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"How'd your date with James go?" Sara asked conversationally from her place on her bed as she flipped through the pages of Witch Weekly on Sunday afternoon.

"It was actually really nice," Lily admitted, looking at a Berty Botts Every Flavored Jelly Bean skeptically.

"What did you do?" Marlee asked.

"We went to Honeydukes and The Three Broomsticks…we didn't do much after that besides walk around and window shop." Lily said, throwing the jellybean she had been holding back into the bag and picking up another one before expecting it.

"How about your date with Sirius?" Katherine asked, averting her attention to Sara.

"That kid is the most amusing boy I have ever met," Sara laughed, "But he's a cutie."

The girls were lounging about in their dorm, cramming in their last bit of relaxation before they had to start another hectic week.

"It's amazing isn't it?" Lily asked, shoving another jelly bean in the bag and grabbing yet another one.

"What is?" Sara asked, tossing aside the magazine and resting her chin on her hands to look at Lily.

"Just months ago I would have never dreamed of becoming friends with James…let alone go on a date with him…I don't know, I guess it's kind of like we're all finally maturing, you know?" Lily explained, staring intently at her jelly bean before popping it in her mouth and chewing uncertainly.

"I know what you mean," Sara agreed, "Me and Sirius…it seems odd you know? But I'm glad, I really like Sirius."

"OH BUGGER!" Lily cried, gagging on something in her mouth before coughing it up into her hand. The other girls looked at her with concern. "Vomit…." Lily explained disgustedly.

The following Monday passed rather quickly, flying past without any warning. The seventh year students were now getting ridiculous amounts of homework, so much, that they didn't have anytime for anything else.

Students were still stationed in the common room at half past midnight, hunched over their assignments. It was completely silent except for the continuous scratching of quills.

Remus rubbed his eyes, Katherine was seated next to him, her eyes drooping slightly.

"Are you heading up to bed?" Remus asked her.

"No, no, not yet…." She said, clearly frazzled as she shuffled her papers.

Remus smiled at her mused hair and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her closer to his chest.

She smiled against him and sighed.

"What's wrong?" He asked, brushing her hair out of her eyes as she tipped her head up to look at him.

"Nothing…it's just…." She shook her head slightly, "Never mind, you'll think I'm crazy."

"Too late," Remus laughed, "But what is it?"

"I really like you Remus…I just feel like your not telling me something, you know? Like you are keeping some big secret from me…but never mind, I'm just being ridiculous." She smiled the smile that caused Remus' stomach to do several somersaults and leaned up against his chest, gazing at the fire.

Remus sat still, tell her now…tell her now…his brain pleaded, but his mouth stayed firmly shut. After a while he convinced himself that he would tell her, just not now…too many people.

"I feel so safe with you," She continued, bringing her legs up onto the couch to curl into a little ball against him.

Remus felt his stomach plummet with guilt, knowing that once he told her what he really was she would never feel safe with him again.

"I've liked you for so long, Kath." Remus said quietly.

"You want to know something?" She asked him, turning her head to look at him with her piercing eyes.

"Sure, what is it?"

"You're the sweetest guy I've ever met." She gave him a little half grin and turned back to watching the crackling fire.

Remus reached down his hand and tipped her chin back up to look at him, he leaned forward and met her lips in a soft kiss.

"And you're the most amazing girl I've ever known," He whispered.

It was Wednesday evening and James, Katherine, Sara and Paul were marching down to the quidditch pitch for their last practice till their first game.

"Game against Hufflepuff tomorrow," Sara told her team once they were all gathered down by the pitch. "We've gone over how their team plays, and I know we have what it takes to beat them. Right, now mount your brooms and on my whistle let's run the Whirling Wollop…."

James felt the icy wind whip past his ears, his eyes were watering from the cold and his breathing was more rapid than usual. Sara shrieked orders as players flew past, and finally at long last, she reluctantly admitted that they were ready, and called the practice to a close.

The team lowered to the ground and dismounted their brooms before heading for the locker rooms. James, however, sprinted up to the castle, the frozen grass crunching under his feet.

