Sirius woke up to the sound of pots clattering in the kitchen. He opened his eyes and looked down and saw that Rebecca was no longer asleep against him. He looked at the clock that read 8 o'clock in the morning and groaned. He rubbed his neck as he walked to the kitchen; sleeping sitting up was never a good idea.
"Hey." Rebecca said with a smile as she mixed what looked like chocolate cake mix in a bowl.
"What are you doing?" He yawned.
"Making chocolate cake, want some?" She asked and he rubbed his face.
"Isn't it a little early for cake?"
"Yeah I thought the same thing but I woke up with this massive craving for chocolate and I thought; why not make a chocolate cake?" She asked with a grin.
"Maybe because its 8 in the bloody morning, why are you up?"
"I told you I had a massive craving, you want some?"
"I'm going to go finish sleeping." He said and walked back to the living room and flopped down on the couch.
"Hey Lil-
"Shhhhh." Lily hissed as James walked up and he looked at her confused and looked at her pointing to Rebecca and Sirius sitting on the couch laughing.
"What's going on?" He asked carefully as he looked at the two sitting on the couch together.
"I don't know but I'm terrified and curious at the same time." She said as she stared at the two playing some hand slapping game. Sirius seemed to have difficulty slapping Rebecca's hands and seemed to really be trying but failing miserably.
"You're cheating." He finally growled and leaned back against the couch.
"How the hell am I cheating?" She scoffed.
"Uh oh, I knew it was too good to be true." Lily said with a smile.
"You always cheat." Sirius muttered.
"I do not; you're just a sore loser."
"I am not a sore loser."
"What do you call this?" She said smartly as she raised an eyebrow at him.
"Not playing anymore that's what I'm calling this." He said and got up and walked out of the room.
"Stupid man child." Rebecca muttered and got up and walked over to Lily and James.
"Hey guys."
"Hey." Lily said before she went back to her knitting.
"Oh, the funeral is Saturday, can you make it?" James asked as Rebecca sat down next to Lily.
"Yeah, I have nothing but time, I'll be there." Rebecca sad with a light smile.
"Thanks, Lily I have to go, I'll see you later on tonight."
"Be safe." She said and he kissed her cheek.
"I will, have a good day, both of you." He said and walked out.
"So how are you doing?" Lily asked quietly as she looked at Rebecca.
"I'm alright I suppose." She said with a shrug and picked up a pair of booties that Lily had already knitted. "You know I could never understand why people knit, its just so…boring."
"It's soothing." Lily sighed contently.
"Those knitting needles are pretty dangerous you know." Rebecca said as she eyed the needles.
"Well it's not like I am walking around waving them Becky."
"Yeah what happens if you trip or something?"
"While I'm sitting down?" Lily asked dully.
"Well you know I have seen stupider shit than people tripping while they're sitting, I'm just saying."
"You've seen someone trip while they are sitting down?" Lily asked skeptically.
"Well no…but it could happen you know, never doubt the improbable because you know what? Someday it might come back and bite you in the form of tripping you while you're sitting." She said and got up as Lily sighed and shook her head.
"Where do you come up with these things Becky?"
"I don't know, they just come to me."
"So what's going on with you and Sirius?"
"Nothing, why do you ask?" Rebecca asked feeling a drop in her stomach. Did Lily know? Had Sirius said something to James and James to Lily? No she couldn't know.
"Well it's just that you guys were laughing with each other, I don't think I have ever seen that."
"Well never doubt the improbable."
"More like the impossible." Lily muttered.
"I'm hungry do you want to go get some lunch or something?"
"I actually just had lunch, sorry."
"Its alright I'm just going to go down the street and grab something quick, I'll be back in a flash."
Rebecca dove out of the way from a Killing curse that hit the wall behind her, sending rubble and dust in to the air. No sooner did another killing curse come her way which she barely managed to avoid as she awkwardly shot up and felt the heat as it singed her robes.
