Party-crasher.

The word echoed around the common room, or maybe just in his brain, as he stared at a person that he thought he would never see again.

There was no way that she could be here. Could she?

There is no way that she's real. Is she?

All James could do was stare at the beautiful girl. He was sure that his family probably thought he was nuts, but then again he thought he was pretty damn crazy right now too. He was brought out of his thoughts by a warm body hitting him. He wrapped his arms around her as her hair obscured his view.

"It's you," she whispered against his shoulder, "It's really you."

In that moment, James felt his heart start beating fast. She had missed him too. She remembered him. She had thought out him.

She pulled away slightly. "I can't believe that you're here!" she exclaimed again, smiling brightly. And this time James smiled back.

Someone cleared their throat from behind them. They both turned and saw that his whole family was still staring at them, their looks varying from shocked to thrilled.

"Well, well, well," Freddie trilled, "What do we have here?"

The girl, who had yet to know the name of, stepped back and cleared throat.

"Just a sec," she said to Freddie and then turned back to James. "What the hell are you doing here? Why didn't you tell me you were a wizard?" she demanded.

James shrugged. "Never came up. Why didn't you tell me you were a witch?" he countered.

"Never came up," she said mockingly, reminding him of the first time that they had met. She then turned away from and back to Freddie.

"Hi, I'm Kat Bass. I'm new."

Freddie opened his mouth to reply but James cut him off.

"I'm James. James Potter."

The girl that he now knew the name of, Kat, looked at him and laughed, "About time that I know your name."

"Whoa, hold up, you don't know each others names but you know each other?" Albus asked, looking between the two of them.

"Uh, yea, I met her at a party," he said, looking significantly at Freddie and Jake, whose eyes lit up in recognition. Then, Jake's eyes stated twinkling. Uh oh.

"So that's why you practically begged to go back to the mansion," he announced.

Kat looked at him and then she smirked.

"Hmm, a party-crasher going back to same place twice. Unheard of."

James just shook his head, hiding his smile. There was something about this girl that didn't even make him feel embarrassed about practically trying to stalk her.

"So how'd you like the party?" Freddie asked her, assuming that she was a guest there, "I thought it was pretty good, but the host should have gotten better looking girls to show up."

James mentally slapped his forehead. Stupid Freddie and his big mouth.

"Huh, really? I'll pass on the message," Kat said innocently. "He is my brother, after all."

Jake and Freddie froze and stared at her, mouths opening and closing. Roxy rolled her eyes at her twin brothers.

"That's what you get," she muttered.

"Y-you… w-we… uhhhh," Freddie stammered. But Kat just laughed. A high, tinkling, musical laugh.

"Don't worry about it. I've seen my fair share of party-crashers but you guys are probably the best ones I've ever met," she said, winking at James.

He felt his heart flutter. What was going on with him? This girl was taking over his entire mind.

"Well, it's getting kind of late so we should probably go to bed," she said, heading towards the girls dormitory with Roxy, Molly, Lily, and Rose following close behind. The other boys also turned to go.

"So that's where it is," Kat muttered under her breath.

"What where is?" James asked, causing her to jump.

"Shit, I didn't know you were still here," she said, putting her hand over her heart. "The girls dormitory. I was didn't know which one was which."

He held back a laugh, "And what were you planning on doing if no one showed up?"

"Couch," she said simply, shrugging her shoulders.

He couldn't hold in a laugh this time, "You are one of a kind. Trust me, if you had gone up to the boy's dormitory, they would have been quite pleased."

"Oh really," she said, raising her eyebrows.

James nodded. "Well, until tomorrow," he said, circling to go up the stairs. But he changed his mind halfway.

He turned back to her and gave her another hug.

"I'm glad you're here," he whispered, "I've only met one girl on a balcony but I'm positive that you're the best one there is."

Then he turned, and left, leaving her alone in the middle of the common room.

Kat signed as the buried herself deeper underneath the covers. He was here. In the flesh. The man who had dominated her thoughts for three weeks was finally in front of her. When she had first seen him, she wasn't able to restrain herself.

She had to hug him to assure herself that he was real. That he was there. When that had been confirmed, she had met his family. Truth be told, even though she was generally a closed off person, they seemed like good people.

The two boys that she had seen at the party were both funny and extremely handsome. In fact, his whole family was pretty gorgeous. Must be the water, she concluded.

Her thoughts drifted back to him. Her main man. James. Finally, she could put a name to the face.

I'm positive you're the best one there is.

He felt it. Their connection. Suddenly, she was wide awake. Peeking at the clock, she realized it was still only 1:00. Groaning, she got up and pulled on a sweater.

Come on, Kat, she told herself, looks like you're not getting any sleep tonight.

She wandered down the stairs thinking of what she should do. When she reached the common room, she looked around, hoping for some inspiration. Then she saw a shadow in front of the fire.

"Who is it?" she called, softly, hoping that it was someone remotely interesting.

Then the head turned and she gasped lightly.

"James."