I pulled out a bag of chocolate and started to eat it while I was watching Adam getting ready for bed the night before we were to go to Hogwarts.

"You keep eating that crap and you will get fat." Adam said sitting on my bed taking out a piece and popping it into his mouth. I smiled.

"If I get fat then you have to get fat." I said. He let out a bark like laugh.

"Who says?"

"It's a twin rule, we always have to look somewhat alike." I said and he rolled his eyes.

"Then you can cut your hair." He said challengingly.

"No, you can grow yours longer." I said tugging at my own hair.

"So I bet you were surprised about Jon showing up." Adam said after a while of eating chocolate and making funny faces.

"Definitely. I think Sirius was going to say he made a big mistake about breaking up with me until Jon showed up." I said trying to read his expression.

"You know me… and you know my stand on any relationship with Sirius Black… but I have spent the last few days with him and… he really likes you… from what I can tell Remus and sometimes James have been trying to keep you guys apart." Adam said. And I knew instantly that he wasn't lying because he really did hate Sirius Black and for him to say this about him meant something.

"What do you mean?" I asked him. He looked down at his hands and bit the side of his cheek. He had a habit of doing that.

"I mean that I think Sirius broke up with you because his friends told him to. To protect you of course. I guess they didn't have much faith in their friends ability to not break your heart… if that made any sense then I did a good job but I don't think it did." Adam said laughing nervously.

"I get it, I don't know what I think about it but I get what you mean… I think we should go to bed. I'm tired." I said getting under my covers and turned my back to him thinking about what he had said. If they really got to him and made him break up with me then did that mean that I should get back with him? I closed my eyes going to sleep trying to block out the day and everything that happened in it.

The train ride went well, a bunch of girls gathered around Jon inquiring where he was from, etc. I just sat there with Adam and we exchanged looks, I swear sometimes its like we can read each other's mind. I could sit in front of him and know what he is thinking and I could send him a message and he would know what I was thinking. We were in tune like that. Everything was fine until the feast came up and when I looked up at Dumbledore who was telling us to dig in I saw my father's usual chair occupied by a lady. At least she looked nice enough. She had light brown hair and emerald green eyes that I knew so well. Adam and I had the same eyes as her, it was uncanny. I nudged Adam and he looked to where I was staring and his mouth dropped open. I knew what he was thinking, wow, those eyes. I nodded and we looked away when she caught us looking at her. We ate dinner quietly and then went to our rooms quietly. I didn't think it would hit us this hard once we were at school. Every time we passed someone it seemed as if they were whispering. All I wanted to do was turn around and start screaming at the top of my lungs that 'YEAH ITS TRUE! Now find something else to gossip about You bloody gits!' but I didn't, I stayed silent locking all my emotions within me. Jon ended up being sorted into Ravenclaw and a bunch of girls from Ravenclaw seemed very happy. I slipped into my bed and fell asleep instantly.

The next morning I woke up and got ready for the first day of class. I would have to sit through boring classes while TRYING to stay awake. Maybe I should just bring a book along and try to disappear in the background. I decided that was the best plan and I slipped a muggle book into my bag with my books for DADA and Potions. Two very hard classes on my first day.

"Hey." Adam said once I reached the great hall. I smiled and started to nibble on a piece of toast while reading my book. I didn't want to go to DADA in fact I thought maybe I would just ditch it and go to the Room of Requirement instead.

"DADA first." I said and Adam nodded looking up to see my face. I gave him a sympathetic smile.

"Maybe we should talk to Dumbledore… ask if we can take it by ourselves." Adam suggested.

"We cant do that and you know it. We'll survive class." I said picking up my stuff and we headed toward the class to see what was in store for us. DADA was always my best subject but now I had no interest in learning any of it. I had no interest to be in school it was all just too overwhelming. I took one step into the classroom and I remembered all the times I had stayed after class just to spend time with my dad before his next class and I remembered all the times he picked on me in class making sure I knew all the material and I wished that I could have just one of those moments back. It was getting so hard to remember every detail of him because if I did remember than I would start crying. Adam grabbed my hand and led me to the back of the classroom. I sat and stared off into space commanding myself not to cry.

"Good Morning Class… My name is Ms. Hewitt and I will be your new DADA teacher. Before we begin anything I would like to give a few seconds of appreciation to your former DADA teacher. I knew him once and he was an incredible man, never deserved to die that way." Professor Hewitt said. She sounded as if she was American by the accent. I looked at Adam and he nodded, we both knew that she looked familiar and not just by the eyes. She said she once knew our dad but I cant remember ever meeting her. I pushed her out of my mind and started to read my muggle book behind my textbook so I wouldn't catch any crap from her. After class was over I decided I wanted to spend time down by the lake alone to finish up my book. I knew that I should have paid more attention in class but I couldn't help it. I didn't want to be reminded of my dad so much. I settled down at the edge of the lake and began to read hoping for the peace and quiet to continue.

"Well, well… if it isn't the one who lost it all." A horrible voice said aloud. I knew whom it was with out even looking. It was Bella and Snape of course. I inhaled and looked at them with a smile on my face.

"How does it feel to lose your boyfriend, dad and mum all at once?" She asked me.

