They spent all summer writing each other and wishing they were together. When the day finally came that they were to return to Hogwarts neither Dean of Seamus could contain their joy. Seamus was first to spot Dean in Kings Cross Station and he ran to him, arm outstretched. Dean saw Seamus and caught him in his arms. They stood hugging for about a minute before they realized it might seem weird to other people. They were very glad to be together, but they were not ready to let people know about them.

The rushed onto the train and once they found a car they almost immediately began snogging. It had been so long since either of them had tasted the other's lips and it felt so right to be kissing again. A knock came at their car and they very quickly broke apart. Neville stuck his head in, "Mind if I join you?" he asked, "Everywhere else is full." Dean and Seamus shared a glace. More than anything they wanted to say no, so they could continue snogging, but it would seem suspicious is they did, plus they liked Neville. He was their friend and they didn't want to be rude and send him away. Also, Neville wasn't exactly popular and not too many other people would be so willing to let him in. Dean answered him, "Sure buddy." Neville smiled widely, "Thanks, you are like the seventh car I've asked."

The three of them spent the car ride catching each other up on their summers. Poor Neville didn't have the best summer with his grandmother, she didn't treat him that well. Seamus told them about the new broom he got and how he spent the summer practicing with it. Neville told him that he should try out for quidditch, but Seamus just laughed, he loved quidditch, but he was not good enough to play, plus he loved watching from the stands, he joked, "If I did whom would Dean have to watch with?" Neville then asked Dean if he would ever try out, "Maybe one day," he said, "I'm not nearly good enough with a broom yet, plus same goes for Seamus who would he have to watch with if it weren't for me?"

Often throughout the train ride Dean and Seamus would glance at each other and share a look of longing. At one point in the train ride the train became very dark and cold. Instinctively Seamus reached over and grabbed Dean's hand before remembering that Neville was there and quickly yanked it away hoping he hadn't noticed. Luckily it seemed that he hadn't. From not too far away the three of them heard a scream. Later in the ride they learned the scream had come from their friend Harry who had fainted after a dementor had come into his car. Dean didn't know what a dementor was, so Seamus had to explain, "I get why he fainted, poor guy," Dean said after learning what they were.

The beginning of the year feast was delicious as always. Harry didn't seem to have much of an appetite after what happened to him on the train, but Ron viciously attacked his food as always. Dean and Seamus got no alone time that night and went to bed pretty disappointed. Luckily, being the first day and all, Ron, Harry and Neville went to breakfast a little early, so Dean and Seamus got some private time. As soon as they were alone they began snogging like there was no tomorrow. "I missed you so much," Dean told Seamus when he got a break for air. Seamus responded, "I missed you too."

Dean had grown a considerable amount over the summer and Seamus hadn't even grown an inch. Dean was now towering over Seamus, so he had to bend down to be on level to kiss him. The height difference was nice, Dean thought, Seamus was about at the level of his heart and it was cute he was so small. Seamus happened to think dean was pretty hot being so tall. After a few minutes they decided they get to breakfast too, so that they could have enough to eat before class, they had all their classes together this year; they planned it that way, so it wasn't like they weren't going to see each other all day.

One of the classes they signed up for was divination. They both thought it seemed interesting, sadly they regretted their choice as soon as they had their first lesson. Their teacher seemed a bit, well, maybe a bit crazy and they severely doubted her ability to see into the future. They had heard despite everything the class wasn't so hard to pass, so they decided they might as well stay in it and see what happens. Plus Harry, Ron and Neville were in the class so at least their bunkmates and friends were there too.

There was another new class that Dean and Seamus were looking forward to. Care of Magical creatures. There teacher was going to be Hagrid, who they knew that Harry, Ron and Hermione were close to, so he must be a great guy. Their textbook was pretty cool too. Scare but cool. It was a monster book that seemed to be alive which is interesting. The textbook annoyed some people, but Dean and Seamus weren't. The first class proved not to be a disappointment. Hagrid was instructing them about hippogriffs and actually had some there at the instruction. Harry got to pet and ride one named Buckbeak, but sadly the same hippogriff attacked Draco Malfoy and class ended abruptly. Dean and Seamus really hoped Hagrid wouldn't get fired over this, as Malfoy was known to be a brat about such things. Luckily for them Hagrid did get to stay and they got to continue enjoying his class.

