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Heyhey!! Alright, this is happy chapter! Woo!! Haven't had one full of happiness for a while, eh? Well, I've come to realize that there are only 2 more chapters or so left of sixth year and some of the summer before the sequel pops out! I, honestly, was worried how you'd all take the whole Moon-me, Sperm Whale, Tampon, and Thongs thing. I really did laugh/snort/giggle/snicker for about an hour in bed at 3 in the bloody morning. So I wasn't sure how my early morning humour would go with each of you – but I got such positive feedback that I feel I should write more at 3 am!

But onto other things… yea – here's the chapter!!

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"No, no. Shh – you'll wake her!"

"Oh come on – she sleeps like the dead!"

"Well, Ara, I wouldn't know. James?" Slap "Ow – Goddamn child! That was my bloody eye!"

"Shut up! You are so annoying."

"You – hit – my – eye."

"Sirius, get out. No, I don't want to hear it. No. No – leave."

Door closes.

"Thanks Jen."

"No problem."

"Jen – problem. You all have class in 15 minutes - Lily doesn't have to be up for another hour and a half. Only I will be here with her."

"Right then. Anyone feel like skipping?"

"Muggle Studies?"

"Yea, so Mel here isn't the only one to surprise sleeping beauty -"

Door opens and closes.

"Alright – next time you kick me out – look for girls walking by!"

"Shut up Sirius and get back out there!"

"Genie bloody saw me being shoved out of here, holding my throbbing eye! Seems like cheating or voyeurism to me, and apparently to her."

"Oh quit your belly aching. Who cares about your bloody squabble, Black?"

"Jealous, Figg?"

"Both of you shut up. Jeez – it's any wonder Lily's sleeping through this."

"Thank you Remus. So we're skipping Muggle Studies?"

"All of us? Oh sure if a couple of us can't go…"

"Then who will stay?"

"Well, you and I, James. Mel has a spare -"

"Me because I am her secret lover."

"Ok, so it's Jen and I skipping? Groovy."

"Shut up with that. Oh real mature James. You kiss your girlfriend with that tongue?"

"In fact I do -"

"Ok, we're getting off topic now. Remus, Ara, you done decorating? Then get your asses and Sirius' to class and make up a plausible excuse for those two."

"Bye love."

"Bye Remus."

"Tell my lover I will see her later. Oh – now that was a mature hand gesture. Do you touch you girlfriend with -""Keep it moving Black."

"Hands off Figg!"

"Gladly."

Door closes.

"About bloody time they left. What do we do while we wait for her to wake?"

"Wake? We do not let her wake on her own! What planet did you grow up on, James? Hearth?"

"Fine Jen- you want to do the honours?"

"Gladly."

"You two are horrible."

"On the count of three we rip open the hangings and shout 'Happy Birthday'. Ok?"

"'K"

"One, two, three -"

"HAPPY BI- "

Lily was sitting up in bed, grinning from ear to ear. "Birthday to me." She said, pointing to herself.

"How long have you been awake?" James asked. "It was Sirius, wasn't it?" He glared off to the wall.

"Well, I zoned in after Remus said 'Sh – you'll wake her up.' From there is was pretty interesting." Lily informed them.

"Well, Happy Birthday, love." James said, kissing the top of her head.

"Happy 17th, Lily." Mel said, giving her pyjama'd friend a hug. Lily looked at Jen expectantly. "I can do a much better James-y." Jen said, kneeling on the bed and giving Lily a huge hug and a kiss on the cheek. "Lily dearest – you are even more ravishing now than your 16-year-old self! If once I thought you were stunning then – there are no words perfect enough to describe you now."

Lily and Mel applauded. Lily adding a "Well done!"

"Ok no. I am not that cheesy." James said, crossing his arms and glaring at them.

"You believe what you want. Although I toned down the kiss. For all our benefits." Jen said, smiling and crawling off Lily's bed. "Although it was better than your cheap one."

James' jaw dropped. "It wasn't cheap!" The three girls all looked at him. "It was sentimental!"

Mel shook her head and walked to the bathroom to brush her teeth muttering about 'insanities'.

"Sentimental? The girl just bloody turned 17! She can handle more than sentimental." Jen carried on.

James' mouth opened and shut as he looked from Lily to Jen. While he was looking at Lily, Jen winked at her without James catching on.

"Oh that's it." James said. He bent down and kissed Lily on the lips. But he didn't stop there. He slowly inched on the bed, and deepened it.

