"Rose! Rose, over here!" She heard a voice calling for her somewhere within the crowd.

"I think Black is looking for you." Rose turned her head to where the second voice came from. Before she got a glance at the person she found herself in the tight embrace of a pretty red headed girl.

"Lily, get off me" Rose laughed while trying to push the girl's hair away from her face and out of her mouth "Your hair is in my mouth." She continued.

"Yeah, don't talk then. I have a lot more hair you know, don't want any more in your mouth." Lily laughed then, and this made every boy around them turn their heads and give her a flashing smile, and pushed her away. All the while, ignoring the looks of admiration she got from people around her. She was used to it by now. Seven years of being popular can do that to a person. Not that Lily was a bitch, quite the opposite actually. She was the most kind and loving person Rose had ever met.

"Ah, finally I´m free." Rose grinned and looked over Lily's left shoulder where she saw James approaching slowly. He put his forefinger to his lips and blinked at her. Lily seemed oblivious to the lurking danger and Rose didn't plan on telling her. Justice is served, she thought while smiling in her mind.

"That's what I want you to think, and then, when you least suspect it..."

"AAAAH!" Rose screamed. Someone had grabbed her from the back and lifted her high up in the air. "Let me go!" She demanded. A soft chuckle came from her attacker and she instantly knew who it was. "Remus!" she said, knowing that it really wasn't him.

The person sank her down so her feet were just inches above the ground "Guess again darling," he whispered in her ear. The voice made her heart flutter but she managed to keep her voice steady thanks to a lot of training.

"Peter?"

"Nope."

"...Malfoy?"

"Seriously?"

"Hmmm… Lestrange?" This forced the reaction she wanted. He put her down; he still had his arms around her, holding her in place. But at least she had both feet on solid ground

"No, it's Sirius."

"Who?"

"Sirius Black, you know, your best looking friend with the most handsome and blindingly gorgeous smile in the entire school."

"No sorry, it doesn't ring a bell."

"Oh, come on." He turned her around, still holding her against his chest. "You don't recognize dear old Sirius, huh?" He looked depressed, but he was a good actor and Rose didn't buy any of it. A smile formed on her lips as she titled her head to the side.

"Oh it's you. I forgot how you looked. I mean, I haven't seen you all summer." Her smile turned sad when she thought of his absence this summer. "Your brother asked about you a few days ago." She regretted it as soon as she said it.

"He has no business bothering you about me." Sirius said with a slight growl and let her go. He turned his attention to Lily instead. "Hey Lily." The smile he gave Lily would have made most girls in school, including Rose, weak in their knees. Lily wasn't most girls, so she didn't even flinch. Her dislike for the boy and his best friend were frightening sometimes.

"Hello Black."

"Why did he get a Hi and not me, Lils?" James had reached them and was now standing beside Lily and pouted with his lips, faking sadness. He was the reason Lily hated Sirius and his friends. James had been in love with Lily for as long as Rose could remember, and he had made it a habit of always asking her out or do all sorts of crazy things to get her attention.

"How has your summer been Lil?" he asked again, ignoring the fact that she hadn't answered his first question. She still refused to answer. "My summer was great, I played a lot of Quidditch and I met this girl."

Lily turned around and faced him surprise showed in her eyes "In France. She went to Beauxbatons but graduated last year."

"Well that's great for you James," Rose said when she noticed that Lily wasn't going to say anything.

"Yes, and she is going to come to Hogsmeade for our free days to spend some time with me. If you know what I mean." He winked at them. Sirius laughed, they all knew exactly what he meant. Lily's face went frighteningly red and she opened her mouth to say something. Rose who sensed the danger hooked Lily's arm with hers.

"Hey Lily, we should go find the girls before the train leaves." Lily closed her mouth and turned to Rose who stared at her friend with a face that she hoped said 'Not now'. Lily blinked once and nodded.
"You're right Rose. Come on, let's go" Lily started to walk, still hooked to Rose through their arms. Rose turned around and waved at the two boys.

They spent almost half an hour to search trough the train for the others. Fifteen minutes of that time was spent by Lily complaining about what an ass 'The freaking I'm so bloody handsome James fucking Potter' was and how much she utterly loathed him. Rose couldn't help but be impressed by James, he really had made the girl hate him, and he hadn't even tried.

The other fifteen minutes were spent in silent after Rose had told Lily that 'What James does on his free time is none of your concerns. It's not like you're in love with him or anything. You two aren't even friends. `

It wasn't until they reached the last compartment on the train that Lily finally spoke. "This is the last door that I'm going to open," she said with a weary voice "If they aren't here I'm going to scream and..." Rose never found out what Lily would do because just as she was going to push the door open someone opened it from inside. A girl with white blonde hair met them with a bright toothy smile and sparkling happy blue eyes.

"Where have you been? We thought that the boys had kept you to themselves, but they arrived without you. They are out looking for you now. Aren't they amazing? Oh, I have wonderful news. You are going to scream. Guess what..?" Alice babbled and dragged them inside.

She closed the door behind them and opened her mouth to continue, but was cut off by the other blonde girl in the compartment.

