Chapter Seven:

"I'm getting married today." was the very first thing that came out of her mouth.

"Oh, that's great!" said Susie. "I absolutely love Albus. We just finished moving in to the married people's dorms."

Rosie said, "Be nicer, Susie. Lils is only 15."

"As of yesterday," Lily added.

"Get dressed, Lily. When is the ceremony?"

"After breakfast. At ten."

"Oh. You get to miss classes!" said Susie.

"Get dressed and we can all go eat together!" Rose said. "Come on, it'll be a great day!"

"I'm not hungry," she said. "I feel like I'm going to lose my stomach."

Susie frowned. "Lily, you've been like this every day except for yesterday. When are you going to eat again? I swear you've lost ten pounds! And it ain't a good thing."

"Oh, she doesn't mean it that way, Lils, you are absolutely beautiful. It's just not good not to eat," Rosie explained quickly.

Lily shrugged. "I don't know. I'm just nervous. I'm not hungry."

"Leave her alone," yawned Anna. "It isn't like you guys, who are starving when you're nervous. Lils and I throw up when we're nervous. We can't help it."

Susie shrugged. "Sorry, Lils."

Lily shrugged too. "No problem. I probably won't come down from up here until the time."

"You'll have to," Rosie said. "Your mum and dad and James are all here."

"They are?"

"In the commons. I saw them earlier. They told me to send you down once you woke up."

Lily threw her stuff on the bed and rushed downstairs. "Mum! Dad! James!"

Ginny threw her arms around Lily. "It's the big day! Are you alright, sweetheart?"

"Lily, Lily, I finally found a blue tie! How does it look?" James tried to catch her attention.

Lily laughed a little. "Um, it's off center."

James glared at her a little. "Really, Lils? You can't say it's absolutely perfect?"

"Calm down, James, you're a little over-bearing," Harry said.

"Uncle Ron is here," Ginny added.

"You guys talk too much," Lily concluded, causing the three of them to laugh. Then, Lily realized, they were all almost as nervous as she. Them talking so much and laughing-they were trying to pretend like nothing was wrong.

"Mum, do you want to help me go get ready?" she asked.

"Of course!" Ginny squealed excitedly. "See you guys in an hour."

Ginny, Rosie, Persephone, and Lily linked arms. Once they got upstairs, they curled Rosie's and Persephone's hair and got them in to their beautiful blue dresses.

"Lily, how do I look?" Persephone asked, twirling around. Persephone was Lily's age, and one of her good friends.

"You look lovely. And your hair is beautiful, as per normal. You look stunning." Lily smiled at her. Persephone's hair was blonde and beautiful, naturally straight, and the curls that now disturbed the straightness made her different and exotic.

Lily's red hair was naturally curly, so all Ginny did was brush through the curls and add a bit of hair magic so her hair wouldn't friz.

"Mmhmm, that's perfect," Ginny said, smiling at her handiwork. "Go get dressed, sweetheart."

Lily grabbed the dress box and ducked in to the bathroom. She neatly pulled on the strapless dress. It was simple and long and beautiful. She had never been in to strapless or revealing, but she found that she loved it. Even though she really was feeling like she was about to cry or throw up, she loved the dress. Quietly, she walked through the bathroom doors out to see her bridesmaids and her mother.

Gasps all around. "Lils, you are supposed to tell the bride she's beautiful, but I'm not lying. You're gorgeous," said Persephone, her eyes wide. "Where on Earth did you find that dress?"

"Hogsmeade," Lily shrugged. "He actually is the one who picked it out."

Persephone laughed. "He is fun to shop with. Shop with him sometime, during the summer or at Christmas. You'll see."

"Lily, you are beautiful." Ginny played with her hair a bit and then gasped again. "We're gonna be late! Hurry, let's get down there!"

Indeed, by the time they reached the commons, Harry, James, and Albus had disappeared.

"They already headed to the room," Susie said.

"How great," muttered Lily, blushing. "Having to get married in a classroom."

Ginny frowned. "oh well."

They finally reached the outside of the room, and Ginny held Lily outside. "I'll go get your father. Stay here."

Harry got out. Persephone and James walked through first, followed by Rose and Albus.

"Our turn," Harry said. "Are you ready?"

"No," she whispered. Her throat was starting to close up with panic.

"Stay calm. It'll be alright."

Harry led her in, standing up as straight and relaxed as he could. Lily followed, trying not to blush and really not succeeding.

Scorpios stared. He really couldn't help it. She was beautiful. Nobody really noticed, because everyone's eyes were on the bride. Lily reached him and looked up at his beautiful blue eyes. He quietly took her hand when Harry handed her over, and smiled at her nervously.

"You are stunning," he whispered softly.

She blushed. "Heh, thanks."

Scorpios nodded and looked at Professor McGonagall, who was leading the ceremony.

Lily had feared it would be a very long and boring ceremony, but to the contrary, it was short and to the point.

In fact, she was shocked when McGonagall concluded with, "I now name you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Scorpios's eyes widened a little and he gave McGonagall a look.

Professor McGonagall just shrugged. "That's what I'm supposed to say. I'm not sure it matters, it just means, the end. Now you're married."

"Wait, wait, not yet," Scorpios sighed, and slowly lifted Lily's chin up. Very carefully, as if he was worried he'd break her if he was too rough, he kissed her. He put an arm around her waist and his other hand against her head.

Lily quickly put her arms around him, almost forgetting that they had an audience. When she became too shy, she gently broke the kiss and took an unsure step back.

"Congratulations!" somebody shouted, and the rest of the people started clapping.

Lily blushed, and Scorpios smiled sheepishly. The Potters and the Malfoys gave Lily hugs and shook her hand, congratulating them.

McGonagall came to them afterwards and said, "We have your room all set up in the marriage dorms. You can have your friends or family help you move, or the teachers would be happy to help."

Scorpios and Lily gave each other a look. "Um..."

It was kind of hectic, but plans to move everything after lunch were made, they changed out of their fancy clothes, and the two families decided to stay for lunch. They all sat at the Gryffindor table, which made it kind of awkward for some students.

Draco, Harry, Ginny, and Pansy talked to each other with interest, while Scorpios, Albus, Susie, Rosie, Andrew, Lily, and Persephone all talked to each other about random things to bring their minds off the marriage.

"Here, you should eat more, Lils," Susie said. "I know you're nervous, but it's good for you to eat."

"Here, let me help," Scorpios smiled mischievously. He grabbed her spoon, spooned some soup and offered it to her. She sipped it, and he continued to hand-feed her, each teasing and smiling at each other the whole way.

"They are almost worst than you two," Rosie teased Susie.

Susie exclaimed, "Impossible! No one bests us!"

Albus smiled at her warmly.

This caused both Scorpios and Lily to blush. Lily grabbed her spoon, set it down, and said, "Shall we go bring the stuff to the room?"