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A/N: We'll just have to make James and Lily 20, when they have Harry. That seems about right. Anyway, I'm in the process of writing another story that won't be put up until this one is done.

The next chapter will be the Graduation Ball followed by their actually graduation. The one after that will be the first chapter of them finally being out on there own.

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Chapter: Nobody's Home

Remus Lupin glanced across the Charms classroom at Arya. It was wrong of him to like her, and he knew it. She looked back at Sirius and smiled lovingly. Sirius was too busy writing a note to James to notice her. He scratched the side of his head, making his black hair stick up at odd ends.

Remus sighed and looked down at his poorly written notes. Liking your best friend's girlfriend was a good excuse to have no idea what was going on in class. Who could concentrate with something like that on their minds?

"Moony," Whispered James, as Flitwick showed the class how to charm a pelican to tap dance. "Your notes consist of squiggly lines and," He looked closely at the notes, "Are you writing what you've had for lunch?" He raised an eyebrow.

Remus smiled embarrassedly, "Just taking a break."

"I never thought I'd see the day when Remus Moony Lupin took a break."

Remus rolled his eyes and fought to keep concentration. 'Must pay attention,' he thought over and over again. 'Must not look at Arya, must not let James see notes and must stop writing about mashed potatoes.'

"Pair up into groups of two," Flitwick said, he looked at the Marauders who were edging towards each other, "Boy, Girl please." They immediately turned towards Lily, Arya, Priscy and Sabrina.

"Lily will you be my partner?" Asked James charmingly.

Lily laughed and nodded. "Yes I shall."

Remus and Priscilla avoided eyes and shifted uneasily. If Arya and Sirius became partners there was a 50/50 chance they'd have to work together. Arya looked at Remus and noticed his nervousness. She walked over and tapped him onto the shoulder. "Wanna partner up?"

Remus looked at her shocked, then to Sabrina who was looking over with disappointed eyes. "Um, sure," He said.

"Great"

They walked over to an unused desk and Remus tried to perform the charm, only to find he didn't even know the words.

"I heard about not paying attention," Arya commented, "But this is a new one!" She laughed at his red-face. "Was your head in the clouds?"

"Something like that." He remarked

"Remus!" Said a slightly mystical voice.

Remus sighed, wishing he could disappear right now. Sabrina had been trying to find him after he gave her the slip after Charms class. He turned around faced her.

"We need to talk." Was all she said, before leading him towards an un-used classroom. They walked inside and she took a seat beckoning him to do the same.

"Listen," He said, "I know what this is about...I can't ignore it anymore and I can't stop what's happening."

She nodded understandingly, though disappointed, "I want you to talk to me more often Remus." She said, "There are things happening that I cannot explain in full."

He narrowed his eyes, "How do you know this?"

"The Prophecy's," She said testily, "I've seen them, I've made some of them."

"You're a seer?"

Sabrina brushed the question off, "Watch what you think when you're around Arya, alright?"

"How come?"

Sabrina looked around before whispering, "She is an Allureian. She can read thoughts, sense emotions and communicate telepathically." Remus' eyes widened. He wasn't expecting that. "Just don't do anything you'll regret."

"Why?" He asked, "You can see the future can't you? What happens?"

"I can't say"

"Why not?"

"It'll mess everything up," She said sighing. "Knowing about the future isn't a wonderful thing, Remus."

"It's not good is it?" He asked softly, "The future isn't good."

She shrugged. "It's not good for some, but it's better for others."

"Will we be together?" He asked, "The Marauders, Lily, Priscilla, Arya and you?"

"I cannot say," She said again, "Because that I do not know."

Remus sighed and got up, "I'll do it for you Sabrina."

She watched him leave the room with a heavy heart. He would be the last of them.

The holidays flew past the students and before they knew it the NEWT's were coming up. The 7th years were studying frantically, trying to get the last bit of knowledge they could into their brains. James and Lily were practically dead at the end of each day, and still, somehow, found strength to plan the Graduation Ball, patrol the corridors and do the rest of there Head duties.

Miraculously, there relationship grew stronger and they were closer then ever before and sometimes called the cutest couple in Hogwarts. But still, James left ever other night to attend meetings and sometimes even travel to battlegrounds. He wouldn't tell Lily much, for fear of her worrying about him, but he told her what he could.

James, right now, was snoring peacefully on his NEWT class Potions essay. Lily watched him from her desk, not having the heart to wake him.

She looked at the clock that read 11:32. With a yawn she got up quietly and took his glasses of his face. He gave a start and opened one eye.

"I didn't mean to wake you," She said softly, "You looked uncomfortable with those on."

He smiled tiredly and stood up, wobbling slightly on his legs. "It's alright. It'd be nice to sleep in my bed once this week." He yawned and gave Lily a kiss goodnight before clambering up the staircase that led to his room.

She yawned before climbing up her own staircase. It had been a few weeks since Sabrina left. Priscilla had been devastated, but Arya and Lily were there for her. She lost the two most important people in her life, with a month of each other.

Lily climbed into her silky green bed and shut the lights off. There were a few stars on the ceiling, something she had loved as a kid.

"I guess some things never end..."

Sirius' eyes were moving frantically over the piece of parchment in his hand. One week before the NEWT's was not a good time to find out he couldn't remember the correct way to charm a peacock to do the polka. Of course he knew the shortcut and could even get the pretty bird in a dress.

"Sirius," Said Arya peering over his shoulder, "You'll do fine."

