Chapter 18 - One year on

Kathy sat at Hogsmede train station watching the smoke plume from the Hogwarts express fade into the distance. She stopped to think. It was almost an entire year since she had first bumped into Harry in the streets of London and look what had happened since.

She thought about all the new things she'd learnt and all the new friends she's made. Her face spread into a grin as she thought about ginny, Hermione and Ron, her heart started to pound as she thought about Harry, oh how she loved that boy. They about her teachers, she let out a giggle as she thought of Snape having a snake scar on his hand the rest of his life, and she was filled with warmth as she thought of her mum and dad, her professor's, family, everything to her.

Tears started welling in her eyes as she thought about her muggle adoptive parents, she really missed them, but secretly vowed that Voldemort was going to pay, all the death, all the killing, he'd pay, she'd make sure of it.

Kathy's thoughts drifted to the past few days.

The wedding, she laughed to herself as she thought of how frightened her dad had looked with dumbledore standing there trying to calm him, in his black muggle like suit, it was strange to see him in trousers, complete with a rose button hole in his jacket lapel.

Then her mother how lovly she'd looked in a long white dress, her black hair cascading down her back in loose curls making a stark contrast. Her blue eyes had been sparkling, 'ha dad soon calmed down when he saw here' she though out loud.

Her mind skipped a bit as it fell on last night, she'd spent the whole night with Harry, in an old dorm room on the third floor, how wonderful that had been, she had wanted it to last forever, whatever people had said in the past, that had been their first time.

She then cast back to only a few hours before and remebered having to say goodbye, they swore that they'd see each other over the holidays, harry had even said he'd write everyday, of course Kathy protested in respect to Hedwig.

Ginny was hanging out of the window shouting that she'd write as soon as she got back, Hermione was waving furiously as was Ron, Harry blew her a kiss but no words could discribe how she felt as she watch the Red engine steam of south-wards taking her friends home.

She sighed and looked around, the engine was now completly out of sight, she layed her head back and smiled, she's had one tremendous year.

She placed a hand on her stomach, she knew, she just knew that she was harbouring a little secret there, but that was for next year.

THE END