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Rating: This story is rated T for some mild adult content in later chapters and some mild language. It might go up in later chapters depending on how the story writes itself.

modrocker423: Thanks for the review piggy396! I'm glad you liked the last chapter, even though there wasn't much to it. Hopefully this chapter will be a bit more interesting!

Enjoy!


Chapter Two: Nerves

James Potter quickly paced around the room he was in, muttering to himself slightly and running a hand through his already messy hair. His stomach felt as though tons of butterflies were swarming around in it, trying desperately to get out. He also felt faint and weak, as though he might collapse in any minute.

"Calm down, mate! You don't want to have a heart attack before you get married," Sirius Black, James' best friend and best man, said, slightly exasperatedly. He shook a lock of his long, silky black hair out of his face as he observed James pacing back and forth. James stopped pacing and looked over to the couch Sirius was sitting on.

"When you get married, Sirius, tell me how you feel less than an hour before the ceremony," he snapped, resuming his pacing. Sirius rolled his eyes at James' remark.

"James, you should be excited right now, not nervous to the brink of a breakdown," he replied.

"And why's that?" James asked, stopping once again to look over at his best friend, who was grinning slightly at the sight of him frantically pacing around the room.

"C'mon, James, you're smarter than that!" Sirius responded, his grin still in place.

"No seriously, Sirius, please enlighten me," James said as he took a seat next to him on the couch; he felt as though his knees could support him no longer.

Just as Sirius opened his mouth to say his answer to James, the door to the room opened and Remus Lupin, another of James' close friends, walked in. He saw the two sitting on the couch and beamed.

"Thought you two might still be in here," Remus said, walking over to them.

"James here is having a nervous breakdown. I think it's a miracle he hasn't hurled yet," Sirius replied. Remus gave him a disapproving look, but bit back the retort he wished to say.

"Well, it's natural to feel nervous before you get married. Marriage is a big commitment," Remus responded in a somewhat matter-of-fact voice.

"But he should be happy! He's about to marry Lily, the girl of his dreams...the same girl he chased after all through Hogwarts...the girl who-" Sirius started to say until Remus cut him off.

"We get the point, Sirius," he said, a bit bluntly.

"Yeah, but does James?" Sirius retorted, looking back around to a rather pale James, who was staring out the window as though seriously considering jumping out of it. When James made no indication he had heard him, Sirius said, "Jaaames? Hellooo?" and waved his hand in front of James' face, making him jump back to reality.

"What?" James asked, still looking rather dazed.

Remus rolled his eyes while Sirius groaned slightly and said, "Forget it."

James looked at the two, slightly confused, before looking quickly around the room. "Hey, where's Peter?" he asked.

"He's out by the snack table," Remus replied.

"Typical," Sirius said. He had meant to say his remark more to himself, but had ended up saying it a bit louder than he had anticipated. Remus glared at him.

"You're such a prick, Sirius," he scolded, still glaring. Sirius flashed one of his signature smiles at him.

"Yeah, but I'm a good looking prick," Sirius replied arrogantly. Remus rolled his eyes while James laughed. "So he's not an emotionless nervous bum after all!" Sirius remarked about James, who stopped laughing after he said that.

"Shut up," he snapped, shoving Sirius playfully, who shoved him back. As Sirius and James continued to wrestle slightly, the church bells rang out, signaling that it was eleven o'clock in the afternoon.

"Dammit," James muttered, his face turning pale again at the thought that he was going to get married any minute. Remus seemed to be able to read what was going through his mind.

"Relax, James. Everything's going to be fine. You love Lily with all your heart and Lily loves you with all her heart. There's nothing more important you two can give each other," Remus said, clasping James' shoulder slightly.

"Besides, if anything goes wrong, we're here for you, mate," Sirius added, thumping James' back. The color returned to his face as James grinned at his friends.

"Thanks you guys. That means a lot to me," he responded earnestly, still grinning. Remus and Sirius returned the grin.

"Now enough of this sappy friendship stuff! We got to get you married!" Sirius exclaimed, grabbing James arm and pulling him up off the couch before leading him out of the room, with Remus following right behind.