I'm going to be honest… I have no idea how Quidditch seasons work or the school games go. There isn't much Quidditch in the story anyway but to anyone who may be nit-picky this is me confirming your suspicions. I. Don't. Know. Winging it!

WitchWolf6470

Chapter 6

It was lonely here. I could only teach myself so much before I became starved for human interaction. It was so quiet sometimes inside of the protection spells my ears would start to ring. By the end of summer I had mastered my Animagi form and often snuck off at night as a wolf to run through the woods near the village. The forest was wonderful and made me feel free. There was no room to run at the cottage so I stretched my legs as much as I could as a wolf.

I missed Lily terribly, and even found myself missing the silly marauders and their prankster ways. Dumbledore didn't visit much and had no idea about my late night outings as an unregistered Animagus. In his absence I felt the void left at my parents distance. There was no guarantee that I would ever see them again.

The highlight of my summer was when Dumbledore dropped me in Diagon Alley for a day of shopping for school supplies and under garments. (I had developed. Not that it was custom for my people to wear much of anything, but I wasn't living in my world anymore.) I decided to make plans with Lily to meet the following summer for help… There were many sizes and colors, shapes, fabrics… I settled on a plain cream colored bra the woman that had measured my bust said would fit and went about getting out of the shop as quickly as possible.

On the Hogwarts express I sat with Lily and Severus. I stayed mostly quiet because they were already bickering a bit—I guessed from a summer spending too much time together. From what I gathered, Lily had dated a muggle boy a few weeks and Severus had persuaded her that it wouldn't last with her away at school. I asked a few questions but it wasn't until Severus left to change that she gave me details about the boy.

"Oh he has the prettiest blue eyes and a perfect smile! I knew it wasn't going to happen with me being gone for school more than I'm there- but he's sixteen and he taught me how to kiss-!" She was talking rapidly as if she had to get it all out before her male friend returned, and I just smiled and giggled at her facial expressions. I wasn't sure how I felt about kissing. I thought about what it would be like to kiss someone… I supposed it depended on who it was. Severus- oh no!

We giggled like small children when Severus was stuffing his muggle clothes into his trunk. I couldn't stop and Lily was holding onto me to keep from falling over. My ribs ached and my cheeks were sore from the wide smile but it felt so good to be heading back to school with my best friend that I laughed until I had a coughing fit from lack of oxygen.

The school felt warm and homey and I found myself touching the walls everywhere I walked for the first few weeks of class. I stayed inside mostly and only wondered out once or twice for a little run here or there. I was lost in the safety of the castle. The first month passed by in a blink and I was scared it would all disappear. That I would be left alone again in that cottage. I started to take more time to admire things and examine them so I had the best of memories over the summer.

It was mid-October when I had my first encounter with the Marauders. Sirius and James began to grill me at breakfast about trying out for the Quidditch team. I noticed the gleaming badge on James' chest and promised I would try out later that week. Peter asked for some help in Herbology which I agreed to, but Remus stayed silent until the others scurried off to pick on some Slytherin first years that had come into the hall.

"How was your summer?" I asked Remus with the brightest smile I could muster, tipping over a large bowl of fruit and scooping some out onto my plate.

"It was well. Went to Egypt with my parents for a few weeks…" I felt like he was a little stand offish as he said this and I took a moment to observe his appearance as I popped a grape into my mouth. "Hm…"

He had some fresh scars on his left arm and his hair was hanging into his warm amber eyes now. He was definitely cute. I wondered if I would like kissing him… or even Sirius or James… But I wasn't sure I cared all too much about kissing boys at all just yet. I assumed Remus didn't have time to think about kissing girls either with his transformations every month…

"Oh Remus!" I exclaimed and dropped the strawberry back onto my plate, hitting the table. "I'm sorry! I forgot to give you notes last week when you were sick!" I felt a little bubbly when he smiled at me and realized this was why he had been silent. He must have thought I was mad at him. "First time for everything, I guess." I sighed.

"Don't worry about it. I translated Peters… attempt at notes." We laughed at this for a good moment. "I never asked you to write me notes though, I just thought maybe something was wrong with you. Little Miss Perfect." I threw a grape at him and giggled when he attempted to catch it in his mouth.

"I'm not perfect. Lily is perfect." I argued as said girl took a seat beside me.

