Ok big horrible maths exam over with. Nice, tiny, easy maths exam next week. I'm taking a break from revising to update.
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Chapter 15 : The Grim
Lily sat looking at James aghast for what felt like an eternity. She was too stunned to answer his question aloud, although obviously she didn't believe he was patrolling. A million questions flooded into her mind, she felt them physically weighing her head down. She looked down at the floor, trying to steady her spinning head, and something caught her eye. She finally found her speech again.
"Is that a - "
"Invisibly cloak. Yes," James finished for her. He was looking at her, his face still frozen in fear, and was holding an old piece of parchment in his hand.
"You have a - "
"Invisibly cloak. Yes," he finished again. His voice was strange. It didn't match the fear that was showing in his face, instead he sounded gentle, as if trying not to saturate Lily with information.
"So the noises, the breathing, that was you under your - "
"Invisibility cloak. Yes." The third time he said it, it hit a nerve with Lily and she stood up, suddenly back in fighting form.
"Don't you patronise me Potter. I've got enough stuff on you now for Dumbledore to take away your badge," she spat at him. Just then a painful howl came from far in the distance, followed by a short, sharp, angry bark, which seemed much closer. Lily turned away from James to lean out the window behind her, and see where the noise had come from.
"Trust me Evans, at the moment by badge is the least of my worries," James said in an undertone. Lily wasn't sure she was meant to have heard it, so she ignored him. Suddenly he came and leant out the window beside her. "What are you looking for anyway?" he asked casually, though Lily noticed that his hands were gripping tightly to the window ledge.
"Hmmm... The noise..." she mumbled, her eyes still searching the ground below her intently.
"What noise? I didn't hear any noise," James added briskly but Lily cut him off.
"Look! There!" she yelled pointing excitedly out the window. "I knew it was him." She drew James' attention to a large, shaggy, black dog, which was sitting perfectly still, just on the outskirts of the forest. "Snuffles," she stated simply.
"Snuffles?" Lily laughed at James' shock. He obviously thought it was ridiculous to have such a cute name for such a large, and unruly looking dog.
"Yea... Well that's what Caitlin and I call him anyway. I don't he has a real name, he's a stray I think. Lives in the forest, I suppose. Haven't you ever seen him before?"
"No," James replied sharply. "Have you?"
"Oh yes, only for a few years though. Very occasionally and always at night. Caitlin and I used to sit up in our dorm, waiting, hoping we would catch a glimpse of him. We recorded all the times we did, it's so interesting to watch him, behaves very unusually for a dog. What do u think he - " She turned round expecting James to still be at the window beside her, instead she found that he had taken a few steps back. He was standing scratching his head, and staring hard at the floor. He looked up when he realised Lily had turned round; she noticed beads of sweat on his forehead as he did so.
"So you've been watching out of your dorm window every night for a few years?" Despite his appearance his voice remained gentle and calm.
"Well no not every night no, I don't really like staying up late. We only did it when Caitlin suggested it. She always seemed to sense when he would appear."
"I bet she did," James said quietly. It was a long time before anyone spoke next. Lily was absorbed by the memories of all the times she had seen the mysterious dog. To her he had always represented a freedom she had never had, she had always longed to join him and go to wherever he hid from the rest of the world. How apt that he should appear to her tonight. "Uh... Evans..." said James breaking the silence cautiously. "Have you ever seen anything else late at night?"
"No," said Lily simply, she noticed James' stance relax slightly. "Just him," she continued. "God he's beautiful isn't he?" Right on cue the dog gave another sharp bark. Lily turned to gaze out of the window at him again. "Do you think if I go down there he'd let me stroke him? Cait would be so jealous..." She suddenly felt James' hand round her wrist, gently leading her away from the window.
"Evans don't, for all you know he could be dangerous," he said earnestly.
"Awh Potter, you worrying about me?" she said teasingly. She couldn't help but feel a little girly flourish run through her, with him worrying about her safety, and them practically holding hands.
"Evans just promise me you won't go near that dog." His calm voice was being to become shakier. "In fact look away immediately when you see it, it could be a grim!!"
Lily laughed again.
"Potter, you're not trying to tell me you actually believe in all that superstitious, fortune-telling mumbo-jumbo!"
"Just promise me ok?!" His calm voice was long forgotten now, and his grip on her wrist was beginning to hurt her. Something inside Lily snapped.