Lily, being non-objective today, didn't protest. Instead, she gave Jen thumbs up and leaned her head into the pillows. James lay beside her, one leg between hers, glasses removed. He held himself up with his left arm, and held Lily's waist with his right hand.

Jen smiled and closed her side of the curtains. She walked around the bed and closed James' side. Mel came out the bathroom and glanced at the James-less room, then Lily's closed off bed.

"Ah." She said with a nod. "That was your goal, was it?"

"More of less." Jen replied. "She didn't notice our decorations." She said, crossing her arms. "Although she has to get out of bed for the Obscuring Charms to wear off..."

Mel gestured to Lily's bed. "After you."

Jen stuck out her tongue. "I say we go down for a late breakfast. Bring them two some breakfast in bed."

"I don't think going to breakfast will help you with excuse the others make up."

Jen scoffed. "So you'll go, and leave me here with those two – battling it out."

"Hey – you put them there!" Mel said defensively, putting her hands up.

"I did, didn't I?" Jen scratched her head. "All right – go eat and grab some grub for all of us. If anyone asks, say it's all for the birthday girl."

"Deal." Mel left.

"Now what the bloody hell do I do?" Jen muttered, glancing about, hands on her hips.

"And as I was saying about being Lily's lover -" Sirius said, barging back in the room, "- I mean, I tried to push her away -" He stopped and looked around, with a confused Mel behind him. "Where's Lily-Billy?"

Jen gaped at him, than at Mel who looked just as puzzled. "What in the bleeding hell are you doing here?"

Sirius put his right hand over his heart. "As Lily's lover -"

"Oh shut it Sirius." Ara said, stepping into the room and pushing him out of the way. "Class was cancelled." She told her. "You know… there's a reason we're getting a new teacher."

"Man in crazy." Remus said, going around the three barring the door and standing beside Jen. "I would think he was just like that comic guy… What's his name?"

"Martin Miggs?" Said Sirius and James. Sirius whipped around. "Where the devil is he?"

Jen rolled her eyes and pointed to Lily's bed. "I was just about to leave them at it when you lot arrived…""Lillian is awake, is she?" Sirius asked, an odd glint in his eyes.

A faint 'no' came from her bed.

Sirius fingered his wand, a thoughtful look on his face. "What to do, what to do…" He murmured.

"You know sometimes I think you're the Mad Muggle himself, Padfoot." Remus said.

"You mean Martin Miggs?" Came Peter's voice as he entered the room. "Brilliant comic."

"Aha!" Sirius exclaimed. He strutted over to Lily's bed, thrust open the curtains and shouted "Orchideous" at Lily and James who were trying to escape the other side. They both, however, stopped scrambling when Sirius only produced a bouquet of orchids. They stood up and calmly joined their friends.

Now that the charms wore off, Lily was able to take a look around. "Oh guys, it's beautiful!"

All around her vines grew up the walls and twisted their way onto the ceiling. Vines hung from the ceiling, and on them velvety scarlet morning glories (Ipomoea x multifida) clung. Wide forest green leaves sprouted about the vast flowers giving the look of a lush green canopy of a tropical forest.

Sprouting from the windowsill were tall, branching plants with white, gold, bronze, and azure blue flowers rising in ascending tiers about their blue-green foliage. They seemed to be planted in the stone itself, with only a small amount of dirt about them. With their height, they blocked out a good majority of the sunlight.

Lily was about to ask what kind they were when Remus cut in.

"Lupins." He said shyly. "Lupin hartwegii to be exact. As cheesy as it may seem, that's my gift to you. They're tropical and hard to get here… so growing them with spells and everything was… fun. You can thank Sprout for her help."

Lily ran to Remus and jumped into a hug. "They're so beautiful. Thank you so much."

"We all went on a flower binge this year. Getting those morning glories to grown that much overnight was hell." Ara said, hands on her hips, but a smile touching her lips.

Lily finally let go of Remus and pulled Ara in a tight embrace. "Wow… how long did you guys plan this?" Lily asked, stepping out of the hug.

"Too long." Sirius said, handing her the orchids he had produced. She took them and received a kiss on the cheek from Sirius. He gave her a small bag. In it was a tiny handful of bulbs. "Happy Birthday Lily." He gave her a hug. "Magical orchids that will bloom all year round. Through sleet and snow, floods or a tornado." He quoted from the packet.

