Left With YOU
Chapter 16/Final Chapter
By Mrs. Prongs.
A/N: I'm proud to bring you the final chapter of LWY. We've been working on it since October, and as much fun as we've had writing it, we're glad it's over.
Thanks for all of the readers of all of our fictions. We hope to get another one out ASAP. Enjoy this chapter for the time being.
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"Are you just going to dump her under the faucet?," Lily asked. James shoved his boxers in his pocket.
"No, no Lily. You have to be delicate with a creature like Stephanie," he told her as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Lily scowled.
"Delicate?," she repeated, wondering if she had heard wrong.
James ignored her and turned one of the many gold faucets on. He gently moved Stephanie's head under the water.
In a split second, she had woken up, screamed bloody murder, busted her head on the tap and fell into the pool sized tub.
James stepped back and looked at her, gaping.
"What in the hell is wrong with you?!," Stephanie screamed, climbing out of the tub and walking over toward the towels whilst leaving a wet trail behind her.
"You were stunned!," James explained, flailing his arms.
"So you DROWN me?," she asked, appalled.
James scowled. "What were you doing with my underpants anyway?," he asked, trying to get out of explaining his idiocy.
Stephanie's eyes widened as her hand went straight for her wand pocket. Realizing the inevitable, she frowned.
"Don't try and change the subject, Potter," she said warningly, trying to dry off the best she could. "Plus I have no idea what you're talking about."
"The underpants! In your pocket! That I found! In your pocket!," James explained, spluttering.
Stephanie looked at him as if he were mentally ill.
"Are you okay, James?," she asked, mock concern in her voice.
James screwed his face in frustration. "Of COURSE I'm okay! You're the one not okay. Carrying a guy's underpants around in her pocket like no one's business!"
Stephanie blinked at him.
"Are you sure? Because I can take you to the Hospital Wing...," she told him.
James threw up his hands in defeat. "Nevermind, nevermind," he mumbled, rubbing his temples and walking out of the bathroom with Lily and Stephanie behind him.
"Now because of YOU," Stephanie told him, holding out her sopping wet robes. "I have to go changed." As soon as she said this, she turned in the opposite direction both Lily and James were headed.
Lily turned to James.
"Couldn't she have just magicked her clothes dry?"
James shrugged, eyes still closed and fingers still massaging temples.
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"Where did they go anyway?," Alex said, powerwalking without really knowing where either of them were going.
Remus shrugged as he tried to catch up with Alexandra.
As soon as she turned the corner, Alex ran into something hard.
She stepped back immediately and saw Stephanie, completely wet, standing in the middle of the corridor.
"I've been looking all over for you!," Stephanie exclaimed, throwing a wet arm in the air with a scowl on her face.
"What happened to you?," asked Alex, her brow furrowed.
"James. He found the underpants," Steph explained quickly, still fully agitated. She pulled her wand out of her pocket and with a flick of the wrist, her robes were completely dry.
Alex's jaw dropped. "What happened? How did you get out of it? That still doesn't explain you being soaked."
"Played dumb of course," her friend answered bitterly, shoving her wand deep into her pocket. "Just wrote it off as him being totally insane."
Alex giggled.
"Anyway, did YOU get underpants?," she asked, looking between her and Remus.
"Actually," Remus started, clearing his throat. "We're on a mission right now. To find Sirius and Jenny."
Stephanie blinked.
"Where did they go?," she asked flatly.
"See, we don't know. Which is why we're finding them," the taller boy explained, raising his eyebrows enthusiastically.
Stephanie squinted her eyes at him a bit. "Right." She turned to Alex. "So do you or don't you?"
"Do I or don't I what?"
"Have the boxers!," Stephanie told her in a frustrated tone.
"Oh. Well, you see...," Alex trailed off and Stephanie sighed.
"We're wasting time," Remus told them, checking his watch. He and Alex set off down the hall while Stephanie followed reluctantly.
"Wait. Why are we trying to find them again?," she asked, trying to keep pace.
Remus sighed and explained the whole situation.
"They DIDN'T!," she said in one of her gossipy voices.
"They did," Remus insisted.
Stephanie shook her head. "They did NOT."
Remus sighed. "Yes they DID."
