I'm sorry it took so long. I don't really have an excuse...next chapter shouldn't take as long. This is only a very small part of the amazingness and majorness to come! It will only get better-or worse depending on how you look at it. Oh, I don't own Harry Potter by the way.

Sam

"NOWAY!" Kaelin screeches so loudly she must have woken up the entire country. I cover my ears too late, and they begin to ring. I grin showing her the diamond ring on my finger.

"Sam that's great!" Lily cheers happily. "I knew he wouldn't back out!" I don't have to wonder how she knew. James couldn't keep a secret from Lily if his life depended on it, and I'm sure Sirius told James.

"He's taking me somewhere special tonight," I say smiling. Ever since I got his owl last night saying he wanted t take me somewhere, I've been dying to know where. Sadly he won't tell me.

"Where?" Kaelin asks. I shrug. She and Lily exchange a glance. Oh no. I know that look. It's Kaelin's scary look. Ever since first year, whenever she gets that look on her face, I make a run for it. I do not want to know what she's thinking.

"What are you wearing?" Lily asks smirking. I groan realizing what evil I have unleashed. Kaelin makes a beeline for my room and begins taking every item of clothing I own out of my closet and throwing it in a messy pile on my bed. Lily grabs the basket of make up Kaelin and I share from the bathroom, and dumps it out on my floor. I sigh and sit down on my bed.

I slowly go through the pile of clothing Kaelin has deemed unacceptable. "Sammi, we're going to make you gorgeous!" she cries taking a dark blue casual dress out of my closet. She smiled before hanging it neatly on the doorknob of the closet in her keep pile.

"What color are your eyes?" Lily asks holding up a bunch of eye shadow.

"Blue," Kaelin answers before I can open my mouth. "Go with silver or purple eye shadow!" Purple? I pray to the dear Lord they wouldn't go overboard.

"How about this?" I ask weakly holding up a light green cashmere sweater. Kaelin gasps and looks appalled.

"Samantha! This is a date! You can't wear that!" she cries. I sigh and throw it back onto the bed dejected.

"Hey Kaelin, which eyeliner?" Lily asks holding up three different tubes. Kaelin contemplates for a moment before pointing to the sparkly silver one. I shake my head and decide not to interfere. To disagree with Kaelin and her fashion sense means instant death.

Once Kaelin has a rather large pile of no's and a very small pile of yes's, she moves on to accessories. She pulls out belts and hats and shoes. She holds up a pair of sleek black high heels. "No!" I say shooting the idea down quickly. No way am I wearing heels. She frowns, but puts the dreaded heels back.

Lily moves onto jewelry examining my many necklaces and bracelets. She picks up a small heart necklace and looks at it. "Sirius gave that to me for Christmas in sixth year," I say smiling. I remember the day. Sirius had no idea what to get me.

"You're too girly for anything I'd get James!" he whined. I smirked. I wasn't the slightest bit girly, but I'd wait and see what he came up with. It was fun to watch him suffer.

"Get her jewelry!" James called from across the room. Sirius' eyes lit up with this idea. So he got me the locket. Inside was a picture of all of us from fifth year. It's always been one of my favorites.

"He bought it for you?" Lily asks. I nod. She beams. "You're wearing it!" I don't really mind. I like the locket; it's one of the only necklaces I still wear.

"I've got it!" Kaelin says holding up an ice blue short-sleeved dress that reached my knees with a brown and blue woven belt and brown flats. I have to hand it to her. She's pretty good at this.

Almost an hour later, I'm dressed and ready. Lily decided on light blue eye shadow to match the dress, the sparkly eyeliner, jet-black mascara, and the locket. Kaelin curled my hair to perfection and clipped my bangs up out of my face. When I look in the mirror, I almost don't recognize myself.

"Wow," I say in amazement and shock. I look…different. In a good way of course.

"Sirius is going to love it," Kaelin says smiling. Speaking of which, the guys will be here any minute. Sirius and I planned to tell Peter together, so everyone was coming over here right before we left. What would they say when they saw me like this?