"Thank you so much." Lily said, trying not to cry. Had she thought these people would have abandoned her because of those letters?

Peter stepped forward and handed her a book: Non-magical plants and how to magically grow them. "Happy Birthday."

"Thanks Peter." She gave him a hug.

"I expect your garden to be beautiful when you and James marry." Sirius joked.

"Not with you as a lover on the side." Lily rebuked, blushing, but she didn't deny James…Mel went to Lily and handed her a small box. Lily smiled and took it.

She opened the latch and gasped. "Oh Mel, it's absolutely gorgeous." She took out a bracelet that had many lilies on it as charms. The lilies looked real, only shrunken. They still kept their bright colours and soft petal texture.

"I memorized each Lily. Ok, there's the Calla Lily, Casablanca Lily, Rubrum Lily, Tiger Lily, Lollypop Lily, Loreto Lily and finally a Stargazer Lily." She said, pointing to each one.

"You guys really did go completely botanical on me, didn't you?" She laughed, and wiped some tears away. She had thought they'd be mad at her. She had thought that these magnificent people would have dropped her after she told them of Voldemort. She was in all essence of the word: mental.

"And another flowered gift for you, Lily m'dear." Jen said, stepping up to the birthday girl. "For you."

On her head, Jen placed a circlet of daisies braided with baby's breath and California-bluebells.

Lily laughed as she hugged Jen, and buried her crying eyes into her best friends shoulders. When she pulled away she looked at Remus. "Jealous Remus?"

"Only a tad." He replied, smiling at her.

"For the queen on her special day." Jen said, hugging Lily again. "And I believe James is next." Jen let her go and turned her to face James. He had gotten his glasses back.

He stood before one of the lupin abundant windows, holding a single red rose. She stepped towards him and he handed her the rose with a soft kiss on the lips. "The rest of for tonight." He whispered against her lips and kissed her again.

A few catcalls were made as James and Lily kissed for a minute.

"So we shouldn't be waiting up?" Ara asked.

"Hell I'm not." Jen said.

"Thank you all so much." Lily said, turning around to face everyone. "But now I have to get dressed. So if anyone without ovaries would leave…"

The girls laughed and the guys left confused, muttering about ovaries.

"Ovaries, eh?" Ara asked.

"Sirius would have made some outrageous claim about having breasts of I used that." Lily explained, placing all her gifts on her bedside table. "And if I used PMS – her would have brought up Tampon." She opened her drawers and began to get dressed.

"Touché." Ara responded.

"So how long'll all these flowers last?" Lily asked brushing a low hanging vine out of the way as she put her hair up.

"As long as you want." Mel replied. "I wonder what James is doing for you tonight."

Jen and Ara shared a playful look.

"Well," Ara began, "seeing how everything has to do with flowers…"

"Maybe you'll be de-flowered-"

"OK!" Lily interrupted loudly, turning red. "No, I really don't think so."

"We're just kidding." Ara continued. "We really don't know."

"He wouldn't tell anyone. Sirius doesn't even know." Jen finished, playing with Lily's hair, and adjusting the floral crown as Lily did up her gold and scarlet striped tie.

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"Happy Birthday Lily."

"Thank you… Terrence is it? Yes, thanks." Lily said, sitting at Gryffindor table for dinner with her friends. "Why do so many people know?" she asked as the second year Gryffindor went back to his friends.

James and Sirius looked at each other, then back at Lily.

"No idea." Sirius said, looking away. He looked up and saw Cupid, Psyche and Apple-Berry cream pie flying towards them. "Hey Lils – heads up."

Lily looked up. Each owl stopped in front of her; a rose in all of their beaks. "Aw – I got three this time!" She said as the owls dropped the roses on her dinner plate. "Thank you James." She gave him a kiss, which he happily received.

"How many all together?" Jen asked, snuggling up to Remus who had his arms enveloping her waist.

"Well," Lily thought back, "two in Potions before lunch, two during lunch, two in Potions after lunch, two in Defence Against the Dark Arts, three now, oh – and the one this morning."

"So a dozen?"

"Yea…" Lily said, grinning and cuddling into James more. "So how'd the party planning come along?"

Everyone stole a glance at each other, biting their lips, and looking uneasy.

"What?" Lily asked, sitting up a bit.

"Yea about that…" Jen said uncomfortably.

