Remus Lupin. The epitome of perfect. Everyone idolized the Marauders and all I wanted was for them to notice me. But I was a nobody, a nobody Gryffindor destined for failure. Not very Gryffindor of me I know but that's just the way I see things. Well that's how I thought of things back in fifth year. Now I'm a seventh year and I honestly couldn't be happier. I'm about to graduate from Hogwarts and I'm proud to say that I got the guy of my dreams. But enough of what's going on right now and how happy I am, how about we start from when I was depressed.

"Oi Mallory!" my neck spun around at the mention of my last name. Sirius Black had hollered across the common room and I swear my stomach was doing back flips. He made his way over to me a shit eating grin plastered on his face. "Your friends with Evans aren't you?" he asked as he got closer to me. I sighed and flipped my long brunette hair over my shoulder.

"Yes I am." I turned away from him and tried to ignore him. He tugged on my shoulder and spun me around.

"We need your help to get Evans to go out with prongs over there. You see he is absolutely bloody miserable without her in his life and we have a plan." He sat down across from me and folded his hands in front.

"Padfoot, leave Azelea alone. She doesn't want to help you." He tried to pull Sirius up by his arm. Oh Merlin that boy was fit, his arm muscles flexed just right as he heaved Sirius up off the seat in front of me.

"Think about it Mallory!" Sirius shouted as Remus pulled him up to his dormitory, James and Peter following close behind. I shook my head at the boys' antics as I imagined a relationship with Remus. Would the boys always be around? What would it be like? I was going into full on fangirl mode and I had to snap myself out of it. No one is to know about my crush on Remus Lupin I would just die of humiliation. Soon after I finished my potions homework and headed up to bed so I would not be bothered while I read.

Sirius had organized an end of year party in the common room that would start in approximately 3 hours when all the prefects had finished their rounds and all the teachers were asleep in bed. I sat on my four poster bed as I listened to Sirius bustle around the common room trying to get everything ready for the end of his 5th year.

Lily was rushing around the room frantically looking for something to wear.

"Az, are you coming down?" she asked me as she pulled up a black cocktail dress that she got out of my wardrobe. I rolled my eyes but nodded at her anyway. She squealed slightly and Marlene Mickinnon stuck her head out of the bathroom, hair half pinned up and only foundation applied to her face.

"She coming?" she asked nodding her head towards my frame as I stood from my bed.

"Yes she is, hurry up and finish your hair so you can help me pick something hot out for her to wear. I inwardly cringed as Marlene just used her wand to finish her hair rather than continue to do it the muggle way. She skipped over to lily and they stood on front of my wardrobe together flinging items of clothing out and on the floor and a few in my direction which I had caught. In all they had thrown three outfits at me and ushered me to try them on.

Alice Prewett had walked back out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her head as I tried on the first one. A black high-low skirt with a cropped black Fleetwood mac shirt, the skirt hung loosely on my hips and I wondered if the two of them had actually raided my wardrobe or not. I turned and looked in the full length mirror. I had to admire myself. My long burgundy hair fell just above the waist line of the skirt and was naturally wavy. The girls criticized the outfit with Alice joining them as well, before they tossed that idea aside and told me to change into the next one. They had made themselves comfortable on my bed as I groaned at them but relented.

I could hear the music start pumping from the common room and Sirius with his yell scream he does when he has his first shot of the night.

The next outfit was my favorite it was a short poufy black dress with a thin belt under the bust, black tights with a small design on the thigh just below the hem of the dress. I spun around and actually smiled for the first time all year. Lily squealed and Marlene and Alice clapped and giggled with joy. Lily ran off to find some shoes to match and Marlene dragged me to her vanity where she sat me down and started doing my hair with her wand.

"Lils I'm going to need you to come over here and start on her makeup please Alice can look for some shoes and accessories for her." My eyes widened at Marlene as lily made her way over.

After the girls were done with me I admired myself in the mirror once again as the continued to get ready. Lily had done a dramatic smokey eye but not too out there, with bright red lips and black nails. Alice had found me a pair of ankle boots that were a dark brown but complimented the outfit very well, with some brown bohemian bangles, my infinity bracelet I never take off, black quotation earrings, and a black rose ring.

"Thank you so much you guys, I love it." We all huddled around my full length mirror and admired ourselves.

"We did do a pretty good job didn't we Marl?" lily asked her as she nudged her behind my back. They all looked gorgeous themselves but for once I was not feeling self-conscious. I was happy in my own skin. We linked arms and made our way down the stairs. Rock and Roll all Night by kiss started as we came down making our entrance spectacular.

As I hit the last step my ankle twisted slightly causing me to almost bring the other girls down with me and my face to turn beet red.

A/N: this is redone as it was pointed out that nirvana wasnt around in the 70's