Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. The wonderful JK Rowling does! I wish I did, then I'd be rich! Just kidding! Please don't sue me for writing a fan fic that I really hope you enjoy!
(A/N: Graduation...Year Seven has come to an end. Thanks to everyone who helped with song ideas for this chapter and congrats to Claudia, the unknown one, and MuGgLeNeT27 for the end of the year prank ideas! And also thank you to Rachel for writing Lily's speech and JuLiA for James' speech!)
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"Well?" McGonagall asked, her voice shaking.
"He'll be okay if I get him to the hospital wing now," Madame Pomfrey said, her hands shaking as she conjured a stretcher. She was performing a number of healing spells on Remus as she guided the stretcher to the castle.
Lily and Marissa rushed to Kiah, shooting cold water out of their wands to wake her up. Kiah's eyes fluttered open. "Remus! Where is he?" She cried.
"He's going to be fine, Madame Pomfrey is taking him up to the hospital right now," Lily said soothingly.
"We need to go with them, can you stand up?" Marissa said. Kiah nodded and shakily stood up, grabbing onto Marissa for support.
They caught up to Remus on the stretcher, walking at a brisk pace to keep up with it. The three girls were crying, Kiah the hardest. James and Sirius were paste white.
"Where's Peter?" James asked after a second.
Remus opened his eyes quickly and grabbed James' hand. He was trying to say something, but it looked like he was straining to get it out. "Peter," Remus said, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Tell me! What is it Remus?" James asked.
"Dea-" was all Remus managed to get out before he was interrupted.
"Obliviate!" yelled a voice from above them. A jet of white light shot out of nowhere and hit Remus in the chest. Remus gasped, then passed out. Any spell performed on him was hard to take on his body.
All the teachers yanked out their wands and pointed them from the voice came from. They stood there, stone still, waiting for a sign of human life. After about ten minutes, Dumbledore said, "I think it's all right now, we need to hurry and get Mr. Lupin to the hospital."
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When they got Remus to the hospital, Madame Pomfrey shooed everyone out, including Dumbledore.
"I'm sorry Albus, but I cannot work with so many people in here!" Madame Pomfrey said firmly, looking over where James, Sirius, Lily, Marissa, and Kiah stood.
Dumbledore inclined his head. "I completely understand Poppy. Come along you five."
"Professor, we would really appreciate it if we could stay. I think Remus might need us when he wakes up," Lily said.
"You shouldn't worry about that! He'll be knocked out for a few days," Madame Pomfrey said, bustling around the infirmary. "Go on, you have classes tomorrow."
"That's not fair," James started, but Lily slapped a hand over his mouth.
"Goodnight!" Lily said hurriedly as she pushed her friends out of the door.
"What was that for?" James asked when Lily took her hand away from his mouth.
"We can take the Invisibility Cloak and sneak down there," Lily said.
"Kiah, do you want to stay in Gryffindor tower with us?" Marissa asked.
"I guess," Kiah said, her voice barely above a whisper.
When they arrived in the common room, all the students crowded around the five friends.
"What happened?"
"Is Remus okay?"
"Are you guys in detention for Stunning a teacher?"
"That was so cool!"
"Why is there a Ravenclaw here?"
"Everyone shut the bloody hell up!" James and Sirius both yelled at the same time.
"Remus is okay, but I won't answer anything else. Now, we've all been through a traumatic experience, so get out of our way before we curse you into next month!" Marissa said, pointing her wand threateningly at the students.
Everyone backed away, and Kiah made her way up the girl's staircase, her head hanging low. Sirius and Marissa kissed goodnight, as did Lily and James. "Stay up until midnight, Sirius and I will come get you guys," James whispered in her ear.
"What about Peter?" Lily asked.
"He didn't even bother to come with us. Plus he probably won't even be in there."
"How are you going to come get us?" Lily asked suspiciously.
James grinned. "You'll see."
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Lily passed the message to Marissa and Kiah, so they sat on Lily's bed, just talking about what happened that night. Kiah was still in an awful state of shock, and was lying down, barely saying anything.
It was a little past midnight, and Lily felt a kiss on the back of her head. She turned around quickly, wand pointing straight into James' glasses.
"Whoa sorry, didn't know you were going to go bonkers," James said, holding his hands up in defense.
"How'd you get in here?" Lily asked, pocketing her wand.
James just grinned and pointed to the full-length mirror in their room. All three girls turned that way. The mirror had a faint blue glow around it, and the glass looked like it was water. A second later, Sirius stepped out.
