"Too much homework, too much homework." Ron repeated to himself as he stared blankly at an empty piece of parchment with only a scribbled title. Over the past month he had really gained confidence, so much confidence that Harry and Hermione were starting to think that Ginny had drugged him. Harry didn't feel as awkward around Hermione any more but when they were on their own he would often feel a rising sense of guilt and awkwardness. Hermione hadn't said a thing about her loving Harry and Harry was starting to wonder whether it was actually true.

"If you actually do your homework then maybe there'll be less." Hermione said sarcastically. Ron looked at Hermione like that was an impossible suggestion.

"My schedule is too full" Ron said simply. Hermione looked like she was going to say something back at Ron but Harry gave her a waning look and she closed her mouth and returned to her book. Ron wrote down a few words then sighed,

"I can't do this" Ron said putting his quill down. He turned to Harry, making Harry feel suddenly under the spotlight. "How's Jenny?" Ron asked. Harry thought he saw Hermione tense slightly.

"She's alright." Harry said. In truth he hadn't really spoken to Jenny much for a month or so. Harry had been busy with Occlumency, homework and various other activities while Jenny had quickly become one of the most famous girls in school. Along with Ginny and Luna, the three girls had quickly replaced Fred and George. Jenny and Ginny were constantly scheming but amazingly they never got caught. Luna would often help them if they planned on doing something that was a little more complex. In the time since the Whomping Willow incident the Ravenclaws had their robes dyed pink, the Hufflpuffs password had been changed and the Slytherins just got joke after joke. Of course everyone knew that Ginny and Jenny were to blame but no one could quite figure out how they found out the passwords to the other houses and how they got in without anyone noticing. Harry of course knew because they asked for his invisibility cloak so often that Harry just let them take it when they wanted.

"You going to ask her out?" Ron asked. Harry went slightly red and looked at Ron.

"What makes you think I'm going to ask her out?" Harry asked.

"Oh please." Hermione said deciding to take part in this conversation. "You are constantly staring at her and you flirt with her continuously."

"I don't flirt." Harry said.

"Ok, you don't but you're constantly offering to help her out and you nearly cursed Dean when he partnered with her in the DA last week." Hermione said. Harry had to exercise a lot of self control not to curse Dean that day. "What do you like about her? She's a troublemaker." Hermione said coldly.

"No she isn't." Harry said, feeling the need to defend Jenny.

"She is, you've heard Ginny going on about everything they've managed to do in the past month and a half. I think you were better off with Cho. Ginny and Jenny, those two are like the female Fred and George" Hermione said heatedly. Harry looked at Hermione very annoyed and was about to snap back at her and got to his feet as she did too.

"Thank you Hermione." Ginny said behind her. Ginny was grinning broadly while Jenny looked quite pleased with herself. Hermione turned and looked slightly horrified in case she'd been heard.

"Well, what do you expect when she's related to them." Ron asked Hermione. He was scowling slightly. Hermione looked at Ron and got up annoyed.

"You're going to take sides, fine." Hermione said to Ron.

"There aren't any sides, I'm just stating the truth." Ron said with his mouth open in shock. Hermione turned on her heel and went to her dorm. Harry glared after Hermione and then fell back into the seat. Ginny was looking to the girl's staircase and then at Harry.

"I'll go and see if she's alright." Ginny said.

"You do that." Harry muttered angrily.

"Come on Jenny." Ginny said tugging on Jenny's arm. Jenny gave Harry a sad smile and followed Ginny.

"I'm going to Occlumency." Harry said picking up his wand and heading out of the common room.

"You're early Harry." April said slightly surprised when she opened the door. Harry stormed into the room, "I see you're not in a good mood though."

"Good powers of observation." Harry grumbled. "Can we just have my lesson?" April looked at Harry and shook her head.

"Not now, you're too angry." April said, "but I do have some news which may cheer you up." Harry crossed his arms impatiently.

"What?" Harry asked rudely, he didn't mean to be rude but he'd just had a bit of an argument with his best friend.

"I've just gotten information from Dumbledore that Sirius' name has been cleared. It'll be in the prophet tomorrow." April said. She was trying to look annoyed but Harry could see a small smile playing at the corners of her mouth. Harry's anger evaporated.

"He is?" Harry asked amazed, "How?"

"Well, after the rise of Voldemort the Ministry began to think over some of your other stories and when Remus agreed to be fed Veritaserum they believed him. Of course he left out all the bits about Sirius being an animagus." April suddenly looked annoyed again.

"You didn't know?" Harry asked slightly amazed.

"No, you'd think he'd have the decency to tell me that the Marauders were animagus, after all I have a feeling that your mum knew and now he's coming back to me asking if-" April caught herself before she told Harry everything.

"Ask you what?" Harry asked.

"Nothing, just some of our history." April said, "I haven't had anyone to talk about this kind of thing for a long time and Jenny can only take so much. Of course I talk to Remus and one of my other friends but they don't understand."

"But Sirius' name is cleared?" Harry asked happily.

