Rose had taken her final exam of the year- Dark Arts which Professor Snape had marked because Professor Lupin had mysteriously left Hogwarts (Rose knew why but not all of the students did).

And, because Professor Snape had stepped in to mark Rose's exam it ended up being Rose's lowest mark but it was still a passing one so she didn't care too much. She was happy it was over.

The end of year school spirit could be felt everywhere. People were hanging out in Common Rooms more often and staying up later. There was finally a carefree vibe again at Hogwarts and there hadn't been a light mood felt here in awhile.

Her friends gathered in the Hufflepuff Common Room one last time before they left for the Hogwarts Express.

"Have you heard from Bellamy?" Cedric asked the group.

"Yeah, she'll be coming back next year for certain," Bridget answered, "She just needs to spend time with her Mum right now."

"Good," Rose said in approval.

"And you Cedric, any updates?" Bridget asked.

"Well, my sister's coming to Hogwarts next year so that should be interesting." Cedric replied.

Rose was surprised- she hadn't known that Cedric had a sister.

"What's her name?" She asked.

"Emily," Cedric replied, "Yeah, she'll be a first year next year."

"Well, I look forward to meeting her," Rose said and Cedric smiled.

Suddenly it was time to go- the wall hangings in Hufflepuff colors were starting to take themselves down indicating that it was packing time. Rose took one long look around the common room before heading out- she couldn't believe the year was over.

The students were transported to the train station where Rose stopped in a small waiting room before she could say goodbye to Harry. As she looked out the window at the platform something caught her eye- a black dog was walking along the platform. He stopped outside the door of the waiting area. Rose raised her eyebrow but let it in. It transformed into Sirius Black and she blinked before they took a seat.

"Rose, I'm so happy to see you," Sirius said. Rose nodded and smiled softly.

"Where have you been?" She asked.

"In hiding," Sirius said, "Per usual. The Ministry still doesn't trust me."

He paused and watched Rose for a little bit before adding,

"And, Rose, not to get too personal but from the way you're sitting a little farther from me and appear to be more reserved around me I get the sense that you don't trust me either," He paused, "You don't think I'm guilty do you?"

Rose sighed. Sirius was smart and he picked right up on Rose.

"I know you didn't do it and you didn't deserve to be Azkaban," Rose paused, "I just, it takes me awhile to trust people, and if don't mind me if I'm being blunt but I've just spent the whole year thinking I should be terribly afraid of you."

Sirius nodded, listening to what Rose was saying. "No, please do be blunt, I want us to be able to talk."

"So," Rose continued much to Sirius's surprise, "I know Harry's taken quite a liking to you, and I want to as well, I just might need some time."

Sirius was looking directly at Rose and she looked down at her hands while waiting for a response.

"Fair enough," Sirius replied, "I just want you to know Rose, that I want to be here for you and Harry and I could never replace you in Harry's life."

"Thank you," Rose said shortly. She looked up at Sirius and was taken by an earnestness in his eyes. She could tell that emotional one on one talks were not Sirius's thing but that he was trying to get through to her.

She appreciated that as she knew she could be hard to get know.

"It really is quite amazing," Sirius said, "How much you look like your mother."

Rose laughed lightly, "I get that a lot," She said.

Sirius stood up to go but turned around quickly before saying:

"One more thing, seeing as you're the oldest Potter I wanted to make you aware of something. I have a home- an extra home. There's still a lot you don't know about me. I have one home that's still occupied but I have another home that not a lot of people know about, it's named The Hills and it's right next to the Black household home. Anyways, I wanted to leave it to you."

Rose blinked and took in a little bit of air in surprise, "What? I'm only 14."

"I know," Sirius said "And you should stay with the Weasleys this summer as you've been instructed to do, but if you ever just need to get away with George or even without George, I want you to have a place."

Rose suddenly felt very touched at the gesture she stood up.

"And don't forget to write if you feel like it over the summer I know a thing or two about the Dark Arts you know-" Sirius Black tried to continue but Rose cut him off by rushing in to give him a hug.

Sirius slowly returned the hug.

"Thank you," Rose said softly, "I promise that I'll write."

Sirius smiled as they embraced. Rose saw a familiar head of red hair- it was George. She rushed out of the waiting room to get to George and Sirius Black had already transformed back into dog form. She rushed over to George who greeted her with a hug.

"Hey," Fred said, "Heard you're living with us this summer."

"You don't know what you're in for," Percy commented. Fred rolled his eyes.

"How'd you get Fudge to agree to that by the way?" Percy asked.

"I had no option for taking OWLs on time," Rose answered and Percy nodded.

The rest of the train ride seemed to feel like a dream. A good dream that Rose hadn't had in a while. As she looked out the window on her train ride, she remembered vaguely what Ms. Rivers had told her about anxiety and realized that she hadn't felt anxious in awhile and it was nice.

When the train arrived to King's Cross, Rose had to run up to Harry to hug him goodbye. He seemed sad.

"Are you alright?" Rose asked Harry.

"Yeah," He said, "It's just weird seeing you go in a different direction."

"I know what you mean," Rose said "I'm sorry you can't come. Did you see Sirius?"

Harry nodded, "Yeah he said goodbye in the train station."

Rose smiled. "You have to write me alright?"

Harry agreed.

"Alright, Rose, we have to go!" Arthur Weasley called from the platform.

"I shouldn't keep them waiting," Rose said apologetically.

"It's alright go," Harry said and Rose turned around to get one more look at Harry before leaving for summer with the Weasleys.