Stephanie gave him a knowing smile and shook her head again. "Nuh-uh. They couldn't have."
Remus threw his hands into the air and stopped. "Yes! Yes they could have! Because they DID!," he exclaimed, obviously annoyed.
Stephanie blinked. "Oh. Wow," she muttered, deep in thought.
They all started to walk again.
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"Where are we going?," Lily asked James for what it seemed like the hundreth time that day.
James was muttering to himself under his breath.
Lily raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing?," she asked him.
James sighed and opened his eyes a bit. "Wishing it all away," he said, a bit louder.
Lily knew exactly how he felt.
"I'm not mad, am I?," he asked in an uncertain tone, looking down at her. "I mean, the boxers were there! They were in her pocket! Weren't they?"
Lily nodded quickly. "Of course they were. I saw them."
"Then why didn't you defend my sanity back there?!," he exclaimed, randomly gesturing in the general direction of the prefect's bathroom.
Lily shrugged and James groaned.
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"See, if we all just meet up somewhere," Stephanie rambled on logically. "We'll win, right? Because I mean, I was thinking that next time I see James, I could just tell him to give me his underpants back so we could win, but you know...," she trailed off and looked at both Alexandra and Remus, neither of who were listening to her.
"Shut UP," Remus said after a moment.
Stephanie frowned.
"You don't have to be a bitter buttercup just because your girlfriend is making out with Black," she told him, shoving her hands in her pocket.
"I don't have a girlfriend," he told her bitterly.
Stephanie gave him a significant look.
"Ah, but you do. Jenny," she said simply.
Alexandra's eyes widened. "What are you on about, Stephanie?," she asked nervously.
Remus looked at both of us skeptically. "But Jenny doesn't want to have anything to do with anyone."
Stephanie sighed. "But you said that she was snogging the socks of Black. And she likes you, Remus," she informed him.
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"Now if we can just find Alex and Remus together," Jenny mused as her and Sirius walked down the empty corridors.
"Then we could kiss again and make them totally and completely jealous of either of us," Sirius finished her sentence.
Jenny nodded.
"Right."
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After what it seemed like ages, and a huge, creepy coincedence, Lily, James, Stephanie, Remus, and Alexandra all ended up in the same corridor.
Stephanie froze at the sight of James and James immediately looked down.
"Where are YOU TWO going?," Remus asked, frustrated he ran into these two instead of the two he wanted.
"We don't know," Lily said irritably. "Where's Sirius and Jenny?"
Remus threw his hands in the air. "That's who we were looking for!"
Just then, everyone heard chattering coming down the opposite
A few seconds later, Jenny and Sirius emerged. They both stopped at the sight of the whole group there together.
Quickly and sloppily they kissed as the rest looked on.
"What was THAT?," Stephanie asked loudly, crossing her arms. "You like Remus," she exclaimed, gesturing towards Jenny. "And you unfortunantly like my best friend," she added, throwing her same hand toward Sirius.
Alex and Remus gaped and Lily cleared her throat.
"ANYWAY, now that we're all here, who's got what?," she asked, taking charge as usual.
Stephanie pointed accusingly at James. "Give me those boxers," she demanded, holding her hand out expectantly.
James frowned. "What?," he screeched.
"So we can WIN," she explained logically.
"Wait what?," Lily asked quickly. "That's not fair."
"Yes it is. Alexandra and I have gotten all of the objects ourselves. And WE got James' boxers. Well, Jenny and Remus did. And it's on the list. Now hand them over," Stephanie insisted, scowling.
"It's on the list?," James asked incredulously. "No it's not!"
"It is on ours," Alexandra said, pulling it out of her pocket and shoving it in James' direction.
James looked at the ripped piece of parchment, blinking to make sure he read it right.
Sirius stood there awkwardly, trying not to look guilty, but tragically failing.
Surprisingly, James said nothing. He simply handed Alex the list back as well as the boxers.
"What are you doing?!," Lily asked, gesturing toward Alex. "Now we're going to lose!"
"Like you cared before!," James said, laughing a bit. "Plus, it's only fair." He shot Sirius a look that read 'just you wait until tonight. you're dead.'
Jenny stepped up. "You can't do that! Remus and I got his boxers!"
