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"All alone! For THREE whole weeks!"

"Sirius-"

"Don't 'Sirius' me! You left! You all went home with your happy little families and left me all alone!"

"Sirius-"

"And you all had a grand old Christmas, while I was stuck at school! Evil little gits."

"Sirius!"

"What?"

James sighed and fell back onto his bed. He mumbled something into his pillow.

"Eh?"

"My parents are getting a divorce."

Remus, Peter, and Sirius ran over to James' bed, bombarding him with questions.

"What happened?"

"Why?"

"Who're you and Jessi living with?"

James looked up at Remus.

"My mum, I hope. We're living with my aunt until the divorce is settled. My dad's living in an apartment and my mum moved in with some friends. I think my aunt is coming to live with us, so we don't have to move all our stuff."

"Oh." Sirius said. "So you still get the big house."

Him and Peter returned to their own beds and soon fell asleep. Remus shook his head at his friend's stupidity and looked at James concernedly.

"Are you o.k.?" he asked.

James nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine." But as James drew the hangings around his bed, Remus glimpsed a dark purple bruise peeking over the collar of his shirt.

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"Jessi, are you o.k.?" Lily asked.

"Hm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. I'm actually kinda glad about the whole thing, my parents didn't agree very much.."

"What about James? Is James alright?" Danica asked.

"For the love of Merlin, Dani, will you stop obsessing about him for like two seconds?" Sabrine yelled.

The other three girls stared at her in shock.

"Sabrine, are you feeling-"

"I'm fine, and if you don't mind, I think I'll sleep in my real dorm tonight."

She stomped off, leaving behind three flabbergasted best friends.

"What's up with her?"

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The next morning, Sabrine ate with the Gryffindors as usual.

"Are you alright?" Danica asked her.

Sabrine put down her fork.

"I'm fine. And I'm sorry about last night, too. It just gets on my nerves that you talk about him all the time. It's really annoying, Danica."

Danica's mouth opened in surprise.

"I'm really annoying?"

Sabrine looked at her. "Well duh!" They both laughed and resumed their breakfast as normal.

Suddenly, Lily gasped loudly.

Her three friends turned to face her.

"What's wrong, Lils?" Danica asked.

"Look!" She exclaimed, spreading her copy of the 'Daily Prophet' across the table. They all leaned over and read the article Lily pointed at.

Trouble Brewing at the Potter's By: Lynsea Skeeter

Henry and Wendy Potter (43 and 41) just yesterday announced their plan for a divorce, to be finalized in two weeks, on February 11th. When questioned as to why the couple is splitting, Wendy Potter declared, "We've been growing apart lately. I don't like how he treats my children and I don't like how he treats me. This is the only thing that can be done at the moment. I have no further comment." Henry Potter, however, has stated that he had no idea why his wife wanted a divorce, and that he wishes they could work out their differences. The couple has two children, James and Jessica, (aged eleven) who attend Hogwarts. Both Mr. and Mrs. Potter have attempted to claim custody of the children. However, until a final decision is worked out, the two will stay with their only other living relative, Susan Browning (33), who is Mrs. Potter's half-sister.

"So, you saw it too?"

Jessi looked up into her brother's face.

"I thought mum was going to get custody of us." Jessi said.

"Guess dad fought for it, too. Guess we'll be staying with Aunt Sue, then. Think dad will find a way to blame us for the divorce?" he added, in a whisper Jessi could barely hear.

"Probably." She whispered back.

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A/N: Sorry it's kinda short, I'm still babysitting and I shouldn't leave the kids alone too long. Anyway, I was thinking, this story will be VERY long if I keep writing like 20 chapters each year. So I'll probably start skipping longer periods of time than I have been. Tell me if you think it's a good idea, or if you'd rather have a 140-chaptered story. I really don't care.