"Lily!" James cried once he reached the common room, bending over and placing his hands on his knees in an attempt to catch his breath.

"Man, James, you need to get in shape," Lily scoffed teasingly, patting him lightly on the shoulder before sweeping past and exiting the common room.

James groaned and followed her out, still breathing rapidly.

"You look freezing," She noted, placing a hand on his cheek.

He grinned, "If this is the attention I get, maybe I should get cold more often."

"You're hopeless," She laughed.

They began their patrol, James breathing steadily becoming normal once more. They passed empty corridors, talking and laughing about all sorts of things for about an hour.

"Oh, GROSS!" James cried after a while, shielding his eyes and pointing towards a couple plastered against the wall.

"SARA! SIRIUS!" Lily cried at her friends who broke apart immediately, looking sheepish.

"That was the most disturbing thing I have ever seen…" James admitted, "You were like eating each other's faces…it was grotesque, it was-"

"James, that's enough!" Lily snapped. "You guys…." She moaned, turning her attention once more to her friends, "Couldn't you have done this more secretly? Now we found you and now we have to punish you."

"You don't need to," Sirius said, "You can just pretend you didn't see anything."

"We're Head Boy and Girl! We cannot easily abuse our positions." Lily cried defiantly.

"Come on, Lil," Sara pleaded, "Quidditch is tomorrow."

"I don't care," Lily said, turning to James who was trying to muffle his laughter. "A little help, please?"

"Okay," James said, regaining is composure, "Don't let us catch you ag-"

"EXPELLIARMUS!"

"What was that?" Sara cried, looking over to where she thought the noise had come from.

"I don't know," Lily admitted, "Come on."

The four friends raced down the corridor and took a right.

"Regulus?" Sirius cried incredulously, staring at his brother who had his wand pointed directly at Lewis Jenkin's heart, each had another boy flanked on either side of them. Severus Snape was a few feet away from Regulus, glaring at the boy next to Lewis to who Sirius didn't know the name of.

"Put your wands away," Lily said through gritted teeth, "Now."

Regulus raised his wand again and opened his mouth.

"EXPELLIARMUS!" Lily cried, catching Regulus' wand.

"I thought we told you," James said angrily, "To not let us find you again."

"What are you doing, Regulus?" Sirius asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about," Regulus said stiffly.

"You know damn well what I'm talking about," Sirius said coldly, "Why are you here with Snivellus?"

"Don't call him that," Regulus said, "And he's here because he's my friend-"

"No he's not," Sirius interrupted.

"Don't you tell me who I am and am not friends with," Regulus said evenly.

"Regulus…he hangs out with practically known Death Eaters…I won't allow you to become friends with someone like that." Sirius said.

"It's not up to you who I'm friends with," Regulus said angrily, "You've never given a da-"

"I wanted you in Gryffindor!" Sirius cried, "It's not my fault you're in Slytherin. I didn't know you'd become one of them!"

"One of them?" Regulus repeated angrily.

"Why are you doing this Regulus? You're a good person!" Sirius cried.

"You don't know me." Regulus replied through gritted teeth, "I can still be a good person and just take a different path…."

"I know what path you're taking!" Sirius cried, "And I won't allow it! I won't lose you to them like I've lost my family."

"It is NOT up to you what I do with my life," Regulus said, "You haven't lost your family…we've lost you. You're a shame to the whole family-"

"I'm a what?" Sirius repeated, taking a step towards him.

"You heard me!" Regulus cried, responding to Sirius' actions by taking a step towards him too.

"You can still turn back..." Sirius began.

"I DON'T WANT TO! I'M PROUD WITH WHAT I'M DOING." Regulus cried.

"IF YOU'RE PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE BECOME THEN YOU'RE RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW YOU!" Sirius bellowed.

Regulus' eyes narrowed, "I'm taking the right path, it's you who's-"

"Me who's what!" Sirius shrieked, his breathing rapid.

