Disclaimer: I'd spend way too much time thinking up of the plot of HP if I owned it. However, it only took me at least 2 hours to think up of this one completely. So therefore, I don't own it.

"I don't know about this guys," Lily said, uneasily.

"Oh, relax, would you?" James rolled his eyes.

They were standing in front of a church, all white and a crowd of people dressed in black parading in. Lily, Cara, and James had followed suit, although it had taken some persuading to get James to go in black, not hot pink.

"Black represents mourning," Lily had explained earlier.

"Ah, but pink represents happiness. Like, you know, moving on?"

Lily rolled her eyes. "Not this early are people moving on."

"Well…oh! It also represents celebrating their lives on this slightly oblate spheroid we call Earth." He grinned. However, after some slight persuading and a spoon being thrown at his head by Cara, he changed into his black suit, still insisting about keeping a hot pink tie on though.

"Lily, look," Cara said, pointing towards the entrance of the school. Petunia and Vernon were there, viewing the crowd. Petunia was looking surlier than ever, and Vernon's suit was popping because of his pudginess. James held in laughter as he saw Petunias boyfriend smile.

"What's so funny?"

James couldn't hold it in anymore, and he burst out laughing.

"He looks like a pig! Don't you think so???"

Lily smirked. "Not right now, James. Oh shit."

Petunia had glanced sight of her, and her beady eyes narrowed. She stalked her way over to the group and said harshly, "What do you think you're doing here? I told you not to come!"

Cara cleared her throat. "Um, since when does she have to obey you. Her parents are dead, and she wants to attend the funeral. It's no crime."

"What's going on over here?" Vernon showed up next to Petunia and he glared at Lily. "You. What are you doing here? And who's these two? More freaks you decided to plague our lives with?"

Lily's eyes narrowed, and she looked at Petunia. "Tuney, what are you going to do in order to get me to leave?"

"I already told you. I'm calling the police." She took our a rather large and gaudy cellular phone.

"She didn't do anything!" Cara cried.

Petunia stared her down. "Thanks to her, I have no more parents. Don't even think of telling me that this freak is innocent of a crime."

"Ok, then I will." James stepped forward. Petunia looked him up and down. "Voldemort would have killed your parents sooner or later anyways. He's killing whenever he can. And you," he turned to Vernon, "make fun of Lily and us one more time. I dare you."

Vernon was unimpressed. "What are you gonna do about it?"

James fingered his wand inside his pocket, the tip pointing out of this pocket.

Lily gasped. "James," she hissed, "I told you to leave that back at the hotel."

Vernon's eyes made his way to the pocket and they widened. "No. Get that away from me. Now."

"Threatened?" James asked. "Well, don't make me use it. No one. Insults. Lily."

"What do you got, a crush on her?"

James's eyes flashed, and the tip of the wand was more exposed. "I believe we don't need to say anything else. Now if you excuse us, I believe the ceremony is about to begin." He pushed past the two and grabbed Lily and Cara's hands. "Come on, lets go."

Lily turned to him as they entered the chapel. "James, that was foolish."

He shrugged. "He's a git. He deserved it."

Lily sighed and her and Cara went to the front row, sitting down. "James, come on," Cara said, beckoning him. But James just stood there, staring at the front of the church. Two bodies lay there, open coffin. He walked towards them in a trance. He never had met Lily's parents, Lily would have killed him if he made an introduction. But now, here he was, looking at the people who gave life to the girl he loved, dead. Their eyes still open in shock, and James shivered. He never had seen a dead person before.

He looked back at Lily, who was sitting there, looking at him. "James," she whispered, "Please come back here."

He glanced at the bodies once more, and then resumed his way to his seat next to Lily.

The service was long and sad, Lily cried silently through most of it, while James held her hand tightly, eyes forward, and Cara put an arm around her for support.

"…And now the daughter of these lovely people shall speak for us. Lily? Will you please?"

Lily's eyes widened. She expected Petunia to say something, and had no doubt that she was furious. She also was gone most of the year, so this was a bigger surprise.

"Go, Lily," Cara urged.

Lily looked at her. "Come with?" Cara nodded, and they both stood up, going to the front of the church. "Hello," Lily said, nervously. "It was nice of you all to come here. As you all know, my parents…were great people. Amazing people. They made me laugh so much, and they taught me things I needed to know. And now…I'll never laugh like that again… but, they are in a better place now, watching over us all. They would always tell me things and teach me lessons, which were always right in the end. There was no one like them, anywhere…" she wiped her eyes and lowered her head. "It really is a shame, you know, that I didn't spend as much time as I'd like to with them. I took them for granted, never imagining what it could be like for them to go away. And now all I have left are the memories. And those are the memories that I shall cherish forever…Thank you." She walked back to the pew with Cara, and kept her head low. James looked at her and raised her head.

"You did great, Lily." He brushed the tears from her eyes.

As they proceeded to the procession, Lily kept walking right behind the coffins with James and Cara, who never left her side. She cried a bit when they were lowered into the ground. She walked over to the ditches. She looked at each one for what seemed the last time.

