A/N: Oh my goodness, I am so sorry this took so long to update! I want to let everyone know that this story is going to end in five or so chapters, and we will definitley do a sequal but we're nto sure when we are going to start it, as year nine is so busy at the moment!

Chapter written by: beachbabe12 and is dedicated to George and Ringo, who hardly ever get mentioned.

Everything was back to normal, it had been a few weeks since Matt had arrived and he had settled in with the group.

He was average smartness with an interest for Transfiguration, so he fitted in well with the Marauders. The only problem was that he wasn't one of them, so when the Marauders went out as a group he was stuck with the girls, which, sometimes he found embarrassing when they started talking about "girls stuff".

This was another occasion. The Marauders had gone out to do some secret "Maraudering" business.

'I'm going to have a talk with Madame Pomfrey tomorrow,' Emma said happily, surrounding her were piles of books on both pregnancy and DADA.

'What about, is there something wrong with the baby?' Kat asked, she was studying Transfiguration.

'Oh no.' Emma laughed, 'Sirius and I want to find out the sex of the baby,' she told them. 'We can't wait six more months.'

'Most people don't want to know these days,' Lily said not looking up from Advanced Ancient Runes, 'I think it's good that you want to know.'

'I still have no idea what I want to call the baby, that's another reason why we want to find out, so we can narrow down some names.'

'How are the marriage preparations going?' Matt asked her.

She blushed at the thought of it and couldn't help but smile, 'I am so under control that I'm actually ahead of my schedule.' And with that she pulled out a huge folder filled with notes and pictures from under the couch. 'See?'

'Cool,' Ellie said, 'now when are we going to know who is a bridesmaid and who is a maid of honor?'

Lily laughed, 'always straight to the point, Ellie.'

'That's me.'

'You will tomorrow,' Emma said, laughing too. 'It is actually the only thing I'm behind on. It was meant to be done last week according to Witch Bride, but I can't decide.'

'What about the groomsmen?' Kat asked.

'Sirius told me on the day he proposed that James was his best man and Remus and Peter were the groomsmen.'

They all laughed, 'typical Sirius.'

'Have you seen anyone you like yet, Matt?' Emma asked Matthew, who looked slightly embarrassed about being the only one not in the bridal party.

'Not yet,' he said, not meeting anyone's eye.

'I could set you up with one of my single friends?' Emma suggested.

Ellie opened her mouth in pretend shock, 'you have single friends? I thought you'd set them all up?' she said mocking a surprised tone.

'Well,' Emma said shaking her head, 'there are a couple that I haven't done yet and I think this would be the perfect opportunity. Let's see, do you like the sound of Layla or Olivia better?'

'Olivia,' he said quickly.

'Good choice if I may say so,' Lily said giggling; she had never really liked Layla because she had dated James once and was really mean to him.

There was a silence and you could tell everyone was thinking about getting James and Lily back together some how.

'Why is this?' Mat asked, not knowing.

'Nothing important,' Ellie butted in, 'you just made the right choice, that's all.'

'Hey Olivia,' Emma said cheerfully as she passed her friend in the corridor.

'Hey Em, what's up? Wait, before you say anything could you do me a favor?' she asked.

'Yeah,' Emma said puzzled.

'Can you set me up with Matt?' she said, glancing around to see if anyone was listening.

'I think I can,' Emma said, putting on a face as if to say 'why hadn't I thought of that?'

'Thanks. What did you want to say?'

'Nothing really important,' Emma said, bouncing to catch up with Sirius.

'Bye!' Olivia waved.

Ellie and Matt were alone in the Common Room. Emma and Sirius were out discussing wedding plans in the room of requirement, Kat and Lily were having a girl's night with a few other friends from Ancient Runes and James, Remus and Peter had decided to clean out the kitchens by eating everything.

'Why aren't you going out with any of your friends?' Matt asked Ellie, they decided they were going to study as the NEWTS were coming up in a week.

