Hi guys. I'm so sorry it took me this long. Junior year was hell (SAT's, ACT's, etc) and just when I thought I would have time over the summer, I was assigned art hw to do 12 portfolio pieces... Anyway, I 'm trying to get back on track with this story. I enjoy writing it alot and I really do apologize for the random updates. I'm sure I will be able to write ALOT more once I am done with my college applications/choosing my college.

Now enough about my life. ON WITH THE STORY!

James took position looking straight at his target. He would get it right. He just knew it- he wouldn't miss.

Hazel eyes hardening in focus, he took a deep breath before lunging forward, outstretching his wand and muttering the spell under his breath.

James was hopeful as he saw the white sparks fly from his wand but he quickly was snapped away from his happiness as he saw his seemingly perfect charm fly off course.

Lily quickly dodged the mistaken charm and rolled to the floor hearing a light bang sound. Looking up towards the chair she had been sitting in only moments before she saw nothing. Indeed, James had perfected the Disappearing charm... but his aim was a bit off.

She looked over at James who could look at her with an apologetic look.

"Sorry," he said while Lily saw that he became flushed.

"Its fine, no harm done…" Taking a glance back to where the chair once was, she added, "…to me at least."

Looking down slightly embarrassed and frustrated, James kicked his foot to the floor. "I don't think this is working Lily. We've been at this for two hours now."

Lily pushed herself up, ignoring the stinging in her hands from her hard impact to the floor and dusted off her jeans. "James don't give up. In the two hours, you have perfected the charm far beyond where were you were before. We just… need to work on aim. Now take position again."

James sighed and took position as if he was firing the charm. Lily walked up to him slowly, observing his form. James couldn't help but blush ever so slightly at being STARED at by Lily.

"Now first off, we need to fix your wrist." Lily stood directly next to him and took his arm in her grasp. She tilted his wrist up ever so slightly before going to his hand. "And put your pointer finger a bit more down."

James could feel his body heat up at the close proximity Lily was to him He could feel her body directly on him. Lily noticed too how close they were, though she pushed down any thoughts of it and continued to instruct him.

"Now try again. I won't be letting go."

James glanced at the redhead and saw she was looking directly at the desk he had attempted to make disappear. Facing the target, James took a deep breath before muttering the spell again.

He watched anxiously as the sparks flew and his eyes widened as they hit their target. With a bang, the desk was gone. He had done it!

Lily smiled at looked up at him to see he too was smiling and looked down at her. He laughed happily and grabbed her up in hug, catching her by surprise and she found herself directly embraced to him, her head in the crook of her neck.

She gulped nervously, being so close to his neck and being able to feel the pulse of his artery- she could almost TASTE his sweet blood. She licked her lips thinking thoughts of her fangs sinking into his soft and delicate skin, tasting that delicious thick liquid…

Lily quickly shook those thoughts out of her head and coughed lightly, making James realize what he was doing. He quickly placed her back down on the ground.

"Oh, gosh. Sorry Lily. I'm just so happy! I thought I would never learn that spell. And here I DID!"

Lily smiled lightly, stepping away and trying to calm herself and forgetting about her previous thoughts of taking James' blood. "It's okay James. Though you haven't perfected it, we made a lot of progress. We can do another lesson on Tuesday after lunch during the break."

James nodded, still smiling. "Sounds good to me. Now let's go to dinner. I'm starved."

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Along with their exams, Lily, Dawn, and Alec had progressed even further into the Dark Arts. Along with being able to create fire, they also had learned the conjuring up of barriors, and manipulating objects. The Dark Arts, they found, was alot like learning wandless magic and ended up helping them in their tests.

Exams were soon over and the students couldn't wait to get home for the summer holidays. James was ecstatic to hear he had done exceptionally well on his Charms exam and thanked Lily for it. The same went for Lily with DADA- James had been a great help to her.

So there the two were on the last day at Hogwarts. They had shrunken their trunks and their other items had been collected already. Sirius and Dawn had again mysteriously vanished when they had all been in the Common Room and had left the two to go to the train together.

As the Lily and James walked down the corridor, there was a silence they both were quite comfortable with. Upon passing a group of 2nd year Ravenclaws talking about summer plans, Lily suddenly spoke.

"Wow… can you believe we are done with sixth year already?"

"Yeah I know. It seems like just yesterday you and Dawn hated our guts. And now look at us!"

Lily gave an apologetic look. "Yeah, sorry about that."

"Hey it's fine." James shrugged and continued on saying, "It's all in the past now. We can only go on with the future."

"You know James, you've also changed over the last year. You're not as immature as you were in the beginning of the school year."

James smiled. "I'll take that as a compliment Lily."

Lily nodded and they were quiet again for only a few moments when Lily suddenly spoke again.

"James?"

James glanced over at Lily. "Yeah?"

"Do you… remember when you got drunk after finding out about Dawn and I?"

