Alright, here it is, the very last chapter. I'm happy with the way this story went, especially since it started out as a one-shot. lol! I hope you all like this last chapter. Big thanks to all who put me and/or this story alert, or added me and/or this story to your favorites list. Thank you all, you are all amazing. :o)
Sirius watched his wife leave through the fireplace, on her way to work. Then he smiled as he watched his children, a boy of seven named Remus, and a girl of five named Lizzie, race into the kitchen. "Daddy?" the little girl said. Sirius picked her up and sat her on his lap "What is it love?" he asked. Lizzie pointed to her brother "Remy was looking through your room again, even after Mummy told him not to." Sirius looked at his son and raised his brows "Is that so?" He asked. Then he saw Remus was holding a picture of some sort "What have you got there Remy?"
The boy held the photo out, and Sirius saw that it was of Hermione, Harry and Ron, at around the age of fourteen. "Oh, that's your mother and Uncle Harry and Uncle Ron." Lizzie looked at the picture "Where are you?" Sirius shrugged "I wasn't there when that was taken." He said as the younger version of his wife waved at them with an arm around Harry's shoulders. Lizzie looked thoughtful for a moment "You love Mummy right Daddy?" Sirius smiled at her and nodded "Very much." Lizzie reached out and took the photo from her brother "When did you fall in love with her?"
Sirius smiled to himself, thinking back to the day that she told him she loved him. He had known before then that there was something more to his feelings than mere friendship, but it wasn't until he heard the words from her mouth, that he realized that what he was feeling was love. It was also in that moment that he knew he didn't want to spend the rest of his life, without her as his wife. Sirius smiled at his daughter "Well, I'm not really sure when I fell in love, but I knew for sure that I was, on the Christmas Eve two years before you were born Remy."
Remy's eyes widened "Did you love Mummy for a Christmas present?" Sirius chuckled "No, but it was the best Christmas I had ever had." Sirius set Lizzie back onto her feet and he stood as well "Alright" he said, moving to the cupboard "Let's have some breakfast, and then I'll tell you about the day that Mummy accidentally turned the lamp in the library, into a bunny." Sirius said, getting his children to sit down to eat without a fuss. After fixing them each something to eat, he sat down with them, and watched them with a smile. They have been married for eight years now, and he still couldn't believe how lucky he was to be here.
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With one last kiss and a 'Love you 'Mione' Sirius was off to work. It was now up to her to get the children settled and into bed for the night. She helped them each get a bath, and into their clean Jammies, and then she read them a story. Remy was in bed in his room with the door open, and across the hall, also with the door open, Lizzie was in hers. Hermione stood in the hall, in-between both rooms and said goodnight. She was just about to turn away, when Remy stopped her "Mum, when did you fall in love with Dad?"
Hermione turned to her sons room, and stood in the doorway "Why do you ask that Remy?" He shrugged "Dad told up about when he knew he loved you, and I was only wondering when you knew you loved him too." Across the hall Lizzie let it be known that she to, was wondering "Yes Mummy, when was it?" she asked. Hermione held her hand out to her son "Come on" she said, and when he got out of the bed and walked to her, she lead him across the hall and into Lizzies room where they both sat down on the bed with the little girl. "Alright, the day I knew I loved your father." she said as she settled in for the story. "Well you see, there's this potion..."
She told the story, and as she did, she remembered her promise of 'someday' and she smiled. Looking at her children, she couldn't picture her life without them. And she knew that the day she smelled that potion, the day that she knew she was in love with Sirius Black, was a day that changed her life forever.
The End...