OOC: I can see it now. Sirius is going to have to ask Dumbldeore to send the magical equivalent of "the pill". The last think Remus and he need is Kristie and Tonks in the family way, too. LOL!

Why do I always get the easy storylines? Hee, Hee!


Sirius sits and watches Marcella unsure as to what he can do for her. She needs the support of a woman, but he was all she had at the moment. He is also physically and emotionally drained. All he did was tell her the truth. Sirius can't believe Sinivallus took advantage of her. She is just a child. From her rambling it's obvious Snape and Marcella were lovers. Sirius shudders at the thought of Snape seducing her. She's the same age as Kristie for god's sake. His thin, cold hands on her warm,supple body; the thought of it makes Sirius ill.

Despite his feelings, Sirius had to find a way to comfort Marcella. She was a basket case, and it was his fault. The only other time he had faced a similar situation was with Faith. She had told her family and Snape she was pregnant. No one was thrilled by the news. Alone and vulnerable, she turned to her second big brother, Sirius. All he could do was try and comfort her the best he could. Tell her everything was going to be alright when he knew it wouldn't be. It worked with Faith. Sirius hoped it would work with Marcella, too.

He walks over to the bed and sits down next to her. "I never meant to hurt you," Sirius says. "I'm sorry I told you what I did," he continues as he wraps his arms around her waist and gives her gentle hug. Her body was so soft and tender next to his. "Severus would never hurt you. Yor right, he has changed. Dumbledore would never have let him take care of Kristie if he had not. My feelings for Snape run deep, but I should not let them cloud my judgement where you are concerned. Can you ever forgive me?" Sirius continues to hold Marcella close to him. He doesn't want this moment to end. Sirius would like to hold her in his arms forever.

ooc- gasp! I forgot Remus was indeed evesdropping, lol


Remus turned to Tonks, a blank, somewhat worried look on his face.

"Everything," he started standing, "looks better. It's too late to do anything either way, I'm sorry to say." He didn't say anything else rearding this, seeing Nick and Kristies were on their ways there. If he had ever knew this, Remus had never knew it as surely as today: Sirius was a complete idiot. And the worst thing is, Remus was being such an idiot, as much as dear Snuffles. Kind of a common thing is Sirius, to be this reckless, but Remus wasn't expecting to grow this stupid when at his precence. Blast it, it always happened when it came to Sirius and James; Remus fogot he was supposed to be the responsible, intelligent one and put a stop to it. But he had also been the coward to allow them to do whatever they please fering he would loose his friendship. By the look of it, Remus hadn't changed. Or at least not when Sirius was around, only when having him imprisoned in Azkaban and James no longer with them, he had a more adult attitude.

He didn't stop Sirius from saying it and, in all honestly, Remus didn't know if he wanted. He was to think the same of Snape as Sirius painted him, and he did, or so he thought.

Shaking his head to clear his thought, Remus turned and smiled at Tonks. "Well, I agree," he said, thinking, if he wasn't going to put a stop to it, and he wasn't, out of cowardize or whatever, he could as well go out away from responsibility. "To a village you say? Guess we could use with it. Only, first, let me have a word with Sirius, just to make sure eveything is OK." (And no one is deadly hurt, a voice added in his head)

Opening the door to the basement, Remus called into the darkness, "Sirius, Marcella, we are going out. Tonks said there's a village nearby and no one seemed to fancy my famous stew too much. You can chose to come or just had some of the stew left, though I daresay you need to heat it first. By the way..." Not able to come up with a more sublte way to say it, he blurted, "everything alright?"

OOC - lol the pill hahaha I'm sure Snape would have some potions she could use but the mentality she's in now she wouldn't get rid of it for anything.

She's either going to lose it somehow or keep it, it all depends on the level of stress and violence she has to deal with although because of the whole Faith thing it'd be interesting to see his reaction when they eventually see each other again.


"You don't believe that," she said hollowly, looking to his eyes, her fingers timidly touching his shoulder blades. His eyes were black, there seemed little life in them at all, little happiness. "You can try to lie to make me feel better and I can try to imagine Snape to be nice all I want but you knew him before I did. I know what he was and I was a fool to think he'd be able to rid himself of that entirely. I saw it in the arguments we had, whenever we got physical, there was always that dangerous lurk in his eyes but I suppose that's what attracted me to him. I've alwasy been surrounded by danger but at the same time this house, this place, being alone with him as safe...at least for a little while..."

She turned away, colour rising in her face for the first time, "Listen to me babbling on like this....it's stupid....I just didn't want to believe he could be like that but his past proves he could...but that's also right too. It's in the past...Faith is the past and just because he did it once doesn't mean he'd do it again...he didn't know about Kristi and even though that's no reason for killing Faith I cant imagine he'd do that to me...I just couldn't think that little of him...I have to be strong for him and for us and for Kristi and his child and I know his past and I know I should be wary but he's there and he's waiting for me and thinking of all of us and I just couldn't betray him in words like that..."

Her words seemed to exhaust her. She laid her head on his shoulder, as if collapsing from the weight of what she'd said, as she heard the door upstairs click open. Her eyes flickered up, she could just make out the subtle tones of Remus' voice. As he couldn't see them, she cleared her throat and decided for the pair of them, "I'd rather stay. I need my rest. It probably wouldn't be safe for all of us to go anyway. You lot have fun and be careful." she added, feeling suddenly extremely motherly.

Nick watched Remus check on his sister and that man. As much as he wanted to run down there and ensure she was alright he knew she wouldn't thank him for it. Marcella was a stubborn person, she wouldn't put up with him trying to the patriarchal male taking all the responsibilities and worries. Holding Kristi's hand tighter, he nodded in response to Marce's reply and yelled down to them, "We'll bring some supplies back. It's only 6pm, some shops should still be open and hopefully the unfolding darkness will serve as a shield for us. Look after yourselves!" he shouted, more at his sister than that raving mad man.