SKIP THIS PART IF YOU DON'T WANT TO READ THE SEX SCENE (FOR ALL MY VIRGIN EYE READERS) I'LL GIVE YOU A BOLD AND ITALICIZED WORDS SAYING IT'S OVER. IT'S A SEX SCENE BY THE WAY.

"Like silk." He murmured as he began to try and move her shirt up. Moria shifted slightly and managed to pull her shirt over her head and discarded it over the side of the bed. Soon after, she slid off her trousers. Her face felt as though it was on fire as he stared at her; him having already removed his shirt.

"What?" She asked, trying to keep her voice level and calm as he began to kick off his jeans.

"You're beautiful." He finally said and she felt her face grow warmer than it had been…something she hadn't known could have been possible.

"…thanks…" she managed to say and caught him grinning at her, though she could still see he was just as nervous as she was. After a few minutes she wrapped her arms his neck and the knot that had been in his stomach disappeared.

Their lips met, then their bodies melded. There wasn't an inch of skin that remained untouched on either of them as they made the jump from sexual tension to the real thing. They barely remembered to cast both a contraceptive charm as well as silencing charm. Sirius looked down at her offering her a soft smile. She smiled back and his heart skipped a beat. She was soft, slender to the point of fragile, and yet he'd never known a less fragile woman in his entire life. She seemed dauntless—even fearless—and then there was that part of her that he would never understand.

Moria felt as if she'd been living her entire life for this moment and this man. Her body felt raw. She craved his touch, and yet it was close to painful. Every time his hand touched her skin, her body vibrated like a guitar string that had been strung too tight. She wanted more. She wanted him. She closed her eyes as he tangled his fingers in her hair, tugging on it till she submitted to him. She reached for him feeling the strength of the muscles along his shoulders as his head dipped toward her. She felt the warmth of his lips along her skin, on her lips, in the curve of her neck between her chin, in the valley between her breasts. When his tongue circled the outer surface of her navel, she shuddered from want.

"Sirius…please…" she whispered, then fisted her hands in his hair and tugged gently. He moved back up her body, before rising up on his elbows to look down at her. She seemed so fragile at this moment and he had never seen her like that…and it made him fall for her even more.

"You are so beautiful." He repeated softly and she blushed brightly.

"Sirius…" she murmured again pleadingly and he kissed her gently before he sank into her. He felt her flinch under him and her grip his shoulders tightened as she had to accommodate and adjust to this. He grew still, allowing her that time before he began to move. Their joining was more than either of them had imagined. For Moria, it was knowing that she was completely his. For Sirius it was a feeling of coming home. Time had stopped. All sense of themselves as individuals became lost in the act of making love. The room stood in the dim lighting but was tempered in warmth. The gentleness of their lovemaking was slowly moving into a frenzy that they wouldn't have stopped, even if they could.

The climax came suddenly and without warning shattering Moria to the core. Only seconds separated them as Sirius followed suit. He'd been in control from moment he had slipped inside her to the exit of the last thrust. But when he began another downward stroke, he felt himself coming apart. He tried to maintain the motion but lost it-and himself-inside her.

When it was over, they lay weak and spent in each other's arms. No words were spoken then. No sounds were made as Sirius reached down, grabbed the blankets and pulled, covering himself and Moria. And so they slept, with her head pillowed on chest and his arms holding her close.

OKAY IT'S DONE. READ AFTER THIS IF YOU DIDN'T READ THE SCENE!

Sirius was the one who awoke first. Blinking he began to move before realizing there was a weight resting against his arm. He looked down and saw that Moria was still asleep, her bare back facing him. She made a soft snoring sound, though it was barely audible. He smiled softly, before slowly managing to wiggle his arm out from under her, moving it to get rid of the pins and needles. He stared at the top of his bed, closing his eyes as he felt Moria's warmth at his side. He glanced at the scars that had been etched into her back. Gently he traced them, memorizing each one.

He wondered how scared she had been during her childhood. Sure, his childhood hadn't been happy…but his family had never resorted to this. Each light scar that had been made as a punishment had hurt her so badly. But each scar had made her stronger. He continued tracing each pale mark across her skin, until Moria slowly awoke, the light of the nearby windows flooding the silent room, feeling Sirius tracing her scars. She moved, looking over her shoulder and smiled slightly. He glanced at her and then smiled at her.

"Hey."

"Hey…how long were we out? And how long were you awake?" She asked, teasing as she turned to where she was facing him.

"About an hour or so...it's not close to dinner." He stated kissing her forehead. "I've only been awake a few minutes."

"Ah." She replied. They were silent for several minutes.

"I hurt you didn't I?" he finally said and she groaned in annoyance looking up at him.

"Sirius, I'm pretty sure every girl goes through some sort of pain when it's their first time." She retorted.

"Still…seeing you in pain…" He trailed off when she moved, smiling at him.

"If you must know, towards the end it was very promising."

