Till Death Do Us Part
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"Sheesh! What is James doing in there?" Remus
asked. He was standing outside the door
of the bathroom in their dorm room.
"I don't know," mumbled
Sirius. He stumbled over to the door
and pounded on it. "James! Open the damn door!"
"Shut up," Peter mumbled
from his bed where he was still trying to sleep with little success. The bathroom door opened slowly, revealing
James, several cans of hair gel, hairspray, and his wand. His hair looked the same as usual, only a
little more greasy than usual.
"James! What is that? A Snape impression?" asked Sirius.
"Shut up!" James shouted. He stomped out of the bathroom mumbling.
"What's up with him?" asked
Remus.
"I'm not sure," said
Sirius. "But I have to use the
bathroom, now!" He ran into the
bathroom and locked the door. James was
now pacing the dorm room, a nervous expression on his face.
"James, what's…" Remus
began, but was interrupted by Sirius's angry voice.
"God James! What the hell did you do in here? It reeks!"
"Anyways, James, what's
wrong?" Remus asked. James shook his
head and continued pacing the room.
Sirius emerged from the bathroom, looking refreshed and awake.
"What's up with Prongs?" he
asked. Remus shook his head and
sighed.
"Don't even bother asking,"
he said.
"Oh Prongs!" Sirius
shouted. "What's up?" James groaned and continued pacing. "Tell me!
Tell me right now!" Sirius demanded.
"You are annoying!" shouted
James, still not answering.
"I know," said Sirius. "Now would you tell us already?"
"I'm trying to figure out
how to ask Lily to marry me, alright?
Now leave me alone!" he shouted quickly. Remus and Sirius stared at each other.
"Oh," said Sirius, sounding
a bit surprised. "Go for it."
"Yeah," said Remus. "Good luck." James made a face and stormed out of the dorm room.
"He's nervous," said
Sirius. "Really nervous."
"Yep," agreed Remus.
Later that day, Sirius
entered the Gryffindor common room to find James kneeling before Peter,
professing his love. Remus was watching
attentively.
Sirius made a face, and
began to shout, "No! No! James, you're marrying the wrong person! Don't do it!"
Remus grinned and waved his hand dismissively.
"Don't worry. This is just Plan B, in
case Lily says no." James glared at
them and if looks could kill, both Remus and Sirius would be smoldering piles
of ash at the moment.
Just then, James's worst
nightmare came true, and Lily walked into the common room. She stopped to say hi, and noticed her boyfriend, on his knees, in
front of his friend. She raised an eyebrow, then shook her head,
muttering, "I don't even want to know."
Then she walked up the stairs to the girl's dorm. Remus and Sirius held their laughter in as
long as they could, but failed. They
burst out laughing. Jams glared daggers
at them.
"I'm practicing, you moron!"
James shouted, then stormed out the room, bumping into and scaring the life out of a couple of first years.
Remus and Sirius looked at Peter, who shrugged helplessly.
"He forced me!" They
stared at him doubtfully. "What? I'm serious!" Sirius shook his head, and
covered his face with his hands.
"When will the torture stop?"
he muttered.
Remus shrugged. "It's your
name. You're stuck with it."
James finally came down
several hours later, to find his friends in the common room. Remus was chasing Peter, and Sirius was
lounging on the couch with his current
girlfriend of the week.
"Guys? Can we talk?" Remus
looked up from where he was sprawled on
the floor, Peter a few feet behind him, also on the floor. Peter had fallen and
Remus had tripped over him. Sirius looked up and jumped up, much to the dismay
of the girl in his lap.
The Marauders quickly left and hurried up to their
dorm. James sighed and began to pace
again. He dropped on the bed, and
pulled out a small blue velvet box, which he opened to reveal a large blue
tinted diamond.
The Marauders stared in wonder.
Sirius whistled.
"I can't do this," James
said, shaking his head. "I just
can't. What if she says no?"
"She's not going to say no,"
said Remus. "She's Lily. She loves you."
"Yeah," said Sirius. "Why would't she say yes?" James smiled a little.
"But what do I say to her?"
he sounded worried.
"How about will you marry
me," offered Sirius. James shook his
head.
"I want to say more than
that. I want to tell her how I really
feel about her."
"Well, there's always those
dreams," said Sirius.
