The Cat Came Back

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The cat came back after the second night, it jumped up onto the windowsill and made itself at home. Immediately it started to lap up the milk that she had laid out for it. She began to stroke the cat absent-mindedly, wondering where he was. He had never been gone this long before, at least not without warning. Marlene was starting to worry now.

She wrung her hands nervously it was becoming too dangerous out there for stunts like this. There were more and more deaths each day. They would both end up dead before the year was through, the way was things were going. Suddenly she heard a faint pop in the other room and the cat paused in eating, it's ears twitching. The cat meowed loudly.

Heavy footsteps were heard in the corridor and suddenly the door crashed open. Sirius stood on the other side grinning like an idiot.
"Marlene darling I'm home" he shouted, dumping his sack of goods on the wooden floor which disturbed the dust which always caked the floors. Marlene patiently counted to five in her head before she strode over to him.

Sirius still stood still grinning at her, she slapped him hard in the face then suddenly she was kissing him.
"Worry me like that ever again and you won't have to worry about Voldemort and his deatheaters killing her. I will do the wicked deed myself" she threatened him icily. He laughed aloud, Marlene glared up at him.

Sirius kissed her again then took her hand and led her over to what served as their dining table. He sat her down on a chair.
"Marlene, my love I am like your cat over there." he said pointing to the cat who ignored them and kept drinking it's milk happily.
"I have nine lives" he said smirking. She burst out laughing.
"I thought you were a big black dog" she replied. He smiled at her reply then suddenly his face turned serious.

He sighed and looked down at her delicate hands. Sirius then began to rub circles into the back of her hand. He looked back into her beautiful eyes.
"Marlene in this brutal war, there are no guarantee for people like us. Look what happened to Alice and Frank. The one and only guarantee I can give you is that I love you and I will try my damnest to fight to hell and back to make sure that we both survive this war in one piece"

Marlene sighed and gripped his hand tightly. She smiled at him.

" I love you too Sirius and it is my deepest wish that we will survive" she replied. They sat in silence listening to the cat both hoping and praying that they would get through this war with their sanity intacted and that they both would survive.

This story was written for the One Prompt After Another Loop Challenge on the HPFC Forum. The Prompt was The Cat Came Back and The Prompt was requested by SiriusBarks. I hope you enjoyed reading this story. Please Read and Review.