James looked down to the floor, remembering but at the same time not. Personally, he was ashamed at himself for having behaved in such a way in front of Lily, though he didn't know exactly why.

No, that wasn't true. He knew.

He liked Lily, and more than he should. She had shown him that getting close was dangerous, not only for him but for her and Dawn. Yet James found himself unable to stop himself. The red-haired vampire had found her way into his thoughts despite his hardest attempts not to.

Realizing Lily was still waiting for his answer, he quickly spoke, "Not really. Just waking up with a bad hangover."

He made sure not to mention that faint memory of kissing a redhead girl. It was either a ridiculous dream that would only anger Lily about his feelings for her, or a memory of a random hookup he had.

Lily just nodded, not sure what to say. Since that night that James had kissed her, she knew that Sirius and Dawn had been responsible for pushing her and James together. And truthfully, she found herself in a position she didn't want to be.

She was unsure of her feelings for the raven haired boy. The way she felt for him was different than anything else she'd ever felt. Lily had had a couple of boyfriends and hookups, and she admits that she had definitely liked some of those boys a lot.

But with James… it was different. One of the things she had appreciated with her exes was that they either didn't have a clue about her magical backround, or had been fully involved in the world she was in. Such had been the case with Jake, her previous boyfriend who was in Dracul coven.

James though was in none of those categories. He knew everything, yet at the same time was completely safe for not having a role in the vampire society. But he was in more danger and risk from Voldemort what with his family being so well known and giving two powerful auror parents.

Before either of them knew it, they had reached the entrance to the school, the wide wooden doors open for all the students leaving. Lily listened around through some thoughts and turning to James, told him she'd see him on the train before quickly to go to where Alec and Dawn were standing in the corner.

"Hey Alec."

Alec let out a nervous smile. "Hey Lily. So… you excited for summer?" Lily could easily hear the forced enthusiasm in his voice.

"Oh Alec, don't try to put on that act," Dawn nudged her brother. "I've already told you, this plan is full proof. You've told Voldemort that you are staying here over the summer with Dumbledore.

Lily nodded. "Yeah and, supposedly, you fooled Dumbledore with the excuse that you wish to further improve your magic skill and get some help finding a job but you will really be doing spy work for Voldemort. Voldemort believes you and you will be perfectly safe here."

Alec again nodded but his eyes showed worry. "I know that guys. But still… I worry for both you guy's safety. I won't be there for you. And lately, Voldemort seems to be a bit suspicious. I suspect I will have to see him at least once by the end of the month."

"And we will worry about that when the time comes," Lily added before Alec could go on. "But for now, we are just going to assume that everything will work out perfectly okay? Now I'll say my goodbye now to let you two have your privacy."

Alec nodded and the two hugged tightly. She barely heard the whisper he put through to her mind. 'Take care of her.'

'Don't I always?'

Lily released Alec and walked out of the doors to go get a carriage. 'See you in ten Dawn.'

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Two hours into the train ride and already the girls were anxious to get home. Sure they had their cassette players and favorite music tapes, but still! Nothing was more exciting than going home for the first time in almost five and half months.

The two girls had gone to their typical compartment, just the two of them for the first half hour planning on a nice peaceful ride home with talks of what to do about Alec. But then the Marauders had shown up, asking if they could sit there. Something about overly loud 1st years and badly used stink bombs…

So while the girls had been talking amongst each other mentally, they also conversed with the boys. Lily couldn't help but smirk as she noticed Sirius and Dawn keep drifting towards each other.

One word- karma.

Upon hearing the trolley lady come by Lily stood up wanting some chocolate frogs for herself, and politely asked if anyone wanted anything else.

With a rush of different orders of candies from everyone's mouths, James stood up and offered to help her get them.

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While Remus attempted explaining a spell to Peter for the hundredth time, another Marauder found himself otherwise occupied.

Sirius couldn't help but watch Dawn as she flipped through a muggle tabloid magazine with the title "ROLLING STONES-SPLITTING UP FOR GOOD?!"

'Bloody hell,' Sirius shook his head lightly again curious over muggle's weird behavior. 'What the hell are the "Rolling Stones"? And who would really give a damn if some rocks are splitting apart?'

Dawn quickly got bored of the magazine realizing it was all lies and throwing it down in a huff, she got up and stretched her arms out. She couldn't wait to get back home and sleep in a nice soft bed. The one at Hogwarts were too hard for her taste.

As she did so, her black shirt inched up to the point where Sirius could see a blue piercing in her bellybutton and her pale skin. He could feel himself heat up slightly at the sight.

Quickly, Sirius looked away, confused at his own reaction. He was Sirius Black. He had been getting with girls since 3rd year, this shouldn't bother him in the slightest. So… why was it that he suddenly felt anxious?

Sirius jumped slightly, giving off a small, nervous yelp when the compartment door suddenly opened and was relieved to see James and Lily back. James sat next to him while Lily placed herself next to her friend that Sirius had been watching only seconds before.