"Why should I promise you ANYTHING?!" she screamed at him. She didn't care that it was the middle of the night and she was probably going to wake up half the castle. All she cared about was taking out her frustration on James Potter. The frustration that every time she thought they were getting closer, he would mess it up again. The frustration that every time she let her guard down and tried to show him she was interested he would completely ignore it. The frustration that she had just tried to flirt with him 20 seconds ago and he had ignored it – AGAIN! The frustration of the torture she received in school for being a muggle-born. The frustration of the torture she received at home for being a witch. The frustration that her sister Petunia was right, that even with all her 'fancy magic', her mum was dying and there was nothing she could do to stop it. Oh yes, she was in the mood for a good fight now.
"Maybe because I KNOW that dog and I KNOW he's dangerous!" he roared back at her, still holding to her tightly.
"YOU JUST SAID YOU'D NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE!"
"WELL MAYBE I LIED!"
"WELL MAYBE THAT'S ALL YOU EVER DO! MAYBE ALL YOU DO IS LIE AND CHEAT AND... and... give people false hope," she finished quietly. James was standing looking at her completely stunned, he had let go of her wrist.
"What do you mean fa - "
Lily knew she didn't want him to finish that question.
"What's that?" she asked quickly, indicating the piece of parchment still grasped in his other hand.
"Nothing," he replied just as quick.
"Give it to me," she commanded.
"Why?"
"Because if it's nothing then you wouldn't mind me seeing it."
"But why would you want to see it? It's just nothing."
'God,' Lily thought. 'For Head Boy and one of the most intelligent wizards in Hogwarts, he can be such a child.'
"Look hand it over, I'm confiscating it." He may be getting on like a child, but Lily was glad he was playing along and ignoring her previous outburst.
"But that's just silly, why would you want to confiscate nothing?"
"Because I'm Head Girl and I can do whatever I want!" She could be just as childish as he could.
"Seriously Evans, it's a picture of me in a very compromising position, you really don't want to see it."
"I'll be the judge of that. Give it here!" James grudgingly admitted defeat and handed the parchment over. Lily at once saw that it was indeed not 'nothing'. Her brain was just beginning to unscramble the lines and dots she saw before her, when James gave such a loud gasp that she jumped and looked back at him.
"What's that?!" he gasped again, pointing at the piece of parchment he had just given Lily.
"Potter... what? You just..." She didn't know what he was playing at but she didn't like where it was going.
"Give it here," he said with authority.
"What?!" Lily shrieked, completely dumbstruck.
"By order of the Head Boy, appointed by Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Order of Merlin First Class, I hereby decree, that thou shall relinquish such property of Messrs Moony, Padfoot, Prongs and Wormtail. In other words – yoink!"
With that he snatched the piece of parchment out of Lily's hands, whipped the invisibility cloak round himself, and disappeared completely from sight. Lily stood staring in disbelief down the corridor where she could hear his footsteps running away. She didn't know if she was infuriated or impressed.
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Angry as she was at James Potter for making such a fool out of her, she could not help but feel a little grateful to him as well. For a few fleeting moments his antics had taken her mind off the letter from Petunia, but when she awoke the next morning Lily found it was all she could think about.
As she walked slowly down to breakfast, the realisation hit her that she had been so caught up in the events last night, that she had forgotten to ask James what he was actually doing. She felt relieved she had found something else to take her mind off the letter, and quickened her step. She found Caitlin sitting in their usual spot with Alice and Scarlet at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall. As she approached them she noticed that they were giggling to each other. This was not unusual, what was unusual however was that all the girls in the Hall seemed to be doing the exact same thing. As she looked closer, Lily noticed that all the boys in the hall seemed less amused, some of them in fact looked quite green.
"What's going on?" Lily inquired as she sat down beside Caitlin.
"Ball," Caitlin managed before bursting into another fit of giggles.
"Dumbledore announced it this morning, its on Christmas Day," said Alice adding a bit more information.
"But that's like a whole 2 months away. Why is everyone getting so excited about it now?" said Lily exasperatedly.
"OH LILY!" Scarlet squealed giving her a playful shove across the table. "Get into the spirit of it a bit more! That's a whole two months of dresses, and hair, and makeup, and most importantly who's going to ask who!" she said with another squeal. The three of them fell about the place in another bout of excitable giggles, leaving Lily looking on astonished.
"But you lot already have boyfriends! You already know who you're going with!"
