Chapter XXV

Keller reached the Evans house and climb back through the window and removing her clothes, leaving them where they drop and changed into her previous ones before snuggling back under the sheets.

No more nightmares haunted her while she slept, only the blissful memories of what she and Sirius did together and having found love left her in a calm rest.

It was a few hours later she heard someone knocking and waking her up and burying her head under her pillow.

"Who ever it is go away, just give me five more minutes and I'll be up." No maybe half an hour even but was once again disturbed by the knocking and had no choice but allow them to enter. "All right come in!" Jeez doesn't kill someone to get a few more z's. Hermione poked her head in from the doorway, smiling and saying in a happy mood, "Merry Christmas Keller! It's a beautiful Christmas morning and everyone's already up."

Keller pulled her head from under the pillow and sitting up and rubbing the sleep from her eyes as she looked to her cousin who was acting like that Alice girl which was scary. "What time is it, Mione?"

"It's time for everyone to get ready for the party at James' house." Lily appeared, tying a green bathrobe on and had a towel around her head.

"It's your turn." She said to Hermione and she went to go use the bathroom, while Keller yawned and then went straight to her own to freshen up.

After she finished taking a hot shower and a towel wrapped snuggly around her figure while she used a drying spell to dry her hair as she came back to find Lily and Hermione sitting on her bed with an assortment of odd things and magazines scattered , pointing and talking about something before she came in and found them like this.

"Um…what's going on and what are you guys doing?" They turned their heads and she noticed they were smiling evilly and didn't like the look her cousin was giving her.

"What are you looking at? What with the smile? Um guys, guys…" She was backing away, wishing she hadn't left it as they both ran at her and grabbed her down. "AHHH!!!!"

Sirius was taking a nice long shower and then drying up before going to shave, grabbing a razor and shaving cream from the cabinet mirror. One look at his face made him almost jump with what he saw.

Merlin, he knew he had his day looking not his best but man, he try to push it aside, well that ship has pass and was time to bring the old Sirius back. After all Keller probably wouldn't like to be kissing him with this mug like that…

He spread the cream on and then slowing brought the razor to his skin, ridding the stubbles. Once he finished and brushes his hair back but then decided to try combing it different until he just let it loose with a low ponytail as he looked well decent as ever.

He went to open the door to his room, knowing he would find a mess with butterbeers bottle lying around and junk and sigh. He would have to go and clean them up but when he stepped out expecting the room a war zone, he saw all the bottles were gone from the floor and in placed a bag holding them along with all his things put away. A note lay on the side of his nightstand as he picked it up and read what it said.

Padfoot,

Went to wake you up but heard you in the shower.

Clean up all your bottles and man, where did you get pants that are size 9 and why did your room smell different.

Breakfast is downstairs, Mom made pancakes with chocolate chips. Moony is here now too. Oh and don't forget we have to set up decorations for the Christmas party today

Prongs.

P.S. When did you like to sing Everything's Coming Up Roses? I thought you hated that song. All well, just don't start sing any more crazy songs like that out in public, I think they'll throw a shoe at you, mistaking you for a cat.

Sirius almost flushed but he was in too good of a mood to be spoiled by James. He headed to his closet, picking out a pair of jeans and white undershirt and black T-shirt as he finished buttoning it up halfway leaving the rest open still as he got downstairs. So far to him, everything was coming up like roses. And all thanks to a girl named Keller. He was wondering what she was doing exactly at this moment.

"This is cruel and unusual punishment?! I demand you release me from this chair now at once!" Keller's was tied up, very secured and magically enhanced by her cousin as she struggled on her bond but the more she struggled the tighter they became and didn't come any loose. Once they had gotten her to be seat and were rummaging around with the makeup and hair care product and looking at the image to see what Keller would need.

"What do you think Lily? Forbidden Desire or Seductive Mink?" Hermione, her hair with curlers held up two lipsticks and Lily seeing which would be more for her, "Forbidden Desire would make you unbelievable desirable, trust me on that."

Keller glared at her cousin, "If I wasn't strapped to this chair I'd be having the both of you—OW! Watch where you're poking that thing! Are you trying to poke my eye out!" She snapped at Lily who rolled her eyes as she held the mascara stick to her and she, turning her head away before she could stick it in her eye again and make her go blind.

"Oh come on Kell, will you please relax. You're acting as if we're using torture devices on you instead of everyday make-up."