He looked up into her sea-gray eyes and smiled nervously. "You think they'll knock points off if I can only do it the shortcut way?"

"I think they'll applaud you for learning it." She said laughing

He grinned, "I just want to make sure I can get into the Ministry for Auror training."

"You'll defiantly make it Sirius Black," She said smiling, "You and I will be in the ministry along with James."

"You want to be in the ministry?" He asked, "I thought you wanted to be a writer?"

She shook her head, "I changed my mind. I was to be an Expiscor."

"A what?"

"A detective," She said smiling, "I want to investigate deaths; I want to figure out how people kill and why they killed."

"You are a strange person, Arya Santella." He said leaning in to kiss her, "But that's why I love you."

Arya smiled and gave him a hung goodnight. She climber up her dormitory stairs and slipped into the girls dorm room unnoticed. Everything in her life was perfect; she had a loving boyfriend, two best friends, a great end of the year ahead of her, and an almost guaranteed spot in the ministry.

Voldemort seemed to have floated to the background of everyone's minds and NEWT's, graduation, and life seemed to be what all the 7th years were talking about.

The Marauders Café was a success. It had opened the day Sabrina left, allowing everyone to be together when it happened. Every Hogsmeade weekend tons of students would visit the café for a drink, a talk or even some help with school. James had hired two elderly men, friends of his mothers, to run the café until they graduated.

Dumbledore had approved most of the requests foe the Graduation ball, declining only one made by Sirius, which was to "have everyone pass a dragon, so only the brave could enter the ball." Arya chuckled at the thought of the Slytherins trying to get passed a Dragon.

She sighed sleepily, closed her eyes and felt something was wrong. She opened them slightly and looked out the window, trying to figure out why she felt that way. She went over the things she did before going to bed. She ate dinner, studying Charms with Lily, helped Peter with his Divination work and talked to Sirius.

She shrugged and closed her eyes, trying to fall asleep. Ten minutes later she awoke with a start. She bit her lip. Sirius kiss. It felt empty.

Remus skipped down the stairway from his dorm and into the Common Room. The Full Moon was two nights ago leaving him energetic until the next one. He was so happy; nothing could bring him down, except maybe dying. 'Today is the day I set everything straight,' He thought happily. 'Everything is going to go great.' And for once in his life, it did.

Priscilla glanced at him across the room. Tears prickled her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall. She had to stay strong for Sabrina. She had promised her she wouldn't cry over Remus anymore. Fighting every instinct to go over and ask him why he broke up with her, she looked down at her Charms notes trying to take them in.

Foot steps approached her and some slid into the chair across from her. She looked up slowly into Remus Lupin's gorgeous crystal blue eyes. His sandy blonde hair fell over those eyes in an elegant fashion and she felt her knees weaken. Getting over this kid was going to be harder then she thought.

"Yes?" She asked. It was best not to let them think they still had an impact on your heart.

He frowned, "I wanted to apologize for anything I've done."

"You haven't done anything Remus," She replied briskly, "Why would you think that?"

"You haven't been talking to me-"

"I didn't think it was wise to talk to you."

"Why?"

She sighed. He was making this harder then it needed to be, "Because you broke my heart."

He grabbed her hand and whispered, "And I am eternally sorry for that. I didn't mean to."

She sniffled, but didn't let any tears fall. "I know, Remus."

"I wanted to know if you still wanted to be friends."

She smiled at him. He was the only boy that she could stay friends with after something like that happened. "I defiantly do."

He grinned happily, "Wonderful!"

She looked him in the eye and said one thing. "Why?"

He looked confusedly at her, "Why what?"

"Why'd you break up with me?"

He looked into her honey eyes, "I love you Priscilla, but platonically."

James tapped the end of his quill on his desk. So far the Defense against the Dark Arts NEWT practical had been easy. Now, he sat trying to finish the written part. It was his last NEWT test ever. Transfiguration was earlier that day; Charms and History of Magic; the day before and Potions and Astronomy the day before that.

He had been pleased with his work already. The tests were exhausting, but fairly easy. Or maybe they just seemed that way because he studied. He bit his lip and wrote a few more sentences before finally placing his quill down.

He looked around the hall. Sirius was finished with his, Remus was writing slowly and Peter was trying to get it finished. He looked for Lily and found her sitting in the front in between Arya and Priscilla. She scribbled a few more sentences down before reading it over, and over, and over. James looked away, not believing how many times she looked it over.

"Times up," Yelled an old man who was administering the test, "Quills down please."

He summoned each essay and let the students go. James met up with Sirius, Remus and Peter in the hallway.

"Finally!" Yelled Sirius, "It's over." He set his quill on fire and waved it above his head. A few people watched amusedly. James and Remus sniggered, while Peter crept away from Sirius, not wanting to be accidentally set on fire.

"Mr. Black!" Yelled McGonagall, walking towards the group. "Put that out right now!"

Sirius nodded, "Sure thing Minnie." He blew the quill out and placed it back in his pocket. "Ouch hot, hot, hot."

A/N: Sorry for such a late up-date! I just figured out how to use Paint Shop Pro and I've been making Blends and Avatars ever since lol. I have everything planned out in my head, and so far it's going good. It's going to get complicated soon though.

Black Emerald Dawn: Haha yepp, Remus has fallen for Arya.

Red-Devil15: LOL. I'm glad you like her name! I love it. Remus likes Arya, Sirius likes Arya, Arya likes Sirius (or so she thinks).