AN: okay i lied now there are 2 chaps till year 4... cause i have one in the summer then the continuation to this one (shifty eyes) so ya um hope you like it, we experianced technical difficulties while betta'ing it so its not betta'd but lets all Thank Lisa for trying to if her comp hadn't gone wonly i'd be thanking her an di noticed i never have mentioned a thanks before so this is a thanks to all the bettaing and the attempt to today :D thnx hun! lol.

PS: Apparently Fanfictions not taking my Italics so sorry for the confusion when someones thinking... i'm mad at my fanfiction account now... (attacks comp) it also wont let me put more than this one bar (points down) now i'm more mad (stabs comp)

Chapter 38:

A Change?

Jason and his group walked away from them, leaving Liz with her friends. "I didn't mean to…" She muttered into George's chest as he hugged her. "George, let me go." She said stubbornly, pushing away from him she walked up to Kevin. "I thought you'd have enough sense to, well not do THAT. You knew I just got out of a break up!" She snapped accusingly.

Kevin frowned, thinking through what to say. "Liz, you could have stopped it… but you didn't." He said looking down at her, his nose no longer bleeding; actually there was no trace that he'd even been injured.

She glared at him. How could he do this?! He's ruined EVERYTHING! She told her self but shook the thought away. "I was too scared to Kevin, I was so confused…" She muttered knowing both he and Jason where right, she should have stopped it. "But you still should never have done it, anyways we'll talk later right now, at this exact moment in life, is taken up for our exams… I'm sorry about your nose – err face." She said as she turned to Lisa and Neville as they went to write their exams.

When Liz was writing she was able to push her person life out of her mind, thankfully… and time seemed to fly by, she wasn't sure of some questions but she was able to bull shit her way through some – at least she hoped she had. Then just as soon as the written exam started the practical started, and that one was easier, if you remembered how to do things you'd fly through it and so she did.

12: 45 pm

Liz was leaning up against the wall to the great hall, waiting for Kevin to finish his exams. She felt she needed to patch things up with him, she couldn't let this friendship fall apart too, so when she saw a black cloaked, black haired, eyeliner using fourth year walk out she ran up to him. "Kevin I'm sorry!" She said quickly locking her arms around him, he chuckled.

"Liz, don't be sorry… I was being stupid, well we both where really." He said as she pulled away from him, standing beside him they walked to a marble bench across the hall and sat, he took her hand in his. "I understand what you feel, in some ways, because I've been through the same thing… I used to go to a Wizarding school in Finland – no I'm not Finish, my parents just moved their when I turned eleven, they where muggles and didn't know about me, god I didn't even know about me…" He shook his head. "Anyways, there was a girl at that school her and I became friends so quickly and in the end of the third year we had got together as a couple, only neither of us knew what was in store for us… My parents died in a fire, and hers died in a car crash, we both thought it'd work out alright. I mean we missed our parents like hell, but we both went through the same thing… we'd be okay, we had each other. So we held onto that as our last shred of hope in life… only when the orphanage came for us we told them we where brother and sister, so they wouldn't separate us but they found out and they sent us to different homes they didn't even tell us where the other was going… I haven't seen or spoken to her in a year now, I don't know where she lives, or who she lives with…" He looked up at Liz; he'd been looking at the wall across from them. "So that's why I was being stupid, I should have understood and seen what was happening… You and him, you both still love each other so why don't you get back together?" He inquired, sounding genuinely concerned.

Liz only shook her head, and hugged him tightly when she pulled back she saw he was smiling. "Unfortunately its not that simple… we've been bound to a deal that he made to his Slytherin – err – enemies. A deal he made to protect me, and it's back fired… sort of… But we're trying to find a loop hole and get back together. So Kevin, until I know for sure that it won't work I'm still going to hope, and I'm still going to care for him the most, I'm sorry if I deceived you with my intentions in the Great Hall earlier, but I was scared… And I didn't know what I should do, so I did nothing. It was stupid I know and I know I probably just ruined all hope in getting Jason back… but I'm still going to try."

Kevin nodded and smiled at her. "Good choice… and I'm sorry if I ruined everything, I didn't mean to…" He shook his head, his long black hair falling into his eyes. "Well he's over there, just came up – he's going out to the grounds I think… Go get him." Kevin said as he pointed to Jason's figure as he slipped out into the school grounds.

Liz hugged him again. "Thank you… for everything, and no I ruined it. Don't you DARE blame yourself!" She said commandingly, grinning at him as she waved and ran after Jason.

Jason was already half way to the Owlery when she ran up beside him. "Why are you here?" He demanded without looking at her, anger laced into his voice.

Liz fixed her pace to his, so they where side by side. "Because I care for you and because I need you to hear me out." She stated slowly, she couldn't screw this apology up it had to be perfect…

Jason turned sharply to the rock steps, leading up to where the owls where kept. "Well make it quick, and anyways no ones supposed to see you with me. Remember?" He stated in a bored tone.

