A/N ~ Welcome to sixth year. Enjoy :)

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Lupin Cottage stood steady in the middle of a hill, surrounded by tall grass and far from the city.

Remus Lupin and his godchildren, Y/N and Rolf Scamander, were barely noticed by the other villagers, as they lived their every day lives quietly in the tiny cottage.

They couldn't travel much, since the Wizarding community is still currently under the threat of the death eaters.

The Ministry had came out with some rules and restrictions that everyone had to obey.

1. You are advised not to leave the house alone.

2. Particular care should be taken during the hours of darkness.

3. Make sure that all family members are aware of emergency measures.

4. Agree on security questions with close friends and family so as to detect death eaters masquerading as others by use of the Polyjuice Potion.

5. Should the Dark Mark appear over any dwelling place or other building, DO NOT ENTER, but contact the Auror office immediately.

At most, Rolf was allowed to apparate to Luna Lovegood's house and play Quidditch (since he was of age), but other than that, they were all to remain inside the house at all times.

Remus was especially protective of Y/N, since Dumbledore had explained to him about her part of the prophecy and he knew Voldemort was after her.

The more Y/N knew Remus, the more surprised she was.

Remus was an introvert- he was caring and protective, but also playful and fun at times. During the break, he was either at work all day, at Head Quarters, or he stayed home and baked.

Y/N would always join in with him whenever he decided to use the kitchen.

"I told you, you don't have to help me bake everything," said Remus, constantly, whenever Y/N decided to run down from her room when she heard noises from the kitchen.

"Last time Tonks really liked my pie, y'know," Y/N said stubbornly. "do you not believe in my baking skills, Moony?"

"Do you not believe in my memory capacity, Y/N?" Remus tilted his head. "I haven't forgotten the salty cookies-"

"That was an accident and not a flaw of mine!" Y/N said defensively, throwing on her apron and tying up her hair. "And would you mind moving on from the cookies-?"

"Will you guys lower your voice?" Rolf shouted from the living room, his voice annoyed. "Luna's trying tell me about Crumple Horn Snorcacks."

Another problem for them was that their kitchen, dining room and living room were all connected.

"It's alright, Rolf, I think their conversation is quite amusing," said Luna, giving Y/N and Remus a soft smile.

Since their houses were not far away, Luna and Rolf would usually hang out at each other's houses, talk about magical creatures all day and sometimes playing Quidditch.

"Hey, by the way, did you two like my apple pie yesterday?" Y/N asked the both of them, keen to prove Remus wrong.

"Oh, yes! It was the best thing I've ever eaten in a while," said Luna enthusiastically, before turning to Rolf. "Right, Rolfie?"

"Yeah, right, Rolfie?" Y/N smirked, crossing her arms. She knew how much Rolf despised complimenting her.

"Yeah, sure- it was... good." said Rolf, glaring up at Y/N while Luna wasn't looking.

However, before Remus and Y/N started grabbing the ingredients, the front door of the cottage suddenly burst open, and all eyes fell on the woman that entered.

Tonks was panting slightly, but had the brightest smile on her face. Her hair was strawberry blonde today, blending quite nicely with her red robes.

Remus quickly rushed forwards and pulled out his wand, pointing it directly at her.

"Woah- calm there, moon cake!" Tonks froze, frowning at the wand pointed at her. "Do you have to do this every time-?"

"What was the last muggle movie Nymphadora Tonks watched with us?" Remus cut her off firmly.

"Remus, seriously-?"

"What was the last muggle movie Nymphadora Tonks watched with Rolf, Y/N and I?" Remus repeated, not lowering his wand.

"Oh, come on, I forgot the name!" Tonks groaned. "It was the one with the time travel guy that was trying to bang his mom," she let out a hearty laugh.

"Oh Merlin," Y/N shook her head, as Remus made a face and Rolf and Luna burst into laughter.

"Oh, never mind, I remember-!" Tonks' eyes lit up. "Back to the Future! With the broom supply guy, what's his name-?"

