The run down mill-town's streets had a rare treat this summer day: not one, but four wizards in their late twenties, were present in that small northern town, where once Bellatrix Lestrange was wondering if she and her sister were the first purebloods to ever visit this once-prosperous town, which now was but a ghost of the days gone by- days when Britain was leading the Industrial Revolution all the way to mid-sixties, when everyone who could leave the town, did so, leaving those who couldn't, to fend for themselves in the ghosttown full of rubbish, metal and brick. The town was seeing its third- pure-blood James Potter, and his son Harry, who was although half-blood, was even now, the most famous wizard in Britain, not that he really liked the fact all that much. For that matter, he didn't like being in this town either, but his Dad would not take no as an answer and was going to go ahead with his plan anyway. Remus said categorical no to the idea, and he also stopped very enthusiastic Sirius Black coming with them as well.

"Yes, James Potter and Sirius Black, those are the two people that Severus and Lily would want to be present at their wedding, for sure!"

James was going to find the couple anyway, so Harry decided that he at least would try to stop any insanity from going too far, or if James and Severus decided to kill each other right in front of the minister, he could at least drag his Dad away.

The other pair, were a wizard and a witch, who zigzagged the narrow, cobblestone alleyways in a fashion that gave everyone who saw them, an impression that these two were not here the first time in their lives.

Presently, after much wondering around and asking this young kid and that old man for directions, the father and son Potters found themselves on the street called Spinner's End, and almost got busted for spying on the newly married couple. They ducked into a narrow passage between tow brick houses. The man in black and the redhead young woman in green and silver victorian gothic dress got into one of the houses.

"Harry, I am going in."

"Dad, you promised!"

"I promised I won't disrupt the wedding, which we were late to, I think. I promised that they won't see me, and they won't, because I got this!"

"Dad! You brought your Invisibility Cloak with you? I am starting to regret returning it to you!"

"C'mon, Harry. Let's see how the old snake is treating my ex-wife."

"Oh no! I am not going to be part of this. And you are telling me that you are over mom?"

"I am son, I have been for some time. The woman is in love with that greasy git, and I have nothing against it. I had my try. Didn't work out. But she is my best friend and I will make sure that she is being treated well."

"Dad, Professor Snape would never mistreat a lady. Especially mom. Let's go them alone for one day, I am begging you."

"So you are not coming?"

"I will meet you in the local pub, the one that we just passed. Be quick and do not reveal yourself. It's their wedding day. For once in your life, leave the petty mischief behind."

"See you there, son. "James put the cloak on and Harry walked away, dearly hoping that his Dad would have some sense of decency and would not be a bully, he had the capacity to be.

James walked to the building, the pair just went in, and stood by the open window, able to see the entire small room, walls lined with books, while being invisible to everyone around.

Presently, Severus Snape walked from the kitchen, with two takeout boxes, and put them on a table in the living room.

"I still don't understand why we had to do this in secrecy. I think Harry and the others would like to be at your wedding, Lil."

"I couldn't risk another circus, Severus, James and Sirius on our wedding? That's a recipe for a disaster."

"But I promised you, that I will behave and I won't answer anything they say or do. You didn't need to worry."

"Sev, you promised and I trust would try to keep your promise to me. But James and Sirius.. They never even heard me to the end, when I would ask them to stop going after you back in Hogwarts. They just don't listen or don't care, but I am powerless to stop them. So no, I would love them to be here, but this is your and my day, and I think they all gave us enough obstacles as it is. I couldn't lose you once more to a silly and cruel prank, so James and Sirius would feel superior to you. And with you promising to not answer, that would be even more dangerous, because you would not even try to protect yourself, so absolutely no. And besides, can you imagine our purebloods in our playground or in this town in general?"

"No, actually, it's a bit hard to imagine Sirius Black or James Potter in this place. Maybe Remus would be fine. And Harry."

