Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling, only Jane, Adea, Kayla and any other characters not in the book belong to me

A/n: Here's chapter 19. Review when you're done. Has it been ages since I updated? I'm sorry! I just want to say I love all my readers and I hope nobody's given up on me, because I do fully intend to finish this story, I'm mentally unable to abandon it.

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It was the Friday before Hogwarts broke up for Easter and a general feeling of excitement could be felt buzzing around the corridors. It was heard in the voices of the students along with relief, which was shared with the teachers.

The Seventh Years were anxious but excited and relieved all the same. Yes, the holidays needed to be utilised for revision but a few days off wouldn't kill them right?

The Marauders were convinced the Easter Holidays should be used for rest and relaxation purposes only. Their girlfriends were a different story. Kayla and Jane were (for the first time) just as conscious as Lily and Adea of the upcoming exams and who might have sparked these feelings?

'Lily' James said as he watched his girlfriend frantically cram her books into her trunk. 'What are you doing?' he asked amusedly, not a good idea. Lily's head snapped up from its set position long enough to give James the queen of all death glares. 'Sorry' James mumbled –Thank god Sirius' isn't here. He'd never let this go. I don't blame him, you are incredibly whipped James looked back at her and heard her give a slight scream and felt himself smile –but look at her-

'Come here, let me help' James said, feeling sorry for her. He strode over to her, but she refused to budge. 'Lily! Let me do it' James said but she shook her head, making her red hair sway. 'No James, it's okay I can handle it' James rolled his eyes at her useless persistence. 'You obviously can't' he drawled.

James bent down, slid his arms around her waist and lifted her away from her trunk, trying desperately to stop her flailing hands from breaking his glasses. Once he'd moved her, he whipped out his wand, shrunk her books and placed them neatly into her trunk.

Lily blinked, trying to digest the use of logic James had just performed. 'Oh my god! I can't even do shrinking charms. Shrinking charms!' Lily cried. James walked over to her.

'Okay Lils, what you need to do is calm down!' James ordered, Lily looked at him in a disbelieving way as if no one could ever even think about calming down in a situation like that. 'Calm down? Calm down? Are you insane? Here I am about to take my NEWTs in May and I can't even do a shrinking charm! I do not think this is the time to be calming down' she cried hysterically. She ran to get her books but James snaked his arm around her waist before she got too far but she still fought. He sighed.

He leaned in and gave her a kiss, feeling her give a small sigh against his mouth. When he broke away, he saw that she had relaxed slightly but her eyes were still hazy with fret. 'Look would you still be Head Girl if you Dumbledore thought you couldn't even do a shrinking charm? You do have to be smart to get it, you know. You'll do fine just like always, you will breeze through and laugh about it. Trust me' Lily nodded.

James picked up a cushion and held it out to her. Lily whipped out her wand and shrunk it successfully before returning it to its full size. She flung her arms around James in relief, who smiled. 'There you go. See, perfect. Now as long as you can keep a cool head you should be alright' he said soothingly.

Lily smiled at him and they left to take a walk around the grounds.

Jane and Sirius had become oddly formal around each other, with Jane making all the calls. Sirius didn't know how to act so he mirrored her behaviour. One thing that was decided was that they were still spending Easter together.

'Okay, so am I allowed to write you over Easter?' Sirius asked cautiously.

'You're spending it in the same flat as me, why would you need to write me?' Jane asked, Sirius' spirits lifted.

'Well I thought that since we-you know. I thought that you wouldn't want me to…' Sirius finished. Jane shook her head. 'No, I'm not letting you spend Easter alone. Why on Earth would I do that?' Jane asked quizzically. Sirius was really confused now. 'Look just because I'm angry at you, doesn't mean that I'll leave you all alone at Easter, I'm not that harsh' she explained. Sirius grinned.

That was a few weeks ago. Jane and Sirius' demeanour around at each other made the students of Hogwarts think that they had broken up, the girls found this especially appealing. One, Acacia Abrams was very interested.

'Hey Sirius' Acacia cooed, Sirius rolled his eyes. The blonde haired girl approached him. 'I heard Jane Swales broke up with you, you poor soul' she said, faking concern. 'I've always thought she was a bitch' she said, thinking that Sirius would wholeheartedly agree, how wrong she was.

'Take that back' he said coolly. Acacia looked taken aback and then donned her previous expression once more. 'Oh how insensitive of me, you're still hurting. Why don't you let me make it better for you, if you catch my drift' Acacia proposed, winking at him. Sirius looked at the girl and took in her appearance.

Acacia Abrams was from a respectable family. Her younger sister Céleste Abrams was the exact opposite. While Acacia was, well seemingly dim, Céleste happened to be a top student. While Acacia had never so much as gained a point for her house, Céleste had made it to prefect. While Acacia looked down upon everyone and was cold hearted, Céleste welcomed everyone and was warm hearted. Acacia's skirt was always rolled up as high as could it go and as many buttons possible undone whereas Céleste had all her buttons (except the collar, because that looks odd) done and her skirt at a perfect length. Did they have anything in common? They were both exceedingly beautiful.

In September Sirius would've walked off with Acacia Abrams and found the nearest broom closet but that had changed. He glanced behind her to see Céleste looking at him apologetically on behalf of her shameless older sister. Sirius gave her a small smile and turned back to Acacia.

'I don't know who told you that, but me and Jane have not broken up' the girl ignored this and placed a hand on his shoulder. This made him grit his teeth. In his books very few girls could now do that and Acacia Abrams was not one of them.

'It's okay Sirius, you don't need her. She doesn't deserve you. Now me, I deserve you more than anyone and you definitely deserve me. We're perfect, don't you see? And look on the bright side, she wasn't even pretty' Acacia reasoned, bad move.

