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Sirius was lying in his Hogwarts bed next to Debbie. Debbie had cried on him then fallen asleep.

'Why do girls cry so much.. Her sister just died, but then again your parents just died and you didn't cry, she could consider that you don't have any feelings, as you never have cried.. Yeah they did just die didn't they.' That was the end of Sirius' thoughts because he fell asleep, holding Debbie in his arms.

Fat, Peter Pettigrew sat alone on the stairs to Hogwarts main entrance waiting for one of the death eaters to come and take him home. They never came, and he needed to get away from Hogwarts because someone was going to find him there, and he would have a lot of explaining to do. He ran all the way to hogsmeade. He fell on the ground in front of a bench on the road completely out of breath.

"Man I really need to exercise more. Lose twenty pounds, could be nice." Peter mentioned to himself after fifteen minutes of breathing hard, almost hyperventilating.

Lucius Malfoy stood looking at the pathetic excuse for a pureblood.

"Get up fatty, its time to go. Grab on to this old shoe and don't let go. Do you think you can do that." Malfoy was talking to him as if he were a child, who didn't understand English very well.

At this point it was about 6:30 a.m. and Lily was just waking up. She noticed that she wasn't alone on the couch. James was laying behind her with his arms around her. She felt protected, then she remembered that he had said he loved her and she knew that she might love him back.

But then again what is love. Lily wasn't sure. She had seen what love had done to her mother, and she didn't want to be like that.

James hadn't cried. Lily thought this to be some sort of guy ritual, not to cry in front of anyone. But it would have been nice to see him break down, just a little. Thought Lily.

James opened his eyes and fumbled to find his glasses. He smiled when he saw Lily. Then memories of last night flooded back into his head and he frowned. She hadn't said she loved him back. But that was ok, they hadn't really known each other for very long.

"I'm sorry about your parents." Lily said as she was getting up to go to the bathroom to see how bad she looked. And she walked away.

James couldn't figure out why that was her greeting to him, but he just thought she was upset, so he let it slide.

Lily looked at herself in the mirror.

"Do I love him? He loves me.. so why don't I love him." She said to herself. She pictured herself having long discussions with James in the wee hours of the night. She could tell him everything, or ask him anything she wanted, but did she love him?

James is someone that I could see myself spending the rest of my life with. We've only been dating for about one school year, is that enough time to figure out that you love a person. Lily wasn't the type of girl to jump to conclusions, but maybe it was time to change that.

James was the best thing in Lily's life right now, but did she love him? Love is such a complicated word, a word not to take lightly.

James seemed to know what he was talking about when he said he loved her. She wanted to be sure that when she said she loved him, she was completely sure. She knew she liked him a lot, but love.

"Love? I think not.." Lily said. She was thinking about all those sappy love stories that are quite like her story. She didn't want to rush into things. Why was he rushing.. Lily was confused.

She did her business in the potty and went back out to the common room. James was no where to be found.

Lily didn't want to go wake up Debbie and Sirius, she was wondering how they were coping.

'the prophecy, what am I suppose to do. Is there some hidden meaning, that I am suppose to understand. I am confused. My brain is going to explode.' Lily's thoughts. Her stomach started to growl and as if on cue James came walking in with a little tray of food. Lily smiled.

"What makes you think this is for you" James was smiling so Lily knew that he was just messing with her. And that the food was for her and for him.. "About last night. I meant what I said, but its alright if you don't say anything back. I know it's a little early to say those kinds of things. But to me, that's how I feel. And I hope that one day you feel the same." James sat down the food and smiled at Lily.

"When I tell you that.. I want to completely mean it. I don't want to rush in to things. I know that it sounds like its not such a huge deal to everyone else, but to me it is. I don't want to turn out to be like my mum. In an unhappy relationship, I really don't want to rush things.. Do you understand." James smiled at Lily.

"I understand.. Its alright, you don't have to get so worked up." James put his arm around Lily's shoulders.

They ate breakfast and talked little.

Sirius was just waking up, and Debbie was still sleeping, in his arms. He didn't want to wake her up, but when he saw how bright it was outside he decided it was for the best.

"Debbie. Debbie wake up.. wake up!" Sirius said while shaking Debbie.

When she woke up, she looked at Sirius and smiled.

"Thank you." And she got up and went into the bathroom. (A.N. what is it with these girls and the bathroom? Haha..)

When Sirius and Debbie went down to the common room James and Lily were sitting by a window looking out of it, out towards the forbidden forest.

"What are you two doing up so early." Debbie asked. Lily snorted. James coughed, and laughed at the same time.

"I don't want to know." Sirius said. Of course he had to throw in there.

"So. About this moving in together thing.. What are we going to do. What kind of house do we want. And well since I have to live there for practically a whole year by myself, I want the biggest bedroom." Lily laughed.

"I think we should get a four bedroom, very well secluded house. I can get a job during the rest of the summer and give you all the money to put on the house payments while were in school. I know it wont be much, but I'll do as much as I can. And I have things I can sale. So we should have a garage sale." (A.N. do they have garage sales in England?) Lily said.. Debbie nodded in agreement.

"Why cant we just get a two bedroom, and the girls could share and the boys could share." Debbie said. "Then when you guys get out of Hogwarts we can look for a bigger place, or whatever." Lily laughed.

"Or we could just get a little studio apartment and bunk beds" James said. "That would be the cheapest way to go. And when we leave Debbie can just magic away the bunk beds and have a nice little pad."

"Right that's what we'll do. Cause well I don't think we can get any smaller a house then a studio. Unless anyone is up for a trailer? What no takers. Oh we could make a sign that said "if the trailers rocken, don't come a knockin." .Wouldn't that be funny?" Sirius said. Lily giggles and Debbie just stared.

Dumbledore came in and sent them all home. Lily was home before breakfast even though she had already had some. James and Sirius both went home to an empty house to start rummaging through what he wanted to keep and what he didn't, he had lots of things now since his parents were no longer among the living. Debbie went home to tell her parents that she had found a place to live and that she didn't need to live off them anymore. And they all grieved the lose of their family. Lily told her dad that she was going to move out, he wasn't to happy about it, but in the end he caved and let her have her way.



A.N. Yeah I know this one is pretty nutters, but that fine, right. I know that I don't sound much englandish as I would like. Well its because I have never been there. So I don't really know how to write how they talk, just when you read it use your best English accent. I hope you liked this chapter. You can yell at me and call me stupid if you really need to. I wont mind. Happy Holidays.

Zoe Lefebvre