Chapter Fourteen - Goodbyes Are Never Easy
Izabella woke up to a loud bang outside her room. Scrambling out of bed, she ran to the door, yanking it open to see Fred and George waving their wands at the school trunks. She shook her head and raised her eyebrows at them.
“If you're mother catches you...” she said warningly. They grinned and carried on down the corridor. Izabella laughed then went back into her room, pulling on the black robes she had laid out the night before.
As she was standing by her bed running a brush through her hair, Sirius entered, his face stony and his hair messy.
“Sirius, we'll be back at Christmas.” she said sighing. He stood behind her and then wrapped his arms around her waist, kissing her neck softly. She laughed then pulled out of his arms and turned to face him.
“Don't do anything stupid?” she asked, almost pleadingly. Sirius grinned.
“When have I ever done anything stupid?” he said sarcastically. She laughed then reached up on her toes to kiss him.
From downstairs came the echoing shouts of Mrs Weasley, above the noise of Mrs Black's screams. Sirius sighed.
“I'd better go downstairs.” Izabella said, kissing his cheek then leaving the room hurriedly. As she reached the bottom she bumped into Harry and Ron leaving their room.
“Morning, what's happened?” she asked, over the noise from the hallway.
“Fred and George used their wands to bring their trunks down, but they hit Ginny.” Ron explained. Izabella rolled her eyes then made her way to the bottom of the stairs.
“Are you coming on the train?” Harry asked her. She shook her head.
“No, I'm going to apparate later on. I'll see you at the feast though.” she smiled then pulled Harry into a hug, kissing the top of his head.
“Behave yourselves.” she said, patting Ron on the back and hugging Hermione.
“Sirius! Dumbledore said no!” Mrs Weasley yelled as a great black dog bounded down the stairs. Izabella sighed and shook her head but the dog just grinned back at her.
With a final smile at Harry, Izabella stroked Sirius then watched him run out of the door behind Harry, a worried look on her face. The door slammed shut behind them.
“We shouldn't of let him go.” Izabella said to Lupin, biting her fingernails.
“He'll be fine. Don't worry.” Lupin smiled kindly then left the house with Ron and Ginny. Soon, Izabella was left standing in the empty hall, Mrs Black still screaming.
“SHUT UP!” she yelled at the portrait, firing a spell and making the curtains close with a bang. The house fell into deadly silence. Izabella sighed then sat down on the bottom step, running a hand through her hair.
She had suddenly become nervous about returning to Hogwarts. What did she know about teaching? A couple of weeks ago she was an underpaid secretary for a useless boss. Now she was a witch once again with the world on her shoulders. She sighed and dropped her head into her hands.
There was a scratching noise at the front door and her head snapped her. Izabella ran to open the door and was almost knocked over by the great black dog that jumped up at her.
“Sirius, stop it!” she said laughing as he licked her face. The dog barked a laugh then jumped up the stairs. Izabella chuckled as she watched him then stood back for Mrs Weasley, Tonks and Lupin to come into the house. Lupin was shaking his head at Sirius.
“He wasn't very inconspicuous.” he said with a sigh.
“He never is.” Izabella said laughing. Sirius came back down the stairs in his human form, his black hair messy and a grin on his unshaven face.
“No one noticed me. I wanted to be there for Harry.”
Izabella smiled and took his hand.
“Are you leaving?” he asked quietly.
She nodded.
“I need to see Dumbledore.” Izabella looked up at Sirius and smiled. “I'll be back before you know it.”
Sirius put his arms around her and pressed his body against hers. He bent his head down and kissed her lips fiercely. They broke apart and Izabella took a deep breath.
“Wish me luck.” she said smiling. She hugged Tonks then Mrs Weasley.
“Everyone will be fine.” she whispered in her ear. Mrs Weasley patted her cheek and smiled.
“Keep an eye on him for me.” she said in a low voice to Lupin as she hugged him. He nodded and smiled.
“Don't worry about us.”
Izabella kissed Sirius' cheek, smiled around the room, then dragged her trunk outside onto the top step. She looked back over her shoulder to smile at Sirius once more then apparated with a loud crack.
Last edited by ThePureBloodPrincess; 05-08-2011 at 10:21 PM.
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