Hello all, just a note, I've found Lainie. I mean I saw a girl who looks exactly like what I think she should look like. Well, you know the maroon five video, 'she will be loved', well, she's the main guys girlfriend. You know the one, who he cheats on with the girl with the red hair. Yeah, you know her, well, that's almost exactly what Lainie should look like. Cool, now , on with the show.

Chapter Thirty Four

When Lainie and Sirius finally came back to the castle, they wandered into the common room only to be met by their friends who were all sitting in the exact same positions. Exactly the same, Lainie thought, slightly suspicious, looking at them suspiciously.

"What," James said, faking complete innocence. In truth, all five of them had been upstairs watching from the window, but they weren't to know that. At first they had resisted, but then the nosy side of them got in the way and soon they were all at the window, jostling for prime position.

"Something's funny." Lainie said, looking at James with narrowed eyes.

"No shit Sherlock." James said, looking pointedly at the two of them.

"Oh," Lainie said, backing down.

"Right" Lily said, grinning at her friend.

"So," Livvy said.

"So," Lainie said, trying not to smile.

"Well," James said, getting up and walking across to the two of them. "I would like to offer my personal congratulations to the two of you." He shook their hands and gave them each a hug. Everyone else exchanged glances.

"Um, thank you, James, I think" Sirius said, breaking the awkwardness that followed.

"Yes," Lainie said, sitting down on the couch beside James and Lily. "Okay, would everyone stop giving me these bloody stupid smiles?"

"Okay," Livvy said, smirking.

"And James, stop bloody fiddling with my hair. What happened to the lot of you?" Lainie said, removing her ponytail from James grasp and leaning against Sirius who was sitting next to her.

"That," Lily said pointedly.

"Oh, well, do you have a problem with that?" Sirius said, giving Lily a 'bring it on' look.

"No, you losers. We are just amused. That you two weren't speaking and now you are, well, together." Lily said, leaning over and punching Lainie lightly on the arm.

"Yeah, well, its amazing what a good snogging session can do." Remus put in. Everyone laughed as Lainie and Sirius both blushed.

"Well" Livvy said, after a while.

"Can we stop being so weird with each other." Lainie asked. "James, you stare at me like I'm some kind of reject."

"Fine, sorry. Anyone want to go get some cake." James said, getting up and walking out the door.

"Yes," Lainie agreed, "Cake is good. Lemon cake, please.", following him out. Everyone else heaved themselves out of their chairs and wandered out in the search of cake.

That night in the girls dorm was a very, um, interesting one. Lainie arrived in, kinda tired from a 'walk' with her 'boyfriend'. Does no one realize how odd that sounds, she thought, walking up to the dorm, in a kind of daze. She opened the door and got in the shower, letting the water run through her hair and leaning against the wall. After a while she got out and got changed into her pajamas and flopped onto her bed. She really should have been completely dreamy and in love but she was kinda tired and was just about to go to sleep when her two best friends decided to burst into the room, chattering excitedly, upon seeing her on the bed, launched themselves at her.

"Guys, I'm tired." She moaned.

"That doesn't matter," Lily said, ruthlessly. "Tell us everything."

"Fine, but first get into your pajamas and then come back." Lainie.

About ten minutes later, all three girls were lying like sardines in a tin in Lainie's bed.

"So, what made you change your mind." Livvy said, very directly.

"Well, I realized that if I was that unhappy when he hated me that maybe I did really like him. well, more than like him, but hey." Lainie said, with all seriousness, as if this was a fact.

"You don't love him?" Livvy said, scandalized.

"No, but I will, eventually, I think." She looked at her friends horrified faces and smiled. "You see guys, I'm too contrary to make up my mind now. and don't you dare tell me my heart will know because that's shit. I can't fall in love now, not with anyone, but eventually I will. Do you get it?"

"I guess, but does he?" Lily said, frowning at her friends twisted mind.

"I don't know, but don't tell him. I will love him, in time, I think." Lainie said, "You see, how can you expect me to know something like that, I'm just too contrary."

"Okay," Livvy said, sighing. "But what happened?"

"Oh my god. It was actually like something in a movie. Apart from the fact they we started to scream at each other. But then he chased me. And kissed me." Lainie gushed.

"Was he good?" Lily said, grinning.

"At what, chasing." Lainie said, still completely oblivious.

"No, Lainie, kissing." Lily said, hitting her.

"Oh yes. It was actually kinda enjoyable. And I kissed him back. Much better than the Alex fiasco." Lainie said, as if she was analyzing something.

"Hmm, I thought so." Livvy commented.

"What, you've thought about kissing my boyfriend. Oh my god, I so just said that." Lainie sounded very surprised at how very ditzy she had sounded.

"Well, most people would have. Girls anyway. He is like voted the hottest guy in school. But not to me, but hey. I mean, at one point or another everyone would have thought about what it would be like to kiss the Sirius Black." Lily said, very rationally.

"What about you, Liv?" Lainie said, looking across to her other friend.

"Dunno." She said.

"Well, that's because you have been liked married to Remus since last year. Hell, that's a year, you guys have been going for ages. Wonder if I'll ever get that far with James. Or you will." Lily said, dreamily.

"In a year, we will be out in the big world by ourselves." Lainie mused.

"Wonder what it will be like. Will it be the same, we will be safe from Voldemort." Livvy said.

"Hmm," Lainie said, she didn't like to talk about the growing threat of evil in her world. It made her worry, she preferred to just forget about it.

"Imagine, we will have jobs." Lily said, staring into space.

"Yeah," Lainie agreed. "What are you guys going to do."

"Well," Lily said, "I'm going to go and try and work for the Charms Commission, you know they one that does the new charms and stuff, if they will take me. What bout you?"

"I'm going to become a journalist, for the daily prophet. Hopefully, or maybe I'll be stuck writing for witch weekly or something like that. What about you, Lain." Livvy said, twirling her hair.

"I would ideally like to go into the Department of Justice but as if they will take me so, maybe I will have to think of something else. It depends on my NEWTS I suppose. Shiiiiit," Lainie said, leaping out of bed as she said the last word.

"we haven't studied all weekend." Livvy said, getting out of bed and going to grab her books.

"Liv, get us some coffee," Lily said, dumping her books on her bed. "I think we might need it."

And so the girls studied long into the night, as their other halves slept soundly only to be awoken by James falling out of bed, and that hardly disturbed them at all.

When the sun began to light up the curtains and send a pale glow throughout the room and onto the girls. Livvy was asleep amongst a pile of books, Lily was fast asleep with her head on a pile of parchment and Lainie was drooling, needless to say, all of them looked really, really attractive.

here we are. tell me if my image of lainie was kinda of the same as yours and please review. thank you kindly.