"I don't," snapped Caitlin. That was true Lily concurred, but she was sure Caitlin and Sirius would be back together by Christmas. "Anyway wouldn't matter if I did, Sirius hates balls, he wouldn't go with me anyway."
"Don't all guys?" asked Alice reasonably.
"Well no, my Robbie loves them," objected Scarlet. "He'll look so good in dress robes," she added dreamily.
"And I know James is partial to a formal dance every now and then," added Caitlin. The three girls all turned to Lily and grinned mischievously. Watching them something suddenly dawned on her.
"Oh my – That's what you've been giggling about?!" she asked of them.
"Oh but Lily what if he asks you?" Scarlet squealed again.
"When he asks you," Alice corrected her.
"Sorry, when he asks you," Scarlet agreed. "It'll be so perfect, you'll get together on Christmas Day!"
"Don't you think that's a bit of a cliché?" came the voice of Avril Knight as she sat down beside Lily.
"No," said Caitlin sternly to her. "It's just hopelessly romantic!" she added more sweetly to Lily.
All this talk of Balls and Dresses and Partners, had thrown Lily completely off her train of thought, and it wasn't until the Marauders walked into the hall that remembered she had to tell Caitlin about last night. As she watched them walk down the Hall and take a seat at the table, she noticed how all of them looked dishevelled and weary. Another thought struck her. Had they all been running about the castle late last night? Did they all have invisibility cloaks? She thought she better discuss it with the girls.
"You'll never guess who I saw last night!" she said, grasping Caitlin's arm to get her attention. She then continued to retell the previous nights events in every detail, omitting the part about the letter – she wasn't ready to tell them yet. The girls all listened intently, and no one spoke again until she had completely finished.
"Well?" she asked, hoping for their analysis.
"He has an invisibility cloak?" asked Avril, sounding disgusted. "God knows where he's been. What he's seen even!" she said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Rest assured he wasn't looking at you anyway," Alice said scathingly to her.
"What do you think Cait?" Lily asked, trying to ignore Avril.
"You told him about Snuffles?" asked Caitlin timidly. Her face was ashen, and she looked like she could be sick at any moment. "You told him about us watching Snuffles?"
Lily was stopped from giving her an answer by a commotion further on down the table. They all turned to see people jumping up from their seats, and placing their hands over their mouth and noses. It would appear that Remus Lupin had just thrown up over his breakfast.
"I have to go," said Caitlin suddenly, and she scurried from the Great Hall. Lily watched as Sirius sprinted out after her, and Peter helped Remus out, presumably taking him to the hospital wing.
It was some 15 minutes later when James finally decided to leave. He must have noticed Scarlet and Alice's eyes following him the whole way up the hall, because he felt obliged to acknowledge them as he past.
"Ladies," he said as he dipped his head towards them.
"James," Scarlet and Alice replied in unison. Lily could have murdered them on the spot. She was glad she had her back to James, because she was sure she was a deep shape of crimson.
"You didn't make that half obvious," she hissed at them.
They simply giggled at her in reply.
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Ok I'm noticing people are reviewing saying how much they want me to update, and then not putting me onto author alerts. I'm not being cocky, but I just think it's easier to keep track of stories if you do that. I have all the stories I read on author alert. Just a small point.
Anyway hope you enjoyed that chapter. I'll probably update again tomorrow.
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luvsirius: Thanks for increasing those review numbers again :D
kaleidoscope0-0eyes: Thanks for caring about my exams! I hope I do well on them too! I think I might do that whole 2 POV thing again in a few chapters time so hopefully you'll enjoy it!
Crazayladay: Ok I updated a bit before 2 weeks! I hope you haven't gone on your trip yet! I'll probably update again tomorrow, just to make up for my absence. Enjoy your tour!
Carmel March: Ok I'm sorry I can't really answer your question because that would give away the basic plot of the story. Keep reading and you'll find out!
stephanie: Lol "shaweet to the beat"? Your cameo is coming don't worry!
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Heck E. Nah: Ok... what?
Oliverwoodschic: I'm not telling you what happens with Caitlin and Sirius but the next chapter is going to be just them, not Lily or James. I know you wanted more of them in it!
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Chapter 15 : The Grim
Lily sat looking at James aghast for what felt like an eternity. She was too stunned to answer his question aloud, although obviously she didn't believe he was patrolling. A million questions flooded into her mind, she felt them physically weighing her head down. She looked down at the floor, trying to steady her spinning head, and something caught her eye. She finally found her speech again.
