if we don't get up and eat now we're going to be late for Lily and James' wedding, and seeing as how we're both involved in said wedding, that would prove to be a very bad situation." Sirius sighed and his mind finally came back to reality, and opened his eyes to stare at her.

"I was having a very good dream, I'll have you know," he said. Adelaide raised her eyebrows and she smiled coyly.

"Oh really?" she asked, her hands slowly trailing back up his chest before she fell back on top of him and wrapped her arms around his neck, "What was that dream about?" Sirius grinned and brushed her hair behind her ear.

"Well, it involved me and you, on a very secluded island, all by our selves," he explained and a shiver went down her spine as his hand trailed down her back and rested just at the base of her spine, "We were overlooking a waterfall, and we had a picnic before we made love over and over again." Adelaide raised an eyebrow and pressed her forehead against his.

"Oh really?" she asked, "Well, I'll have to keep this little fantasy of yours in mind when we start planning our honeymoon, hmm?" Sirius nodded, before his hand slipped under the covers. She opened her mouth to protest when he flipped her over and planting his hands firmly on either side of her head.

"Sirius!" She squealed in surprise, but she was silenced as he kissed down her neck causing her to gasp in surprise, "I-I thought you were tired," she half protested as her mind began to shut down and focus on his feather light touches.

"Keyword being was," He said with a grin before moving up and kissing her. She kissed back eagerly, before pulling away slightly.

"But we have to be out of here at eleven thirty," she protested, gasping as his hand trailed down her side, "a-and it's ten o' clock now. We need to take showers, get dressed – Sirius, are you listening to me?!"

"Mmhm," he murmured as brushed his lips against her ear, "take showers, get dressed, got it."

"Then we need to get up!" she protested, but she quieted as his hand brushed over her hip and caused electricity to shoot through her. She sighed, giving in, when he suddenly pulled away with a grin. She groaned, and her head fell back onto her pillow, "so now you stop?"

"You said we had to take a shower," he said. She furrowed her eyebrows and looked at him, confused.

"Yeah, but what does," she paused as her eyes widened in realization, "Oh." Sirius rolled off of her before he got out of bed and took Adelaide into his arms, making his way to the bathroom.

"How about we kill two birds with one stone?" he asked, kicking the door shut behind them before he sat her on her feet and pressed her into the wall to kiss her again. She murmured her agreement, and with a triumphant grin he pulled her behind the curtain and turned on the shower.

"Ah!" Adelaide screamed as the water hit her back, "Sirius, its cold!" He smirked.

"That's why you're facing the water," he explained, and she hit his chest but quieted as he kissed her again and trailed his hands along her body, "I'm sure you'll forgive me in a moment."

-

"We were almost late because of you!" Adelaide whispered under her breath as they hurried through the halls of Dundas Castle in Scottland, where Lily and James had agreed on getting married. It was no where near as beautiful as Hogwarts, but it was definitely something to admire. She was walking at a surprisingly fast pace for her three inch heels, and Sirius followed her with a satisfied smirk.

"Almost," Sirius clarified, "That's what matters. We weren't." She turned on him and pointed her finger at him angrily.

"This is all your fault," she blamed, to his amusement, "I told you we had to leave at eleven thirty! I told you! But you insisted." She turned away from him quickly, her skirt flaring around her as she made her way through the halls. Sirius sighed and followed, before she stopped again and pointed to a door with a frown.

"James is getting ready in there," she said, "I'll be with Lily down the hall." She turned to leave, but Sirius grabbed her wrist and turned her back towards him.

"I'm sorry," he offered, watching as her frown disappeared and she smiled at him and gave him a soft kiss.

"I know," she replied, "Now get going before they start sending out a search party." He grinned and let go of her wrist before walking into the indicated door where, he was bombarded by James the moment the door closed behind him.

"What took you so long to get here!?" He asked, panicking, "I thought you weren't going to show up, Remus had to keep me from sending out a search party!" Sirius sighed, but kept up his smile.

"Sorry, Adelaide and I got distracted," he said truthfully, "It's my fault."

Adelaide wasn't faring any better while Lily berated her about her carelessness.

"You need to get you hair done, and get dressed, and do your makeup," she began to hyperventilate, and Adelaide firmly grasped her shoulders and forced her to look her in the eye.

"Listen, we're witches for a reason," Adelaide explained, "I will be ready in ten minutes, this I promise you. Now calm down, everything will go smoothly, we didn't plan this for it to all go to hell. The guests haven't even arrived yet, so we have time. Now, where is my dress?"

"It's in the closet," Lily said, a bit breathlessly, "Ok, thank you. I was panicking." Adelaide smiled.

"I know," She moved quickly, as promised, and made her way to the closet and pulled out her dress. It was a strapless crème colored dress with a chocolate brown sash wrapped around the middle. It stopped at mid thigh, and her shoes were chocolate brown to match the sash. That had been the only part of her outfit she had brought to her house, and was already wearing.

"You look great, by the way," Adelaide said as she hooked her dress on the back of the door. Lily blushed, and glanced down at her feet. Her wedding dress was very pretty, with a swooping neckline and long sleeves that flared out around her hands. The dress flared out from under her bust and the fabric pooled at her feet. Her hair was loose and curled slightly, and two white flowers kept her hair out of her face.

