(A/N): Hey Guys! So, tomorrow is my last day of this term, yay! All the Eleo feels, they make me sad, and happy, and want to scream, because I know exactly what happens in the future and...Leo is right, most of them won't be good.

Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Shari, Elaine, Nicholai, Brooke and Mia.

Leo

Our entire group, besides Remus, who was down in the Great Hall playing a game of chess, were relaxing in the Common room the next afternoon.

The prank had gone off without a hitch this morning. Well, if by 'without a hitch' you mean, at least I didn't get caught, you'd be right.

Everyone, except for Lily, Elaine and I, who hadn't been in the Great Hall for breakfast that morning, James, Sirius, Peter and Remus, who had cast shield charms, had been covered in snow-flake like glue, being distracted until the last possible minute by the fireworks display I had set up, only to then realise, after it was over. That they were covered from head to toe in glue and glitter.

This morning, for breakfast, seeing as we couldn't venture into the Great hall without fear of coming out sticky and sparkling, I had taken Lily and Elaine to the Kitchens. For Elaine,t his was nothing new, but for Lily, seeing as it was her first time….

FLASHBACK

"Where are we going?" Lily whined, and Elaine rolled her eyes while I simply smiled.

"I told you, for breakfast." She huffed, crossing her arms over her chest in frustration.

"I wish you'd just tell me." I had enough sense that she wasn't only referring to where we were headed, but I shrugged it off, pretending not to notice.

"Yeah, but that would ruin the surprise, now wouldn't it?" Elaine smiled lightly, knocking my shoulder with hers, and I felt Lily watching the movement.

"Is this one of the 'secrets of Hogwarts'?" She asked, still staring at the back of Elaine and mine's shoulders, still pressed against the other.

"I guess you could say that, yeah." What was she getting at? I knew she had a reason for saying it, but I just couldn't figure it out.

"It's not my birthday." I dropped my head, shaking it, grinning widely.

"Not quite yet, no, but I figured it would be wrong to make you miss breakfast because of a prank I helped to pull." She nodded, still staring, a small smile on her face. "What are you smiling about?" I asked, and her head snapped up, before I turned my head to look at her.

"Nothing." She said quietly, staring at the ground now, embarrassed that she had been caught, and confused as to exactly how I had known.

"We're almost there." Elaine announced, smirking lightly, and I turned my head to face forwards again, where I could see the portrait hiding the Kitchens in the distance.

"Where is there?" Lily questioned again quietly, and I rolled my eyes now.

"You'll see soon enough." And with that, we reached the portrait. "Behold, Lils..." I reached out to tickle the pear. "...the Hogwarts Kitchens." Her eyes widened at those words, and the sight awaiting her eyes as the door swung open.

"Merlin's hairy arse..." She breathed, and Elaine raised an eyebrow at me mouthing, 'Merlin's hairy arse?' I grinned at her, shaking my head, telling her to leave it alone. As we stepped over the threshold, a familiar house elf jogged over to stand in front of us, beaming.

"Hello!" He greeted, and I grinned in return, kneeling to his level out of respect.

"Hi Quiggly!" I replied, just as excited, and I felt Elaine shake her head to Lily, which Quiggly noticed.

"Good morning Elaine, and miss." He waved to Elaine, jumping from one foot to the other out of excitement before bowing low to Lily, who blinked, startled.

"H-hello!" She stuttered, before smiling at him tenderly."It's nice to meet you." Quiggly looked a little taken aback, like he usually did when one of us were polite to him, before looking to me, a wide grin on his small lips.

"I like her very much." He stated, and I felt Lily blush lightly before Quiggly caught my attention again. "The usual I trust?" He glanced at Lily. "Plus an extra?" I nodded, continuing to smile at him.

"If it's not too much trouble." He looked slightly startled again, but he was more used to it coming from me, and sprinted away. He could have just snapped his fingers, and made the food appear, but I think he wanted to give us time to sit first.

And sit we did. The little table where Elaine and I had sat countless times, the first of which being just before Lily and I's 'fight' at the start of last year.

"Did Dumbledore tell you about this?" Lily asked, still glancing around the large kitchen area in awe.

"Yeah." I said, as Quiggly set the three plates on the table, along with three cups of hot chocolate. "Thank you." Elaine and Lily echoed this, and Quiggly bowed deeply before returning to the work he had been doing before we had entered.

On each plate were two sausages, an egg, and some mashed potato. Elaine made a face, stabbing her egg with her fork, holding her knife underneath it as she transported it to my plate.

"Ew. Here, you have that." I grinned at the adorable, disgusted face she was making, before a content smile split across her lips as she surveyed the rest of her meal.

"Gee, thanks." I joked, giving her a small smile so she knew I wasn't being sarcastic.

"Look at you two, you're like an old married couple." I felt Elaine turn red, as I was avoiding her gaze from now on, and my cheeks flushed lightly as I tried to fight it back, with varying success.

"Same could be said for you and James." The smug grin dropped from her lips, and Elaine held her hand up for a high-five, which I complied to.

"I hate Potter." She said it to all, but it sounded more like she was trying to convince herself of this.

"Take it from us dear, you don't, deep down anyway." Elaine told her, a small, smug smirk blooming on her lips.

"Yes, take it from us, the twelve-year-old love experts." I told her sarcastically, pulling Elaine from her chair slightly so her back was to my chest, my arms wrapped tightly around her waist. I could feel her blushing, but I kept my eyes fixed on Lily, trying to ignore it. Ignore it, the blood pumping through her veins, so close to my lips, I could just...

No!

I shuddered lightly, and I felt Elaine was confused but I pinched her lightly on the side, and she squirmed away slightly, giggling.

Shari had said distance was the key, but I thought that if, maybe, I was in closer proximity, yeah, it would be difficult, but I might just get used to it.

Get used to it... the blood? Looking back on it now, I thought myself a fool, but at the time...at the time I thought I had figured everything out.

Little did I know, that a few surprises were coming my way, and not many of them were good.

(A/N): So, what did you think?

I'm loving the way Leo always just finds a way to end up with Elaine close to him.

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