"Wow! How did you get that to work?" Marissa asked, jumping up and hugging Sirius tightly.
"Kind of like the Floo Network, only it's a two way mirror. You say to the mirror either boys or girls, and it will take you to our room or your room, depending on what you said," Sirius explained.
"We've spent the longest time working on it," James said proudly. "But enough chit chat, let's go see Remus."
James expanded the Invisibility Cloak so they could fit inside, then they slowly made their way down to the hospital wing. They got there and found Remus' bed, slipping off the Invisibility Cloak and conjuring chairs around the bed.
"That was almost too easy," Sirius whispered, grinning.
"Hem, hem," a voice said behind them. They slowly turned around and saw Madame Pomfrey standing behind them, tapping her foot impatiently.
"Why hello Poppy! Beautiful night, isn't it?" Sirius said, flashing a grin.
"That, Mr. Black, is why you need Mr. Lupin to get you out of tight spots. Detention with me every night this week," Madame Pomfrey said sternly.
Lily groaned loudly. "Madame Pomfrey, I have homework, studying for NEWTS, and planning the wedding every single night. Can I be excused?"
"I'm afraid not, Ms. Evans. You should have thought of the consequences before you snuck down here. Out!" Madame Pomfrey said, pointing a long bony finger towards the door.
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On Wednesday, Remus awoke to find Sirius, James, Lily, Marissa, and Kiah sitting around him. The first thing he did was engulf a sobbing Kiah in a hug.
About five minutes after he woke up, Dumbledore calmly strode in the room. "Ah, Mr. Lupin, so glad to see you feeling in better spirits. Now if you don't terribly mind, I would like to ask you a few questions."
"That's okay," Remus said, pulling Kiah on the bed with him.
Dumbledore smiled at this. "Well first off, can you tell me exactly what happened after you left your common room?"
Remus closed his eyes, concentrating hard. "Well, I remember Peter saying he lost his book and he was going to go look for it. I was suspicious, but I don't remember why. I was standing up to go after him, and then I had a blanking out point," Remus paused, his eyes squinting hard, "But I do remember immense pain, shooting all over my body, worse pain than I have ever been through before. Then I remember being cold and hungry. It felt like I was dying. Then I remember Kiah and I saw this blinding white light, and some moments from my life flashed before my eyes. Then I blanked out again, and, as you know, I was here."
Dumbledore looked like he was deep in thought. "Can you possibly remember who or what was causing you the pain?"
Remus closed his eyes again, then after a while shook his head. "Not especially, just a lot of dark figures."
"What were you trying to tell James when you were on the stretcher? Something about Peter," Dumbledore asked.
"No, I don't even remember being on a stretcher. Can someone tell me what happened?" Remus asked.
James started to speak. "You left the common room to go help Peter find his book. Neither you or Peter came back that night, and only Peter was there the next morning. You were missing for a week. Then during dinner on Sunday, Filch came bursting in saying he found you in the Forbidden Forest. The teachers got up and we were going to follow them, but Snelling-"
"Professor Snelling," Dumbledore corrected, a twinkle in his eye.
"Er, right. Professor Snelling was blocking the doorway, saying we couldn't go," James was cut off by Sirius.
"I want to tell this part! Then I said too damn bad, but she still wouldn't let us through. So I said move out of the way hag! That was cool," The rest of the students in the room were trying to give him signals to shut up, because Dumbledore was sitting there. "Then she still wouldn't move, so at the exact same time Lily and James took out their wands and Stunned her! She blasted 20 feet backwards. She didn't even remember we did it when she woke up that night!"
Sirius looked immensely proud of himself, and then saw James nonchalantly pointing to Dumbledore. Sirius' cocky grin quickly disappeared. "I'm sorry, I seemed to miss the last thing you said Mr. Black," Dumbledore said pleasantly, giving Sirius a small wink.
Lily picked up where Sirius left off. "We followed Filch in the woods and after a long time walking, we came to a clearing. There was blood all over the ground, and you were lying in the middle. You looked horrible, it was scary. We all thought you were dead. You told Kiah you loved her and then you said goodbye," Lily said, looking over at Marissa.
Marissa took the hint and picked up where she left off. "Madame Pomfrey conjured a stretcher and put you on it. We woke Kiah up and caught up to you. James asked where Peter was and you woke up. You grabbed his arm and said Peter's name. You were having a ton of trouble talking and were about to say something else, when a voice fired a spell and it modified your memory. There really isn't anything else to tell."
