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So, here is chapter 38, I hope you all enjoy it! Please excuse any errors!

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-Yani :)

Chapter Thirty-Eight

It was June at Hogwarts. After one long, intense, and stressful year. It had finally come to an end. I couldn't believe that it was actually over. After seven years, I would never be returning to Hogwarts as a student ever again, may be even ever, because I certainly wasn't planning on ever becoming a professor.

Our N.E.W.T.'s had gone relatively well, I felt. I figured that I had probably done wondrously on my Transfiguration and Defense Against the Dark Arts exams, and may be even Potions since Slughorn had driven me insane the entire year, and I felt relatively confident about my Charms exam as well. Herbology went pretty well too, and so did Care for Magical Creatures. The only one I felt iffy about was Ancient Runes, I was pretty sure I had messed something up on that test, I did every bloody year since I had decided to take it.

Lily, felt insanely confident of course, after every exam she walked out with a massive smile on her face. James believed he had done well too, and so did Remus, and Zoe. Sirius gloated to the entire world, otherwise known as anyone who would listen, that he thought he had received O's in absolutely everything.

I was just happy they were over with.

Now that it was June, it meant a lot of things for the graduating seventh years. Most of us would have to wait in order to receive our exam grades before getting to do anything, so the plans for the Summer were for right now to just hang out and wait for our grades. I was happily surprised though, when Sirius invited Remus and Zoe to live with us since he had a spare room. It excited me to no end because that meant we could all keep our eyes on one another.

I couldn't lie though, I was scared. It terrified me to the very core that it was us now, that we were the adults, the young ones, the ones who all the responsibility was going to lie with. It meant a lot of things for the six of us. We were worried that Remus wouldn't be able to find work because of him being a werewolf, we were a little frightened about our grades-despite the confidence there was still a chance we hadn't done as well as we hoped-and then there was the whole war issue.

As exciting as life was going to get, it was also going to be very difficult.

It was the day before our graduation ceremony, and just two days before we would be on the Hogwarts Express for the last time. It was late out, but Sirius and I were lying down by the Beech Tree on some blankets he had brought for us.

I was snuggled up against his chest, my ear placed directly over his chest to the point where I could actually hear his heart beating. "I can't believe we only have one real day left here. Isn't that terrifying?"

He nodded. "We really are the adults now. The wizarding world is ours."

I made a face. "Us, adults? The wizarding world is screwed."

He chuckled. "So, what are our plans exactly?"

I felt myself shrugging around him. "Well, we have to wait for our grades before we can be accepted in to the auror program, right?"

"Yep."

"Well, I guess we'll all be spending a Summer at your place."

He rolled his eyes. "You know, it hurts my feelings when you say 'your place.' It's our place, Elaine. Yours and mine. And not just Summer, I hope. Forever sounds about right."

I smiled, and kissed his jaw. "Sorry, our place, and yes, for forever. We'll go to Spain, too. If you still want to, that is."

He smiled. "Yes, of course I still want to."

I grinned. "It's settled then." It was getting pretty late, I could feel it. The night sky was sprinkled with starts, each of them twinkling at their own pace. "We should really get going back to the tower."

He nodded glumly.

I pressed a hand to his chest so that I could get up, and looked out at the Black Lake. "I've never really thought about how big it really is, or how beautiful, despite the Giant Squid obviously." I laughed at myself, such a silly thing to say. I turned back around to look at Sirius, and when I did, my jaw had practically unhinged itself from my face.

He was kneeling down on one knee, one of his hands outstretched towards mine.

My mouth went dry. "Wh-what are you d-doing?" I managed to get out.

He gave me a warm smile, taking my shaking hand in his. "This is totally insane but, here it goes. I love you, Elaine. I don't care about your supernatural powers, or if you get seven O's or none. It wouldn't matter to me if you were muggle-born or half-blood or whatever, or if you hate Liquorice Wands. You mean the absolute world to me, Elaine, and I know that that is never going to change. You already live with me, and we spend every waking moment practically together, and I don't want that to change at all. Nothing makes me happier than waking up to you every day and going to sleep every night with you in my arms. So, what are you doing for the rest of your life? Because, it would be ridiculously amazing if you'd marry me?"

I was crying. If there was one point in my life that I just didn't give a flying fuck that I was crying, it was right now.

From behind his back pocket, he pulled out the most beautiful ring I had ever seen in my entire life. It was platinum, with one massive teardrop shaped diamond in the center with a half-circle diamond on each side of the big one. The sides of the ring were also sprinkled with tiny diamonds. I had never seen a ring like that ever.

I very slowly nodded. What could I want more than Sirius? What could I ever want more than him for the rest of my life? "Of course, I'll marry you!"