"Quit moving around would you?" The Death Eater growled and Rebecca shot back a stunning curse which they deflected back to her and she quickly deflected it back, catching the Death Eater by surprise and it slumped to the ground. She looked around the small town as flames rose from shops and people laid dead or unconscious on the streets, the town people, Order members and Death Eaters just stepping over them as they continued with their flee or fight. She heard a scream and turned around as she saw one of the Death Eaters dragging a young woman by her hair in to an alley way. She took off top speed, flinching and falling to the ground as the shop's window she was passing shattered as a body was thrown through. Rebecca looked around quickly before continuing to the alleyway and saw the girl pinned up against the wall with the wand at her throat.
"Stupefy!" Rebecca shouted and hit the Death Eater in the back and the girl screamed and backed away screaming.
"Hey its alright." Rebecca said as she walked up to the girl who took off the opposite way and Rebecca sighed and turned back around and looked around the now empty streets, where had everyone gone? She wandered through the streets looking for the Order members. Had everyone retreated?
She saw a flash of light over the top of the buildings to her right and suddenly there were more flashes and the sound of something blowing up. She took off at top speed down the street trying to get to the other side but it came to a dead end. She could hear screams and yells which agitated her further and she jumped on to a dumpster and pulled herself up on to the roof and made her way up and over. She ran down the length of the buildings, watching her step as to not fall until she saw the fighting in the courtyard. She stopped trying to figure out how to get there and suddenly felt her feet slip from underneath her and she slid down the roof and gripped on to the ledge, hanging for a moment before her hands gave out and she fell. A sharp pain shot up her leg as she lay crumbled on the ground holding it. Footsteps down the street alerted her and she sat up and saw a few kids running towards her. They all looked at her before continuing down the street past her and she pulled herself up and hissed at the pain when she put any pressure on her leg. She needed to get to the fight now! She hobbled down the street until she found the courtyard and found it to be empty with the exception of the Order members and a few bodies lying around.
"Becky." James said as he came up to her and helped to support her. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine."
"Potter!" Moody shouted and James looked over.
"Padfoot come help Becky.' James shouted to Sirius who was talking to Frank and he rushed over.
"Are you alright?" Sirius asked as he wrapped an arm around her waist to hold her up as James ran over to where Moody was.
"Yeah I'm fine, just a little fall."
"Can you walk at all?"
"No, it's broken." She gasped as he helped her over to a pile of rubble.
"Is there anything I can do?" He asked as he knelt down in front of her.
"Can you make it stop hurting?" She asked as she closed her eyes and a tear slipped down her cheek.
"Where were you?" He asked as he stood up.
"I went to help some girl and when I came back out everyone was gone."
"The Ministry showed up and the battle was split in to two." He said and sighed. "I thought something had happened to you."
"I'm going to see if Lily can give me a hand with this, can you help me up?" She asked and held her hand out to him and he slowly pulled her up.
"Want me to take you back"
"No, go help the others, I'll be fine." She said and he stepped back from her.
"I'll see you in a little bit." He said and she nodded before apparating back to Headquarters.
"What do you think of this?" Sirius asked as he led Rebecca in to the living room of the house. She looked around and pursed her lips for a moment.
"Why are you asking me?"
"I want to know your opinion that's why." He said as he walked around the room slowly.
"It's nice; it kind of has an air of…elegance." She said and walked over to the window. "And it has a nice view of the park."
"It's very practical for perhaps a young couple such as yourself looking for their first place." The real estate woman said and Rebecca turned around with a smile as she looked at Sirius amused.
"Oh no, we aren't together." She laughed.
"No way." Sirius said with a small chuckle.
"I would kill him." Rebecca said with a smirk as she continued looking around the room.
"Oh you guys look like you would make a nice couple." The woman said with a shrug.
"She isn't always this agreeable let me tell you, sometimes she can be downright irritating."
"Oh as if you can't be? Mr. Ego boy."
"Did you just call me a boy? I am a man."
"Oh lets not get in to this right now." Rebecca sighed.