Outside, James Potter had to agree, that indeed, he never listened to Lily, when she begged him to stop torturing Snape. It was amazing, how easily, Snape listened to Lily and agreed to do whatever she asked him to. Severus was a proud man and he was as hotheaded as Sirius was, if not more, but somehow, Lily could stop him in the middle of his rage or insanity. The man obeyed Lily blindly. Well, at least, it was Lily, and not someone else. Her moral compass was needed when it came to Severus. He lost her from his life briefly and look what happened. Death Eater, murderer, spy, all wrapped in one. No Severus needed Lily. And the world in general needed Severus to have Lily in his life. And James hated to admit, but Lily needed Severus as well, she looked so happy around the fool, it was hard to watch. Near him, she was the old, carefree girl, that they knew in Hogwarts, she was not behaving like an adult, and she would laugh at his jokes (yes, apparently, Severus Snape had sense of humor), they would fight and bicker constantly, but only as a was as if those two had a secret language or something.

"We should have gone to Prince castle, if you wanted to see a library, the books there! They have everything!"

The redhead who was looking at the many-many books lining the walls, turned around and gave the man a dashing smile.

"But those are not your books, this is the collection I would love to see. This is who you are."

"And sorry about the mess, your friends tried to knock over couple of things here using me as their hitting object. Haven't have time to clean up since they came yesterday."

"Are you trying to impress me, Severus Snape?" Lily asked with an amuzed smile.

"No, it's just, I don't want to create an impression that I don't clean after myself. So, why can't we live in Prince Castle instead of Godric's Hollow?"

"Why can't we live in Godric's Hollow?"

"For one thing, because it belongs to your ex-husband, for another, it belongs to your I go on?"

Lily chuckled.

"Sev, Jamie gave it to me. If it will make you feel better, offer him to buy it from him. He lives at Grimmauld, you know that. They have made it into a complete bachelor den together with Sirius and Remus. "

"Well, Nymphadora is there."

"She is one the boys by now. Although we have to find girls for our bachelors, you know?"

"That shouldn't be so hard, it's Sirius Black and James we are talking about."

"I agree, they are quite handsome and interesting. We shouldn't have any problem."

"My castle is bigger and it has an amazing view." Severus was not giving up.

"Sev, do you want to know why we will never-ever be living there?"

"Never?"

"Never, Severus. We went there today, and I saw it, it is beautiful and very impressive and as long as we are married, you are not living there. Those times, that you told me you wake up, not remembering where you are, and what happened to you, those things are called seizures, Severus. I will drag you to St. Mungo's to find out more about those, but I think being on receiving end of Cruciatus curse for so long, might have been a contributing factor to it. You didn't have them in Heaven, but once we got back they returned as I understand. Now, as long as I am your wife, you are not going to live in a giant castle with stone floors, where you can fall down at any moment and hit your head. It may take me a quarter an hour to find where you are in that castle, and it maybe too late already. So, the short answer is no. Godric Hollow is where I feel at home and I will redecorate the whole thing, so you feel feel at home, too. Jamie does not have a problem with it, and if you do, just talk to the man. "

"I had them in Hogwarts too, you know. And I was fine."

"You were fine, because Albus and Minerva kept vigilant watch over you. Only here, I can find such a strange collection of books, I swear, Dark Arts, Potions, Herbology, Shakespeare, Dickens, Milton. You do have an impressive.. Wait, what is this?"

Lily got out an old and yellow paperback in between handsome leather-bound wizarding books.

"It's nothing, Lily, just put it back. Come eat something."

"Oh, to the contrary, my friend, it is quite something." She smiled wistfully and opened the first page. " Romeo and Juliet."

"Lily, give that book to me at this moment." Severus got up and walked over. He looked quite anxious and maybe angry? James decided to stay a bit longer to see what would the Slytherin do next?

"To my best friend, with love, Lily." Lily finished reading.

"Lily, will you ever listen to me?" Severus tried to take the book away, but Lily was having none of that. She ducked away and opened the next page. Looked at it and then looked back at Severus.

"Sev, this book alone could have gotten you killed instantly, if a Death Eater ever saw it."

"My life was not all that dear to me when I made the changes."

"Did you change every word Juliet in this book to Lily, all the way through?" She looked through the tiny paperback and sighed "Of course you did."

"I know it looks funny to you.."

"No, it doesn't."

"And ridiculous.."

"Not ridiculous, either."

"I know, it is pathetic."

"Sev, stop talking and look at me. Do I look like I am laughing?"

"No.. You don't. "

"Then get me a pen, I need to correct something on this dedication."

Severus summoned a pen from a desk and gave it to Lily, who scribbled something on the first page and gave the book to Severus.

