Lily and James stood around.

"Where's Tera! She should have been back by now!" fretted Lily

"She'll be back don't worry."

"How can I not worry?" Snapped Lily.

"Honey..you're going to get late."

"Fine..but.."

"Tera's a big girl..I mean ghost. She can take care of herself."

"I suppose..well Mrs.Prewett is probably ready for her tea time." Sighed Lily

"How can you work with those old people..all wrinkly and.." shuddered James

"James! Thats so MEAN."

"Jamesy is that you?" twittered a voice behind them

"Sheryl?" gulped James

"Sheryl?" glared Lily

"Why did you never owl me?" she asked

"Owl her?" said Lily. Sheryl seemed to notice Lily.

"Oh are you his girlfriend now?"

"Actually--,"

"Yes! Uh Lily.."

"Now who are you and why are you calling James Jamesy?" growled Lily

"Oh we dated about a year ago in earth times."

"A year ago?" sputtered Lily.

"Lily..listen to me." Pleaded James.

"No! YOU CHEATED ON ME WHEN WE WERE MARRIED FOR 4 YEARS?" said Lily and she stormed and slapped James. She ran away. Sheryl smirked

"You Bi-atch!" yelled James

"Now is that how to talk to a former girlfriend?" asked Sheryl

"I dumped you!"

"After Lily came into the picture! You just DROPPED me."

"So? And now you tell LIES to my wife?"

"Maybe I want to get back together. Lily's probably going for a divorce..she always impulsive."

It was a LONG time later when Tera was finished making the wands except for the last ingrediant. Ghost hair from the user. She wondered what had happened while she was away or what was happening now...

Sirius kicked a rock on his way to work. Or would it be a ghostly rock? Bah. Either way he was still stuck dead, Harry alive, and Tera off somewhere. They were both away from him. He kicked the rock- maybe ghost rock- furiously, as if it was the source of his problems. He wondered what could have happened if he and Tera...

"LILY!" called James in the crowded streets. He caught a glimpse of her and pushed his way through. He caught her by her arm.

"Lily..."

"James GET AWAY FROM ME!"

"Why? So you can get a divorce?"

"Yes..then you can go to Sheryl." Said Lily as her eyes filled with tears

"She lied..and can we talk somewhere quiet?" he asked quietly. They walked into the apartment that Fabian had found them

"Ok well..Sheryl was my girlfriend before you. When you said that you like me and would go out with me I dumped her. Now she's wants to get back together and has this weird twisted idea that we belong together."

"YOU DUMPED HER JUST LIKE THAT?"

"Well..yeah." said James weakly

"James..when you dump a girl you do it gently." Said Lily, "But I forgive you."

"Whew." Breathed James

"Did you actually think i'd get a divorce?" teased Lily

"Well..yeah." said James sheepishly

Tera tried to find that hole again. Where could it be? She kicked the ground in frustration, however, she regretted it, too. She hopped on one leg, clutching her other foot. But she still very carefully had the wands, incomplete though they were, and she was most deffinetely NOT going to give them up. They were going to need these... she felt it. She could also feel the pain in her foot. And the frustration about not finding the hole. And... Sirius... She shook her head firmly. They were dead now; anything that happened didn't really matter because they had already died, so what was the point? Everything was either stupid or confusing.

Lily walked into the Retirement Rooms and looked for Mrs.Prewett.

"Hello Mrs.Prewett." she said sweetly

"Hello dear...do you have my tea by chance?"

"Yes I do!" Lily said cheerfully

"Thank you..now Mr.Grewal needs his rest pill."

"I will get right on it."

ooo-ooo-Meanwhile-ooo-ooo-

Tera growled angrily and banged onto the seemingly endless blackness. Somebody appeared just above her.

"Tera?"

"Yeah..who wants to know?" she said looking up. She looked astonished as she saw Sirius' grinning face

"Me..now need help?"

"Help would be nice." Said Tera smiling. Sirius extended his ghostly hand and Tera grabbed onto it. Sirius hauled her through.

"We were worried you would never be back." Said Sirius smirking

"Aw..nice to know I'm loved." Said Tera sarcastically

"You are." But there was more meaning in his words than his voice let on.

"How reasuring." Even though Tera used a sarcastic tone she really meant it.

"What were you doing the whole time?" Sirius asked casually, even though he was burning with curiousity. That aspect about him had NOT changed.

"Making these." Tera wearily drew out the wands that she had made, remembering her long toil over them.

"You spent all that time making sticks!"

"Of course not, half-wit. They're wands. You just need to insert a strand of your hair as the heart of it." Tera handed him a wand. "Ebony, 13 1/4 inches. Flexible. Insert your hair, Mr. Black."

