Marauders & their Evans

December 1975

After a few hours I was starting to feel overwhelmed. I needed some time to breathe. "Sirius." I said looking up at him. "I need to leave you alone for a while. Will you be okay?" He looked at me and smiled. "Don't worry about me Prim. I can survive on my own for a few minutes, I have been doing it for years now." I rolled my eyes at him and left.

Somehow on my way to find the restroom I found myself lost. I was clearly away from the party since all that could be heard were the faint sounds of the band playing and people in conversation. Suddenly I found myself standing in the middle of a drawing room.

Something told me I shouldn't be here, but as I looked around the room I was captivated by the ornate tapestry that hung from one of the walls in the room. I walked closer to inspect it and discovered it was some sort of family tree. My eyes scanned the intricate patterns of the tree's branches finally setting over the one name I was looking for. Sirius O. Black The small portrait over his name looked a lot like him yet at the same time it didn't. The black curls, the high cheekbones, even the slightly crooked mouth was all him, but the eyes were nothing like his. The black eyes, looking unforgivable and cold were nothing compared to Sirius's beautiful grey eyes and warm gaze.

Letting my eyes wander a little bit more, scanning the names and remembering learning about them back at Hogwarts, I halted when I saw a black blotch over one of them. I let my fingers trace the tapestry, it looked like it was burned. "Andromeda" I said barely above a whisper, the name sounded familiar.

"I see you found the family tree." I jumped back startled by the voice, and scared that I had been caught. Turning around I saw Sirius leaning in the doorway, and I let out a sigh of relief, at least it had been him. "What happened?" I turned my eyes back to the tapestry and heard Sirius's footsteps until he stopped beside me.

"They disowned her, burned her off the family tree for running away and marrying a mud blood." I turned my head to the side to look at him. He had his gaze fixed on the black mark. "In my opinion, I'm glad Andy left." So she was the cousin he always talked about. "At least she got to marry someone she loved and get to be happy, instead of being trapped in an unhappy, loveless marriage."

"The worst part is that everywhere I go there is a reminder that I will never see my favourite person ever again." I looked at him confused. "How so?" He finally turned to look at me. "This tapestry is enchanted, which means that every single house, estate, manor, or property that belongs to a Black has a wall with my family tree in it. Whatever you do in one of them, like for example burning someone out of it, it will show in all of them."

I turned back to look at the wall. What was I supposed to say? Every time I learned something new about Sirius's childhood and family my heart broke a little. I just took his hand and gave it a small squeeze. It was a wordless exchange. After a few more seconds he finally turned to look at me, and gave me a small smile. "Come, we have to go back before someone notices we're gone."

We quietly made our way back to the main room. It was almost nearing midnight, so now the number of guests had dwindled and the room was almost empty. Yet Sirius was deterred from making his final request of the night. "Will you give me a final dance?" I turned to look at him. How could I ever deny him? "Of course." He took my hand and led me to the dance floor. I started to feel a little anxious as all eyes turned to look at us and the whispers started once again.

Sensing my uneasiness, Sirius gently grabbed my chin making me look at him. "Hey, it's just you and me alright? No one else matters." He said barely above a whisper, and I felt some of the tension leave my body.

Though never aloud, and not willingly, every single witness of this final dance had to acknowledge how marvellous the couple looked dancing. They both glided across the room in perfect sync. Not once did she make a mistake and he graciously led her step by step in tempo with the music. Most of all, they only looked at each other as if they were the only ones in the room.

Once the song had finished Sirius stepped back, slightly bowing as it was customary before he took my hand and led me out of the room as it was time for me to leave. This time the journey back home would be a lot shorter since I could use one of the many fireplaces here to travel back home through the floo network back to Remus's house.

"Thank you Prim. You can't possibly imagine how much I needed you tonight." His eyes were full with nothing but sincerity. I gave him a small smile. "Anytime Padfoot." We only looked at each other before he pulled me into a hug. After a few seconds he pulled back a little. His face was inches away from mine, our noses almost touching, I could feel his breath fanning my face.

My heart picked up a little and I could do nothing but stare unabashedly at his lips. Just as quickly Sirius pulled back as if being burned and cleared his throat. "You must go. It's getting late." Pulled out of my daze, I shook my head. "Yes of course." I said, stepping into the fireplace.

"See you back at Hogwarts Sirius." "Until then Paws." He stood there smiling as my figure disappeared into the flames and I travelled back home.

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