Thank you, thank you, thank you for reading/reviewing! I still own nothing and I'm also totally aware that A New Hope came out a few years before this but it was the best movie I could think of from the 70's.

The seven of them saw Star Wars: A New Hope in theaters and absolutely loved it. Henry thought Callie, James, Sirius, and Peter's enthusiasm was funny, not realizing they'd never seen a movie before.

The song in the car managed to put an end to Remus's comments and looks and Callie found that it was much easier to be around them both in a quite dark room where no one could talk.

When it was over the Marauders all made an excuse to leave so Remus could get away before it got dark and Callie tried to distract herself from thinking about the car ride or worrying about Remus and the full moon by instead thinking over what Henry had said in the car.

Did he really love her? He'd said it like it was nothing, he couldn't have meant anything serious by it, right?

She knew things would get complicated when she went back to school. How could she stay in touch when her mail was delivered by owls? She was trying to think of a way to make that work when she realized Henry was talking to her.

"So, my parents would really like to meet you. My sister too." He said. "Would you like to come over for dinner tonight?"

"I'd love too." Callie smiled.

She instantly regretted it. When she agreed to go out with him she hadn't considered how far the relationship might go. If she couldn't find a way to keep in touch from school she'd have to break up with him, and she wanted to make it hurt as little as possible. Henry had been nothing but sweet and caring to her and she already felt terrible lying to him.

Henry's house was pretty average for a muggle home, though Callie hadn't been in many. His parents seemed nice, and there was no awkward conversation with his father when she walked in and she thought that maybe Mr. Lupin had been right for the wrong reasons.

She sat beside Henry in his living room when a tall girl with long brown hair and a narrow face came running into the room.

The two girls stared at each other for a moment when Henry spoke.

"Callie, this is my sister, Jenna. Jenna, this is my girlfriend Callie."

"She is your girlfriend?" Jenna pointed to the girl on her couch.

They were all silent for a second, Henry not quite sure how to take his sisters comment, when the two girls broke out laughing so hard Jenna had to sit down because she couldn't stay upright and Callie had tears streaming down her face.

Henry looked bewildered between the two of them as they tried to catch their breath long enough to explain.

"That- w-we go... We go..." Callie broke out laughing again and couldn't finish, holding her sides.

"We go to school together!" Jenna finally coughed out.

His sister was a muggleborn Ravenclaw girl from the year below her.

Henry's eyes went wide and he looked at his girlfriend.

"You mean you're a-"

"A witch. " Callie nodded, catching her breath and wiping tears from her face.

"Your girlfriend tutored me for my transfiguration O.W.L. " Jenna said.

"How'd you do?"

"I got an O, thank you very much." Jenna smiled.

"You're a witch?" Henry repeated.

"Er- yeah. I'm sorry, I hated lying to you, I just...we're not supposed to tell muggles what we are." Henry nodded, understanding but still shocked. "I hope you're not upset."

Henry shook his head.

"No, I'm not upset, just...surprised." Henry smiled at her.

"This is such a relief, I've been going crazy trying to figure out a way to keep in touch from school that didn't include owls." Callie shook her head.

She knew she was lying but she wanted to convince herself she was relieved that she didn't have to end their relationship when school started. The three of them talked through dinner, Henry asking question after question about school, and after they went back to the living room.

At the very least it was really a relief to not have to keep up any lies.

"It must be great to be old enough to use magic outside of school." Jenna said wistfully.

"It really is. I completely underestimated how much easier it would make things. I've been trying to learn how to cast a Patronus all summer."

Jenna's eyes went wide.

"Really? Have you gotten anything?"

"A little, but I nothing solid yet." Callie said.

"What's a Patronus?" Henry asked.

"It's a really strong protective charm. Like a physical version of your happiness." Callie explained.

"They're supposed to be really hard to produce. Can you show me what you've done?" Jenna asked.

Callie nodded and took out her wand, excited to be able to do magic in front of Henry.

She took a second to find a happy memory. Lately she'd tried thinking of Henry, and doing that was how she produced the small wisps of light. But for some reason this time she remembered the way she felt when she woke up beside Remus on Christmas Eve.

"Expecto Patronum." She waved her wand and then nearly dropped it. Her eyes just about popped out of her head and her free hand flew to cover her mouth as a large wolf ran across the room and disappeared.

Henry was grinning like it was the coolest thing ever, not fully understanding the weight of what had just happened but Jenna looked just as shocked as Callie.

"I - I've never done that before. I-it's never been so...strong." She dropped back down onto the couch, feeling oddly numb.

"That was incredible!" Jenna exclaimed. "Some wizards can never produce a patronus!"

Callie was still staring at the spot where the wolf had disappeared.

A wolf.

Her patronus was a wolf.

She tried frantically to think of any other reason her patronus would be a wolf but she'd never felt any particular connection to them. All she could think of was Remus.

