All the seventh years were getting ready to leave for their practical week. This was the week when they all left school and worked for a week doing the jobs that they wanted to do after they left school.

Dumbledore had made a small speech and told them all to behave and be careful, and now Lily, James, Sirius, Emma, Jess, Remus, Laura and Peter were all saying goodbye to each other, even though they were going to be seeing each other very soon anyway.

Lily, James and Sirius were becoming Aurors for the week, Laura and Emma were going to be working in St. Mungo's, Remus was going to be helping Professor May, the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Jess was helping in the Three Broomsticks as her placement with the Muggle Relations Department in the Ministry of Magic had fallen through, and Peter was helping in the Magical Menagerie cleaning animal cages, as his marks were so low it was all he could do.

Everyone was staying at home except for Jess and Remus who were staying in the castle for convenience.

"Now make sure he doesn't stray away while I'm not here." Laura joked to Jess as she hugged her goodbye.

"I will." She said laughing.

"Don't you tust me?" Remus asked pretending to look hurt.

Laura just smiled and kissed Remus, "be good." She said and she apparated away.

"Fancy a drink in Hogesemade?" Remus asked Jess.

"Um no………. I'll be seeing enough of that place tomorrow!" Jess said and her and Remus returned to the castle and sat in Remus' dormitory. He had a teachers dormitory as he wanted to be a teacher.

"You know Id become a teacher just so I could stay in this dormitory." He said. "Fancy a drink?"

"Tea please." Jess said and Remus conjured a drink. "I recon you'd be a good teacher."

"Thanks." He said smiling, "what was it that you wanted to be again?"

"Well I actually don't know, I just put down working in Muggle Relations because I didn't know what else to do!"

"Well I'm sure you'll be good at whatever you do." He said, and he smiled. Jess' stomach did a small flip.

No, she thought. He's going out with your best friend.

Lily and Emma apparated to outside their house.

"Why couldn't we apparate inside?" Lily asked.

"I don't know." Emma said, trying to open the door. "Mum and Dad should be here, unless………."

"Unless what?" Lily asked.

"Well every year mum and dad go on holiday around this time, but they should know that we were coming home." Emma said biting her lip.

"Unless they got the week mixed up." Lily said. "So we're going to be home alone…."

They both looked at each other and their eyes widened.

"PARTY!" They said at the same time.

The next day Jess went down into the Three Broomsticks and was helping Madame Rosmerta.

It was just after the lunch time rush of costumers and the bar was very quiet with only a few people still in it.

"Jess I'm going to stock up on butter beer while it's still quiet, will you be alright on your own for a few minuets?" Rosmerta asked.

"Sure." Jess said and Rosmerta disappeared into to the celler.

Jess scanned the bar looking for something to do, there was a man sitting over by the window who had a few fire whisky glasses on his table. He looked a bit drunk.

Jess picked up a tray and went over.

"Why Hello." The man said when she started clearing up. His speech was slured.

Jess just smiled.

"Come and have a drink." The man said.

"No thank you." Jess said politly and the man grabbed her arm as she walked away.

"Come on one drink, I could do with the company of a beautiful woman." Jess looked at him and noticed a weding ring on his finger.

"I'm sorry I'm working." She said trying to free her arm, but the man tightened his grip.

"One drink." He said.

"I'm sorry I can't." She said trying to reach for her wand but one of her hands was holfing the tray and the man had the other one.

"Why not?" The man asked.

"Because I'm working, and your married." Jess said, the man looked at his ring.

"Oh yeah." He said, "but she'd never know." The man pulled Jess down on to a chair still holding on to her arm.

"Get off me sir." She said dangerously.

The mad let go of her, and she stood up. She started walking away when she feld a hand slap her on the bum.

"OI!" Someone shouted from the door as Jess turned towards the man.

He just smiled and Jess poured a half empty glass of firewhishy over him.

"I was drinking that." He said angrily and he stood up with his wand out.

Jess felt a hand on her shoulder and she saw Remus stand in front of her.

"Is this man bothering you Jess?" He asked.

"No we were just having a chat, it's a free country." The man said now pointing his wand at Remus.

"It's not when you slap her on the bum." Re,us said dangerously.

"Oh and who re you to tell me what I can and Can't do?" The man asked atumbling slightly as he stepped forwards.

Jess watch Remus carfully as he thought for a moment.

"It's my buisnes when she's my girlfriend." He said, and Jess' eyes widened.

"What? Oh sorry I didn't know." The man said droppng his wand and tripping over his own feet, falling to the floor.

