1.1 Chapter 9: The Muggle Version
Unfortunately, before either of the boys could take a bite of their food, they heard a terrible noise. It was a loud thump followed by an ear- piercing howl.
"SHIT!" James and Sirius yelled at the same time.
"IT'S A FULL MOON!" yelled James. They changed into their animagi forms as quickly as possible and raced upstairs, hoping to catch Remus before he did anything that anyone would regret.
Prongs (James) and Padfoot (Sirius) made it upstairs just in time to hear Lily scream. The werewolf known as Moony (Remus) was about to pounce on Lily! Prongs darted out in front of him, cutting him off in mid-air while Padfoot jumped him from behind. Working together, the two somehow managed to avoid the werewolf's angry claws and wrangle the beast down the stairs and into the basement. Of course they weren't able to shackle him as they had in the past. Instead they were left to fighting him and trying to control him much like they used to do in the Shrieking Shack during their time at Hogwarts.
While they were downstairs with Remus though, Lily was quite shaken lying on her bed. She didn't dare go downstairs, for fear that Remus would get loose again. She then heard yelling coming from down the hall.
"Dad! Help!" it was Aaron.
Lily swallowed her own fear, grabbed her wand and ran into Aaron's room. "Are you alright?" she asked hurriedly.
"I had a nightmare... where's Dad?" Tears were filling his eyes.
"He's.. well, he had to go away for the night. He'll be back tomorrow though, I promise. Do you want to talk about it?"
"There was a big wolf, and I heard screams..." All of the colour from Lily's face faded away. "It was a nightmare, right?"
"We'll talk about it in the morning, Aaron, when Remus comes back. But you have nothing to worry about now..."
"Will you stay in here with me? I'm scared to be alone."
Me too, she thought. "Of course I will. You just try to sleep..."
After a long and exhausting day at work, an even longer and more exhausting night of werewolf taming was not what James and Sirius needed. They didn't have any choice though, so they stayed up all night working with Remus, trying to calm him. When daylight finally broke and Remus changed back, the three friends were all looking pretty rough.
"I'm so sorry," Remus whispered. "For some reason I miscalculated when the full moon was."
"It's ok, buddy," said James through a yawn.
The three started to walk upstairs, and James had a sudden realization. "Lily!" he yelled. "We never got the chance to check on her!"
Remus was very confused and turned to Sirius as James was already bounding up the stairs shouting for his fiancée. "What happened? Did I hurt her?"
"We got there just in time."
"Oh, god." Remus sat on a step and buried his face in his hands. "I can't keep putting people in danger like this. What if you hadn't been there? What if you didn't make it in time?"
"Don't think about it, cos we did make it. That's all that matters." Sirius sat down next to Remus. "We'll just have to pay closer attention to the phases of the moon." Remus could only nod in agreement.
James threw open the door to Lily's room. When he didn't see her in there, a sudden wave of fear came over him. "Lil?" he called. "Where are you?" Oh, no. This can't be happening, he thought. He then heard a noise from down the hall. With his wand poised ready to attack if need be, he silently crept down the hall and burst into Aaron's room.
"James!" It was only Lily and Aaron in the room. Lily jumped up and hugged him tightly. She then led him out of the room and closed the door because Aaron was still asleep. "Thank god you're alright. How are Sirius and Remus? Was everything taken care of?"
James took a deep, calming breath. "Yeah, everything is fine now. I'm so sorry that I didn't come back up to check on you last night. I just couldn't leave him alone with Sirius, he needs both of us to be there."
"I know, it's okay."
"I don't know what I would have done if he had gotten you..."
"Please, don't think about it." She closed her eyes and buried her face against James's chest. He simply held her close to him trying not to picture what might have happened.
Compared to the events of that night, the next few days were rather mundane. Everything was just... normal. Well, as normal as things can be in a world full of witches, wizards and all sorts of magical creatures. Before they knew it, the wedding countdown was at 16 days, 12 hours, 42 minutes, 16 seconds. That meant only one thing. It was Halloween.
When Aaron woke up that morning, he was very excited. Halloween had always been one of his favourite holidays. Unfortunately, Lily was the only one who understood why he was so excited. So, when Remus appeared at the house asking why the boy wanted to wear a costume and knock on the doors of strangers she had to laugh.
