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I never would have thought that Maruder Meets Girl would have reached thirty-seven chapters, not to mention the amount that I plan on continuing to write. I love this story, there's no doubt about it, and the fact that everyone actually likes it, makes me feel like I am doing something right, so thank you. I have big plans for this story, so the ride is only just beginning!

Okay, so I really want to talk about the last chapter. I think I disappointed a lot of you when I didn't let Elaine meet her family from Spain, especially since a lot of you were looking forward to it. Elaine couldn't meet the Paredes, it would have made things too easy for her, I think. I know you're probably thinking that Elaine hasn't had anything easy, but that's precisely why it couldn't start now! She was obviously devastated that she didn't get to meet Juan and his family, but due to his letter, she got to know him just a little bit. It also marked a bit stepping stone in her's and Sirius's relationhip-we know how invested she is, but it just further proves that he's equally invested. Elaine feels that she really is the cause for all the bad in their lives and wants to leave but he doesn't let her so she stays. Honestly, who could leave if Sirius begged you to stay? I probably couldn't. That chapter was a basis for the rest of this story in that little exchange with them at the end-it's providing some foreshadowing, I think. Anyways, I'm totally rambling right now, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!

So, here is chapter 37, I hope you all enjoy it! Please excuse any errors!

Many thanks!

-Yani :)

Chapter Thirty-Seven

Back at Hogwarts, things continued to speed up, leading the seventh years in to a tumultuous upheaval over their N.E.W.T.'s, me included. I wasn't usually the type to be nervous about exams, yes I would study and have a tinge of panic brewing at the pit of my stomach, but, just three months before my final exams at Hogwarts, pterodactyls were swarming in my stomach, making it impossible to even eat at times, or ever be still. I felt like my wires had been crossed and it was causing an electric current to course through my body at atll times.

Sirius, who was also normally exceptionally calm during times like these, spent a lot of his time in the library with me. I think teachers were starting to worry about him because he was literally paying attention in class, taking notes, and answering questions, it was frightening how attentive he was these days. James included. I wasn't sure if James had ever taken even Quidditch as seriously as he was taking his final exams, but even he had cracked down a bit.

Lily was unbearable to be around. I loved the girl, there was no doubt in that, but she was being a massive pain in my arse. Her constant fretting and study induced comas were making me positively insane. I think that's why James was studying, so they wouldn't have to talk while they were around one another for fear that he would piss her off by asking what time it was.

That left Remus and Zoe. Zoe, being the upbeat, optimistic person she was, didn't seem too bothered about the exams. She was always so cheerful and happy, that we couldn't even be mad at her because she was the only one in our group whose good mood could rub off on any of us. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, was getting worse than Lily, and that was really saying something. I adored Remus, always have always will, but he and Lily were truly making us all insane. Remus literally only spoke about school, at least Lily would occasionally talk about our futures, but Remus only had school on his mind all the time. How Zoe put up with him was beyond me.

Since Christmas vacation, Dumbledore and I had spoken about the Paredes and the union between them with the Heron's. It was like their being together had created a super baby-also known as me-some insane wizard genetic thing that my headmaster attempted to explain to me. Honestly, it was all a bunch of troll bogies to me. I lucked out in getting each of their powers because those powers could have easily skipped me.

I had asked him about how Juan and my father knew each other, and it turns out that my Dad, after marrying Ella, began to worry about what would happen to me because he knew the real story of the Prescott's and sought out Juan, asking him what would happen to me. Juan of course told him that I was going to very powerful.

Sirius and I had filled Lily, James, Remus, and Zoe in on everything that had happened in Spain and just what the Paredes family had left me. Although I was honored by everything Juan had said in his letter, it made me so sick to even think about it. It just wasn't fair that they, and their children, died because of their family name. Juan didn't even have the bloody powers, and his wife wasn't technically a Paredes, and his kids, Merlin their poor children. Thinking about it all just made me so angry and hurt and mentally ill that I would literally have to force myself to stop.