James blinked, wondering how many people actually had a pair of his underpants in their posession. The thought was unnerving and he shook it off.
Stephanie scowled at her. "Losers, keepers, weepers, whatever," she said quickly, waving her hand dismissively.
"Well if you get James' boxers, we get something of yours!," Jenny exclaimed. "It's only fair."
Alex sighed and shoved her hand in her pocket, pulling out the 'Leaf from the Forbidden Forest'.
Stephanie scowled. "Now we're going to have to get another leaf! And it's raining!," she said, looking out the window.
"So? Just run quickly," Jenny said giddily.
Stephanie scowled. "I am not going out in that...wet stuff...that rain makes...," she trailed off, furrowing her brow as she tried to remember the right word.
"Water?," James tried.
Stephanie blushed.
"Water," she confirmed, nodding.
Alexandra glanced at the large door that led to the grounds. She turned to Stephanie.
"Time me," she stated, preparing to run out into the rain.
"Time you?," Stephanie asked, looking at Alex as if she were insane. "Why?"
"Because I'm gung ho!," Alexandra explained as if it was the most logical reason in the world.
"Wait...what?"
Before Alex could answer, she was outside.
"Aren't you supposed to be timing her?," Sirius asked, looking at the door like everyone else.
Stephanie shrugged.
In no time Alexandra was back in the entrance hall, holding the sopping wet leaf.
"Well?," she asked expectantly, soaked from head to toe.
Stephanie blinked. "Forty seconds?," she guessed, taking the leaf from Alex's hand and examining it.
"Wow! I think that's good...," Alex said thoughtfully.
Stephanie smiled and nodded. "Sure. Now let's get in there so we can win," she said quickly, walking towards the Great Hall with Sirius and Alex at her side and the rest behind them.
"We're done!," Stephanie exclaimed loudly, holding up the list in victory.
Dumbledore smiled and rose from his seat.
"Ah, Miss Glenn. Too late, too late," he said in an apologetic tone.
All three of them scowled.
"What do you MEAN too late?," Sirius asked a bit obnoxiously.
"Too late. Not on time. After schedule," Dumbledore rambled on. "Frank and Alice got here before you," he said, gesturing to the couple.
Alex's jaw dropped. "You're KIDDING," she begged tragically, thinking of all the hard work they had been through.
Dumbledore smiled with that twinkle in his eyes that was really getting on Stephanie's nerves at that moment in time. "Oh, I'm afraid not Miss Oatman."
Sirius looked back on the rest of the group, daring them to laugh.
And they did.
Hard.
And loud.
Sirius scowled as everyone walked out of the Great Hall as quickly as they had entered.
Stephanie threw her hands in the air. "ALL OF THAT. FOR NOTHING. It was complete and utter hell!," she exclaimed.
"I'm going back to my dorm," she added bitterly, grabbing Alex and Jenny's hands and dragging them up the stairs.
Sirius groaned. "I'm going to the dorm as well," he said tragically, starting up the stairs.
Remus nodded at Lily and James and followed Sirius, taking the stairs two steps at a time.
James looked down at Lily as soon as Remus and Sirius were out of sight.
"Well that was certainly an experience," he said softly with a laugh.
She nodded. "More so than Sardines."
After a moment of awkward silence, James cleared his throat.
"Remember earlier when you said you didn't actually reject me?," he asked Lily.
She looked at him skeptically as she started to walk up the stairs with James at her side.
"I suppose," she answered.
James stopped midway on the stairs.
"Well's it true? That you haven't actually rejected me?"
Lily thought a moment and smiled.
Standing on her tip toes, she softly kissed James on the side of the mouth.
"How's that for an answer?," she asked after a moment.
Before James could reply, she was up the stairs and out of sight.
He smiled to himself as he slowly followed her footsteps.
'So this is it,' he thought to himself, stopping at the Fat Lady and muttering the password. 'The end of an era.'
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A/N: And it TRULY is the end of an era.
Take that as you will.
Love, Mrs. Prongs and Mrs. Padfoot.
P.S.
Mrs. Padfoot brought to my attention that we had to ask our traditional end-of-story questions.
What was your favorite chapter? Favorite line? Review and tell us.