"Thank you," she murmured, "do you think James will think so?" Adelaide laughed.

"James would think you look good in a trash bag," she said. She quickly stripped off her outfit and pulled on her dress, getting Lily to help zip up the back, "What am I doing my hair like?"

"Elise should be back soon," Lily said as she twiddled her thumbs and chewed on her lip, "she went with Caryn to go check up on the guys." Adelaide sighed, and stuck with her makeup. She just finished when the door opened and Elise stuck her head in.

"Can we come in?" she asked, and when Lily nodded she slipped into the door with a still as thin as ever Caryn trailing behind with a large smile.

"I see Adelaide made it," she said, "I was beginning to think she'd leave us so she could spend the day shagging Sirius." Adelaide rolled her eyes before turning to Elise.

"Can you help with my hair?" she asked, "I have no idea what I'm supposed to be doing."

"Of course," Elise said with a smile, before hurrying over and using her wand to straighten her hair and situate it into a French Twist. After getting the basics she grabbed some bobby pins and hairspray to make sure it would stay in place.

"You're lucky you both have long hair," Caryn said as she lit up a cigarette, "I had to use a potion to grow my hair out so it could go up."

"Since when do you smoke?" Adelaide asked curiously, lightly touching her hair as she turned back to her friends.

"Right after graduation; Stevens got me hooked," she said before shrugging, "It's not that big of a deal." Adelaide refrained from commenting for her own sanity. She glanced at the clock and sighed before she hurried over and grabbed her bouquet made of white roses.

"We have a few minutes," she said before picking up Lily's bouquet, made up of red and white roses, and handing it to her, "We better start heading down."

-

"I'm nervous," Lily said as she stood in the waiting area behind a small wooden door that was as historic as the castle itself. She wringing her hands in front of her and her eyes darting around the room, "what if he doesn't show up? What if I get up there and he's not there?"

"Shush," Adelaide whispered soothingly, "You're being ridiculous. James loves you very much and has waited for this moment since third year."

"I thought he liked me since first year?" Lily said curiously, and Adelaide smiled slightly.

"According to Sirius, he's loved you since third," she responded, and Lily's cheeks flushed as she ducked her head. Adelaide laughed, before she gently patted her back and stepped away, "Come on, We need to get ready." Lily smiled shakily, her eyes filling with happy tears.

"You look lovely," her father whispered into her ear, gently patting her hand. Then, Pachelbel Cannon started to play, the small door opened and Adelaide made her way down a small set of stairs and onto the red carpeted isle, and was followed by Elise and then Caryn. Then there was Lily, her dress trailing behind her and happy tears building in her eyes as she spotted James who looked as if he had lost his breath. Adelaide was happy as she absently toyed with her engagement ring, knowing that one day she would be in Lily's place, and Lily would be in hers.

The room itself was called Auld Keep, and it was beautiful. The walls were rough and a several shades of brown that showed its age. On either side of the isle were black iron chairs with a brown seat and white and red roses tied along the inner chairs and facing the isle. At the front was a long table with a brown cloth and candles glowing softly, but most of the sight was blocked by the group.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today…"

As Adelaide stood beside Lily as her bridesmaid, she had eyes only for Sirius, who stood beside James as his best man. His hair was pulled back into a low ponytail, and he was dressed in very nice (in her opinion) dress robes. While the whole thing went on, she watched him with adoration, half paying attention as James and Lily exchanged heartfelt vows that made Adelaide tear up at the devotion in their voices. Sirius noticed and winked at her, mouthing, 'I love you' and causing her stomach to flutter. She only barely heard when the priest finally spoke,

"You may now kiss the bride."

Adelaide clapped with a large smile as James held Lily close and kissed her, before pulling away with a large smile. They quickly made their way down the isle, and Sirius held his arm out to Adelaide before they too walked down the isle behind them.

"I can't wait," she whispered softly, "until I'm the one in the wedding dress." Sirius smiled.

"I can't wait until I see you in your wedding dress," he murmured into her ear, "and I can't wait until I'm standing at the alter with you." Adelaide smiled, and when they made it away from prying eyes she gently kissed him, ignored Caryn, who whooped not so quietly as she walked through the door with Remus, followed by Elise with Peter. Adelaide sighed and pulled away with a frown.

"I can wait," Sirius said with a smirk, "We have a whole house to ourselves later."

-

Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all things concerning belong to J.K. Rowling. I own Adelaide Vicknair, Vanessa Wolfe, Caryn Gree, Elise Barnes, Madeline Vicknair, Annalisa Bertucci, Professor Sicily and Jean Vicknair.

A/N: I hate weddings. Seriously. I'd like to say that I'm never writing a wedding again, but I have Sirius and Adelaide's to do. BLECH!! This sucks. I hate this chapter. Really. But cool thing is, is that Adelaide and Sirius are getting married at Chillingham Castle, one of the most haunted castles in England. I'm planning on giving it a Wizarding twist. MUAHAHA!!

You guys got about seven more chapters left until Wallflower ends. It might end up being a bit longer though.

Yours truly, And Sirius and Adelaide are all 'lovey dovey' because I watched The Notebook and I was in a fluffy mood. MUAHA!!
B.E.N.