"We kind of spent too much time on the whole flower part…" Remus continued.

"So we basically didn't plan shit." Ara finished.

Lily looked at all of her friends, trying to see if they were kidding. They weren't. "Oh… well that's fine. I have all the flowers and you guys. With what you put into my gifts, I really don't need a party." Although in her head she sort of thought differently. "And I have James' little surprise later. I'm fine." She smiled at them, and ate some of the food off her plate that the owls hadn't touched.

A half an hour later the hall was nearly empty. Gryffindor table was cleared with the exception of our lead friends.

"Let's head back up guys." Jen said. "We can hang in the Common Room until James takes Lily away or gives her her gift there or whatever he plans to do."

They agreed and slowly headed back to the Tower. With no party to look forward to, Lily wasn't in much of a rush.

"It was nice of Dumbledore to give you a birthday cupcake, wasn't it?" Mel said tentatively.

"Oh yes, with a candle and everything. Took us a while to figure out who it was from though, didn't it?" Lily said.

"Well it did appear with a note… right?" Sirius asked.

"Yea, but he didn't sign it." Jen told him. "Sneaky fellow."

"Happy Birthday Lily." James said once they reached the Portrait.

"Uh, thanks – oh!" Lily laughed, as the Fat Lady swung open. "Aw – you changed the password."

They filed into the Common Room –

"SURPRISE!!" Every student in there yelled.

Lily stood in shock, staring open mouthed at the crowd of assembled students. Some weren't even Gryffindors…"Oh my God…" she said, covering her mouth with both hands. "You… you… you guys lied to me!" She yelled, laughing. "Oh thank you all so much!" she said to the throng.

Nearly every person wished her a happy birthday while she walked into multitude of students, which is easier said than done. Tables were pushed against the walls and over flowing with treats and butterbeer. The plush couches were re-arranged to make room for a dance floor. A huge banner was strung from across the wall opposite the entrance, glittering red and gold. On it was Happy 17th Birthday Lily!! With different lilies drawn about it.

They party lasted for hours: dancing, eating, talking, laughing, and snogging for some. Everyone from the other houses, either Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, had to leave before curfew so as not to get in trouble, and even after they left, the party continued.

At around 11 pm it started to die. All the younger students cleared off an hour earlier, and now the fifth years and above were lounging and finishing off the food.

"Too bad it's Thursday and not Friday, huh?" A seventh year said, his friends nodded their agreement, and took more food and drink.

"I'm going to be sick…" Dakota groaned, slumping further into the couch. "Too many butterbeer…""Come on, let's get you up to bed then." Her friend Ivani said. Genie and Ivani supported Dakota up the stairs, wishing Lily a final happy birthday over their shoulders.

"Thanks." She called over her shoulder. "Where'd James go?" Lily asked, looking around the twenty or so students left. He wasn't anywhere to be found…"Um… I think him and Sirius went to have a quick talk… hey, and the other two." Ara said, glancing about the room. She saw Remus walking down the stairs from the boys' dorm.

"The others'll be right down. Lily, why don't you get your cloak." Remus said. "I think you're going outside."

"Righto." Lily said with a huge grin. She got up and dashed up the stairs.

"What's going on, Remus?" Jen asked once Lily was gone, and Remus sat on the couch and put his arm around her.

"Promise not to tell?" The three girls leaned in and promised. Remus looked around them and whispered: "Lily's gone to get her cloak." He put a finger to his mouth and pulled back. Mel smiled, rolled her eyes and sat back against Gus, and Ara gave him a withering look. Jen hit him. "Ow!" he said, rubbing his arm.

"Fine, be an ass."

James, Sirius and Peter came down the stairs. "Where's Lily?" James asked.

"Right here." She said, running down the steps.

"Alright, let's go." James said, wrapping an arm around her. "See you guys later tonight." They exited the Portrait Hole.

"Boy's fallen hard." Sirius said, sitting on the couch and grabbing a handful of Every Flavour Beans.

James and Lily let the Portrait close behind them and ignored the Fat Lady's speech about breaking curfew. James wrapped the Invisibility cloak around them and they continued down the halls. They strolled to the front doors, and out into the misty night air. The weather was warm, and muggy. Everything around them seemed moist, and shone in the soft moonlight. It reminded Lily of the night of the Willow incident. "We're going into the Willow." James told her as they walked towards it.

"Uh… why?" She asked hesitantly, finding it ironic that everything reminded her of that. "I've never been in it, and don't have fond memories of it already."

