In two days, James Potter would be a married man. He couldn't wait to become the husband of the girl of his dreams, no matter how much it upset his best friend, Sirius Black. To make it up to him, James had told Sirius he was allowed to throw him a bachelor party. Since James knew Sirius was awful at making plans, James half expected Sirius to simply show up at his house with a couple firewhiskeys with a handful of cards for poker.

But as it turned out, Sirius did actually plan something, although James had no idea what. He was waiting with Lily at her house for the boys to pick him up. He had stopped by to see her, since it would be the last time he would before the wedding.

James was looking forward to a night of drunken mischief, but he regretted not being able to see Lily for an entire day and a half. It seemed so silly, but he felt like he needed to be with her, to make sure she didn't run away or anything. But Lily was insistent. She wanted him to have a day to recover from the bachelor party, and then him to see her for the first time at the altar.

"So, what do you have planned for tonight?" James asked Lily, inquiring about her bachelorette party. He had his arm around her, and they were sitting on the couch in her living room.

"Nothing too exciting. All the girls will be coming over here for movies and party games, and Mum's made a ton of food which I can't eat, since I need to fit into a wedding dress in two days."

Lily rested her head on his shoulder. "What do you have planned for tonight?" she asked casually.

James hesitated. You never knew with Sirius. He had joked about getting some strippers, but James doubted Sirius could pull something like that together. If he tried, he couldn't see Remus going along with it.

Lily looked at James, still waiting for an answer.

"Oh well, I'm not really sure… I guess all the guys will be there… probably do some drinking… and some drinking… you know." James swallowed.

"Sounds crazy."

"Yeah."

"Your hair is a mess by the way," Lily told him.

"I thought you liked it like this."

"I do, but I just thought you might want to look a bit neater since you're going out."

"Hey, it's a bachelor party," James said with a grin. "There's no one there that I'll need to impress." Except for the naked girls that Sirius might hire, James thought. If he did, Lily would kill him.

"Well, I hope you have fun," Lily said, kissing his shoulder.

James waited for her to press him more, but she didn't. He expected her to ask some sort of questions about the girl situation, but nothing.

James didn't know if he even wanted strippers or not. On one hand, he didn't want to do anything that would upset Lily. However, he certainly didn't want his guests to be bored. What else was there to do at a bachelor party than to drink until you pass out? But he was James Potter, and he was sure that his friends were expecting an epic party with plenty of… entertainment.

James heard a car pull up in the driveway. "They're here," he told Lily.

Lily got up off the couch. "Well, I guess I'll see you the day after tomorrow then," she told him. "I really do hope you have a good time, James. But not so much that you don't want to come back to me."

James smiled. "Impossible," he said, leaning to kiss her lips.

Lily turned her head, so he wound up kissing her cheek. James frowned. "What?" he asked.

She just grinned.

James sighed. Lily had been strange about intimacy over the last few weeks. He remember two months ago, when Lily told him there would be no more sex until they were married. But it wasn't even just sex, it was like… everything. He remembered one time when she freaked out on him simply for giving her a tiny squeeze on her bottom. Of course that could've been because her mother was in the room at the time, but still. James couldn't understand it, but no matter how he pleaded with her, she wouldn't give in. It had been a hard two months, especially when Sirius was getting some every other night, but it would all be worth it soon. Lily promised she would make it up to him on the wedding night.

Sirius let himself inside the house. "Prongs! Let's go! Your party's waiting, and those firewhiskeys aren't going to drink themselves!"

"Be right there," he said, he said, giving Lily another quick kiss.

"You bring him back to me in once piece, all right, Black?" Lily said.

"No promises, Evans," Sirius replied.

Lily's mother came in to greet Sirius from the kitchen. "Hello Sirius dear," she said, holding a baking spoon. "You don't want to grab something to eat before you leave, do you?"

"We won't need it Mrs. Evans, thanks," he replied.

"Why? What do you have planned?"

Sirius grinned. "Ah, that information is strictly confidential. All our shenanigans must be kept top secret from our little bride here."

James looked over to Lily nervously, but her expression didn't change. She blew him a kiss, and they left.

"Why would you say that?" James asked Sirius as they got into the car. He greeted Remus and Peter who were in the back seat. "She's gonna think you hired strippers or something."

Sirius didn't say anything.

"You—you didn't, did you?"

"Did you want me to?"

James shrugged. "I don't know. I mean, I want it to be a good party and everything, but Evans would be so pissed…"

"Did she mention it at all?" asked Remus.

"No!" James exclaimed. "That's the thing. Like, if she had told me, 'James, I absolutely don't want you to have strippers at your party,' then like, I would need to have them, you know? Just because you know how I hate it when she tells me what to do. But since she didn't say anything, I feel guilty even thinking about it. Like, she trusts me so much, that she doesn't even ask. She just… trusts me."

"Did you ever think maybe she didn't say anything because she's okay with it?" asked Sirius.

"What? No." said James.

"Well, think about it. Lily's the only one you've ever seriously dated, the only one you've even had actual sex with. And it's going to be that way for the rest of your life. Maybe she wants to give you a chance to experience someone else before making the big commitment."

James pondered this. It made sense… sort of. Maybe Lily was afraid that he would get bored with her. After all, she didn't even let him touch her for the past two months. James wished he could tell Lily how silly she was being. After all, the realization that Lily would be the only woman he would ever have sex with for the rest of his life didn't bother him one bit. Or did it? He had never thought about it that way.

"So… you didn't answer me," said James. "Did you, or didn't you?"

"James, I'm not telling you anything. You'll find out soon enough."

James turned to Remus. "Did he get them? Seriously tell me!"

Remus grinned and shrugged.

"Peter! Tell me, did he get them?"

Peter opened his mouth to speak, but Sirius interrupted. "Peter, if you say anything I will seriously murder you. In your sleep."

"I wasn't going to!" cried Peter. "I was just going to say—"

"Oh Peter, don't spoil it!" said Remus. "James can wait until we get there.