"It's you who's turning away from someone who's just trying to make peace among-"

"VOLDEMORT IS A BLOODY MURDERER!" Sirius cried, "IF THAT IS WHAT YOU THINK IS GOING TO CREATE PEACE THEN YOUR INSANE!"

Regulus flinched at the name of the Dark Lord, he opened his mouth and spoke in a voice drenched in anger and defiance. "You don't know what the hell you're talking about."

Sirius continued as if his brother hadn't spoken at all, "Voldemort and his followers have got to be barking mad to think that they are even the slightest bit better than the lowest pile of dirt."

Regulus let out a cry of fury and launched himself at Sirius, sending them both plummeting to the floor.

Sirius raised his fist and brought it down on every inch of flesh he could find, while Regulus did the same, both of their eyes narrowed in fury.

James was prepared for this, he grabbed Regulus by the arms and wrenched him off of Sirius while Lily and Sara had troubled heaving Sirius off of his brother.

"Why are you doing this?" Sirius asked Regulus desperately, as Lily and Sara tried frantically to keep him calm, "I love you Regulus!"

Regulus wrenched himself away from James and stared at Sirius. After a while, Lily and Sara felt it safe to release Sirius, too.

"We're different." Regulus noted stonily.

"We are."

"And I can't be brothers with someone like you." Regulus continued.

Sirius nodded, "I don't know how I can be related to people like you."

"Well, you are no longer related to me," Regulus said coldly.

"I don't think we've ever been related."

Regulus took a deep breath, snatched his wand from Lily, and stalked off, Severus at his heal.

"Go to your dorms," Lily said softly, "Quietly."

Lewis and his friend took off down the corridor to the Gryffindor common room.

It was complete and utter silence, Sirius was staring off into space, his breathing heavy.

"I'm so sorry, Sirius." Sara said, placing a hand on his forearm.

Sirius took no notice of her presence and continued staring straight ahead.

"Let's go," Lily muttered, taking Sara by the arm and dragging her down the corridor.

"Sirius," James breathed, "I'm really sorry about your brother…."

"I don't have a brother." Sirius said coldly, although his voice cracked slightly.

"You'll always love him, Sirius…and he'll always love you, too." James said softly.

Sirius gave a shadow of a nod and turned to face James, "Come on, let's go to bed."

Thursday morning came and James opened his eyes a sliver to see Sirius on the edge of his bed with his face in his hands.

"Hey, mate." James said groggily, swinging himself out of bed.

Sirius said nothing but sat stone still.

James got dressed and woke Remus and Peter up, together, all four boys trudged down to breakfast.

Sara was already at the table, Katherine, Paul, Ben, and other members of the Quidditch team by her.

"Listen…Sirius," James began awkwardly.

"Go sit with them," Sirius said, "I'll just be here…with the losers."

Remus and Peter glared at Sirius and James laughed, happy to see his friend making jokes again.

James crossed over to sit by his team.

"Hey," James greeted, sliding into a seat and filling up his plate.

"I'm so nervous." Sara croaked.

"Don't be," Ben said, patting her lightly on the back, although he hadn't touched his food either.

James stared down at his plate, butterflies suddenly erupting in the pit of his stomach as they did every time he had a quidditch game.

He knew how much this meant to Sara…to the whole team, and he stared down at his food which suddenly didn't seem as appetizing.

After five minutes of nobody eating Sara finally stood up. "Come on, let's go get ready."

Together they trudged out of the Great Hall, to cheers and thumbs up from the Gryffindor table.

"Okay," Sara said, once everyone had their quidditch gear on. They could begin to hear the stands grow steadily louder. "Today is our first game, and we really need to keep our heads on straight. The weather is very cold, but other than that it's pretty good playing weather. Keep in mind all of our plays that we've done and stick to your positions, don't go watching things you don't need to see, what you need to do is keep your eyes on your job. Are we ready?"

The team, realizing they were supposed to say something, chanted, "YEAH!"

Sara smiled nervously and nodded, "Okay then, let's go."

They tightened their hold on their brooms and walked out of the changing rooms to thunderous applause.