"HA!" She laughed at me as she poured some pumpkin juice into her goblet. "What a joke. You are so Miss Perfect."

"You're my best friend. You aren't supposed to side with him" I whined, and took to tossing grapes at Remus as he continued to laugh at me.

I dreaded the thought of try outs. I was the only girl trying out this year at all (as James so grumpily told me—guess he was hoping for a gorgeous girl who loved Quidditch to come sweep him off his feet… We all knew he had it bad for Lily anyhow). I begrudgingly following Sirius down to the Quidditch pitch after lunch and stared off into space as James explained what we would be doing. I mostly just wanted to fly around because it had been so long, and with my new attachment to the inside of the castle I hadn't wondered out to the pitch since we had been back.

"Vee!" Sirius was so close to my right cheek I could feel his breathing, and I turned my head slowly and raised an eyebrow at him in question, leaving our faces only centimeters apart. "Not that I couldn't get use to this, but we are supposed to be lining up."

Sirius was definitely going to be on the team, but James had to let everyone have a fair shot regardless. I wondered what Sirius meant about 'getting use to this' as I made my way to the back of a chaser line. My mind soon wondered up to the clouds until someone else was in my face, this time a scrawny sixth year boy telling me to move it or he was going next.

"Did I do something wrong to you?" I asked seriously and gently, but turned to walk to James before he could reply. Wizards really confused me sometimes.

James tossed me the quaffel and I mounted my broom, balancing it easily in my right hand and maneuvering the broom with my left. I passed the simple making hoops past a keeper part, then it was time to pair up and see how we worked with others. Lucky me I got Remus.

I wrapped my fingers around his wrist and leaned over to whisper my excitement in his ear as James was talking to the group and I wasn't going to be rude. He became stiff and I immediately pulled on his wrist to make him face me.

"Are you alright? Do you need to go to the hospital wing again?"

"N-No!" He said in a slightly defensive tone and yanked his wrist from my grasp. I took a step back in alarm and watched him rub side of his neck and ear that I had whispered into. "You just scared me!" He explained and offered me a smile, slightly calming my nerves.

We put our heads together and talked out a quick plan before it was our turn, and the plan was executed with precision. I hugged him happily when we landed and high-fived Sirius (who had been holding his own arms open hopefully).

After the team challenge we were to do a round of the trainings we would have to endure if we made the team. I hadn't thought about it but it turned out to be a pretty good idea because the scrawny kid that had gotten a little aggravated had a pretty bad knee. I congratulated James on his decision and felt a little victory at not having to deal with the boy again. I felt sore from some of the work-outs. Mostly it was my stomach that had never been used to that extent but I managed.

After James dismissed everyone and promised to have the new team posted by the following week we all strutted, dragged, or limped into the locker rooms to take showers. I was very alone in the girl locker rooms, but was pleased to see the boys exiting as I did so I fell in step with them up towards the castle. We all chatted lightly about some of the mess ups and who was the best. During dinner I sat across from them and only picked at my food before heading straight to bed. James had promised me I would be a chaser when no one was listening.

The following week I waited for after class to check the board for the Quidditch team listing. I seen my name was the third down, and contemplated how I felt about being on the team this year. I wasn't all too interested in the prospect of Quidditch. It was definitely fun to play and I liked the competition in a way, but in the end I didn't know enough to have a favorite team or anything of the sort.

"Good. You made it." I jumped slightly. Sirius was standing beside me and I hadn't realized him walk up. I had to stop getting so lost inside of my head.

"Yes. I suppose so." I said just to fill in the silence after a moment, and I glanced down to see he had indeed been made a beater. "Congratulations." I commented absently. Everyone knew he would make it anyhow.

"Thanks. We'll be a pretty good team…" As he trailed off I started to look over the other posters. I never knew about all the clubs and activities that were posted. "So hey I was wondering if you wanted to go to Hogsmeade with me next week?"

I contemplated his question for a few moments. I hadn't promised Lily I would go with her. She might be going with Severus… when she goes with Severus I usually stay in the castle or end up alone because I always feel like an intruder. It wouldn't be so bad to be around the boys.

"Sure…" I shrugged and turned around to face him. "I need to go to the library… I'll see you around." I smiled back at him, feeling odd about the smirk he now had on his face. What was that all about?

