Learn to love

My fiance

ATHENA'S POV:

"I am Sirius Black." He said.

I was taken back by the man before me. He was handsome, no doubt in that. His hair was mid-long and shaggy, just above his shoulders. A strong jaw and pink lips. As he was sitting down, I couldn't tell how tall he was, but I can tell many other things. He had broad shoulders and a slim figure, yet his muscles were noticeable. He was dressed in black trousers, with a white dress shirt and a black vest. His voice was gravid smooth and deep. Having realized I was have yet to say my name, I felt my cheeks begin to blush.

"Forgive me, sir, my name is Athena Gaunt." I flinched at the crack in my tone.

Sirius chuckled. "Don't call me sir. Please take a seat." I was hesitant. "Please I simply want to talk." Taking a seat across from him, I looked down at the floor. "I know you."

"I don't think so." I replied.

"You are friends with Harry and Hermione Granger." He stated.

I looked up locking eyes with him once, before adverting my eyes. "Yes, but when did we meet?"

"Well, we didn't meet per se." He grinned. "When you saw, me I was in the shape of a dog."

I knew my eyes had widened the size of saucers. "Oh, my-that was you?" He simply nodded. "Wow, guess we have tha-" I stopped myself. Not sure if I should tell him or not.

Of course, he noticed that. "Have what?"

"Nothing, I am sorry." I mumbled.

"I know this must have come as a shocker, it did for me." Sirius sighed, taking a sip of his glass. "I know it did to me."

I smiled humorlessly. "You can say that. I thought you knew?"

"No, this is the first I hear of it." He replied. Standing from his seat, I swallowed hard. He was taller than I had thought. "I spoke with your father, as you may already know. There is one way in breaking the contract."

"How?" I perked up, trying not to show my excitement much. It's rather pointless to get my hopes up. Although judging by his sad eyes, I knew I wasn't going to like the answer.

"If we reject the marriage, our magic will be stripped from us. Not just one, but the both of us." He replied.

I glanced away from him, glaring at the wooden floor. How could my father do this to me! To us! I wasn't the only one being affected here. Sirius has nothing to do with our family, and here he was facing the risk of losing his magic. Father left no outing for us, it was get married or lose everything.

"We can go down that path if you choose so."

I was shocked by his offer. He didn't know me, yet he was offering an out. I couldn't let him do that. "No, I can't ask you to do that. And it is not because it would affect me, but because it isn't fair to you." Then I realized something. "Do you want to go along with this? Or do-do you-" I couldn't bring myself to ask the question. Funny how I had no filter when I was with Hermione, but here my lips were sealed.

Sirius smiled softly, taking a seat on the coffee table in front of me. "Do I have someone in my life?" I nodded shyly. One because I felt I was intruding in his personal life, and two because of how close he was to me. "No, I do not. I haven't precisely had the time to for someone. The choice is all of yours, Athena. I have never really given much thought to getting married or having kids. You are just in the prime of your life and I would not like to rob you of it."

Scoffing I glanced down at my hands. "It was robbed long ago." If only he knew just how of a broken fiancé he was getting.

"What?"