"So, let me get this straight, you came out here at three in the morning to ask me to be a witness at your secret wedding and not tell anyone, not even your best friends?"
The pair nod eagerly and Remus grins,
"Sure, just let me change."
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"We are gathered here today-"
"Can you just, skip to the end?"
The priest looks between the bouncing couple unamused, "Very well, uh... have you made your own vows?"
The pair look at each other and shrug as Sirius clears his throat, "No, but I can come up with some on the spot."
"Annabelle Franklin McGonagall-"
"Not my middle name."
"-When I first met you, you were curled up tightly, your blonde hair a frizzy mess and your blue eyes scanning a page in your book. At first I thought you were a little weird, already studying the material before we got there. And then you looked up, and gave that dazzling smile you always give that warms my heart every time. You became a good friend of mine and James' then we added Moony, and Wormtail, Lily, but the one I trusted with my life will always be you. I will trust and love you forever,
"I think the first time I realised I was in love with you was when you hexed that Ravenclaw that was picking on a Gryffindor first year. We found the kid crying in the corridor and you didn't hesitate to ask what was wrong. How you understood through his blubbering I'll never understand, but you walked right into the Ravenclaw common room and hexed those bullies to the Hospital Wing."
Annabelle chuckles and shakes her head remembering the day like it was yesterday.
"Moral of the story is that I fell in love with you and that cute face you make when you curse someone. I fell in love with you and the way you bite your tongue when you create potions. I fell in love with you and your need to help people. I fell in love with you, and I'm still falling."
She sniffles and smiles up at him, quickly wiping away a tear she looks up at him again. "Sirius Dickface Black."
"Not my middle name."
"-The first time I met you I thought you were way too confident, I actually didn't like you for a few months after we met. But you grew on me, and I'm glad you did, because now I can't imagine my life without you. Without your very inappropriate jokes at the wrong time, without the house smelling of wet dog-"
"That's kind of your fault too."
"-Without your mischievous grin, without the boots you like to leave in front of the door for me to fall over just so you can 'kiss my bruises better'. You once told me you're biggest fear is becoming like your parents, and I can assure you, Sirius, you are nothing like them. You're brave, handsome, loyal, smart-in some ways- and you're always there when your friends need you.
"I love you, Sirius Orion Black, I will love you until I take my last breath on this earth, and even then, I will continue to love you..." She smiles up at him as tears roll down her bare cheeks.
"Marie." She adds as an afterthought.
"What?" Sirius asks through his sniffling.
"My middle name, it's Marie."
He grins and chuckles a little, "It suits you."
"The rings?"
The pair's eyes widen when they realise they don't have any Sirius reaches back and takes his wand from his pocket, luckily the priest they got is a wizard, a good friend of the McGonagall family in fact.
He bends down and pulls the laces out of his boots he had shoved on half way out of the door and then grabs the red ribbon that is holding Annabelle's hair back, using his wand he transfigures them into two wedding rings, one for each.
He slips the one made from his lace onto her finger and she slips the hair ribbon on onto his.
"You may now kiss-oh, okay, then..." He says as Sirius grabs her cheeks placing a long kiss onto her lips.
His hands stay on her cheeks, holding her in place as hers pull him closer by the back of the hair. The bouquet of tulips, Remus had made appear from his wand on the way here, fall to the floor as she leans up on her tip toes to reach him.
They pull apart, both of them grinning widely as they stare into each other's glossy eyes, "I love you, Annabelle Marie McGonagall."
"And I love you, Sirius Orion Black."
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Matchmakers - Sirius Black
Fanfiction"For a matchmaker you can't see the only perfect match in this school." "You mean you and Potter?" "I tried." ~~~ Sirius Black and Annabell...