Another cool class for them was defense against the dark arts. Professor Lupin easily proved to be the best teacher they had for it yet, but that wasn't saying too much as Dean and Seamus hated Quirrel and Lockhart. Lupin taught the class about boggarts. Dean was terrified about going up. He had a feeling he knew what his boggart would turn into. He really liked Seamus, maybe even loved him, but he was terrified about people finding out about them. What if the boggart turned into the two of them kissing? What if everyone found out? Just as bad, what if Seamus gets upset that that's his worst fear. Would Seamus end things with him if he knew how secretly ashamed of the relationship Dean was? Luckily for Dean none of this happened, as Dean never made it to the front of the line. Neither did Harry, but that was because Lupin apparently didn't want him to. The most interesting boggart was definitely Neville's as his fear was Snape. What made it so interesting was that to defeat the boggart they did the spell ridikulus which made the fear something funny and Neville's spell made the boggart turn into Snape dressed in Neville's grandmother's clothes.

Classes passed and Dean and Seamus were looking forward to their trip into Hogsmeade. It would be like their first official date; kind of. Seamus didn't seem understand Dean's not wanting people to know about their relationship, but the reason he gave for it was because he wanted privacy between them. Dean didn't argue and give his reason he just pretended his justification was exactly the same. The first place they visited during their trip into town was Honeydukes, which had the most delicious candy. Dean bought some chocolate frogs and Bertie Bots every flavor beans, while Seamus opted for some fizzing whizbees and some fudge. Next they went to Zonkos joke shop. That store was cool, but they didn't really know what to buy there. They spotted Fred and George there and knew some cool pranks were sure to go down when they got back to school.

Later they ate lunch at The Three Broomsticks. They both ordered turkey legs and some mashed potatoes, which butterbeer to drink of course. The Three Broomsticks had the best butterbeer near Hogwarts, or so they were told. It was pretty good though. During lunch they talked about Quidditch. As much as Dean loved it they did plan miss a couple of the games that year. They of course would go to all the games where Gryffindor played, but they sometimes would sit out other ones, because with so many people at the games it was easier for them to find places for them to be alone and be a real couple. Dean loved those times where they could kiss and hold each other with no one around for him to worry about judging them. But it was really hard to find those times with so many people around. Their first Hogsmeade trip was fun and they couldn't wait for the next one. They were careful not to talk about the trip and to put away the things they got quickly when they came back, because they knew Harry was upset he couldn't go on the trip.

That night things got a bit scary. The boys tried to go to bed but along with many other Gryffindor's they found the Fat Lady's portrait was slashed. It had been broken into by none other than Sirius Black the escaped murderer himself! The students had to spend the night in the Great Hall in sleeping bags. "This year seemed almost too quiet," Seamus Joked to Dean when they got down there trying to lighten the mood. Dean faked a smile and responded, "You're right. It's not Hogwarts if something scary doesn't happed." Dean silently wished to himself that was all that would happen this year, but he knew that was unlikely. When he figured everyone else was asleep he allowed himself to hold Seamus's hand. The events of the nights had scared him and he knew he would sleep easier with his hand in Seamus's.

Dean proved to be right. Not too much later Dean and Seamus attended a Quidditch game where Gryffindor was playing Hufflepuff. As usual Dean Gryffindor colors dressed in his sweater, hat, scarf, flag and even had his face painted. Seamus and Dean sat front row screaming for their team, well Dean did most of the screaming, but Seamus screamed a bit too. During the game dementors came into the area. Harry fell off his broom after they arrived. When he saw Harry fall, Dean instinctively grabbed Seamus's hand and didn't let go until it was confirmed Harry was going to be alright. Along with some of Harry's other friends Dean and Seamus went to the hospital after the game. When he woke up they were there when Harry got the terrible news that the Whopping Willow broke his broom. Dean felt especially bad, as he had always admired and envied Harry's Nimbus 2000.

There was one more Hogsmeade trip before the holidays. With the holidays coming up both boys decided that they would spend their first half hour in the town away from each other buying each other a Christmas gift. Dean got Seamus a giant block of Fudge remembering how much Seamus loved it the last time and Seamus bought a toy from Zonkos for Dean. They walked around the town for a while talking about what their plans were for the Holidays, though they really didn't change much from year to year. The town was really nice this time of year with snow everywhere. Dean really wanted to hold Seamus's hand as they walked around, but there was way too many people around, so he just spend his time wishing they could get their own car on their way back for Christmas. They ate at the Tree Broomsticks again. They got butterbeer again, since it was so good.

