Chapter 18
Ok whatever…just wanted to finish this damn story and I don't care if you people review or not.
Sixth year came and went and things were fine. Things were also pretty obvious that Sirius and Sabrina were still making love considering their looks hadn't changed all year. And Lilly had told Sabrina that the same thing was happening with her and James. Half way through their seventh year, with Lilly as head girl and some Ravenclaw guy as head boy, Sabrina called the quidditch team into a meeting before their second to last game of the year…and also her, Sirius and James' last game at Hogwarts.
"Ok guys…you know that you're gonna have to get a new seeker, beater and chaser next year." Sabrina said.
"No one can replace you guys. You're the best." Melina said, a fifth year chaser.
"You guys rock but I'm certain you can find people to replace us." Sabrina said.
"Yeah…although…no one can replace me." James said. Sabrina and Sirius both elbowed him.
"Cool the ego mate." Sirius said. Sabrina smiled at them before starting off with a few basic warm ups then winding up with everyone playing broom tag. Everyone was having fun and everything was going fine. When practise was over, James and Sirius joined Sabrina in walking around the lake a few times before Sabrina headed over to the willow to meet up with Madam Pomfrey and Remus.
"Hey Sabs…ready to tame me again?" Remus joked. Sabrina laughed at him. It startled her to realize just how much she had been through with the guys in the last three years…especially Sirius and Remus. They went down into the tunnel and Sabrina let Remus get ahead of her for a few minutes before she continued along and entered the house. She hadn't managed to make it last month because she was on an all night, all week study track with Lilly and Molly.
The house was more wrecked then it was two months ago. Obviously leaving Remus alone wasn't the smartest idea. The guys couldn't make it either, because James and Sirius were in detention and Peter wasn't brave enough to go by himself. It took a second to find Remus and Sabrina noticed he had just turned into the werewolf because his clothes were still loosely hanging off him. This, she had learned, was the best time to reach him.
"Remus…hey buddy…remember, the wolf doesn't control you." Sabrina said when Remus looked up. She sat down on the only non-broken chair in the place. For the last year and a half she had been wearing the necklace Dumbledore gave her so that Remus couldn't hurt her without being repelled back seven or eight feet. "I'm taking this off now. I trust you Remus." Remus' eyes watched as Sabrina's hands went up and unclasped the necklace. She tugged it safely into her pocket before putting her hands in her lap. "Unless they have detention again, James and Sirius should be here soon…so." Sabrina got off the chair and turned into the leopard. Remus growled at her but it wasn't a threatening way, it was more of the playful way. They fought all the time in these forms and always came out with some bruises and mini cuts, but it was only play fighting.
Sabrina was letting Remus chase her around the house when she saw the stag came into the living room, followed by the rat then, finally, the dog. Sabrina ran at them and jumped on James, who fell into Sirius. Peter had managed to get out of the way and was now sitting on a broken couch. Sirius, being under what was a combined weight of probably almost a thousand pounds, tried and failed to get out from under them. Sabrina moved off of James who moved off of Sirius, who then attacked Sabrina as pay back.
That's how the rest of the night went, the four big animals attacking each other while the rat…well…no one really paid attention to where Peter was. That's how the rest of the week went as well, even the greeting Sabrina gave to the guys, even her taking the protection necklace off.
But then fun was harder to come by considering that the NEWTs were right around the corner and the quidditch final game, between Gryffindor and Slytherin (of course), was to happen soon. Sabrina pushed the team into extra practises but also gave them at least a half hour of fun at the end.
The last practise before the game, the day before the game, was all filled with games.
"Remember guys," Sabrina said after everyone was changed. She told them she wanted to talk to them after practise so they all stayed put. "We've won the cup the last few years, but sometimes it was on a just barely thing. I don't want us pressured…I want us to have fun. We don't need to win…I don't care if we win…I want my last game here to be a fun one."
"Ok…so we'll have fun…and win." Sirius said. Sabrina laughed at him and nodded then dismissed the rest of the team.
"Ok…so…we play the game…then we have our exams," James said. "Then what? I mean…what do we do after Hogwarts?"
"Get married?" Sabrina suggested, leaning against Sirius.
