I know it has been like AGES since I updated… but I have FINALLY come around to do it, college takes up more time than I thought…

I know it's short and I know it won't be up to regular standards, but it's the best I could do.

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Chapter 25- Secret admirers and falling into lakes

"I don't wanna go back to Hogwarts!" Leane wailed as she clutched onto the handrail at platform 9 3/4.

Mari sighed and pulled at Leane's arm. "We only have like 2 months left-"

"Exactly! And those 2 months will be FULL of exams and revision, I won't be able to handle it!" I glanced at Izz for a second until she nodded, then we both pulled at the now screaming Leane onto the train.

"Honestly you loon! You're scaring the first years!" I hissed, putting my hand over her mouth as we tried to drag her to a compartment.

"Hey guys!" Matt took one look at us and then jumped slightly. "Woah, okay, why are suffocating Leane?"

I gave out a haughty sigh and then glared at Leane. "Because she doesn't want to do the NEWTS."

"Matty…" Leane blubbered, making Matt open his arms for Leane who dived into his chest. They hugged for a second and then claimed they were off to find a compartment.

Dear diary,

Well, I'm back at Hogwarts for my last term. I'm actually quite excited… maybe I'll do really well in these NEWTS…

Okay, that's a BIG maybe, but still! I am optimistic.

Christmas was fun; I spent most of it with James but I also found out that Tuney is engaged to Vernon (THE WALRUS) and I have to be the bridesmaid. Tuney and I were both against it, but it was either me or our 2nd cousin Anna…

But on the good side James will be WALKING ME DOWN THE ISLE! It'll be like we're getting married!

Eehehehehehehhehehehe. Opps, I have to go now, Izz is getting grumpy and James and Sirius should be here any minute.

Love, Lily x

…..

"So Petunia is actually getting married huh?" Alice snorted, when I had told her she had practically howled with laughter.

"I wonder who will be the first out of all of us?" Mari asked excitedly, she wiggled her eyebrows at me and James.

"I am NOT getting married at seventeen!" James gasped, placing a hand on his heart. "I have goals."

"And I want to pass these NEWTS!" As soon as the words left my mouth the whole compartment went silent. I could already see Sirius shaking from his silent fit of giggles.

"Stop laughing!" My friends are so lovely aren't they? "It's not funny! I am going to revise!" This just seemed to make them laugh more.

"Sorry Lils," James gasped after the laughter had died down. He took a deep breath and wiped his eye before continuing. "We were laughing because… because of Sirius' joke he just told us!"

"Yes yeah! It was- we know that you and James shared a bed after the Christmas part-" James immediately slapped his hand across Sirius' mouth, giving him glares.

"We did not!" I said quickly to the rest of our friends who were looking at us. I can imagine it though… after putting the kids to bed and giving each other a goodnight kiss-

"Lily's daydreaming again…" I heard Izz sing but before I could shout at her we had arrived at Hogwarts.

"Hey, Lily… can I talk to you for a sec?" James said hurriedly before we all left the compartment.

"Why, of course you can Jamie Baby. I'm all yours!" Sirius fluttered his eyelashes and puckered his lips whilst putting on a girly voice. James just rolled his eyes at Sirius.

"I said Lily. Not you." Alice grinned at me and then pushed me forward to where James was, bumping into his chest.

"You two have fun…" Leane sniggered, waggling her eyebrows, as everyone else began to slowly leave the compartment.

"Shoo!" They all fled just before James chased after them.

"So," My voice croaked. "What.. what was it you wanted to talk about?" He wasn't going to break up with me was he? My hands were shaking slightly, and my palms were sticky from the sweat that was forming from my anxiety. Nevertheless James grabbed my hand and rubbed it affectionately with his thumb.

He shrugged, bringing me into a warm hug. "Just haven't seen you much lately. I miss you." My heart began to relax as I breathed out a sigh of relief.

"Why so relieved?" He asked with a hint of humor. "Did you think I was going to break up with you? Now now now Lily! Where is your trust in me?"

As a response I thumped him softly in the arm. I was too happy to speak.

"Have I ever told you that you're beautiful?" I shrugged my shoulders, feeling my face redden by just the touch of his palm on my face.

"Come on, speak up."

