I woke up to see it was already bright, despite it being December, and the space next to me was empty. Groaning, I pushed myself upright and looked around the room. Sirius must be downstairs I thought, and at that moment I heard a yell from down the stairs.

'Rusty! Rusty wake up! Its Christmas!' Rubbing my eyes blearily, I took in the words and shot out of bed. Christmas? I forgot! It's Christmas Day today! Grabbing a blanket, I leapt down the stairs and saw Sirius sat cross-legged next to the fireplace, a stack of presents next to him.

'Eeek!' Sirius laughed at my face and motioned for me to sit next to him.

The presents were all amazing, off James I got a new Quidditch cleaning set, Lily had got me a Gryffindor scarf with the words 'Merry Christmas' Knitted in, Remus had got me a new Muggle book, Peter got me a basket of Honeydukes sweets, and Izzie got me a red and gold charm bracelet, with tiny charms like a broom, a wand etc. As usual my mother hadn't sent me anything and I looked up to see Sirius looking at me, a small package in his hand.

'Heres you present'

'You got me a present?' I said, laughing and undoing the wrapping carefully.

'Of course, you got me one, so I had to get you one back' Blushing, I remembered the present I had got Sirius, a new owl. He was a dark grey colour, he was tiny, and I remembered being told by the storeowner that no one wanted him because he was too small to carry things. Sirius had named him Joker, but occasionally called him 'Runt' when he was carrying things that were twice his size.

I opened the box and inside was a gold locket, with a prancing red lion on the front. Opening it, I saw a picture that had been taken a few months ago, of me and Sirius in front of the Black Lake. Sirius had his arm around my waist, and I had a beanie on my auburn hair, but the wind still whipped the hair around my face. We were both smiling, and occasionally you could see me tuck my hair behind my ear and laugh at Sirius. The picture morphed into one that had been taken by Lily, off Sirius and I in Animagi form. Sirius was tackling me to the floor, but I grabbed his ear between my teeth and crouched low to the ground. We continued to fight like this, before the picture morphed back into the one outside the black lake. There was room for five more pictures, and on the back of the locket, in looped writing was the line from my favourite song: 'I wont give up on us, even if the skies get rough' How did he know this was my favourite song? He seemed to read my mind as he said sheepishly:

'Lily told me'

'Sirius…' I was at a complete loss for words and he grabbed my hand and pulled me up, taking the locket from me and wrapping it round my neck, clipping it together behind my hair.

It was then I realised how close our faces were. I could see the freckles that danced across his nose, and I could see his magical grey eyes looking down at me. I wasn't particularly sure what to do, but before I could even react, Sirius had lifted my chin up and kissed me.

The kiss lasted for a while, and as much as I didn't want him to, he pulled away and looked down at me, his eyes flickering across my face for any sign of emotion.

'Sirius-' I said again, but he cut me off and said:

'Rusty, I know it's taken me ages to say this and it was completely stupid of me to wait this long, but willyougooutwithme?' He babbled and pinched his eyes shut, waiting for an answer. Being me, im not very good in these types of situations, so I wrapped my arms around his waist and buried my head into his shoulder.

'You have no idea how long I have been waiting for you to ask that' I whispered into his ear, and he hugged me tighter, before pulling back and asking:

'So is that a yes?' I grinned and nodded; unable to say anything and he smiled widely, the biggest smile I've ever seen.

A/N So I know this chapter is short, but I simply had to write this scene! The locket was important by the way, as it will be included later on.

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