"That's what I'm afraid of…" She muttered once Lily had finally managed getting her to hold still and worked on making her lashes darker and thicker, then adding a midnight blue eye shadow with gold lining on the edge of her lids.

The girls have already gotten their outfits at the Hammonds, picking and trying different dress, seeing what suited them best for the Christmas party after they had shopped for their presents.

They found a good dress for each of them, all reaching above their knees and giving them a sexy air to them and finding some good pumps which Keller seem reluctant to wear again as the last pair almost knocked her down the stairs many times.

Boy, she better hope Sirius likes this, from what she had to go through with. Hermione went to do her lips with something called 'Your Ecstasy is My Desire' while Lily went to deciding on what to give her hair putting her hair up, down, etc. He seriously better like it!

Sirius had never felt so hungry in all his life as he went down to the kitchen, smelling the freshly baked pancakes and saw a whole lot sitting there on a platter. His mouth instantly water and he grabbed a plate and started stacking a bunch and pouring the syrup all over them.

"Wow, Sirius I didn't know you were that hungry?" Remus commented as he watched Sirius wolf down his food, almost choking when it got down as he ate. Remus saw that James hadn't been kidding in his letter as he noticed traces of dark bags under his eyes of not getting much sleep but something seem different now, he could almost smell it linger on Sirius even after his shower.

Suddenly he gave a wide knowing grin over his cup of hot chocolate, recognizing that familiar scent just like he known his and Hermione's only it belong to her cousin.

So they finally decided got together, a bit quick than one expect but about time too. Sirius was putting another bit on his plate, Mrs. Potter smiling as she saw that the old Sirius was back and Mr. Potter ruffled his hair like his son's. They were both as curious as to what brought him back into good spirit, guessing it was the Christmas holidays and the girls were coming over, knowing Sirius liked to flirt. Both James and Remus both stifled a chuckled as they knew that there had to be more than just that with only one particular girl coming.

The girls, all finished and dressed, put on their coats and said goodbye to the Evans, carrying their presents in their bags as they went out the door. "Have a good time girls!" Lily, Hermione and Keller stood outside before Lily flagged her wand and the Knight Bus came.

"Potter residence in Godric Hollows." She told the driver, paying him the galleons and taking a seat with the other girls. The girls held on as the bus made a speedy drive and had them right in front of James house.

"Man, I can't never get use to that." Keller said breathless as she and the other girls got off and went to the front door. Lily knocked and then waited for ten seconds before the door opened to reveal James wearing a red long sleeve shirt with a gold lion emblem, Gryffindor on it.

"Hey Lily, wow you girls look hot!" He said, eyeing them but mostly on Lily as he made room for them to enter. Lily removed her coat and revealed her dress, emerald green, matching her eyes and was sleeveless and her hair was all natural, hanging in the back but had it pulled back to reveal emerald earrings that she got from her parents today.

"Come in, come in and allow me to take your coats Mademoiselles and please join everyone in the foyer where they are waiting for you beautiful darlings to say 'Dine, wine and be entertain by fine male company'." He tried to put on a French accent but not going with it as Lily handed her coat then Hermione's and Keller's.

The girls stepped into the foyers to see Remus helping Mr. Potter with the last bit of ornaments and Sirius was sipping hot chocolate before he turn around and saw them. He almost spat out his hot chocolate when his eyes landed on Keller, his eyes taking in and liking what he sees.

"Keller is that you?" He saw that she was wearing a blue sequins dress, hanging low at the cleavage, showing little of the slope of her breast with a single gold chain, her hair swept up in a elegant French Twist, thanks to some special witch hair care products that made them smooth and silky while strands hung around her face.

Merlin she looked absolutely beautiful and ravishing.

Her lips were glistening red and so juicy looking that Sirius had to the resist going up to her and kiss her succulent mouth and holding her like there was no tomorrow. He had enough trouble as it was trying to keep his glued eyes away from her dress, imagining removing it and finding nothing underneath like last time or maybe wearing a pair of black or red satin panties just to get his blood coursing. Suddenly he felt his pants already starting to prop up like a mini tent.

Down Padfoot, down boy! Now's not the time, at least not yet. No bad Padfoot, bad, hmm, I wonder if she'll try to give me 'punishment' later, no stay, sit, lie down damn you! Can't have it now, must wait, gotta be patient and figure what kind of distraction and have us alone somewhere together…

He crossed his legs over the growing bulge but saw she had seen his little 'problem' and gave him a mischief look and winked, mouthing the word, 'later' from her lustic lips.