"Is that a - "
"Invisibly cloak. Yes," James finished for her. He was looking at her, his face still frozen in fear, and was holding an old piece of parchment in his hand.
"You have a - "
"Invisibly cloak. Yes," he finished again. His voice was strange. It didn't match the fear that was showing in his face, instead he sounded gentle, as if trying not to saturate Lily with information.
"So the noises, the breathing, that was you under your - "
"Invisibility cloak. Yes." The third time he said it, it hit a nerve with Lily and she stood up, suddenly back in fighting form.
"Don't you patronise me Potter. I've got enough stuff on you now for Dumbledore to take away your badge," she spat at him. Just then a painful howl came from far in the distance, followed by a short, sharp, angry bark, which seemed much closer. Lily turned away from James to lean out the window behind her, and see where the noise had come from.
"Trust me Evans, at the moment by badge is the least of my worries," James said in an undertone. Lily wasn't sure she was meant to have heard it, so she ignored him. Suddenly he came and leant out the window beside her. "What are you looking for anyway?" he asked casually, though Lily noticed that his hands were gripping tightly to the window ledge.
"Hmmm... The noise..." she mumbled, her eyes still searching the ground below her intently.
"What noise? I didn't hear any noise," James added briskly but Lily cut him off.
"Look! There!" she yelled pointing excitedly out the window. "I knew it was him." She drew James' attention to a large, shaggy, black dog, which was sitting perfectly still, just on the outskirts of the forest. "Snuffles," she stated simply.
"Snuffles?" Lily laughed at James' shock. He obviously thought it was ridiculous to have such a cute name for such a large, and unruly looking dog.
"Yea... Well that's what Caitlin and I call him anyway. I don't he has a real name, he's a stray I think. Lives in the forest, I suppose. Haven't you ever seen him before?"
"No," James replied sharply. "Have you?"
"Oh yes, only for a few years though. Very occasionally and always at night. Caitlin and I used to sit up in our dorm, waiting, hoping we would catch a glimpse of him. We recorded all the times we did, it's so interesting to watch him, behaves very unusually for a dog. What do u think he - " She turned round expecting James to still be at the window beside her, instead she found that he had taken a few steps back. He was standing scratching his head, and staring hard at the floor. He looked up when he realised Lily had turned round; she noticed beads of sweat on his forehead as he did so.
"So you've been watching out of your dorm window every night for a few years?" Despite his appearance his voice remained gentle and calm.
"Well no not every night no, I don't really like staying up late. We only did it when Caitlin suggested it. She always seemed to sense when he would appear."
"I bet she did," James said quietly. It was a long time before anyone spoke next. Lily was absorbed by the memories of all the times she had seen the mysterious dog. To her he had always represented a freedom she had never had, she had always longed to join him and go to wherever he hid from the rest of the world. How apt that he should appear to her tonight. "Uh... Evans..." said James breaking the silence cautiously. "Have you ever seen anything else late at night?"
"No," said Lily simply, she noticed James' stance relax slightly. "Just him," she continued. "God he's beautiful isn't he?" Right on cue the dog gave another sharp bark. Lily turned to gaze out of the window at him again. "Do you think if I go down there he'd let me stroke him? Cait would be so jealous..." She suddenly felt James' hand round her wrist, gently leading her away from the window.
"Evans don't, for all you know he could be dangerous," he said earnestly.
"Awh Potter, you worrying about me?" she said teasingly. She couldn't help but feel a little girly flourish run through her, with him worrying about her safety, and them practically holding hands.
"Evans just promise me you won't go near that dog." His calm voice was being to become shakier. "In fact look away immediately when you see it, it could be a grim!!"
Lily laughed again.
"Potter, you're not trying to tell me you actually believe in all that superstitious, fortune-telling mumbo-jumbo!"
"Just promise me ok?!" His calm voice was long forgotten now, and his grip on her wrist was beginning to hurt her. Something inside Lily snapped.
"Why should I promise you ANYTHING?!" she screamed at him. She didn't care that it was the middle of the night and she was probably going to wake up half the castle. All she cared about was taking out her frustration on James Potter. The frustration that every time she thought they were getting closer, he would mess it up again. The frustration that every time she let her guard down and tried to show him she was interested he would completely ignore it. The frustration that she had just tried to flirt with him 20 seconds ago and he had ignored it – AGAIN! The frustration of the torture she received in school for being a muggle-born. The frustration of the torture she received at home for being a witch. The frustration that her sister Petunia was right, that even with all her 'fancy magic', her mum was dying and there was nothing she could do to stop it. Oh yes, she was in the mood for a good fight now.