"How do you think?" I answered her question with another question. I wasn't going to let her know how I felt.

"I think you are a sneaky little bitch who deserved to lose your daddy. At least now you will really have to work for your grades." Snape spat at me. I pulled out my wand and jumped to my feet ready to fight but I never got the chance because I was thrown backwards into the air by Snape. The last thing I saw before hitting the water was their smug faces. The cold water hit me like a smack in the face and I was half worried about getting hypothermia. I rocketed to the surface and took in a deep breath. My teeth started to chatter and I knew that I needed to be getting out of there fast before the giant squid got to me. I started to swim as fast as I could but I felt a tentacle on my leg and I was pulled under the surface with my lungs full of air. I couldn't talk under water so I thought about the spell I wanted but it wasn't working, I was panicking. I tried to swim for the surface but I couldn't escape the grasp of the squid. I was being pulled farther and farther under and the light on the surface was becoming smaller and smaller. Darkness was enclosing all around me and ended up sucking up water instead of air and then all I saw was darkness. I didn't know if I was dead or not. Then I was yanked back up but I was only half aware of it.

Sirius' POV

I was walking out to see Ashleigh by the lake when I saw Bella and Snape ganging up on her. The next thing I know Ashleigh is being thrown into the lake. I ran straight for her determined to help her. I was almost there when I saw her being pulled under. I swam toward her but I never saw her come up and I started to panic. I couldn't bear it if anything happened to her. No matter what everyone thinks I really did care about her a lot. She was just so innocent and lovable and she had a certain charm about her that made me love every bit of her. I dived under and I saw her hand slipping further and further into the darkness. I swam as fast as I could to get a hold of her. I stunned the squid and grabbed her hand pulling us both to the top. When I got her on land she wasn't breathing. I remembered from muggle studies how to do CPR when someone wasn't breathing. I tilted her head back and breathed air into her lungs. And then I proceeded to do CPR until she spit up water and then started to cough. I sighed with relief and held her tight against me.

"Oh my God, I thought I had lost you." He whispered in her ear. He knew he was smothering her but he loved her and he couldn't bare life without her. She gave a weak smile then she passed out. I picked her up and ran all the way to the Hospital Wing.

"What happened?" The nurse asked when I set Ashleigh on the bed.

"She was drowning in the lake." I said and immediately the nurse started to check everything out. I backed away and then Adam burst in.

"I knew something was wrong." He said breathlessly. I told him what had happened and he rushed to Ashleigh's side. The nurse was busy undressing Ashleigh and I left right away because I knew I shouldn't be seeing that. I came back in a few minutes later when I saw the nurse walking away with Ashleigh's tattered robes. She had been badly burned by the squid's tentacles.

"What did the nurse say?" Sirius asked Adam.

"She'll be fine. She's badly burned but a day or two in here will get her up in no time… God, Sirius, I felt her die. All the air in my lungs disappeared and I couldn't breath I know exactly how she felt under there but I couldn't get there fast enough. I don't know what I would have done if she had died. I don't think I would have coped at all. Its hard enough coping with my dad but my twin sister? I'd kill myself." Adam said still holding on tight to Ashleigh's hand.

"Don't talk like that man. It doesn't matter anyway now, she's alive and she is going to get better. We'll just keep an eye on her." Sirius said trying to comfort Adam. Adam nodded and Ashleigh opened her eyes. She was the most beautiful girl in the world. I had liked her ever since I first met her. She wasn't like any girl I had ever gone out with. She didn't hang out with girls, mostly just the guys and she was ordinary looking. Well, besides her eyes, they were amazing. I don't know why I never went out with her to begin with and let it evolve from there but I didn't. I think it was because I was afraid that I might hurt her or something and I couldn't bear to do that. But now I knew that I wouldn't hurt her because she is the one that I wanted but stupid Remus and James made me break up with her before anything went any further. I had been putting it off for a month and a half before I broke up with her.

"Hey you." Sirius said grabbing her other hand. She smiled at him and took a deep breath.

"Well if it isn't my knight in shining armor." She said laughing and then wincing. It must hurt her to laugh. I gave out a nervous laugh and held onto her hand enjoying the warmness and the touch of our skin.

"Yeah, you are so lucky he was there. You would have died." Adam said. She let go of my hand and put it on top of Adam's other one.

"I wouldn't have died…. But I am grateful that you saved me, thank you." She said grabbing my hand once again and pulling me closer to her. She kissed my cheek and I felt the bottom of my stomach do a few flips. She had such a weird effect on me.

"OK, out out out. She needs her rest come back tomorrow." The nurse said,

"I'm not leaving her. We'll let her rest but I am not going to leave her." Adam said staring the nurse in the eye.

"I'm not leaving either." I said. The nurse sighed and walked away. Ashleigh grinned up at us.

"I love you guys." She said and the nurse came back out and made Ashleigh drink some type of potion and she was out like a light. I sat down in a seat next to Adam and thought about what Ashleigh had said. Did she really mean it when she said that she loved us? Or did she mean it more towards Adam? I remember when she had said 'I love you' at the end of sixth year to me but then she covered it up. I don't know, I thought, and I sighed settling in for a long time.