Luckily for the both of them they did find an empty car on the train ride home. They exchanged gifts and spent much of the train ride kissing. They also cuddled. Dean told Seamus how much he would miss him, "It's only a couple weeks; I think we'll live, " Seamus joked. Dean gave him a playful sad face with puppy dog eyes. Seamus laughed and added, "I'll miss you too mate." Dean laughed and said, "Can we really still call each other 'mate' after, ya know?" Seamus answered, "Why not? I guess we are dating, kind of, well not kind of, almost definitely, but still who says the person you are dating can't still me your mate." Dean smiled and responded, "good point," before leaning in and kissing Seamus again."

They both wrote to each other during their holidays. They enjoyed being home, but they missed each other. On the ride back to Hogwarts they got half of their time alone this time, snogging, before Neville came in and sat with them. Neville complained about having to spend his holidays with his grandmother. Dean and Seamus really felt bad fore Neville. To try to cheer him up Seamus asked Neville some questions about his favorite subject, herbology. Neville did seem to perk up at this and spent the rest of the train ride telling them not so interesting fats about plants. Dean and Seams smiled and nodded along to Neville's information, but were both wishing they could be alone so they could go back to kissing.

Harry had apparently gotten a Firebolt broom for Christmas which had been taken away for inspection incase it was cursed (and/or sent from Sirius Black), but Harry got it back soon after Christmas. Dean couldn't believe his eyes when he saw it. He marveled at it. If he had been jealous of Harry's Nimbus 2000, he was way more jealous of this broom. Harry was going to try it out for his first time in his upcoming game against Ravenclaw. Things between Harry and Ron and Hermione weren't great. Ron told Dean and Seamus that Hermione's cat had eaten his pet rat Scabbers and that he was really upset with her. Seamus and Dean didn't really want to get in the middle of it, so they just said, "aww that sucks man, sorry," and left it there.

Dean couldn't wait for Gryffindor's against Ravenclaw. As usual he bled his Gryffindor colors. He knew that with his new broom, assuming nothing like the dementors happened again, Harry was almost guaranteed a win with that new broom of his. Dean was right. The game was the most fun to watch yet, as Harry sped around the field faster than Dean had ever seen a person fly. It was incredible. Dean tried to imagine himself on that broom whizzing through the air. One day he might try out for quidditch, he told himself, but he wasn't ready yet, he knew that.

Dean and Seamus spent their free time from class mostly studying together. Last year their final exams were cancelled, but they sincerely doubted they would be so lucky this year and they wanted to do well. Well they wanted to do well in every class but divination, as they had given up on that class long ago. They looked forward to their last trip to Hogsmeade. The snow was gone, but the town was still a nice place to be this time they visited the site of the Shrieking Shack, but they didn't go in, almost no one did, that place was terrifying. They visited their favorite places and shared a last lunch at the Three Broomsticks. It was a really nice last trip.

Some sad news comes when Dean and Seamus heard that Buckbeak was going to be put to death soon. Cheering them up very soon after was the quidditch finals. It pretty much always seemed to come down to Gryffindor and Slytherin. Dean forced Seamus to dress up as crazily as he always did. It took a week's worth of convincing. "It's the last game!" he begged several times a day, "Please, please, please?! Show your house spirit!" What won him over in the end Seamus joked was Dean's excellent snogging. They showed up the game in all their Gryffindor gear with their faces painted. It was a dirty game, but Gryffindor won in the end winning the house the cup. Dean was overjoyed! It took everything he could not to grab Seamus and kiss him when Harry caught that snitch (he did that once they got back to the dorm as they had beaten the other boys back).

Dean and Seamus's extensive studying paid off, as they felt they did pretty well during their exams. An interesting thing happened during their divination exam (which they felt surprisingly okay during). Professor Trelawney predicted the return of Voldemort's servant before midnight. This gave Dean and Seamus the chills, but they wondered why they were so spooked, as they both believed her to be a quack. The boys finished out their exams without some disaster interrupting. That they knew of at least, as Harry, Ron and Hermione seemed to act a bit odd during the last few days of school. They wondered what had happened to them, but they knew better than to ask. They had heard that Lupin was apparently a werewolf, the news shocked them, but they didn't mind much, as they had enjoyed him as a teacher.

They rode home on their own car. Instead of just talking about what they were going to do that summer (and kissing of course, lots of kissing) they also planned some activities to do together. They had talked to their parent's by letter over the last month of school and they had gotten them to agree to let Dean visit Seamus for a couple weeks over the summer. Seamus promised to help Dean get better at flying, so maybe one day he could try out for quidditch. They couldn't wait until then. It would have been so hard to go the entire summer without each other and they were extremely grateful that they wouldn't have to do it this year!