Firstly, Sorry for not updating sooner. Between school and life I just haven't had a chance. Plus I had a bit of writers block. I have a pretty good idea of where I want to go with this story but it's the bits inbetween that I have trouble writing. Ok I'm going to ask you guys for your help. Lily discovered that all her family have secrets ... but what? I know Molly's and Rose's and obviously we know Louis's but if anyone has any ideas I need secrets for :

Fred

James

Al

Hugo

Roxie

Dom

Lucy

Send me your ideas and I may use a couple. Love you all. Please keep reviewing and stuff. xxx

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

SECRETS REVEALED

"Oh shit, I have a boyfriend!" That is the first thought that goes through my mind when I wake up. A boyfriend? Me? Lily Luna Potter have a boyfriend? If you had asked me a few months ago if I thought that by Halloween I would have a boyfriend, never mind one as gorgeous as Caleb, I would have laughed in your face. The next thought that goes through my mind is "Oh shit, I shouted at James!" I have never, in my life, shouted at James or Al. Well, I shout at them when they steal my stuff or go in my room without permission or the time that they dyed my cat luminous green. Coco ran away after that and I was so mad at them. But I've never properly shouted at them. Never like that. And the worst part is that James was right. I have been acting strangely and I have been worrying my friends and yes, I admit, I was a teensy bit drunk. My current headache proves that. And he was right about it being his business ... to a certain extent, anyway. I mean, if he or any other member of our family was acting weird and out of character then I would be worried too. I would assume the worst and want to help. But unlike James I wouldn't tell the rest of the family, which James plans on doing.

I'm betting that he will call another meeting. It's against the rules - "Rule Number 7- ALWAYS attend meetings, unless you have a REALLY good excuse." - but I'm seriously thinking about not going. I don't think I could stand sitting in a room with all of them judging me. It's bad enough keeping secrets in general but if they're all accusing me of stuff then I don't know if I would be able to. That's the worst part. I'm keeping this secret because I don't want them to stop me seeing Caleb or be mad at me, but they will be mad at me if they think I'm going off the rails. Do they not know me at all? They'll all think awful things about me when the truth is not that bad. For the first time in forever, I'm truly happy. But I know that they won't if they don't approve then I won't be able to see Caleb anymore, no matter how happy he makes me. Because I won't lose them, even if they pay me no attention and Caleb does, even if they only care about me when they have to and Caleb seems to always care. They are still my family and I love them. No matter what.

I pull on my robes, put on makeup and throw my hair into a ponytail, then I head downstairs. Everyone is whispering about something but it's obviously not about me because they don't even notice me walk past, thank Merlin. I walk into the Great Hall and notice all my family sitting at the same table. That wouldn't really be odd, since nearly everyone is in Gryffindor, except that they are all sitting together. Weird. Usually Hugo sits with his friends, Rose sits with hers, Dom sits with her flavour of the week, James,Fred and Roxie sit together, Molly has her breakfast with her boyfriend then goes to the library, Lucy sits with her freinds, Al sits at the Slytherin table and Louis ... well he's usually in a broom closet somewhere ... a bit like me recently. But no, there they are, together. I suspect something weird must be happening and I head over to the table. Sure enough, there on the table, is a copy of Hogwarts Weekly. I wonder what's happening now. I tap Rose on the shoulder.

"What's going on?" I ask her, worriedly.

"Did you know that Louis is going out with your friend, Melody?" She questions me nervously, as if scared to upset me.

"What? That? Yes, that's not a big deal. Why is everyone so ... weird?" She glares at me for a split second then answers me.

"You obviously haven't read the article then. Stupid Hailey -fucking- Frockler caught them snogging in a broom closet. But now, well you can guess what's happened."

"What did she say." I ask, not wanting to know the answer.

"I'll give you a hint. The words "Pregnant", "Trapped", "Marriage" and "Dropping-out-of-Hogwarts" were used."

"Oh shit, how is Louis? Have you seen Mel, I need to talk to her?" Rose sighs and rubs her head like she has a headache.

"Louis is with her now. She's apparently really upset and you should probably go talk to her later, but right now we have bigger problems. Hailey started spreading this rumour yesterday, before the paper even came out, and someone contacted Uncle Bill, Aunt Fleur and Mel's parents ... They're coming to the school."

"Well, I mean, the rumours aren't true so nobody will get in trouble, right?"

"Well, yeah, she's not pregnant and they aren't getting married, but they're still dating. Louis told Al that Melody's parents are really strict about boys and stuff and she was keeping their relationship from them. Now that they know ... they might have to break up."

"Oh. Wow that sucks ... but why is the rest of the family so worked up about it?" I ask, not understanding.

"Lils, Louis has been a man-whore since he reached third year. And he loved it, yes. But I can honestly say I have never seen him happier than he is now. I know you don't see a lot of him, but I'm sure you have seen a change in Melody, right? If she's happy you don't want that to change do you?"

"No. But what can we do about it?"

"Nothing." She sighs, "Absolutely nothing."

Fourth period, Mel is called out of class. It's strange because she has been sitting, nervously bitting her nails and forcing back tears all day, and the second she was called out of class she gets really calm. Her features relax, she stops bitting her nails, stands straighter and walks out of the room with her head held high. It's like she knew what was going to happen but when it did, she was ready. I hope it goes well. She's been so happy recently. After the class is finished, I go to meet with Caleb. I enter the broom closet and am pulled into a hug immediately.

"Hey girlfriend." He smiles. I giggle and am instantly cheered up.

"Hi boyfriend." I whisper. He looks into my eyes and pulls me in for another breath-taking kiss. He pulls away reluctantly.

"How was your day?" He asks me, putting his forhead against mine. I sigh.

"Have you heard about Mel and Louis?" I ask him.

"Louis and his secret, "pregnant" girlfriend?" He asks making air quotations around the word "pregnant". I'm sure Al told him that it was all bullshit, "She a friend of yours?"

"Yeah. And it sucks because her parents are coming to the school now and everything has gotten so ... out of control. UGHHHHH." He rubs my arm soothingly.

"I heard. Al told me. But I'm sure it'll be O.k." I nod, absent mindedly, " Is there something else, Brown-eyes?"

"It's just ... Well, they were having a secret relationship and they were caught in a broom closet. And now they might have to break-up ..."

"Oh. You're thinking about us?" I nod, "Brown-eyes, even if we are caught one of these days, our situation is very different. Your family will most definetly not approve and want us to break-up but we don't have to. They don't show you the attention you deserve so why should we break-up because they want us to? Besides, they won't be mad at you, they love you. Al, however, will probably hate my guts, but you know what Lily?" He leans in close and whispers, "You are worth it." And then he kisses me, and my heart explodes ... in the best way imaginable.