He grinned and slipped the ring on to my left-hand ring finger, kissing it before standing up and wrapping his arms around me and spinning me around. "I love you so, so much!"

I was laughing, completely taken aback by what had just happened. I was engaged. I was engaged! I WAS ENGAGED! "Sirius, we're getting married!"

He chuckled, setting me down and kissing me passionately. "Lets do it soon. I can't wait to be married to you. How long do we need to prepare?"

I was smiling from ear to ear. "Lets do it after my birthday. July twenty-third? That's my Dad and Ella's anniversary."

He nodded. "That's perfect. We'll start preparations right when we get home. Elaine Black. How do you like it?"

No one could wipe the smile off my face even if they tried. "I love it."

He kissed me once more and we decided it was best if we headed up to the common room. I looked at my left hand the entire way up, not wanting to take my eyes off of the diamond ring for fear that I would wake up from this amazing dream.

We got up to the common room and all of our friends were lying about, including Zoe who seemed to be staying the night away from Ravenclaw tower.

I couldn't contain myself, as soon as I saw everyone, I burst out, "Sirius and I are engaged!"

Sirius laughed beside me, kissing my cheek.

Every single one of our friends, looked at us with their eyebrows raised, jaws practically grazing the carpet of the common room floor, not moving, or saying a single word.

"Hmm. That's not reaction I was going for," I mumbled to Sirius.

He snorted. "Hello? Anyone in those thick skulls of yours?"

Lily started crying.

I laughed. "Lily, why are you crying?"

She was completely sobbing as James looked at Sirius, his eyes totally wide, like a deer caught in headlights.

That was only funny because he was a stag.

"B-b-because w-we're old!" Lily sobbed on to James's shoulder as he rubbed her back awkwardly.

I rolled my eyes. "Thanks, Lils. So, is no one going to congratulate us?"

Zoe jumped up and hugged me tightly. "I'm so happy for you two! Congratualtions to the both of you!" She hugged Sirius as well.

"Thanks Hurley."

Remus came and gave me a bone-crushing hug as well. "Congratulations, Elaine. You both deserve this." He gave Sirius one of those one-armed, boy hugs.

"Thanks Moony!"

Lily finally stood up, and then ran over to me, and tackled me to the floor, hugging me the hardest I had ever been hugged. Her bony body crushing me beneath hers. "C-congratulations, Elaine. I-I love y-you!"

I chuckled, hugging her back as tight as I could. "I love you too, Lilypop! You'll be my maid of honor, I hope?"

That brought on a whole new round of tears. "Y-y-yes of course!"

I grinned at her.

She got off of me and then gave Sirius a sobbing hug. "Y-you b-better be g-good to her."

He rolled his eyes. "Obviously, Evans."

James was next. He helped me off of the floor and hugged me tightly. "Be good to my boy," he whispered in my ear. "He really does love you."

I nodded and kissed his cheek. "I'd never be anything else."

He went over to Sirius and didn't give him some lame boy hug, he tackled Sirius to the floor just like Lily had with me. Him and Lily really were perfect for one another.

I laughed as the two of them began to wrestle. I went and sat down next to Lily, putting an arm around her. "I'm engaged, Lils. We picked a date, too."

Her eyes widened, having now finally stopped crying. "When?"

I smiled. "July twenty-third. The same day as my Dad's and Ella's."

"Elaine! That gives me like a month to help you! Are you insane?"

I raised an eyebrow. "We'll be fine, Lily. We'll start with the preparations when we get back home. Mrs. Potter will probably want to help."

She nodded. "Yes, she definitely will."

I hugged her again. "I'm getting married, Lily! I'm going to be Mrs. Elaine Black! Isn't that amazing?"

She gave me a watery-eyed smile. "I'm so happy for you. You're finally getting everything you could ever want for."

I smiled. She was completely right.

After all the congratulations had been said, James cracked open a bottle of firewhiskey he had been saving for a special occasion and we had ourselves some celebratory drinks. Lily so graciously gave up the dorm room to Sirius and I with fair warning that tomorrow morning, bright and early, she would be banging on the door so she and I could start getting ready for our graduation ceremony that was tomorrow afternoon.

I pushed Sirius back on to my bed gently and lied myself on top of him, my lips connecting with his. His hands were soft against my bare skin as he gently unbuttoned my blouse, letting it fall to the floor.

We remained kissing like that for a while, there was no rush in our kisses, no need to finish quickly. We were enjoying one another.

He pulled his t-shirt over his head as he kissed up and down my neck as his hands traveled down to the pants I was wearing. He unbuttoned those and I shimmied out of them, kicking them off when they reached my feet.

My hands skimmed the sides of his strong body, reaching to the hem of his own jeans, unbuttoning them swiftly as he got out of them along with his boxers.