"Promising…" he said slowly looking at her. He had been afraid that she would have said never again. She grinned and sat up, curling up to cover her bare chest.

"Yes, very promising."

"Promising enough to have another go?" he asked hopefully and she rolled her eyes, smiling.

"Yes you randy git." She said, leaning over and kissing him and he deepened it, pulling her closer to him. They parted when they heard a knock on the door.

"The silence charm is still up right?" he murmured, sitting up as well. Sure he may have locked the damn door, but it didn't really do much good if people could hear them. Moria gave him a look.

"Yes it's still up. I may not be as good as Lily with Charms, but I'm good enough." She said.

"Then we'll ignore the knocking." He said pecking her cheek causing her to smile.

"Yeah." She murmured. Nearly another hour later they were now getting dressed. Moria laughed as Sirius kissed the back of neck.

"Alright you dog, enough. We'll raise some eyebrows if we don't show up downstairs for dinner." She chastised when he looked at her, clearly pouting. She kissed his cheek with a smile on her face.

"Well this has been the best Christmas Eve ever." She said as they finally emerged out of the dorm.

"Yup." He said as they walked out. Thankfully the cold shields had been brought back up so the rooms were warm. The couple then left the Gryffindor common room which was now mostly empty and went down the stairs.

"Finally! Found you two!" a voice called out and the two looked up to see Lily and James.

"Where were you guys? We knocked on both of your rooms but you didn't answer." James asked and Moria glanced at Sirius.

"Oh we were napping." He responded easily. Moria rolled her eyes, offering a slight smirk.

"Yeah…napping." She retorted smiling. James and Lily glanced at each other than back at pair.

"Napping? Really?" Lily asked and several portraits around them began to murmur voicing how scandalous it was to have a boy and a girl in the same room, sharing a bed-even if was just to, nap. If only they knew

"Yes napping." He repeated and then with a grin continued down the stairs, James following him. Lily and Moria soon followed.

"Napping? That's a first time I've ever heard someone refer to that as a nap." Lily whispered out and Moria blushed.

"Refer to what?" Moria asked innocently.

"Oh don't play dumb." Lily retorted.

"Oh shut up." Moria retorted.

"So…did it hurt?" Lily asked and Moria was silent for a few minutes.

"At first. But it got better toward the end. It felt…I don't know…like I was complete." Moria said then blushed. "It sounds weird I know." Moria retorted but Lily smiled.

"It's not weird at all." Lily stated with a grin that made Moria blink then look at her suspiciously.

"What are you planning?"

"Alice is going to love this." Lily said and Moria's face turned tomato red.

"Don't you DARE!"

The boys wisely decided to keep on heading to the great Hall as they heard Moria yelling something and Lily shriek with laughter.

"Sirius, I'm going to have to head back to my room."

"You don't have to. No one is at my room except for me." Sirius complained kissing her jaw, Moria groaned in exasperation. He was making it incredibly hard to say no.

"You know it's against the rules." She replied and he glared at her.

"If I vaguely remember, all of your roommates are gone and so are mine. Who is going to know?" Sirius asked. Moria was silent.

"What do you say?"

"Why don't you use that intellect in class?" she murmured with a sigh of defeat and he grinned.

"I get good scores on my tests, and I got excellent scores on my OWLs." He argued.

"NEWT's are your last thing to worry about."

"Yours too."

"I think I'll do just fine. With Lily breathing down my neck no doubt I'll be able to pass." Moria joked as she followed Sirius who chuckled. "Now, no funny stuff tonight."

"Alright, not tonight. But tomorrow morning not keeping any promises." He replied and she rolled her eyes.

"Great…look at what I've created." She murmured sarcastically as he pulled her into his room, holding her close to him.

"Is that a complaint Ms. Prescott?" he asked and she rested her cheek on his chest, listening to his heartbeat.

"No. No complaint at all." She murmured.

It was late in the morning of the next day when Moria had finally awoken. Well that wasn't actually true. She had awoken earlier that morning, but a certain Black had made it clear that she wasn't going anywhere. Moria yawned as she went down the common area, not exactly surprised to see a small amount of presents, the remaining having already been taken by their respective owners. She went to the grouping and glanced around and spotted a box with the familiar handwriting of her aunt and uncles, as well as a few others. She smiled slightly then continued looking around, trying to see where her stack ended. She blinked when she saw an envelope addressed to her. It was odd. She didn't recognize the handwriting. It wasn't either of her parents' band-mates who she recently gotten back in contact with, and she didn't really have anyone else to send letters to and from with. She lifted the letter and flipped it from side to side trying to figure out who it was from.

There was no name on it.

"What's that?" A voice interjected startling her. She turned to see Sirius scratching his head, apparently trying to wake up.

"I really have to get used to you sneaking up behind me. Only a select few can do that." She grumbled. "Anyway it's a letter…problem is I don't know who it's from."

"Maybe they put it in your pile by mistake." He said sitting down on the sofa behind her, yawning.

