Lea was confused. "Harry, I'm just going out to pick up your Christmas present, you don't want me to go get it?"

"Christmas present?" Harry was confused too. "Ron told me you were leaving to go back to Privet Drive to spend Christmas with Mrs. Figg,"

Lea threw her head back and laughed. "Oh, no, I'll be back in an hour at the most, don't worry," She said, kissing the tip of his nose.

"Well." Harry said, glancing back at the staircase with a glare.

"But I am sorry about what I said, maybe my intentions were good, but I didn't…"

"No, you were right, I have been hiding from everyone," Harry admitted, and Lea smiled.

"I gotta go, but I love you too. Kiss Ron for me, will you? That was a sweet thing for him to do,"

"Kiss him?" Harry sounded incredulous.

"Just kidding," Lea laughed and then walked out with Lupin.

Harry went upstairs and shoved Ron off of the bed, which Ron was good-natured about, and then Ginny made him realize that he'd never been possessed by Voldemort, and Ron said he'd never left his bed that night Mr. Weasley was attacked. He was happy and giddy with relief by the time Lea got back and he grabbed her hands, twirling her around to the Christmas tune Sirius was singing.

"By the way, I'm not possessed," He told her as he kissed her.

"I knew it all along," She said with a smile.

Christmas came, and Harry opened Lea's present first. Ron peeked over as Harry unwrapped the thin book. "A book?" Ron said in disgust, and Harry flipped it open and laughed.

"You know how communication's being watched in and out of Hogwarts?"

"Yeah, why?"

"This is a code that Lea already knows, we're going to use it to write our letters with," Harry said, still laughing as he flipped through it. There was a second package, and Harry opened it to see a picture frame that Lea had made herself in art class, with a picture of her dancing around and blowing a kiss to him. 'So you don't miss me quite as much at school' she had written on the note attached to the frame, and he smiled.

After opening the rest of his presents, he went downstairs and immediately Lea threw her arms around Harry. "I love them!" She said happily, drawing back and kissing him firmly on the lips.

"Get a room," Ron said as he walked past them, and Lea drew back with a smile.

Harry had given her a CD of the Weird Sisters, and a music book so she could play all of the songs on the piano and sing them too. "They're perfect, I can't wait to start practicing," She gushed, and Harry smiled at her as they sat down to breakfast.

The rest of the break passed far too swiftly, and on the last day, Harry and Lea were sitting in the living room together when Hermione poked her head in. "Harry, have you told her about the DA?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Did you tell her what happened at the last meeting?" Hermione stressed, and Harry blushed. She promptly left the room again, leaving Harry and Lea alone again.

"What happened at the last meeting?" Lea said, laying down with her head on his lap.

"Cho Chang, she was Cedric Diggory's girlfriend, she tried to kiss me," Harry mumbled, and Lea suddenly sat up.

"Did you…"

"No, I stepped back and I told her I had a girlfriend, and then she started crying, and I got the hell out of there,"

"Well, steer clear of her or I may have to come to Hogwarts and fight her," Lea said lightly as she lay back down against Harry's legs.

"You…you're not mad or anything?" Harry said tentatively, and Lea laughed.

"Why would I be mad? I feel bad for her, she's confused and grieving and sad and now she's probably feeling guilty because she tried to kiss you when you've got a girlfriend,"

"Well," Harry said, shaking his head. "I shall never understand women,"

"So don't try," She said with a smile, and he stroked her hair. "Are you packed?"

"Yeah," He said, having packed early that morning in order to spend more time with Lea. Eventually the time came when Harry, Hermione, Ron, Ginny, Fred and George had to leave for Hogwarts, and they were planning to take the Knight Bus.

Harry said goodbye to everyone, and Lea said goodbye to the other five teenagers before Harry led her down the hallway so they could say goodbye privately. "Sing me something," He begged, "I haven't heard you sing in forever,"

She just shook her head at him and sang, "When I look into your eyes, it's like watching the night sky, or a beautiful sunrise, well there's so much they hold, and just like them old starts, I see that you've come so far, to be right where you are, how old is your soul? Well I won't give up on us, even if the skies get rough, I'm giving you all my love, I'm still looking up. And when you're needing your space, to do some medicating, I'll be here patiently waiting, to see what you find, 'cause even the stars they burn, some even fall to the earth, we've got a lot to learn, God knows we're worth it, no I won't give up,"

"I love you," He whispered, kissing her.

"I love you too," She said quietly, and then Sirius called their names.

"I'll write you when I get to Hogwarts, since I have Hedwig," He promised, kissing her one last time.

"Take care of yourself, don't do anything stupid," She implored, squeezing his hands, and he nodded, smiling at her one last time as the door swung shut. As soon as he was in his dormitory, he pulled out the book Lea had given him and wrote her a letter in their code.

Dear Lea,

I rather like this code, don't you? I am really not looking forward to lessons with Snape, in a room with him by myself, and he'll be delving into my mind. No, I really don't like it at all. Not only that, I have to tell all the DA members that I'm taking Remedial Potions, which means everyone thinks I'm stupid. Not only that, Hagrid has been put on probation by Umbridge, which means only he and Trelawney are the only teachers who have been. And Umbridge is ticked about the ten prisoners escaping from Azkaban, I assume you've heard about it, since Lupin told me he takes you the newspaper when he's not busy. I expect she'll sack someone soon. Write me back soon!

Love,

Harry

Dear Harry,

I feel bad for Trelawney, but I just hope it's not Hagrid who gets sacked! Those lessons with Snape sound horrible, let me know how they're going. I know you don't want to tell Sirius about them, but if they get too bad I'll tell Lupin and he'll handle it more calmly. Lupin's been dropping by more often lately, and I think it's because he's avoiding someone. Namely, Tonks. You can scoff all you want but I'm telling you, there's something going on between them. Anyways, biology still sucks, but the teacher is really nice. Me and Anne are planning to have study parties so we can pass. I have tons of gossip for you, stuff you probably don't care about, but I'll tell you anyway in my next letter. How is the DA going, by the way? Write me soon!

Love,

Lea

Dear Lea,

How many times have I told you that I like reading about all the crazy stuff that goes down at LWHS? Kinda keeps me from focusing on the terrible stuff here. Snape is awful, he keeps getting in my head at the lessons and I'm not getting any better. Neville, however, is getting really good at the DA stuff, everyone's really proud of him. You seem to be insistent of getting everyone together into couples, aren't you? First Ron and Hermione, now Lupin and Tonks, who's next? You're just a romantic, but I love that about you. The next Hogsmeade trip is on Valentine's Day, so I'll probably sit in the Three Broomsticks, drink butterbeer and wish you were sitting next to me. Write me back soon!

Love,

Harry

Dear Harry,

Happy Valentine's Day! Well, maybe it's not Valentine's Day exactly, it's past, but it's still close! Anyways, there's this girl at our school, she's in my grade, and she's pregnant. It's like the scandal of the year, but then we found out a few of her friends are pregnant too. Apparently they made this 'pregnancy pact' thing, where they all decided they wanted to get pregnant. Is that not crazy enough? Oh I've got so much more. This other kid, a year younger than me, was walking on the railroad tracks and got hit, he's in a coma at the hospital. On the bright side though, me and Anne found out that we're tied for valedictorian of our class. We're only sophomores, but still. It's exciting. Oh, and valedictorian is the top person in the class, grade-wise. I love you! XOXO

Love,

Lea