'Jane is a thousand times more gorgeous than you will ever be' Sirius said with a great deal of hostility. Acacia stared at him for a minute before bursting out in laughter. 'Did she have you under a love potion or something, or are you just blind?' she asked sincerely once her giggles had subsided.

Sirius inhaled and exhaled heavily, stopping himself from hexing the girl in front of him. 'You are so lucky, I'm not who I used to be' he said dangerously. The girl remained oblivious to his tones, thinking he was joking. 'Oh Sirius she said playfully. She then fiddled with his hair and batted her eyelashes.

That was it. Enough. She'd seen all she needed to see. This girl had gone too far. Jane (who had been there the whole time) had seen that Sirius had tried to be calm about it and he'd definitely been faithful. For this particular episode Jane's anger was not directed towards him.

She marched over and lodged herself in between Sirius and Acacia. Jane proceeded to fling her arms around him and kiss him full on. Sirius was in shock at first but gladly complied with her wishes. Acacia stood there in alarm as her face reddened with rage. Once Jane had pulled away and Sirius had smiled lovingly at her, the onlooker decided to speak up.

'What are you doing? He's mine' she yelled, Jane's fierceness kicked in. 'Dream on. He's mine Abrams. Run. NOW' she said threateningly. Acacia jumped and scampered away.

Sirius looked down at his girlfriend, grin intact. 'So are we okay now?' he asked hopefully

'No'

'Oh'

Jane sighed, 'but you're still my boyfriend'. Sirius gave her a "what's that got to do with it" look. 'Well as long as I'm here, no slut is stepping within two feet of you' she explained. Sirius laughed and looked at her proudly 'good'.

Jane gave him a kiss on the cheek. 'That's for standing up for me and not going off with her' she whispered.

They were met with an awkward silence. 'Did you mean what you said?' Jane asked self-consciously 'about me being more gorgeous than Abrams' Sirius looked at her. 'Why would you ask, of course you are!' Jane nodded, remaining unconvinced.

'The train will leave in five minutes, please board now' Lily called 'Board now. That's five minutes 'til the train leaves, please board now. All students' board now' she called monotonously. James was patrolling inside the train to make sure everyone was okay and had a carriage.

'You! You over there!' Lily called to a fifth year couple, sharing a kiss. 'You'll see each other in two weeks, the train leaves…' but the girl cut her off. 'Yes I know. The train leaves in five minutes, please board now' the girl mimicked her testily. Lily rolled her eyes and ignored the comment as she watched the girl board.

As Lily looked on down the platform she saw the first year, who had been scared at Christmas, Laura. Laura caught Lily's eyes and gave her a big smile before quietly boarding the train. Once the last person had safely boarded the train, Lily boarded the Head's compartment with one minute to spare.

She sighed and laid herself down on the wide, comfortable berths that were situated there. Lily sighed again as she placed her arms carelessly in whatever position they landed in. Her hair fanned out beautifully framing her face. Her pale eyelids shut over her emerald eyes, looking like a pair of almond shaped doors.

'Tempting' came a voice, James. Lily didn't move and casually said 'Say what you want but I couldn't care less' James laughed, sat down quietly and watched his girlfriend rest.

'What are you doing?' Lily asked, still not bothering to open her eyes. 'Who? Me?' James asked innocently', Lily didn't answer 'I was watching you' James answered.

'Why?'

'Because' he replied

'Because…?' Lily asked expectantly

'Because you're beautiful' James filled in.

Lily knew that she couldn't keep her eyes shut now not when he insisted on being so sweet. Her eyelids snapped open and she looked at him. 'Here I am, minding my own business. Revelling in the tranquillity and then you come along. And now I have to stop because you're being so damn sweet' Lily babbled, more to herself then James, making him smile.

Lily gave him a small kiss. 'I like it when you're sweet. Nobody's ever said something so nice to me before' she said.

'Nice, isn't it? This private compartment. Means we can do anything we want' James said suggestively. Lily shoved him and pulled out a pack of Exploding Snap. James groaned in disappointment.

Estrella Fonseca patrolled the corridors and checked the compartments to make sure that students were sticking to the rules. She poked her head into a random compartment and found an unexpected sight.

Sirius Black lay on one of the seats, with his head in Jane's lap. She read a book and absentmindedly ran her fingers through his hair. On hearing the door open they looked at her. Sirius frowned, Jane looked inquisitive 'oh hello, anything the matter?' she asked kindly. The prefect shook her head and lowered her gaze.

'Um, no. No, no nothing's the matter. I was just- just checking, I need to go to the food trolley now' she fumbled; Jane smiled in her odd manner and said 'really? Me too, mind if I came with you?' Sirius sat up; Estrella looked to him and saw that his girlfriend's request was not to his liking. Jane didn't seem to care and by his silence Estrella guessed that Sirius knew this.

'Uh, sure?' she said unsurely, Jane rose and without a word to Sirius exited with the sixth year girl, who now had no choice but to actually go to the food trolley.

Jane and Estrella strolled down the narrow passage, passing itself off as a corridor. Neither said anything for a while before the younger girl spoke up. 'So, you and Sirius, you're still pretty strong huh?' Jane nodded thoughtfully 'I guess. I mean we have said we love each other' she answered, Estrella looked crestfallen.

'Oh' she said quietly.

'You're still not over him, are you?' Jane asked

'You should be the last person I admit that too' Estrella said resignedly.

'But why? You two broke up in October' Jane exclaimed

'I know, I'm sorry. But, I don't know, ever since you two started going out, he began to look even better than usual and then…I do want to be over him' she whined.

They reached the food trolley and each bought a few of every type of sweet before heading back. 'Would you like to meet someone I know?' Jane asked, Estrella shrugged.

Jane led Estrella to a nearby compartment with a boy who was reading in it. He was a boy who was introduced to Jane through Waqar as he and this boy shared a dormitory and a few classes. Jane thought he'd be perfect for Estrella.