Chapter 16/Final Chapter
By Mrs. Prongs.
A/N: I'm proud to bring you the final chapter of LWY. We've been working on it since October, and as much fun as we've had writing it, we're glad it's over.
Thanks for all of the readers of all of our fictions. We hope to get another one out ASAP. Enjoy this chapter for the time being.
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"Are you just going to dump her under the faucet?," Lily asked. James shoved his boxers in his pocket.
"No, no Lily. You have to be delicate with a creature like Stephanie," he told her as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Lily scowled.
"Delicate?," she repeated, wondering if she had heard wrong.
James ignored her and turned one of the many gold faucets on. He gently moved Stephanie's head under the water.
In a split second, she had woken up, screamed bloody murder, busted her head on the tap and fell into the pool sized tub.
James stepped back and looked at her, gaping.
"What in the hell is wrong with you?!," Stephanie screamed, climbing out of the tub and walking over toward the towels whilst leaving a wet trail behind her.
"You were stunned!," James explained, flailing his arms.
"So you DROWN me?," she asked, appalled.
James scowled. "What were you doing with my underpants anyway?," he asked, trying to get out of explaining his idiocy.
Stephanie's eyes widened as her hand went straight for her wand pocket. Realizing the inevitable, she frowned.
"Don't try and change the subject, Potter," she said warningly, trying to dry off the best she could. "Plus I have no idea what you're talking about."
"The underpants! In your pocket! That I found! In your pocket!," James explained, spluttering.
Stephanie looked at him as if he were mentally ill.
"Are you okay, James?," she asked, mock concern in her voice.
James screwed his face in frustration. "Of COURSE I'm okay! You're the one not okay. Carrying a guy's underpants around in her pocket like no one's business!"
Stephanie blinked at him.
"Are you sure? Because I can take you to the Hospital Wing...," she told him.
James threw up his hands in defeat. "Nevermind, nevermind," he mumbled, rubbing his temples and walking out of the bathroom with Lily and Stephanie behind him.
"Now because of YOU," Stephanie told him, holding out her sopping wet robes. "I have to go changed." As soon as she said this, she turned in the opposite direction both Lily and James were headed.
Lily turned to James.
"Couldn't she have just magicked her clothes dry?"
James shrugged, eyes still closed and fingers still massaging temples.
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"Where did they go anyway?," Alex said, powerwalking without really knowing where either of them were going.
Remus shrugged as he tried to catch up with Alexandra.
As soon as she turned the corner, Alex ran into something hard.
She stepped back immediately and saw Stephanie, completely wet, standing in the middle of the corridor.
"I've been looking all over for you!," Stephanie exclaimed, throwing a wet arm in the air with a scowl on her face.
"What happened to you?," asked Alex, her brow furrowed.
"James. He found the underpants," Steph explained quickly, still fully agitated. She pulled her wand out of her pocket and with a flick of the wrist, her robes were completely dry.
Alex's jaw dropped. "What happened? How did you get out of it? That still doesn't explain you being soaked."
"Played dumb of course," her friend answered bitterly, shoving her wand deep into her pocket. "Just wrote it off as him being totally insane."
Alex giggled.
"Anyway, did YOU get underpants?," she asked, looking between her and Remus.
"Actually," Remus started, clearing his throat. "We're on a mission right now. To find Sirius and Jenny."
Stephanie blinked.
"Where did they go?," she asked flatly.
"See, we don't know. Which is why we're finding them," the taller boy explained, raising his eyebrows enthusiastically.
Stephanie squinted her eyes at him a bit. "Right." She turned to Alex. "So do you or don't you?"
"Do I or don't I what?"
"Have the boxers!," Stephanie told her in a frustrated tone.
"Oh. Well, you see...," Alex trailed off and Stephanie sighed.
"We're wasting time," Remus told them, checking his watch. He and Alex set off down the hall while Stephanie followed reluctantly.
"Wait. Why are we trying to find them again?," she asked, trying to keep pace.
Remus sighed and explained the whole situation.
"They DIDN'T!," she said in one of her gossipy voices.
"They did," Remus insisted.
Stephanie shook her head. "They did NOT."
Remus sighed. "Yes they DID."