"Maybe because I KNOW that dog and I KNOW he's dangerous!" he roared back at her, still holding to her tightly.
"YOU JUST SAID YOU'D NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE!"
"WELL MAYBE I LIED!"
"WELL MAYBE THAT'S ALL YOU EVER DO! MAYBE ALL YOU DO IS LIE AND CHEAT AND... and... give people false hope," she finished quietly. James was standing looking at her completely stunned, he had let go of her wrist.
"What do you mean fa - "
Lily knew she didn't want him to finish that question.
"What's that?" she asked quickly, indicating the piece of parchment still grasped in his other hand.
"Nothing," he replied just as quick.
"Give it to me," she commanded.
"Why?"
"Because if it's nothing then you wouldn't mind me seeing it."
"But why would you want to see it? It's just nothing."
'God,' Lily thought. 'For Head Boy and one of the most intelligent wizards in Hogwarts, he can be such a child.'
"Look hand it over, I'm confiscating it." He may be getting on like a child, but Lily was glad he was playing along and ignoring her previous outburst.
"But that's just silly, why would you want to confiscate nothing?"
"Because I'm Head Girl and I can do whatever I want!" She could be just as childish as he could.
"Seriously Evans, it's a picture of me in a very compromising position, you really don't want to see it."
"I'll be the judge of that. Give it here!" James grudgingly admitted defeat and handed the parchment over. Lily at once saw that it was indeed not 'nothing'. Her brain was just beginning to unscramble the lines and dots she saw before her, when James gave such a loud gasp that she jumped and looked back at him.
"What's that?!" he gasped again, pointing at the piece of parchment he had just given Lily.
"Potter... what? You just..." She didn't know what he was playing at but she didn't like where it was going.
"Give it here," he said with authority.
"What?!" Lily shrieked, completely dumbstruck.
"By order of the Head Boy, appointed by Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Order of Merlin First Class, I hereby decree, that thou shall relinquish such property of Messrs Moony, Padfoot, Prongs and Wormtail. In other words – yoink!"
With that he snatched the piece of parchment out of Lily's hands, whipped the invisibility cloak round himself, and disappeared completely from sight. Lily stood staring in disbelief down the corridor where she could hear his footsteps running away. She didn't know if she was infuriated or impressed.
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Angry as she was at James Potter for making such a fool out of her, she could not help but feel a little grateful to him as well. For a few fleeting moments his antics had taken her mind off the letter from Petunia, but when she awoke the next morning Lily found it was all she could think about.
As she walked slowly down to breakfast, the realisation hit her that she had been so caught up in the events last night, that she had forgotten to ask James what he was actually doing. She felt relieved she had found something else to take her mind off the letter, and quickened her step. She found Caitlin sitting in their usual spot with Alice and Scarlet at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall. As she approached them she noticed that they were giggling to each other. This was not unusual, what was unusual however was that all the girls in the Hall seemed to be doing the exact same thing. As she looked closer, Lily noticed that all the boys in the hall seemed less amused, some of them in fact looked quite green.
"What's going on?" Lily inquired as she sat down beside Caitlin.
"Ball," Caitlin managed before bursting into another fit of giggles.
"Dumbledore announced it this morning, its on Christmas Day," said Alice adding a bit more information.
"But that's like a whole 2 months away. Why is everyone getting so excited about it now?" said Lily exasperatedly.
"OH LILY!" Scarlet squealed giving her a playful shove across the table. "Get into the spirit of it a bit more! That's a whole two months of dresses, and hair, and makeup, and most importantly who's going to ask who!" she said with another squeal. The three of them fell about the place in another bout of excitable giggles, leaving Lily looking on astonished.
"But you lot already have boyfriends! You already know who you're going with!"
"I don't," snapped Caitlin. That was true Lily concurred, but she was sure Caitlin and Sirius would be back together by Christmas. "Anyway wouldn't matter if I did, Sirius hates balls, he wouldn't go with me anyway."
"Don't all guys?" asked Alice reasonably.
"Well no, my Robbie loves them," objected Scarlet. "He'll look so good in dress robes," she added dreamily.
"And I know James is partial to a formal dance every now and then," added Caitlin. The three girls all turned to Lily and grinned mischievously. Watching them something suddenly dawned on her.
"Oh my – That's what you've been giggling about?!" she asked of them.