'Jordan?' the boy looked up from his book and smiled slightly. The boy had longish dirty blonde hair and blue- grey eyes, with an intellectual aura about him, not unlike Remus'. Estrella's eyes widened. She wasn't too acquainted with the seventh years from other houses apart from the prefects and those from her own house.

'Estrella, this is Jordan Gibson. Jordan, this is Estrella Fonseca' Jane introduced formally, there was definitely a spark between them, she could feel it. They were still casting appraising looks at each other. Though, it was hard not to gain the other's approval, they were both very good looking. Once they'd said their hellos. Jane and Estrella went and sat with him and Jane waited until they had gotten into a productive conversation. Almost ten minutes later the pair had launched into a conversation on books and had just about forgotten that Jane was there. Just as she was about to close the door, Estrella called out.

'Hey Jane! Give Sirius a message, would you? Tell him I'm sorry for what I said in October. It was unfounded, out of order and completely untrue. Oh and thanks' Jane nodded and left, returning to her respective compartment.

Adea and Waqar sat together lightly discussing random things until Waqar imposed a very serious question.

'Hey Adea have you thought about…about…the-the wedding at all?' Waqar asked cautiously, Adea's head snapped up and she stared at him. 'Wedding? What wedding?' she asked fearfully, buying time for an answer. Waqar gave her a look 'you know what I'm on about'.

'Uuuumm… we should have it in winter?' Adea tried, Waqar shook his head. 'You haven't thought about it at all, have you?' he asked accusatorily, Adea looked guilty. 'Well you know, they'll be talking about it when we get home' Waqar said, she nodded to indicate that she did know. 'You sure you want to go through with it?' he asked again, unsure of whether or not he really wanted to hear her answer.

'No, no. I do want to, I just haven't thought about the actual wedding' Adea said, Waqar gave her another look, she knew what it meant. 'Fine! We'll talk about it' she said moodily. She pulled out a parchment and a quill.

'Okay. Do we want it here?' Waqar asked, Adea thought about it and nodded. 'I want my friends to be able to come without too much hassle, what about you?'

'Same, I guess' he answered, Adea scribbled it down. 'Are we sticking with the winter idea, because if we are then January would be perfect' Adea suggested, Waqar shrugged 'whatever suits you'.

'What will you wear?' Adea asked, quite getting into this wedding planning mode, Waqar looked at her as if she was insane. 'I don't know, you figure it out, just hand it to me the night before, ironed and everything and I'll put it on for the day' he said, Adea rolled her eyes and wrote down her ideas for him.

'Okay, what will I wear' she said out loud.

'Why don't you wear what you wore for Halloween?' Waqar recommended, thinking he was being completely logical. Adea glared at him and he regretted his words. 'Okay sorry, sorry. Forget I said it' Adea turned back to the parchment.

'How do you think I'd look in a soft gold?' she asked, Waqar shrugged 'good' he answered simply. 'What about a silver?' she asked

'Good'

'Red?'

'Good'

'Fluorescent yellow?' she asked suspiciously

'Good'

'You aren't paying any attention!' she slapped him, Waqar ducked.

'I so am' he protested, Adea folded her arms and gave him a challenging look 'no I am watch, what's fluorescent yellow?' he asked innocently, Adea inhaled deeply and let it pass. 'Fine I'll talk about it with our mums, you're no help'

She wrote something down and again and asked another question 'house or hotel?'

'Hotel'

'Got it'

They continued with questions like those, planning out their wedding in what some would call a very unimportant and carefree way and others would call a detailed way, but to them it was right.

Jane got back and sat down next to Sirius, who was staring out of the window. He looked at her 'you've been gone a while' he commented. Jane smiled and said 'introduced Estrella to Jordan Gibson, they really get on' she said happily, Sirius nodded when Jane remembered Estrella's message.

'Oh by the way. Estrella told me to tell you this: She's sorry for what she said in October. It was unfounded, out of order and completely untrue' Jane recalled, Sirius thought about it.

-Well I might as well let her off. I mean it was October and she's apologised, probably seen how brilliant Jane is and regretted her words- Sirius smiled and nodded, knowing Jane wouldn't question him about it. An awkward silence fell upon them.

Kayla and Remus walked in just then after spending a while with Gabrielle. 'Hey you two lovebirds' Kayla joked but noticed that Jane had sidled to the opposite end to Sirius. Both he and Jane looked up to glare at Kayla moodily before turning away.

'O-kay' Kayla said looking from one to other –I thought they were over that? Obviously not- Kayla and Remus sat in the large space that now existed between their two friends. They made futile attempts to start conversations.

'So-uh Easter's gong to be great right?' Kayla said laughingly, albeit nervously. 'Mm' and that's all she got, Remus snorted and felt a kick to the shin.

'Uh we should all meet up. Have a drink in the Leaky Cauldron' Remus suggested, Kayla nodded approvingly. 'Absolutely' she added before getting Remus by the arm and dragging him to the door.

'Give us a minute…or ten' Kayla said 'Remus needs to make his prefect rounds, don't you?'

'Wha- oh right yeah, we'll be back right back' and they stepped out.

Once they were outside, Remus laughed. 'They'll have fun, spending all Easter like that' Kayla hit him. 'Remus! It's not funny' she scolded

'I know, sorry. Trying to lighten the mood, that's all'

'If they keep on like this, next thing you know they're breaking up, Jane's kicking him out, he comes to you and voila! You spend the rest of your holidays watching Sirius mope around and obsess over Jane' Kayla said exasperatedly, creating an unfavourable image in her boyfriend's head. Remus cringed. They made their way to the Head's compartment in haste.

On reaching their destination Remus and Kayla found Lily and James partaking in a quiet chess game.

'Wow, you two are hot hot hot' Kayla commented dryly, the pair looked up. James looked quite annoyed. 'We would be, if Lily wasn't such a prude' he said. Lily poked him.