"Wow," Remus said breathlessly, "Wait, did they say 'Obliviate' to modify my memory?" The whole room nodded. Remus thought for a moment then asked, "How come my whole memory wasn't erased?"
Everyone turned to Dumbledore for an answer and he gave a meak smile. "I believe whoever cast the charm was deeply concentrating on just erasing certain parts of your memory, such as the forbidden forest. Or it could be since the charm came from above us they were on a broom and too far away to cause the charm to do real damage. Either they were very powerful or extremely weak with their casting.
"Well, I do believe that's enough prying. You five have a detention with Madame Pomfrey soon, so I better leave you to it," Dumbledore said. The five students groaned.
"I will give you a thousand galleons if you please don't make me clean another bed pan!" Sirius said to Dumbledore, on his knees with his hands clasped. Dumbledore just chuckled and walked away.
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Remus was out of the infirmary the next week, fully recovered. But he couldn't have come back at a worse time; NEWT testing was the next day.
"What are you doing?" Lily shrieked that night in the common room. The Marauders were playing a game of Exploding Snap.
Sirius rubbed his ears. "Sometimes you sound just like your sister, Lillian."
Lily grabbed his ear, twisting it around. "Ah! Bloody hell!" Sirius said, dropping to his knees and trying to get away. Lily just dug her nails in deeper. Sirius was moaning in pain.
"Why aren't you guys studying?" Lily asked sharply.
"We know all the stuff," James said, shrugging the matter off and laying another card down. Lily groaned and grabbed his ear also. "OW! WHAT DID I DO?" James said, dropping to his knees next to Sirius.
"I want all four of you studying right now! NEWT testing starts tomorrow!" Lily said.
Remus groaned. "But Lily, I'm winning!" He whined.
"You always win!" Sirius said.
"Stop! Remus, you need to study the most…you missed a week and a half of school! Study now!" Lily said letting go of James and Sirius' ears. They both started rubbing the red area.
"Good luck with her mate," Sirius said to James when Lily was absorbed in her books once again.
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"That wasn't too terribly hard!" Lily said cheerfully the last day of testing.
Peter glared her way. "Speak for yourself," he mumbled.
McGonagall briskly walked over to the group of friends. "Lily and James-"
"I swear I didn't do it Professor!" James said defensively.
"Don't worry Mr. Potter, the school is at peace, for now," McGonagall said as an after thought. "Since you and Ms. Evans are the top students in the school," McGonagall said proudly, "you have to say a speech on Graduation day. You must have it ready the day before graduation so I can check over it to make sure it's appropriate."
"What are the class ranks for the rest of us?" Sirius asked.
McGonagall thought for a moment, then said, "Mr. Black is third, Mr. Lupin is fourth, Ms. Peele is fifth, Ms. Malawi is 12th, and Mr. Pettigrew is 95th," McGonagall turned to walk away, then said, "We haven't had the top students to be in Gryffindor for a long time. I just want you all to know you make me proud to be head of Gryffindor." McGonagall had tears in her eyes, so she quickly walked away.
Lily and James got to work on their speeches. Lily was done that night, but she spent three days correcting and pruning it. James was having more trouble. He had no idea what to write.
So one night in the common room, James slid next to Lily on the couch and wrapped his arm around her shoulders. "What are you working on?" he asked.
"My speech," Lily murmured, absorbed in writing.
"Oh, I see," James said. He adjusted himself so he could see over her shoulder and was just about to start reading when Lily slapped his arm.
"You have to write your own," she said, getting up.
"But Lils," James whined.
"Don't 'but Lils' me!" she said sharply.
"I just need an idea to get me started!" James said.
"You haven't started? We have to turn these into McGonagall tomorrow!" Lily said, shocked.
"I know! I need your help!"
"Well I'm not going to help, but Marissa is good with speeches. Go ask her, she's in the dorm room."
"Fine! I will! Since my own fiancé won't even help me!" James said. He stomped up the stairs to the boy's dormitories. Lily just rolled her eyes and sat back down to continue working.
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Marissa and James worked on the speech feverently, and got done with it just before Lily was about to leave to give it to McGonagall.
Soon, graduation day was here. All the parents were going to arrive at the castle by lunch; they were taking the Hogwarts Express.
They all got dressed, and headed down to the Great Hall for lunch, waiting for their parents to arrive. Both Remus and James were wearing frowns. Lily and Kiah both guessed what was wrong with each of them. Remus' parents wouldn't come to the school to visit them, and James' parents couldn't come.
