What happened in the last chapter

"Lily, I am a … a … a werewolf." I gasped.

"No." I whispered.

"Yes. James, Sirius and Peter are all animagi. They come to the Shrieking Shack with me once a month, on the full moon, and help me with the transformation."

"Oh my god." I was sobbing silently now. All I could think was how stupid and dangerous James was.

"Please don't be angry at James. Be angry at me. Just be sure that James does trust you, and he does love you. So much."

"Remus I will always be your friend. No matter what." I smiled through the tears that were falling down my face. "Thank you for telling me this."

Chapter 9

N.E.W.Ts were two weeks away and all the seventh years had been taken off timetable to start their revision. Needless to say, the Gryffindors were only a little stressed out.

"I'm going to fail!" I wailed from the middle of Gryffindor common room.

"No you're not." James sighed. "For the fifteen millionth time Lily. You are the cleverest person sitting at this table. If you a going to fail you N.E.W.Ts, then there is absolutely no hope for the rest of us." James was given mixed looks of anger and agreement from the rest of the group.

"Lily, James is right. If you fail the N.E.W.Ts then my name is You-Know-Who." encouraged Emma.

"How can you say that Lily is going to fail! We are supposed to be telling her she is going to get ten O's, You-Know-Who!" said Sirius derisively; receiving a beating for Emma's heaviest textbook.

"Relax Lil'. If you get too worked up about the exam tonight, you won't be able to sleep and then you will fail the exam." James said as he tried to relax me on the sofa in front of the fire in the tower.

"Thanks James, that's really helped me to relax." I said sarcastically.

"How about we go for a walk? It might help to calm your nerves a bit." James suggested hopefully, which made me suspect that he didn't just want to go for a walk.

"No James." I said firmly. "I really need to do a bit more revision. It is potions, my worst subject."

James picked up my textbook and held it above my head. "I'm not giving this back until you have been on a walk around the lake with me."

"James!"

James proceeded to throw the book across the room, ironically, right on Sirius' head. Sirius sent a murderous look across the common room and I knew that James needed to get out as quickly as possible.

Reluctantly, because I believed he deserved anything Sirius could throw at him I agreed to walk around the castle with James.

We walked for about an hour and a half (well only an hour if I'm totally honest), arriving back at Gryffindor tower fifteen minutes after curfew because we were in danger of running into Filch. As we walked, we quizzed each other on the various potions that were likely to come up on the exam and I found out that I wasn't as bad at potions as I thought I was.

Confidently, sitting in the in the exam hall finishing the last question on the potions paper with five minutes to spare, I reminded myself to thank James very nicely indeed for the 'walk' he'd made me take last night.

"Quills down, please." Tiny Professor Flitwick's voice carried across the silent hall. He waved his wand and hundreds of pieces of parchment flew towards him. "You may leave." He squeaked.

James was nearer to the doors in the great hall, so he was able to get out of the hall quicker than me.

When I finally pushed my way through the doors, I saw James talking with peter and Remus turned away from the direction I was coming from. Over James' shoulder I warned Remus to not make James aware of my presence and after the look of recognition in his eyes I prepared my attack.

Tip-toeing quietly up to James I prepared to leap onto his back. Before I'd even began to make my jump, James said: "How'd you find it Lil'?" still with his back turned.

"How did you know I was here?" I yelled incredulously.

"I could smell you flower." James said, turning around. "You smell like Lilies, ironically." He bent his head down to kiss me quickly on the lips.

"Make us all nauseous why don't you." Sirius complained, walking confidently towards us. Remus, Peter and Emma, who had joined us at the same time as Sirius, all laughed. James and I however decided to ignore the handsome boy.

"So did you fail Lil'?" James asked pulling me towards him and keeping his arms around my waist.

"Nope," I said assertively. "And d'you know why?"

"Why?" Sirius asked before James could open his mouth. I stared at Sirius for a minute, turned back to James on my tip-toes and whispered in his ear. Slowly a cocky smile settled onto his face.

"Glad I could help. Now, it is Arithmancy tomorrow morning, isn't it? We'd best get started on that revision." James was saying as he turned me away from the group and started to lead me in a familiar direction around the castle, away from Gryffindor tower.

"I definitely do NOT want to know!" Sirius was saying defiantly.

"Well, you did ask." said Remus ingeniously.

A/N: Yeah my exams are over. Praise the lord!

It's been really hot in London this last week so I've been doing loads of sun-bathing, perfect for re-reading OotP before the 16th July.

Also last weekend I did something that has set me up with something for the final chapter (next one) so I won't tell you what I did just yet.

I'm very sorry to disappoint everyone who loves this story. I really loved writing this James/Lily fic, even though my updates were very far in between. I might do a sequel but I'm starting work on another project which I am very excited about it. Once I have finished that then I will be revising this story and making it loads better than it is now.

Thanks to everyone who has stuck by me through this story. I love you all.