Warning- The following story may or may not contain explicit slash between Sirius Black and Remus Lupin. Consider yourself warned...

Disclaimer- None of the characters you are about to read of belong to me. I am only using them for my sick and twisted enjoyment... And yours. Pervert.

"You had your chance.
Open arms reject assuming hands.
You had your chance.
Open arms reject assuming hands."

Taken from the song 'Spin' by Taking Back Sunday.

It had been years since all of the Marauders had been together in one place at the same time... And this time, a very special occasion, was no different than the last time they were together. Though it was James and Lily's wedding, all four of them were playing pranks on random guests [mostly Lily's mother, James soon-to-be Mother in Law].

"Shh." Sirius hissed at James as he hovered a small paper ball over his soon-to-be Mother in Law's head.

"Just drop it already..." Remus urged. He rarely joined in this sort of fun, but picking on the in-laws was too much fun to pass up.

And so James did. The small paper ball hit the woman in the head and she looked around, very very confused. She then made a face as if she came to the conclusion she was crazy, albeit she wasn't. In fact, she was quite sane and James had enjoyed her company, but the lure of a prank was too much for him to resist.

"James?" He heard Lily call.

"Oh, hello Lily." James kissed her chastely. "Fancy meeting you, here." James winked.

"Cute, James." Lily rolled her eyes and smiled at the man. "The ceremony will be starting soon, we need to get ready."
"Alright." James nodded and looked back at his friends. "You guys need to get in position."

"Will do." Remus said as he took Sirius' arm and lead him to where they were supposed to be standing. Peter followed, he was completely ignorant as to what to do at a wedding. He's never attended one, and he had no idea what he was supposed to be doing.

After everyone stood where they were supposed to, and the music began, James watched as Lily walked down the aisle. She was stunning. She was beyond stunning, she was the most beautiful woman James has ever had the fortune of meeting, or even being able to look at. She walked down the aisle gracefully, she was smiling more widely than he has ever seen her smile and she had a few tears running down her face, but the magic she used to keep her makeup intact was working rather well.

The ceremony was beautiful, Severus thought. Of course he wasn't watching with the same vantage point of most of the guests, but from behind the high gothic style fencing that surrounded the small area where the wedding took place, the whole thing was amazing. Sure, Lily had invited him [and she probably never told James about it.] but he knew that going would result in turmoil.

He had had his chance with Lily, and he fucked it up. He regretted it, in a way... He loved her, and always would no matter what, but his views were different than hers. Although he was working under Voldemort, he still asked him for her protection, and he granted it. He asked for protection of only her and whatever children she may bear.

Severus stayed for the whole shebang, until James and Lily kissed... He watched, but rued every moment of it. It should have been him, and very well could have, if he hadn't fucked it up with calling her a 'mudblood.' Things from there on out had gone downhill between he and Lily. He had only himself to blame for this... He had chosen his future, and it was with Lord Voldemort, just as Lily chose her's with James. He hated the thought of her being 'Mrs. James Potter,' or 'Mrs. Lily Potter' or some variation of the sort.

The matrimony was over quickly, and with that Severus left. He was unsure of what he thought of whole ordeal. He loved Lily, but hated James. He was glad that she could find happiness, but it was with the scum that was James Potter. He thought that the wedding was beautiful, as was Lily, but the entirely wrong person was at the front with her. It should have been him, Severus, not James. He felt sick, and hated both of them. Her for denying him, and James for being such an insolent toe rag.

"I'm so happy." Lily smiled and kissed James on the lips as they danced for the first time as husband and wife.

"I'm happy that you're happy." James kissed her back. The reception was going well and everyone was standing and watching as the pair danced. The music played softly. It was a slow song from whatever wizard band that had booked to play here tonight. The song was slow and the melody was very elegant, it was just as they wanted. Nothing could be more perfect than this very moment.

"Do you think anyone notices that I'm showing?" Lily laughed as she asked. She was barely three months pregnant, and not even close to showing.