"Can you show me to do that when school starts?" Jenna asked.

"Huh?" Callie shook off the shock. "Yeah. I mean, I'll try that was...I've never done that before." She repeated, chuckling. "All I could ever get was a little bit of light."

Callie was only half there the rest of the night with Henry and Jenna. All she could think of was that stupid wolf and the boy she knew it represented. She wished she'd never said anything. She felt a pang of guilt as she looked at her boyfriend. If her Patronus had to represent someone who wasn't her it should be him, not someone she'd kissed once by accident. This wasn't right. It wasn't fair. She was sure she could feel that way about Henry if she just forgot about Remus.

She had to fix this.

When Jenna left her and Henry alone the two of them retreated to his bedroom.

Callie sat beside Henry on his bed and tried not to look guilty as she smiled at him. Henry leaned over and kissed her.

"I meant it you know." Henry said, barely pulling his lips from hers.

Callie looked at him questioningly.

"When I told you I loved you. I was so scared because it just slipped out, but I do. I love you, and it's okay if you're not ready to say it back. I just wanted you to know."

Callie looked at him for a second, not sure what to do. He looked so genuine and so caring and it just made her feel even worse. She did care very deeply about him. She could grow to love him, she was sure of it. She leaned forward and kissed him deeply, wrapping her arms around him and pulling herself onto his lap, grinding into him.

Callie pulled off his shirt, trailing kisses down his chest. Henry removed her shirt and bra without thinking and pulled her back to kiss her lips again. Callie pulled away to reach down and started pulling his pants off.

"Callie, are you sure?" Henry paused.

Callie nodded. They'd gone pretty far, but nor all the way yet. It was already established that Callie had never had sex and Henry had and Henry was more than willing to take things only at her pace. He hadn't once pushed her or made her feel pressured into anything but he certainly had no objections as they removed the rest of each other's clothes.

Callie lied down on Henry's bed and pulled him on top of her.

"Are you really sure you want to do this?" He asked.

Callie nodded.

"Yes. Absolutely."

Henry kissed her one more time and then pushed himself inside of her. Callie squeezed her eyes shut and hissed in pain but it only hurt a little and only at first, then it felt perfect. For a while she was able to completely forget everything except Henry and everything felt right.

Lily always worried about James and their friends during the full moon.

A small part of her wanted him to stay but she'd never ask him to. She knew these nights were hard on Remus and the last thing she would ever want was to make it even worse, especially now. James would be safe as an animagus, he always had been, and the boys seemed to enjoy these nights so Lily tried not to dwell on what could go wrong too much. They were away from any people, James and Sirius were big enough to keep Remus under control, and as long as none of them changed back they'd be fine.

She curled up in her bed, listening to the muffled voice of her sister on the phone with Vernon in the next room and thought about whether or not she should come home for Christmas this year.

She loved her time with her family but lately she'd been so scared of endangering them she almost considered running away. She assured herself over and over that they were fine for now. She was still in school and hadn't done anything to make herself known to Voldemort and his followers and for now they were only attacking people who openly defied them so they were safe.

Until she finished school and began fighting against him.

She was certain that she wanted to move out as soon as this school year ended. She'd find some excuse that her parents couldn't get upset about and tell them over Easter. She'd always known she'd have to move out some day, of course, but it broke her heard to have to do it under these circumstances.

Sometimes she worried about the Potters too. James' parents were very open about their views against Lord Voldemort and his followers and not even being a pureblood family could keep them safe forever. Still, it did make her feel a little better to know that James would be fighting this battle no matter what. She didn't want to drag him into anything.

Her mind wandered to her former best friend. Severus was a half blood. He could have easily chosen either side and for a while Lily was almost certain he'd choose hers in the end. Until he called her a mudblood.

She felt foolish, she'd always known he was far too interested in the dark arts and she knew the people he was friends with and heard the things they all said, but could he really choose Voldemort? She knew there was good in him, or at least there had been when she was friends with him. Could he really have been her friend for so long if he was siding with the ones who didn't think people like her deserved to live?

Lately she'd be wondering more and more what would happen if they ever crossed paths on opposite sides of this war in the real world. Would he hurt her? She couldn't imagine it, and she certainly didn't ever think she'd be able to bring herself to hurt him.

Lily briefly considered going to his house and talking to him, she knew he'd probably still be awake but, other than the day she and James had literally ran into him in the halls at school they hadn't spoken in over a year, and he certainly didn't seem interested in talking to her then. Maybe he really did look down on muggleborns.

The thought hurt a lot more than she expected. They'd been best friends since they were kids, she'd always stood up for him and defended him when her friends criticized him, and he still called her the worst thing he could think of.

She didn't want to think too much about him until she had to so instead she shut off the light and tried to fall asleep.