"Marty Mcfly, and you are mental," said Remus, lowering his wand and putting it back into the front pocket of his apron, smiling from the corner of his mouth.

"So what do you have for us, Tonks," Y/N asked, noticing Tonks' eager expression.

"We did it," she breathed, as the door swung shut behind her. "Sirius- he's cleared of all charges."

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One month later...

'Dear Harry,

Happy birthday!! You're bloody sixteen. I know I'm coming over to Grimmauld Place for the first time to stay this evening, but I can't just sit here all morning without saying anything.

I'm bringing you present in person, so that'll come later too. Hope you and Padfoot are doing well, can't wait to see the both of you.

Love you (not),

Y/N'

Y/N smiled softly at the letter as she reread it quickly, before handing it to her owl, Bamboo.

"Bring this to-"

Bamboo hooted loudly and snatched the letter from Y/N's hand into his beak. He had to deliver letters every single day, for the past month and a half.

The owl shook his head in annoyance and took off out of the opened window of Y/N's room.

"Sorry!" Y/N yelled after her owl.

She grinned and shook her head, turning back to her tiny room.

She slumped down onto her bed and started clearing it of all the books and stationary, humming under her breath as 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy' played on the muggle radio she owned.

Suddenly, there was a knock on her door.

"Y/N- Y/N, can I come in?" Remus Lupin's voice called, knocking on her door once again.

"'Course, come in," said Y/N, as she threw a forgotten library book into her school bag.

The door opened, and Remus came walking in- like always, his under eyes were dark and his hair was greying, but he had a gentle grin on his face like usual.

"Hey," he said eagerly, standing by the doorway and leaning against the doorframe.

"Hey Moony," Y/N grinned up at her godfather briefly.

"I've got a surprise for you," said Remus, trying not to smile too hard, "they're downstairs."

"Harry's here?" Y/N exclaimed, her eyes lighting up.

"No, not him," said Remus, almost annoyedly. "but come down, quick, they can't stay for long. Where's Rolf?"

"In his room with Luna," Y/N replied flatly. "like always."

"I'll get him then," Remus sighed heavily, "well what are you waiting for? Get moving, c'mon!"

"OK, OK," Y/N laughed, pushing away the pile of scrap paper on her bed and and standing up, as Remus went to find Rolf in his room.

She walked out of the door after him, trotted down the old wooden staircase, and walked to their tiny kitchen-dining-living room, having no clue what- or rather who- she was going to meet...

"Oh, my dear Y/N!" Tina Scamander exclaimed.

Y/N froze in her spot and gasped in delight.

There they were- Newt and Tina Scamander.

Newt's smile was so wide that his eyes crinkled up- he was wearing his usual navy blue coat and had the same warm expression he'd always owned.

Tina was in robes similar to Professor McGonagall's, her smile comforting and her eyes as dark as a salamander's.

Both had pure white hair and lively expressions.

They were sitting on Remus' old sage green sofa, both beaming up at her, with Tonks grinning flatteringly on the armchair next to them- her hair a pale pink.

"Surprise," Tonks grinned, looking between Y/N and her grandparents cheerfully.

"Tonks- Grandpa, Grandma- what are you doing here?" Y/N smiled in delight, as she rushed over to her grandparents to give both of them a quick hug.

They both chuckled joyfully as they hugged their granddaughter back.

"We're here for a few days- for work," said Tina in her ethereal voice, "and we wanted to stop by to visit you and Rolf- so here we are."

"How are you doing, little one?" asked Newt, as Y/N squeezed into a spot between her grandparents.

"She's not so little anymore," Tina chuckled. "you've grown up beautifully, dear. You look exactly like your mother."

"I was going to say she looked like our Sean," Newt said with a little laugh.

Y/N shook her head and laughed.

"To answer your question, I'm doing just fine," she replied, grinning, "how are you guys? I haven't seen you in almost two years. How's Auntie Queenie and Uncle Jacob?"

