(A/N): Hey Guys! So, yeah, I actually finished this chapter about a half hour after the last one, but I haven't uploaded it until now. I hope you like it!

I started this story in 2012. I was fourteen. Its been almost ten years. If you don't like something in the early chapters, it's not going to suddenly change ten years after I wrote it. If you're going to review this story with criticisms, please log in so I can actually reply to you and not have to leave messages like this in chapters so you might actually see it. And if you're just going to bash the story for being inaccurate, again, please remember that I was fourteen, I wasn't born in the 1960's, and I have never been outside of Australia. And some things are inaccurate because that's what people in that time period thought- not necessarily what I think, or know today.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Elaine, Quiggly and Nicholai.

Elaine

I froze in his arms, shocked and stunned, before pushing him away.

"What?" I exclaimed, shocked, and he took a step back, seemingly frightened of my tone. Then I remembered what he had said, 'You'll hate me...You'll think that I'm a monster.' Instantly, I backpedaled.

"I didn't mean it like that, Leo, I really didn't." He backed up even further, so I grabbed his arm, pulling him into another tight hug, but this time he didn't wrap his arms around me.

"How could you not? I'm a monster, Elaine, just look at me!" He pushed me back slightly, his hands wrapped loosely around my upper arms, and I stared at him, trying to find the monstrous quality he seemed to think he had.

"You don't look like a monster to me. I was just...surprised." I winced at the lameness of the word before it hit me. "That was why you started the fight, wasn't it? So you wouldn't have to tell Lily?" Now it was his turn to wince.

"No, it wasn't so I wouldn't have to tell her, which I never will," He added hastily. "it's because I didn't want you guys to get hurt by being close to me. Any of you." I blinked before slapping him on the arm.

"Do you honestly think that Lily would care either way? No! Think about it Leo, I've known you less than two weeks and I don't care, Lily has known you for months!" He shook his head into my shoulder, and I fought back a blush. So what, I had a crush on my best friend who had just told me he was a vampire, doesn't everyone?

"Besides, you guys have an insane connection, remember?" I asked softly, and his lips quirked up in the corner.

"Thanks Izzy." I furrowed my eyebrows at the new nickname before he grinned at me, which i happily reciprocated.

"By the way, does anyone else know?" Leo looked off to the side before shaking his head, and I raised an eyebrow. "That's a lie, you just lied!" I told him, and he raised his eyebrows,

"How did you know?" I started to answer before shaking my head.

"Now, now, if I tell you that, you'll find a way to stop doing it, and I'll never be able to tell if you're lying." He mock-glared at me before twirling me in a circle, holding my feet off the ground, and for a second I was amazed at his strength. "So, who knows?" He glanced at me for a second, confused before nodding.

"Ah, Remus knows, Dumbledore knows, Madam Pomfrey and Professor McGonagall know as well." I raised an eyebrow, surprised.

'So how come Remus got to know before I did?" I asked jokingly, and he paused for a second before shaking his head.

"Can't tell you, best same-gender-friend confidentiality." I chuckled quietly before shaking my head.

"So, would you tell Lily the reason why you told Remus first, seeing as she's your best non-same-gender-friend?" He thought about it for a second before shaking his head.

"I don't know, you two are both sort of on equal ground now." I froze for a second, staring blankly for a minute before snapping my head up to look him in the eye, grinning.

"Really?" I asked quietly, though the excitement I felt probably still could be heard in my voice.

"Really." I smiled proudly for a second before pulling it off my face as I thought.

"Are you still going to keep avoiding me now that I know?" I said, stepping away slightly, staring at the ground. I battled a blush as his fingers made contact with my chin, tilting my head up with a smile.

"Of course not. If you know why I'm avoiding you, it doesn't really work, because you know it's not just because we had a fight." I nodded slowly before glancing up at him.

"What are you going to do about Lily?" I asked quietly, and he shook his head slowly.

"I don't know." He admitted. "I don't want to avoid her anymore, but I can't put her in danger." I rolled my eyes at him.

"Leo, she wouldn't care. Besides, I don't think you'll hurt us." I held up a hand to stop him as he tried to interrupt, and he closed his mouth. "Dumbledore wouldn't have let you into the school if he didn't believe you were in control enough not to go on a rampage and slaughter everyone in sight. And, the sorting hat placed you in Gryffindor, not Slytherin." He snorted quietly, shaking his head.

"You really don't like Slytherin's, do you?" I bit my lip to hide a smile before shaking my head.

"Of course not, they're a bunch of slimy gits!" He smiled at me and turned towards the stairs for a second before turning back to look at me, his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he were unsure about something.

"To breakfast?" he asked, holding out a hand to me, and I nodded before taking it, blushing slightly as I did do, hoping he wouldn't notice it.

Of course he would notice it; all vampires could sense blood flow.

As we reached the Great hall, he let go of my hand, but still walked beside me, so I wasn't too worried. I watched him to know where he would choose to sit, and, to my surprise, he headed straight towards Lily. I sat down on one side of her, and she smiled at me, nodding her head in greeting, and I grinned at Leo from over her head, making her face scrunch up in confusion before he sat down next to her. She froze, staring at me in shock, before turning around slowly, only to see Leo, her best friend who had vowed never to talk to her again, sitting there with half a sausage in his mouth.

"Leo?" She asked breathily, and he nodded at her silently before smiling slightly, looking worried, as if she were about to tackle him out of his seat and maul him. Well, the tackling out of the seat part was accurate, but instead of mauling him, she hugged him. "Leo!" she exclaimed, causing everyone in the immediate area to turn to look at them, perplexed for a second before smiling at the sight of the two friends reuniting.

"You talked to him!" She said to me, grinning at me from her position on the floor, arms wrapped around his torso.

"Yeah, but this was his choice." I said, and she glanced at me for a second, her smile growing wider before she hugged him tighter.

"Okay Lils, as much as I missed you, my back's starting to hurt." Leo groaned, and Lily hugged him tighter.

"You didn't call me Evans!" She exclaimed into his shoulder before letting him go, and he pulled her back into her chair as he sat in his, returning to his half-eaten breakfast.

It seems all was well again. Until the next time Leo decides to have a pity-party and convince himself he's going to kill everyone, that is.

(A/N): So, Elaine has a crush on Leo, huh? Also, how does she know that vampires can sense when people blush? And Leo and Lily are friends again, yay! Ooh, more soon!

I started this story in 2012. I was fourteen. Its been almost ten years. If you don't like something in the early chapters, it's not going to suddenly change ten years after I wrote it. If you're going to review this story with criticisms, please log in so I can actually reply to you and not have to leave messages like this in chapters so you might actually see it. And if you're just going to bash the story for being inaccurate, again, please remember that I was fourteen, I wasn't born in the 1960's, and I have never been outside of Australia. And some things are inaccurate because that's what people in that time period thought- not necessarily what I think, or know today.

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