"That'll work." James said, smiling. Sabrina had turned into the little sister he never had. They regarded each other as family. This year, James, Remus and Peter, along with their families, were invited to the Christmas party. Sirius was there, as himself, Sabrina had made it seem that she had locked Snuffles in the basement because she wanted her parents to meet the real Sirius…and they loved him. Even her dad liked him, and he started acting nicer towards James, which got everyone laughing.
"So when are you going to ask Lilly then?" Sabrina asked, looking at James.
"As soon as I get the ring." James said. "Which…should be a year?"
"Yeah…that's for sure." Sirius said. Sabrina smiled. She was glad the curfew for seventh years was practically midnight, because then they could stay out for a long time. Soon, Lilly, Molly and Arthur joined them and the three couples all sat near the lake, the girls sticking their feet in the water while leaning back against their boyfriends and all of them looking at the sky.
"I wanna get married here." Sabrina said suddenly, pulling her feet out of the water and turning to look at Sirius. They were both lying down so Sirius had to prop himself up onto his elbows to look at his girlfriend. "Right here."
"Right here?" Sirius asked. Sabrina nodded. "Right now?"
"Well…maybe not right now…" Sabrina said.
"No I'm serious." Sirius said. Sabrina stared at him. "Let's do it." Sabrina laughed as her boyfriend jumped to his feet and pulled her up. "Yo James…marry us."
"Sorry mate, you're not my type." James said.
"No you idiot…not like that." Sirius said, smiling.
"Yeah I know what you mean." James said. He stood up. "Places people." Lilly and Molly stood to Sabrina's left and Arthur stood to Sirius' right. James stood in front of his best friends. "Alright then…let's get this make believe wedding started." Sabrina laughed. "Ok…do you Sirius Black, take Sabrina Summers, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health….yadda yadda…till death do you part?"
"You suck at being a minister mate." Sirius said.
"Just answer the question." James said.
"Of course." Sirius said.
"Sabs…same question…reverse the names." James said.
"Hmm…I don't know…" Sabrina said. Lilly and Molly doubled over in silent laughter. Sirius pinched Sabrina. "Ow…ok fine…but if you're violent I want a devoice."
"Any objections? Good." James said. "I now pronounce you…husband and wife…kiss kiss kiss!" Sabrina laughed and wrapped her arms around Sirius' neck and kissed him.
"We gotta do this for real." She said, after pulling away.
"I'm all for that." Sirius said.
"Yeah." Lilly said. She went over to James and kissed him. "We should do the same as well."
"We will." James said.
"And us." Molly said. Arthur nodded.
"So it's agreed then. We're all gonna get married…and we'll all be apart of the weddings one way or another." Sabrina said.
"Don't forget about Remus and Peter." James said.
"Oh shit your right…we've left them alone in the common room." Sirius said. They all headed inside and up to the Gryffindor common room. When they got there they found Remus and Peter fast asleep on a couch and a chair. Sabrina jumped on Remus and he woke up quickly, pushing her off.
"Ok ow!" Sabrina said, pouting.
"Sorry Sabs." Remus said, rubbing his eyes then helping her up. Sabrina laughed. Everyone sat around talking for a while before they all went to their separate dorms and got some sleep.
"This does not seem to be going well!" Arthur said the next day, commenting on the quidditch game. Sabrina had to pull some fancy moves to keep from getting herself clobbered. Slytherin had gotten three penalties already for attacking the members of the Gryffindor team.
"Sabs you ok?" James asked, flying even with her after she had managed to just barely dodge a bludger.
"Oh yeah sure." Sabrina said. "Get back to finding that snitch so that I can stop trying to keep my body parts attached to my body."
"You got it boss lady, but be careful." James said, pulling back and circling around.
"Ok...now to focus on my job." Sabrina said. She had grabbed the quaffle as it was being passed between Slytherin chasers and had just dodged another bludger when the whistle got blown. Sabrina stopped in mid air and looked around to see James flying to the ground, a worried and pissed off look on his face. Sabrina followed him and saw the rest of the team around someone on the ground. One look told her who it was.
"Sabs!" James said, seeing Sabrina coming over to the crowd.
"WHAT THE HECK JUST HAPPENED?" Sabrina asked, forgetting all about her broom and pushing James out of the way. Sirius was the one on the ground and he looked dazed as he tried sitting up. Madam Pomfrey pushed him back down to lying.