"Shut up!" James
shouted. "I do not dream about Lily."
"But we know otherwise,"
said Remus. James shook his head in
disgust.
"Really, though, what do I
say?" he asked desperately.
"Do I look like I know?"
asked Sirius. "Just pretend it's
Peter." James gave him a look and
tossed a pillow at him.
"Well, I'm supposed to meet
Lily at seven tonight at the lake," he said.
"I just don't know." He sighed.
"Just go with it, Prongs,"
said Remus. "Just say what you feel."
"And if you get any ideas
beforehand," said Sirius. "Write them
down!" James nodded, and left the room.
"God, he's a wreck," said
Sirius once he was gone.
"Well, would you be any
better?" asked Remus. Sirius got a
distant look on his face as if he were somewhere else.
"Well, I'll never know that,
now will I?" he said in a bitter tone.
Remus realized what he'd
done. "Oh, I'm sorry, Padfoot. I shouldn't have brought it up."
"Oh, no, really I'm fine,"
said Sirius. There was a moment of
uncomfortable silence. "So, do you
think Lily will say yes to him?"
"Well I hope so, or we'll
have a very mopey Prongs on our hands," said Remus.
"Well, maybe we could help
him along a little," Sirius grinned at his idea.
"Uh, I sense an idea coming
on," said Remus.
"Prongs could use our help,
Remus," said Sirius. "Ya know, in case
things start going wrong." Remus
frowned.
"I guess so," he agreed
reluctantly.
"He said at seven by the
lake, right?" asked Sirius.
"Yeah," answered Remus still
sounding doubtful.
"Great, let's go!" said
Sirius enthusiastically, grabbing Remus by the arm and dragging him towards the
lake.
"Shh, they're coming," said
Sirius from behind the bush.
"Really?" asked Remus,
peering out from behind a nearby bush.
James and Lily were walking hand in hand towards the lake, talking
quietly. James led Lily to the lake's
edge and turned to face her. He took a
deep breath.
"Lily, I brought you out
here to ask you something." Remus and
Sirius exchanged glances.
"I-uh- I…" James stammered.
"English James," Sirius
hissed. James' head jerked up at the
sound of Sirius's voice. Remus gave
Sirius an evil glare.
"Anyways, uh- I was
wondering—um…"
"Yes?" Lily looked at him
expectantly.
"WillyoumarrymeLily?" he
asked quickly. Sirius shook his head.
"I'm sorry, what?" said
Lily, patiently.
"Come on Prongs!" Sirius now
revealed himself from behind the bush.
James shook his head violently and mouthed no. Lily turned around.
"Oh, hello Sirius," she said
pleasantly. James groaned.
"Come on, ask her already,"
said Sirius.
"Maybe I would if you'd go
away!" hissed James. Remus grabbed
Sirius by the arm and yanked him down behind the bush once again. James cleared his voice and began to speak
again.
"So, anyway, Lily. What I was trying to ask you is, well, uh.."
"Just say it!" Sirius and
Remus shouted from behind the bush.
"Oh, just get out from
behind there!" shouted James, sounding exasperated. Sirius and Remus emerged from behind the bush. There were a few seconds of silence.
"Well?" Sirius said finally.
"Go!" James shooed him
away. Sirius shook his head. James groaned and turned once again to face
Lily. He took a deep breath.
"Lily, will you marry me?"
he said suddenly. She looked at him for
a few seconds.
"Say yes! Say yes!" shouted
Sirius. James gave him a look that
clearly said shut up. He was too busy
paying attention to Sirius to realize when Lily cried "Yes! Yes I will!" and threw her arms around him,
knocking him to the ground. Sirius and
Remus cheered.
"Go Prongs! We knew you could do it!" James was too busy paying attention to Lily
to notice.
"We'll be together forever,"
James whispered to Lily. She smiled
back.
"Till death do us part," she
said. Then, she frowned.
"What is it? You haven't changed your mind?" James said
worriedly.
"What did you do to your
hair?" Lily asked, grinning. His answer
was drowned out by laughter from Sirius and Remus. His temper finally breaking he decided to chase them around the
lake. Lily shook her head. She'd always liked James, though he and his
friends still acted childish, even at the age of seventeen. But, boys will be boys. She grinned as she watched her future
husband chase his best friends around the lake, and decided to join in.