"You know they are so proud of you," Lily said to James.
James nodded, his eyes watering up. "I know, I just wish they could be here."
"Me too," Lily said, hugging James. James buried his face in her shoulder.
"Don't ever leave me," James said, almost desperately, to Lily.
"I would never, ever in a million years, leave you," Lily said, kissing James' head.
"Attention seventh year students! Your parents have just arrived! Please go outside and welcome them to our school!" McGonagall said.
"Come on!" Lily said, grabbing James' hand.
"No, it's fine, they're your parents," James said.
"Your like their long lost son! And you're going to be staying at my house during the summer! Plus, Gail and Orion are probably out there," Lily said, pulling him along.
Kiah was also dragging a very reluctant Remus to meet her parents, as was Marissa, but Sirius was actually digging his heels into the ground and pulling backwards trying to get Marissa to slow down.
"Mum! Dad!" Lily yelled when she got outside, running towards her parents.
"Lilykins!" Rob said, hugging her tight. As soon as Rob let go, Jen scooped up Lily.
"I'm so glad you're here! Now you can see Hogwarts!" Lily said. She motioned James forwards.
"Hi Rob and Jen," James said nervously.
Rob grinned and held out his hand. "Hello James. How are you?"
James shook his hand. "Just fine."
Jen gave James a hug. James was taken back by her friendliness. "Hello James. Have you helped with the wedding a lot?" Jen asked graciously.
"Actually yes, it has become one of mine and Lily's favorite pastimes," James said. Lily wrapped her arms around his waist and James put an arm around her.
"Oh they are so cute!" Jen said. She pulled out a camera and clicked a picture.
Meanwhile, Sirius was being introduced to Marissa's parents. Marissa's mum immediately liked him, but her father was who Sirius was having trouble with.
"What intentions do you have with my daughter?" he asked gruffly.
Sirius' mouth was open in shock and Marissa had her face in her hand. "Well, uh, I er, um..."
"The boy can't answer a single question! Do you see this Maris?" Marissa's father asked his wife.
Maris sighed. "Yes, Sebastian. Go easy on him!"
Sebastian looked Sirius up and down. "All right," he said, glaring at Sirius.
Right then, Gail and Orion came by, and introduced themselves. From then on, Sebastian was very pleasant towards Sirius.
Kiah was also introducing Remus to her father. Kiah's mother had died when she was a baby, so it was only her and her father, Jamil. Unlike Marissa's father, Jamil was very kind and had a knack for guessing personalities by a person's manner.
All the students went inside to have lunch, and then the Head Boy and Girl had to give a tour of Hogwarts. That was very fun, number one because the muggle parents had never seen Hogwarts, and number two, Lily and James were Head Boy and Girl, therefore they allowed an overly bouncy Sirius to help guide it.
Every place in the castle had an event or a Marauder story, so, of course, the four boys had to tell of their adventures. The Slytherins were not enjoying this tour at all.
After they were done with the tour, the parents and students came back to the Great Hall, and were dismissed to the Quidditch field, because there was the Quidditch cup that needed awarding.
Remus kissed Kiah goodbye hesitantly, and raced up to the announcers box. Sirius kissed Marissa also, but ended the kiss quickly because Sebastian was glaring.
Lily threw her arms around James. "Be safe, I don't want to the delay the wedding because you're in St. Mungos."
James laughed. "I will. I love you."
"I love you back," Lily said, and they kissed briefly before James ran into the dressing room.
Lily, Kiah, and Marissa met to find seats together with their parents. "This is so exciting! James has told us all about Quidditch, since Lily doesn't seem to fond of it, and I've been dying to see it!" Jen exclaimed.
"Oh, us too! I can't wait to see how it is!" Maris said.
"They are very fun to watch, when I went here, I was a Keeper," Jamil said. Marissa, Kiah, and Jamil had to explain to the Evans and the Peeles how the game is played, and some of the amazing things that were pulled off in past Quidditch matches.
"Welcome students, teachers, and parents to the final Quidditch match of the season, Ravenclaw versus Gryffindor! Both teams are very good and it should be a very close match. Whoever wins today will get the Quidditch cup until next year. I would like to say goodbye first off, for this will be my last time announcing these wonderful Quidditch matches. I know you all will miss the Marauders, for we are a great source of entertainment here at this school as we drive our professors absolutely up the wall—"
"Lupin! I'm warning you!" McGonagall said.