'So what are you doing here?' Lily enquired. Kayla sighed. 'Jane and Sirius. What are we going to do about them? I mean really, it's getting a teensy bit blown out of proportion'

'I suggested we all meet up for drinks in the Leaky Cauldron but judging by how they're acting, that'll be really awkward' Remus voiced.

'Well there's nothing we can do, really' James said feeling helpless. The four sat, looking defeated until Lily clicked her fingers. 'We could lock them in a room' she suggested but Remus shot that one down.

'Lily, we're all going on a 2 week holiday to separate places, how will we manage that before school starts again?'

'True'

'What if we hit Jane with a Nostalgia charm?' Kayla said, Lily looked interested but now James was the bearer of bad news. 'Guys that's not entirely safe. I mean I know you're great at charms Lils but what if (and only if) it went wrong, that spell triggers different parts of your brain and if it got the wrong parts then…' he didn't need to finish the sentence, Lily could imagine the consequences and they were not nice, not nice at all.

The four sat there for a while randomly spouting ideas (which got crazier as time went on) only to have them stamped on by someone else. Eventually Lily and Kayla came to a solution.

'Well when there's no visible solution, there's always one person to take it up with' Lily said defeatedly and exchanged glances with James and Kayla while Remus looked confused.

'I'll go' Kayla volunteered, Lily rose as well 'I'll go too'

'Let me come with you' Remus said but James held him back. 'Hey Moony, me you chess game, three galleons. What do you say?' James proposed, Remus looked to Kayla who smiled at him. He shrugged and turned back to James 'you're on'

'Adea! Adea!' Lily and Kayla called. The addressed girl looked up from her parchment with a knowing look on her face.

'It's Jane isn't it? What's going on?' she asked worriedly, wincing slightly. Lily stared at her best friend 'How did you-'Kayla cut her off. 'We'll talk about that later. Right now we need to stop Jane and Sirius splitting up'

Adea looked deep in thought. 'Well she'll need a stern talking to from Kayla. Apart from that, if they were meant to break then they will. Whatever happens will be for the best…stop being selfish the pair of you' she snapped at seeing Lily and Kayla's expressions to her suggestion.

'If Jane turns up at one of our houses and spends the whole holiday crying, so be it. I'll sit there listening and pick up every damn tissue if I have to and you two will be there too' Adea admonished.

Kayla grabbed the parchment that Adea had been writing on and her eyes lit up at reading the title. Adea tried to get it back but failed and so gave up. 'Oh my god, Dee! How brilliant, how fucking brilliant' she exclaimed. Lily craned her neck to see what Kayla was fussing about and caught a glimpse and she too became excited as she read the title out loud. 'Wedding preparations'

'Wedding preparations, does that mean…? It does, doesn't it? When, when, when. Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! No fucking way' Lily screamed as she hugged Adea. Adea tried to hide behind Waqar as she replied 'January'.

Kayla and Lily started squealing again. 'Adea's getting married! Wow! I've never been to one of your kinds of weddings, what do I have to do? What do I have to wear?' they asked sounding like little children. Adea laughed. 'Something bright and you'll be holding a corner of the canopy over my head as I walk into the hall, oh and reapplying makeup when needed' she elaborated. The two girl's eyes scanned the rest of the list and possibilities sprung into their heads until of course; they remembered that one of their number still needed to be notified.

'Oh my god! Jane! We need to tell Jane!' They took the parchment and ran off in the direction of Kayla' actual compartment.

'Hey Jane, look at this' Kayla said animatedly handing the parchment to Jane, who skimmed through it, her eyes steadily sparkling brighter and brighter.

'No way, no fucking way' Jane repeated what had been heard from Lilly, moments ago. 'Wedding…' she mused. Jane looked at her two friends with wide eyes 'she's getting married!' she said not quite believing it.

'She's getting married' Lily reiterated, though in a different tone, they all started squealing again. Jane, in her delight kissed Sirius without thought. Sirius laughed, though completely unknowing of whom they were talking.

'Well I'll let you girls have your girly moment' he said and left the three to be excited on their own. As Sirius left, Adea walked in and her eyebrows rose in an amused fashion at the faces before her. 'I don't get why you guys are so elated, you knew it was going to happen'.

'Yes but we had no idea when and when you told us about you and Waqar in fourth year, you were so angry and depressed, that we couldn't think to be happy. I mean this is different' Kayla explained patiently. Adea shrugged and took a seat.

The girls sat around, thinking of clothes to wear to this wedding, did they care that this wedding was more than six months away? No.

As it happened, the rest of the train ride was spent like the old days. Girls separate, guys separate, with the exception of Peter who only joined the Marauders for all of ten minutes.

Once the train had halted Lily and James got off first to ensure no one got hurt in the mad rush of students exiting the train.

'Please leave the train in an orderly fashion. Please leave the train in an orderly fashion' Lily called in a conductor's drone.

As Narcissa and Bellatrix Black left the train, they shoved Lily, aggressively. Lily being of a small frame fell back instantly. And stared up at the two jeering Slytherin girls. 'Aw can't the mudblood keep her balance, what a shame' they taunted, Lily breathed deeply and let it pass.

Just as Lily was about to stand up again, Bellatrix kicked her hard on the shin. Jane was heading towards them, her eyes blazing dangerously but James got there first and pulled Lily up without trying.

'Clear off now before I do something you both regret' James said icily but he looked terrifying. Narcissa and Bellatrix were slightly worried, it could be seen in their eyes but they didn't back away. 'Oh really Potter? So what's the boyfriend gonna' do?' they asked challengingly just as two jets of light headed their way with a loud shout of 'FURNUNCULUS'.

