In the beginning of November the thing all seventh years had been dreading happened. The first student was kicked out of a NEWT class. Sturgis Podmore had been kicked out of the NEWT transfiguration class. He had been repeatedly falling behind despite the help of his tutor. Sturgis had told his friends that his life was over as he needed transfiguration to get a part in the job he wanted. "It's okay Sturgis, there's always your back-up job," his friend Mark said.

"What back up job?" Sturgis had wailed.

This little incident had motivated the seventh year students to work hard enough to stay on top of their work. Katy, who normally did quite well under-pressure, was caught several times in nervous breakdowns. James, Sirius, Katy, and Emma had enrolled in a new class that focused on fighting. They wanted to ensure they would have a good chance at being Aurors. Lily and Amy had been getting into herbology more than ever. They had come to discover that NEWT Herbology was no where near as hard as the other herbology classes. Remus was finding it hard to find a job that would allow a werewolf to work. But that changed when Dumbledore called for Remus one afternoon.

Remus arrived in the office at the time requested. "Mr. Lupin, I have called to discuss your job choices," Professor Dumbledore said.

"Well professor I have been searching for quite a while and I haven't found any jobs willing to take me in," Remus said sadly.

"I too have done some searching to help you out and I have found three jobs willing to take you in," Professor Dumbledore informed Remus.

"Really? What?" Remus asked hopefully.

"Well the first one is down at Flourish and Blotts," Dumbledore informed Remus.

"Oh," Remus said, the hope draining out of his voice.

"The second one is at Madame Malkins," Dumbledore said, "and the third is as a cook in a famous restaurant."

"Well Sir I can't say those are what I want but I think my best shot would be as a cook," Remus said.

"Well then I'll talk to the owner and inform him you'll take it once out of school," Dumbledore said.

"Thank you sir, you don't know how much this means to me," Remus said gratefully.

There was also the something bothering Sirius about James. "I'm telling you Remus he's been acting strangely. He hasn't asked Evans out once! Also he's been working harder and taking this Head business seriously!"

"Well Sirius, maybe he's just growing up. It's about time too," Remus had informed him.

It was true too. James hadn't asked out Lily once. He even called extra head meetings for them to plan and discuss events. Their typical head meetings left Lily in shock. "Okay, Lily, now I know you probably hadn't planned this meeting but it's important that we start planning this Christmas ball," James said.

"Oh, alright well I was thinking just a formal ball like, the Yule Ball for instance," Lily said.

"Oh that is a good idea," James said enthusiastically, "We could do something with ice sculptures and icicles hanging from the walls."

"Yes and fake snow falling from the ceiling!" Lily said excitedly.

"Oh of course people should buy regular muggle dresses and tuxes," said James.

"And the ball should be on the 20th the day before we leave for our homes!" Lily declared excitedly.

"Yes, what band should play there?" James asked excitedly.

"How about the 'Lumos Lighters'?" Lily asked. (A/n: lame name I know)

"Yes, perfect and for food?" James asked.

"How about one of those things where you just say the name of a food and it appears on your plate?" Lily suggested.

"Yeah but we also should have like a specials menu with recommendations," James said.

"So how are your studies going? Are you still hoping to be an Auror?" Lily asked.

"Yes, it's been my dream for awhile," James told Lily.

"And how about being Quidditch Captain and Head boy, are your parents proud?" Lily questioned.

"Yeah they wanted to plan a party but I didn't want to seem too cocky, you know?" James told her.

"Well I actually don't know because I have never been a Head boy or a Quidditch Captain," Lily said grinning.

James chuckled, "Yes but you are the Head Girl and I've heard you might be class Valedictorian by the end of the year."

"Really you heard that?" Lily asked excitedly.

"Well not heard it but I assumed you would be," James told her.

"Oh," Lily said slightly disappointed, "Well just maybe if my grades are good enough I'll have a chance."

"Oh definitely," James said, "Which gives me a good idea how about we make a year book?"

"That would be perfect! You're a genius! It would be the first year book Hogwarts has ever seen!" Lily said excitedly.

"Yeah we can pick tittles and vote on a seventh year student to be it," James added.

"And we can randomly take pictures with a magical camera!" Lily cried out.

"Exactly!" James agreed, "But just you and I will work on this as a surprise!"

"Good idea, but I think we should start with taking each student's picture as well as putting together this ball," Lily stated.

"Yeah, we can't get to ahead of ourselves," James agreed. "Oh, sorry I have to go to Quidditch practice."

"Alright well bye," Lily said getting up.

James walked out of the library leaving Lily to ponder over their meeting. 'Did I just have a civil conversation with James?' 'Did I just call him James?' 'I think I am going crazy.'

All in all the beginning of November brought something new for everyone.

(A/n: I hope you like this chapter. Even if you didn't PLEASE REVIEW!)