"AND HERE THEY ARE!" Cried a seventh year Ravenclaw, who was doing the commentary. "THE GRYFFINDORS! With Brookfield, their captain in the lead, followed by Potter, Nelson, Polkin, Lutine, Martin, and Loffburg!"

"Mount your brooms," Madam Hooch ordered, "And captains shake hands."

Madam Hooches whistle blew, and the game began.

"Yutin goes to the goal, he shoots…and saved by Brookfield.

The game raged on, James beginning to feel numb, until finally, just when James narrowly dodged a bludger, Kendra Polkin's hand closed around the struggling snitch.

"Gryfindor wins." Bellowed the Ravenclaw, looking as if he could care less.

James lowered himself to the ground and grinned as he ran over to the exhilarated Sara.

"Amazing job…really well done! All of you! Next game is against Slytherin, so we really need to be getting in more practices…but we'll talk about that later. Well done team!"

A few weeks passed in a blur and soon it was mid October.

Remus sat on a chair, a hand pressed against his forehead, his mind a blur.

"Hey Remus," Katherine said.

Remus looked up and smiled as Katherine sat on the arm of the chair.

"I can't believe it's already well into October," She noted.

"Me neither," Remus agreed. "It's gone by so fast…but it's been a great year so far."

"It has," She said, smiling at Remus and leaning over to kiss him lightly on the lips.

"Come here!" He laughed, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her down onto his lap.

She giggled and rested her head on his shoulder. He ran a hand through her thick hair and rested his cheek on her forehead.

"Look at those lovebirds," Sirius sighed, Peter and James nodded silently and smiled.

"Hey James!" Lily called, crossing over to stand next to him.

"Hey Lil," James smiled.

"When should our next Hogesmeade date be?" She reddened, "I meant date as in date on the calendar…not date as in…oh, never mind."

James grinned, "Whenever you'd like it to be."

"Saturday, Saturday, Saturday…." Peter and Sirius chanted, pumping their fists in the air every time they said it.

Lily laughed, "Well…it's only the school and we've already had two…maybe we should wait till next month?"

James smiled, "Next month it is."

"Okay, we'll get an exact date sometime closer to it, but until then when should we plan the…er…you know." Lily said, looking at James and trying to tell him about the ball, but not altogether sure they should tell anybody about it yet.

Peter gasped and put a hand to his mouth, "You're getting married?" He whispered.

"Of course they aren't!" Sirius laughed, but soon stopped and turned to look at them, "Are you?"

"No," James sighed, "Anyways, we're planning a ball thing."

"Yeah," Lily said, "But we can't tell you any thing other than that because it's supposed to be a surprise."

Sirius and Peter's faces fell. "Fine, you keep your secrets, but just so you know we won't be telling you ours." Sirius said.

"You don't have a secret," James pointed out.

"Not yet," Sirius said, "But we will."

Lily laughed and shook her head, "Okay, James, patrol tonight."

He nodded, "Yeah, see you then."

The rest of the week came and went and before anyone knew it, it was the week before Halloween.

"I can't believe it!" Katherine cried, in the common room on Friday evening. "This school year has been going by so fast."

"It has," Sara agreed as she closed her book and picked up another one.

"Hey, Kath," Remus greeted, striding over to Sara and Katherine, he gave her a soft kiss on the forehead.

"I get it…" Sara said in mock hurt, "Katherine gets a greeting and a kiss, and what does Sara get? Nothing."

"Hey Sara!" Remus laughed, acting as though he had just seen her, and walking over to give her a kiss on the cheek, "Better?"

"Much." Sara smiled. "But I have to go, I'll see you two later."

"Bye Sara," Katherine said.

Sara soon departed and Remus took her empty seat and took Katherine's hand.

She looked up and smiled, "Would you like to go for a walk, Remus?"

"Sure," Remus agreed, "Outside?"

"Or we could go to the astronomy tower." She suggested.

Remus raised his eyebrows.

"Just to talk!" She laughed, "Besides, it's a few hours till dark so it will be empty."