As soon as the light hit the two Slytherins their faces and arms and legs erupted in boils, they screamed and ran off in the direction of their boyfriends, Lucius Malfoy and Rodolphus Lestrange. Both of whom gave Jane murderous glares.

'Jane!' Lily cried. Jane seemed to snap out of a daze and gave a satisfied smile looked to Lily brightly but Lily did not look amused. 'Jane, you shouldn't have done that. Malfoy and Lestrange will kill you' Lily said worriedly, Jane shrugged.

'Let them try' she said carelessly. Lucius Malfoy walked past with a sobbing Narcissa Black. 'You'll pay for this mudblood' he whispered, by now Sirius was at Jane's side. 'Just try Malfoy, if she doesn't kill you first you can bet you won't be alive when I'm done with you' he replied.

Malfoy wasn't all too strong without his cronies so Sirius' threat raised his alarm slightly but he sneered and walked on as though it hadn't. Jane looked Sirius and smiled grudgingly. 'Thanks' she said in a small voice, Sirius grinned broadly and walked to where their trunks were.

Kayla who had come to say goodbye for the holidays and check to see if Lily was okay. Once she had finished with the others she approached Jane. 'Can I talk to you…over there?' Kayla indicated to an isolated spot on the platform. Jane nodded.

'When are you going to get over the fact that Sirius forgot your birthday' Kayla asked as soon as they'd reached the private spot. Jane shrugged, Kayla sighed. 'It really is ridiculous how cold and distant you are to him' she commented. Jane looked away.

'Look he made a mistake, I know that but he's done everything to make it up to you. He gave you an emotional token of his childhood; he's been incredibly loyal to you. He refused to go off with Abrams, and you know that the old Sirius wouldn't have thought twice. He's stuck up for you even when you're horrible on two occasions. Why can't you let it go?' Kayla asked in exasperation. Jane bit her lip.

-They're all good points, all of them. I know I should've let him off by now; it's really horrible that I'm still being angry. I don't want to be, I really don't but what can I do? Could you at least tell Kayla? Well, I'll have to, won't I-

'I'm scared okay?' Jane said, Kayla looked surprised at first and then her eyebrows rose and indicated scepticism. 'Scared? Jane you're not scared of anything' Kayla said. Jane thought about it and then went back on her words slightly.

'Overwhelmed more than scared I suppose' she said, Kayla looked puzzled 'how do you mean?' Jane took a deep breath and set about explaining. 'Look, Sirius and I have been going out for…for what? Six months? I mean we said we loved each other straight away, I mean more than that. We said we loved each other and then went out because of it' Jane got cut off by a disbelieving Kayla.

'What? Don't you love him?' Kayla asked with wide eyes

'Of course I do, don't be an idiot' Jane snapped testily 'what I meant was that we were just going really fast, weren't we?' Kayla nodded in agreement –can't deny that-

'Sirius totally put it into perspective for me. Unknowingly, of course. When I invited him to spend Easter with me, he freaked out. He thought I was asking him because I wanted to get engaged. I mean seriously, what else is there for us to do, now?' Kayla opened her mouth but Jane knew what she was going to say. 'No, I'm not sleeping with him. Not until we get engaged, at least and that might not happen' she filled in. Kayla thought about it and with a resigned sigh came to a conclusion.

'You're right Jane. But, you should tell him; if you actually love him then you must be able to talk about something like that. He really doesn't deserve all this hostility and if you carry on, he could get fed up at any given time and poof! It's over, you're heartbroken, end of story' Kayla said flailing her arms wildly.

'Poof?' Jane raised her eyebrows at her friend's wording, 'really, Kayla how old are you?' she asked disapprovingly.

'Jane, come on!' Sirius called, further down the platform. Kayla gave her best friend a meaningful look before watching her step through the barrier with her boyfriend. Once through the barrier, Jane and Sirius halted. Sirius looked at Jane for instructions while she looked to him in puzzlement.

'Why have we come through here?' Jane asked. Sirius thought this would've been obvious 'Because I can't apparate somewhere I have no clue about, can I?' Jane saw the problem; an idea struck her.

'Hey, ever been in a cab?' she asked conversationally

'A what?' Jane took that as a no and pointed in the direction to a line of black London cabs waiting outside. Sirius looked bewildered and shook his head. The "cabs" were a lot bigger and looked slightly different to normal cars or he wouldn't have been so confused.

Jane dragged him over to one and gave the driver an address. Jane indicated to Sirius to take a seat while the driver got out and stared in a dismayed way at the luggage. Jane saw this and thought fast. 'We collect antiques, big, uh colossal fans of…antiques' she finished lamely but the driver seemed to accept this and he started piling it into the boot.

'Hope you're comfortable, it's a long ride home' Jane said and smiled at hearing Sirius groan.

After getting out of London which took a while since the driver decided he just "had" to take them the long way round. Somewhere along the line Jane slipped back into her usual daze. So when Sirius started getting excited at spotting Big Ben instead of saying something believable like "he's foreign, first time in London" she said, 'he likes to get in touch with his inner-child'. This earned a grin from Sirius and slightly wary look from the driver.

Nearly four hours later Sirius saw a picture in an odd casing with a funny gold coin on it and the words "Welcome to Sheffield" printed underneath.

'Oh Sheffield! Sheffield, you live in Sheffield, are we there?' Sirius asked restlessly. Jane glanced at her watch and said in her dreamy voice 'not long now'.

Finally they pulled up in front of a reasonably large red brick house where Jane asked the driver to wait before rushing inside and coming back out with some money to pay for the ride. Once the trunks had been returned to their respective owners, they were ready to have a proper entrance. Sirius' heart started beating rapidly as he swallowed and waited for the door to open once Jane had knocked but he realised something.

'Wait, didn't you just go in here?' he asked, Jane nodded. 'Yes but that wasn't special. Coming home has to be special' she said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Sirius realised that though, entirely untrue in his case, in Jane's case the phrase "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" was quite true.

