It was near the end of July, they had only left Hogwarts a matter of weeks ago but already everyone had moved away from home and into their own places, all except Wormtail who had had very little contact with any of his friends since they said goodbye at Kings Cross.

Today everyone was together, they were all in Sirius, James, and Remus new flat that James' parents had brought for him as an end of school present.

"God James, your parents must have more money then they know what to do with." Emma said as she looked around the flat, "this place is massive."

"And you tow get to live here rent free." Jess said, "so unfair."

"Well you should make friends with someone who's rolling in it." Remus said.

"I am, Laura's rich, but her parents would only contribute to the cost of our flat." Jess said.

"Excuse me I don't think your families that hard up either." Laura said.

"Anyway soon we'll all have jobs of our own so it won't matter." Lily said.

"I suppose." Jess said, "but if your parents ever need to off load any of their money you know where to call."

James just laughed before going off to the kitchen.

"So Wormtail where have you been for the past few weeks?" Sirius asked slapping Peter on the back.

"No where." Wormtail said shiftily.

"Do you have a secret girlfriend?" Remus asked, "Is that where you've been, out romancing her?"

Everyone snorted into their drinks.

"Leave him alone." Jess said trying to hold back a smile.

Wormtail gazed at Jess, everything else just seemed to fall away and all he could see was her.

She noticed this and it made her very uncomfortable.

"Why is he staring at me like that?" She muttered to Lily and Lily just burst out laughing.

"Wormtail, earth to Wormtail." Sirius said waving his hand in front of Peter's eyes, "Hello, is there anyone in there?"

"Huh, what?" He asked snapping out of his daze.

"I'm going to go and……. Um…. Yeah, I'll be back in a minuet." Jess said slightly alarmed and she ran from the room not looking Peter in the face.

Everyone just burst out laughing, and Peter sank down into his chair.

"God Peter if you like her that much just ask her out." Sirius said.

"Are you joking, you saw the way she reacted just then," Remus said.

"Don't be so mean." Emma said, they were talking like Peter wasn't there.

"What I don't want him getting his hope up that's all." Remus said.

"Why would he be getting his hopes up?" Sirius asked.

"Well other people, obviously unlike you Padfoot, get rejected when they ask girls out." Remus said.

"You mean sometimes girls say no?" Sirius asked.

Emma hit him, "just because you're irresistible, doesn't mean anyone else is." She said jokingly.

"But James' has never been rejected by anyone." Sirius said.

"I rejected him for like three years." Lily said.

"Yeah but your going out with him now." Sirius said.

"Are you taking about me, my ears are burning?" James asked coming into the room.

"Sirius was just saying how he didn't know you could get rejected by girls when you ask them out." Lily said.

"But what about me and Lily?" James asked. "She was always rejecting me, or does, "just stick your head up your arse, oh wait you can't because it's too big!", not count?"

"Did you really say that to him?" Remus asked in between laughs.

"Yep, I think that was one of the best I came up with." Lily said.

"Oh the good old days." James said.

"We only left a few weeks ago." Emma said.

"But it feels like longer." James said.

"God we sound like a bunch of old farts." Remus said. "You know reminiscing, a bit sad really."

"Fine lets go out, get drunk off our heads and do something crazy." Sirius said.

"Sounds good to me." James said jumping up.

"It's only five in the after noon." Lily said, "way too early to get drunk."

"It's never too early to get drunk." Sirius said. "Come on let's go." he said and he strode out of the room, James gave Lily and quick kiss before following.

Remus just looked at the girls and shrugged, "you're only young once." he said and he followed.

"Wait for me." Wormtail said and he scrambled out of the room tripping over the edge of the sofa as he went.

The girls burst out laughing, "where did everyone go?" Jess asked coming out of the kitchen, "is Peter gone?

"It's all clear, the boys have gone out to get drunk." Emma said.

"But it's only fine in the afternoon." Jess said.

"I know, they are going to have one massive hang over in the morning." Laura said.

"This place is too masculine." Lily said looking around the room they were in. "I think it needs a woman's touch."

"You're not going to move in here are you?" Emma asked worriedly.

"God no." Lily said horrified, "I was thinking of giving it a bit of makeover while the boy's are out." She had an evil glint.

"What kind of makeover?" Jess asked.

"Well maybe a bit of pink instead of the boring magnolia, some lovely net curtails instead of the blinds, you get where I'm going with this?" Lily said.

"Sounds good to me." Emma said pulling out her wand, "I'll take the kitchen."

"I'm in here." Jess said.

"I'll the bathroom." Laura said.

"That leave' me in the bedrooms." Lily said with a look of disgust.

"You know I bet they don't even notice."

In the early hours of the next morning the four boys stumbled home half asleep.

"It smells different." Sirius said poking his nose into the air like a dog.

"Maybe, the….. The… the girls cleaned up." Remus said his speech slurred.

"That was nice." James said laughing for no apparent reason, the he stopped abruptly, "I'm going to bed." He said and he walked off down the hall.

The next morning no one got up until mid-day.

"No one make any loud noises." Remus said holding his head in his hands as he went to the kitchen cupboard and took out an aspirin.