"It's a muggle tradition, Remus. Children wear costumes and go trick-or- treating. I really think that you three would have enjoyed it," she smiled.
"Trick-or-treating?"
"You knock on people's doors, and when they answer, you say 'trick-or treat!' and then they give you candy. BUT, if they don't have the treat then-"
"Does that mean we get to pull some tricks tonight?" asked James, very excited at the prospect of this.
"No," Lily said sternly. "It's meant for children."
"Well, that doesn't seem very fair..." James grumbled.
"Deal with it." She turned back to Remus. "Does he have a costume yet?"
"No?"
"Do you know what he wants to be?"
"I'm gonna be a werewolf!" Aaron said, proudly.
Nobody knew exactly what to say to that. Remus grinned though. Aaron had taken the news of his secret really well. I just hope he remembers to keep it a secret, Remus thought.
By the time Lily was finished with Aaron, he had the perfect werewolf costume. He was all ready to go out and get some candy. There was just one problem. Lily didn't trust any of the guys to take Aaron trick-or-treating. She knew that they would try to pull too many tricks, and they knew it too.
"Well, the only thing that makes sense then is for us all to take him," James said matter-of-factly.
"If we do that, the three of you have to behave! That means no magic. Do you understand?"
"But Lil, it's Halloween!" protested Sirius.
"I don't care. We have our own party to go to tonight anyhow. Just let the muggle children enjoy their own traditions. In fact, we'll just spare the drama later. Give me your wands," she said.
"What?" asked Remus.
"Are you serious?" commented James.
"Very. I know how much trouble you three can cause, and I'm not about to let you. So, if you want to go, hand them over."
"Fine," they all said. Knowing they were defeated, they each handed Lily their wands.
"Thanks," she beamed. "Shall we?"
And they were off...
As much as Lily hated to admit it, they all had fun trick-or-treating. None of the boys broke the no magic rule, but after a brief encounter with Aaron and some other children who were out, they had a better understanding of traditional muggle pranks. For example, at one point Sirius disappeared for a few minutes. Lily wondered why, and much to her disappointment, she soon found out. When he returned, he had shopping bags full of toilet paper, eggs and silly string. I never should have taught him to use muggle money, Lily thought to herself. The rest of the evening was then spent TPing or egging empty houses. The silly string was only used on children who were passing by.
"That was the best Halloween ever!" Aaron exclaimed when he got back home. Lily, James and Sirius all joined him and Remus back at their new apartment.
"Look at all this candy!" he continued.
"What's it do?" asked James.
"Huh?" Aaron was thoroughly confused by this. "It makes you hyper?"
"No, I mean... Lily, help."
"James, it's not like the candy you grew up on. It's just sweets, that's all."
"Where's the fun in that?" asked Sirius.
"Try it," she said, handing them each a Flake bar or a small bag of Malteasers. They were each impressed.
"Ooh! A Turkish Delight! Yummy!" said Aaron.
"Do you have any more of those?" Lily asked, growing more excited. Everyone gave her a strange look. "What? It's my favourite."
"What's it taste like?" asked Remus.
"A turk?" added Sirius, obviously pleased with himself for being to witty.
"I'm not amused... it's rose flavoured candy."
"Ew!" said James.
"Good, more for us, right Aaron?"
"Right," he said, but his voice was muffled from all the chocolate he had in his mouth.
"How about we not eat all of this right now. You need to go get ready for bed," said Remus.
"Do I haveta, Dad?"
"Yes. Mrs. Potter will be here soon to watch you while we go out. She's expecting you to be in your PJs when she gets here."
"Okay..." Aaron said, dragging himself toward his room.
True to her word, Marilyn appeared on Remus & Aaron's doorstep at 8pm on the dot.
"Thank you so much for coming, Mrs. Potter, really," said Remus, showing her to the living room.
"Of course, dear. You four go out and have a good time. Don't worry about the little one and myself. We'll have plenty of fun." Aaron then walked into the room. "Aren't we going to have fun tonight?" Marilyn asked him.
"Don't we always?" he answered, grinning from ear to ear.
Remus's face fell. "What are you going to do?"
"Nothing!" Aaron said innocently. He then bit his lip.
Lily giggled, and even James and Sirius stifled a laugh at that. Marilyn smiled. "Now off you all go! Shoo! Enjoy the rest of your Halloween!"
"Night mum," James said, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Goodnight, Marilyn," said Lily.