The door swung open and an average height, thin woman with dark brown hair, which fell to the middle of her back stood before them. The woman was pretty for her age but Jane had inherited none of her traits (as far as Sirius could tell anyway).

'Snowflake!' the woman called in an absent-minded voice, though the tone was slightly less eerie than Jane's. It was more sanguine. Jane smiled absently (though her eyes sparkled) and hugged her mother. Sirius stood there watching on wistfully, he'd never been able to do anything remotely like that.

Jane now turned to her dad. Sirius could instantly tell that Jane and Mr. Swales relationship was different. There was more…serenity you could call it. The man was tall with an indefinable presence, light brown hair and silver eyes. He was just like Jane, bar the hair.

'Dad' Jane said simply

'Welcome home Snowflake' the man said and looked at her with a seemingly blank expression. Jane smiled widely and hugged her dad.

'How are you? You're okay? Good, good. Introduce me, introduce me' the woman said, Sirius laughed slightly –nope, she's nothing like Jane-

'Mum, dad. This is my boyfriend Sirius Black. Sirius these are my parents: Maiara Dean and River Swales' Jane said. Sirius was slightly confused concerning her parents' last names. He decided to ask Jane later as he grinned and shook hands with both of them and noticed her father had the same aura.

Maiara smiled and led them into the dining room 'I've made your favourite' she said, winking. Jane's eyes twinkled again and Sirius laughed at how little it took to please her if there was a thought behind it, he thought about this as Maiara served vegetable lasagne.

When Jane and Sirius crossed over Lily and James had almost immediately followed.

'Right well my dad can pick us up so… we don't live far from here so let me call him' Lily said but James interrupted 'can't we apparate, I know where your house is' James said the last part sheepishly. Lily looked at him oddly but James didn't care to divulge how. Especially since the story contained a drunk James and a sensible Sirius.

'Okay, a little creepy but fine' Lily said amusedly. They crossed back onto the now empty Platform 9 ¾ and disappeared with two pops.

They appeared in the same way they left on the doorstep of 15 Goddetia Avenue. Lily rang the doorbell; James took a deep breath as he watched the handle turn. A woman possessing faded blonde hair, grey eyes and a delicate frame yet graceful posture (like Lily, James thought when noticing the last two characteristics) opened the door and looked at them in delight.

'Lily! Oh come, come in dears' she ushered. As soon as the door shut, Mrs. Evans hugged her daughter fiercely and James too, even though she didn't know his name.

Lily went to her dad and smiled 'hey daddy' she greeted; only calling him that on occasions like these. 'Hey princess' her father said in return and ruffled her hair. James had a rough idea of what Mr. Evans was like and took in his appearance. The man was broad and smart, with a head full of red hair, which, like his wife's, was fading; he had emerald green eyes as well. Lily seemed to be a mixture of both of her parents though it didn't seem so at first glance.

Mrs. Evans looked at her youngest daughter expectantly. 'Oh of course!' Lily smacked her forehead 'mum, dad this is James Potter, my boyfriend. James this is mum and dad' Mrs. Evans looked surprised 'you mean you're actually going out with James Potter, I thought…'

'Never mind, mother' Lily cut in calmly.

James stuck out his hand 'pleasure to meet you Mrs. Evans' he said charmingly, Mrs. Evans smiled but Lily just rolled her eyes. 'Nice to meet you too James. There'll be none of this "Mrs. Evans" business, call me Rosalind' her mother said kindly. James now turned to Mr. Evans.

'Nice to finally meet you sir.' James said, the man shook it firmly.

'Nice, firm handshake. You're alright so far. S'pose you could call me Adam' Mr. Evans said with a slight Irish accent.

'Let me get you some tea' Rosalind offered and headed off to the kitchen (a/n: note to American readers; hope you know that tea isn't literally tea in this case, it's a commonly used name we give to dinner or an evening meal).

'Play sport, boy?' Adam asked. James nodded enthusiastically. 'Absolutely. Know about Quidditch, sir?'

'Heard mention of it, yeah'

'Captain of my team' James said proudly. Adam seemed more interested now 'really? Explain it to me, love to know. Lily's never been able to give me a clear idea, bless her' he added fondly.

Lily smiled back but frowned immediately as she noticed that someone was missing. Her dad had noticed her frown 'what's wrong Lily?' Lily shook her head as if saying "it doesn't matter" but as if her dad could read her mind he said 'oh you're sister's not here, she's been going round the twist these days because of the wedding and everything, hang on'

Adam could soon be heard shouting 'PETUNIA! WOULD YOU LIKE TO GRACE US WITH YOUR PRESENCE, I'M SURE THAT LILY WOLD LIKE TO SEE YOUR FACE!'

A blonde haired girl with cold grey eyes descended the stairs and entered the living room. The girl was different to who James had seen in the photo back at Christmas. There was warmth in that girl's eyes. Now she seemed almost empty, her beauty had been stripped of her though her appearance hadn't changed. You couldn't tell at first glance. Her grey eyes that had in that photo and the one of her when she was younger; been filled with a sort of happiness, yet now there seemed to be no ounce of it in existence.

Lily noticed as well, no matter how much they fought; blood's thicker than water any day. Somewhere in the back of her head Lily knew it hurt to see her sister like that. Had her parents not noticed? How could they not? It was so apparent, so blatant. How could they just sit back and let that happen?

Petunia glanced at her younger sister and looked back to her father. 'What is it, dad? Vernon will be here soon' she said.

Adam rolled his eyes 'your sister's entertaining company too or had that escaped your notice?' he said, nodding towards James, Lily frowned; her dad never spoke like that, not to his daughters. Other fathers might've done but not Adam Evans. Petunia turned once more to face James and her jaw dropped, soon a hand was waving in front of her. Petunia closed her mouth promptly.

