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Chapter Twenty Five- Back To School

Early February 1977

Leila packed up her things, slipping her silver bracelet on and a gold necklace Aunt Catherine and Uncle Tiberus had given her for Christmas. She looked over at Lily who was staring down at the necklace James had given her. Rose had already packed and was eating a liquorice wand, sitting on Leila's desk chair, lost in her thoughts.

"Lils?" Leila asked softly. Lily hurriedly stuffed the necklace in her pocket and carried on packing. Leila sighed and turned to Rose.

"Rose?" She asked. Rose looked up. "You Ok?" Rose's smiled warmly.

"Yea, I'm fine. Just thinking about Josh"

Leila nodded. They all knew that Josh was currently dating Samantha. They didn't know if Sam knew that Josh was a werewolf.

"Ok then. We should go downstairs. The boys will be waiting." Leila announced. Lily nodded and Rose picked up her things.

The three girls made their way downstairs. The boys were indeed waiting, sitting around the kitchen table. James and Remus were talking about the ministry and sharing a large chocolate bar. Sirius had his chin resting on his arms which were folded on top of the table, he was watching his model dog walk around on top of the table. Leila grinned at him. He wasn't facing her but turned around and grinned back. Lily sighed which made James look up. He grinned, Lily almost winced.

Uncle Tiberus came into the room.

"Ok, the car's all ready to go. Catherine's not coming but I will be. I have to go to the ministry once you've gone." He announced. The 6 teenagers agreed and followed Uncle Tiberus to the front of the house. The weather was horrible, the snow had turned to slush and it was pouring with rain.

Leila and James both hugged Aunt Catherine and Aunt Catherine hugged Sirius and Remus and said goodbye to Rose and Lily.

And they rode to King's Cross station in almost silence. Leila was next to Sirius this time and Leila was almost falling asleep on top of Sirius. Rose and Remus sat together, talking quietly in the middle of the widened car. That left Lily and James squashed together on the other side. They sat in verging-on-awkward silence.

"Ok, I'll see you at Easter then?" Uncle Tiberus asked once they were all ready to leave at Platform 9 and 3/4 . He seemed sad and worried.

"Yea. Seeya Dad!" James gave his father a quick hug and drew back to wait for the others. Leila frowned at Uncle Tiberus, seeing the worry on his face, but he just flashed her a half-hearted version of the Potter grin. Leila sighed and hugged her Uncle.

"Bye Uncle Tiberus. Love you." She said quietly. Uncle Tiberus smiled.

"Yea. I'll see you soon. You be careful, and keep an eye out" He said. Leila looked up at him seriously and nodded. She hung back with James and waited for the others.

The 6 of them climbed onto the train, Leila looked over her shoulder and waved at Uncle Tiberus. The train started moving, they hadn't found a compartment yet. Leila waved at her Uncle as he slowly faded out of sight.

Leila felt someone take her hand, she looked up to see Sirius smiling encouragingly. She smiled back, feeling a bit better.

"Come on guys let's find a compartment!" James said cheerfully.

"We have a meeting." Lily said.

"In 15 minutes, it's later this term." James said dismissively. Lily shook her head in disbelief.

"You remember everything!" She said incredulously. James grinned mischievously. "Oh, that reminds me. Sirius, do you know the name of your cousin's, brother's, girlfriend's uncle's, daughter?" Sirius thought for a moment.

"Err… Sasha McKinnon I'm pretty sure." He answered as they all made their way down the train in search of a compartment.

"Really?" Rose asked, surprised.

"Yup. Coz my only cousin who has a brother whose brother has a girlfriend would be Molly Prewett who essentially is only my cousin by marriage but still, though she's actually Molly Weasley now. And her brother is Fabian and Fabian's girlfriend is Marlene, and Marlene's uncle's daughter would be her cousin so that's Sasha from Hufflepuff isn't it?" Sirius grinned. Lily looked bewildered and nodded. James smirked.

"Told you." He chuckled. A door from a few compartments behind them opened and Jess's head popped out.

"Anyone care to join us?" She asked. The 6 others crowded into the compartment and Leila grinned as Peter announced that he'd come up with an idea for a prank. Sirius declared the idea genius and he, Peter and Remus discussed it in depth while James and Lily headed off to their meeting and Rose and Jess started up a conversation about their holidays. Leila smiled, she forgot about the worried expression on Uncle Tiberus' face.

Everything would be fine.

A.N- Err…actually I really don't have that much to say. Sorry, this chapter is ridiculously short I know! The next one will be good though and will be posted next Friday I promise!! It's called… Old Enemies

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