Next, he worked his hands up to my bra, unclasping the back, tossing it to the floor, then his hands tore off my underwear, an annoying habit he had picked up.

He looked straight in to my eyes when he slid in, never breaking his eye contact once with every thrust.

It was slow, sweet, tender, something I wasn't sure I had ever experienced. We weren't racing to any finish line or rushing the other to catch up, we simply enjoyed the pleasure-filled moment we were living in.

We eventually worked up to that brink, that edge where both of us could fall off and shut our eyes in sheer ecstasy. We both jumped off the ledge at the same time, causing the most intense sensation to course throughout my entire body, my blood boiling, my chest heaving, my toes curling.

He pulled me in to his arms, throwing a blanket over our sticky bodies. "I love you, Elaine."

I reached up, placing a soft kiss on his lips. "I love you too, Sirius."

The next morning we woke up to literal banging on the door. I thought it was going to bust down by the way it shook in the door frame.

Sirius groaned in to my shoulder. "Your best friend is insane."

I chuckled and stretched, crawling out of bed and pulling on Sirius's t-shirt that had been discarded along with my bra and panties. I opened the door and gave her an incredulous glare.

She looked me up and down. "Ew."

I rolled my eyes as she walked in.

She saw the state of my side of the room, Sirius's clothes strewn about and gagged. "Sirius, please put some clothes on and leave."

He sighed as she turned around and he got out of bed, pulling on his boxers and pants, and then giving me a quick kiss. "I'll see you in the common room before the ceremony, okay?"

I nodded, kissing him once more as he snuck out our dorm and running off to his own. "You could have let us sleep a little longer."

Lily laughed. "I warned you. You know how I get on days like this."

I scrunched my nose. "True."

We took turns taking showers, me first since I was much quicker than Lily. I dried my hair and left it down with a thin, black band pushing it back. We would have to wear a special graduation robe over our normal clothing, so I opted for a black dress with sleeves to my elbows, and a v-necked front. It was simple and I liked the way it looked on. My heels were round-toed at the front and a few inches high.

I put on my robe over the dress and frowned. "I can't believe this is all over."

Lily sighed. "Me neither."

We walked down to the common room where James and Sirius were already waiting for us. We walked together to the Great Hall where we'd be seated in alphabetical order and not by house. I was happy because I was sitting next to James and some Ravenclaw I didn't know. A few rows in front of James and I was Sirius, and behind him was Lily. Remus sat about two rows in front of us while Zoe sat behind Lily. Peter was on James's other side.

I sat there, listening to each of the heads of house speak, Professor Dumbledore, and finally Lily who had finished with the highest marks overall, gave a wonderful little speech before our names were called.

It took a while to get to the P's, but when they called my name, I walked up quickly, catching Sirius's eye who simply winked at me as I shook Dumbledore's and McGonagall's hands.

"I know you're going to miss me the most, Professor," I whispered to Dumbledore.

He chuckled. "Elaine, this won't be the last time we meet."

I grinned. "I didn't think it would be either." I skipped back to my seat happily, waiting for the rest of the students to be called.

The ceremony didn't end there, though. After everyone had received their diplomas, Professor Dumbledore and the respective teachers from every department, would hand out what was called the Grand Dux awards. The Grand Dux award would go to the best student in an area of study, one boy and one girl, and then a runner-up.

Professor Dumbledore stood up once more, Professor McGonagall in tow.

My favorite teacher spoke, "The Grand Dux in Transfiguration for males goes to Sirius Orion Black." The hall burst in to applause as I whistled as loud as I could for my boyfriend. Sirius sauntered up to the front of the hall, a wide grin on his face as he hugged Professor McGonagall taking her completely by surprise.

Everyone laughed.

"The Grand Dux in Transfiguration for females goes to Elaine Olivia Prescott!"

I blinked. What the hell? That award-although I was honored to be called-should have gone to Lily. The hall burst in to a thundering applause once more as I stood up and walked up to the front.

Sirius was the loudest, screaming as loudly as I had ever heard him.

I blushed when I accepted the award and skipped back down to my seat.

"Runner-up goes to Lilian Evans!"

More applause, and Lily happily ran up to receive her award as James shouted from his seat next to mine.

Professor Sprout went up with Dumbledore to call up the awards for Herbology. "Grand Dux male is Severus Snape, and female goes to Lilian Evans! Runner-up is James Potter!" The three of them, an awkward little trio, accepted their awards graciously, and for some special effect, James kissed Lily in front of Snivellus, sending Snape back to his seat angrily, grumbling to himself.

