I sent Snape a quick owl in the morning telling him that I would be staying until Sunday afternoon, if all goes well. Just as the owl left threw the window in the kitchen, Sirius walked in.

"You better watch what you say on those owls, they're being watched." Sirius said as he poured himself a cup of coffee.

"Really?" I asked.

"Yeah, Harry's owl looked like it took a beating." Sirius replied.

"Yikes, yeah I'll make sure I watch what I say." I said as I tried to recall if I wrote anything worth attacking my owl for.

"So about this talk" Sirius said sitting down at his usual place at the dining room table.

I took a deep breath in. I knew this talk wasn't going to be easy. At least we already got the fighting out of the way. I slowly sat down at the table across from Sirius.

"Kate..." Sirius started off saying.

I heard a slight twinge of disappointment in his words.

"I don't approve of what you are doing." Sirius said.

I nodded; I didn't want to interrupt him.

"And it's not just because he and I were, well not exactly rivals, but we didn't get along, but it's because he's as old as I am!" Sirius continued.

"The age thing doesn't bother me." I said

"It bothers me." Sirius replied.

"I think you should give me a chance with this Sirius." I said.

"Can you at least see why this is hard enough for me?" Sirius asked.

"I do, can you at least try and understand where I'm coming from as well?" I asked

Sirius looked at me with his eyes full of anger and sorrow. He was torn, I knew that, but I needed him to give me a chance.

"I know you're old enough to make your own decisions, but I think you're making a huge mistake." Sirius commented.

"Then let me make mistakes" I insisted.

"Kate..." Sirius started to say.

"What don't you like about him other then his age?" I asked

"I just want you to be safe, especially now a days..." Sirius replied.

"He can protect me, and I can protect myself. I'm not a kid anymore." I said.

"I don't want too see you get hurt." He added

"That's the risk with any boyfriend, regardless of who they are." I replied.

"I don't know Kate..." Sirius said as he pushed his hair back.

He knew he didn't have much more for an argument.

"If Dumbledore can trust him, why can't you?" I asked.

Sirius lowered his head in defeat.

"There is no way to talk you out of this, is there?" He asked.

"There isn't" I replied.

"So stubborn. Then I want to at least make some rules." Sirius said

I jumped across the table and hugged Sirius.

"Hey, hey, this still doesn't mean I approve. Not in the least bit." Sirius tried to say threw my tight vice grip.

"I know" I smirked as I sat back in my chair.

"But, if fighting with you over this means I'm going to lose you, then it looks like I have no choice." Sirius said in defeat.

I couldn't help but smile.

"Rule one. I don't want to hear anything about him." Sirius started off.

"Okay" I replied.

"Rule two. He isn't allowed in my house unless it has to do with the Order" Sirius continued.

I nodded.

"Rule three. I get you for special occasions. Like Christmas." Sirius said.

"Fair enough." I replied.

"Rule four..." He started to say

"How many rules are there, because I might have to start writing these down." I smirked.

"There are only two more, so shut-it wise ass." Sirius smirked back.

"Okay, okay. Sorry." I replied.

"Rule four. I don't need to hear things from other people, so can you at least TRY and keep you... guys... discrete. Sirius stressed

"I agree with you on that one." I replied.

"Okay... and the last rule. If he EVER hurts you, I want you to come right to me and I'll deal with it." Sirius said as his eyes flickered.

"Umm, alright. I don't think that's ever going to happen, but I agree to that one as well then." I replied.

"Okay then... that's it." Sirius said standing up.

"Thanks for at least compromising with me." I said standing up as well.

"I still don't approve Kate." Sirius said sternly to me.

"I know" I said as I bowed my head.

I thought about just ending it with Professor Snape. I mean, it was upsetting my family, the Oracle said that I would have to anyways, but I just can't. Every time he looks at me with those eyes, I melt... I crumble... I become his.

"Well then, I need to get out of the house." Sirius smirked.

"Okay, where do you want to go" I replied lifting my head.

Sirius laughed.

"What?" I asked in confusion.

"You're just like me. Every time I tell someone else that, they always tell me to stay put because I was a fugitive. Not you, without skipping a beat you were ready to leave with me." Sirius explained.

"Oh, sorry... I didn't even think about that..." I replied, feeling horrible for even going along with it.

"Don't apologize; I need to get out of here... I'm starting to get cabin fever." Sirius said walking to the hallway outside the kitchen.

"Are you sure about this?" I asked.

Sirius laughed again.

"Very sure, would you mind?" Sirius asked me as he passed me a leash.

