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The weeks were flying by again, and soon it was May. We had two games left in the quidditch season, and we were in second place for the cup. Kyle and I were still dating, and I was still happy. Jane and Marcus were still only friends, but now that Georgie had opened my eyes to Jane's feelings, it wasn't too hard to see how she felt.

She would blush anytime she saw him, and stared at him when he wasn't looking. What she didn't notice, however, was he was exactly the same way with her. When I would try to tell her all this, she'd just blush and deny it. But I could see how hopeful she started getting.

I was pushing through in my studies, and became sort of a hen mother with everyone, especially with Ary and Albus. We would take to studying in the common room before dinner as a group again, mostly because I had learned Ary and Albus were blowing off studying. I decided I needed to be there to keep an eye on them, and it turned out I was right.

"Ary!" I smacked her hand with my quill. "Stop doodling. I am very excited that you've reached your sixth month anniversary with Eddie, but you're graduating! Focus on your exams!"

She scowled. "How many times have I told you, Benedetto? I'm going onto the Harpies!"

Jane stifled a laugh. "Does your dad know that?"

Ary blushed. "Mum's trying to find a way to break it to him I don't want to go on to Puddlemere."

I rolled my eyes. "No one will accept you if you fail. You know that, right?"

I was rewarded with another scowl. Albus had learned by now not to push his limits too much, but I could tell he was tiring. He and Rose were fast approaching their OWLs. I wasn't worried about Rose in the academic sense, but I thought she was becoming mentally unstable, especially after she began to bite her nails so bad they would bleed. I mentioned this to Lily, and she just reassured me it was normal.

I sighed, noticing everyone's tired expressions. "Albus, you want to head down to dinner and grab us some seats?" I figured this would be the perfect time to stop studying.

He nodded, grateful, but paused in front of the entrance to the portrait hole. "Hey, Lin, you wanna go to Mrs. Wood's bookstore tomorrow with me? I want to get a couple of new titles."

I nodded, and stretched. "Sounds good. Want to go around noon?"

"Sure." He gave a little wave as he stepped through the door.

"Don't forget quidditch tonight!" Ary tossed over her shoulder as she walked off with an arm-load of books to her room.

"As if you'd ever let me," I muttered under my breath. Jane and Carly helped me clean up the rest of my stuff. Rose and Lily had taken off already, and Georgie had spent the day with her brother.

"Hi, love." I was suddenly kissed.

I smiled. "Hey, Kyle. Are we still on for Sunday?"

He nodded, but winced as Ary shouted from the top of the stairs. "OI! THERE'S A GAME ON SUNDAY!"

I scowled. "I'm going to murder her cheerfully in her sleep someday."

Kyle just laughed and gave me another peck on the lips. "See you at dinner."

I flashed him a grin as I made my way up to my room. Jane was arranging her books on her desk as I walked in. She had managed to pass Kyle and I on the stairs, and, judging from her expression, she had overheard our plans. She looked at me carefully as I dumped my stuff on my bed.

"So you're not seeing him tomorrow?"

I shook my head. "No. He's got a study group with Steve, Gordon, John, and Jack P." I mentioned the other seventh year boys in Gryffindor.

She frowned. "Didn't hear Gordie say anything about it to me in Arithmancy."

I shrugged. "It's supposed to be a guy's night, I think."

She didn't look convinced. "Okay. Everything okay with you two?"

I thought for a moment. He had been a little distant lately, but when I asked him about it, he had said he was just tired from studying so much. It seemed reasonable. "Yeah, we're fine."

"Just making sure," Jane said as she looked at her watch. "Oh, bloody hell. We're late. Let's cross our fingers and hope Carly hasn't inhaled all the chips."

I laughed as we raced to the Great Hall.