I had to admit though, I was so outstandingly blessed that I had Sirius. If it weren't for him who knew where the fuck I would be at this point in my life. Probably in the mental ward at St. Mungo's because I would not be able to handle all the messed up shit in my life. He was my constant, my rock, my absolute everything. I sometimes would think that it probably was not healthy to be so totally invested in one person, so wholly dedicated to, and so blindingly in love with someone, but then I would think, who the fuck am I, without him? He was my entire world. It was scary to think that my whole existence rested in one person's hands, one person that, if he really wanted to hurt me, could so unsparingly destroy me, but I trusted Sirius more than I could ever trust myself. Love was terrifying and a straight shot of firewhiskey down the throat every other second, but I was in no way ready to stop drinking.

It was April in Hogwarts. I liked Spring, I could breathe in Spring. Winter was rough for me this time around. I was just waking up in my dorm, stretching in my sheets, when I rolled over, snuggling in to a very warm, bare chest.

I grinned. I was getting ridiculously used to sleeping with Sirius every night. Being held in his arms was the only way I could sleep peacefully, other times, times where he would be late to bed or sleeping in his own dorm to be with the boys, I would wake up in the middle night with night terrors, quite possibly the worse nightmares in the entire world.

I cuddled up in to his arms, and he smiled even though his eyes were closed. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer to him if it was even possible, kissing my shoulder. "Morning, booger," I whispered against the skin of his throat.

His eyes fluttered open, his long eyelashes giving me butterfly kisses on my forehead. "Morning, lovely. You slept good last night," he observed, his lips against mine even though he wasn't kissing me.

I nodded against him. "Yes, the best night in a really long time, I think."

He moved his hands up my shirt, rubbing my back up and down. "Mmm, I think, this Summer, before we start Auror training, we should go to Spain. Just you and me. One week. The beach, food, and a bed is all we'll need."

I smiled. "That sounds really, really tempting. One last shebang before going out in to the world."

He winked. "Sounds perfect to me."

"Okay. Lets do it. We'll go to the estate that's on the coast. "

He grinned and kissed me. "I love you."

I kissed him again. "As I love you."

"Today is my final Quidditch game, can you believe that?"

My eyes widened. In truth, I had completely forgotten. Today was the last Quidditch game of the season, and more than likely the last for Sirius and James, unless they played together in our backyard or something. Gryffindor was tied for first place with Slytherin, so this game, would be the deciding factor of who won the cup. "That's right! Are you excited?"

He nodded. "Of course. I want nothing more than to clobber my little brother. We're going to destroy them, if not, Prongs might have a heart attack."

"I heard that!" James grumbled from Lily's bed, his face buried in a pillow.

I laughed quietly with Sirius. "Is the beast asleep?"

James peeked at Lily. "Sound asleep. Do you think she'll go to the game today or lock herself in the library? Madam Pince told me she had built a book fort at a table, reading a page of each book and then turning them all at the same time magically."

I snorted. "That doesn't really surprise me. Please, don't tell me that surprises you."

James chuckled quietly. "No, I suppose it doesn't."

"Evans is insane," Sirius mused, his lips traveling to my neck, nibbling on the crook of it.

I smiled up at the ceiling. I squeaked when he bit down playfully. "Oh no! Did I wake her?"

There was rustling from the bed across from mine, and low and behold, Lily shot straight out of bed. "No! Professor, I swear I wrote that gillyweed has been debated over centuries concerning fresh and salt water!"

Sirius pulled away, raising an eyebrow.

I rolled my eyes. "Nightmares about the Herbology N.E.W.T. Lily?"

She was breathing hard. "Yes. Bloody hell."

I laughed and went back to messing around with Sirius playfully.

James quietly spoke to Lily. "Are you going to the match today?"

She shot me a frantic glance. "Elaine, are you going?"

"Yes, of course. You should too, may be take a break and stop freaking out about gillyweed and its possible effects."

She looked at James who was giving her the best puppy dog eyes I had ever seen. She melted on the spot, hugging him, and giving him a quick kiss. "Of course, I'll go. I wouldn't miss it for the world. Gillyweed can wait."