Liz ran up the steps behind him. "Okay, I didn't want to kiss him… I just was scared and I freeze when I'm scared and don't say I didn't try at all, because I did ask him to stop." She said scowling at him as they entered the first floor full of owls. "And you know I still want you, but you always screw things up!" She said. Shit… apology is fucked… She thought to herself, cringing. Why do I always speak before I think?!

He whirled on her. "Oh really?! I'm the one to screw things up am I?" Jason snapped at her, why was she being like this?!

Liz nodded glaring back. "Yes you screw things up! If you'd never agreed to that stupid deal then we'd still be together!" She yelled at him, causing a few owls to spook.

Jason just stared at her, glare still in place. "Oh, so it'd be less screwed up if you where dead then would it?" He asked, storming past her towards Nyx, who'd just flown into the owlery. "You know I gave up allot for you, and you don't even seem to care."

"I care…"

He turned back to her. "Do you?" He asked raising his eyebrows. "Well you have an odd way of showing it! I mean think about it Liz! Is kissing another guy going to show me you care?!" He hissed.

Liz stomped her foot, then kind of giggled at her own stupidity because she pictured what it must have looked like. "I said before, I didn't want to kiss him! I want to kiss you!" She said smiling mischievously.

Jason shook his head. "Do girls always have mood swings so fast?" He asked smiling at her, as she walked closer to him.

Liz's smile widened. "Do you really want to know that Jay?" She asked, only a few feet from him. "Because you can't go crying to me after I tell you!"

Jason rolled his eyes. "No! Never mind, forget I asked." Nyx flew out the window, letter attached.

Liz wrapped her arms around him and hugged him, but he only stood there. "Jason we'll work this out… I promise." She said before she let him go. He smiled at her and then she left, walking down the rock steps and back across the grounds to the castle.

That night at dinner the students where talking excitedly, it was the end of the year, exams where over. They had one more day and then it would be over… A Day to find out their marks and then that night they'd be on the train ride home. Dinner was boring, or Liz thought so at least, but afterwards when she was walking out of the great hall she saw someone run up to her, when she turned to look she saw Nicole. "Hey Liz!" The Slytherin girl said as she came up to her.

Liz smiled in return. "Hi, um sorry if I've been ignoring you, I really didn't mean to… I've just been caught up with – erm – stuff." She stopped and turned to her friend.

Nicole nodded, smiling. "Yes so I've heard, by the way sorry about, um, the whole… everything." Liz smiled back at her. "So what you up to then?" She asked.

Elizabeth looked down the hall to see Kevin walking up to them. "I'm hanging out with some friends, you want to come…?" Liz asked smiling hopefully, having someone else there would make things less awkward.

Nicole shook her head. "Can't, have plans with Draco… Thanks anyways, um I'll talk to you later then?" With that she walked down to the dungeons.

Liz nodded her head once and turned to see Kevin leaning up against the wall beside her. "Hey, so what do you want to do then?" She asked looking up at him, grinning.

He shrugged, he was wearing a black trench coat and a black shirt and black pants… all black. Normal. She thought. "We could go out onto the grounds; they're keeping the doors opened a bit longer tonight so kids can go out for walks or something." He suggested, pointing with his thumb to the huge oak doors.

Liz nodded and the two of them made their way out onto the grounds. "Can I tell you something…?" Liz asked once they where outside, he nodded. "I have a problem… I think the Slytherins know about me and Jason trying to find things out." She said looking at her hands.

Kevin stopped walking and looked at her. "So what if they know? I mean it's not like they can do anything…" He said looking at her, tilting his head. "Can they?"

Liz bit her lip. "That's what I need to tell you about… They will do something if they find out." She said, glancing up at him, he practically glowed in the moonlight he was so pale.

Kevin glanced around them, making sure no one was near them. "Alright… well what is it?" He asked in concern.

Liz stood there, silently, for a few minutes as he waited patiently for her. "They will get me killed…" She whispered, hearing him gasp.

Kevin's mouth dropped open. "WHAT?!" He yelled, but she shushed him and he grabbed her arm, pulling her into the shadows, where no one could see them… away from the lights the castle put off. "When you said you two couldn't… well I didn't think it was this serious, I mean… Can't you go to the police – aurors or what ever the hell wizards call them?!" He demanded.

She shrugged. "I don't think so… I mean we don't know for sure, and they'd probably just say we where being stupid kids." Liz said, shaking a bit. She'd forgotten her hoodie inside and the night was cold… plus her fear.

Kevin nodded in understanding. "That's true… Look Liz I want you to keep me up to date on anything you find odd… I'll be able to look after things so don't worry." He said smiling slightly as he took out a piece of paper and a pen from his coat. "Please just call me over the summer if anything or anyone odd shows up, please?" He asked. She nodded, giving him a confused look. "Don't worry about it; I have people on my side that will be able to take care of stuff…" He said as he wrote it down and handed it to her.

