It Only Hurts When I Breathe

Harry sat on his bed at Privet Drive the week after his fifth year at Hogwarts ended. The photo album Hagrid had given him was in his lap, and he absently turned the pages. As he turned the page, he saw the photo of his parents' wedding. Waving and smiling with his parents was Sirius. Harry felt a lump form in his throat as he looked at his dead godfather. In an attempt to stop any tears from falling, he looked over to his mother, then noticed the woman on her other side. She had long, wavy brown hair and sparkling blue eyes. She was laughing animatedly with Lily and Harry suddenly wondered why he had never noticed her before... LE/JP SB/OC

Fast forward to sixth year. The Marauders, Lily, and Grace are nearly adults. Curses fly in the corridors, and Grace is abysmal in Potions. On top of that, the Yule Ball is coming...

Remus helps Grace with her Potions marks, and Snape acts like his usual self.

The Yule Ball!!! Grace makes Remus dance and Lily disappears with her date...

It's after the Yule Ball, and Sirius has some important matters to discuss...

In which James and Sirius turn into raving lunatics and Snape makes the mistake of crossing them...

In which the Marauders get Snape, Lily fumes, and James finally grows up (at least a little). Cameo appearance by Elvis.

Harry sat on his bed at Privet Drive the week after his fifth year at Hogwarts ended. The photo album Hagrid had given him was in his lap, and he absently turned the pages. As he turned the page, he saw the photo of his parent's wedding. Waving and smiling with his parents, was Sirius. Harry felt a lump form in his throat as he looked at his dead godfather. In an attempt to stop any tears from falling, he looked over to his mother, then noticed the woman on her other side. She had long, wavy brown hair and sparkling blue eyes. She was laughing animatedly with Lily and Harry suddenly wondered why he had never noticed her before. "Who are you?" he whispered to the woman. "Were you friends with my parents, too?”

Harry sat on his bed at Privet Drive the week after his fifth year at Hogwarts ended. The photo album Hagrid had given him was in his lap, and he absently turned the pages. As he turned the page, he saw the photo of his parent's wedding. Waving and smiling with his parents, was Sirius. Harry felt a lump form in his throat as he looked at his dead godfather. In an attempt to stop any tears from falling, he looked over to his mother, then noticed the woman on her other side. She had long, wavy brown hair and sparkling blue eyes. She was laughing animatedly with Lily and Harry suddenly wondered why he had never noticed her before. "Who are you?" he whispered to the woman. "Were you friends with my parents, too?”