"Thanks a lot for watching Aaron," said Remus. He turned to Aaron. "You try not to cause too much trouble."
"Of course not!"
"Don't worry, Remus. In raising James I've seen it all. Just go and enjoy yourself. Bye!"
Before heading to the party, everyone went back to the house to get ready. Well, everyone went back so that Lily could get ready.
"I'll be down in 10 minutes, I swear," she said as she ran up the stairs.
"If you're not, we're leaving without you!" yelled James.
"You're bluffing!" she yelled back, and then slammed the door shut.
When Lily came back downstairs, the guys could hardly recognize her. It had been years since she dressed up in a costume for Halloween, and now that she wasn't required to wear her robes she planned on taking full advantage of the situation.
"Lil? Is that you?" James asked.
"Of course it is," she laughed. "What do you think?"
"You look incredible..."
Sirius and Remus were still trying to pick their jaws up off of the floor. None of them had ever seen Lily in anything like this before...
Her beautiful red hair was hidden under a straight, long black wig. And her dress, well it was skin tight, floor length, and very low cut. Her makeup was perfect, with purple and silver eye shadow and purple eyeliner, dark blackberry lipstick, and blackberry nail polish.
"It's my take on Morticia Addams," she said.
"Who?"
"Never mind."
"Okay," James said mindlessly. He suddenly closed his eyes and shook his head, wondering if she would still look like that when he opened them again. To his amazement, she did. He then turned to his friends and noticed that they were still staring at Lily with their mouths wide open. "Hey! Knock it off!" he yelled at them, punching each of them in the arm. "Are we gonna go or not?"
"Of course, mon amour," Lily said, slipping into her character.
Lily closed her eyes and the next thing she knew, they had all arrived at the home of Justin Jack, a fellow Hogwarts graduate who was in Ravenclaw.
The moment she appeared, everyone in the room stopped and stared at her. All of the guys were staring open-mouthed, much like James, Sirius and Remus had been, and all of the girls were wishing that they had a body like Lily's.
"Should I change?" Lily whispered to James.
"NO! I mean, no, you don't have to do that," he said, trying to cover up his outburst. He could feel his anger rising though over the course of the next few minutes because the stares hadn't subsided much.
"Lily! James! It's great to see you guys!" declared Justin, making his way over to them. He kissed Lily's cheek, and James clenched his fists. "You look amazing!"
"Thanks," she said. "I feel like maybe I'm a little overdressed though."
"You're hardly wearing anything at all. How can you possibly be overdressed?" sneered a voice from behind them. It was Petra Davis, who was a Slytherin graduate.
"Jealous are you?" Lily asked very nonchalantly.
Petra faked a snicker and stormed off.
"Good job, Lily!" said Sirius, handing her a glass of punch.
"Thanks," she replied.
"Lily!" Jem came running over to her. "You look fabulous! I LOVE it! You are so lucky, I would kill to be able to wear something like that... but I never could. How are you?" Lily laughed because she was talking a mile a minute, no doubt having had a few glasses of the punch already.
"I'm doing fine, thanks. Oh! Did you get the owl I sent you last week? Because you never responded..."
"I did get it, I'm sorry, I've just been so busy with work. But of course I'll be a bridesmaid! I told you that from the beginning..."
"Yay!" Lily hugged Jem. "You need to come over later this week, because we have got to get your dress made!"
"Don't worry, you can count on me!" Jem grabbed Lily's hand. "Come on, we have to show you off!"
James wasn't too sure about this, but he had agreed that he would trust Lily, so he didn't fight it. She waved to him as Jem led her away from him.
While Lily was off laughing and chatting with their school friends, James was busy glaring at every guy in the place.
"James, come on man! Lighten up!" Remus said, handing him another drink. "It's Halloween, for God's sake!"
"I know, I know... I'm trying. I'm just worried about Lil..."
"She's fine, is just sitting in the next room with her friends talking about the wedding. Which means they're talking about you. So chill and have some fun!" said Sirius.
James smiled and took a deep breath. "You're right."
From that point on, James actually enjoyed himself at the party. Lily came back to him and they danced for a while, laughing and whispering things in each other's ear, and it wasn't too surprising to anyone to find them kissing on the dance floor from time to time. Once again, they were Hogwarts' perfect couple.
