A/N: I know this story was on hiatus for a long time, but I revised it over the past few months for many reasons. Just so you don't get confused the italics are part of the ending. The bold quotes are songs. Everything after are stories of the past leading up to the ending. Hope you enjoy!

Summary: Follow the Epilogue teens as they discover love in different ways.

Discl.: Characters you recognize belong to J.K. Rowling. Others are of my creation.

Chapter 1: Gone

Lily's POV

Pum…pumm…pum! The windows flung open after pushing at them multiple of times. I gazed out at the view from the tower window. My eyes scanned the grounds. No one in sight. I zipped up my bag and looked back out the window. My eyes shifted to the Quidditch Pitch.

"So many memories," I thought. I dug my hand in my pocket and squeezed it around a small golden ball. I took it out.

I opened my hand and its wings spread full out. It floated in the air for a second and then it whizzed out the window.

I didn't even bother to try and catch it.

I stood on top of the window looking down at the grounds. This is it. Now or never.

"I Wanna Go Back"

It used to be the three of us: Hugo Weasley, Will Longbottom, and me. However, that all changed last year, in our fourth year. For the past four years, I had always neglected the other three girls, Lauren Heighland, Whitney Panks, and Maureen Snew, in my House, Gryffindor. They were everything I wasn't.

I ignored them for the past four years. It's a shame they never did the same for me. In fact, they ruined my life; everything that was left of it that is.

It's bad enough that I have to deal with all the snotty Slytherins, my cousins, and my brothers. I know for a fact that the girls in my House make snide remarks by how I look and how I present myself. Like I CARE what I look like. I'm not here to impress guys to like me. I practically grew up with a bunch of those swarmy idiots. And frankly, they aren't that great. Well, not all of them are jerks. Take my best friends, Will and Hugo, for example.

Anyway, Maureen, the quietest girl you'll ever meet, was invited by Whitney and Lauren to sit with them at the table. I should have seen this coming. See, Maureen is best friends with Irisa Smith and Talia Callioe. Once she sat down with Whitney and Lauren, they followed along.

I suppose I shouldn't be blaming Maureen too much, but I was completely blind when things happen right under my nose. I should have known that all Maureen wanted to be was: popular. I should have known that once Maureen, Irisa, and Talia joined forces with queen bee Lauren and her prim and proper best friend, Whitney, that it would come back to haunt me.

Ok, the whole thing about Maureen becoming friends with Lauren and Whitney isn't what changed. It was the fact that Hugo had a huge crush on Maureen's friend Irisa. It also turns out Irisa returned the feelings and they became girlfriend and boyfriend at the end of last year.

So what was now just Lauren and Whitney now considers three more members. So of course, I don't think Irisa is good for Hugo. But does he listen to me? No. Nobody ever does.

So when Hugo and Irisa got together, it was just me and Will. I was ok with that, but I missed hanging with Hugo sometimes.

POOF! There goes Hugo.

At the end of the year, it was just me and Will Longbottom. And that's when I started to develop this feeling for him. He was there when no one else was. Ever since last year, I had hoped he would feel same. So here I am waiting for him to make "the move." It never happened.

I shrugged it off, and hoped summer would make him realize he missed me more than just as a friend.

Then came the first of September.

I was a bit disappointed that both my friends, Hugo and Will, haven't written or dropped by at all over summer, but I wasn't gonna let that ruin our friendship or my day that is.

I'm off to start my fifth year at Hogwarts. It was my brother's, Albus' last year, as well as my cousins: Dominique and Rose's.

It wasn't hard to find our family after we ran through the barrier. That is because our family was mostly red-headed, me included.

I followed behind Al as we made our way to our big family. I spotted Hugo immediately and walked over to talk to him, before it would be time to step onto the Hogwarts Express so he can meet up with Irisa. I had to give him space. Irisa is an important person in his life now; maybe even more than me.

"Hey there L.P.!" Hugo said smiling at me.

"Hey," I said. I looked around, hoping to find Will, but he was nowhere in sight. He's probably running late. "So is Rose looking forward to her last year?" I asked.