Oh yeah a very tempting vixen she was, sexual and wanting to have her, to touch her beautiful skin, kiss her until she moans for more and to taste her all over again.

Ok this wasn't helping, he had to put more pressure down to keep it from popping out of his jeans and had himself from jumping up and taking her in the room while everyone was still here.

He gave a low whistle that caught Remus' attention after he finished and turn to see them but mostly stared at Hermione with almost the same reaction he was feeling which gave Sirius a chance to leave the room to head to the bathroom upstairs before anyone noticed while everyone's attention was on the three girls.

Remus' eyes moved up and down her dress. It was a red spaghetti strap with white fur trimmings and a holly hanging around her waist by a red ribbon, her hair was curled and pulled back with a ruby rhinestone clip. Red meaning the color of passion and love, he thought as he went over and gave her a quick peck and growled seducible while she giggled before she whispered in his ear for only him to hear, "Later Remus, later, when we're alone…you very naughty wolf. But you are my naughty wolf."

"Only when I'm around you red…my very red Mione…" He whispered back before Mrs. Potter came out of the kitchen carrying a fresh batch of cookies on a tray and saw them, "Oh so you must be the girls James was talking about." She smiled sweetly as she set the tray on the coffee table before she introduced herself, "I'm Rose Potter and this my husband, Harold Potter." She point to the man who finished setting the decoration and shook their hands one by one.

"You must be Lily then," She grabbed Lily's hand and pumped it up and down looking her over and smiling kindly, "You're exactly as our son describe. He has been talking about you for the last six years and hadn't really exaggerate a lot of things I can assure but he did make mention you were the girl of his dream…." Lily flushed beet-red before Mrs. Potter turn to the two other girls, "And you must be the two transfer students from Drumstrung, very difficult school I heard, based around the Dark Arts."

"Yes but we like Hogwarts better as we saw in our last school as you mention covered too much on purity of blood and dark arts when there is so much more than that." Mrs. Potter instantly like them as Hermione introduced themselves, "I'm Sonja Lucian and this is my cousin Keller Corvin." Keller shook her hand and bowed politely, though feeling slightly embarrassed as if she were meeting Sirius' parents instead of someone else's.

Than again he was adopted into their family and made him like their son in a way…She shook their hands and then went to join her cousin and friends on the couch. The girls were taking the mugs of hot chocolate and cookies that had been left on a tray on the coffee table, thanking Mrs. Potter and took a couple sips of and bites of her homemade cinnamon chocolate chips while the Potter were getting ready to go to a Christmas party at the Ministry.

"We'll be off then," Mr. Potter said grabbing his wife's coat, handing it to her before she turn around and looked to her son, "Now James please remember don't try to set the house on fire like you almost did last time."

"Sure mom. Don't worry about it we won't do such a thing while you're gone." James still looking at Lily and cuddling next to her as his parents went to the fireplace and floo over to the Ministry.

The boys moved around them, Remus by Hermione and Sirius by Keller and feeling the need to do something, decided to give them their presents first and grabbed the bags and started handing them to each and everyone.

Lily saw James's happy face as he got the book and kit, saying how he would always treasure them and that he would show it to his grandkids someday as he handed Lily her gift, which was a locket with emerald and rubies embedded around the heart shape locket where inside there was a picture of her and James together on their first date. Lily gave him a kiss and placed the locket on and said she would never take it off. Remus and Hermione shared the chocolate together she gave him as Sirius joked that he never did share them with anyone before Remus gave him a look and telling him to shut up before resuming to make out with his girlfriend on the couch.

Sirius laugh before he turn and saw Keller with the small box in her hand and took it and unwrapped and opened to see the ring. He had a strange look upon his face and Keller wonder if he didn't like her gift, thinking it was too girlish for him.

"You don't like it." She said as she tried to hid her disappointment, "If you want, I can return it to get you something else but—" Sirius stopped her and pulled out an identical box and hand it to her.

She took it curious as to what was inside and open to see a ring that looked exactly like the one she gave to him only it was more a light earth green-brown color, almost like the color of her eyes and there were black-blue veins running inside the stone.