Stephanie gave him a knowing smile and shook her head again. "Nuh-uh. They couldn't have."
Remus threw his hands into the air and stopped. "Yes! Yes they could have! Because they DID!," he exclaimed, obviously annoyed.
Stephanie blinked. "Oh. Wow," she muttered, deep in thought.
They all started to walk again.
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"Where are we going?," Lily asked James for what it seemed like the hundreth time that day.
James was muttering to himself under his breath.
Lily raised an eyebrow. "What are you doing?," she asked him.
James sighed and opened his eyes a bit. "Wishing it all away," he said, a bit louder.
Lily knew exactly how he felt.
"I'm not mad, am I?," he asked in an uncertain tone, looking down at her. "I mean, the boxers were there! They were in her pocket! Weren't they?"
Lily nodded quickly. "Of course they were. I saw them."
"Then why didn't you defend my sanity back there?!," he exclaimed, randomly gesturing in the general direction of the prefect's bathroom.
Lily shrugged and James groaned.
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"See, if we all just meet up somewhere," Stephanie rambled on logically. "We'll win, right? Because I mean, I was thinking that next time I see James, I could just tell him to give me his underpants back so we could win, but you know...," she trailed off and looked at both Alexandra and Remus, neither of who were listening to her.
"Shut UP," Remus said after a moment.
Stephanie frowned.
"You don't have to be a bitter buttercup just because your girlfriend is making out with Black," she told him, shoving her hands in her pocket.
"I don't have a girlfriend," he told her bitterly.
Stephanie gave him a significant look.
"Ah, but you do. Jenny," she said simply.
Alexandra's eyes widened. "What are you on about, Stephanie?," she asked nervously.
Remus looked at both of us skeptically. "But Jenny doesn't want to have anything to do with anyone."
Stephanie sighed. "But you said that she was snogging the socks of Black. And she likes you, Remus," she informed him.
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"Now if we can just find Alex and Remus together," Jenny mused as her and Sirius walked down the empty corridors.
"Then we could kiss again and make them totally and completely jealous of either of us," Sirius finished her sentence.
Jenny nodded.
"Right."
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After what it seemed like ages, and a huge, creepy coincedence, Lily, James, Stephanie, Remus, and Alexandra all ended up in the same corridor.
Stephanie froze at the sight of James and James immediately looked down.
"Where are YOU TWO going?," Remus asked, frustrated he ran into these two instead of the two he wanted.
"We don't know," Lily said irritably. "Where's Sirius and Jenny?"
Remus threw his hands in the air. "That's who we were looking for!"
Just then, everyone heard chattering coming down the opposite
A few seconds later, Jenny and Sirius emerged. They both stopped at the sight of the whole group there together.
Quickly and sloppily they kissed as the rest looked on.
"What was THAT?," Stephanie asked loudly, crossing her arms. "You like Remus," she exclaimed, gesturing towards Jenny. "And you unfortunantly like my best friend," she added, throwing her same hand toward Sirius.
Alex and Remus gaped and Lily cleared her throat.
"ANYWAY, now that we're all here, who's got what?," she asked, taking charge as usual.
Stephanie pointed accusingly at James. "Give me those boxers," she demanded, holding her hand out expectantly.
James frowned. "What?," he screeched.
"So we can WIN," she explained logically.
"Wait what?," Lily asked quickly. "That's not fair."
"Yes it is. Alexandra and I have gotten all of the objects ourselves. And WE got James' boxers. Well, Jenny and Remus did. And it's on the list. Now hand them over," Stephanie insisted, scowling.
"It's on the list?," James asked incredulously. "No it's not!"
"It is on ours," Alexandra said, pulling it out of her pocket and shoving it in James' direction.
James looked at the ripped piece of parchment, blinking to make sure he read it right.
Sirius stood there awkwardly, trying not to look guilty, but tragically failing.
Surprisingly, James said nothing. He simply handed Alex the list back as well as the boxers.
"What are you doing?!," Lily asked, gesturing toward Alex. "Now we're going to lose!"
"Like you cared before!," James said, laughing a bit. "Plus, it's only fair." He shot Sirius a look that read 'just you wait until tonight. you're dead.'
Jenny stepped up. "You can't do that! Remus and I got his boxers!"
