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CHAPTER FORTY FOUR

Hermione walked down the steps, to the sofa and sitting gently on Sirius' lap.

She tossed the letters on the coffee table "You can open them when I'm gone..." She whispered before kissing his lips.

Sirius wrapped his arms tightly around her, hands splayed across her petite back.

Hermione laced one hand in his black hair, holding him close, not wanting to be away from him. A tear trickled down her cheek as slowly her foot disappeared.

He pulled back, softly wiping away her tear away "You're beautiful, Hermione..." He whispered against her lips "You're so beautiful... And perfect... And you're going..."

She smiled sadly "I'm so sorry... One day... One day we can do this... I promise. I promise you..." She kissed him softly, pulling away as yet more holes appeared in her body.

Hermione took Sirius' hand in her one remaining one "I love you, Sirius," she said quietly, looking at him directly as holes appeared in her body, the sign she must leave "I love you so much. But I've got to go now. I don't want to, I really don't. But I have to. My time here is done. It'll be a while before you see me again. Don't hang on if you don't want to..." Now she was simply a torso, floating in the air. She wrapped her arms around him tightly before pulling back as her arms went, kissing him gently on the lips. Then she disappeared.

Sirius blinked slowly.

Once.

Twice.

Thrice.

Trying, but failing, to digest what had just happened.

The woman he had fallen in love with...

Gone.

A single tear rolled down his cheek.

The first time he had cried in almost four years.

She was gone.

And that was the day that Sirius Black swore he would never love a girl again.