"I hope you don't mind Vee, I know we haven't been spending a lot of time together, but I'm just so worried about Sev and now Mary always needs my help with Potions… I PROMISE we'll go in December!" Lily felt bad but I hadn't told her that I was going with Sirius and the guys. Mostly because she hates hearing their names…

I was propped up on my bed with a book laying against my thighs and she was digging through her luggage trying to find her favorite bra. The trip was tomorrow so I had run out of time, I had to tell her now in case she sees me with them.

"It's okay Lily. Sirius asked me to go with him." I smiled at her, but her face dropped and she took a seat at my feet on my bed. "I know you don't like them Lily…"

"Vermilliah… You aren't going on a date with Sirius are you?" I laughed immediately and told her to stop joking, but her face was set.

"He didn't ask me on a date. He just asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him and the guys."

"Oh thank god he asked you to go with all of them." She let out a breath she seemed to have been holding in and went in search of her bra under her bed.

"You are the messiest person…" I comment and think about what Sirius had really said. Did he mean a date? "I mean…"

"I know I know—GOT IT!" She sprung up and tossed it on her pillow before pulling her top off.

"No I mean that… I think he meant with the guys…" I said slowly, and she spun around so fast she almost fell over, now just in her bra and night pants.

"What did he say- what exactly did he say?" She had a deranged look in her eye like she was about to go hunt Sirius down like an animal.

"He said… 'I was wondering if you want to go to Hogsmeade with me next week?' " I repeated and leaned forward. "Calm down Lily. You and Sev go all the time and you don't think those ate dates" I pointed out, but I knew that Severus wished they were dates, which is partly why I don't like to go with them.

"This is Sirius. He's dated three girls this year! October isn't over yet!" She cried and moaned, sinking to the floor dramatically and whining loudly. Thankfully the other girls had already went down for breakfast. "Please don't tell me you like him!" She cried from her spot on the floor and I leaned over the side of my bed and watched her kick her feet like a child.

"Of course I like him… but I don't think… that means what you think it means." I offer, and put the book to the side, rolling onto my stomach and hanging my head over the side to keep my eyes on her.

"Do you want to date him? Kiss him?" She sat up so quickly our heads almost collided and she stared with wide eyes at me. "Do you find him… attractive?!"

"Uh… I guess he's attractive. But no, I don't… think I want to kiss him. Or date him. You probably want to kiss someone you want to date, right?" I asked her cautiously. I had never thought about 'dating'. I had other things to worry about… like the war. When I explained this to Lily she decided to finish getting dressed.

"Well he thinks you guys are going on a date. I guarantee it." She sat down beside me and I rolled over onto my back with my head dangling over the edge, staring over at her bed in the now upside down room. "You should date someone! Just not… Them. You shouldn't be so worried about this war… I know what happened but… You have to live because who knows-we might die." She whispered the last few words but they were the ones that I felt the most.

The following day I decided to at least try to look nice. I wasn't sure how I was going to break it to Sirius that I didn't know he wanted me to go on a date with him. If he even did for that matter, because I was really hoping Lily was wrong. She suggested embarrassing him in front of his friends but that was out immediately because he was still my friend, too. I was just hoping the perfect opportunity would present itself.

I wore a soft green flowing blouse and a pair of black shorts Lily let me borrow. I slipped into my school shoes and a light jacket because I was afraid the temperature might drop and leave me helpless on the walk back to the castle in the evening. I pulled my hair around to my left and braided it neatly, letting it rest against my shoulder as I examined myself in the mirror in the girl's bathroom.

My hair was getting too long and my skin was excruciatingly pale. My eyes were a very dull purple today which I marked up to my mood being so sullen. Lily had made a comment about maybe the Marauders not wanting to hang out with me after I reject Sirius. I didn't want that... I liked them all very much and they helped preoccupy my time. Not to mention they were my team mates now as well.

Sirius looked pleased when I approached him in the Great Hall, hands in my pockets and braid already loosened and strands escaping at parts. Sirius was in muggle clothes as well, a pair of slacks and a plain white T. I had to admit that my heart quickened at the sight of him even in such a simple attire, his hair long and barely tamed with his fingers sliding so gracefully through the thick locks.