"When I saw that ring, it reminded me of you and how your eyes change differently from hazel to black with specks of blue in them. I was just surprised to see that you bought the other one for me." He said as Keller placed the ring on her finger, seeing it fit perfectly and saw Sirius do the same and felt a strange electric volt pass right through them. He looked to Keller and saw she had the same reaction as the tingling feeling and sensation came over him, "Whoa, I guess that's why he said these rings were special, Merlin that was weird."

Keller nodded numbly, Yeah he sure did but never mention this. Sirius looked taken aback and Keller looked to him confuse, wondering why he was looking at her like that as if she transformed again or something, "What?"

"I-I heard you and y-you didn't move your lips, you said, 'yeah he sure did but never mention this.' How did you do that? Was that another thing you learn beside doing wandless magic?" He asked, he was starting to feel confuse and curious and she could feel them but weren't her own, how was this happening?

Keller was thinking, wait a minute those were my thought? What if now we can…?

"Sirius, think of something, anything quick?" He did and Keller could see images of last night inside her mind and feeling her face turn red and quickly shaking the thought away.

"Okay…I think that's enough right now. Thank you." She said trying to stop the burning in her cheeks before she told Sirius through their newly acquired link. We're able to read and see each other's thoughts and feelings telepathically.

Really that's cool! He thought psyched about being able to see what she was thinking even though he really shouldn't as invasion of privacy but still way better than he expected. Now I can see what you think of me all the time. He flirted and Keller had to laugh.

Yeah well just don't ask me anything like on a test; I might not decide to help you out even if I do find you sexy enough.

Aw, don't say that, with my suave debonair and your dangerous sexiness, we're the perfect match wouldn't you say Kell? Even in her mind, he was flirting but was finding it hard to not think how nice it was to possible have a conversation or two in the privacy somewhere if people were around. She would have thought so but then an important thing came to her if Sirius heard anything on hers and Hermione's conversation on the future and he got word of it somehow. She would have to be more careful on them and would have to warn Hermione on that as well in case.

She looked to where everyone were all still exchanging presents and went to go with Sirius to give theirs to the others. Lily's face lit up as she thank Keller for the mood lilies knowing that if they were grown right now they would have been budding blue for friendship. James went to try on his new sweater, watching it zoom all about and trying to reach out for it. Hermione and Remus held their new books, looking at the glossy titles and saying thanks to them. Once all the presents had been open, it was time to start partying.

"By the way, I haven't seen Peter around? What happened to him?" Lily asked while Hermione and Keller tensed up at the mention of the rat's name as James answered her, "Beats me, haven't seen him for a while myself. Last time I check, he said he had to visit a sick aunt or something back home and said he wouldn't be able to make it. Probably with them still."

Yeah right and I'm not a half-vampire, half-lycan who knows more magic in my little pinkie than that RAT does. Keller and Hermione at the thought of Peter and having possible theories of what he could be doing right now at this minute but had little proof. They didn't know if he was really a Death Eater yet or not but still would have to keep a closer eye for him in case he did anything suspicious.

Sirius, having heard a little of Keller's thoughts turn to look at her curiously, seeing her eyes flashed black then back to normal again. He wondered why they didn't like Peter so much and if he would ever find out soon enough through the mind link he shared with her. He was guessing she wasn't going to allow him to see any with her defenses up like a high wall unless he found some point where she would have her guard down. He would have to wait and see. Keller turn to look at him and smile and he smiled back at her, grabbing her hand, giving it a quick kiss as James started up a record and music began playing.

"Shall I have this dance then?" She nodded, "Why I be honored to Sirius." And the two were dancing with everyone around, James and Lily swinging and Remus and Hermione were enjoying themselves and laughing at Sirius who dip Keller while pressing kisses to her neck making her giggle uncontrollable and couldn't stop.

Once Sirius pulled her back and twirled her around, the heels clicking and almost making her feel dizzy. She hoped never to trip in these but Sirius had managed to pull her back in his arm and holding her as they dance together with everyone, making close contact that made her feel the intense passion rising in them and arousing not just her but for Mione and Remus watching how he was rubbing and sliding his hand down lower on her body.

When the music change and about an hour or so stopped and everyone was sitting on the couch, resting, the girls removing the heels, they wanted to do something fun. Sirius perked, having an idea in mind and suggested a game.

"We should play hide and seek." Everyone looked at him like had gone crazy, "But Padfoot that's a kids' game."