"Oh, no. You're hardly showing at all." James whispered to her and smiled happily.

The song ended and the broke apart. Then the partying began... Sirius, Remus, Peter, James and about every other guy in the room took his turn dancing with Lily that night. Sirius even took a dance with James, which earned very many cat calls and wolf whistles, to which Sirius would ask Remus "Is Moony acting up? The full moon isn't for a few weeks."

"I'm so happy for you two." Remus told Lily as they danced together.

"Thank you, Remus." She smiled warmly at the man. "It's a shame that the laws don't allow you and Sirius to wed."
"I know. There are many laws like that..." Remus shook his head. "Discriminatory, I mean." Just like Remus, Lily knew about discrimination. She wasn't a pureblood, and for that she was looked down upon by many in the magical community. Some would go as far as to say because she is a muggle born she isn't as qualified to perform magic nor even be able to live in a predominantly wizard inhabited town or neighborhood. No matter how you look at it, it was all some form of racism.

It was odd to think about, racism. It was close minded, a way of demeaning others, and cruel... These were the very things that wizards and witches looked down on the muggles for doing, yet the acted the very same way, only it was considered justifiable by law. The muggles used race, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic background, religion and any other thing they could to nitpick at one another and for that they were considered ignorant and beastlike by the magically inclined. Oddly enough, those very same people saw other wizards or witches who were gay, or not pureblooded enough, or anything really and discriminated against them. Were they really any different?

"I wonder if there is a specific marriage restriction for werewolves?" Lily pondered.

"There is." Remus sighed. "It's that we're not supposed to... It's looked down upon very much."

"Hm." Lily sighed. She truly felt bad for Remus and Sirius. They've been together for as long as she can remember, and she can remember back to a time where she and James weren't even dating. They loved one another, if not more than themselves, and their love was no different than her's and James'.

"Hey lady, you have a man, stop trying to steal mine." Sirius winked as he walked up to Remus and Lily. "May I cut in?" He asked cheekily.

"Oh, well pardon me." She laughed and let Remus go to dance with Sirius.

"Having affairs already, my dear Lily-Flower?" James slid his arm around his new wife's waist and pulled her close. "And with my dear Moony. He's gay you know, and in a committed relationship. Tsk, tsk Lily Potter."

"I'm so sorry, I just can't help my infatuation with the man." She placed her hand on her chest and sighed sarcastically.

"I don't blame you. I can't even resist him." Sirius and Remus danced up to where James and Lily stood. "He's dead fucking sexy, James."

"Oi." James' eyes became wide. He didn't really know how to respond to this. He had gotten used to Sirius' references to Remus' being sexy and all that, but never has he heard Sirius direct the comments to Lily. He was surprised, amused yes, but also surprised.

"Oh he is, James, I can't resist his immense sex appeal." She sniggered before pivoting so that she stood in front of James and they began to dance once more.

"Well it's too late now, Lily. You've already married me and it seems that Remus is a bit busy with Sirius." James looked over at Sirius and Remus, and sure enough they were dancing very closely and slowly, their lips mere inches from each other, and both of them were smiling as they looked into one another's eyes.

"I suppose you're right..." Lily shrugged. "I guess I'm stuck with you." Which was true. As much as she wanted to think that Severus was going to change, she knew that he wouldn't. She knew that he would always be a Death Eater and it would stay that way. She loved him, but she also loved James, and James was the one that she chose.

"You're right, you're stuck with me forever and always Lily." He kissed her softly on the lips.

"Until death do we part." She kissed him back.

Author's Note:

Shortest. Chapter. Ever. No lie, this took me like an hour to type out completely, plus revisions. I'm sorry it's so short, but it has a lot of information. My 4th grade teacher once told me 'The report has to be like a girls skirt. Long enough to cover all the facts, but short enough to still be interesting.' Yeah, looking back on that, him telling a bunch of 4th graders was probably illegal in some way, but whatever. Shit happens... And possibly scarring children mentally falls into that category.