"Hello" I smiled and waved, my hopes rising as I seen Remus and Peter heading towards us from the stairs. Remus was slouched with his own sandy hair shading his eyes and his hands stuffed into the pockets of an old pair of jeans. Peter seemed very excited about going to Honeydukes, wearing his own jeans and a plain black shirt. I noticed not many of our fellow students were dressed in non-magic clothes but I enjoyed not being weighed down heavy robes.

James strutted up to the group with a tiny blonde Ravenclaw on his arm. Sirius gave him a high-five and attempted to put his arm around my shoulders but I twirled out quickly and almost ran right into Peter. I giggled at him and as we almost tumbled over together I grabbed his shoulders and we stabilized each other.

"Are we going to Honeydukes first?" I asked, still giggling, and straightening to face Sirius.

"We're going to this little tea shop…" He pulled me away from Peter by my wrist and thankfully did not try to put his arm back around my shoulders. He pointed to James and the girl and then to us. "Double date!" I tried not to groan. How was I supposed to tell him when James was right there the whole time?

"Sirius…" He wasn't paying attention to me, and before I knew it we were walking down towards Hogsmeade. Then Peter and Remus were fading away towards the candy shop as I was being dragged back to a shop I had never been too before.

When we were inside I felt crowded, but interested. It had Halloween decorations all around the room and it smelled very sweet. I was too busy looking around to be a part of the conversation, and Sirius had to keep waving his hand in my face to catch my attention.

"You are the biggest spaz I have ever met, you know that?" I laughed at him because I didn't even know what that was and tried to focus on what the girl was saying. Apparently she was a third year and was soooo interested in Quidditch. I got the feeling she was lying, and when we broke away to sit alone when James started to 'woo' her I was thankful.

"Weird stuff, eh?" I laughed nervously and tapped the small cup of tea in front of me with my index finger. I must have started annoying him with the noise because he reached over to grab my hand to stop it (but never did let go). I had the urge to pull my hand away because I knew what he thought it meant, and he was leaning over the small table and talking about something—but I couldn't focus on whatever it was he was saying.

He did look handsome… so handsome. I stared into his grey eyes and smiled and nodded at whatever he had just said. I was leaning forward with my chin on my palm and watching him. Did I want to kiss him? I looked down at his lips and contemplated it, but when he started to lean over and reached out to touch my cheek I pulled back.

"S-Sirius…" I stuttered and pulled my hand back, shaking my head to remove myself from the trance. I glanced out the window and my eyes met with golden brown. I felt warm and I smiled, immediately knowing who the eyes belonged to. "I really am not interested in..." I sighed and looked back at him, biting my lip.

"We don't have to kiss… I know it's in public…"

I met his eyes confidently and covered his hand in mine for more connection.

"Sirius I don't want to date you. I'm sorry I thought… I thought you just wanted me to come with you and James and Remus and Peter…" I didn't know what else to say. That was the truth and that was all I knew how to say. Sirius looked confused- and I realized this had probably not ever happened to him before. "I think you're beautiful… But I have more on my mind than boys… I really don't want to date anyone. I'm happy just how things are. From what Lily tells me dating ruins friendships. I don't want to lose your friendship."

"This is… different." He laughed awkwardly and my heart jumped with glee. It was a bark of a laugh and I liked it. It was a very handsome laugh, but I really just wanted to get out of the cramped shop and be part of a group. Sirius must have read my mind because it was only a few minutes before we were out on the street with Remus and Peter and James was ditching the girl he had just been snogging the face off of.

"Told you, you couldn't tame her, mate!" James cheerfully held his hand out for what I guessed was bet money, and we were off to explore a shop called Zonko's. As I browsed the shelves I felt myself recalling quite a few of the items that must have taken part in the boys' last year pranks. Peter shadowed me and Remus, examining stink bombs of different grades, but as soon as he left Remus cleared his throat.

"I'm surprised you and Sirius decided to call off your date" He said quickly and shoved his hands back into the worn jean pockets.

"I didn't know he wanted to go on a date" I smiled at him and tried to meet his eyes but he was purposefully scanning the trick card decks. "He seemed surprised but… I've never dated anyone… It's not something I really think about." Trying to fill the silence… "He's the only boy that ever showed any interest before, but we're too young to be dating. Maybe not… I just don't… I have more things on my mind than kissing and… whatever people do when they date."

"You were going to kiss him." I was a little disturbed that he had seen that, but shrugged it off.

