The Marriage Law

Caught

The next morning they went back to their home, Wilhelmina made Sirius swear that he will keep his mouth shut. No one asked them anything for which Wilhelmina was extremely grateful.

She just went on as if nothing happened, but Sirius couldn't do the same. He wasn't the kind of man who would sit around and let monstrous things happen. He wasn't there to stop it, but he swore on James' grave that he would make the bastard pay and he was a black, after all, he had inherited a few of their qualities which he was going to put in use.

Some things had definitely changed last night, they both had gotten extremely close, they both could feel it. Wilhelmina subconsciously stood closer to Sirius and just like that he invited her closeness and presence without noticing. It became a daily thing for them to go the roof at night, watching the stars, sipping on a warm drink, holding each other's hand and talking. Sometimes they spoke about their pasts, sometimes about their future, sometimes about hypothetical scenarios and sometimes just philosophical things.

They were sitting close on the roof, with Wilhelmina's head resting on Sirius' shoulder and his hand wrapped around her waist. She was talking about the book that she had finished yesterday, she was gazing straight in front of her, loving the way the dark sky looked. Meanwhile, Sirius couldn't take his eyes off the girl, he was entranced by her beauty. Her fair skin and her rosy cheeks made him want to touch them, the sound of her voice made his heart flutter, and her pink lips stretched into a smile that looked so inviting that he wished he could kiss her. He felt her remove her head from his shoulder and turn towards him, she looked up at him, her eyes twinkling with joy. Right then at that moment, Sirius Black knew that he was in love with Wilhelmina Granger.

He sighed softly at this, he knew there was no going back, he would do anything for her, but also understood that she might never return the feelings yet he felt content.

"Are you tired ?" Wilhelmina asked softly.
"No love, but I think you should go to bed now, I have a surprise for you tomorrow" Sirius replied.
"Well then let's go, Good Night"
"Sweet Dreams"

The Next Morning

Sirius woke up Wilhelmina extremely rudely by splashing her with ice-cold water, in his defence he had warned her after pleading for almost 5 minutes to wake up.

Wilhelmina's face was that of an unhappy toddler, she puffed her cheeks slightly, and had her hands crossed and she refused to talk to Sirius. He sighed and apparated her somewhere.

She looked extremely confused and wanted to ask questions but stopped herself, she was in front of someone's house, she looked at Sirius, he motioned her to be quiet and grabbed her hand and dragged her behind a tree.

"Who are we hiding from ?" Wilhelmina asked in a hushed voice.
"We are just getting a first-row seat to the drama that's gonna unfold soon" Sirius replied in the same voice.

But before she could say anything, three men appeared right outside the house, from their appearance, Wilhelmina knew that they were ministry officials.

She watched as events unfolded before her, her eyes widened, shocked gasps left her mouth and finally, she just stood there, trying to make sense of the situation.

"What the holy hell was that?" She questioned.
"Well, I believe that was McLaggen being taken by the ministry officials," Sirius answered.
"Yeah I saw that, but wanna tell me the details?"
"Ministry has a top-secret section, which holds all the information that could be a potential threat, it also holds the darkest secrets that are never to be known, so yeah things happen, it gets stolen, evidence points towards McLaggen, n boom he is taken, won't be getting a trial, trapped with a heavy sentence I suppose."
"You stole the information?!" She whispered yelled
"A black dog stole it" he shrugged.

"How could you do this!!" She shouted in anger and desperation. Her hands were buried in her hand, almost like she was trying to pull them out from the scalp.
Sirius looked confused, he didn't understand why Wilhelmina was angry, he thought she would be happy that he is going to Azkaban, and he didn't break his promise of secrecy.
"Look Wil, just calm down" He tried to move closer, and reached out to stop her from hurting herself.
"No no, don't come near me and don't touch me, I need to go"

With that she left, leaving Sirius alone and confused about what he had done wrong.

Meanwhile, while Remus and Hermione were enjoying a pleasant movie. Initial they were sitting at a respectable distance but eventually, they found themselves in a relaxed position, with Remus' head resting on Hermione's shoulder, the movie was terribly sad, n therefore just to make it a bit better, they were munching on popcorn. Well, Remus was too tired from all the research so Hermione was doing the job of putting some popcorn in his mouth every few minutes.

"Do you think what he is doing is correct Remus ?" Hermione questioned.
When he didn't reply for a few minutes, she looked at him, he was asleep. She shook her head and carefully removed his head from her shoulder and stood up. With the help of magic, she changed his position to provide a better sleeping position. She looked at him and sighed softly at the tiredness that was clearly visible on his face. She really admired his diligence, but at the same time, she hoped that he would just stop pushing himself to the point of pure exhaustion.
She grabbed a blanket and laid it on Remus, and gently brushed a speck of hair away from his forehead.

"Sleep well" She whispered and slowly left the room.