She felt a tap on her shoulder. "Here." James handed her 2 lilies, and she dropped one into each. Cara stepped forward with a bunch of purple flowers Lily didn't know of, and she dropped one into each. The group started to go off, and James held back. He then dropped a note into each of the ditches.

Thank you.

As James, Lily, and Cara walked away, Vernon came up to them. He sneered at James and Cara, then turned to Lily directly.

"Next time someone dies, do the world a favor, will you? Don't show you care, and if you do decide to show up in our lives again, don't bring your friends."

James stepped forward, taking out his wand. Vernon's eyes got wide and he took a step back. Lily grabbed the wand. "It's not worth it. He's not worth it." She and Cara turned walking away, and James reluctantly followed.

"Freak." James turned around fast as wind and threw a punch directly at Vernon's face. Vernon's eyes were wide and surprised as he was knocked to the ground. He stared up at James, who stared back angrily.

"I warned you," James growled. He turned around and ran towards Lily and Cara, whose mouths were wide open and rather in the shape of a smile.

*************************************************************** "So…what now?" Cara asked. She had changed out of her black dress into dark skinny jeans and a purple-checkered shirt. James was in faded jeans and a white tee. Lily was in her room, probably still mourning. James and Cara didn't blame her. It had to be hard. They didn't know what it was like.

"No sé," James answered. The hotel suite they had rented was a beautiful suite. Lily and Cara got a room, and James had one as well. There was also a kitchen, patio, and living room. The bedrooms, kitchen, and living room were all plain white, accented with a bit of lilacs in vases.

An owl appeared at the window, and James answered it.

"Sirius…" he murmured. He opened the letter.

Prongs,

Thanks for leaving me here with Moony, Jules, and Wormtail. You're a real friend. Of course, Moony and Jules only spend time with each other at the moment(you know, that "Oh my goodness, I'm in love" first stage), and so I'm hanging out with Wormtail.

Again, great friend.

Kidding.

Sort of.

Anyways, you know how I've been really weird lately? Well, it's Cara. You see, I think I…like her? Help me. I asked her out the day Lily's parents died, and she blew up in my face. This is something we should probably talk about mirror-to-mirror. Get out your mirror and talk to me as soon as you get this. I tried you earlier, but you weren't there.

Talk to you later!=P

And yes, I did just draw a really horrible face with a tongue sticking out.

Padfoot

James looked up from the letter and stared at Cara. "What is it?" she asked, narrowing her eyes.

He shook his head and ran to his suite, locking the door. He ran to his trunk and pulled out a mirror. "Sirius?"

Sirius's face appeared in the mirror. "Oh, hey man. Got the letter, I'm guessing."

"You like Cara?"

Sirius's smile was replaced with a grimace of pain. "Yeah. God, she completely freaked at me! She told me I was like you…God, she was acting like Lily used to. She was saying how arrogant I was and…well, basically that I was a man whore."

"Ouch."

"Yeah. She said something like how she used to wish she could be with me, but now she doesn't."

"Well, give her a reason to. And not just a one-night stand. But to be in a relationship. That works."

"It's not that easy, man."

"If you just show her that you care about her, it is. Be nice to her, show her you care about what's happening in her life and try to be just a good friend for now. Forget that morning ever happened." Sirius nodded. "And maybe lay off on the girls."

He pouted. "Must I?"

James nodded. "Must you."

Sirius sighed. "Ok, thanks mate. Talk to you later, I got History of Magic."

James frowned. "Aren't you supposed to be there by now?"

Sirius shrugged. "I guess. What does it matter to you? Living up to your Head Boy duties?"

James laughed. "Maybe. Talk to you later."

Cara peeked in the door. "Talking to yourself? It's a pure form of insanity. I knew you'd end up in this state sooner or later."

James grinned at her. "Thank you! Glad to know it's not a shock." He stood up. "Lets wander about London."

Cara raised her eyebrows. "You know where we are, right? We're like an hour away!"

James shrugged. "So we take the train. Let's go."

"Should we take Lily?"

James thought for a second before nodding. He walked over to their door and knocked. "Lily? We're gonna go tour London…want to come?"

The door opened. "Sure. Just give me a second." James nodded. Lily washed her face and re-did her makeup. Cara pulled a "Jules-worthy" outfit from her suitcase, a white blouse cinched with a thin red belt and dark jeans, and Lily changed into it. She walked out of the room to find James waiting on the couch. He pulled on his leather jacket.

"So what are we going to do in London, my ladies?"

"Can we go shopping? I need to get more winter clothes."

Cara nodded. "Approved. Is that ok with you, James?"

James grinned, going between the girls, putting his arm around them. "Why wouldn't it be ok? What guy doesn't want to walk around London with two cuties and watch them try on dresses?"

Lily smiled, slapped him, and walked out the door, grabbing her black pea coat. Cara followed suit, grabbing her jean jacket.

James still was grinning. "I should've expected that." He walked out the door. "And I shouldn't be smiling." He frowned. "That's better. And I definitely should've known that Cara would be right about me talking to myself sooner or later."

"James! Come on!" He rushed down the long flight of stairs after the girls.