"We're fine and they're fine, the both of them," Tina waved her hand, chuckling.

"Tonks here just told out about your... mysterious school life." said Next, his eyes sparkling as he met Tonks' eye. "About a certain friend of yours named Harry Potter?"

"She did, huh," Y/N muttered, looking up at Tonks, who smiled back at her innocently.

"We're so sorry we haven't visited you in so long, sweetheart." said Tina, her tone guilty. "We're so, so busy."

"No, it's alright, really." Y/N said, though her voice was slightly down. "Have you visited dad yet?"

"We... haven't yet." said Tina, but she was glancing hesitantly at Newt, who's smile had slipped off his face.

"Hey, um... we don't have to talk about it," Y/N said gently, putting a hand on Tina's arm.

She nodded silently and held onto Y/N's hand, looking at the floor.

"Grandma? Grandpa? Hey!" Rolf's voice rang the room.

He came down jumping down from the stairs looking as excited as ever.

Rolf had grown tall and slightly muscular from all the Quidditch training- his hair, in the darkest shade of blonde, was in the same loose and long cut he always had.

Remus and Luna were following closely behind him.

Luna was wearing a bright orange dress today, with an oversized knitted purple cardigan. Y/N always found her outfits interesting.

She looked extremely tiny next to Rolf. Her platinum blonde hair hung to her waist and her eyes were wide and curious.

Both Luna and Remus had stopped behind Tonks' armchair and were smiling admiringly at the Scamanders.

"Hello, Rolf!" Newt said enthusiastically, as Rolf came into the room.

He grinned delightedly and came around to give his grandparents a hug, each.

"Oh, you are a handsome young man, Rolf Theseus Scamander." Tina exclaimed, putting a hand to her heart overwhelmingly.

"You look just like me, when I was younger," said Newt, smiling softly at Rolf. "luckily you've got your mother's confidence, though. That makes you a fine young man."

Y/N rolled his eyes, as Rolf's grin widened.

"Thanks, grandpa."

"You too are growing too fast, heavens, slow down," Tina chuckled.

"They really are," said Remus, crossing his arms. "though, mentally, they're both still ten."

Y/N caught her godfather's eye and threw him an 'are you serious' look. Everyone in the room except Y/N and Rolf burst into laughter.

"What are you guys doing here?" Rolf asked, still grinning, as he dragged a stool from by the fireplace and took a seat.

"We're here for work, but we've stopped by to say hi," said Tina.

Tina's eyes travelled from Rolf to Tonks and then to Luna.

"Now, who might this be?" she gave Luna a polite smile. "come here, dear, take a seat- don't be shy."

Luna beamed and appeared from behind Tonks' armchair, as Rolf dragged another stool for her to sit.

"Hello, Mr and Mrs Scamander," said Luna in her dreamy voice. "I'm Luna Lovegood, I've heard so much about you both."

She shook hands with the both of them, and Y/N could tell Newt liked her already.

"Luna Lovegood, I see," Newt nodded slowly. "friend of yours, Rolf?"

"Well-"

"Yes sir," Luna said cheerfully. "Though, I'm two years younger than him and a year younger than Y/N- I'm a Ravenclaw, you see."

Y/N never knew why, but the way Luna spoke really made everyone in the room stop and listen.

"You sure seem very witty, Miss Lovegood," Newt grinned.

"Thank you, sir. It is really nice to finally meet you both." Luna continued. For the first time, Y/N noticed that she seemed just slightly nervous. "I have read all of your books, Mr Scamander- Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is one of my favourite books of all time."

"Thank you, Miss Lovegood, it was my favourite to write too," said Newt, his eyebrows raised impressively. "and please call me Newt."

"And call me Tina," said Tina brightly.

"Do call me Luna, too." said Luna excitedly. "Mr Newt, is it true you own a Crumple-Horned Snorcack back in America?"