Jess bent down and heard the man snoring.

"Thanks." She said, feeling a little akward.

"It's fine, are you OK?" Remus asked.

"I am now, my hero." He said and she levitated the man outside.

Rosmerta came up from the celler. "Is everything alright here?" She asked.

"Just a costumer who wouldn't tak no for an answer." Jess said.

Rosmerta frowned, "are you OK."

"I am thanks to Remus." Jess said.

"Take the rest of the day off, and don't say no, I'll see you tomorrow." Rosmerta said.

"Thanks." Jess said and she left the bar with Remus.

"Lets get a coffee." Remus said and they went down into a small café.

"Why aren't you in the castle?" Jess asked.

"Lunch break." He said, "Are you sure your OK." Remus asked.

"Yes I', sure." Jess said, "thank's again." She said.

"Well you know me, your regular super wizard, I'd just come from helping old ladies cross streets and stopping natural disasters." Remus said puffing his chest out.

Jess laughed. "But why did you tell him I was your girlfriend?"

"Just to scare him a bit, I mean he wouldn't care if you were just my friend." Remus said casually.

"I suppose." Jess said she had actually thought it meant something for a moment.

"Oh," Remus said putting his drink down. "Emma visited earlier. She said that her parents have gone away and that her and Lily are home alone, so they've invited us to a party."

Jess smiled, "great!" She said, "should be fun."

That night Lily and Emma came home from work and set about getting the house ready for a party.

"How was St. Mungo's?" Lily asked.

"Great, there were so many fit healers." Emma said smiling.

"Your going out with Sirius." Lily said.

"I know but theres no harm in looking." Emma said and they both giggled. "I invied some to night."

"Good," Lily said.

"What about you how was the Auror headquarters?" Emma asked.

" Brilliant, we had a talk from some Auror about raids they'd been on and what we need to do to become good Aurors and stuff like that. Then they let us do a simulation of a real raid." Lily said.

"Wow, sounds exciting." Emma said moving the living room furnature around so she could make a dance floor.

"When are people arriving?" Lily asked as she set out food on the dinning room table.

"Um, eight." Emma said.

There were two loud cracks and James and Sirius appeared in front of them.

"James." Lioy said and she hugged her boyfriend.

"Lily." James said and he drew Lily into a kiss.

"So when's the party?" Sirius asked standing behind Emma and putting his arms around her waist,

"Later." Emma said as she kissed Sirius.

Soon Jess, Remus and Laura had arrived and they decided to get the party started. Lily enchanted the room so music played and dimmed the ligts a little.

Half an hour later the house was packed with people, most of them from Hogwarts.

"God if my parents found out about this they'd kill us." Emma said to Lily.

"Well lets hope they don't." Lily said.

"Where are your parents anyway?" Jess asked.

"They went on holiday." Emma said.

"Didn't they know you were coming back?" Laura asked.

"Must have forgotten." Emma said.

"Oh Jess, I think he likes you." Lily said nodding her head to the left where there was a man standing looking at Jess.

"Oh that's Rob, he's a trainee healer at St. Mungo's." Emma said. "Go sayd hello."

"What no, if he likes me then he can come to me." Jess said.

"You go girl!" Laura asid and they all laughed.

"Have you girls seen Peter?" James asked coming over to them.

"No." Lily said, "Emma you did invite him didn't you."

"Oh Crap!" Emma said, "be back in a minuet." She apparated away.

"I have to go, I have to stop Sirius from getting too drunk." James said and he slipped off.

The next day Lily and Emma woke up to find the house looking like a bomb had hit it.

"Oh my God." Lily said as she started clearing things away.

"Morning." Emma said cheerfully coming into the kitchrn and making her breakfast.

"How can you be so cheerfull, look at the starte of this place?" Lily said.

"What?" Emma said looking around, "oh right." She said and she flicked her wand and the house was spotless.

" Why didn't I think of that?" Lily asked herself sitting next to Emma and pouring some tea. "So what has put that smiled on your face."

"Well…" Emma said but at the moment someone came into the room.

"Morning ladies." Sirius said getting himself a drink and kissing Emma on the cheek.

He looked like he had just woken up, his usually graceful hair was messy and dishevelled, a bit like James'.

"Where did you come from?" Lily asked.

"Well," Sirius said, "when two adults love each other they…"

"Ha, ha, you know what I mean." Lily said.

"I stayed here last night." He said.

"Oh," Lily said smiling. "Well Sirius you should get some cloths on, becaue we have to be at work in fifteen minuets."