Sirius

"Told you," James says grinning at Remus. Remus smirks and hands over a few galleons.

"You were betting on me?" I ask appalled. To be honest, it doesn't surprise me in the least. "Wait! Moony you were betting against me!"

Remus just shrugs innocently. I frown, but choose not to say anything. "Peter's coming back today," he says changing the subject. "He should be here in an hour or so."

"Great! We've got to be at Sam's by three. I'm taking her somewhere tonight," I say happily. "The place you took Lily last year." James laughs.

"Find your own special place!" he whines. I shrug.

"Nah, It's more fun to steal from you," I retort.

"She'll love it," James says surrendering. Of course she would.

"I can only imagine Kaelin and Lily right now," Remus says laughing. "Probably destroying the flat looking for just the right outfit. I smirked. Sam hates dressing up. Hates it. Kaelin and Lily find great amusement in dressing her up and going all out.

Three hours later, everyone is gathered at Sam's. Sam is still in her room under strict orders from Kaelin to stay there. Kaelin and Lily are practically bouncing up and down in excitement. "Ok!" Kaelin says loudly. "Everyone sit down!" We obey.

"Kaelin, Sam, and I have big news. Kaelin and I will go first, and then we'll let Sam come out," Lily explains to Peter. He nods silently. That's Peter. He hardly ever says a word.

"Your first Lily!" Kaelin practically shouts. Lily grins.

"I'm pregnant!" she cries happily. Peter looks shocked for a moment and doesn't say anything.

"Y-you are?" he asks quietly. She nods grinning, but I can tell there's a bit of hurt. She expected more excitement from him. "That's great Lily!" I don't miss the strange look that passes through Peter's eye. I can't figure out what it is, but it's there.

"My turn!" Kaelin squeals. "I'm engaged!" She beams and jumps up and down again.

"To who?" Peter asks looking genuinely confused. I roll my eyes. Where has he been the last three years? Under a rock?

"To me!" Remus says exasperated. James laughs and Peter looks sheepish. He averts his eyes and smiles at Kaelin in his Peter way.

"Ok! Enough about us! It's time for Sam to come out!" Lily says smiling. Kaelin opens the door to Sam's room, and I gape at what I see. Sam's dress looks fantastic on her. Her hair is curled perfectly, courtesy of Kaelin I'm guessing. She looks amazing. James and Remus look impressed as well, but it's nothing compared to what I feel.

She smiles, and a twinge of pink touches her face from all the attention. Before I even realize what I'm doing, I've stood up and walked right over to her. I stand there unsure how to react. She looks up at me; I never realized how short she is. Or how tall I am I guess. She just barely reaches my chin. "You like?" she asks softly. The rest of the room is silent. I run a hand through her soft curled hair and kiss her softly not even caring who else is around.

"I love," I say. "You look amazing." Then I notice the necklace around her neck. She's wearing the locket I gave her. I smile remembering her face when I gave it to her. She looked shocked and happy. I loved seeing her like that. The locket was heart shaped and had a flowery design on it. So un-Sam-like, but perfect all the same.

"Well! Get going then! Sam, take a jacket! It's freezing!" Lily says rushing us away. I don't even bother to acknowledge anyone else as we leave. Sam grabs a light sweater, and we apparate.

Sam

I take his hand and we apparate to a beautiful place. A cherry tree rests upon a tall grassy hill. Fields stretch out for miles in every direction, and sunlight pours through the leaves of the tree. The sun is beginning to set by the time we get there giving the sky a purplish tint. A small blanket waits at the top of the hill.

"A picnic?" I ask. How original. I laugh to myself, but don't say anything. It's perfect to me. Sirius smiles sheepishly.

"James thought of it," he explains, and I nod knowingly. I smile as I sit down. There's a ton of food, and I can only assume Lily cooked meaning she knew and didn't tell me! She'll get an earful later.