"Oh but Lily what if he asks you?" Scarlet squealed again.
"When he asks you," Alice corrected her.
"Sorry, when he asks you," Scarlet agreed. "It'll be so perfect, you'll get together on Christmas Day!"
"Don't you think that's a bit of a cliché?" came the voice of Avril Knight as she sat down beside Lily.
"No," said Caitlin sternly to her. "It's just hopelessly romantic!" she added more sweetly to Lily.
All this talk of Balls and Dresses and Partners, had thrown Lily completely off her train of thought, and it wasn't until the Marauders walked into the hall that remembered she had to tell Caitlin about last night. As she watched them walk down the Hall and take a seat at the table, she noticed how all of them looked dishevelled and weary. Another thought struck her. Had they all been running about the castle late last night? Did they all have invisibility cloaks? She thought she better discuss it with the girls.
"You'll never guess who I saw last night!" she said, grasping Caitlin's arm to get her attention. She then continued to retell the previous nights events in every detail, omitting the part about the letter – she wasn't ready to tell them yet. The girls all listened intently, and no one spoke again until she had completely finished.
"Well?" she asked, hoping for their analysis.
"He has an invisibility cloak?" asked Avril, sounding disgusted. "God knows where he's been. What he's seen even!" she said crossing her arms over her chest.
"Rest assured he wasn't looking at you anyway," Alice said scathingly to her.
"What do you think Cait?" Lily asked, trying to ignore Avril.
"You told him about Snuffles?" asked Caitlin timidly. Her face was ashen, and she looked like she could be sick at any moment. "You told him about us watching Snuffles?"
Lily was stopped from giving her an answer by a commotion further on down the table. They all turned to see people jumping up from their seats, and placing their hands over their mouth and noses. It would appear that Remus Lupin had just thrown up over his breakfast.
"I have to go," said Caitlin suddenly, and she scurried from the Great Hall. Lily watched as Sirius sprinted out after her, and Peter helped Remus out, presumably taking him to the hospital wing.
It was some 15 minutes later when James finally decided to leave. He must have noticed Scarlet and Alice's eyes following him the whole way up the hall, because he felt obliged to acknowledge them as he past.
"Ladies," he said as he dipped his head towards them.
"James," Scarlet and Alice replied in unison. Lily could have murdered them on the spot. She was glad she had her back to James, because she was sure she was a deep shape of crimson.
"You didn't make that half obvious," she hissed at them.
They simply giggled at her in reply.
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Ok I'm noticing people are reviewing saying how much they want me to update, and then not putting me onto author alerts. I'm not being cocky, but I just think it's easier to keep track of stories if you do that. I have all the stories I read on author alert. Just a small point.
Anyway hope you enjoyed that chapter. I'll probably update again tomorrow.
BurningIce22: I'm glad I haven't lost you. Sorry I didn't update sooner. Thank you fro reviewing!
luvsirius: Thanks for increasing those review numbers again :D
kaleidoscope0-0eyes: Thanks for caring about my exams! I hope I do well on them too! I think I might do that whole 2 POV thing again in a few chapters time so hopefully you'll enjoy it!
Crazayladay: Ok I updated a bit before 2 weeks! I hope you haven't gone on your trip yet! I'll probably update again tomorrow, just to make up for my absence. Enjoy your tour!
Carmel March: Ok I'm sorry I can't really answer your question because that would give away the basic plot of the story. Keep reading and you'll find out!
stephanie: Lol "shaweet to the beat"? Your cameo is coming don't worry!
james was a chaser: See the physics was fine wasn't it! I was thinking of writing in the whole "I don't smell like musk" thing. What do you think?
LilyFlower1001: Thanks for reviewing! Thanks for the luck I will need it!
Teva: I usually update more often than this, but I have exams at the moment. I know I hate it when people take ages to update too. I hate it more when they stop writing perfectly good stories and just leave you hanging there more though!
nightwanderer: Yeay I made someone laugh!
picklesniper: Happy Birthday! Ok you may have a play but I have life altering exams to deal with so don't say I don't have an excuse not to update more! I will take that cake though :D
mcbgurl12: I think so too.
LadyofRavindor: Sorry for the confusion. Now at least you know what happened next. Thanks for reviewing and please keep going with your story!
Heck E. Nah: Ok... what?
Oliverwoodschic: I'm not telling you what happens with Caitlin and Sirius but the next chapter is going to be just them, not Lily or James. I know you wanted more of them in it!