"Ssssffoorrlefeeen." I blurted out with a sigh making James start to chuckle slightly.

"Well I think you are beautiful and I love you." And with that he leaned in and kissed my lips softly. I had forgotten how sweet they tasted, the perfect moisture and size for mine. Like we were meant to be.

…..

"Saw you two loving it up in the compartment." Alice giggled after she had finished her desert.

"Alice! That was supposed to be a private moment between James and I only!"

"We were all there." Remus cleared his throat as he tried to wipe the smirk of his voice when James glared in his direction.

"WELCOME BACK!" Dumbledore shrieked, causing Professor Flitwick to fall off his high-chair. "Now that all the festivities are over it's time to get settled back and doing work. May I remind you that the Black Lake is still currently iced over… and that any student who steps onto it could be in severe danger." His gaze landed onto the Marauders who began to whistle innocently. "And with that, I bid you all a goodnight."

"Right, tomorrow morning us all on the Black Lake, savvy?" Sirius whispered as soon as the speech had finished.

"I'm out, a- it's dangerous and b- I'm studying." I said dismissively, swatting away Sirius' arm that tried to creep over my shoulder.

"Aaaw, you're boring Ebans." Sirius stuck out his tongue at me at which I just shook my head.

"No Sirius, I am being safe because I want to stay alive."

"Oh leave her alone Pads!" Remus sighed and pushed Sirius playfully in the back. "She's right, remember what Dumbledore said. It's DANGEROUS."

"Yeah, for wussies."

"Just ignore him Lils." Izz sighed as we came to the stairs of the girls and boys in the Gryffindor common room.

"Well, night then ladies." Sirius waved, kissing Izz lightly on her nose as James did the same to me.

"Goodnight Leane… I love you." Matt smiled, kissing Leane quickly on her lips. Leane grinned and pulled him back for another snog.

"Love you too Matt…"

"Love you more-" But Leane never got to respond since us girls dragged Leane away and the boys did the same to Matt.

….

I woke up early, much to everyone's delight, since they didn't have to do rock paper scissors to see who would wake me up.

"Woah, you guys are early today!" Frank commented when we all went down to breakfast.

"And Lily's there too! OMG. It's the apocalypse!" Sirius's early morning statement was ignored by me as I went and got some porridge.

"Ooooh. Porridge eh?" Ignore Sirius…

"Porridge and all it's oaty goodness!" Ignore Sirius…

"Hey, Pads… I think she's ignoring you." Peter said with his mouth full, pointing in my direction.

"REALLY WORMTAIL? I had no idea! I thought she was responding back to me! Maybe I should get my ears checked!"

"Don't you think it's weird that after this week we will never be a Hogwarts student again?" Izz blurted, hastily changing the subject and giving Peter a soft smile.

"Not really, we could all fail our NEWTS, and have to redo the year!"

"Lily! That's not funny!" Izz moaned, whacking me on the arm as she glared at me.

It was our last week in Hogwarts, but truth be told I was feeling rather optimistic about the life outside Hogwarts. I had been waiting for this moment for the whole of my life! And now it was finally here, sort of.

"You guys, don't forget, Transfiguration exam tomorrow though." BANG. I snapped my head quickly to Remus.

"You're serious?" I asked, gobsmacked.

All heads turned to me. "What? Lily! You forgot AGAIN?" Mari sighed with a shake of her head.

"I am not tutoring you this time." James muttered beside me. He had been tutoring me all through the exam period and I had been quite worried that he hadn't had enough time to revise himself, but because James is the genius he is, he was alright.

Before I was able to moan and wail Sirius had already said "Just do it Prongsie before she starts bursting my eardrums." I smirked- Sirius knows me too well.

"Why thank you, Siz."

"Your welcome Ebans."

…

"Strosisten!"

…

"STROSISTEN!"

Nothing.

"You crappy piece of a mouse! TURN INTO A CAT!"

"Woah, Lils!" I felt a soft, warm hand place itself on top of mine. "Just relax; you're scaring the poor mouse."

"Well, that mouse doesn't have to do anything, all he has to do is just sit still and transfigure into a bloody cat, but nnnnnooooooo! Because karma just always has to be on my bad side EVERYTHING bad happens to me-"

I was cut off when James instinctively placed his lips on mine and kissed me hard, I could feel his smirk against my lips as he heard my little sigh.

