Chapter 4
Lily had just settled herself in Remus' room, she changed out of her wedding dress and pulled out a t-shirt and some sweat pants and crawled into the bed.
She felt bad about the wedding; she knew James hadn't meant to call her Clarice. She also knew the only reason she had called off the wedding was that she was scared. She wasn't ready for that sort of commitment. Sure, she loved James but she just- she'd hated him for so long and now she was marrying him? How did that make sense? Then again, nothing made sense to her anymore. Yes, she wanted to marry James, she guessed she was just … scared.
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Remus was lying on his living room couch, tossing and turning, like he had been for the past half hour. He turned on the small muggle television in front of the couch and began flipping through the channels. He sighed; maybe he should have let Lily take the couch. He was just starting to drift off to sleep when – a loud knocking on his front door woke him up.
"Who on earth would be here at this hour?" he muttered getting up from his makeshift bed and opening the door to see –
"James?"
James walked in past Remus muttering to himself.
"James, what are you doing here?" Remus asked bewildered.
"Moony, I don't know what to do," he said finally, "Lily's gone and I don't even know where she is so I can talk to her." James caught sight of the couch and blankets, "Why are you sleeping on the couch?"
'Uh-oh,' Remus thought, 'This does not look too good.' "Um, I felt like sleeping on my couch." He lied.
"Why?" James asked.
"Can't a man sleep on his own couch whenever he wants to?" Remus asked dramatically.
There was a muffled crash from down the hall.
"Is someone else here?" James asked suspiciously.
"No," Remus said, "Now you should probably get going." He tried to push James back out the door.
"Well, if no one's here then," he started to walk down the hall, "I guess you won't mind me taking a look!" He ran down the hall. Remus bolted after him. "James, no don't–" James threw open Remus' bedroom door.
Lily looked up from where she was sitting on the bed, "Potter? What are you doing here?"
"Lily, why – wait, Remus how could you? James cried in a constricted voice.
"James, don't be an idiot. I needed a place to stay for the night where you wouldn't find me. Remus was letting me have his bed while he slept on the couch, Merlin." Lily answered sounding thoroughly exasperated.
"Lily, will you please just listen to me for one minute?" James pleaded.
"I'm through listening James." She replied harshly.
Remus sighed, "James you have five minutes, Lily you must listen to James. What can it hurt?" he walked out shutting the door behind him. Lily sighed. James sat down on the bed next to her.
"Lily, look I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to. I was nervous; you know how when I'm nervous I can't talk."
"James, you said another girl's name. At our wedding," she said, not looking him fully in the eye.
"Lily, I don't know what else to do. I'm sorry. I was thinking of you but I got tongue-tied. Do you want me to beg? Cause I will." He got down on his knees in front of her and grabbed her hands in his.
"James, I'm … I'm scared," she said finally.
James climbed back onto the bed, "Scared? Of what?"
"I don't know. Us? Marriage?" she said, tears gently slipping down her cheeks.
James reached up and wiped away the tears, "Why? Don't you want to marry me?"
"Yes, but I just – Doesn't' it seem too soon? I don't know if I'm ready for this," she said.
"Sure you are. We both are. We can do this, but only together."
"But how can you be sure?" Lily asked her tears finally subsiding.
"Because I love you."
"I love you, too, James."
"Then give me one more chance, please Lily," he begged.
"James, how can I say 'no'?" she leaned over and kissed him full on the mouth. After pulling away, James got up.
"Well, better go thank Remus," he said opening the door. And there was Remus.
"Um," he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Thanks, Moony," James said, "Lily, I'll drop you off at home."
"So, is the wedding back on then?" Remus asked.
"Yes," Lily said, "Tomorrow," she said smiling at James. He nodded.
"And since we still have everything there …" James said.
"Actually, um, well," Remus began, rubbing the back of his neck, "There's no cake."
"What did you all eat it?" Lily teased.
"No, we had a food fight with it," Remus corrected, "Sirius' idea." He added.
Lily just shook her head.
"Well, we'll figure things out later," James, said as he pulled Lily off the bed.
"Bye, Moony."
"Bye, James."
"Bye, Remus."
Crack!
James and Lily were gone. Remus let out a sigh of relief. They were gone; he had hoped they'd leave. He glanced up; there on the back of his bedroom door was Lily's wedding gown.
Crack!
Lily appeared again. "Sorry, I forgot," she grabbed her dress, "Thanks for everything, Remus," she said hugging him.
"No problem," he replied.
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"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."
James grabbed Lily, dipped her, and kissed her. The whole hall broke into applause as James carried Lily out of the hall.
Once everyone got back to Sapphire's house for the reception, they served dinner. Both James and Lily's dads each made a toast for the new couple, and then Sirius got up.
"Uh no," Lily muttered into her husband's ear.
"Well, Prongs, it took you three trips to the altar to get married. You made a good choice," he said winking at Lily, "I guess what they say is true, 'Third time's the charm.'"
Everyone laughed and Sirius came over and hugged both James and Lily.
"So, where's the cake?" Lily asked Sirius.
"Um, well, it's-"
The doors to the kitchen opened and out rolled a cake seven layers high on a cart. Made of an assortment of Ding-dongs, Twinkies, Ho-ho's, and other snack cakes.
Lily just shook her head.
"I'm sorry, Lily," James whispered.
"It's fine, James. I've got everything I need right here," she took his hand, "Who cares about the cake?"
