"I want you all to stay in the same shop, understood?" Mrs. Potter told them sternly, as they all lined up to take the floo to Diagon Alley.
"Yes, Mrs. Potter." They all said together, in tired voices.
"It's either that or I go with you." She told them. "You all have money?"
They nodded.
"You may go now." She told them, stepping aside.
They all went through, Loralei going first, Lily, Remus, Peter, Sirius and James followed in that order.
"I need new robes." Loralei told them. "Does anyone else?"
"What? Are you pregnant?" James sneered.
Loralei didn't get a chance to hit him before Lily got to it, slapping him hard across his face. "I've had enough with you. Grow up and get passed that she has a life and you don't, all you have is your three friends, which isn't too bad, but have you ever been on more than two dates with the same girl?" She didn't wait for him to answer. "Are you mad that she's better than you at everything? She forgives you for every fucking thing you do, and you keep snapping at her. Piss off James Potter and get a fucking life."
"You made Evans cuss." Sirius told him. "You really pissed her off."
James looked in shock at Lily, even though she would diss him all the time, she never struck him; apparently he forgot how loyal she was to the people she loved.
"Thank you, Lil." Loralei smiled at her friend.
Lily linked arms with Loralei. "I got your back. I need new robes too."
"Same." Remus said.
"We'll stop there first, it always gets busier later in the day." Loralei told them, ignoring James completely.
"Sounds good." Sirius said, when no one said anything.
"Then how about we get books and go for lunch?" Loralei smiled. "Then we can get things we don't need, but want."
"Like pregnancy tests?" James muttered.
Loralei rolled her eyes, before pulling her right fist back, and letting it snap forward, hitting her brother's jaw.
James grunted, holding onto his jaw.
Loralei shook out her fist. "Shall we go then?" She asked, as if nothing had happened.
The others couldn't help but laugh. After giving her brother a well deserved punch, she talks as if nothing had happened.
"This is why I love you, Lore." Lily said, pulling her away from the boys. "I'm thinking about trying to get my robes fitted like yours this year."
"We could be twinzies!" Loralei agreed as they walked ahead of the boys.
"And this is why you don't talk about your sister's love life." Remus told him. "You know the more you bring it up the more she's going to pull away, she wants to make her own choices, and you disagreeing only makes her want to do it more."
"Seriously, be a shrink." Sirius told him before following the girls.
"I've loved you since I was sixteen, I never stopped and I never will stop. Will you marry me?" Fabian asked, down on one knee that night.
Loralei blinked, looking around to see her parents, James, and Sirius all peering at them through the windows. They were in Loralei's yard, and she were leaving for Hogwarts the next day.
"Fab...what are you doing?" She asked. "We just got back together."
"Is that your answer?" He asked.
She looked at her family again, her mother was trying to get everyone away from the windows. "Come on, I feel like we're in a fish bowl." She grabbed his wrist, and pulled him to his feet, before going behind some rosebushes
"So what do you say?" He asked.
"I'm sixteen Fab, and there's a war going on out there."
"Exactly, we could die at any time...well not you so much being in Hogwarts, but still." He said.
Loralei shook her head. "I can't marry you. I love you, but I just cant."
"Why?" He asked.
"Because I'm sixteen, because I don't want to get married any time soon. I don't want to get married in the rush of marriages going on, I don't want to get married because it's 'now or never' I want to get married because I want to." She told him.
"That's your answer?" He asked. "I want a serious relationship, are we going anywhere with this?"
"I'm sorry." She told him. "I can't think about that right now."
"Then we're over." He told her, it wasn't a threat, it was just a statement.
"I'm sorry." She said again.
He sighed. "You said every relationship has a last kiss."
"And this is ours." She agreed, before leaning forward and kissing him softly before pulling away. "Goodbye, Fabian."
"Goodbye, Loralei." He started to walk away, and she watched him leave, before going back into the house.
"Loralei..." Sirius, James and Mrs. Potter started.
"Oh, for once in your life leave me alone!" She screamed, before running up the stairs.
"She said no." Mr. Potter told them, pouring himself a drink. "I know her well enough to know that. Do you?"
A/N Sorry for the late update! But I've decided I'm going to update every Friday night unless something comes up :) I promise I'll have regular updates from now on!
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