"I'll have to love you and leave you." He said and he kissed Emma again befe apparating to his house.

"So." Lily said to Emma, "did you….. You know?"

"Maybe." Emma said smiling mischievously.

Remus walked bak from the defence against the dark arts classroom, it was Friday and he had finished his last day's work. He actually got to teach a little today, but it was hard.

He was teaching a first year class, but no one was really paying attention. All the girls kept whispering toeachother and giggling when he asked them something, and all the boys kept asking about pranks he'd pulled.

He entered his dormitory and put down all the books he was carrying. He was so tired, he had been up since early this morning planning his lesson, but that had been a waste of time. But it would be easier once he had left the school and not so many people still remembered the marauders.

Someone knocked on the door.

"Coming." He said and he went to open it. "Jess."

"Hi." She said, "got a bit lonely on my own so I thought I'd drop by." She held up some butterbeer bottles. "Rosmerta gave me some to say thanks and I didn't want to drink them alone."

"Right." Remus said. "Come in."

Jess entered the room and sat on the sofa opposite Remus.

"So how was your day?" She asked.

"OK." Remus said taking a bottle and un corking it.

Soon they had finished the butterbeer and were on to drinking something slightly stronger.

"So I said to him, I said……… um, I said……." Remus babbled drunkenly. "What was I talking about?"

Jess burst out laughing and sat next to Remus, "your funny." She said hitting him on the stomach.

Jess sat upright again, "you have really nice eyes." She said staring at his eyes like she'd never seen any before.

"Why thank you." Remus said taking a bite from a cake he had conjured earlier.

"Dou you need a bib Mr. Remus?" She asked taking a crumb off his shirt and eating it.

"Oh I was saving that for later." Remus said indignantly.

Jess pouted, "what you gonna do?" She asked, and she jumped pff the ofa as Remus started chasing her.

They ran around the room and Remus pinned Jess to the ground.

They lay on the ground out of breath, they looked into each others eyes, Jess suddenly felt completely sober.

She lifted her head knowing that she would regret what she was going to do later, but she wanted it to happen. She thought that maybe if she kissed him then he would kiss her back and declare his love for her and dump Laura.

She pressed her lips against Remus' and for a moment nothing happened, and for a split second Jess thougth he was returning the kiss, but then he pulled away.

"What are you doing?" Remus asked standing up.

Oh crap Jess thought, "I um kissed you." She said lamely.

"I know that, but I'm going out with your best friend." Remus said backing away from her.

Jess got to her feet, "I know, but dump her go out with me." She said advancing on him.

"What…… No." Remus said.

"Go on, you can't say you don't like me." Jess said.

"I can and I will." Remus said nearly trippiong over the sofa trying to get away from Jess.

"But I would treat you better then Laura does." Jess said as she pinned Remus to the sofa and tried kissing him again.

"Get off me!" He shouted, "I don't like you in that way. I'm in love with your best friend."

Anger flared up inside Jess, why did everyone else have what she wanted, why couldn't she get something she wanted for a change? "Shame she doen't love you back then."

"What, yes she does." Remus said.

"That's not what she told me." Jess said, "she doen't love you, but I do."

"What I hardly know you." Remus said a little scared.

"But I know you, Laura has told me all about you, she said how nice you are to her, and I want that with you." Jess said hopefully, "we should be together."

"I don't know where you got that idea from, but you should be ashamed of your self." Remus said. "Laura is your best friend and you shouldn't betray her. Now go, I'll put your little outburst down to drink."

Jess looked at Remus hurt and left the room quickly tears in her eyes.

"God hat have I done?" She asked herself hitting the cold stone wall outside Remus' room. What if Remus told Laura? That couldn't happen.

She slid down the wall tears in her eyes. How could she be so stupid, she was going to loose al her friends, then an idea struck her.

She got out her wand and straightened up. S She knock on Remus' door, he opened it.

He was about to say something when she raised her wand and said "obliviate."

Remus' face went blank for a moment before returning to normal.

"Jess." He said, "what can I do for you?"

"Don't worry." Jess said and she walked away leaving Remus looking puzzled.

Jess had erased his memory of the past few hours, the last thing he would remember was coming back from the Defence Against the Dark Art classroom.

This has taken ages to post coz the internet was buggered up and then it wouldn't let me o t this site, and then I had to do a huge History Essay which I haven't even finished yet!
Also 1 week and 4 days till my birthday!!!!! I get really excited around my b-day, I'll be 14!

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