"Read it back to me."

Severus looked at her, as if she went bonkers, but complied, nonetheless.

"To my crazy Slytherin,to the love of my life, to my husband, to my best friend, with love, Lily." Severus closed the book, and put it in his suit's pocket

"We are taking that book with us to Godric's Hollow, Sev."

A nod.

"Sev, I didn't mean to make you cry."

Another nod.

"You know, when I gave you that book in fourth year, I was already in love with you."

"I never gave you anything back, Lilyflower." Severus was wiping his eyes with the back of his hand.

"Only your life, nothing more." Lily came closer and wrapped her arms around his waist, Severus did the same. They were looking at each other's eyes now. James decided that from what he saw, these two would be just fine, if left started walking towards the pub, Harry was waiting for him there.

"We lost so much time."

"We will make it up, Lilyflower."

"You never called me that before."

"You weren't mine to call you Lilyflower."

"I was always yours, Sev. All you had to do was ask."

"You.. A girl like you.. I still can't believe my luck. "

"I am the lucky one, Sev. You didn't have to wait for me for so long, yet you did. Saw awful dreams, got crucioed and waited for me."

"If you even try, you can't possibly look more beautiful than now. The tears and smile.. Deadly combination to me."

"I don't like the effect I have on you, love. You don't ever refuse me anything. It's not right."

"I never dared to dream of time, when I would have the improbable luck of being in a position of not refusing anything to you."

"You are sure, you are not under Imperius?" Lily laughed with that laugh that made Severus absolutely helpless.
"I might be. This feeling of happiness was too much to be true. Look into my eyes, maybe I am."

Lily did actually look into his eyes. All serious again, she kissed him shortly before saying.

"Sometimes when I look into your eyes, I can see your ten year old self. It's an amazing feeling, Sev. Can't describe it, but believe me, it's worth more than all those years that we didn't speak to each other."

Before Severus could say that he knew exactly what Lily meant, there were shouts in the street, and men were running towards the bar around the corner.

"Sev, what is happening?" Lily ran towards the window to see what was the commotion about.

"Lil, you know our townspeople. Too much alcohol, nothing to do."

"No, Sev. It's something more serious. C'mon. Let's see what has happened. Maybe we can stop it before it gets out of hand." Lily was out of door, Severus got his wand and ran after his new wife.

There was a brawl at the bar, but this was something that people were staring at. Must be something big. Severus caught up with Lily.

"Lily, go back, I will just see what is happening. Go back."

"Are you mad? I am not leaving you alone. Two wands are better than one."

"I don't think that will be necessary."

"Oh yeah? I wouldn't be so sure, Sev. I can distinctly see the red light of Expelliarmus."

"If this is something your husband or his buddy have something to do with. Lily. I swear, I will do what I should have done a long time ago."

"Sev. Stop running for a minute. Good. Look at me, love. Very good. Repeat after me. We got married today. I am your wife, Sev. You are my husband."

"I am your husband. You are my wife, Lil. Sorry. Old habit." He could not help but smile at realization again.

"And you promise me you will not hurt either Sirius or James. Now, give me a kiss."

"I promise. Maybe I am under Imperius. C'mon, Lil. If nothing else, we have much Obliviating to do."

At that exact moment two people were thrown out of the windows of the bar, nearly hitting Lily, if Severus was not quick enough to get her out of the flying body's way. . Lily took out his wand and shouted "Aresto Momentum.". Everything slowed down. They ran in and of course saw Sirius Black and James Potter and interestingly Harry in the middle of the brawl. Lily got Harry by hand and dragged him out of the bar. Severus took Sirius and James bu their coats and dragged them out as well. As they were leaving, he got out his wand out and shouted "Obliviate " erasing the memory of the three wizards breaking pure mayhem in the bar.

Once safely back in his rooms, he started laughing at all shouting Lily did at the three Gryffindors, now sitting next to each other on the couch, heads down. This day could not get any better.

"Sirius did you see something funny?" Lily was red with anger.

"He is laughing!" Sirius pointed to Severus, who indeed was laughing .

"He did not cast spells in the middle of busy bar and make all that damage. That was you."

"They started it! Honest. Lil. They started it."

