"Ready?" Remus asked pleasantly. His mood had been
much improved since Lyndell's return.
She nodded and stood up. "Let's go."
With an arm around her, they headed back to their home
"Remus, you look like you haven't slept in weeks."
"I haven't. I've missed you."
She hugged him tightly. "You don't know how good it
feels to be back from there."
"As good as it feels to have you here." He kissed
her softly.
"It was awful..."
He pushed open the door. "I..
fixed the place up a little bit..."
"You did?" She stepped inside and looked around
the house. "Wow. It looks great."
He smiled, pleased. "Thanks."
She kissed him softly. "This is more than a little
bit....it's almost like a whole new house."
"Well, we can still touch it up. It's better."
"I was afraid that they were going to find you..."
"They'd have been the ones with a problem if they
had."
"I guess....but...what's going to stop them from coming
here again?"
"A lot of wards which Dumbledore and
I have set up."
"But still, I can't help but worry a tiny bit."
"Shh. We're fine now."
Lyndell sighed. "For now. How
fine are we going to be when Fudge's hit wizards come back and grab our
baby?"
"Our *what?*"
She shrugged. "Our baby."
"We're having a baby?"
"We could. I don't know...it is possible, you
know."
"I know it is... do you want one?"
Lyndell nodded.
"Then we'll have a baby." Remus kissed her, then whirled her around.
She smiled. "Okay."
"Can we start now?"
"Now would be a good time to start." She kissed
him.
Remus picked her up and carried her upstairs.
~*~*~*~
"Lyria? Are you okay, do you
need me to get you something?" Sirius asked nervously.
"I'm fine, Sirius," Lyria said firmly. She picked
up Connor from his crib. "Our little boy's getting big so fast..."
"That he is..." Sirius smiled at the pair of them.
The dark-haired child drooled a bit.
"We kinda did this a little backwards, huh?"
"Yeah..." Lyria grabbed a cloth and gently wiped
the baby's chin, kissing his forehead. "Wait... what?"
"This..." He gestured to the space between the
three of them. "Us."
"Yeah. I guess we did."
She set him down on his play mat and Connor reached up to play with the toys
dangling in front of him.
"Wanna do the next backwards thing?"
"Pardon?"
"Marry me, Lyri." He came up behind her and wrapped
an arm around her waist.
"Sirius... yes."
Sirius kissed her cheek and opened the palm of his hand to
reveal a ring.
"It's beautiful..." She looked up at him.
He beamed. "Not as beautiful as you."
Lyria kissed him softly.
"We seem to have attracted an audience." Sirius
muttered after a minute.
"Oh?"
"Yeah." He smiled down at
Connor.
Connor kicked his feet and his foot rattle made noise.
"What about you, little man? Wanna go to a
wedding?"
Connor cooed.
"I'm gonna take that as a yes." Sirius smiled.
"I bet he'd like that."
"Yeah..."
Lyria kissed him again.
"Maybe we should move this to another room..." He
kissed her.
"Maybe. But we can't leave him
in here wide awake on the floor and just..."
Sirius whimpered a little bit. "Can we give him some
food?"
"Yeah... but then he'll need to be changed... unless...
maybe
"
"You ask. I'll watch him."
"Okay. Be right back." Sirius went downstairs to
find
"Hello, Sirius," she greeted.
"Do you think you could do us a favor? Would you be up
to watching Connor for a little while?"
"Oh of course! He's such a
dear..."
"Thank you. I really appreciate it. I'll go get
him." He smiled and went back upstairs.
Connor warbled a little bit when Sirius picked him up.
"Wanna go visit with
Connor cooed.
Sirius carried him back down to the living room. "Here
you go. Have fun with
Sirius kissed Connor's forehead and went back upstairs.
"Now...how about we move this to someplace a bit more
comfortable?" Sirius kissed Lyria's neck.
"I think that might be wise."
"Yeah." He carried her to
their bedroom.