Sirius laughed beside me, stretching out his arms. "I guess we should get up and then head to breakfast."

I frowned. "Fine."

He chuckled and kissed my cheek and got out of bed, throwing on a t-shirt. "I'm gonna go to my dorm. Prongs, you coming?"

James kissed Lily once more before filing out behind Sirius. Before leaving to their dorms, Sirius poked his head back in. "We'll meet you guys in the common room in an hour."

An hour later, we met our boyfriends in the common room, where we each then walked towards the Great Hall. Sirius looked very dashing in his Quidditch uniform, tight pants and all. We sat down at the table and I watched as the boys dug in to breakfast.

Sirius's eyes narrowed at me. "Aren't you going to eat anything?"

I made a face. "I don't know if I can. I'm nervous for you guys today."

He rolled his eyes. "Why are you worried? It's just Quidditch."

James scowled at him. "Just Quidditch? It's the game of our lives. It's going to be a sodding blood bath. Especially since we're playing Slytherin."

Sirius smacked his hand to his forehead. "Thanks a lot, Prongs." He turned to look at me, as my eyes had widened. "It's not going to be a blood bath. We're going to win and the Slytherins are going to lose, that's all that matters."

"Sirius-"

He grabbed my hand. "Elaine, I'll be fine, just eat something."

I groaned and took a bite of his toast, and then gave him a fake smile. "Satisfied?"

"Exponentially."

The rest of breakfast was filled with talk on the game and how excited James was. Aside from the time he had snogged Lily at Kings Cross the winter of our sixth year, I had never seen him so giddy. Even Sirius was acting like a third year girl.

When the time came for them to leave, I walked with Sirius to the end of the hall to say goodbye. "Be careful out there, okay? This isn't like playing Hufflepuff or something. This is Slytherin. You and I both know it's going to be war out there."

He bent down and kissed me. "Can't you just say good luck, I love you, and you look damn good in those Quidditch pants?"

I chuckled, reaching up on my toes, and wrapping my arms around his neck. "Good luck, even though you don't need it. I love you more than anything, even though you already know that. And you look damn good in those Quidditch pants, but I'm pretty sure you knew that too." I pinched his bum.

He laughed. "After the match, how about a private celebration?"

I grinned. "That sounds pretty good. Where?"

He thought it over for a moment. "Your dorm room. Everyone will be partying after we win, and I'll tell Prongs to keep Evans preoccupied. Shouldn't be too difficult."

I kissed him. "Okay. Go get 'em, tiger."

He smirked. "Tiger in the sack."

I rolled my eyes but laughed anyways. "Love you."

"Love you more."

With that he followed Prongs out of the Great Hall and down to the Quidditch field.

I went back to the table and sat down next to Lily who was polishing off her pumpkin juice. "You can't honestly tell me that you're not the least bit worried."

She made a face. "Of course I'm worried. I worry about James all the time, it eats away at me, I guess because I love him so bloody much. But, imagine, if I told him I was worried or to stop playing Quidditch because I didn't want him to get hurt, he'd probably bite my head off. Just like he knows not to bother me when I want to study."

I laughed lightly. "You do know he's been purposely studying more so that you won't yell at him for anything, right?"

She nodded. "Yes, of course. But, the thing is, I wouldn't yell at him if he spoke to me or something. I'm purposely being that way so he will study. I know him and Sirius think that they can ace whatever they want without turning a page, but truth is, I think they should at least study a bit. I want all of us to get the precise grades we need so that we can leave here confidently, knowing exactly what we're going to be doing, come next August when Auror and Healing training begin."

I smiled at my best friend, finally realizing why she was the way she was. She didn't care that people thought she was losing her mind, she was doing it so that we would succeed just like her. "You are a bloody genius, you know that, right?"

She winked. "Of course."