James picked up a nearby stick and jabbed the knot. He went in first and took Lily's hand. Lily didn't move forward.

"Come on, before it closes and you get lashed." Lily gripped his hand and scurried inside.

They walked along the tunnel, talking about the things that James and the others would use the Willow and Shack for.

"Well, Snape thought it was a hideout, right?" James asked Lily. She nodded. "Well, we had never even thought of that. We don't even have a hideout. Too bad Sirius had to tell Dumbledore about one of our secret room, though. He chose one we don't use much, and will never use again." He smirked at Lily, and then stopped when he saw her face. "What?"

"What do you mean he chose a room? He didn't tell Dumbledore of the one him and Peter actually stayed in?"

James bit his lip. "Uh – oh, here we are." He said nervously, opening the trap door and going through. He put his hand down and pulled Lily up. "You see… I'll explain that. It kind of, oddly enough, ties in with your birthday present."

Lily looked around sadly at all the torn furniture and faded bloodstains on the old wooden floor that were from Remus' earlier days. With no light coming from their wands, torches, or the moon outside through the boarded windows, everything was grey and bleak. A broken mirror hung opposite her, and the banister on the stairs had many wooden supports missing. There was a painting on the wall that she couldn't make out. Its face was shredded, and bloodied. A torch was broken on the floor, and tables lay tossed and legless. An armchair before her had no cushion and parts of the arm were chewed off. She looked down to the trap door and saw the scratch marks that were no doubt from Snape's escapade. Everything about her had a dingy hint to it.

"This is where he goes every month?" She asked sorrowfully. "Poor guy…"

James ran a hand through his hair. Not quite the best gift to give your girlfriend. Sadness and pity. "There's a reason I brought you here…"

"Yea I was wondering about that." Lily said, tearing her eyes away from the setting and looking into James' eyes that now shone grey in the dim light.

"Now, we can't light anything cause the villagers would get suspicious. But can you see fine?" He asked her.

"I'm getting used to it. Sort of musty in here."

"You'll get used to that too." He told her. "Ok, for your birthday I decided to shy away from materialism. I thought I'd give you me." He paused and she stared at him and opened her mouth to speak. "What I mean, and nothing sexual by it, is telling you all my secrets. I thought I'd start of with my biggest one, than you can ask me anything you want." He stood closer to her and placed his warm hands on her arms. "You know how Remus is a werewolf? Well, Sirius, Peter and I decided to help him during his transformations-"

"How-"

"-so what we did," he continued, putting a finger to her lips, "is become animagi."

Silence.

Lily stared at him, slowly processing this newfound information. "You what?"

"Animagi. I am an unauthorized Animagus. As is Sirius and Peter… but this is about me – well, us. Every full moon we meet Remus here and we hang out as animals. That's why Sirius had to choose a room, and have Peter there with him, because they were both here with Remus the whole time."

Lily was nodding her head slowly. It was all connecting now. Their ability to find secret passages, nicknames, that time a few years ago where they'd do 'extra studying' in the library or dorms. Jen never believed them. "So… so what animal are you?" She asked, not sure what to make of the knowledge she now possessed.

"I," he said proudly, "am a stag." She stared at him still. He smiled. "You want me to demonstrate?" He asked her eagerly, looking into her eyes that shone a murky green in the night.

Lily nodded mutely. Was he serious? James stepped away from her and took a deep breath. But it wasn't James that exhaled. It was –

"Prongs?" she whispered. The stag nodded. Lily walked up to him and cautiously reached out a hand to stroke his neck. "You're beautiful." Lily looked over his dark reddish brown coat, feeling its coarse hairs between her fingers. She petted his cheek, and examined his sturdy antlers with awed eyes. Lily touched his antlers and ran her fingers over each curve and prong, touching the soft fur that coated the strong bone. James turned back and Lily still had one hand on top his head, and one on his neck; her eyes still searching is face.

In the weak light, she examined his grey blue eyes, and the way his skin looked pale in the night-light. She looked over his soft cheeks and stubbled chin. She ran her thumb over his lips and brushed her fingers across his brow.

His eyes stayed locked on hers as she memorized every feature on his face. She had still yet to comment on what she thought of the whole ordeal.

"So you're all animagi without us?" she whispered, referring to the other girls.

"Yea…" He put his hands on both of hers.