"Do I own a-?" Newt looked over at Rolf questioningly, who quickly shook his head. "Oh- I- I do not, Luna- but it seems like I've got to do my research on them now..."

"Grandpa, what exactly are you doing in Britain?" asked Rolf curiously.

"We're here because of Dumbledore," said Newt calmly, "there has been massive death eater attacks in America, and we're here to find help and to help the Order."

"Goodness, that reminds me!" said Tina, looking up at the clock on the wall of the living room. "We can't stay here for long, we've got to go to Hogwarts to meet him- Newt, we're going to be late."

"That's right, that's right," Newt nodded urgently, and the both of them got to their feet. "we're so sorry, but we have to go."

"Already?" Y/N asked, standing up too.

"But you haven't even had tea-"

"We have limited time, I'm afraid." Newt said sadly, giving his granddaughter another hug.

"Don't worry, we will be around more often now," said Tina, giving Rolf a hug. "now that You-Know-Who is at large again, we'll be helping Dumbledore more often."

"It was nice seeing you all," Newt said with a gentle smile. "and nice meeting you, Remus, Tonks, Luna,"

Remus, Luna and Tonks shook hands with the old wizard again.

Newt met Tina's eye and they both nodded.

"We'll be off to Hogwarts."

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"Remus, where's the cake?" Y/N's voice rang through the living room, as she slumped onto the bottom of the staircase to put on her shoes. "Remus, don't you dare do anything to my cake."

She quickly threw her bag that contained all her things for her sleep over at Grimmauld Place over her shoulder and stood up, staggering slightly.

"Remus, did you hear-"

"It's with me, it's with me," Her godfather replied, hurrying into the room with a large brown paper box in his hands. "Didn't do anything to it, I swear. I just put it in a box for the trip."

"The trip- meaning five seconds in the fire place," Y/N said grimly, grabbing the box from Lupin carefully in her arms and placing her present box on top of it.

"Knowing you, that's equivalent to travelling up and down a whole mountain," Remus chuckled, taking off his handmade apron.

"Thanks a lot, Moony, thanks a lot." Y/N said bitterly, as Remus grinned down at her. "You sure you don't want to come with me?"

"Tonks and I are busy at the Ministry this evening," said Remus. "but we might join the party later- tell them not to wait though, they can start ahead."

"And Rolf?"

"Apparated there five minutes ago,"

"Great, and he didn't bother helping me bring my cake the safe way," Y/N scowled. "anyway, I'll be going then."

"Safe travels," said Remus with a grin, patting her on the shoulder.

Y/N nodded and made her way to the fireplace in the living room, with her bag over her shoulder and Harry's gift and birthday cake in her arms.

"Hey, Y/N, Wait-!"

Y/N turned around to see Tonks rushing in to the room, panting slightly- her hair was pastel pink and she was in her Auror uniform. She had a light blue box in her hand.

"Give this to Harry, will you?" She smiled at Y/N as she approached her, putting the blue box on top of her present box that was on top of the cake box.

"But you'll be coming to the party, will you?" Y/N frowned at the witch.

"Yes, but i'll probably be there after the gift-opening," said Tonks breathlessly. "tell Sirius I said hi and tell Harry Happy Birthday."

"I will," Y/N beamed at her, before turning back to the fireplace, grabbing a handful of floo powder with struggle.

She wrapped her arms around the boxes tightly and stepped into the fireplace.

She quickly grinned at Remus and Tonks, who both stood waving at her from the living room, before saying loudly,

"Number Twelve Grimmauld Place-!" and dropping the handful of floo powder onto the floor.

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Sirius' name was cleared two weeks into Harry's summer holiday, and he had went to stay with him in Number Twelve Grimmauld Place ever since.

Harry planned to stay there until the last two weeks of his break, since he promised Ron to go stay at The Burrow for the rest of the time.

Sirius was the happiest he's ever been.

He was able to finally step out of the place he despised most without fearing a dementor might swoop down and suck out his soul.