"Yes, but remember just because it's cleared doesn't mean that people will forgive him until they see Peter and I have to admit I don't fully believe it myself." April told Harry, "Now, why are you angry?" Harry looked at April deciding whether he should trust her. In the past few months she had been nothing short of a mother figure, normally Harry would tell Sirius but as he wasn't around to tell and April was-

"I had a small fight with Hermione." Harry said at last. April looked concerned, she knew how close Ron, Harry and Hermione were.

"Why?"

"She doesn't know why I like Jenny so much and I suppose she could be jealous because I've been told Hermione loves me but because she hasn't said that to me I don't know and it's annoying me. Ron wants me to ask out Jenny but Hermione doesn't and says that I was better when I was with Cho Chang-"

"You dated Cho Chang?" April asked surprised. Harry looked at her, "Sorry, continue."

"But I don't like Cho anymore and I really like Jenny and I think she likes me, I'm not sure and I want to ask her out but I can't and I don't want to unless Hermione's alright with it but she obviously isn't." Harry said. "Normally I'd ask Sirius for advice but he's nowhere around." Harry's anger was starting to return to him.

"Your powers of deduction is better then your dad's" April said with a smirk. "Is that what's wrong, girl troubles? I think it's best you didn't ask Sirius." Harry looked at April slightly surprised.

"What shall I do?"

"Well, for a start I would like to tell you that Jenny couldn't have done better. You are an amazing person, Harry and you deserve her and I don't normally like my daughter taking an interest in boys but I'll make an exception for you." Harry looked confused, "and as for Hermione, she's just jealous, let her cool down and then talk to her or get someone to find out exactly why she doesn't like Jenny. You also have to tell Hermione your feelings for her and tell her what you think before she does something stupid, girls in love will always do something stupid." April said like she was scolding herself. "But then so do boys, so you have to just let things take it's course but I would advise you to talk sooner rather then later and don't go rushing into things." April warned, "If you so much as hurt my daughter-"

"I understand." Harry said quickly. April smiled.

"Now I think that you've calmed down enough to have your lesson. Close your eyes and empty your mind." Every lesson started off with at least ten minutes of Harry trying to empty his mind, it made it easier for him and it took him less time every night to do as April wanted. His scar had stopped prickling, only hurting when Harry thought Voldemort was torturing someone. After about fifteen minutes April told Harry to open his eyes and look at her.

"Any specific spell?" Harry asked, last time he had used rictusempra and sent April into a chair, which toppled over.

"No, just use which ever spell you want." April said kindly. Harry nodded and held his wand out. "One, two, three-" Harry felt the spell penetrate his mind, the argument he'd just had with Hermione, Cho under the mistletoe last year.

"Protego!" Harry shouted, he felt a sudden jerk and he knew what was happening as he saw memories that weren't his. The younger version of April standing in a dark hall staring in horror at a girl with dark red hair, who was trying to get through a door, Sirius with short hair standing in front of the young April pleading but being shouted at in return, the young April giving birth to a tiny baby, two figures standing at an alter. Harry stared as he realised he recognised the two figures, one in a long flowing white dress with dark red hair, the other looked exactly like him in a smart suit. Harry wanted to see more of his parents wedding but he found himself in a sofa breathing quickly. April was standing shakily against the desk.

"I haven't experienced that since my daughter realised she was a legilimens." April said shakily. Harry tried to absorb what he'd seen. Sirius, a baby, his parents. Well obviously April would have seen his parents get married but what did Sirius and a baby have to do with each other and what was that with his mum in the hall?

"What was the first memory about?" Harry asked.

"That was when your mum's parents got killed. I was staying at her house over Christmas and we managed to subdue a deatheater." April said. Harry nodded, that made sense in a way. But Sirius and the baby? The baby must have been Jenny unless April had anymore children that Harry wasn't aware of. Sirius, Jenny, he couldn't see the connection.

"What about the other two?" Harry asked.

"They were just events in my life, breaking up with Sirius, having Jenny and then your parents wedding but not really in that order." April said. She conjured a glass of butterbeer and drank it quickly. Not in that order? What if- then it clicked in Harry's head. Sirius knew that April had a daughter and he didn't seem to like the idea very much because, obviously, he thought it was someone else's child. Jenny had never known her dad because he'd gone away before she was born, what if he had been sent to Azkaban?

"Is Sirius Jenny's dad?" Harry asked April. April looked at him.

"You're too clever for your own good, and too nosy." April said. "Yes, Sirius is Jenny's dad."

"But he doesn't know?" Harry asked. April shook his head "Does she know."

"She found out before she could talk." April said, "She used to ask so many questions and wonder why I used to date a deatheater but Sirius was never a deatheater and he never betrayed the Potters." Harry knew the last bit.

"You have to tell him." Harry said.

"I will in time, I think you should go back to the common room now" April said. "I have some things to attend to." Harry wanted to ask more questions but April gave him such a harsh and heartbroken look that he left quietly.