"This place is amazing," I say truthfully. "How did you find it?" Sirius averts his eyes from mine. "Let me guess. James." He nods, and I laugh. What would those two do without each other?

I pick up a chocolate covered strawberry relishing the sweet taste. These are my favorites. "Remember when your mom used to joke about us growing up and falling in love?" Sirius asks. I nod smiling. She used to tell us that all the time, but we never believed her.

"She was right," I say. "That's the last time I question her." I smile. A slight breeze makes me shiver slightly, and Sirius wraps his arms around me. I lean back against his chest and let his heartbeat relax me.

"I can't wait until this war is over. You and me, we're going to do something amazing. Maybe we'll travel the world or something," he says. I smile again.

"I'd like that," I say picking up another strawberry. I notice Sirius hasn't touched the food, so I offer him one. When he doesn't take it, I smash it against his face. I jump up laughing as he looks at me in shock.

He gets up, and I run. I kick off my shoes as I tear through the field to the right towards the sunset. He chases me, but he's laughing. When I'm so tired I can't take another step, I flop down into the grass laughing. I lie there watching the sun slowly sink. Sirius lies beside me and takes my hand in his.

"Don't you wish we could just forget about the war? Just escape and never look back?" I whisper. I'd give anything for the war to end. It's already caused so much pain. Marlene McKinnon, Lily's friend, was killed a few months ago. We all miss her.

"Everyday," he relies. "Everyday."

Sirius

I answer her truthfully. Everyday I wish things could be different. That maybe we wouldn't have to suffer anymore. That we could live free. James isn't the only one worried about the birth of his child. It won't be easy raising a child in a time like this. Things could very easily turn for the worst, and the child could be left with no one. I wouldn't let that happen. No matter what happens, if for some reason James and Lily can't take care of the child anymore, I'll be there to take over.

"Sirius?" Sam whispers. "I don't want anymore pain." She has tears in her eyes, and I gently brush them away.

"I won't let anyone hurt you Sam. I'll be here, always," I say. She nods slowly. I sit up. "I mean it Sam. I'll always save you from whatever happens." She smiles lightly.

"I know you will," she says. She takes the ring off her finger and turns it over in her fingers. "I'm just scared."

"You don't need to be," I say. "I'm here." The moment I say the words, the ground explodes underneath us.

The impact throws me into the air. I see Sam on the ground with a pool of blood surrounding her. She's standing, but the ground explodes again, and she falls collapsing onto her hands and knees. I scream for her, but she can't hear me. I land hard on the ground a safe distance from the fire that has ignited. Charred bits of grass float in the air, and yet another deafening explosion fills the air.

"Sam!" I call running blindly into the mess. I hear her screaming my name. She's calling me, but I can't find her. The smoke from the fire chokes me, and I find it hard to breath. Hot ashes burn through my shoes. The heat is intense and I'm not sure how much longer I can go without passing out. I stop, and listen for any sign of Sam.

"Sirius!" her panicked cry sounds through the air. I see her to my right covered in sticky red blood. I run towards her dodging the fire where I can. Burn marks cover my skin.

Sam has a large gash on her head from where blood steadily pours. Her arms and legs are covered with burns and her dress is frayed and charred. More blood soaks her side, but I can't tell where it's coming from. She stops yelling, and her body is racked with violent coughing. I watch her spit blood from her mouth helplessly. She's much worse off then me. I keep running, but it seems no matter how far I run, I never get any closer. I have to save her. I promised. How could this happen?

Sam's image begins to flicker and I stop in my tracks. She disappears all together, and I cry in outrage. I've been tricked. I have no doubt in my mind that wherever Sam is, she's just as bad as that hologram if not worse. I lift up my foot to run again, but feel my head start to swim. I claw at the air with my hands trying to stay conscious. Smoke fills my lungs and burns my eyes. I feel myself falling. Darkness threatens to engulf me, and I desperately try to stay awake. I feel a sharp pain in my head before the darkness overcomes me, and I black out.

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