Professor Slughorn then walked up and called his awards for Potions. "Grand Dux male goes to Severus Snape! Grand Dux female goes to Lilian Evans! Runner-up goes to Mr. Sirius Black!" Another awkward trio walked up but Sirius put on a show for the crowd, grinning cheekily and walking back to his seat arm-in-arm with Lily.

It was funny but, the over-achiever in Lily has already won three awards and the under-achiever in Sirius had won the same amount.

Charms followed Potions which Lily won from our group along with James, and runner-up went to Remus.

The next slot went to Defense Against the Dark Arts. "Grand Dux male and female are Sirius Black and Elaine Prescott! Runner-up goes to Remus Lupin!" I grinned, and ran up to catch Sirius's arm and took his as we accepted the award, and high-fived Remus as we went back to our seats.

Ancient Runes was the next subject to be called and the Grand Duxes for that were Remus and Lily while runner-up went to me.

Arithmancy follwed, giving the awards to Remus and Lily, and then Zoe as runner-up. Remus gave his girlfriend a sweet kiss as they went back to their seats.

Professor Fronsac for Divination walked up and called his Grand Dux students, James won from our little group, while the female recipient was a Hufflepuff girl, and then a Ravenclaw boy whose name I didn't know won runner-up.

The Muggle Studies teacher was next up and he called his winners. I was not surprised when Sirius won Grand Dux with a female Hufflepuff I didn't recognize, and then James won runner-up.

Finally, they called Care for Magical Creatures, and that went to Sirius who, at this point had collected so many awards, bowed at the front of the hall after receiving the award. I was called for Grand Dux female, and runner-up went to Zoe.

At last, ceremony ended. Our group of friends had practically swept all the categories. Lily took home six awards, James three, Remus four, Zoe two, Sirius six-the same as Lily!-, and I had collected four. I was very proud of us.

After the ceremony, Sirius and I had decided to take some alone time in the Shrieking Shack for the final time. We had already exercised how much we loved one another and were now tangled in each others limbs, talking about what lied ahead for us once more.

"We're going to be married in about a month and we're still going to be having our friends living with us," he pointed out.

I smiled. "True, but, would you have it any other way? You already know that Lily and James will probably be the next to marry, and Remus will too so long as Zoe proposes to him because he's such a scaredy cat!"

He chuckled. "That's true. I figure Prongs will probably get a place in Godric's Hollow, he's always loved that place. May be we can convince Moony to get a place close to us."

I nodded. "That would be nice. How many kids do you want to have?"

He grinned and kissed my forehead. "Hmm, well, I'm not a fan of even numbers."

I laughed against his bare skin, kissing his chest lightly. "Me neither."

"So that leaves us with a few options, then, right?"

"Right."

"We can't have one because I would spoil it to no end, it would definitely need a sibling so we could keep ourselves in check," he said, all seriousness in his voice.

I laughed again. "And two is out of the question. How about three? I like three."

"Three would be perfect. I really, really want a little girl."

My heart melted as visions of Sirius holding a little girl that looked like a mixture of us, playing with her, bouncing her on his knee. "Me too."

"Do you worry that she'll get the Heron family magical genes?"

I chuckled at his word choice. "Yes and no. Yes because then she'll have to go through what I've been going through-unless Voldemort's defeated than it won't be so bad. And no because she'll always be a Heron with or without the genes."

"Good point. Imagine if we only have little boys. They'd be little me's. I'll teach them how to be Marauders so the Marauder name can live on for generations and generations," he said, pride inflating his voice.

I sighed. "Those boys would be monstrous. Your good looks with our brains and the fact that they could inherit the Paredes powers, oh boy, we'd really have a run for our money."

He smirked. "They'd be awesome."

I reached up and kissed him, sleep starting to creep up on me. "Whatever we have, they're going to be amazing."

He rolled his eyes as if it were obvious. "Duh, they're going to be miniature me's and miniature you's. Seriously, who would ever have prettier, smarter kids than us?"

I laughed again. "You're very arrogant tonight."

"I have a right to be, I just won six awards! Six! The same as Evans! Did you see her face? I just proved that you could be lazy and still win in school."

I rolled my eyes, kissing him once more. "Good night, booger. I love you. Don't forget we have to wake up early to get to the train."

He nodded and kissed me just one more time before finally closing his eyes. "I can't believe this is our last night here."

I nodded like he had. "Me neither."

"Good night, lovely. I love you too."

I smiled and shut my eyes like he had, snuggling up to him more and tugging the blanket farther up to cover us just a little bit more. I had spent seven years at Hogwarts, just seven years, and now it was over, but I'd forever be grateful, because without school, I wouldn't have one the greatest prize of all: Sirius.

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!

I'd also like to mention that I posted the image of Elaine's engagement ring on my profile for anyone who would like to see it!

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 :)