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Unfortunately, before either of the boys could take a bite of their food, they heard a terrible noise. It was a loud thump followed by an ear- piercing howl.
"SHIT!" James and Sirius yelled at the same time.
"IT'S A FULL MOON!" yelled James. They changed into their animagi forms as quickly as possible and raced upstairs, hoping to catch Remus before he did anything that anyone would regret.
Prongs (James) and Padfoot (Sirius) made it upstairs just in time to hear Lily scream. The werewolf known as Moony (Remus) was about to pounce on Lily! Prongs darted out in front of him, cutting him off in mid-air while Padfoot jumped him from behind. Working together, the two somehow managed to avoid the werewolf's angry claws and wrangle the beast down the stairs and into the basement. Of course they weren't able to shackle him as they had in the past. Instead they were left to fighting him and trying to control him much like they used to do in the Shrieking Shack during their time at Hogwarts.
While they were downstairs with Remus though, Lily was quite shaken lying on her bed. She didn't dare go downstairs, for fear that Remus would get loose again. She then heard yelling coming from down the hall.
"Dad! Help!" it was Aaron.
Lily swallowed her own fear, grabbed her wand and ran into Aaron's room. "Are you alright?" she asked hurriedly.
"I had a nightmare... where's Dad?" Tears were filling his eyes.
"He's.. well, he had to go away for the night. He'll be back tomorrow though, I promise. Do you want to talk about it?"
"There was a big wolf, and I heard screams..." All of the colour from Lily's face faded away. "It was a nightmare, right?"
"We'll talk about it in the morning, Aaron, when Remus comes back. But you have nothing to worry about now..."
"Will you stay in here with me? I'm scared to be alone."
Me too, she thought. "Of course I will. You just try to sleep..."
After a long and exhausting day at work, an even longer and more exhausting night of werewolf taming was not what James and Sirius needed. They didn't have any choice though, so they stayed up all night working with Remus, trying to calm him. When daylight finally broke and Remus changed back, the three friends were all looking pretty rough.
"I'm so sorry," Remus whispered. "For some reason I miscalculated when the full moon was."
"It's ok, buddy," said James through a yawn.
The three started to walk upstairs, and James had a sudden realization. "Lily!" he yelled. "We never got the chance to check on her!"
Remus was very confused and turned to Sirius as James was already bounding up the stairs shouting for his fiancée. "What happened? Did I hurt her?"
"We got there just in time."
"Oh, god." Remus sat on a step and buried his face in his hands. "I can't keep putting people in danger like this. What if you hadn't been there? What if you didn't make it in time?"
"Don't think about it, cos we did make it. That's all that matters." Sirius sat down next to Remus. "We'll just have to pay closer attention to the phases of the moon." Remus could only nod in agreement.
James threw open the door to Lily's room. When he didn't see her in there, a sudden wave of fear came over him. "Lil?" he called. "Where are you?" Oh, no. This can't be happening, he thought. He then heard a noise from down the hall. With his wand poised ready to attack if need be, he silently crept down the hall and burst into Aaron's room.
"James!" It was only Lily and Aaron in the room. Lily jumped up and hugged him tightly. She then led him out of the room and closed the door because Aaron was still asleep. "Thank god you're alright. How are Sirius and Remus? Was everything taken care of?"
James took a deep, calming breath. "Yeah, everything is fine now. I'm so sorry that I didn't come back up to check on you last night. I just couldn't leave him alone with Sirius, he needs both of us to be there."
"I know, it's okay."
"I don't know what I would have done if he had gotten you..."
"Please, don't think about it." She closed her eyes and buried her face against James's chest. He simply held her close to him trying not to picture what might have happened.
Compared to the events of that night, the next few days were rather mundane. Everything was just... normal. Well, as normal as things can be in a world full of witches, wizards and all sorts of magical creatures. Before they knew it, the wedding countdown was at 16 days, 12 hours, 42 minutes, 16 seconds. That meant only one thing. It was Halloween.
When Aaron woke up that morning, he was very excited. Halloween had always been one of his favourite holidays. Unfortunately, Lily was the only one who understood why he was so excited. So, when Remus appeared at the house asking why the boy wanted to wear a costume and knock on the doors of strangers she had to laugh.
"It's a muggle tradition, Remus. Children wear costumes and go trick-or- treating. I really think that you three would have enjoyed it," she smiled.