"Take it back then." He frowned and Rebecca smirked.
"Nope." She said and disappeared into the next room and he looked at the woman.
"What did I tell you? No getting on with her." He said and followed after Rebecca to the next room and heard a small scream.
"What is it?" He sighed as he peered in to the kitchen and saw her staring at the larger than average kitchen.
"Alright you have to get it, look at the size of this kitchen." She said running her fingers along the countertops. "And a large pantry and there is so much storage space."
"I don't cook. Why would I need a big kitchen?"
"Well perhaps you might learn to cook." She said and leaned against the counter.
"Perhaps you might come over and cook for me every night?"
"Perhaps you might go fuck yourself?" She said with mock sweetness and walked out of the kitchen.
"See what I mean?" Sirius muttered as he looked back at the woman.
After they finished looking at the whole house they stopped at the front room.
"So what do you think?" Rebecca asked as she looked at Sirius who was looking out the window to the park.
"I kind of like it. What do you think?"
"I think it's great."
"You only say that because of the kitchen."
"Well that too but it's a nice house and quite frankly I don't want to visit any more houses with you."
"Alright, I'll get it."
"Are you sure?" Rebecca asked and he shrugged.
"Why not?"
"That's not a logical reason as to buy a house Sirius."
"Well I can afford 'why not' so why not?"
"Alright well it's your money."
"When can I move in?" He asked the woman.
"As soon as all the paperwork is finish."
"Excellent. I think a change of scenery will be nice." He said and looked back to the park.
"Sirius why did you think I would be good at this?" Rebecca asked as they stared at the colors of paint colors on the wall.
"I don't know, you're a girl, girls know how to decorate."
"Well this girl doesn't."
"It's becoming more and more obvious." He sighed and turned and started down the aisle with the cart. "How come your house looks so decorated then?"
"Well you know Lily helped out a lot, perhaps you should have brought Lily instead."
"She has work."
"Like I wish I did." She grumbled.
"When do you get to go back?"
"Like 2 weeks or something, its complete torture, being at home all day."
"You're not at home right now."
"Yeah and now I kind of wish I was, this, having to choose colors and pillows and paints is torture."
"Well how do you think I feel?"
"Well judging by the smile on your face I would have to say very amused."
"Its funny seeing you all wound up about this, you have got to be the worse girl ever."
"I am not." She snapped. "Just because I don't knit, or know how to decorate or wear make up or do hair does not make me the worst girl ever."
"Well you can cook; I guess you can be useful." He said and she slapped his arm and he laughed. "I'm kidding."
"Jerk." She muttered and walked ahead of him.
"Alright you're plenty good at other things." He said and she turned around with her arms over her chest.
"Yeah? Like what?"
"Well…uh…" He said and paused. "You're smart."
"Gee thanks for noticing."
"Come on you beat up on me all the time."
"Yeah that's because you always act like an ass, maybe if you didn't there wouldn't be anything to beat up you on."
"You're fun."
"Yeah?" She asked with a small smile and he nodded. "What else?"
"Now look who is being egotistical, I say a few nice things and look what happens." He teased and she scoffed. "You've got an ego of your own and here you are beating up on me all the time." He said and she laughed.
"Alright let's just put this all behind us and try and find something that will make your house look somewhat presentable." She said and he sighed.
"Alright fine, let's just try not to make it a disaster."
"Yeah alright." She muttered sarcastically under her breath as they continued looking for paints.
"Alright how old were you when you got your first kiss?" Rebecca asked as her and Sirius lay out on the floor in front of the fire drinking hot chocolate and munching on brownies she had made.
"I was eleven. Her name was Katie Valentino. She was a fifth year when I was a first year."
"An older woman Sirius, how devious of you. You still remember her name?"
"Yeah well everyone remembers their first kiss. What about you?"
"Andy."
"Really?"
"Yep."
"Do you guys like have some sort of history?"
"I suppose you can say that." She sighed as lightly ran her fingers through his hair, twisting it around in her fingers as he laid his head in her lap.