"And you're not saying we should be enjoying our youth while we should, have you no shame Prongs? No, I don't mean like that kind of 'Hide 'n' Seek', I mean that the girls should hide and we, the gentlemen should seek them. One for each you say, James for Lily, Remus for Sonja and me for Keller." Everyone seem to be catching what he was saying while Sirius turn to Keller who look like she was going to be red in the face any minute with the way he stared at her like a hungry predator.

"James your family owns a huge amount of land and there's so many places to hide and not just here. They could hide in the Quidditch room by the field or the clubhouse. Wherever you ladies decide will be fine by us but you have to leave your pair of shoes or whatever you have to indicate where you'll be hiding in which place so we don't mix up on finding you. We, James, Remus and I must go after you and we'll not cheat in whatsoever or blab blab, etc, etc. to find you without any help."

And I won't stop with you Keller; I'll hunt you down and take you wherever you are so be ready when I come looking for you. Sirius was smiling mischief like to her while Remus was looking towards Mione with the same idea in mind and stuck his tongue and licked his lips hungry, looking like he was going to be having fun with this game.

Hermione and Keller seem to think so too as they were both becoming aroused and had to keep from growling to get Lily and James' attention if they wanted to know what was up.

"So is everyone up for it?" Sirius looked to Keller. "Well how about you, you game?"

She smirked, showing she was not one to back down from a challenge and let him win and claim his prize, "I accepted but you'll have a hard time finding me if I intend to be your target Padfoot." Hermione and Lily were agreeing, while the boys were smirking as Remus said, his eyes slightly glowing while watching Mione, "Better start running for cover now ladies cause we might catch you right here and now and that won't be fun would it?" They covered their eyes and started counting at once.

"One…Two…Three…" The girls giggled and scattered, Lily staying inside the house, taking off her shoes and lying them by the door and running upstairs while Hermione and Keller ran to the backdoor where the yard was which was magically enhance to stay warm and clear of any snow in case the boys wanted to play a little Quidditch but gave the illusion to any outsiders like muggles.

"You head to the Quidditch room, I'll head to the clubhouse!" Keller said as she and Hermione, instantly took off their shoes and ran in the different direction.

Keller took one glance to see Hermione to the field and Keller saw that the clubhouse was almost ahead. It didn't look really like a clubhouse kids would play more like a house itself. She slipped in, placing the shoes by the doorway. She had first thought of placing her panties on the doorknob but she didn't want Sirius to have too much of a heart attack and would like to surprise him with what she had on. She looked around the clubhouse and was more and more surprised to find that it didn't look like one at all, more like a lodge or cabin.

Oh well, better find a place to hide and maybe get caught She walked about, the downstairs room was too obvious with a small kitchen and entertainment room that barely had any place to hide and went up and found four doors, each with a picture of an animal: a stag, a black dog, a wolf and a rat. Keller considered her option and took the dog's room, obviously knowing it was Sirius' and that he would find her in his room. She looked around, seeing it was a little messy but still at least she tried to find a perfect hiding place in here.

Under the desk wouldn't do, the underside of the bed was not big enough to fit her and didn't want to really ruin her new dress like she did the other one. She saw a door leading to a bathroom but then saw the closet.

Perfect, she would definitely surprise him when he came looking for her. When she opened the door, she opened her mouth and let out a murderous scream as she saw her mother's body come out of the closet.

It couldn't be, she saw her mother's glowing blue eyes staring at her, her face looking pale like wax and wearing a skull like smile and the bullet hole in the middle of her forehead, blood and brain spilling out and over her face and dropping to the floor.

"It's all your fault…it's all your fault. It's your fault your father and I are dead! It's because of you we're dead! You should never have been born if this was the kind of child I was to bring into this world. Nothing but an ungrateful whelp, a true monster!"

Oh Elder, this couldn't be happening… She was backing away, her eyes still on her mother as she continue to yell that it was her who killed them, her who killed her father and mother.

"No mother…I-I didn't mean to…I didn't mean for this to happen, I swear mom! Please I'm so sorry, I really am! Please mom!" It had been her fault that everything that had happened had been brought onto her self. "You should never been born!"

She fell back on the bed, scared and unable to move as her mother move closer, looking ready to strangle with her long sharp nails and her glowing blue eyes glaring with such cold emptiness that she didn't hear the door swinging open and her name being called, "Keller!"