"For how long?" She asked, eyes refocusing on his eyes. "And what are the others two?"

James cracked a small smile. "Since fifth year. Sirius is a big black Grim-like dog, and Peter is a little grey rat."

Lily's nose scrunched up. "That explains Halloween then." James put his arms around her waist. "Damn Ratboy." She muttered. "Well… that certainly explains a lot. Wormtail, Padfoot… Prongs, and whatever we noticed."

James put his forehead against hers. "So you're not mad? Not going to tell the Ministry?" He teased with a smile.

"I'm just a bit upset you never told me. I would have wanted to become one…" she pouted. "What do you think I'd be?" She asked, kissing his lips softly.

James thought for a moment, his lips mere millimetres from hers. "A doe." And he kissed her.

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"Exams, exams, damn bloody exams!" Sirius yelled, throwing his parchment in the air. "I can't study anymore! Can you believe we have two exams on our birthday, Jen? Two!"

"Yea well… too bad." Ara said, throwing a cylindrical pillow at Sirius. "Exams are fun."

"There you go again. And why, prêt ell, are exams fun?"

Arabella sighed. "Because you study a bit, do a couple hour exams, study a bit more, do another one… Then it's just a few more and you're done! You can rest, relax, go outside and sleep without worrying about homework. You can sleep in on days that you don't have any and did I mention this already? No homework. Besides, they aren't for a couple weeks. Exams are bloody great." She finished, sprawling herself across the couch, therefore across Jen and Mel's laps. "I'm going to study outside." She told them. Jen and Mel looked down at her. "And I can see right up your nose." She poked Jen in the nose. Thump. Ara was then pushed to the floor. "Fine then. I'll go outside by myself." She said, standing and straightening herself out.

"Oh no, we're coming with you Ara – you were just getting weird." Jen informed her.

Everyone packed up their books, parchment, quills and ink, and headed outdoors to study. They went around the lake and sat on and around the large flat rock Lily and Jen had sat upon, with the daisies.

It was now late May, and exams were to start in a couple of weeks. Lily hadn't told the girls about James' present. All she did tell them was that she knew his secrets but obviously couldn't tell them what they were. The three girls, upset it was nothing juicy, understood and left it at that.

"Lily? Why do Muggles become so fascinated by T.V., and become 'couch potatoes'? And while you're at it – explain you reasons why you think potatoes were chosen as the food in the expression." Jen said, waiting for a reason.

"I'm not doing your essay Jen." Lily said, rolling onto her stomach. James lay down perpendicular to her and rested his head on the small of her back. "I have my own Advanced Charms to do." She continued, writing out her own essay. James was reading up on his Advanced Transfiguration in a book he borrowed from the library.

They had each taken off their black robes and spread them on the grass to sit and lay upon. Jen and Remus were on the rock, working on Potions. All took off their ties, shoes, and socks. They kept their slacks or skirts, white shirts and grey vests on. The girls each had their hair up, or in Jen's case she put her short mid-neck length hair in little pigtails. Sirius had allowed her to put a few clips in his hair, and had now promptly forgot about them. None of them planned to remind him.

Gus had gone with Sirius to grab some food for lunch and a picnic. Needless to say it was a good study time so far.

"It is too bloody hot." Peter complained, trying to sit further in the shade of the grey boulder. If he had taken time to think, he would have realized it was noon, and there was no shade anywhere near them. "Why can't we sit in the shade of the trees?"

"You mean the Forbidden Forest? Knock yourself out, Peter." Remus said without looking up. "I've got a better idea to cool us off, though."

"Oh? And what's that?" Jen asked, fanning her face.

Remus closed his book, marking the page with his parchment, and stood up. "This." He scooped Jen up into his arms, and ran to the lake, which was only a few strides away. Jen was screamed the whole way, kicking and hitting his back with her fists. She squirmed and tried to pry herself free in only a few seconds.

"No you bloody don't! Remus – I'll –" SPLASH.

Remus stood in the shallow water laughing, feet sinking into the soft sand that occupied this side of the lake, the bottoms of his pants getting wet, and water was slowly inching it's was up the material to his knees.

