So I found out that I'm going to have not one college roommate, not two but three. Thats four girls in one dorm... Oh man.

Anyways here's the next chapter, ENJOY!

Chapter 35: Halloween and Moving on

On the morning of Halloween everyone in the school woke cautiously. Slytherins tiptoed out of their dorms and jumped at any slight noise. Hufflepuffs held hands and whispered with worried expressions. Ravenclaws had their wands at the ready. Even the teachers seemed nervous.

It was James Potter's last Halloween at Hogwarts, surely that meant that this year's prank would be the greatest, the grandest, and the largest.

The whole day people were suspicious of each other. Even the Gryffindors were anxious, after all they'd been pranked last year, now even they weren't safe.

By lunch people were bouncing in their seats. A couple students even looked green. The suspense was killing them.

When dinner came and still nothing had happened, everyone was holding their breath. Surely, it's happen now, at the feast. It made sense the feast was the best time. The easiest thing to wreak havoc during. But still nothing happened, even as the last yam was scraped into a student's mouth, even as desert appeared and disappeared. Still, nothing.

The students and teachers returned to their dorms, heads hanging. They felt almost… disappointed? Although most wouldn't admit it, Hogwarts looked forward to James Potter's Halloween prank every year. How could they not? It was one of the most exciting parts of Halloween.

Once he'd made every pumpkin decoration throughout the school explode during the feast. Everyone had ended up covered in pumpkin goo, it had been a great laugh.

Another time he'd charmed the mirrors to reflect ghoul faces back at anyone who looked in them. Everyone's hair was a mess all day and the girls who attempted to do their make-up without a mirror had looked quite silly.

Everyone slept fairly peacefully.

That is they slept peacefully until one in the morning when a loud alarm began to sound. People were jumping from their beds in seconds.

The alarm blared loudly, people tripped on blankets and each other as they attempted to rush into their common rooms.

The confusion was rumbling through all of Hogwarts. Students were mumbling and clapping hands over their ears wondering what was happening. The alarm stopped suddenly.

People slowly lowered their hands from their ears and looked around.

A disembodied voice spoke, "Good morning Hogwarts!" The voice seemed to boom from the ceilings and the walls. "I hope you're ready to party!"

When the words were cut off, music began playing. Houselves brought in large trays of foods and drinks to every common room and decorations around the common room became visible.

The students weren't all that disappointed or upset with James Potter's Halloween prank that year, even if he did wake them up early. The same can't be said for the teachers at Hogwarts.

James was ready to yank all of his hair out as he sat and stared at his mound of homework. It was early November and teachers were cramming in work before the Winter Holidays, although they were still over a month away. James found the surplus of work quite useless. He wanted to play quidditch professionally, why did it matter if he did good in school? But here he was, attempting to explain the difference between a Doxy, an imp, and a fairy. He let out a loud groan and allowed his head to thud hard against the table. He instantly wished he hadn't done that as his forehead was now quite sore.

"Hey Jamie, you look… exhausted."

James knew it was Meg and allowed a tired smile to grace his face. Although she wasn't able to see it as his face was still squished into the table. She leaned down and kissed his cheek. He turned his face to be able to look at her.

"C'mon now, cheer up." She spoke, tugging on his hand. "We are going on an adventure."

James' smile grew into a grin. "An adventure?" He allowed Meg to pull him to his feet. "What kind of adventure?"

She shook her head in response. "It's a surprise silly."

The two walked through the halls until they made it to the statue of the one-eyed witch. Meg whispered "Dissendium", pointing her wand at the statue.

James followed her down the passage and into Honeydukes. The two were careful to slip into the store when no one was paying attention to the back rooms. They made their way through the store, grabbing some chocolates and treats to take back with them.

"That's a lot of chocolate." James glanced at the huge bag Meg was carrying over her shoulder. She laughed a little.

"Hannah cleaned out our supplies last month."

James frowned a little at that. "How's she holding up?"

Meg sighed, "She's doing a lot better. The time has been good for her." Meg explained and James nodded.

"Alfie has always been the put school work before everything else kind of guy. Just make sure she knows it's nothing personal."

Meg smiled at James words and bumped her body into his. He threw his arm around her waist and tugged her closer, relishing in the warmth at his side. She snuggled into him a bit closer in order to escape the bitter bite of the wind.