Though, some people would still do a double-take and widen their eyes at him on the streets, despite the announcement of his freedom on the Daily Prophet.

But due to the rules the Ministry had come up with, he still could barely leave his home.

But Sirius didn't mind staying at home, now that Harry's with him. He felt as though he finally was able to fulfil his duty as Harry's godfather.

They'd play wizards chess in their free time, or go on short walks outside, while Sirius told Harry more about his parents.

They would play Quidditch sometimes- Sirius was never that great but he'd seen his brother play.

"As much as disliked being around that idiot," Sirius told Harry, during one of their talkative breakfasts. "Regulus was a wonderful seeker. So I grew up around brilliant Quidditch players- my brother, your dad,-"

"And now me," said Harry, grinning widely.

Sirius grinned back and slowly nodded. He finally swallowed and cleared his throat,

"You are unbelievably like your father, y'know that?" he said with a soft smile. "not just your looks, but the way you speak is so much like James- though the way you think is very much Lily."

Remus and Tonks and members of the Order would pass by at Grimmauld Place every few days, but what Harry was most frustrated about was that Y/N wasn't allowed to.

For one, Remus didn't want Y/N to travel too far from home since she was underage, and Grimmauld Place was far.

And both Y/N and Remus agreed that they wanted Harry and Sirius to have time to bond, so they did leave them some space.

For once, Harry didn't waste his holiday time trimming grass and swinging on the swings staring into nowhere in Little Whinging.

He felt like he actually had a family, outside of Hogwarts, even though he really missed his friends and Y/N.

But today was different. It was his birthday and his friends were finally allowed to come over for dinner, and Y/N was even allowed to stay over.

That evening, the Weasleys, Hermione, Rolf and Luna arrived just on time, but Y/N was missing.

"Rolf, when did you say she was coming?" Harry asked Rolf for the second time, peering into the living room to see Rolf and Luna's very dedicated faces staring at each of their copies of The Quibbler.

"I dunno, she was preparing something with Remus when I left," said Rolf, not looking up from the paper. "presumably food."

"You want to join us, Harry?" Luna asked kindly, looking up from her copy of The Quibbler. "We're taking the Ultimate Troll Trivia in dad's latest paper."

She was wearing bright turquoise today, and her hair was pulled into a long single loose braid.

"Oh- er- I'm good," Harry said, smiling weakly.

"It is your birthday, mate," said Rolf, finally meeting Harry's eye. "we don't want to exclude you out from your own party-"

"Nah, it's alright," Harry said quickly and genuinely. "the 'party' in question isn't starting without Y/N. You guys enjoy, I'll call you over when everyone's here."

"And don't go near that cabinet in the kitchen near the sink," said Luna in a light but serious voice. "I heard buzzing from it. I suspect there are nargles nesting in there."

"Er- right, thanks, Luna," Harry gave the both of them a small smile and they waved at him, before heading back into the long kitchen-dining room.

"Is she here?" Hermione asked him brightly.

She was putting out the plates and glasses along the long dining table.

"Is who here?" asked Ron, puzzled, as he helped his mum with the drinks.

"Y/N, of course, who else?" Hermione said with a huff.

"Not yet, I dunno why she's late," Harry said quietly, heading towards Ron, Fred, George and Mrs Weasley to help them.

"Oh no, dear, you go sit back down." Mrs Weasley said sharply with a stern frown. "It's your special day."

"You make us clean the whole house on our special day," Fred said flatly.

"Yes, after the mess from all your April Fools pranks," said Mrs Weasley, sending Fred a look.

Harry chuckled and shook his head, grabbing the bottles of butter beer from George.

"I can help. I have nothing better to do." he said.

"Oh yeah?" Ron scoffed, smirking. "Look behind you and say that again."

Harry turned around with confusion and his stomach leapt excitedly as he saw Y/N walk into the room.

Only the top of her head was visible, as she struggled into the room with three quite large boxes in her arms.