Liz was about to respond when they heard a wolf howl across the grounds… and then a – Was that a scream? Liz thought looking into the darkness. "U-uhm, Kevin… I don't think that was just some normal wolf." She said looking at him; he was looking off into the distance from where the sounds came from. "Kevin…?" She asked slowly, waving a hand in front of his face.

His attention snapped back to her and he smiled. "Maybe we should make our way back inside… You look cold too, do you want my jacket?" He said slowly. He knows something… Liz's mind chided at her, she pushed the thought away.

"No need for a coat, plus then you'd be cold…" Liz said, still looking out into the darkness, she thought she saw some movement by a tree. "WAIT! I think someone's gotten too close to the Womping Willow; I swear I heard a scream before!" She said starting to walk into the darkness, but she felt his strong arms wrap around her waist and pull her back; she struggled to free herself but found her attempts futile, he was just to god damn strong.

"Liz we can't…" He whispered, but there was an odd sound to his voice, almost a lisp but not quite.

She struggled more but he didn't even budge. "KEVIN! Let me GO! Someone's in trouble!" She yelled at him, and he let her go. Right as she felt his arms leave she took off towards the womping willow, she needed to help who ever it was… They could get killed. But then, out of no where she ran into something hard and dark, looking up she saw Kevin. "What the fuck!? You where behind me." She said annoyance creeping into her voice.

He then grabbed her hand and pulled her into some bushes, they where right by the tree but when she looked at it, it was in its usual place, no signs of movement. "Liz… It's not safe here, I can smell it in the air its not just any wolf, like you said, and I believe it's a werewolf." He said.

Liz frowned. How can you smell a werewolf unless you're right beside it? She asked herself, turning to see Kevin, he was looking away from her. "What do you mean…? How did you move so fast? And why are you able to magically smell danger – I'm sorry I mean an evil rabid magical wolf?" She asked sarcastically, he turned to her and she gasped jumping backwards; His pupils had gone all black and there where fangs protruding from under his top lip, his skin was paper white and she could kind of see the vanes under his skins surface… "You're a-a…" She stopped too shocked to say it.

He nodded. "Yes… I'll explain later, but right now we have t- RUN!" He cut himself off as he seemed to catch the smell of something near them, the breeze had just blown their way, and she took her quo and stood, tripping over a root… righting herself and ran as fast as her legs would carry her back to the castle. That was until she heard a scream… Kevin's scream tear through the night air, she didn't feel right, was it possible for a werewolf to kill a Vampire?! So she turned around, against her better judgment and ran back, when she reached him he was on the ground with a huge gash across his chest and there was no sign of the wolf.

"No…" She muttered falling to her knees near him. "Kevin… are – are you alright!?" She asked frantically, but keeping her distance, she knew enough about vampires that it wasn't safe to be around a wounded one… because they had lost blood and would need – err – replacement blood, depending on how severe the wound was the vampire could potentially lose control. "Look Kevin… um I'm not an expert in vampires so I need to know, will this heal by itself?" She asked, looking from the wound to his face, if it was possible… she'd say he'd gone paler.

He groaned. "I told you to leave! And no… Werewolf wounds won't heal, there's a kind of poison in their venom and their claws – argh - it's what will turn a human into one of them… But its – its deadly to my kind, it causes our heeling to stop." He coughed up some blood and it leaked out of his lips. "Shit… Liz you have to leave now, before I lose control… my instincts will be to feed on you." He said to her, eyes and skin paling more.

"But then, then you'll die!" She said frantically.

He slowly started to rise. "Leave!" he said in a strained voice. "Liz… You have to leave, run! I can't kill you I don't want to…, but I'm not sure if I can stop myself from doing so…" He advanced to towards her, but she stayed where she was, didn't even move.

Liz looked at him in pity, she couldn't leave her friend to die! Vampire or not he was still Kevin. "No, not until I get an answer… the truth too." She stated stubbornly. "And I won't let you die."

He growled at her. "YES! I'll die if you leave me! But you'll die if you stay!" He snapped and he slowly walked closer to her, teeth bared. "Leave." He commanded.

But she stayed. "No. I will not leave you to die, I'm a Gryffindor and therefore I'm loyal and I will help you." She stated, glaring at him.

He stopped dead in his tracks. "No…" With that he turned towards the woods and walked into them, well more like kind of dragged himself; leaving Liz alone in the dark with god only knows what. She heard some voices and felt the need to get back to the castle and then make a plan, instead of waiting around where there were Werewolves and hungry Vampires. With that thought she ran back to the castle, unsure if she should have gone after Kevin… she hoped and prayed he'd find something to – err – feed on in the Forbidden Forest… else she'd be the cause of his death.

AN: this chap entertained me sooo much, i got WAY to entertained writing it. But i'm happy i'm finally REALLY getting into my plot :D YAY! hope you liked it and as you can see bad shits coming up...