Next was the night I proposed to her. We were still at Hogwarts. It was the last day of school in seventh year, our last day as Hogwarts students. The emotions amongst the fellow seventh years were reminiscent, sombre.
I saw on the marauders map that Lily was up on the astronomy tower. I had been thinking a lot lately and I decided that I dint want to ever part from her. I got my mother to send my grandmothers engagement ring. It was tiffany cut, 4 carats on a gold band. Now was as good a time as any so I gathered up all the remaining Gryffindor courage I had left and I marched up to the tallest tower in Hogwarts where the sunset was making the sky a brilliant red and pink and purple. Lily was sitting a fair distance away from the edge. She never goes within 5 feet of the railing these days.
I shuffled my feet to warn her of my advance and sat down next to her.
"James, what am I going to do? I'm a mudblood, I'm not going to last a day out there." Lily said softly, gazing out across the beautiful grounds.
"I'll protect you Lily-Flower" I said with a smile in my voice
She laughed and I laughed along with her. That was the nickname me and Sirius invented for her in first year and she got so angry she made a bookshelf in the library fall on top of us. We were in the hospital wing for a week. We never dared ever again to even say the words "lily" and "flower" in the same sentence.
"I never did apologise for that did I? "She asked still laughing softly, "I'm sorry you and Sirius were to big of gits to realise not to mess with a young red head's temper"
"Apology accepted" I said still chuckling.
As the laughter died down we sat in comfortable silence watching the sun go down.
"I meant what I said Lily. I'll protect you forever" I mumbled quietly "if you'll let me", I added.
"What do you mean James?" she asked curiosity and excitement buried in her casual tone.
"Will you marry me Lily?" I said looking at my feet.
I chanced a glance up at her to see she was smiling, silent tears streaming down her face.
"Of course" she mouthed
I leant in and crashed my lips to hers. My right hand was entwined with her left and her right was around my neck, my other hand around her waist. I slipped the ring that I was clutching onto the third finger of her left hand where it would stay until the day she died.
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