Hermione quickly put down her plates and went forwards to help Y/N.

"Hey, Hermy! I've missed you-" Y/N said brightly, as Hermione grabbed her present and Tonks' present. "oh- thanks,"

"Nice to see you too, Y/N," Hermione said, beaming brightly, as she walked across the room to put Y/N and Tonks' present with the others.

"Finally, you're here." Harry appeared from the back of the room.

He raised his eyebrows as he got a good look at Y/N.

He could tell she did her hair differently somehow and she definitely looked more mature then the last time he saw her.

Whatever the change was, Harry felt his heart rate increase tremendously as he stepped closer to her.

Y/N's eyes fell on him and she tried her hardest not to blush.

Harry had grown even taller- though unlike Rolf, he had grown rather skinny than muscly.

His hair was slightly longer than last year, but still dark and messy, his eyes still sparkling green, and is jawline as sharp as ever.

"Nice to know you didn't get lost in the fireplace," Harry grinned, as he approached her.

"I was busy making your cake," Y/N said with a wide smile, as he took the cake box from her hand with a bright grin. "Well- Happy Birthday, Harry."

Y/N waited for Harry to place the box of cake onto the table, before wrapping her arms around his torso and bringing him into a long embrace.

Harry wrapped his arms around her waist and rest his chin on her shoulder, smiling softly.

"I've missed you... so much." He whispered.

He could smell her usual cranberry shampoo and the slight smell of butter- presumably from Remus' kitchen.

Since they both knew everyone in the room was looking at them, they wouldn't dare start anything more than just a hug.

But from how Harry quickly slipped a kiss on her jaw as she pulled away, Y/N knew he wanted something more than just a hug.

"It's butterscotch, by the way- the cake," said Y/N quickly, trying to cover the tension. "I know it's your favourite."

Harry brought up his hand and cupped the side of Y/N's face, gazing down at her slightly teasingly.

"You do enjoy pleasing me, don't you?" Harry said quietly with a smirk.

Y/N could feel his cold ring press against her skin as she grinned back at him challengingly.

"Nope. It's extremely excruciating."

"And it's like I'm not even here," said Ron with his arms crossed, leaning onto the wall with an upset look.

"Earth to Ronald," Y/N rolled her eyes and walked over to him.

They both couldn't help but smile as Ron brought her into a brotherly hug.

"I've missed you," Y/N grinned over his shoulder.

After that, Y/N pulled away and greeted the rest of the Weasleys.

"Hello Fred, George," she gave them all a quick hug and a smile. "how are you, Mrs Weasley?"

"Oh, I'm fine, I'm fine, dear," Mrs Weasley said kindly, kissing Y/N on the cheek. "How are you? Nice holiday so far?"

"I'm very good, it's been great," Y/N said enthusiastically. "we haven't really went anywhere, but I like staying at home. How are you two?" she added, turning to the twins.

They were both in brownish orange suits and looked clean and professional.

"Jolly good, little Scamander," said George, giving his tie a tweak. "just came from the joke shop."

"The shop is doing wonderfully," said Fred proudly, "leaving Hogwarts was the best decision we've ever made-"

"Now, now, don't set such a bad example," scolded Mrs Weasley, but she was beaming proudly at her sons.

"Is Ginny and Bill here, Mrs Weasley?" Y/N asked excitedly, looking around the room.

"I believe Ginny is helping Sirius clear up the hallway, and Bill is still at work- but he will be here by the end of the party."

"I heard he's been spending quality time with Miss Fleur Delacour, too," said Fred in an audible whisper. Mrs Weasley hit his arm scoldingly.

Y/N raised her eyebrows a little too dramatically.

"Bill and- and Fleur-? I didn't know they knew each other!" she said unbelievably. "I knew she worked at Gringotts, but I haven't written to her in a while- this is amazing!"

"This really is," said an impressed voice from across the room.

Y/N whirled around and a smile spread on her face when she spotted Sirius and Ginny by the doorway.

