Drabble written for glowing neon (Sylvia) on the Valentine's Day Fic Exchange, the One Shot A Day Competition and The As Strong As We Are United Competition.
Word count: 238
The Morning After
There was a smile on her face, a scarlet rose in her hair and a ring on her finger.
"Lily, Lily, you've got to tell me everything about yesterday!"
"Good morning to you too Alice," Lily said as she put her bag on the table, thus exposing the ring on her finger.
"Lily, is that what I think it is?"
"Well, if you think James asked me to marry him and I said yes, then yes."
Alice's subsequent squeal of joy and hug nearly got them a few weird looks, but Lily didn't care.
"Wow, Lily it's fantastic. I'd say I can't believe he finally did it, but that would be lying."
"Wait, you knew?"
"Of course I knew. Everyone did. Well, not the 'when' part, but that he would. Which reminds me I have to find Sirius…"
"What? Why?" Lily asked bewildered.
"I won the bet of course."
"What bet?"
Alice bit her lips and tried to look innocent. "Oh look, Frank is looking for me. I've got to go, see you later! And congrats again!"
The only thing that saved Alice from being questioned and killed by Lily for leaving her like that was the fact that Sirius just walked in.
"Sirius Orion Black! What's this I heard about a bet?!"
There was fire in her eyes, a scarlet rose in her hair and a ring on her finger. Life would be interesting.