"James, less you say today, better it is for everyone. Can you imagine the damage you did there. This is not posh London. These people cannot recover from something like that easily. That bar has been there since I was a child."

"How much I owe them? I will ask the barman." Ever the rich aristocrat. Severus smirked.

"Yes, you are going to walk in the bar and ask the man who has no clue how he just lost his business, how much you owe him."

"I will obliviate him afterwards. I am not stupid, Lily!"

"No, you are very sharp, James! And so is our Sirius, who I AM SURE! started this. Harry, you? You couldn't just stop these two? I mean what am I saying. I never was able to stop you, how Harry is different? Poor man, his family business.. Gone, because my idiotic friends decided to ruin one day I wanted to have to myself."

"Umm.. Lily. Don't worry about the bar. Focus on the task at hand." Severus tried to be tactful. She was so beautiful and just too good to be true.

"Severus. the task at hand is the bar destruction problem."

"Lil, I took care of that."

"You did?"

"As amazed as I was to see my teenage bullies ruin the family business of my childhood bully, the man does have family to feed. "

"Thank you, Sev. I didn't even notice. You didn't leave gold behind, did you?"

"Muggle money. Untraceble. No weird wizarding connections. Lil, I am a half-blood, you know. I used to live here just like you."

"I didn't forget that Sev. It's just these two have gotten me to a condition where I can't even think straight. Sirius, why would you do something this exposing?"

"Lil, they started it. I swear."

"Mom, it's true. They did. Our mistake was to come here."

"That is very correct, Harry. "

"We wanted to participate in your wedding, Lilyflower. Severus, did you obliviate them?"

"Of course. Drink less, Potter. You just remembered that you are one pure blood in the middle of Muggles? "

"That's not true. Sirius is a pure blood as well. "

Lily looked murderous at that point. She was as mad at James for even answering as she was at Sirius, who , in this particular case, didn't even utter a word.

"Say a word, either of you! And I am writing to Ministry about this."

Sirius silently reached to his Gryffindor tie and untied it. With an expression that reminded everyone of his animagus, he just handed it to Lily.

"What is this? Why are you giving a tie to me, Sirius?"

"It's for him. Not you." He nodded towards Severus.

"I am a Slytherin, Black. I thought you of all people would remember."

"Padfoot decided that since you are married to Lily now, you are an honorary Gryffindor. He followed us here, to give you his , one of Remus's. We still don't like you so much as to give our ties to you."

"That's alright James. Thank you Sirius." Lily suddenly realized that she had absolutely no desire to stay angry at these two. She handed the golden and red tie to Severus. He looked at it for some time, then looked at Sirius. Yes, he still looked like a lost dog. Severus sighed and untied his own tie. He tied the Gryffindor tie around his neck instead. "Only if Malfoy and others saw me today..." Folding his own tie , he got up and walking to Sirius, gave it to the only Gryffindor of the Ancient House of Black.

"This should quiet your mother's portrait down for some time."

After a second, Sirius Black was sitting between two Potters in a silver and green Slytherin tie.

'We still are going to fight, Snape. This does not change anything." Sirius said and Harry could swear, Sirius sounded hopeful.

"Of course not. Although I must say, Slytherin colors do look good on you."

"I would say the same about your own tie. But nothing looks good on you."

"The trick you pulled in Heaven to follow the Death Eaters to Earth. That was unmistakably Slytherin. Maybe there is more of Slytherin blood in your veins that you care to admit, Sirius."

"Maybe the whole quadruple spy-thing you pulled with Voldemort was a lot more Gryffindor than you will ever admit. "And then turning to James he asked" Do I have to give this tie to Remus? He won't want it, right? Even though I gave one of his ties to Snape?"

"No, Paddy, I don't think Remus would want his tie back or any other tie back. Just keep it. I am sure Severus wanted you to have it and not Remus."

"Slytherin ties will burn to ashes on Remus. He is more Gryffindor than Godric himself." Severus said standing in front of a mirror and looking at himself in a Gryffindor tie.

'I think, Severus should keep his tie to scare off his Slytherin buddies, such as Malfoy and friends. And you, Sirius can give your mom's portrait a surprise. " Said Lily, and winked at Harry. Both Sirius and Severus looked more reluctant to part with their new ties than they would ever admit.