"You can't very well give me detention Professor, I'm only going to be here two more days," Remus said proudly and all McGonagall could do was sigh.
Since the teams weren't enemies and both equally good, the game wasn't too exciting. When the score was tied at 50 to 50, Remus said, "Ok guys, ready?"
Lily saw two thumbs up from the sky, and one from Peter, who was sitting three rows down from them. "Oh no, they're going to do a prank!" Marissa said.
"Oh no! James don't do it on our parents please..." Lily said to herself.
All four boys raised their wands. "Boys!" McGonagall yelled.
But it was too late. At the exact same time, the boys yelled, "Class of 1978!" There was an earsplitting boom. Everyone looked around and saw words spelling out over the Quidditch field. The writing was in gold and scarlet, and it said, "The Marauders! James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter! Class of 1978! Mischief Makers!" The words were glittering and below the words, another line wrote out, "Lily and James to be wed on December 7th, Hogsmeade."
"This is the first of three pranks that you will be seeing today! For those parents who have no idea who we are, read the skies. I'm sure your sons and daughters will fill you in," Remus said over the microphone.
McGonagall was speechless, to say the least. Lily was in awe of how romantic it was to have her and James' wedding date written in the skies.
The Quidditch game went on, the players occasional flying through the written words. Gryffindor won the match barely, James and Emerald De Witt, the Ravenclaw seeker, were both flying downwards to get the snitch, and James barely grabbed it at last minute.
"GRYFFINDOR WINDS THE QUIDDITCH CUP!" Remus yelled through the microphone.
McGonagall took the microphone away from Remus. "All seventh year students report to your dormitories to get changed for the Graduation ceremony. Students sixth year and younger, please report to your common rooms, you will be staying there for the rest of the evening. Parents stay seated, the Graduation ceremony will begin shortly." McGonagall was grinning ear to ear, which she displayed very rarely.
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When the Gryffindors arrived at the common room there was a huge party going on. There were banners around the room saying "Go Gryffindor!" and "Class of 1978!"
The seventh years stayed down there for a while, but then they had to go get ready for graduation. Lily was very jittery, rehearsing her speech to Marissa, Brielle, and Danielle over and over again.
"Lily shut up! I can't concentrate on my make-up and hair with you blabbering like an idiot. Yes the speech sounds great, but I'm sick and tired of hearing it!" Brielle said, giving her a sharp look.
Marissa rolled her eyes and went to calm Lily down. She was getting hysterical. The girls put on muggle clothing and put their graduation robes on over them.
McGonagall came onto the magical speaker throughout the school. "All seventh years please come to the Quidditch pitch for the Graduation ceremony."
Lily and Marissa met the boys in the common room. James was whistling a Beatles' song. "Aren't you the least bit nervous?" Lily asked.
"Why should I be? Are you nervous?" James asked.
"To death!" Lily said.
"Well, according to Marissa, your speech is perfect and you say it wonderfully, so you have absolutely nothing to be nervous about. Plus, I have full confidence in you," James said, giving her a hug.
They headed down to the Quidditch pitch, where they saw four rows of chairs sitting in front of a raised podium. The chairs had people's names hovering over them. The words written in the sky were still there, and glittering even more.
After everyone was seated and quiet, Dumbledore walked to the podium and stood there, smiling at all the students. "Welcome parents, and welcome class of 1978! I'll make this short, for we have a lot to get through in a short amount of time. I just want to say I am so proud of each and everyone one of you. All of you have handled these seven years of school wonderfully, and each excelled greatly in school. I remember each of you walking through those doors seven years ago, scared at the promise of so much magic. You all adapted to Hogwarts quickly, and considered it your new home after a few days of being here. I hope your time at Hogwarts will be the best memories of your life, and I want you to know that you will always be welcome here. Thank you."
There was a roaring applause from the students and teachers. Some of the girls had tears in their eyes. Then the Head of Houses came up and each said a short speech.
"I've gotten to know each and every one of you so well. Even though some of you drove me absolutely insane," McGonagall said, looking over at the Marauders who blew kisses to her, "I'm still proud of all of you. You managed to win the House Cup, the Quidditch Cup, have Gryffindors as Head Boy and Girl, and be the top students in the school. You have been my favorite class in all my years of teaching, and I'm so, so proud of all of you." McGonagall had to stop, for she had tears in her eyes. When she left the podium, all the Gryffindors gave her a standing ovation, the Marauders yelling, "WE LOVE MINERVA!" McGonagall gave them a stern look, trying hard to hide her smile.