"You sound like Olivanders," he murmered as he accepted the wand. He plucked out a strand of his ghost-hair. "Ouch! Even if I AM a ghost, that still hurts!"

"Hurry up, ninny."

"All right, all right..." Sirius inserted the strand of hair with some difficulty then he looked at Tera.

"Well, give it a wave!"

Sirius waved it and a light drizzle of fire came down before him. "Wicked..."

"Where are the others? I should probably give them theirs..." Tera said abesnt-mindedly, staring at the fire.

"Do you have to see the others right away? I'd really like it if we could-" Sirius stopped himself. "If you could get some rest first."

"I have to right away." Without thinking Tera kissed Sirius lightly before continuing on her way but as she pulled away she froze, appologetically. Sirius stood there shocked.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?" asked Sirius incredously

"I'm the one who said..well..that I didn't want to get back..."

"Together." Finished Sirius, "But..have you changed your mind? Can it work?"

Tera sharply inhaled. This was what she wanted, wasn't it? Sirius wasn't alive anymore so harm couldn't befall him... Not to mention she'd been dreadfully lonely... "I want it... More than anything!" Tera admitted, looking at Sirius in the eyes. "And I no longer have anything to fear, i've ran out of excuses... But yes. I'd like it..."

"Really?" said Sirius grinning

"Yes.." Sirius swooped down and kissed Tera who grinned and used her wand to repel him

"HEY! No fair." He pouted

"Yes it is..you have a wand too."

"Oh yeah."

"We should go fine Lils and James and Kal and Lexi."

"Oh we won't find Lexi." Smirked Sirius

"How come?"

"In the time you were gone she and Fabian have seemed to get 'closer' if you know what I mean" said Sirius winking

"Ah," Tera replied, smirking as well.

"You're right you know."

"Which part? I've actually been really wrong lately."

"I DO have a wand."

"Oh, you are Merlin, aren't you? Sirius, no. NO!" Tera warned. Sirius advanced anyways with his wand in hand.

In a moment it didn't matter how much she'd protested because Sirius had, regardless, kissed her, using his wand to make it look like a romantic setting instead of a seemingly infinite blackness.

"Blegh," Tera said, wiping her mouth accusingly.

"What?" He asked, innocently.

"NO ONE does that to Tera without her say!"

"Oooh. What are you going to do now?" A certain uncertainty in his voice gave away his incomplete confidence.

"Revenge. For that AND all the times we missed out on." Tera proceeded with her 'revenge'. Lily looked up as the door banged open. She was about to glare as the older people didn't like noise. But her glare turned to a smile when she saw Lexi, and Fabian. Lexi walked over as Fabian went to see his mother.

"So hows it going with him?" said Lily nodding her head towards Fabian

"Good he's nice." Said Lexi blushing

"More..." prompted Lily

"Well...we've went out a COUPLE times."

"And you didn't tell me!" said Lily rather loudly

"Shh...I knew you would make a huge deal!"

"Soooo? You guys are going to the mixer right?"

"Mixer?" said Lexi confused

"The mixer for us...we're new here so they're holding a mixer for us."

"Aw...thats soo nice."

"Everyone's nice here.." they both turned as they saw Sirius and Tera enter with their arms entertwined. Tera fought the blush threatening to cover her cheeks. She strictly reminded herself of the wands and how she must give them to each of her friends.

"Tera-" Lily began to squeal.

"Save it, Lils. Can I talk to you alone for a moment?" She pushed Sirius away because he looked indignant to be discluded.

Lily looked around the room to double check that the elders were fine for now. She then looked at Tera questioningly while nodding.

"Why were you gone so long?" Lily demanded in a whisper in a corner.

"This." Tera held up Lily's wand. "You just need to put in your own strand of hair... And it'll work."

Lily's eyes brightened and she did just as Sirius had done. WITHOUT asking if it was a stick.

"Is this a wand?"

"Yes...I made them."

"Amazing.." breathed Lily

"Yes now I have to go--,"

"Nope..not until you tell me about you and Sirius."

"We're back together." Muttered Tera

"OH! I knew it!"

"Piffle." Said Tera

"Piffle? Haven't heard that in a loong time."

"Whatever now I have to go. I have to oh wait there's Lexi, I'll go give her, hers."

"Ok see ya later I have to go check on Mr.Eddison. I swear he thinks he's a saint."

"Bye." Said Tera and walked over to Lexi

"What is this?" asked Lexi examining the wand

"A wand..now insert a hair and..voila!"

"It works!" gasped Lexi as a sparkle of purple and blue sparks shot out.