Rose Weasley was Hugo's older sister. She has long wavy brilliant red hair that cascaded past her shoulders live an ocean tide unlike mine, which was straight and dark. It was always held in a ponytail. Rose had Uncle Ron's blue eyes, but Aunt Hermione's brain and looks. I had only my mother's brown eyes and my father's Quidditch skills.

Her skin wasn't as pale as mine, it was actually had a light tan to it and it never went away. She also had light freckles sprinkled around her face, which gave her the face of a celebrity. Mine? Just plain and ordinary.

Most people would be jealous being compared to Rose. She was a pretty girl and I had all the reason to feel jealous, but I wasn't.

I like being ordinary and plain. I liked being in clothes that were comfortable even if they made me look like a skank. The thing was I knew who I was and I didn't want to change that.

I know if someone were to chose between me and some other girl, he would chose the girl, and I was fine with that because one day I know a guy will chose me not by my appearance, but by my personality. Will Longbottom, I hoped to be that guy.

"She's been talking about it non-stop all summer. I somehow managed to put dragon tape over her mouth, but mum told me to take it off," he said. I smiled.

"Aw poor Rose," I said. Rose was actually one of the few girls I actually trusted. I hung out with her on a few occasions, but enough to be close with her. I didn't mind, she was two years older than me and had her own friends. I respected that.

"She deserved it," he muttered. I shook my head at him. At the moment, Rose and Al walked over to join in on our conversation.

"Hey, what are you two talking about?" Rose asked.

"Shutting you up over the summer," Hugo said. Rose's face turned suddenly dangerous.

"Well, did you tell Lily of how much, you've been asking me what to say to Irisa? Because that, to me, was pathetic. Not knowing what to say to your girlfriend, puh!" Rose said. Hugo started to turn red, which was starting to match his brilliant red curly head. I would have laughed, but I held it back for Hugo's sake.

"At least he's not keeping his girlfriend a secret," I defended him. Rose blushed.

"You have a boyfriend?" Albus asked surprised.

"Butt out," Rose snapped defensively.

"Not just any boyfriend, a secret boyfriend," I said, "When will we get to meet him? I do want to meet him, you know"

"Never, It's called a secret for a reason," Rose said crossing her arms, which meant she didn't want to talk about it anymore.

I looked around for Will again. It was getting close to the time when we would have to board.

"Where's Will?" I asked Hugo.

"Oh, he's probably with Lauren," he said shrugging.

"L-Lauren? Lauren Heighland?" I asked. Hugo raised his eyebrow at me.

"He didn't tell you?"

"He didn't tell me what?" I asked. Somehow, I wanted to take back that question because something tells me that Will and Lauren are…

"They're going out. Will sent an owl over the summer telling me how they both started working at the Leaky Cauldron with Hannah Longbottom and they just sort of became a thing, I suppose," Hugo explained, "He didn't send you an owl?"

"No," I said hiding my disappointment. The train gave a chute, which meant it was time to say good-bye to our families and board the train. I gave mum and dad a hug each good-bye.

If you're wondering where James is, he's at the ministry to become an Auror like Dad.

I walked up the stairs, but as I did, I couldn't help, but try and picture Lauren and Will…together. Believe it or not, I couldn't.

POOF! There goes Will. All in one year, I've lost two of my closest friends. This year is starting to become such a dreadful one. I wonder if I'll make it out alive.

Slam! Someone had pushed past me and I slammed hard against one of the compartment doors and slid down to the ground.

I rubbed my head of its consuming pain.

"Need a hand there Little Red?"

I looked up, although my vision was blurred a bit from smashing my head into the compartment door, but nothing could stop from seeing who was offering their hand to me.

No, it was not Will as I hoped for, but the one and only Scorpius Malfoy, one of my brother's best friends.

"No, I can manage myself," I said and stood up. He took back his hand.

"Just trying to help," he said.

"Good for you," I said miserably. I moved past him to claim a compartment for myself.

I found a compartment, but I wasn't alone. Brandon Longbottom, Will's brother, shared it with me, which was fine with me. For there were two things we had in common: we were both miserable and lonely.

The train lurched in motion. This is it. Now or never.