Footnotes

Entry #19: June 1st

School flew past since Emma and I got back together and now it was time to see if we had passed on our N.E.W.T.s or not. Emma managed to fight her cancer off again, study and do stuff for the Order, not to mention taking time off to spend with me. Our inside joke was that I was dating an inhuman super-begin.

"Merlin, I hate this whole waiting thing! Can't they get them any faster?" James complained as Lily rolled her eyes at her boyfriend. Emma was busy writing something and she wouldn't let me see what it was. Instead I talked to Remus about future plans.

"I don't really know, I mean, and besides helping the Order what can a werewolf do?" He asked. I shrugged, blocking the mental image of Remus sniffing out Voldemort's hide out. James and I think too much alike and when he began to laugh I knew right away he had the same thought I did. Remus jinxed his bacon as revenge when James wasn't looking. Now, it was going to bite him back this time. As James gave a loud yelp Emma looked up from her paper confused and missing everything that had just happened.

"What just happened?"

"It's nothing don't worry about it," I replied and she gave me a look and I sighed.

"You're brother said something stupid again, need I say more?" I asked as James tried to hit me and missed spilling juice on the table. She laughed and smiled and gave me a quick kiss. Finally the mail arrived. As James threw up his hands we all ducked afraid something else was going to spill. Our scores all came individually to us, except the twins, and Emma was a faster catch than James so she got to see first.

"No fair Em!" James complained as his sister began reading his score out loud for us. I laughed and my best friend gave me a look. I gave him Emma's for simple pay back and as he began to read hers aloud we all gasped.

"Merlin Em, you got a perfect score!" Lily said as she read the rest over James's shoulder. I looked at her and gave her a huge hug and a kiss and she just shrugged like it was no big deal. Then she handed me what it was she was writing.

"You're not breaking up with me again are you?" She laughed and shook her head in mock shock. Today was the best day of school and it wasn't because it was the last. I began to read the note as Dumbledore got up to give his end of the year speech before he let us go pack.

Sirius,

I love you, and I'm sorry that because of my sickness I tried to push you away. I never figured something this good would happen to me so when it did I assumed something was going to happen and then made it happen so I could find an excuse to save myself some pain. Worked out great didn't it? I feel like I'm rambling, but I just wanted you to know how great you are too me. Here's to us, and a great life from now on.

Your one and only,

Emma

"Have a good summer," Dumbledore said. I looked up and blinked. Ooops guessed I missed the speech. Emma glared jokingly at me. We all got up to go finish what we had to do for packing and as we walked we all linked arms and blocked off part of the hallway. When we got to the stairs we broke apart all of us red from laughing and as Emma began to go up the stairs I grabbed her and pulled her back kissing her.

"You read for the rest of our lives?" And she nodded happily. James yelled at us to hurry up and I raced her up the stairs, toward the smiling and laughing faces of our friends. There was no doubt in my mind that this was going to be how it was for the rest of our lives.