"Trick-or-treating?"
"You knock on people's doors, and when they answer, you say 'trick-or treat!' and then they give you candy. BUT, if they don't have the treat then-"
"Does that mean we get to pull some tricks tonight?" asked James, very excited at the prospect of this.
"No," Lily said sternly. "It's meant for children."
"Well, that doesn't seem very fair..." James grumbled.
"Deal with it." She turned back to Remus. "Does he have a costume yet?"
"No?"
"Do you know what he wants to be?"
"I'm gonna be a werewolf!" Aaron said, proudly.
Nobody knew exactly what to say to that. Remus grinned though. Aaron had taken the news of his secret really well. I just hope he remembers to keep it a secret, Remus thought.
By the time Lily was finished with Aaron, he had the perfect werewolf costume. He was all ready to go out and get some candy. There was just one problem. Lily didn't trust any of the guys to take Aaron trick-or-treating. She knew that they would try to pull too many tricks, and they knew it too.
"Well, the only thing that makes sense then is for us all to take him," James said matter-of-factly.
"If we do that, the three of you have to behave! That means no magic. Do you understand?"
"But Lil, it's Halloween!" protested Sirius.
"I don't care. We have our own party to go to tonight anyhow. Just let the muggle children enjoy their own traditions. In fact, we'll just spare the drama later. Give me your wands," she said.
"What?" asked Remus.
"Are you serious?" commented James.
"Very. I know how much trouble you three can cause, and I'm not about to let you. So, if you want to go, hand them over."
"Fine," they all said. Knowing they were defeated, they each handed Lily their wands.
"Thanks," she beamed. "Shall we?"
And they were off...
As much as Lily hated to admit it, they all had fun trick-or-treating. None of the boys broke the no magic rule, but after a brief encounter with Aaron and some other children who were out, they had a better understanding of traditional muggle pranks. For example, at one point Sirius disappeared for a few minutes. Lily wondered why, and much to her disappointment, she soon found out. When he returned, he had shopping bags full of toilet paper, eggs and silly string. I never should have taught him to use muggle money, Lily thought to herself. The rest of the evening was then spent TPing or egging empty houses. The silly string was only used on children who were passing by.
"That was the best Halloween ever!" Aaron exclaimed when he got back home. Lily, James and Sirius all joined him and Remus back at their new apartment.
"Look at all this candy!" he continued.
"What's it do?" asked James.
"Huh?" Aaron was thoroughly confused by this. "It makes you hyper?"
"No, I mean... Lily, help."
"James, it's not like the candy you grew up on. It's just sweets, that's all."
"Where's the fun in that?" asked Sirius.
"Try it," she said, handing them each a Flake bar or a small bag of Malteasers. They were each impressed.
"Ooh! A Turkish Delight! Yummy!" said Aaron.
"Do you have any more of those?" Lily asked, growing more excited. Everyone gave her a strange look. "What? It's my favourite."
"What's it taste like?" asked Remus.
"A turk?" added Sirius, obviously pleased with himself for being to witty.
"I'm not amused... it's rose flavoured candy."
"Ew!" said James.
"Good, more for us, right Aaron?"
"Right," he said, but his voice was muffled from all the chocolate he had in his mouth.
"How about we not eat all of this right now. You need to go get ready for bed," said Remus.
"Do I haveta, Dad?"
"Yes. Mrs. Potter will be here soon to watch you while we go out. She's expecting you to be in your PJs when she gets here."
"Okay..." Aaron said, dragging himself toward his room.
True to her word, Marilyn appeared on Remus & Aaron's doorstep at 8pm on the dot.
"Thank you so much for coming, Mrs. Potter, really," said Remus, showing her to the living room.
"Of course, dear. You four go out and have a good time. Don't worry about the little one and myself. We'll have plenty of fun." Aaron then walked into the room. "Aren't we going to have fun tonight?" Marilyn asked him.
"Don't we always?" he answered, grinning from ear to ear.
Remus's face fell. "What are you going to do?"
"Nothing!" Aaron said innocently. He then bit his lip.
Lily giggled, and even James and Sirius stifled a laugh at that. Marilyn smiled. "Now off you all go! Shoo! Enjoy the rest of your Halloween!"
"Night mum," James said, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Goodnight, Marilyn," said Lily.