"Only because I've never been kissed before… but it can wait for someone I actually have a connection with… If that ever happens." I snorted, thinking over how such things could matter in a time of warfare. I assumed they just don't know what's really coming.

"Right." His tone of voice made me look at him suspiciously.

"Are you jealous?" I asked and in his continued silence I could make out the answer. "You're jealous that I was going to kiss Sirius instead of you?" I asked. I wasn't trying to be rude. Maybe he was tired of the attentions James and Sirius received over him and Peter.

He had his back slightly to me and I took a look around to make sure the others were further off down an aisle before I approached him. Maybe I should live a little. Maybe I should have kissed Sirius. I'm already tired of the maybes and 'what-ifs'. I slipped between Remus and the shelf he was examining a little too closely, and I knew I was right when I seen how red his cheeks were.

I grinned at him and shrugged my shoulders, leaning my face to his and pushing our lips together. I wasn't sure how it was supposed to be. It was clumsy with our noses bumping but his lips were soft. I didn't know much about kissing, and when I pulled back Remus was blushing perhaps even harder than he had been before the innocent little peck.

"Now you don't have to be jealous. See? I don't even know how to kiss" I laughed but he just seemed unsure of what to do, and when I moved to the right be he moved to the left and we knocked into the shelf and sent dung bombs flying to the floor. Then we were running from the shop with our mouths and noses clamped shut, leaving our three friends behind in the fog to take the blame while we were holding each other up from laughter.

I didn't say anything about the quick kiss and neither did Remus. I didn't bother telling Lily because I figured it would just work her up over dating 'one of them' again, and the truth was I genuinely did not want to date anyone at all. I was pleased I wouldn't have to be the only person that hadn't had a kiss in our whole year. Things just fell into a steady and normal pace.

During Quidditch practice I pushed myself and during class I took my time. It was too easy for me to perform the spells and I didn't want to seem abnormal or arrogant. The homework load was bigger this year and I realized I had more trouble explaining how I performed the spells on parchment than actually casting them.

Sirius approached me before our first game against Ravenclaw and made me promise to wait for him and James by the girl's locker room entrance. I scored 5 goals and (accidently!) nocked a third year Ravenclaw from her broom. I tried not to feel too bad with the rest of my team giving me encouragement that I had done the right thing. We won like we had known we would. Ravenclaw had a below average team this year with their own new Captain but James needed the triumph to assure him he had made the right choices.

I waited patiently after I had showered, my wet hair hanging over my right shoulder now as I had tried to wring some of the excess water out. The sun was disappearing and with it the slight warmth that the day had offered. It would only be a few weeks before coming outside would become an awful chore.

"Hey!" James patted my shoulder and I congratulated him with a small smile. "We wanted to show you something!" Sirius grabbed my right arm and James my left, leading me away from the Quidditch pitch and up to the castle.

"No one's in our dorm." Sirius whispered as they led me across the celebrations in the common room to go up the flight of stairs leading to the boy's dormitories. Once we arrived they insisted I sit on Remus' empty bed because it was the only one made. I sat patiently as I looked around at the posters on the walls. I assumed the muggle pictures of half-naked girls by one of the beds laid Sirius' claim to it.

"We did it! Peter… well you know he might not be able to for a bit now." James rambled off for a moment and I watched him, waiting. Once they had pulled their wands out my excitement mounted. I quickly realized this was not the best place for James to be transforming into a massive stag—but how was I supposed to know what his form was?

His antlers were instantly caught on a bed post and he was making the oddest animalistic grunting noises trying to break free. I immediately started to giggle at Sirius as a massive shaggy black dog, clearly rolling on his back in his own amusement at his best friend. I tipped over into Remus' pillow to try and stifle my laugher, only just locking the door when I heard someone trying to come in because of all the commotion.

I wiped my eyes when we had all settled and they had transformed back. I'm sure they thought it was going to be much more impressive than it had turned out. James was rubbing his head and whining as Sirius tried to bite back his laughter.

"Amazing you guys! How amusing it is that Lily calls you a dog and now you can turn into one!" I grinned at Sirius, fluffing Remus' pillow back to its previously perfect state and hopping down from his bed. "Keep a close eye on Peter- I don't want him getting hurt!"

"We just wanted to show you and say thanks!" James offered me a lop-sided smirk and I unlocked to door with a flick of my wrist.

"More like you wanted to show off to the only person you can."