James blinked, wondering how many people actually had a pair of his underpants in their posession. The thought was unnerving and he shook it off.
Stephanie scowled at her. "Losers, keepers, weepers, whatever," she said quickly, waving her hand dismissively.
"Well if you get James' boxers, we get something of yours!," Jenny exclaimed. "It's only fair."
Alex sighed and shoved her hand in her pocket, pulling out the 'Leaf from the Forbidden Forest'.
Stephanie scowled. "Now we're going to have to get another leaf! And it's raining!," she said, looking out the window.
"So? Just run quickly," Jenny said giddily.
Stephanie scowled. "I am not going out in that...wet stuff...that rain makes...," she trailed off, furrowing her brow as she tried to remember the right word.
"Water?," James tried.
Stephanie blushed.
"Water," she confirmed, nodding.
Alexandra glanced at the large door that led to the grounds. She turned to Stephanie.
"Time me," she stated, preparing to run out into the rain.
"Time you?," Stephanie asked, looking at Alex as if she were insane. "Why?"
"Because I'm gung ho!," Alexandra explained as if it was the most logical reason in the world.
"Wait...what?"
Before Alex could answer, she was outside.
"Aren't you supposed to be timing her?," Sirius asked, looking at the door like everyone else.
Stephanie shrugged.
In no time Alexandra was back in the entrance hall, holding the sopping wet leaf.
"Well?," she asked expectantly, soaked from head to toe.
Stephanie blinked. "Forty seconds?," she guessed, taking the leaf from Alex's hand and examining it.
"Wow! I think that's good...," Alex said thoughtfully.
Stephanie smiled and nodded. "Sure. Now let's get in there so we can win," she said quickly, walking towards the Great Hall with Sirius and Alex at her side and the rest behind them.
"We're done!," Stephanie exclaimed loudly, holding up the list in victory.
Dumbledore smiled and rose from his seat.
"Ah, Miss Glenn. Too late, too late," he said in an apologetic tone.
All three of them scowled.
"What do you MEAN too late?," Sirius asked a bit obnoxiously.
"Too late. Not on time. After schedule," Dumbledore rambled on. "Frank and Alice got here before you," he said, gesturing to the couple.
Alex's jaw dropped. "You're KIDDING," she begged tragically, thinking of all the hard work they had been through.
Dumbledore smiled with that twinkle in his eyes that was really getting on Stephanie's nerves at that moment in time. "Oh, I'm afraid not Miss Oatman."
Sirius looked back on the rest of the group, daring them to laugh.
And they did.
Hard.
And loud.
Sirius scowled as everyone walked out of the Great Hall as quickly as they had entered.
Stephanie threw her hands in the air. "ALL OF THAT. FOR NOTHING. It was complete and utter hell!," she exclaimed.
"I'm going back to my dorm," she added bitterly, grabbing Alex and Jenny's hands and dragging them up the stairs.
Sirius groaned. "I'm going to the dorm as well," he said tragically, starting up the stairs.
Remus nodded at Lily and James and followed Sirius, taking the stairs two steps at a time.
James looked down at Lily as soon as Remus and Sirius were out of sight.
"Well that was certainly an experience," he said softly with a laugh.
She nodded. "More so than Sardines."
After a moment of awkward silence, James cleared his throat.
"Remember earlier when you said you didn't actually reject me?," he asked Lily.
She looked at him skeptically as she started to walk up the stairs with James at her side.
"I suppose," she answered.
James stopped midway on the stairs.
"Well's it true? That you haven't actually rejected me?"
Lily thought a moment and smiled.
Standing on her tip toes, she softly kissed James on the side of the mouth.
"How's that for an answer?," she asked after a moment.
Before James could reply, she was up the stairs and out of sight.
He smiled to himself as he slowly followed her footsteps.
'So this is it,' he thought to himself, stopping at the Fat Lady and muttering the password. 'The end of an era.'
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A/N: And it TRULY is the end of an era.
Take that as you will.
Love, Mrs. Prongs and Mrs. Padfoot.
P.S.
Mrs. Padfoot brought to my attention that we had to ask our traditional end-of-story questions.
What was your favorite chapter? Favorite line? Review and tell us.