After a short conversation with Lily about the game that lie ahead, we walked down to the stadium to take our seats. The field was already filling up with students from every house, although Gryffindor and Slytherin had their own sections for this game since it was their game, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs alike were taking seats wherever they could find. One side of the stadium was a sea of red and gold, the Gryffindors had outdone themselves this time with banners, decorations, face paint, the whole ten yards. It really was quite impressive. But then, on the other side, was an equally impressive sea of green and silver, the Slytherins had gone all out as well.

Remus and Zoe joined us soon after Lily and I had already sat down. I anxiously bounced my leg up and down. If Sirius were there he would have forced me to stop.

Remus leaned over to me. "Why are you so jittery?"

I stuck my tongue out at him. "I'm nervous. I just really want this game to be over-I've got so many emotions swirling around: excitement, anxiety, nerves, I'm going to explode. Is it possible to combust due to over-stimulation?"

Remus laughed. "He'll be fine, you know? Honestly, do you really think Sirius is worried about getting hurt? He's more than likely in the dressing room right now, listening to James's ridiculous speech about how they have to win, rolling his eyes at his best friend and swatting around his beater's bat. Believe me, Sirius will do just fine."

"Leave it to you to be the rational one."

He smiled and pat my leg. "I'm the only one in our group of friends. He'll be fine, Elaine."

The game had begun. I kept my eyes focused on Sirius at all times, occasionally letting them wander to James. To say that the atmosphere of the game was intense, was putting it incredibly lightly. The entire stadium was in an uproar, one side shouting at Gryffindor with the accompaniment of some Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws, and the other side screaming at Slytherin.

Back and forth, back and forth the game went. Gryffindor would score ten points, Slytherin would do the same and so on. The seekers hadn't caught glimpse of the snitch just yet, considering they were floating high above the grounds, waiting to catch eye of the tiny, fluttering, golden ball.

At one point in the match, the beaters were going back and forth like the chasers and the quaffle, but with their bats and the awful bludgers. I would physically wince every time one went near Sirius, and unfortunately, as if my nerves the entire morning were not without reason, one of the bastard Slytherin beaters, slammed one his way, clipping him in the shoulder, and he shouted out in pain.

"Fuck!" I said through my teeth, standing up and looking at him, as he continued to fly, despite the pain I'm sure he was feeling in his right shoulder. "What is he doing?"

Remus grabbed my hand, forcing me to sit back down. "Do you really think he's going to just call it quits?"

My nostrils flared and I watched helplessly as he switched his bat hand to his left, and took a mighty swing at the Slytherin that had clipped him, smacking the slimy player right in the abdomen, sending him spiraling down. "There you go, Sirius! Kick his arse!"

Remus chuckled beside me.

Sirius remained on his broom, leaning more to his left so that his right side wouldn't endure any more pain.

The game continued with the same ferocious pace it was at before Sirius had been bombarded my the bludger. Finally, the Gryffindor seeker, Wally Reynolds, caught sight of something totally invisible to anyone else. He zoomed around the stadium, chasing the snitch, doing swirls in the air to gain more speed, when, as if my prayers had been answered, he took one final lurch, seizing the snitch with his right hand as the entire stadium minus one half, burst in to an uproar of shouts, screams, and chants.

Gryffindor had one the Quidditch House Cup.

After the game had officially ended, I followed Lily, Remus, and Zoe out of the stadium, they all going straight to the Gryffindor common room, but I hung back, waiting to see Sirius. I stood outside of their dressing room, leaning up against a wall near the door. One by one, players began to pour out except for James and Sirius.

I decided that it was okay for me to go in, so I poked my head in first and saw James and Sirius sitting down on opposite benches talking.

Sirius's head jerked up and saw me in the door way. He gave me a small smile. "Come in."

I slowly walked in and gave James a quick hug and saw down next to Sirius. "Congratulations, really, but, Sirius, are you okay?"

He rolled his eyes. "I'm-"

James cut him off. "He is going to say he's fine, but, his shoulder is dislocated he just does not want to go to the Hospital Wing."