Grinning from ear to ear and dressed clean and neat with his dark curly hair framing his face nicely, Sirius Black looked bright and young again.

He was peering at the cake Y/N made.

"Did you make this, Y/N?" Ginny asked impressively.

"She did," Harry replied proudly.

Ginny had grown extremely tall like most of her brothers and her dad.

Her long and silky flaming red hair reached her waist and her freckled face was bold and bright.

"Hey, you," Y/N smiled, as Ginny came over and gave her a hug. "nice summer so far, Gin? Ready for your OWL exams?"

"Enjoyable, yes," said Ginny, pulling away, before lowering her voice, "to be completely honest, I haven't been preparing for my OWLs at all..."

"Y/N Scamander," Sirius grinned, as he appeared behind Ginny. "how wonderful to see you."

Y/N chuckled with joy and walked forwards to give Sirius a bear hug. Sirius smiled softly and hugged her back just as tight.

"It's so good to see you... so how is it to be a free man, Padfoot?" Y/N asked, grinning.

"Would be more free if it wasn't for the bloody death eaters," he said grimly. "not that I'm scared of them, but Harry won't let me out. It's like he's my godfather!"

"Seriously gossiping about me with my girlfriend in front of me, Sirius?" Harry walking over to them with crossed arms. "Well that's really godfather like of you."

Once they were all set and ready for dinner and Bill and Mad-eye had arrived, they sat around the dining table and started to eat.

They talked to each other and ate joyfully for a good half an hour, catching up with each other and the news surrounding them.

"I mean, I've been waiting for a whole month now!" Hermione was complaining Fred. "Still no owls!"

"I'm sure your OWL results'll be sent out during this week," said Fred thoughtfully, "We got ours about a month into our break, too."

Meanwhile, Sirius was telling Y/N and Harry about their parents, with Ron also listening curiously.

"Alexis, Marlene and Lily were visiting Hagrid once, I remember it so vividly-" he said with a nostalgic smile, "James was busy drooling over Lily, he walked straight into the lake- no hesitation!"

Y/N, Ron and Harry laughed, their mouths full of food.

Y/N met Harry's gaze and felt her stomach do a backflip.

They haven't had the chance to have time alone since Y/N's arrival.

Harry had tried to send her glances, trying to tell her he would make up to her later, but Y/N barely even looked at him in the eye.

It seemed more like she was ignoring him, for some reason.

When almost all the food was gone, Harry gave up trying to communicate through his eyes.

He slid a hand under the table and placed it on Y/N's leg, making Y/N responded with an abrupt jump.

Despite his hand and his ring being cold, it wasn't why Y/N had flinched.

It was because his hand was higher up that usual... the usual being only her knee, and this time being more than half way up her thigh.

"You alright, Y/N?" Ginny frowned at Y/N's tense expression.

"Yeah- just- bit my tongue," Y/N said, trying to control her tone.

She glanced very briefly at Harry.

He seemed to be just enjoying his food, not even looking at her, as though he wasn't even paying attention to her.

His hand, however, said a different story. Y/N could feel it was getting dangerously higher and he was moving his fingers teasingly.

"You know what, my tongue really hurts." Y/N said through gritted teeth.

She sprang up from her chair and felt Harry's hand slip off her leg.

"You sure you're alright?" Ginny asked worriedly.

"I can find a healing potion for you," said Sirius, frowning at her in concern.

"No." Y/N said firmly, shaking her head. "I just need to- toilet."

Ginny, Ron and Sirius exchanged confused looks, but Y/N was already gone.

She walked quickly out of the kitchen and into the nearest bathroom, which was under the stairs, not too far away from the kitchen.

She rushed into the bathroom, shut the door behind her, and let out a heavy sigh, shutting her eyes.

Sirius' bathrooms were surprisingly always clean and looked luxurious.

Y/N took one deep breath and examined herself in the mirror.

Calm down... calm the hell down- you're so overreacting... she told herself. What the hell was that?