"Give them some air Alice," she laughed with her high pitched chiming voice. She turned to Lily and Rose with a big grin

"Hello Amelia!" the girls said in unison and hugged her small frame.

"But she's right. You are going to scream." She continued.

"I'm engaged!" Alice jumped up and down with excitement over their reaction.

"What?" Lily said and her eyes grew large "Wow, congratulation. When are…"
Rose cut in with a small scream "No way, engaged! Wow, that's amazing. You have to tell us everything. How, when, HOW?!" She was now jumping up and down with excitement.

"Well..." She was in erupted by the compartment door that flew open, in stumbled four boys with huge devilish grins.

"...the look on his face?" The boys started to laugh. "It was priceless. Oh hey, you finally found us!" Sirius sat down and placed Rose on his lap, keeping her there with strong hands on her hips.

"What did you do now?" Amelia asked, but she really didn't want to know.

She turned her head to Remus who frowned. But he wasn't the one who answered. "Dear old Snivellus thought that it would be a good idea to play a prank on a new first year. We didn't agree, so we hung him upside down in the hallway. Wearing only his Slytherin boxers." Sirius laughed.

"He looked so ridiculous, screaming that he would get us." He paused "I'm surprised that his greasy hair didn't drip on the floor."

"Shut up Black." Lily snapped at him.

"A bit feisty today are we? You can't say he didn't deserve it after what he said to you," he dragged his hand through his hair, an annoying habit he'd picked up from James. Lily's mouth stretched to a line showing that she didn't like his comment at all. "Aren't you supposed to go to the prefect compartment soon?" Sirius asked and smiled politely.

Lily's eyes grew wide "Oh!" she turned to Remus who had a prefect badge pinned to his chest also. "He's right, come on," she opened the door.

"Wait for me!" She stopped and turned around to tell James that he had no business in the prefect compartment. But she didn't have time to say anything before flashed up a golden badge with the letters HB imprinted on it. He pinned it to his chest, Lily's eyes following his every moment.

When she didn't say anything he cleared his throat "I'm head boy this year," he said. Lily's eyes left his chest and traveled up to his face.

"Who did you steal it from?" She asked and tried to snatch it from him. He took a step back and shook his head in mock disbelief. "What did Dumbledore think? Has he gone completely mental? You can't be a head boy. You are bloody James Potter." For a second Rose could swear she saw hurt in his eyes, but it was gone as fast as it came, replaced by a smirk even Malfoy would be jealous of.

"If you say so Evans. Are you going or do you want me to tell Minerva how you don't handle your duties?" This seemed to make Lily move. She gave James a dirty look and walked out, slamming the door behind her. James chuckled and followed her out with a "She loves me, she just don't know it yet."

Remus cleared his throat "I guess I have to go to, someone has to keep them apart." He walked out of the compartment with a wave and a see you all later.

"How long do you think it will take until they finally get together?" Peter, who had been silent this entire time, asked.

"I give it 'till Halloween" Sirius answered.

"Do you want to bet?" Peter held out his hand and Sirius took it. He gave it a light shake.

"Your on. Twenty gallons."

"Twenty gallons on Christmas Day then." Peter said and Rose rolled her eyes, turning her head to Alice and flashing a brilliant smile.

"Please continue your story. I really want to know."

Alice smiled but shook her head. "I'll tell you and Lily later, in the common room." She winked at Rose, who nodded in understanding.

"Did we miss something?" Peter asked. The three girls shook their heads 'no' and smiled at each other. Sirius didn't look convinced but he didn't say anything, thank god for that. Rose thought. She had never been able to lie to him. That was the downside of being friends for so long; he always seemed to be able to look right through her.

"Did you read the daily prophet this morning?" Amelia asked, her blue eyes darted between them in anticipation. When she didn't get an answer from them she continued, "You know who is winning ground and allies. The ministry believes they are going to try recruiting the giants." It didn't come as a shook for Rose to hear this, but it still felt a bit frightening.
Not that she or anyone else would be in any danger at Hogwarts. But what would happen after graduation was another thing.

"I really hope they stop him before he gets the chance. The giants may not be the smartest, but there is a reason people are so scared of them." Alice said and shuddered.

"Of course they will stop him. There are Aurors working on the case all the time." Sirius said and put a reassuring hand on Alice's back. Alice smiled at him. "And besides, you have Frank keeping you safe now."

"Yeah, but who will keep him safe. He isn't done with his training yet and they've already sent him out on three missions last month."

"He'll be fine. It's Frank we are talking about. His love for you will keep him alive and then you will be out of here making babies with him in no time." Amelia said.

"She's right, a little Ted." Rose said

"Neville, we both want a Neville." Alice protested.

"Well, Neville it is then. Just don't worry" Rose gave Alice a warm hug.

"Thank you." She said, reciprocating the friendly action. Suddenly there were a bang outside their compartment and a girl screaming. They all stood at the same time, their wands raised and pointed at the door.

"You filthy muddblood!"


Thank you for your patience and I hope your wait was worth it.

So they are finally grown up to teens and the story begins. I have waited for this moment and to write everything that happens next.