Sirius grabbed the Pumpkin Pasties from James' hands and began indulging on the delicious treats while also starting a conversation of who the most likely winners of the Quidditch World Cup would be.

Anything to distract himself from that girl across the compartment.

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After a few more hours, the Hogwarts Express arrived and everyone began departing. Families embraced one another, and there was the constant popping sounds of apparations and disapparations all around.

Soon enough, most everyone had left and Lily and James found themselves together again.

"So, maybe I'll see you over the summer?" James asked Lily with hopeful eyes.

Lily suppressed her own anticipation of meeting with him. She had to resist her feelings. She had to- it was only right. Politely, Lily smiled back. "Sure. Just owl Dawn or I."

Lily was about to turn away when she suddenly felt a pull on her wrist. She had a sudden flashback of James kissing her that drunken night and closed her eyes ready for the kiss.

She was surprised when she realized it was nothing more than a hug. Lily felt both grateful and disappointed for one split second before embarrassment kicked in. James Potter hugging Lil Evans on Platform 9¾ was highly unexpected and she glanced around for any witnesses.

There was no one else there. All the students had left almost immediately with their parents. James' parents were late due to Ministry affairs, as were Lily's own parents due to horrible London traffic. So Lily and Dawn figured they would be nice and wait with him. At least until Sirius and Dawn ran off with the horrible excuse that they thought they saw a goblin.

Honestly, if she was going to do this at least come up with better excuses.

The two pulled apart and James avoided directly looking at Lily.

The two stood there for a moment and James opened his mouth to speak when suddenly two popping sounds came from behind them. Lily and James quickly grabbed their wands and turned where the sounds had come from, ready for anything, but it was only James' parents.

Lily and James put their wands back as Laurie and Lee Potter came walking towards them.

"Hello there son. Sorry we're late. Meeting with Moody took a bit longer than we thought."

Laurie looked over at Lily and smiled brightly. "Ah, you must be Lily. James has told us so much about you in his letters."

Lily looked quickly over to James who was looking slightly embarrassed. "Oh he did? What exactly did he say?"

"Oh, just how you two have become such good friends. By the way James, where is Sirius?"

James shrugged. "He went of with Dawn somewhere. He'll be back soon."

"Well then, lets go find him and then we'll be on our way."

James nodded and turned to Lily. "So um, talk you soon Lily."

Without another word, he went off with his parents to go find Sirius. Lily too began to seek out Dawn and couldn't help but smile slightly at the memory of being hugged by James.

Damn.

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Lily had found Dawn easily, lounging around in a dark corner, and the two had gone out to the Muggle side of the platform at Kings Cross. While waiting for Lily's parents, the two girls sat at a small cafe in the station, ignoring all the odd looks they got for their large trunks and owls.

Claudia arrived, telling the girls to hurry as Phillip was parked out front of the station. After a happy reunion of hugging the four went into the car and were on there way home.

Arriving home, Lily and Dawn jumped out of the car and helped get all their stuff inside, saving the heavy trunks for last. The moment the two were about to get their trunks, Phillip came up to them.

"Girls, I know you're excited to be back. But before you do anything, I want you to go with your mother to meet the new neighbors. They arrived just a few days ago at the Harrison's old place."

It was about time someone moved in there. The Harrison's had been a kind couple in their 60's and had moved away last summer. It was weird to see a house in their neighborhood unoccupied and actually look eerie.

The girls nodded and after placing their trunks in their respective rooms, Lily and Dawn came back downstairs and left with Claudia.

As the three walked down the block, Lily looked around at the houses she had been raised near. They were relatively simple, charming, and elegant at the same time and all having that classic English cottage feel to them. Lily didn't know how that happened exactly, but she knew that she liked it.

Upon arriving the Harrison's old place, there was a set of boxes out on the sidewalk, all the windows open most likely in an attempt to air out the place.

Walking up to the door, Claudia knocked on the door and footsteps were soon heard. Upon the door opening, Lily and Dawn saw a middle aged couple. The man was probably being his mid to late 40's with dark brown hair and dark brown eyes, while the woman also had wavy brown hair but with hazel eyes.

"Lily, Dawn, meet our new neighbors, the Huntingtons. This is Margaret and Brian. Their son Matthew will be attending Hogwarts next year with you girls."

A new voice joined in. "Hi there. I'm Matt."

The two vampires instantly turned to the new boy and eyes widened. He appeared normal, being tall with dark brown, almost black hair, playful hazel eyes with a tint of green, and an overall good look to him with a fit body.

But they could tell instantly.

They saw the light circles under his eyes and couldn't help but notice his slightly pasty skin marked with small scars, all covered up expertly with a tan.

He was a werewolf.

Lily and Dawn glanced at one another and both thought the same thing.

'Oh boy, this summer will be interesting.'

So I hope you guys enjoyed it! And the new character too.... what shall happen?.... Well I don't really know right now... But I will soon!

HAPPY NEW YEARS and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to ALLLLLLLL! :)