I smirked as I walked a large black dog down the sidewalk.

"Might as well get you a flea collar while we're out." I giggled.

Sirius growled slightly.

"And maybe while we're getting that we can give you a bath." I smirked.

Sirius growled more loudly. A little girl and her mother approached us.

"Look mommy, that dog looks so scruffy." The little girl said to her mom.

"It's because doggy doesn't like to take a bath." I replied back to the little girl.

"Can I pet him?" The little girl asked.

"You can, he's so gentle, aren't you boy?" I said in a baby dog voice.

Sirius' head snapped in my direction as the little girl started petting his head gently.

"Okay sweetheart, come on we have to go meet daddy remember?" She said tugging at the little girl's hand.

"Oh right! Daddy said he was going to get me some ice cream!" She squealed as she and her mom moved along.

Sirius growled at me, baring his teeth, but then stopped when he looked up and saw the expression on my face. I stared at the little girl and her mom walking away. Wondering how some people got so lucky to have such the perfect family all the time. Sirius nudged my hand and I snapped back to real life. I continued walking with Sirius without saying anything. I didn't need him to know how hard it was when my mom died. He didn't need to feel any pain of what I felt, it wasn't fair.

Sirius continued walking me down the street until we stopped at a muggle dog park.

"Dog Park?" I said with smirk on my face and a raised eyebrow.

Sirius barked.

"I guess being cooped up in the house for a long time you want to run don't you?" I smirked.

Sirius wagged his tail and waited until I unclasped his leash. He bolted as soon and he felt that leash was off him.

"Be good!" I called out after him.

I laughed as he jumped over a smaller dog, freighting the dog and the dog's owner. I sat on the park bench overlooking the park. A cold breeze blew threw the park. I buttoned up the coat I was wearing and pulled it in closer to me.

"Winter is almost here." A man said taking a seat next to me on the bench.

"Yeah, right around the corner." I replied glancing over at him.

He wasn't bad looking. His dirty blonde hair fell in odd directions, making it look like he just woke up. I could see his muscles threw his tight sweater he was wearing, but his grey eyes were what really made me notice him.

"Which one is yours?" He asked me.

"Which one... what?" I asked.

He laughed.

"Which dog?" He asked me.

"Oh! Dog... right..." I blushed.

I looked down to try and find Sirius. I saw him by a tree digging a hole.

"Ugh, the one who's digging. PADFOOT DON'T DIG!" I yelled down at him.

Sirius looked up at me, barked and then continued digging.

"Jerk." I muttered.

"That's an interesting name." The guy commented.

"Yeah, it's not that creative." I smirked.

"You didn't name him?" He asked me.

Shit.

"Uh, the pound I got him at named him." I lied.

"I see." The guy replied.

"Which dog is yours?" I asked the guy.

He pointed at a young looking husky dog that was black and white and flaked with grey.

"Beautiful dog." I commented.

"Yeah, that's Bella. She's not even a year old yet." He said smiling.

"Wow, she's going to get huge." I said.

"Well, I'm getting huge just looking at you sweet heart. If you know what I mean" He said moving closer to me.

He eyed me and then he looked down at his obvious erection in his jeans and then back at me. Everything became very awkward. I jumped off the bench and started walking towards Sirius.

"Padfoot we're leaving" I said as I clasped the leash onto Sirius.

Sirius looked at me and whined.

"Sorry! But that guy over there just started talking all sexually to me!" I exclaimed.

Sirius looked over to where the guy was still sitting. The mans eyes flickered from the park to where I was standing. Sirius growled and suddenly took off in that direction with his leash still attached.

"PADFOOT!" I cried out after him.

I saw the guy suddenly stand up when he noticed that this big black dog was coming right at him. I saw him to start to run, but Sirius caught up to him in no time. Sirius sunk his teeth right in the guys butt. Sirius then tackled him to the ground.

"Damnit Padfoot." I muttered as I ran over to where they were.

"Get your fucking dog off of me!" He yelled as I approached.

"Sorry, he got away from me." I smirked.

Sirius still stood on the guys back growling at him.

"Hope he wasn't too much trouble." I said sarcastically as I grabbed the leash attached to Sirius.

"Come on Padfoot, We'll go get you a treat for being such a good dog." I said as I pulled at his leash, making him step off of the guy.

We walked away without looking back at the guy.

"Fucking creeps are everywhere!" I exclaimed.

Sirius growled slightly.

"So what do you want?" I asked Sirius.

Sirius tilted his head at me in confusion.