"I'm fine." Sirius said.
"What happened?" Sabrina asked Melina.
"Well…from what I saw…after you dodged that bludger, another one hit Sirius in the back." Melina said.
"And you wanna get up?" Sabrina said, sounding unbelieving and looking at Sirius.
"I'm fine Sabs." Sirius said.
"Well…you didn't let me say it…so I'm not letting you say it." Sabrina said. "Just relax…we can finish the game with one beater."
"Get back in the air." Madam Hooch called. James and the other beater carried Sirius over to a bench before the whole team, minus Sirius of course, went back to the game.
Things went less smoothly still from then on. The Slytherin, having successfully managed to get someone out of the game, were more ruthless now. James was now the target for most of the attacks but he wasn't labelled the best seeker then school had seen in a while for no reason at all. He was able to dodge all the attacks.
"James!" Sabrina shouted. James looked at her. "The snitch!" She pointed and James was after the snitch in a second. Sabrina caught the quaffle and headed towards the Slytherin goal post, trying to keep the attention on herself so that James could get the snitch. She got the stupidest idea but went for it. Very carefully she stood up on her broom and managed to stay up there. She was so close to the goal post when a Slytherin chaser came at her and the quaffle dropped from her hand. Sabrina did the only thing logical in her brain and back flipped, kicking the quaffle right through the goal post. She managed to grab hold of her broom with her hands and hung there. She couldn't hear the commentary but she heard the cheers from the Gryffindor supporters and knew that James had caught the snitch.
"Ok hang on for a second." Sabrina looked to her side and saw James fly towards her, the snitch in his hand. He got right under her and Sabrina let go of her broom and sat behind James on his broom. "Nice goal."
"Thanks." Sabrina said, grabbing her broom before James flew to the ground. "For the lift and the comment."
"That's what I do." James said. They got to the ground and Sabrina grabbed Lilly who had run out onto the pitch with the others, and hugged her.
"We won!" Lilly said. "And what a way to go Sas! Last game ever…Last goal and you pull a stunt like that."
"Yeah." Sabrina said. "It was fun." She felt arms go around her waist and turned to see Sirius. "Hey…how ya doing?"
"Good now…Madam Pomfrey healed me all up." Sirius said. "Nice way to end our last game of the year." He kissed Sabrina on the forehead.
A few hours later the party, which had started in the common room as soon as they got in there, was still going on. People were eating snacks, drinking butter beer, talking about how the game was won, or were even dancing to the music that was playing out of no where. Sabrina, Sirius, Lilly, James, Molly, Arthur, Remus and Peter were all sitting at one table, talking.
"You know…now we gotta think about those damned NEWTs." Sirius said. Sabrina groaned and leaned against him.
"Don't talk about those…I'm still shaken up from the damned OWLs." She said.
"Sorry babe but it's true." Sirius said, putting an arm over Sabrina's shoulders and kissing her head. "But just think…we get those done, then we're pretty much done everything we need to do here."
"Yeah…god I'm gonna miss this place." Sabrina said. "We send our kids here. Everyone agree?"
"Yep." Everyone said. Sabrina and Lilly looked at Molly who was looking slightly uneasy…so was Arthur for that matter. The girls looked at each other before excusing themselves and, grabbing Molly, went up to their dorm.
"Ok Molls, Spill." Sabrina said. "What's with the uneasy looks?"
"Well umm…" Molly said. "As soon as we're out of here…Arthur and I…we're going to…umm…"
"Get married." Lilly filled in. Molly nodded. "So you're pregnant." Again Molly nodded. Sabrina squealed and hugged her. Lilly laughed and joined the hug.
"Oh my god Molls, that's great." Sabrina said. "Hey…that means you lost the bet."
"What bet?" Molly asked.
"The bet we made last year." Lilly said. "You thought Sas would be the first."
"Who thought I would be the first then?" Molly asked. Sabrina pointed at Lilly. "Looks like you win then."
"Yep…I love winning." Lilly said, smiling. The girls laughed then decided to go to sleep, having been too tired to do anything else.
One more chapter then this story is done and I'm making the sequel to it.