"It has my name on it." She said waving it around then sighed. "I'll leave it for later." She said placing the letter down and then went over to her box. "Let's see…I'll go with Uncle William and Uncle Jacob's present." She said. Sirius looked at her confused

"Who are they?"

"They're brothers that my parents knew. They were always there for me, so I just called them my Uncles. Which by the way you might be meeting them soon."

"Should I be prepared to run?" Sirius asked as he watched her pull off a ribbon. She grinned.

"I doubt it. And if you do I'll shield you." She said and she heard him chuckle. She pulled out an old photo album, blinking in confusion as she glanced in at some other stuff, before looking at the small note.

"Hi Angel. Sorry we haven't contacted you in a while. Apparently we had to send your messages via owl…yeah…we'll talk about that when we see you in a few months. We've missed you Angel, and we want to hear everything from when we last saw you till we see each other. Well before William begins to mock me on how sappy this letter is, we've given you a box we found in our garage (we had to clean it out…our Mum may be in her eighties but she's been hitting us over the head with her cane to clean the damn thing out) that was from your parents. It's just some knickknacks and stuff but we thought that you should have it.

Merry Christmas

Uncle W and Uncle J"

Moria smiled.

"Angel?"

"Heh. When I was younger I looked incredibly innocent when I would get in trouble…angel like. So they dubbed me Angel." She said to Sirius as she pulled the box over to her. Inside were small trinkets that she remembered her parents owning, but had most likely been in the van when the accident had happened and had been forgotten. She smiled closing a lid on it promising to look at it again.

"So when are you seeing them?"

"I'm staying with them during Easter Break." She said and he looked at her.

"They really missed you didn't they?" Sirius finally asked. Moria smiled.

"They were there to meet me when I was born, and were there for the first five years of my life. They wanted to adopt me…but the courts wouldn't let them." She said and he frowned. So much pain she had gone through because of that one decision. She shrugged.

"I'll tell them…gently as possible, so I can than try to stop Uncle Jacob from committing murder." Moria said. Sirius smiled.

"For me or Malcolm?" he asked.

"I'll say Malcolm." She replied with a smile. It was odd…it had only taken seven years away from the muggle world for her to actually not be completely scared of Malcolm. She grinned as he moved a strand of hair away from her face.

"What are you planning Mr. Black?"

"Oh nothing Ms. Prescott." He said as he bent down.

"Liar…" she murmured before he kissed her. This, she thought vaguely. This was hereby the best Christmas ever she thought as he pulled her closer. She held back a squeak as he pulled her up to him. When he finally moved away she was breathless and was trying to reconnect her brain to the rest of her body. He smiled.

"Merry Christmas Moria."

"Merry Christmas Sirius." She finally said with a smile plastered on her face.

The day passed by quickly and by the time it had darkened Moria was nearly exhausted. Sirius was barely awake as she ran her fingers through his hair and she watched in satisfaction as his eyes drooped and a low sound of approval left his mouth.

"You are so like a dog." She joked and he chuckled tiredly.

"Do you want me to start shaking my leg?" he joked looking up at her and she laughed, rolling her eyes.

"We should probably go to sleep soon." She said and he looked up at her. She rolled her eyes again. "Sirius, for the love of Merlin."

"Please?" he pleaded. She groaned and then sighed in defeat.

"You do realize that once this break is over I won't be able to stay there." She said and he nodded lifting up to kiss her.

"Might as well make that time last." He said and she sighed.

"Fine." She mumbled out before being drawn into another kiss. Sirius then got up to go change…normally he wouldn't go to the bathroom and honestly it didn't really matter since they had already seen each other…well naked, but he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable. Moria stretched and was partially thankful that the little conscience in her head had told her to stuff a pair of sleeping wear in her backpack when she had gone to get some of her books and to change. As she pulled out her own PJ's she saw the letter that had been placed on the box from William and Jacob fall out. After she pulled on the remaining of her PJ's she picked it up and then opened it. The handwriting on the first word still gave her no clue as to who the identity of the writer was.

However the moment she read the content of the letter, she forgot trying to figure out who had written it to her, her insides freezing, her blood turning to what felt like ice water. She just stared at the letter flabbergasted, and didn't move an inch when Sirius returned. He blinked in confusion at the complete change in her demeanor.

"Moria?" he asked slowly as he approached her, worry now brewing when she didn't look up. He then sat next to her and peered over her shoulder moving her hair so he could get a better look at the letter, and his eyes widened at the same thing that Moria's mind was now trying to understand.

Hello Moria,

First of all I wish you a Happy Holiday. Enjoy it…because it will be your last. That Bludger turned out to be just a test. You better watch it Prescott. You won't have those body guards with you all the time. And when you least expect it, I'll take what's mine, Pet.

Count on it.

OOOOOOHHHHHHH….ROMANCE, COMEDY, AND A CLIFF HANGER. ALL IN ONE CHAPTER. TEEHEE.