"For kicking that guy's ass?" I smirked.

Sirius' tail wagged as he led me back threw the small town. After walking down a few blocks he stopped in front of a cigar and smoke shop.

"Really?" I asked looking down at him.

Sirius wagged his tail and looked up at me.

"Okay, so what do you want?" I asked him.

Sirius looked at me and barked.

"Yeah, because I'm supposed to know what that is. Okay, bark for which one you want okay?" I explained.

Sirius looked at me.

"Smokes?" I asked.

Sirius didn't bark.

"Cigar?" I asked.

Sirius barked.

After a long guessing game with Sirius, I finally figured out which cigar he wanted. We continued walking home, Sirius walked like he was slightly in a better mood. We happened to walk past a jewellery store. I stopped when I saw it. This amazingly beautiful butterfly bracelet. The butterflies were made out of gems and they started out a lime green color and then faded to a dark navy blue the further around the bracelet they went. It was made out of silver which reflected the gem colors perfectly. Sirius looked back at me and tilted his head.

"Sorry, something caught my eye." I said, breaking my gaze away from the bracelet.

Sirius almost seemed to roll his eyes.

We finally made it back to Sirius' house around noon.

"Are you hungry?" I asked Sirius as I closed the front door behind us.

Sirius transformed back into his human form, he wrapped his robe tighter around his body.

"Yeah, starved. I'm just going to go change." He said smirking.

I went into the kitchen and I heard him walking up the stairs to his bedroom. I placed his cigar on the dining room table and started pulling stuff out of the fridge for lunch.

When Sirius came down, I was putting the final touches on my Vegetarian clubhouse sandwiches. Sirius grabbed the Cigar from the table and smelt it.

"Mmm I haven't had one of these in a long time." Sirius said as he closed his eyes and inhaled the scent of the Cigar again.

I placed the sandwich in front of Sirius and sat down with my own sandwich across from him.

"Eat" I insisted.

Sirius put his Cigar down and picked up his sandwich.

"What is this anyways?" He asked as he sniffed it.

"Just eat it" I smirked.

"There's no meat on it." He whined.

"Eat!" I demanded.

Sirius took a bite of the sandwich.

"It's like trying to get a kid to eat vegetables." I smirked.

"Hey, this is actually really good." Sirius commented.

"Oh, but it doesn't have any meat on it. How could it be good?" I joked.

"I'm serious, this is amazingly good!" Sirius said taking another bite of the sandwich.

"I'm glad you like it." I smirked as I took a bite out of mine.

"What else can you cook?" Sirius asked with food still in his mouth.

"Ugh, dad, chew and swallow before you talk." I said disgusted.

Sirius swallowed his food.

"Can you make meatloaf?" Sirius asked.

I smirked.

Sirius puffed on his Cigar as I cleaned up the table after the huge meatloaf dinner I made for him.

"Where did you learn to cook so well?" Sirius asked as he kicked back in his chair with his feet on the table.

I ran water over the dishes in the sink.

"Mom..." I muttered.

"Sorry" Sirius said as he put his feet back on the ground and put his cigar in the ashtray on the table.

"It's okay." I said and I smirked at Sirius.

"If you ever want to talk about it" Sirius said.

I couldn't talk to him about it. He loved her too. It would break his heart if he knew the details, and I wouldn't do that to him. I couldn't do that to anyone.

"Thanks" I said as I looked back to the sink as it filled up with water.

The door slammed open and shut and two sets of foot prints came running down the main hallway. I turned off the tap water and looked towards the doorway of the dining room

"Are they here yet?" I heard one voice say.

"We should just go and meet them there!" I heard another voice.

"It might be an attack" The other voice said.

"What's going on?" Sirius asked as Lupin and Tonks as they walked in.

"Harry had a vision that Arthur Weasley was being attacked by a snake" Lupin informed Sirius.

"Albus said to gather the Order and go check on him" Tonks added.

"I'm coming too" Sirius said standing up.

"Sirius, you can't. We're going to the Ministry" Lupin said.

The door slammed open and shut again and three more people I didn't really know.

"Good, we're all here. Let's go." One of the guys said.

"I want to go." I said.

"No, out of the question." Sirius said.

"Sirius!" I exclaimed.

"We don't have time for this. Kate if you're coming lets go." Lupin said extending his hand

I quickly ran over to Lupin and took his hand. He threw a handful of floo powder into the fire in the kitchen and pulled me into the fire. I saw Sirius' face before everything blurred and blended together. I swore I saw a small smirk on his face.