The two walked together through Hogsmeade, stopping at as many shops as possible. When they were carrying far too many bags they stopped at the Three Broomsticks for a drink and food, as they'd missed dinner at Hogwarts by now.

"Thanks for this." James told her. "I needed a break."

Meg nodded. "So did I, although you looked like you needed it more."

James responded slowly. "I'm not sure if I want to stay in school." Meg's eyes snapped up from her plate to his face and she waited for him to continue. "I want to be a professional quidditch player and learning which potions can turn someone into a frog or what plant can ensnare someone isn't going to help me in that."

James watched Meg carefully wondering how she'd respond. She stared at him for a few minutes, until she finally began to nod.

"Okay, if you've thought it through," Meg began. "James, I think you can do anything. You're great at quidditch."

James let out a sigh in relief. He'd been so worried that Meg would tell him he was stupid for wanting to quit school. James had thought it through over the past month. His Uncle George hadn't done his 7th year and now he had a successful business that was expanding across Europe. His dad never finished his 7th year, although he had the whole "defeated Voldemort" thing on his resume. James' mum had done professional quidditch, she'd loved it too. James wanted to do something he loved.

He leaned in and kissed Meg. When he pulled back he told her, "You're quite good at quidditch yourself".

Meg gave him a small smile."As much as I love quidditch, I don't want a professional career in it."

James nodded in his understanding. "Well, then you'll be the best mediwitch or healer or whatever else."

Meg leaned in and kissed James again.

Eventually, they had to make there way back to the school, it was dark after all and they had classes in the morning.

James returned to his room and thought about whether he should in fact stop going to Hogwarts. It had always been like a second home to him. He'd pulled so many pranks, received so many detentions, and met some of the best (and worst) people that he thought he may ever meet.

James fell asleep dreaming of soaring high on his broom with huge crowds cheering him on, chanting his name. And there in the middle of the crowd, the only face he could make out, was Meg.

It was a Hogsmeade weekend and Hannah was all alone. Meg was out with James on a date, even though they'd just had one three days ago. Layla was out with some of her other friends, she'd invited Hannah to join them, but Hannah wasn't much interested in being around a bunch of Ravenclaw girls that she didn't know and probably thought that they were all smarter than her just because they read more books. So there she was sitting alone in a small cafe in Hogsmeade, sipping a hot tea, eating a biscuit and flipping through a quidditch magazine. It was all very muggle of her she thought, you know if you didn't pay attention to "Quidditch Weekly" written in large print on the front of her magazine and the fact that the pictures were moving.

She stopped on a page of Hunter Higgins, a beater for the Kenmare Kestrels. One page had a large picture of him while the other was an interview on his form and favorite moves.

"You like him?"

Hannah didn't bother looking up from the article. She was used to guys hitting on her in public, especially when she was wearing a v-neck shirt or a tank top. Today however she was wearing a thick, large sweater. But hey some guys only needed a pretty face.

"He's alright." She shrugged. "He's got a good backbeat, but he and Initch are terrible at the Dopplebeater. Doesn't seem they like each other much." She was hoping her bored tone and blunt opinions would chase the guy off. Often Hannah's bluntness had chased people off. Whether they were prospective boyfriends or girlfriends or just friends.

"Ah, so you're actually a quidditch fan, huh? Not just admiring how Higgins looks in his uniform."

The Irish accent was unmistakable as the man spoke again. Hannah had missed the accent the first time he'd spoken. She lifted her eyes and was shocked by the sight in front of her.

Hunter Higgins was smiling up at her from the magazine page and smiling down at her from real life. Hunter Higgins was standing in front of her in a small cafe.

The Hunter Higgins with pretty green eyes, a short buzz cut and so many muscles.

"I can know my quidditch terminology and still admire a guy's' attractiveness." She attempted to play cool. Hunter Higgins grinned down at her.

"You mind if I take a seat?"

"Please do." Hannah gestured across from her, in shock. He sat and held out a hand.

"I'm Hunter Higgins, and is it really that obvious that I can't stand Initch?"

Hannah smiled and shook his hand. "Hannah Belby, and that's like asking if a veela is pretty."

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SamanthaRenee: We will see what's in their future :P I can assure you Alfie will be focusing on school only this year, but we will see if Hannah decides to get back into the dating game a bit later in the year.

Saphire5000: Thanks for such a nice review!

Hope you're all having a lovely week,

- Jenn -