Inside My Mind (A Harry Potter Fanfiction)

Chapter XX

Number 12, Grimmauld Place, London, England, Great Britain

Saturday the 31st of July 1993

9:00 AM

"Good morning!"

Sirius turned from the oven and stared with wide eyes at Maya Granger. Maya stood with a smile directed at the Lord Black. He turned around to avoid staring at her anymore.

She was beautiful. Her hair was a light brown, the same color as her daughter's but she didn't have brown eyes. She had beautiful crystal blue eyes that seemed to read his soul.

"Morning" Sirius said when he realized he hadn't responded. He watched from the corner of his eye as Maya tightened the grey silk dressing gown around her. He tried not to admire how much it complimented her slim figure.

"Do you have any coffee? I typically drink that in the morning" Maya said. Sirius poured her the coffee and decided to pour himself his own cup before sitting down across from Maya. Sirius noted another characteristic of Maya. Her hair was natural curls and they were big and loose and fell to her shoulders.

"Where did you guys go yesterday?" Sirius asked, curiously. Maya smiled to herself. Sirius decided that she had a beautiful smile.

"We went into Haven Alley and had lunch. It was very nice. Until someone yelled that someone escaped from Azkaban…I think it's a wizarding prison from what I gathered" Maya commented. Sirius grinned.

"You're a smart one. So, where's your…husband?" Sirius got out. Maya's easy smile dimmed a little.

"He's…he's on a business trip. At a convention. At least, that's what he told me. Anyway, do you know where Hermione is? She wasn't in the room when I woke up" Maya said, sounding slightly worried. Sirius waved his hand and cleared his throat.

"She's still in the house. I would've felt the wards warp if she left. She's probably in Bella's room" Sirius said. Thinking about Bella brought back the events from yesterday and he frowned in frustration.

"What is it? Is there something wrong?"

The questions snapped Sirius out of it and he looked up at Maya. She looked slightly worried about him. This almost made him blush but he refused to, because he was Sirius Black and he made women blush. Most definitely not the other way around.

"Just…this connection Bella's got with Riddle goes much farther than names and guardianship and wand cores. It's unnerving and I'm pretty sure she fancies him. Even if she doesn't know it in actuality I would've thought she'd defend Riddle instead of me" Sirius confessed. Maya laughed, loudly and shook her head.

"What? What's so funny?" Sirius asked, annoyed. Maya's laughter dimmed a little but she continued to giggle.

"I know for a fact that Bella fancies Professor Riddle. But, of course she'd defend you. You're her uncle and she was right. It was just age and age is but a number. You're probably 32" Maya half asked.

"Er…33 but yeah so what?" Sirius asked, curiously. Maya nodded.

"You look very good for your age. I'm 34. I look fine for my age. Bella knew that he was being absolutely ridiculous and extremely violent just because you mentioned Professor Riddle's age. He's 66 big deal. He's still beyond attractive" Maya said. Sirius felt an irrational stab of jealousy at the words.