The following full moon was just before Christmas Break, and I noticed when I took Remus his notes that he seemed very happy and much less beat up than normal. I could only assume that this meant the foolish plan had worked, and that the presence of James and Sirius in their animagus forms had tamed the beast and preoccupied him from hurting himself and Remus. I was happy they had asked me for help. Remus was such a kind person he deserved the best of company and it seemed like he had found it.

I was so absorbed in studies while the castle was empty I was surprised when people flooded back into the castle to resume classes. I studied as much as I could with Lily and when I was away from her I was either wondering the castle or at Quidditch practice. The second game was almost as easy as the first to bag, and James walked away boasting about how the following month Slytherin would eat our dust.

One day in early February I ended up going to the Hospital wing because I was bit by a Chinese Chopping Cabbage (making our teacher rant about how she should know better by now than to let fourth year students handle them…). While completely harmless when fully grown, I was lucky enough to have been staring out into the mugginess of the day and a fresh one had caught the pinky on my left hand. I found no reason to become panicked as I examined it (slightly bigger than its normal size) but when I entered the hospital wing the nurse was staring at me with an oddly dazed expression.

"Ma'am?" I held my hand out in front of her, attempting to wiggle the affected pinky. "I was bitten by a baby Chomping Cabbage…" She seemed to pop out of her trance when her eyes focused in on my finger, and she wrapped it in some bandages that she had soaked in a greenish yellow concoction and disappeared out the doors leading into the wing.

I was surprised to find she had brought back Professor McGonagall and immediately put curtains up around the bed I had taken refuge in while I waited to be dismissed. McGonagall stared at me for a very long time and I was squirming under her gaze and watching as the other witch re-wrapped my hand.

"Should I be worried about this then?" I asked nervously, trying to get a better look at my finger but from what I seen it already looked quite normal.

"Well this explains your marks then." McGonagall whipped her wand out and sent a silver streak flying out past the curtains blocking me.

"What?" I asked- dumbfounded, looking down at my other hand and gasping slightly.

Who knew a bite from a cabbage could show me for what I really was?

I had to stay in the Hospital wing for days, hiding from anyone who came peeping—even Lily. I talked to her through the curtain when she refused to leave until she had seen me and pulled her wand on the poor woman. I assured her I would be fine, but that I didn't want anyone to see me because I had become a crazy blue color. Of course this peeked her interest but she left willingly after hearing my voice.

Apparently the silver spell McGonagall had performed was a message to Dumbledore. They weren't sure how to hide my glowing skin and prominently pointed ears now. My hair was so beautifully shiny and smooth it didn't even require brushing anymore. I longed to return to my classes though and was becoming terribly bored in waiting for a potion to dull me back down. I looked so different in the mirror to even myself I knew I couldn't risk being seen. (I didn't even think many wizards knew much about Elves—or if they even still existed for that matter.)

I knew it was only a matter of time before they came searching for me. They were far too curious for their own good but left me with too much time to prepare. I slipped out of bed and transformed into my Animagus form when I heard the doors open. I crawled low under the bed that was unoccupied next to mine and waited patiently for them to leave. They were persistence in their search but failed, and I was happy to snooze under the bed while I waited for them to leave.

Thankfully with the next day came a solution. Dumbledore had risked going back to my forest home to bring me back the concoction that would make me normal again. This time it was different, and would permanently allow me to transform between the two forms so that if it ever happened again I would be able to control it myself.

Though I was encouraged to stay away from Chomping Cabbages while the class was still studying them, I resumed all of my other studies gratefully. I was very behind and James pestered me constantly about Quidditch practice when I was in the library. We would be going against Slytherin—our only real rival—but I missed two practices trying to get all of my work in by the extended dates before it became late and he was extremely exasperated with me.

When the big game came I did my best—and we were ahead by 80 to nothing until their seeker caught the snitch. James was devastated, and I felt really bad for him. I was grateful to find out he was a positive person, and focused his anger on hexing Slytherin's relentlessly for the rest of the year. He swore vengeance and promised the whole team that the following year we would be on the top and wipe the smiles off their slimy faces.

Our last Hogsmeade visit James had gathered up the nerve to ask Lily to go with him but ended up in the hospital wing shortly after. I couldn't help but laugh and feel sorry for him at the same time. It was the last memorable event of the school year, followed by exams and the same sad goodbyes…