She really didn't know what she was feeling or how she was supposed to feel, but what the hell was Harry thinking?

He knew exactly what he was doing.

She stood there for a good minute, noticing her breath, before letting out another sigh.

She finally calmed herself and turned back around and pushed the door open determinedly.

However, she let out a loud gasp and stumbled back into the bathroom in terror, accidentally exploding the soap bar besides the sink.

"Harry James Potter-!" She hissed, but Harry quickly covered her mouth with his hand and pushed her back into the bathroom.

"Shh! Sirius'll hear you-" he whispered, shutting the door behind him and locking it.

"You're- an- arse," Y/N said, pushing his hand away from her face. "you know, I could've gotten a heart attack-!"

"Will you lower your voice!" Harry hissed.

"What do you want, Harry?" Y/N shot, staring into his eyes. "And what the hell were you trying to do back there?"

"What do you mean?" Harry asked, puzzled.

"Ginny was literally sitting beside me," Y/N said sternly. "And Sirius and Ron were only a few seats away-"

"What did you think I was going to do?" Harry asked, raising his eyebrows.

"You- you-" Y/N gritted her teeth, glaring at Harry's face. She could tell he was trying to hide a smirk.

"Did you think I was dumb enough to do anything like that in front of those people," said Harry, taking a step closer to her.

"Yeah, I guess I did," Y/N said bitterly, crossing her arms.

"Don't cross your arms at me like that, Niff," Harry said cooly. "I was only messing around. I was trying to get your attention-"

"You knew how I was going to react!" Y/N snapped. "After what I said by the lake-"

"What did you say by the lake?" Harry asked with a frown.

"You don't remember- that's OK, doesn't matter," Y/N said spitefully. "Luckily, Sirius didn't notice this time, did he? Stealthy, weren't you?"

"Don't be too loud," Harry said, glancing at the door. "I told them I forgot something in my bedroom."

"But you decided to lock yourself and your girlfriend in this tiny ass bathroom instead." Y/N said, rolling her eyes.

"Look, I just thought you were ignoring me," Harry said through gritted teeth. "now I know you clearly don't like me touching you-"

"I didn't say anything about not liking it! But that's not the point," Y/N said heatedly. "the point is, if Remus found out, he would kill you, despite the lack of full moon-"

"Lower your voice, for heaven's sake-"

"-so if you don't want to die the hard way, keep your fingers so yourself when there's people around!"

"SHH!" Harry felt a rising anger build up in his chest.

"You're not listening to me-!"

"Shut. Up." Harry hissed in panic, pushing her up against the wall and covering her mouth with both of his hands firmly.

Y/N felt her head collide with the wall behind her slightly painfully.

Y/N scowled at him and ripped his hands from her face with slight struggle, glaring into his emerald eyes for a few moments.

Then, she slowly broke into a grin.

"Make me." She taunted.

Before Harry could stop himself, he grabbed her by the waist and crashed his lips onto hers.

The next thing Harry knew, his lips were on Y/N's and he was kissing her like he'd never did before- and she was kissing him back the same way.

Y/N's back was pressed against the wall and she felt Harry's fingers grip her waist tightly.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and grabbed a fist full of his hair, kissing him back.

She still felt slightly frustrated, but somehow, instead of pulling away, moving her lips on his was a satisfying way to express that frustration.

Harry noticed Y/N start to become breathless as he continued to kiss her passionately, while pushing her against the wall.

But despite being breathless, Y/N couldn't let him take over her- so she didn't stop.

It was odd... both their ring and bracelet were switching between glowing red and pink, and that had never happened before- whatever feeling it was, Harry knew he really liked it...

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A/N ~ I'm going to try to keep each chapter less than 6000 words, because I apparently have a habit of writing 10k word chapters.

Anyway. That started off and escalated quickly. And OH. MY. GOD. I can't wait to write sixth year!!

P.S. another reminder that I will not be writing smut✌️

- ScribblingQuills