A Few Weeks Later

[rain sounds]

Clover: Hey… Tair… you might want to take a look outside,

Altair: Huh? Don’t tell me that it’s starting to–[gasps]

[she takes off outside]

Altair: What are you doing here?

Sirius: I… have no idea.

Altair:…Two years of dodging phone calls and turning away my visits and you just, what? Think you can show up at my doorstep and expect everything to be okay?

Sirius: I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have ignored you.

Altair: No you shouldn’t have.

Sirius: Altair… do you really blame me though? How was I supposed to face you after that?

Altair: You could have at least tried.

Sirius: I shot you.

Altair: You didn’t mean to.

Sirius: You almost died in my arms.

Altair: [lays her head against his chest]