'Who might you be?' she asked tartly

'James Potter' he replied jovially, offering his hand Petunia stared at it for a second then glanced at her sister, whose eyes shone with curiosity. Slowly she extended her own hand and for the briefest second shook hands with the boy in front of her before dropping it as quickly as possible.

The blonde haired girl looked between him and Lily and back again. 'Wait…you're going out with…him?' she asked rudely, Lily in turn nodded.

'Adam we need to get some pop, we've run out' Rosalind's voice called from the kitchen, Lily rose 'Mum, it's okay. James doesn't even know…'

'Nonsense' her parents chorused as they grabbed their coats and headed out the front door.

The three of them stood in the middle of the living room in formidable silence before Petunia proceeded towards the kitchen. Lily followed her, signalling for James to sit and stay.

Once inside the kitchen Petunia decided to pour herself a glass of water, Lily hoisted herself up on top of the counter, like she did when they were younger. 'Why aren't you happy?' she asked abruptly. Petunia twisted immediately, her eyes full of fear and doubt. That was the first time that evening that Lily had seen Petunia's eyes filled with anything.

'What? What are you talking about? I'm perfectly happy, what do you mean I'm not happy, I'm very happy! Very happy indeed! What would you know about these things Lily? Vernon and I will be married next week and we will embark on a beautiful journey that is marriage' she repeated as if she'd learnt it off by heart. Lily stared at her sister.

'I never said anything about Vernon' she whispered.

'Shit' Petunia started banging her head on the counter with those words of wisdom, Lily smiled, 'You still fall for that one?' she asked mockingly.

'I don't' Petunia said childishly

'You so do'

'I do not'

'Do too times infinity and one'

Petunia huffed in indignation 'take that back'

'No' Lily replied

'Yes' Petunia ordered

'No'

'Yes'

'Yes?' Lily asked in a deceivingly puzzled way

'I meant no' Petunia said just as Lily had predicted.

'That's exactly what I've been saying' Lily exclaimed

'Oh! Really…Hey! Not again' Petunia groaned at realising that she'd fallen for another of her sister's verbal tricks.

'Ha! You even fell for that one!' Lily said triumphantly

'Shut up'

'No' Petunia looked at her sister in surprise.

'What are we even fighting about?' the older girl asked

'I don't know' Lily answered. They fell into giggles, something they hadn't done in a long while. The sisterly moment was broken however by the sound of a doorbell.

As the bell chimed through the house, the giggles subsided. Petunia's hand flew to her hair and Lily cleared her throat uncomfortably. 'That'll be Vernon' Petunia said passively, Lily nodded and they exited the kitchen though Lily decided to wait in the living room.

Soon Petunia entered the room with an unbelievably large man at her side. Lily and James stared for a second before springing to their feet. 'Lily, this is my fiancé Vernon Dursley. Vernon, this is my sister Lily and her boyfriend James Potter'

The man had six chins, a purpley face and an impeccable moustache. As for his size, he took the term beefcake to a whole new level and not in a good way.

Lily watched her sister attempt to stare adoringly at her husband to be. Petunia could try but Lily knew her sister's eyes were devoid of love. She'd seen how Jane looked at Sirius. How Petunia was staring at Vernon didn't even come close.

They sat down, Vernon struck up a conversation. 'So Lily, Petunia tells me, you attend a top of the line boarding school, which one would that be?' Vernon asked pompously.

Lily's emerald gaze flitted to her sister's face. Petunia's grey eyes met her green ones, that's when she found the final piece of Petunia's mind. The puzzle was complete. This was what Petunia wanted, to be entirely different to Lily. That was why she was marrying this man, not because she loved him. Because she wanted to become someone Lily could never be and never was. Someone Petunia had always wanted to be. Entirely cut off from Lily and everything that defined her. It brought tears to her eyes to have it spelt out like this but it had to happen someday.

Lily blinked away the tears –this is what she wants, I'm her sister I can't stop her from getting - 'Yes I do actually, have you heard of St. Anne's up in Scotland?' Lily lied conversationally though it was barely above a whisper. Vernon now looked to James who happened to be very confused.

'What? Lily, no you-'Lily stepped on his foot mid-sentence, causing James to change direction 'yes you do' he said obediently. 'So do you go to St. Anne's as well?' Vernon asked. James looked at Lily suspiciously before saying 'yes, yes I do. Lily and I happen to be Head Boy and Girl'

'Impressive' the man commented, though everyone in the room knew he didn't mean it.

'Hello?' called a voice. Rosalind. Lily, James and Petunia gave a silent thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Evans' excellent timing.

As everyone went into the dining room, Lily held Petunia back. 'That's what you want? To be married to someone you don't love, just because the life he can give you seems attractive? There are a million guys in the world who can give you that. He doesn't deserve you, you could get anyone, look at you' Lily said and stopped herself from saying "for now".

'Lily, we've been over this. I am in love, why shouldn't I be?' Petunia snapped

'You tell me' Lily murmured and left her sister to take a seat by her boyfriend.

After a nice evening with Mr. and Mrs. Swales, Jane drove back to her flat. Once they entered Sirius noticed that her walls were a dark pink, almost purple but not quite.

'Nice colour' Sirius commented dryly.

'Thanks, it's called Garnet Symphony' Jane called. Sirius looked around 'where do I sit?'

'On the floor, harder to meditate on a sofa' Sirius didn't know what "meditate" meant but sat down on one of the cushions anyway. Though the colour was dark and not entirely to his liking, it emitted a certain vibe of peace and calm.

Jane took a seat next to him, inhaled deeply and closed her eyes. Sirius watched her face take on a blissful expression. She sat in silence, completely content with her own company. A moment later her eyelids flickered open, revealing once more her ethereal silver eyes.