"Well that was unexpected." Sirius said, as everyone else just lay there and watched. "Forgot about the sudden dip from shallow to deep there…"Jen swam back up to the shore. "You are so dead." She chased him around the shoreline, both splashing as they ran, and getting Remus more wet. They sprinkled the others as they ran past, and back again. Jen caught up to Remus and jumped on his back, effectively wetting his vest and white shirt underneath that was mostly spared of water. "My bra and underwear are wet, and that means war." Remus was about to question, but Jen slid off and grabbed him by the waist, him yelling. The others were getting up to run into the water. Jen dragged Remus down to the dip in the ground with her, both going underwater.

Everyone else ran into the water, the guys taking off their grey vests and started a water fight. Splashing, tripping and tackling were prominent. Remus and Jen made sure to get each other more than the rest. Everybody tried to stay between knee and waist level… but with Jen and Remus soaked, it didn't stay that way for long.

Remus had pulled Lily into the water, and Jen had tackled Sirius. Lily than took Mel, while Sirius took Arabella. Arabella got James, who was in the midst of pushing Peter, while Mel got Gus.

An hour later they were still in the water, drenched, and weighed down with their clothes. They finally got back to studying, and sun drying. They chatted, worked, and wringed their clothes, (and hair in the girls' case) and ate for a while. The girls left their vests on for one reason. White clothes and water don't equal fun.

Jen and Remus lay back on their rock, Jen laying on her side and playing with Remus' wet honey coloured hair, twisting the ends and curling it between her fingers. They shared a kiss once and a while, and talked softly most of the time while the others studied.

Mel had taken her blonde hair out, and fanned it out on the black robes, studying for Defence. Without her knowing it, Gus was braiding little bits of daises in it with Sirius, both containing their laughter and trying not to tug on her golden locks. Gus had one of the clips in his ash brown hair now that had fallen out of Sirius' in the lake. No one told him about that either. And no, Sirius still doesn't know about his.

Peter was leaning on the rock, a book propped up with his knees. He was asleep. Ara was lying by Sirius and Gus, trying not to laugh as she tickled Peter with the long grass. He would swat it away, and stay asleep. Ara, Sirius and Gus were having a great time.

Lily and James were the only ones, other than Mel, actually studying for a while. They were both studying for Ancient Runes so James sat against the opposite side of the rock from Peter, and had his legs stretched out in front of him. Lily sat against his chest. James bent over her, resting his chin on her shoulder, and had his arms around her waist. James looked up, over the rock, and smirked to all the bowed heads, and scratching quills. Everyone was dry, awake, and studying now. He sighed. "Guys, I'm hot." Everyone looked up and smiled. Once again the war started.

It's safe to say that Filch wasn't very pleased when they went trekking back to their Common Room that Saturday afternoon before dinner.

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Yay, I enjoyed this chapter. There – a small bit of Remus/Jen with the water fight. Honestly – I think most of you read it for them. ;) Don't worry – I love them the most too. :):):)

Ah, what I'd give to have been in that water fight…

Anywho. Thanks for all the wondrous reviews!:

everblue3: Ok – you lost me on the Mystery Science Theatre part… I'm actually really confused. My friends and I used to make little crowns like that too. But they weren't daisies or dandelions, but these weird little weeds that grow on every school lawn. Nowhere else. So that was our recess. They came in white or lavender. Damn fun. But yes… thanks for the review! And know what? You were the first to review since your 26 simultaneous ones, so it looks like you did 27 in a row. Funfun. Hope you enjoyed this chapter! :)

Elemmiire: Oh I know! The MSTT thing had my cracking up too. I had to smother my face with my pillow so as not to wake my family. There – more Remus and Jen fluff. They really are my favourite couple in this… sometimes I want to say: "Screw Lily and James – we want Remus and Jen!" And just have them. 24/7. Hope you loved this chapter too! Thanks so much for the review!!

kerry: Oh a hug!! I've not gotten a hug over this before… I think I got a kiss once, but that might have just been my imagination. ;) All apologies is a good song. Hear it on my fave radio station (Xfm) all the time! That's my little plug for them. :) And yes – MSTT was quite the humour wasn't it. I honestly was concerned on how you guys would take to it. Like the pus thing… lots of people were like: "Uh… ok. That was… odd – but funny. But still odd." I thought it was hilarious. :) Anywho – thanks for the review!