"Shhh." Sirius said from where his head was down on the table, "too much noise." He whispered.

"I think Lily can make a potion to cure our hangovers." James said quietly. "I'll send her an owl."

"Does something look different to you?" Remus asked Sirius.

"I don't know, I haven' opened my eyes, the suns too bright." Sirius said.

"Something's changed I just can't put my finger on it." Remus said.

"It's probably the effect of all the alcohol, does funny things to your brain." Sirius said.

"I'm going back to bed." Remus said and she shuffled off to his bedroom.

Lily and Emma were sitting in the kitchen when James' owl flew through the window.

Lily unattached the letter and gave the Owl some water in a bowl.

"What does it say?" Emma asked.

Lily read,

"Lily, could you please, please, please, please, make us one of those hang over cure potions that your so good at, we're desperate.

Ally my love

James."

"Nothing there about our makeover of their house, told you they wouldn't notice." Emma said.

Lily went over the cupboard under the sink and pulled out a cauldron, put it on the stove.

"I think I'll make a few extra vials of this for them." She said, "I have an idea that they might need them."

She made eight vials of potion and put then into a small bad.

"I'll run these over now." She said.

"I'm coming to" Emma said jumping up, "I want to see if they really haven't noticed what we did to their flat."

They appeared in the kitchen of the boy's flat with a kloud crack.

"Ahhhh." Sirius said covering his ears.

"Sirius?" Emma asked sitting next to him.

"Not so loud." He whispered. "I have a bad headache."

"My poor darling, do you want me to nurse you better?" Emma asked.

Sirius' face broke into a naught smile.

"Well before you two run off, drink this." Lily said handing Sirius a vial full of brow potion. "It will cure your hangover."

"I love you." Sirius whispered, "Not as much as Emma though of course." He added looking at Emma.

"Lily?" James asked coming into the kitchen looking more then a little rough, although Lily was amazed how good he looked.

"I bring gifts." She said and she handed him some potion which he downed.

"I feel better already." He said smiling that same smile that made Lily go weak at the knees.

"So." Emma said, "notice anything different around here lately?"

"What?" The boy's puzzled and they for the first time noticed that there was something different.

"Oh my God!" James shouted, "what have you done to our flat?"

"What don't you like it?" Lily asked innocently.

"It's…………… it's…………….. it's………………. pink!" Sirius said taking in his surroundings.

Lily and Emma burst out laughing at the boy's reactions.

"I think we've had a bad influence on them." Sirius said, "they never would have done this before."

It was the very last day of July, and everyone in the girls flat was still in bed when an owl started taping on the kitchen window.

"Shut up!" Jess moaned as she turned over in her sleep. "I don't want to get up."

The tapping went on.

"Urgh, why can't someone else be a light sleeper?" She moaned to herself as she slipped her dressing gown on and went into the kitchen.

The owl tapped more impatiently.

"OK, OK, God calm it Kermit!" Jess said as she opened the window, the owl dropped the letters on her head before flying away again.

She picked up the four parchment letters, one addressed to each of them.

"Finally." Jess said to her self, "our NEWT results are here."

She threw them onto the table and made herself a mug of tea, she was actually scared of opening it. What if it was bad, and she had got T's and D's, she would end up working as the conductor of the Knight Bus, you didn't have to have any magical ability to do that.

"Morning." Emma said yawning, "why are you up so early?"

"A bloody owl woke me up tapping on he window." Jess said as she sipped her tea.

"What was it carrying?" Emma asked pouring herself some orange juice.

"Our NEWT results." Jess said handing Emma her letter.

"Oh good." Emma said and she ripped open her letter and read it, after a few minuets of silence her face broke into a smile. "I got three E's and two O's, that means they've given me a place on the Healer Training course."

"That's brilliant." Jess said and she hugged her friend, before turning to her letter and opening it.

She jumped right down to her results, she had taken six random NEWT's as she had no idea what she wanted to do.

Defence Against the Dark Arts - Exceeds Expectations

Herbology - Outstanding

Charms - Exceeds Expectations

Potions - Exceeds Expectations

Transfiguration - Exceeds Expectations

Care of Magical Creatures - Outstanding

She breathed a sigh of relief hat she hadn't got any D's or T's.

"Well, what did you get?" Emma asked.

"Two O's and four E's." Jess said.

"That's excellent." Emma said.

2What's all the noise out here?" Lily asked rubbing her eyes as she emerged out of her room.

"Our NEWT results have come." Emma said and she threw a letter over to Lily.

Lily sat at the table and read her letter.

"Oh my God!" She said jumping up, "I got all outstanding." She said.

"Now there's a surprise." Jess muttered under her breath.

Emma hit her, "that's fantastic Lily." Emma said.

"I've been given a place on the Auror training programme." She squealed.

"Well done Lily." Jess said, she was happy for her friend really she just had a funny way of showing it.

This ha taken aaagggeeesss to write, I just couldn't get it right!

Anyway Happy New year everyone, hope you had a great Christmas and all that. I can't believe the holidays are already over, I don't want to go back to school!

Please review, and remember if anyone has any ideas for this story please tell me.