The pain of the truth was too much for Blade. He loved Lily with all of his heart and envisioned them being together for a long time, with the possibility of marriage when they finished school. It was worse that not only did he lose his girl, but he lost two best friends, for he remembered the three of them being inseparable since their first year. Thoughts of how could he have not seen this coming, and what had he done wrong all plagued his head. The day Lily told him the truth about her feelings for Molly had started out the best, but then turned into the worst. It had been like a slap in the face that had left him so stunned he couldn't speak. He merely stood up from the table they shared and walked out of the Three Broomsticks. He did not stop until he reached his dorm.

Lily had cried as she watched him leave. Guilt washed over her for the extent at which she had hurt her friend. She met with Molly in the library and through tears told her what had happened with Blade. They held onto each other as Lily wept. Molly had kissed the tears away and in the privacy of the darkest corner of the library they sought solace in each other's caresses.

Blade finished out fourth year at Hogwarts, before transferring to Durmstrang, for the remainder of his schooling. The Cannons traded him to a Bulgarian team, when Blade expressed his wish to finish his schooling in Bulgaria.

Before the beginning of fifth year, Lily received a letter. She had been picked as one of Gryffindor's two fifth year prefects. She had squealed with excitement, while her parents and brothers and sisters gathered around her Proud that a Potter would once again be a school leader.

Harry recounted his parents' histories as Head boy and girl at Hogwarts and how he had missed his chance because of the stress of defeating voldemort. Hermione and Molly's uncle Ron had been chosen to represent Gryffindor. Yet leaving at the end of sixth year to seek out and defeat Voldemort meant that Ron and Hermione missed out on the chance to be head boy and girl.

"We're so proud of you, Lily." Hermione said.

Even Molly was happy for her friend. She often told Lily she hoped they wouldn't pick Molly. She struggled with her schoolwork and the added responsibilities would be too much for her. The fifth year meant that they would have to sit their OWL examinations. The results, they both knew, would have a direct effect on the subjects they chose for their NEWTs. Molly knew she wanted to be a healer, while Lily hoped that she would become an Auror. Both girls would have to study hard to ensure their grades met the requirements for the subjects they needed to take.

Their relationship was growing stronger, although they hadn't been ready to tell their parents yet. Molly stayed with Lily's family for the final two weeks of their Summer break. Through the day they acted casually around Lily's family to avoid suspicion, refraining from touching or hugging each other in any suggestive way, but when night came and they were tucked in Lily's bed, they enjoyed the warmth of each other's embrace. When they held each other it felt right. They missed each other when the Summer began and had to spend the first weeks of it apart, but in Lily's bed, they made up for the time they spent away from each other. Lily wondered could it be possible that Molly's breasts had grown more since she'd seen her last. They felt larger when she caressed Molly under her night robeShe like how they felt, with the nipples raised meeting Lily's touch. Lily, in spite of ceasing use of the enlarging spell, was still the same still had not grown since her last effort. Molly seemed to love them anyway, just the way they were, so Lily too grew to accept them.

The Potter family had expanded when little Sirius was born into the family. Now three months old, he cooed and giggled his way into the heart of his older sister, Just as little Dora had made an impact on the Longbottoms. Molly chatted about her new sister, while tickling Sirius'tiny woolen socked feet. He smiled up at her happily while Lily looked on. Tearing the girls away from the new addition to Potter family proved difficult when inevitably the girls went back to school. Lily knew that when she returned for Christmas, Sirius would have grown so much and would almost be walking.

"Keep me updated all the time," she said to her mother as they stood and watched the school train roll in.

"We will," said Hermione. "You just concentrate on your studies and we'll see you at Christmas."

They stood at the station and hugged, while Molly hugged her own parents goodbye. When the girls boarded the train and found a compartment, they watched through the window as their mothers nursed each other's babies and compared births. The whistle sounded and both mothers looked up and began to wave. Albus stood beside his mother and stared longingly at the train. He knew that the following year would be his turn to board the train for the first time and join his brother and sister at Hogwarts, but for Al, that following year was just too far away.

However two new Longbottoms would join the group going to Hogwarts for the first time. Tess and Alice chattered excitedly about what they would expect in their first year. Ronald and James decided to fill the younger girls in on what they didn't know, much of their advice was about the scary aspects of Hogwarts, such as Filch and what he would do if he was to catch them in the forbidden forest or the out of bounds areas of the school castle. Secretly Lily and Molly sat holding hands as they watched their siblings chatter amongst themselves.

"You know I haven't seen Blade at all this morning have you?" Molly asked.

Lily shook her head. "Me neither." It wasn't until Katie burst in on them that they found out where Blade Malfoy was.

"Guess what!" she had exclaimed. "Blade's transferred to Durmstrang!"

"What?" Both girls exclaimed.

"Heard it from Crystal Thomas who apparently heard it from Florence Finnegan who said apparently the Slytherins are all talking about it. Apparently their all green with envy."

"That's because they all think their too good for Hogwarts," Ronald piped up. He and Blade had always got along, and Ronald looked up to him. It angered him to find out that he had left.

"Does anyone know why?" asked Lily. She had her suspicions about it, but didn't want to say anything.

"He got traded from what I hear. The cannons traded him off to so team in Bulgaria."

"Awesome!" the boys cried.

"You know what that means, Ron," James said. "The gryffindors will be looking for a new seeker!"

"No they're not. I'm seeker now. I have been since Blade joined the Cannons," Ron explained, but the looks on his sister's face sparked doubt. "I am, aren't I?"

"Ron, we put you there temporarily, because we didn't have time to hold try outs and we knew you could play. This year, though we have to hold try outs and unfortunately you have to try out with everyone else." Molly explained gently.

"That's a croc!"Ron shouted. "So now I have to try out for the position I'm already playing!"

"Are you going to try out?" Lily asked James.

"Of course I am!" James exclaimed. "What about you, Ron?"

Ron shrugged, "I guess."

"Hey we should try out, too," the twins cried.

"Girls don't play quidditch," Ron said.

"Hey, what are we?" Lily exclaimed gesturing to herself and Molly.

"Okay, but they don't make good seekers." Ron said.

"Mum was, well for a while." Alice was remembering a story Ginny once told them about the short term when she filled in for Harry as a seeker, much to her brother's surprise and distaste.

"Yeah you'll see when we whip your butts at tryouts," said Tess backing her sister up.