"I knew it, you guys seemed too close to be just friends."
"We were together for a year when we were fifteen."
"Why didn't it work out?"
"We got a pregnancy scare."
"Ha, you pregnant?"
"I know, me pregnant. I'd be the world's worst mother."
"Hey not the worst. My own mother is the worst."
"Perhaps you're right, maybe I wouldn't be the worst but I would be a bad one."
"I don't think so."
"I don't particularly possess that skill to work with kids, Lily is going to be an amazing mother though."
"It's going to be interesting to see Prongs as a father."
"Yeah I know, it's kind of weird thinking of James as a father but you know, I bet he is going to be amazing."
"I just hope Lily lets the kid have some fun once in a while." He sighed and they stared at the fire for a while.
"Do you ever think about having kids? Settling down and starting a family?"
"Sometimes. Do you think I would make a good father?"
"I don't know, maybe. Do you think you'll ever settle down?"
"Maybe…sometimes I wonder if I will just die alone." He said and sighed as she looked up at him.
"Hey you got all of us."
"Not forever, I mean Prongs and Lily are starting their family and Wormtail, well you know and someday you'll be getting married and probably Moony and I just…I don't know, I feel like I am going to you know, get left behind."
"Hey I'm not going anywhere." She smiled.
"Well you say that now but you'll meet someone and fall in love." He said with a roll of his eyes. "And before you know it you'll forget about that handsome bachelor that made your life a living hell." He chuckled.
"Oh come on like I could forget you."
"Well its assuring to know I wont be forgotten by you." He said and she smiled.
"Do you want to flip the record?" She asked and he got up and walked over to the record player and flipped it before returning and sitting down next to her.
"I'm glad you're here." She sighed as she leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah, you've made the last few weeks alright for me. Lily has been busy and its nice to have someone to talk to."
"No problem, it's been fun." He smiled and kissed the top of her head.
"Yeah, who would've guessed huh?"
"Yeah I know." H laughed and he entwined his fingers with hers. She looked up at him and their eyes locked, the fire in front of them dancing in his dark eyes which stared back at her with an intensity which sent a chill through her. His fingers brushed along her cheek lightly as he searched her face, his thumb rubbing over her lips as he looked from them to her eyes and he sighed and dropped his hand.
"I should be going." He said and drank back the rest of the hot chocolate and she slowly let go of his hand.
"Alright, well I guess I'll see you later." She said as he got up.
"Yeah, thanks for the food...see you." He said and she stared at the fire as she listened to him walk out.
"Is that good?" He asked slightly disgusted as he looked at Rebecca drizzling chocolate over her eggs.
"Yeah actually it is, want some?" She asked as she motioned towards her plate.
"No thanks, I'm good." He said and looked down at his pancakes.
"Alright your loss." She sighed.
"What are you doing tomorrow?"
"Do you really have to ask that?" she asked dully.
"Well if you are free perhaps you might want to come to a birthday party with me." He said as he pushed his eggs around on the plate and looked up at her.
"What kind of birthday party?"
"For a cousin of mine."
"Like family?" She asked skeptically.
"Yeah."
"Sirius you hate your family."
"Actually not all of them, just most of them. My cousin Andy, I've told you about her, disowned for marrying a muggle and all that. Well her daughter Dora is turning seven and I thought perhaps if you weren't doing anything, you might want to come with me, it might be fun. Its just an idea, you don't have to if you have things to do, but even then you don't actually have to come if you don't want to come, I would-." He rambled before she placed her hand on his and he stopped short and looked up at her as she smiled.
"I would love to."
"Really?"
"Yeah. What time?"
"I could come get you at two or so?"
"Yeah two sounds fine."
"Alright two it is." He smiled and took a drink of his tea.
I'm not sure if you guys know but it will be 6 months i have been writing this story on Saturday, hard to believe. so i will have the next story posted Saturday morning and i have an extra special surprise hehehe, see y'all Saturday