"Prongs, what the fuck?" Sirius asked his best friend between his teeth, his eyes narrowed.

James stood up, ignoring him and looking directly at me. "He's hurt but he didn't want to disappoint you because you two had plans, he was going to try and magic his shoulder so the pain would stop. But, he could end up seriously hurt if he messes the spell up. I suggest you drag him with your scary mind control up to the infirmary."

I glared at Sirius and then looked at James thankfully. "Thank you, James. Lily is up in the common room waiting for you."

He grinned and then kissed my cheek. "Thanks!"

Sirius sighed when James left. "I'm fine, Elaine."

I rolled my eyes. "Obviously not, that bludger clipped you really good. Lets just take you to the infirmary, Sirius. I don't want to use my stupid powers to do so either, but if I have to I will."

He looked at me apologetically. "We had plans though, and then I bopped when I should have weaved or whatever it is muggles say, and get myself injured. I don't want to disappoint you. I was looking forward to tonight, too."

"You're so ridiculous. You being okay, is much more important to me then shagging you," I told him, my tone incredulous.

He frowned. "I'd rather shag you than go to the infirmary."

I laughed, and kissed his injured shoulder softly. "I owe you, how about that? Anything you want."

He scrunched his nose. "Technically, I owe you."

I waved a hand at him. "Whatever, either way, we both get what we want, right, Booger?"

He stood up and I mirrored his action. "Lets go then. May be Madam Pomfrey can salvage this night."

I smiled, reaching up to kiss him. "Imagine if she tells you, you can't have sex for a while so that you won't over exert your shoulder."

He looked horror-stricken. "Don't you joke like that ever again."

I laughed, wrapping an arm around his waist as we walked back towards the castle. "True. I'd miss the activity just as much as you."

He smirked. "I love you."

I kissed his neck. "I love you too."

A/N: I would just like to thank everyone one more time for their amazing support! So, to NymphadoraLupin98, Ssjstar86, Luli Cullen, SlightlyCrazy, xxvisuallkeii, The Shadow King, Zoexclaire ,circular-illumination, LyssaLoo62, Nameless Fable, miZaru667, twinemma26, LoveTheCrazy, Nizuna Fujieda, WordVortex74, CatAnne78, boblovespotter, belleslvtr1867, untamed00notbroken, Stargazer2000, TWHATT18, slavexrose, likepurpleteal, lflem123, LOL, pourquoibella, PrincessDripDrop, Fauxnadian, thebritishone, Padfootforever1996, Little Flipendo, MorganEmma29, Helmi, rainbowpop., Natalia Danielle, LostCurrency, mykk47, Stephanie, corbsxx, and c0urtshipdating. The reviews honestly just make me want to write constantly and make this story as good as I possibly can!

If I am forgetting anyone, I am so, so sorry! Just tell me and I'll fix it straight away! You all are amazing!

Also, CatAnne78 (Catherine), has a wonderful James S. Potter/OC story called Since Forever, that everyone is bound to love! It's very well written and has a wonderful story line, so please, check it out! She just updated once more and it was fantastic! I can't expalin how much I adore Lily Luna Potter, either! It's a wonderful next generation fic! I gush with love every time I read it lol! Plus, her OC and James S. Potter are just too, too cute! Check it out, I know you want to! :D

Another brillian fic that everyone should go have a look at-it's also Sirius/OC-is called The Healer by miZaru667! The entire story line is incredible! The world she's created is fantastic! Her OC Jaycee is kick ass and well, Sirius is just great! Plus, Remus is totally wonderful! I'm totally obsessed haha! 17 chapters so far with more to come! Give it a read, it's totally worth it!

I'd also like to extend a special thanks to Lyssi (WordVortex74) for her support on this story! She has given me some tremendous ideas on to where my story is headed! She and I have talked a lot about Elaine and Sirius's future, so I give her a lot of credit for some brilliant ideas! Thank you! :)

I am very excited to continue with this!

So long as everyone wants more, I will continue to write more, I promise.

Thank you again everyone for everything!

-Yani :)