"I don't think you've got much bad karma, Lils. You have moi!" He winked cheekily at me as he saw my red face.

"Aaawwwh. You're still nervous, aren't you?" Nervous? Me? Never.

"N… N-no-o." I squeaked, his face was only a centimeter apart from mine, I could see his hazel eyes perfectly and I could feel his breath against my face.

"You're still nervous!" He cooed and then messed up my hair, giving me that annoying smirk which always seemed to make my knees buckle.

I was going to speak when there was a gentle tap at my window, curious, I leaned out to open it. A grand white owl flew into my room and landed onto my desk with a hoot.

I could feel James looking over my shoulder as I opened the letter-

The beauty of the full moon

Cannot compare

To the fairness of your red hair

To your large emerald eyes

And your sweet loving smile

The stars may twinkle

And the seas may crash

But loving you with all my heart

And wanting to feel your embrace

Keeps me going.

Your secret admirer x

"Who the hell wrote this?" I chuckled nervously, checking for any signs or clues. My hand was slightly shaking as I re-read the poem, I had never had a secret admirer before and it was making me feel rather special and wanted.

"James?" I turned to see James still staring at the letter with wide eyes, his jaw was clenched together and his hands were trembling.

"Which git did this?" He asked in a quiet tone which sent shivers down my spine. His eyes had turned to me now, as if I would know who had sent it. As if it had been ME.

"I-I… I don't know." I whimpered against his dark glare, but he was standing tall.

"Stop looking at me like that!" I snapped after a minute of silence. He abruptly recoiled, but his fist was still clenched.

"Sorry… but how else do you expect me to react? This stalker dude just wrote you a POEM!"

"You've never written me a poem before!" I sniffed, pointing an accusing finger in his direction to which he just snorted.

"Poems are soppy and crappy romantic stuff!"

"But Matt writes them-"

"Matt sleeps with a teddy at night." He gave a dejected sigh and rubbed my cheek affectionately. "Look, I'm just saying that I'll love you more than anything, even though I'm not really a romantic type of guy doesn't mean you should fall for this poem dude."

"And I won't, because I already have you!"

"Yo! Love birds!" Mari's voice from downstairs made me and James jump from our close embrace. "Everyone's outside, it's snowing like crazy!"

…

"Well. That was stupid Lily."

It had been indeed stupid of me. But I am Lily Evans. Who would I be if I wasn't stupid?

"I know, I know. I think before acting…"

"Bloody hell Lils! You chased Sirius onto the black lake, which was ICED over. Even if it was Sirius' fault… you could have died!"

"Well, I didn't did I?" See? I am so good at changing the atmosphere!

James gave a snort and then looked at me.

"Honestly James… it's only a broken ankle-"

"Yeah, at least she didn't break her arm too!" Sirius grumbled on the bed next to mine, he had broken an ankle and his arm… which was actually quite funny.

It had began with Sirius AGAIN saying things that weren't true and then ending with both him and I in the black lake being almost frozen to death. Quite a lot of other students were on the lake as it cracked as well- so the infirmary is quite full today.

"I'm giving all 7th years a boost in the potion, to speed up recovery so you can take tomorrow's exam." Exclaimed Madam Pompfery as she came out from her office, all us 7th years groaned and grumbled.

She shooed out everyone who wasn't injured and then gave us all sleeping potions, before I knew it I had already gone to sleep and woken up again the next day, ready (or not ready…) to take this dreaded last NEWTS exam which just HAD TO BE Transfiguration.

Killl.

Me.

Now.

WAHEEEY! AGAIN, SO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T UPDATE SOONER! D: And I know this isn't one of my best- I'm just a bit rusty.

Hopefully I shall update again soon, meanwhile please review and support this story! :D I had to delete this chapter and write it again, so sorry if you got 2 notifictions about it.

AND GUYS- THE END IS NEAR! YAAAY. Sorry for any spellings or words that don't make sense also :)

Preview-

I just couldn't believe it. This was our PROM. It meant the end of Hogwarts. It was supposed to be fun. Oh, how bloody wrong I was.

I'm really going now, CIO :)