'I am with my friend,' she answered back and smiled at him.

He smiled back and went back to his work.

Kat and Daniel came back a few minutes later and sat with them, no one really wanted to be out when they could be studying for this crucial exam. Except Emma, she was more focused on what colour the napkins were that she missed out on an hours worth of studying. Sirius was getting sick of it as he wanted to be an Auror and you needed top marks for that so her made a deal with her that he would come to a weekly meeting to discuss the wedding, and that was today.

'What are you guys studying?' Kat asked, she was getting out her Defense Against the Dark Arts Advanced.

'Same as you are,' Ellie said, noticing what she was getting out.

Kat turned to talk to Matt but she noticed he was staring at Ellie.

'Matt, you are so lucky; you don't have to do these exams!' Kat said, ignoring the fact that he wasn't paying any attention to her.

It was a couple of seconds before he noticed that Kat was talking to him, he hurriedly said, 'yeah,' and went back to doing his homework.

Sirius sat nervously on the end of a Hospital Wing bed as he watched Emma talk calmly to Madame Pomfrey. She was explaining that they wanted to know the sex of the baby and that she would be back for a regular check up every two weeks.

'Has Sirius been good to you?' he heard Pomfrey ask her.

She smiled and nodded. 'Yeah, he's done everything right, and trust me, I'd let him know if he wasn't.'

Sirius smiled in spite of himself at her response.

It was about half an hour later until they left the Hospital Wing, beaming at the news. They were going straight back to the Common Room to wait until everyone was there.

'Oh you should call him something like really strong,' Lily said excitedly. She was bouncing up and down next to her best friend.

'Well, actually, it's down to two names,' Sirius told them all.

'What are they?' Matt asked curiously. He was sitting next to Ellie, and on the other side of her was Remus, she looked comfortable having two boys next to her.

'Riley or Ryan,' Emma said proudly.

'I know this is a weird question but what was the name going to be if it was a girl?'

Emma looked at Sirius, 'we didn't know,' he answered for her. They both knew, quite well, what they were going to call the baby if it was a girl. But they were planning to have more kids, and they didn't want anyone stealing their name.

'Now,' Ellie said, clapping her hands together, 'who is going to be the maid oh honor?'

'Oh ok, about that, can I talk to you guys – alone?'

All the boys left, muttering their annoyance.

'Ellie, will you be my maid of honor?' she asked. 'I am so sorry to you guys,' she turned to Kat and Lily.

They smiled warmly at her, 'it's ok, we understand.'

Ellie stood up and hugged her, 'I'd love to.'

Emma started to cry, 'oh I wish this silly boy would stop making me cry, but I'm so excited!'

'So um, Em? Are we going to be bridesmaids?' Kat asked her, blushing slightly.

'Of course you are!' she cried. 'Silly me, forgetting to tell you.'

Ellie trudged into the Girls Dormitory later on in the week. 'Why did I say yes to being her maid of honor?'

'Because she's your best friend,' Lily reminded her, not looking up from her book on Transfiguration, the exams were in three days.

'She's making me go to these stupid meetings where we discuss where people are to sit and what we should serve as finger food.'

'It's Emma,' Kat said, trying to be helpful, 'her wedding has to be big.'

'I am so nervous,' Lily said, clinging on to Kat as she stood outside the Great Hall, ready for her first exam, Ancient Runes.

Emma was with Isy and Hannah in Divination and James, Sirius, Peter and Ellie were in Care for Magical Creatures.

Matt was reading up in his room and Remus stood next to Kat, concentrating in trying to remember something he forgotten the minute he had to leave and make his way to the Exam Room.

'Tell me about it,' Kat said and turned away to try and do some last minutes study in her head. It was no use; the teacher came, and called them in.

'Turn over your pages . . . . now!' the examiner said and the NEWTS had now begun.

A/N: So next chapter is like all about the NEWTS and stuff like that.

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