Remus' eyebrows shot higher into the air until they were lost in his hair.

"Just to talk!" She said again.

Remus grinned, "I know, come on let's go."

He ran upstairs and grabbed a blanket, then returned downstairs. He reached down and grabbed her hand and they exited the common room and emerged into the corridor. They walked along until they came to the astronomy stairs, they both climbed them up into the astronomy tower, which, as Katherine predicted, was empty.

"It's so beautiful up here," Katherine said, smiling as she breathed in the fresh air.

"It is," Remus agreed, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

She walked to the edge and looked over across the grounds, Remus came up behind her and put his arms around her waist, resting his chin on her shoulder.

"Are you cold?" He asked.

"Not too bad," She said, turning to kiss him on the lips. He smiled against her and then pulled apart.

"Come on," He said, pulling the blanket out of his book bag and spreading it down on the ground. He flopped down upon it and patted to the empty area next to him.

She grinned and sat down as he put her arms around her. She leaned against him and he arched foreword to kiss the top of her head.

They sat in silence for a while, allowing the wind to ruffle their hair, Katherine cuddled up against Remus as he held her close.

She tipped up her head. "I've never met anyone like you." She said softly.

He kissed her lightly, "And I've never met anyone like you either…but I'm so glad I did."

She kissed him again, "I never want to leave you Remus."

"You won't have to," He muttered against her lips.

She pulled apart, took a deep breath and looked him straight in the eye. "I love you."

Remus felt his heart thumping loudly, he loved her too, more than anything he'd ever known, but he knew he couldn't say that, instead he leaned foreword again to kiss her. She turned her head and he kissed her cheek instead. She pushed him away a little.

"Remus," She asked softly.

Remus looked down at the ground and said nothing.

"I…" He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, "I…can't."

"What do you mean?" She asked, her voice wavering slightly.

"I mean I just…can't…I'm so sorry." Remus said, now hating himself more than he had ever before.

"Fine!" She snapped, standing up to glare at him, but despite the angry front she was putting on, she had tears silently streaming down her cheeks, she turned to go.

"Katherine…WAIT!" Remus cried.

"I've done enough waiting!" She yelled, but her voice was shaking and her face was contorted with pain, "I've…waited for you to tell me that…secret…the thing you've been keeping from everyone…or at least me…but you never did, so I tried to convince myself that maybe…" She took a deep breath, "Maybe you were being completely honest with me the whole time."

"Kath…" Remus began, wanting so badly to wipe her tears away, but stopping himself because he knew he was the one who had caused them.

"I opened my heart to you Remus, I-I said something to you I've never said before to anyone and you still won't tell me…." Her lips were quivering and her vision was becoming slightly blurred, due to her tears, "So maybe this has all been meaningless snogging to you."

"Of course it hasn't!" Remus cried desperately.

"I really thought we had something…I'm just sorry it can't work out…." She said, her breathing was quick and she was shaking slightly.

"You don't mean that," Remus cried, feeling his own tears sting at the back of his eyes, "You can't mean that…."

"You've got to have trust in a relationship, Remus, and if you can't trust me...we don't have a relationship." Katherine said, gulping and closing her eyes, and when she opened them, she looked at him once more, her eyes filled with pain,"Good-bye, Remus." she said softly, before she turned around and sprinted away.

Remus ran a hand through his hair, before clenching it and pulling it vigorously in an attempt to cause himself pain. He could swear his heart was splitting…something inside him was in so much pain he just stood still for a few moments, tears swimming in his eyes.

"KATHERINE WAIT!" But even as he said this he knew it was no use, she was already well away from him.

"I love you."

A/N: Oh man, I bet a bunch of you are really angry at me. One, I broke them up, two, I made it all sappy and foolish. But it was necessary, haha…but I really hope you enjoyed it. I had this chapter written for a while so that's part of the reason why I updated so quickly, plus, i'll be extremely busy this week. I have a plan as to where Remus and Katherine are going so bear with me! The next one won't be so focused on them. Thanks for reviewing and love you all! –Lilly.

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