"James!" Lily called out, chasing her boyfriend down the corridor. "Slow down! Where are we going?"

She caught up to him at the corner. "Where are we going?"

"Well if I told you wouldn't that just ruin the surprise?"

"Just tell me!"

"I saw something this morning and I just need to know if you see it too."

"We're going to get caught," Lily chided from his side.

"You need to lighten up love," James said endearingly looking down at her. "But if it makes you feel better I brought the cloak.'

"That does make me feel better," Lily said reaching into James' pocket to pull out his invisibility cloak. She liked this because no one could see them and they had to be close together for the cloak to get to the ground so no one could see their feet. Once the cloak was over them James snaked his arm around Lily's waist and held her close to him as he slowed their speed in walking down the corridor.

"You know," James said. "Even after a year of dating me, I don't know how you don't get some thrill out of the whole sneaking about thing."

"I don't know," she answered. "It's not really my thing. I don't have a single detention. I don't like doing the wrong thing."

"I guess I will have to work on getting you a detention next week." James saw Lily about to protest and continued, "but for tonight I will just show you what we need to see."

"Are we almost there?"

"What? You don't like being here with me?" James pouted.

"Not at all," Lily consoled him and kissed him quickly. "I just don't want to get caught."

"We won't get caught. And besides it's down the next corridor."

Lily sighed in relief and when they arrived at the locked door she muttered, "alohamora," to open it. She took the lock into the room with them where they shed the invisibility cloak.

"I've never been in this room," Lily said.

"I found it last year but today was the first time I found this mirror. Its the mirror of erised. I'm trying to figure out what it does. Take a look?"

Lily walked in front of the mirror. When she looked in and saw the image she was shocked. She let out a gasp and James asked, "What's wrong love?"

She saw in the reflection an older version of herself, standing beside an older version of James. There was a ring on her finger and a baby on her hip.

"What do you see?"

"What did you see this morning James?"

"I saw myself, you and a baby."

She nodded and he asked, "you saw that too?"

She kept nodding and he said, "so it predicts the future?"

Lily looked up at the top of the mirror again and muttered the name to herself, "mirror of erised."

Then it came to her, "Erised is desire spelled backwards James. This mirror shows you what you want the most in life. I think anyway. It makes sense."

"You want a baby with me?"

"So it would appear," Lily smiled, walking up the James. He kissed her once and said, "you're in it for the long haul Evans."

"I can't wait Potter."