Her eyes looked away from her mother for a second and spun her whole head around, leaping to her feet and race to his arms and felt his surprise and confusion until he looked to where she had been with her mother that had came out of the closet was and saw what had frightened her.

Sirius pulled Keller behind him, watching her dead mother changed to that of someone else, someone she recognized as Sirius' mother but more like a screaming banshee-like woman yelling, "Traitor, mudblood lover!" He pulled out his wand and pointed at it, "Riddikulus!"

His mother's mouth was slammed with a heavy metal bar across it and the boggart moved back to the closet as he kick it there and shut the door, locking it in.

Well that takes care of that. He turn back to see Keller looking still pale and frighten to where the boggart had been before Sirius came and took her in his arm and led her to the bed, holding her shaking form.

"It's all right, it's gone now. Don't worry I got rid of it, I'm here Keller…" He said soothing her as she pressed herself against him and feeling him embrace her as she asked, "W-what was it? When I opened the closet, it was my mom, my mother, there, dead…" He rubbed her back comfortingly as she cried in his chest.

"That was a boggart Keller. Boggarts are shape-shifters that take on a person's worst fear and use it against them and feed off that emotion, your fear when you encounter one. Apparently what you thought you saw was an illusion…"

Seeing the dead woman, her own dead mother ranting at her, screaming about something must've been her worst fear as Keller kept saying almost quietly to herself, "It was all my fault…my fault she's going to die like that. I should have stay and kept myself with them like they always told me to but I couldn't, I just couldn't and some day she will, mom and dad will…" She couldn't hold it in as she allowed her tears to pour from her eyes, ruining the mascara and letting them run down her cheeks in black and red trails.

Sirius was confused with what she was talking about and then her memories starting swirling in his mind from her thoughts right through the link.

Keller, at age twelve, unable to sleep as she heard the sound of gunshots ringing through the night and leaving her room to see what was going on downstairs…

Tripping on the last step, falling on top of a body and seeing a dead man with hazel eyes staring blankly at the ceiling with multiple bullet holes in his body and screaming at the top of her lungs when she saw it was her father and having his blood drench her clothing…

Her mom rushing to her, grabbing her off her husband's dead body and trying to get them out as Keller continue to scream before her mother cried out as a bullet hit her in the leg and they fell to the floor together, Keller landing far from her and saw her mother say something before a shot was heard and…

They stopped there and Sirius felt like he had been through a whirlwind of memories again as he stared down at her, the memories still fresh inside his mind.

Merlin's ball so that's what had happened to her family… He held her and tried his best to calm her, stroking her back and said, "It wasn't your fault and I'm sure she had been trying to protect you just like she would…"

Sirius heard her thoughts in her mind, I wish I could believe that, but if Mione and I, if I could somehow keep it from happening before it starts, then I could… She stopped her eyes widen as she looked to see Sirius still beside her, fearing that he heard the thoughts she had been thinking.

"Oh elder, please tell me you didn't, you didn't hear…" She couldn't bring herself to say it as she already could see the questioning look he was giving her.

"Keller what are you talking about, I don't really understand what you are trying to say?" She tried to look away but he pulled her chin to stare at him and she advert her gaze away but he had to grab her attention to know what's on her mind. She had to open up to him, she had to, not just for his sake but for hers.

"Keller look at me please and tell me what's going on, you made a promise to me and James you would answer any question we asked, well I'm asking you now and I want to know what do you mean by if you can keep that from happening with Mione which I don't understand? Please just tell me what's up, let me what you are hiding? Please no more, no more secrets between us, I love you too much and need to know what is the matter…"

He held her in his arms and hearing the way he asked her and how he was holding her with such a tense but kind embrace did she looked up, her eyes were slightly red from crying and the mascara running down her pale cheeks black mingled red as she tried to find the right words to say, "Sirius I don't know if I can, because of what I might tell you might cause an affect for us, mostly to you and I don't want anything to happen."

"Try me then Keller, just don't lie or hide it anymore, I know this is hurting you inside somehow with what you've been keeping in. Just don't keep it bottled anymore for your sakes."

She took a shallow breath and said, "All right but you have to promise not to say anything until I'm finished, understand?" He nodded, "Sirius me and my cousin, we're, you see, I'm—"

"Keller!" And the door burst opened to reveal a frantic Hermione who came rushing into the room followed by Remus entering the room and staring at the two.