It was time for Lily to make her speech. She carefully walked up to the podium, trying hard not to trip and to keep her nerves down. She stepped up to the podium and took a deep breath. "Teachers, parents, fellow graduates, I am pleased and honored to be here today. These past seven years have been a real adventure for me. I remember like it was only yesterday when I walked through those doors and waited to be sorted. It was nerve-racking for me to watch all my peers go up one by one and be sorted into a house. After waiting for what seemed like an hour I was sorted into Gryffindor. Getting into the house was one thing, but becoming a witch was another. I thought I would never understand the concept of magic and memorize the spells correctly. I would have never been able to do it, not without the help of the professors and my friends. Leaving Hogwarts is like leaving a comfort zone. But I know one thing is for sure, it will always be a part of me that I will never forget. Hogwarts helped shapen me as a better person. It allowed me to make the friends who will never leave from my heart, meet the one person whom I will spend the rest of my life with and discover who I really am. So Hogwarts, class of 1978, congratulations! And as we take this new stepping-stone in our life remember to keep your friends and knowledge and always treasure life. Congratulations graduates and I hope the future holds good fortune for you!"
There was huge applause as Lily stepped down from the podium, smiling graciously at her fellow classmates. James stood and gave her a hug whispering, "That was amazing."
"Thanks. Good luck up there," Lily said, pushing him towards the podium.
James walked to the podium, not the least bit nervous. He pulled out a long piece of parchment that trailed down to the bleachers. "Just kidding!" James said, tapping the paper with his wand so it rolled into his pocket. James cleared his throat, and pulled out his real speech. "Dear graduates and families. The end. The end of wonderful 7 years that we spent at the best Witchcraft and Wizarding School in the world. As we part ways tomorrow, at the Kings Cross Station, Platform 9 3/4 for the last time, I want you to remember how you got that far. Never forget your peers, your teachers and even your enemies. Remember all the good times and think about this period of time as your wonderful base for your new life that you will be starting soon. Remember those whose lives were tragically lost. Remember each student who has lost a loved one, whose families never got to see them graduate today. Remember Hogwarts; a place where you were and I am sure will be always welcome for the years to come. I met my best friends here, I met my future wife. I think I speak on behalf of every single graduate when I say this: the seven years at Hogwarts were the best years of our lives. This wonderful castle will always have a place in our hearts, the secret passages, the ghosts, even the teachers. I sure envy my future kids who will be lucky to spend 7 years here, and I'm sure I will tell them, enjoy it while you can, because before you know, you will be standing here, graduating. I still remember the first day. The day I met Remus, Lily, Peter, and Marissa, and all of us becoming friends. You all have helped me turn into the person I am today, and I want to say; thank you! We wish the school all the best, the school where we spent our late childhood and teenage years. Class of 1978, remember these wonderful years of our life!"
There was another roaring applause for James as he stepped down from the podium. Lily kissed him when he came back to the seats. "That was amazing. I almost cried it was so good."
"Tell Marissa that, she wrote most of it," James said.
Dumbledore came back to the podium and passed out the many diplomas. "Congratulations Class of 1978!" The students cheered and threw their black caps into the air.
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Author Notes: Thank you to those old old old reviewers that wrote the speeches for me, since I completely suck at speech writing (as you can tell from Dumbledore's and McGonagall's speeches).
xx-Heartbroken: It was one I think Entertainment Tonight did with her, but I don't remember. I was just flipping through the channels and I saw it. Yeah all these are old ones modified. I don't know where you would've read it before unless you started reading this story once before. How do you sound horny saying that? Anyway, I know 13 year old girls know what rape is but I don't believe they have the slightest idea of how it goes therefore they should not be writing about it unless they have heard about it from someone first hand (I know it sounds weird…but I mean like if they know a friend who was raped and they told them about it. I only know what it really is because one of my friends has been raped). In the books there is so little info about L/J and it says no where when they were born or what date they started dating or when they were married. Thanks for the congrats and yes I do get to see Chris live but you get to go to Egypt! I go to concerts all the time, its not a big deal for me, but Egypt would be! So you know what I say to you…damn you! Mwah ha!
Demi: Yeah we go back August 16th or something crazy like that. That's cool your teacher gave you a jelly donut…mine at our school would NEVER do that because it would probably be breaking some stupid law by our Hitler principal. Hang in there those last few weeks…I thought I would go insane! Good luck on finals too!
R/R!