"Thanks a lot for watching Aaron," said Remus. He turned to Aaron. "You try not to cause too much trouble."
"Of course not!"
"Don't worry, Remus. In raising James I've seen it all. Just go and enjoy yourself. Bye!"
Before heading to the party, everyone went back to the house to get ready. Well, everyone went back so that Lily could get ready.
"I'll be down in 10 minutes, I swear," she said as she ran up the stairs.
"If you're not, we're leaving without you!" yelled James.
"You're bluffing!" she yelled back, and then slammed the door shut.
When Lily came back downstairs, the guys could hardly recognize her. It had been years since she dressed up in a costume for Halloween, and now that she wasn't required to wear her robes she planned on taking full advantage of the situation.
"Lil? Is that you?" James asked.
"Of course it is," she laughed. "What do you think?"
"You look incredible..."
Sirius and Remus were still trying to pick their jaws up off of the floor. None of them had ever seen Lily in anything like this before...
Her beautiful red hair was hidden under a straight, long black wig. And her dress, well it was skin tight, floor length, and very low cut. Her makeup was perfect, with purple and silver eye shadow and purple eyeliner, dark blackberry lipstick, and blackberry nail polish.
"It's my take on Morticia Addams," she said.
"Who?"
"Never mind."
"Okay," James said mindlessly. He suddenly closed his eyes and shook his head, wondering if she would still look like that when he opened them again. To his amazement, she did. He then turned to his friends and noticed that they were still staring at Lily with their mouths wide open. "Hey! Knock it off!" he yelled at them, punching each of them in the arm. "Are we gonna go or not?"
"Of course, mon amour," Lily said, slipping into her character.
Lily closed her eyes and the next thing she knew, they had all arrived at the home of Justin Jack, a fellow Hogwarts graduate who was in Ravenclaw.
The moment she appeared, everyone in the room stopped and stared at her. All of the guys were staring open-mouthed, much like James, Sirius and Remus had been, and all of the girls were wishing that they had a body like Lily's.
"Should I change?" Lily whispered to James.
"NO! I mean, no, you don't have to do that," he said, trying to cover up his outburst. He could feel his anger rising though over the course of the next few minutes because the stares hadn't subsided much.
"Lily! James! It's great to see you guys!" declared Justin, making his way over to them. He kissed Lily's cheek, and James clenched his fists. "You look amazing!"
"Thanks," she said. "I feel like maybe I'm a little overdressed though."
"You're hardly wearing anything at all. How can you possibly be overdressed?" sneered a voice from behind them. It was Petra Davis, who was a Slytherin graduate.
"Jealous are you?" Lily asked very nonchalantly.
Petra faked a snicker and stormed off.
"Good job, Lily!" said Sirius, handing her a glass of punch.
"Thanks," she replied.
"Lily!" Jem came running over to her. "You look fabulous! I LOVE it! You are so lucky, I would kill to be able to wear something like that... but I never could. How are you?" Lily laughed because she was talking a mile a minute, no doubt having had a few glasses of the punch already.
"I'm doing fine, thanks. Oh! Did you get the owl I sent you last week? Because you never responded..."
"I did get it, I'm sorry, I've just been so busy with work. But of course I'll be a bridesmaid! I told you that from the beginning..."
"Yay!" Lily hugged Jem. "You need to come over later this week, because we have got to get your dress made!"
"Don't worry, you can count on me!" Jem grabbed Lily's hand. "Come on, we have to show you off!"
James wasn't too sure about this, but he had agreed that he would trust Lily, so he didn't fight it. She waved to him as Jem led her away from him.
While Lily was off laughing and chatting with their school friends, James was busy glaring at every guy in the place.
"James, come on man! Lighten up!" Remus said, handing him another drink. "It's Halloween, for God's sake!"
"I know, I know... I'm trying. I'm just worried about Lil..."
"She's fine, is just sitting in the next room with her friends talking about the wedding. Which means they're talking about you. So chill and have some fun!" said Sirius.
James smiled and took a deep breath. "You're right."
From that point on, James actually enjoyed himself at the party. Lily came back to him and they danced for a while, laughing and whispering things in each other's ear, and it wasn't too surprising to anyone to find them kissing on the dance floor from time to time. Once again, they were Hogwarts' perfect couple.
A/N: I'd really appreciate some more reviews here before I post more… hope it's not too much to ask for!