Princess Pixie ice: Ok – I don't know why, but your name reminds me of Winterlude here in Ottawa. Like… the ice sculptures and stuff… anywho. Yes – the tears of mirth and sadness tend to mix in this story. I like humour, but I also like tragedy… but I do like humour more. That's a good thing, eh? I absolutely loved your review! I really did – all the laughing. That's exactly what I was going for! :) Thanks for the great review!

penpunk: Yes, I believe you've mentioned how you enjoy my Sirius. I enjoy him as well. WOO!! A favourite author – that makes me feel so special… *wipes a tear* Hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!! (IT JUST STARTED SNOWING!!) That gets me so excited… I don't like going in the snow when I don't want to get wet, but I honestly live for it. I'm 18 and still play in the snow. Oh yea. Anyways – thanks so much for the review!! :):):)

Moe23: :) And before you ask – no you were not drunk. Just a bit too much junk food! And I know she's not stupid… maybe slow. Lol – thanks for the review! Hope you liked this one! :)

mugglewolf: She didn't want Peter to come because she never really talks to Peter. Same reason Gus didn't go to the meeting. She doesn't really know outside of school, or other friends. He doesn't know a lot about her either, and this seems like a big thing for him to know. He most likely doesn't even know her middle name, or her parent's professions. It's just sort of uncomfortable to let him in on it. Hope that cleared it up!

Lily Smith: Sirius and McGonagall, eh? *quirks an eyebrow* Oh good – a dedication because I'm funny! I love all the compliments I've gotten for the last chapter! Big ego booster! Yes – I want to know when you post Hearth in your story so that I can read it!! Thank you so much for the review!! :) Really hope you like this one as well!!

fairypixie3: *tries to wipe grin from face* But I can't!! I'm sooo happy you were laughing so hard! Makes it all worth while! Thanks for the review! Glad you enjoyed the MSTT years. ;)

Amethyst: 100 pleases?? Oh now that is special! I counted them too. :) Moon-me, Sperm Whale, Tampon and Thongs are by far my greatest achievement. I think I should fix the disclaimer in the other chapter to say that they're mine. :) Just so I feel special for it. I like feeling special. Thanks for the lovely review!

Narwen: Oh you're hooked – that's too good! I love getting new readers! Welcome to my humble abode of Lily and James land. You're the first person to say they like Mel! I've had lots of: Lily, Ara, Jen, Remus, and countless Sirius comments. :) Yes – no more sadness… for a while at least. I don't know when it'll pop up next – but I do guarantee a big surprise in the beginning of seventh year! I feel so ingenious for thinking of it! Lol – but you'll have to wait for that. Thanks for the wonderful, marvellous review!

Nessie: Ok – I just found the wrapper to my mum's Aragorn chocolate bar (she kept it – how sad is that? Now if I kept mine – that's understandable… but my mum?) and the company is True Confections. Never heard of it. Yea, my brother is 7 years older than me. And neither of us get along with our sister too well. She's 4 years older than me. (I'm the baby) You want bold in your review? Well there ya go! Woo!! Look at us we're going bold!! WOO!! There you go. *laughing* Hope you liked this chapter too! :)

Jennifer: Woo! A newbie – and one with the best name in the world! :):):) Lily and James ff's are my love. Nothing can take their place. *hugs computer screen with ff.net up* Love it. Laughter and tears – two main ingredients (I think) in a story. I've only ever had one or two cliffhangers. Maybe just one. Thank you – glad to hear that I'm doing a great job! Makes me sure that I'm not forcing you guys to the ends of the Earth, making you jab out your left eye for the fun of it. :) Thanks for the great review!

Anne Waterfield: *LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY* Yes! Yes I will do that for you! I think you'll be in the summer some time, ok? I have an idea forming… *still laughing* Thanks for the 'review'!! :):):)

And thank you to all these wonderful people to reviewing other chapters!: Kaeldra (thanks for all 13 of them!), GreenEyedPickle (I know about the Chaser/Seeker thing. But in fanfiction, people just pick and choose whichever they want. I think it's a tie up between the two positions in fanficiton. Thanks tho!), Snoppy511 (I absolutely loved your review! Thank you so much for reading my story! You gotta know I love yours!), liquidgold02 (love new readers! Welcome aboard!).

Alright people – next chapter will be up next week! Can you believe we're almost done? *sighs* But that's just sixth year. I'll see you guys next week!

OH YEA! I wrote out the actual name of the flowers I choose so that you guys could type them in your search engine and see what they actually look like – God knows I didn't do them justice in their description. I love lupins though. I really need some here… but they say they're tropical… Ah well – look up the actual names, cause there's many types of lupins and morning glories. Anywho – see you all next week!