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"The Incident," as Aly came to mentally recall that day, was never brought up. There was never a hint from Sirius that it had ever happened. They went back to the friendship they had been trying to build and lived amicably. However, it never escaped Aly's notice that they never made any sort of physical contact. She never shared with Lily what had happened and could only assume the Sirius had done the same with his friends.

The cloaked individuals were never caught, but Aly had a vague suspicion of who was involved since Snape seemed to be in on it.

Classes soon came to an end, and it was decided that Aly would remain at Hogwarts for the summer. She was unhappy about it, but her father was right. There was going to be enough going on at the Evans' house without an extra witch (plus the probable visits of 3 or 4 rambunctious wizards).

Aly watched sadly as everyone cleared out of the Gryffindor tower. The Marauders were the last to make their way out along with a few other stragglers. Remus and Sirius had stopped by the couch that Aly sat perched on.

"You're not leaving?" Sirius asked.

"No," Aly replied flatly.

His face twisted into a sour look as Remus frowned but wished her a good summer. Sirius grabbed her ponytail and gently pulled it before following him. The simple gesture made Aly smile weakly.

Sirius had gone back to his "womanizing" ways. Aly ignored this fact and tried to focus on the Sirius she knew. She forced the envy she felt when she heard new stories of the girls he hooked up with out of her mind, but still felt it squeeze at her heart.

After much deliberation (not to mention many, many arguments),Dumbledore finally agreed to let Aly stay in her school room for the summer. When McGonagall had pointed out to him that there was more than enough pictures, ghosts, and teachers to keep a close eye on her in the castle, he finally caved.

Aly filled her days with wondered around the castle, reading many books from the library (averaging about a book today), and spending most of her evenings with Hagrid. He even allowed her to take Fang with her some nights just so she had someone with her. Fawkes moved into the round bedroom as well. He followed her around whenever Dumbledore wasn't in his office.

In July, Aly's life took a sudden turn. There was a committee of Ministry officials who were designated to inspect the safety spells and charms on the castle. Since there were so many nocks and crannies to the vast building, they took to residing in the Hufflepuff house. One ministry official was raising his son by himself and had been granted permission to bring him with him.

Aly accidently stumbled into him one afternoon. He was tall and blonde. He smiled at her as she found him.

"Hi," he said.

She was taken aback by his beauty. He wasn't nearly as good looking as Sirius, but his aura that glowed around him made up for that.

"Hey," she replied automatically.

"You're Dumbledore's daughter."

"Aly," she corrected and his smile widened.

"Well, hello, Aly. I'm Logan." He held out his hand and she shook it.

"Do you go here? I mean you must, but I've never seen you before."

The smile never left his face as he said, "You don't really spend a lot of time with the Hufflepuff crowd."

She nodded in agreement as she said, "True."

"I'm a sixth year now," he informed her.

"I'm a fourth year."

"4th year? Really?" He looked shocked.

"Yeah, but my birthday is in October so I'll be 15."

His smile returned. "I thought you looked too mature to only be about 14."

Aly shifted, slightly uncomfortable, as he eyed her up and down. She blushed deeply, which rarely happened. She knew she looked different; she just wasn't expecting for anyone else to notice, especially a boy. She had lost her baby, from her face and throughout the rest of her body. She was now tall, lean, and had developed her breasts. She had watched with envy as Lily's had grown in gradually, but hers remained nonexistent. She had resigned to the fact that they just weren't going to appear. Until the past month anyways.

He continued on without any mention of the glowing red in her cheeks. "You know your way around this place pretty well, huh?"

"Yeah," she mumbled, her face still warm.

"I still only know my way to the food and the quidditch," he told her with a laugh.

Aly perked up. "You play quidditch?"

"Yeah, I'm the seeker." He looked at her slyly, "I've played you before. You're that mean beater who always manages to take me out. I have yet to win against you and your Gryffindors." He winked with playfulness.

She smiled back and asked, "You got your broom with you?"

His eyes widened with excitement and he disappeared.

They spent the rest of the day in the air. They talked as they flew around.

This became their routine. Aly was happy to have someone to talk to and he wasn't bad on the eyes either.

After two weeks of wondering the castle, checking every room, the committee found a glitch in their task. One room had stubbornly locked itself up and refused to open.

Aly was ecstatic. That meant that Logan was going to get to stay with her longer. He become almost like a male Lily to her. He listened to her and seemed to expect nothing in return, which was rare among the people Aly had met in her lifetime. She never allowed herself to become to close to him though. In the back of her mind, she kept reminding herself that once school started there was a good chance that he'd disappear. They kept a comfortable distance from one another at all times. It was never like the stifled distance Aly kept with Sirius.

Unfortunately, for Aly, the ministry finished their work by early August. They had decided that Dumbledore would just have to watch for the door to open and let them know.

Aly sat miserable in the empty Gryffindor common room. She felt like part of her world was crumbling. She was going to be alone again, and there was a good chance that she'd never see Logan again.

She didn't move as she heard to portrait door open, assuming that it was her father trying to convince her to come eat dinner with him. However, she jumped as soon as she saw that it was Logan who entered. It felt weird to her to have him enter her sacred territory. He had never been in the Gryffindor tower, even with as much time as they spent together.

"How'd you get in?" she asked quickly.

The smile he had on his face slipped into a straight line. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to intrude. I just wanted to say 'goodbye.'"

"Oh," Aly felt bad for snapping at him. "Sorry. You just surprised me."

"No, I'm sorry. I just remembered the password you used last night and let myself in."

"What if I was indecent?" Aly scolded, putting her hands on her hips.

"You walk around your common room indecent?" His smiled returned, but it held a flash of wickedness behind it.

Aly blushed, "No, but I could." She smiled at him and he held her gaze for a minute.

He finally told her, "I'm gonna miss you, Aly."

"Me too," Aly's voice was thick with the weight of the loneliness that was again encroaching upon her.

He came over and put his hands on her shoulders, and hesitated before giving her a quick peck on the cheek. "See you around."

Aly fell back onto the couch once he as gone. She closed her eyes an let misery take her over.

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