Lily and James; Midnight fever

Chapter one: that faithful night

Lily Evans looked into the mirror before her and smiled. She looked exactly like she would have always imagined as a child. Her wild amber colored hair was curled and pulled back so that half of it was up, and half down. And the gown, it was perfect. It was white and simple, yet it cascaded down her body making her look like an angel. As she waited for the return of Alice Longbottom, she started thinking about James. And why she and he were here.

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Lily and James were at James' house and it was around midnight on Christmas eve. The place was decorated beautiful, there were candles everywhere, even his ratty old couch looked magical. They were both on the couch snogging. James pulled away from the kiss and rested his forehead against hers.

"I love you Lily." He breathed

"I love you too, James."

"Lily" was all he said after that and he gazed into her eyes, as if he was waiting for her approval. She gave a small nod of her head, as if to say, "yes?". And then James Potter dropped down on one knee,

"Lillian Evans," he said watching her eyes get big, "will you marry me?"

She didn't waste a split second before her lips burst into a dazzling smile, and she threw her arms around his neck.

"Yes." It was only one word, yet that word had meant the world to her and to James, it was the word that was about to make her, Mrs. James Potter.

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Lily was still smiling, even as the memory faded. She didn't care about Voldemort or the Order right now, at the moment, her world was perfect. She and James had planned a small, but respectable wedding, with just family and close friends invited. They did not want to risk anything with Voldemort; he could not know they were married. After the wedding, they were going to the Caribbean, on their honeymoon, for a week. When they got back, their new house would be all set, with Moony, Padfoot, and Wormtail as its secret keepers. It was James, of course, who insisted on picking all three Maurders. Sirus, in addition, was James's best man, where as Remus was going to walk Lily down the aisle. It was because Remus had been the first of the Maurders to befriend Lily, (if you count Lily and James as a friendship) and lily's parents' died the year after she had graduated from Hogwarts. It was originally going to be James' father, but he was too ill to come to the wedding. Alice had just left to find Remus, for it was nearly time for her to walk down the aisle. Butterflies jittered in Lily's stomach and she wondered if James was feeling the same.

"Stop fidgeting, mate, you'll be fine. She loves you, you know." Sirus Black was unsuccessfully trying to get his best friend to calm down; it was downright ridiculous.

James Potter was at a loss for words; "I- uh ….well I guess…..yeah."

Sirus chuckled at him, "James? James, mate, your tie's upside down."

"Huh? Oh wha-? Yeah." He was in a daze.

"Hello? Earth to prongs?" Sirus waved his hand in front of James' face.

Just then Alice walked in. "Remus, could you-"she paused mid-sentence looking at James, "is he alright?"

"Nervous." grunted Siruis, who was desperately trying to fix James' tie. James smiled sheepishly. Alice eyed him doubtfully.

"He'll be fine." Of this, Remus was sure. "Shall we go and get lily, then?"

"Oh, "she blinked, "yes." She grabbed Remus' hand, and sped off down the hallway