'I haven't been here since September, just familiarising myself with its vibe, just to get back in the feel of things' Jane got up and beckoned for Sirius to follow her. He rose and trailed his girlfriend to some double doors, which she thrust open to expose a beautiful balcony adorned with plants.

'Beautiful night isn't it?' Jane said as she tilted her head upwards to gaze at the sky. Sirius was now inclined to look at as well. It was indeed as Jane had said a "beautiful night". The stars twinkled in their random fashion illuminated by the moonlight belonging to a crescent moon, which stood so clearly among the shimmering stars plotted on an inky black sky.

'It is' he replied simply. He looked at Jane again. Her pale skin seemed to glow by the light of the moon and her eyes shone vividly as they mirrored the stars. The wind blew faintly, blowing her violet hair forward, hiding her face, giving only slight flashes. She had never looked more beautiful. He wished he could take a picture but found himself unable to leave; such was the enigma that defined Jane Swales.

'Sometimes I stand out here and I forget that there's another world within this planet. I forget that I belong to two different yet bizarrely similar worlds. Though, I suppose you've never felt that. Imagine thinking that you're just part of a mundane world where excitement diminishes almost as quickly as it starts. Then one day you find a letter that is the key to a world you've been yearning to discover yet never knew' Jane paused to smell a flower from a nearby pot.

'Being a muggle for eleven years and then being a witch for the following seven. It's…an experience' Jane laughed. Sirius stared, hanging onto every word her dreamy voice spoke. He could listen to her the whole night through. When? How? How could that voice, that mind ever have become boring to him? It seemed impossible though as his mind recalled, it had indeed happened.

'Oddly enough, sometimes sitting in Hogwarts or roaming Hogsmeade, I sometimes miss this mundane world that I left behind' her tone had a hint of distinct fondness. She looked directly at Sirius, piercing his smoky grey eyes with her own sparkling silver. 'What about you?' When did you realise you weren't like the rest of your family?' a shadow crossed over his face.

'Day one. My mother always was said that I was, and I quote "a rebellious infant" ' Sirius said, grimacing, Jane gazed at him, her eyes urging him to go on. 'When I was old enough to understand their ideals and opinions, I realised I wanted to be their opposite. Yet, sometimes I'd be upset that I didn't fit in. If you can't fit in with your family, who can you fit in with? My mum never once looked at me the way yours did when she opened that door. I know you wanted to roll your eyes, even if it was in fun, don't ever take it for granted. My cousin Andromeda was the first person to ever make me feel wanted within my family and for that I can't thank her enough.

When I got sorted into Gryffindor and sat alongside James and Remus and Peter, I thought "finally! I'm somewhere people aren't judgmental and narrow-minded and cowardly" And I was right, for the next few years, things were great. We pranked, went out with a new girl every week and stuff. Then in September, I met you properly. Have you ever met you? In your words "it's an experience". When I insulted you and you had me kicked out, right then I knew you were different' Sirius finished.

The two stared at each other blankly. Jane was unsure of how to react but when she saw Sirius lean in she decided to let her problems slide for just one minute. They hadn't kissed like that in a while, it felt like their first: soft and tentative yet oddly satisfactory. Jane ran her fingers through his hair but felt guilty all of a sudden when his tongue ran across his lip. She broke away, breathing fast.

'Wait, we have to talk' Jane whispered, Sirius wanted to groan but didn't. They walked back into the living room and Sirius immediately began talking.

'Jane, I'm so sorry I forgot I really am. Do you want me to say it again, because I will you know. Or do you want me to get down on my knees and ask for forgiveness, because I'll do- '

'NO! No one needs to get down on their knees and ask for anything' Jane said hurriedly. Sirius gave her a "what was that about?" look. Jane sighed.

'Okay the birthday thing: in my books you're forgiven, you were ages ago. The problem's quite different. Okay so…don't hate me for this. I needed a little space' she muttered. Sirius stared at her, dumbstruck. 'So are we- have we…' he couldn't quite say it, but Jane shook her head. 'No, no I never considered us broken up, I couldn't. No matter how much space I need I couldn't stand not having you around and frankly what would you do without me?' Jane said. Sirius smiled at her words, knowing them to be true.

'So what's this about?' he asked in a concerned tone. Jane suddenly started talking in one breath, really fast.

'I don't know, maybe I'm being stupid, am I being stupid? Oh I don't know, I really don't. I felt like we were going so fast, I mean Remus and Kayla have been going out for eight months and even after working through a fight they haven't said they love each other. We just said it straight away and…' She had been talking feverishly, which in her throaty voice was doubly confusing.

'Woah, woah, woah. Slow down. Shit, how do you talk so fast?' he asked incredulously.

'Sirius, shut up' Jane shoved him.

'Alright look, I caught the gist if it. I agree, we were going fast and I understand why you needed space. But you can't pretend that we don't love each other just to slow things down. I'm not about to pull out a ring from my pocket and get down on one knee anytime soon and it seems you're fine with that. Like I said, I know we were going fast, but that worked for us. I'm not going to say I don't love you, because I do. Whether you still do, I don't know' Sirius finished and looked up expectantly.

'That's a stupid question' Jane said

'Yes or no, Jane' Sirius said firmly. Jane searched her boyfriend. 'Of course I do' she said with an air of surety.

After a moment in silence, Jane rose slowly 'It's late, time for bed. Let me show you where you'll be sleeping' Jane offered, Sirius shrugged and followed her.

They entered a room possessing a dark wooden floor and walls in a burnt sienna. 'Is it okay?' Jane asked, Sirius thought the room odd but again felt vibes of tranquillity radiating from it. 'It's fine'

Once he'd changed out of his clothes. He fell onto the bed and was immediately in a state of slumber.

A/n: Not as long as they usually are but there you are. Anyway, so again please review and tell me what you think. Oh by the way, I'm just curious but I've wanted to ask this for ages:

How do you pronounce Adea?

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