MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING

CHAPTER 20: A Revelation

"Sirius?" Lily asked. Sirius' head snapped to the side and he saw Lily standing in the hall looking confused. His expression immediately fell and a look of guilt spread across his face. "What are you busy with?" she asked curiously.

His eyes widened. "N-nothing," he said closing the door behind him and standing in front of the door knob. "I'm not busy with anything."

She swallowed and moved closer to him. "Open the door," she said calmly.

"Lily," he began.

"Move," she said her voice fierce.

"Lily, I can explain," he said as she stepped to the door and opened the doorknob. At that moment Remus and Peter came tromping up the stairs.

"What's all the commotion for up here?" Peter asked cheerfully. I gave Remus a fateful look and his eyes widened. At that moment Lily stormed out the door.

"Lily, wait," Sirius pleaded after her following her. She looked at Mary. Then at Remus. Then at me. And we were all wearing the same expression. The sympathetic one.

She stared at us. "You knew," she began slowly. "You guys knew? You all knew and no one told me?" she shrieked, tears filling up her eyes.

"Lily," I began, "Lily, wait, listen."

She shook her head, clearly fighting back tears. "No," she said. "No." And she turned on her heel and ran in the opposite direction down the other set of stairs.

"Lily!" I began starting to follow but Mary put a hand up to stop me.

"No," she said firmly. "Don't follow her. Give her some time alone," she said.

I looked away angrily and my eyes fell upon Sirius. "You," I said slowly. I glowered at him.

"James," he protested.

"You," I repeated in an angry rage.

"James, don't," it was Remus. "James, just don't."

But that just went in one ear and out the other. I brought my hand back and hit Sirius hard in the face. I tried to use all my might and as my fist hit his nose, I could have sworn that it cracked one of my knuckles not to mention severely damaging his nose.

He let out a yelp of pain as Lia came rushing out.

"What's going on out here?" she asked looking at me then down at Sirius on the floor with blood streaming down his face. I glared at him and shook my head then took off in the opposite direction Lily had. I stormed away at to the foyer and out the front door on to the extended lawn of their front yard. I quickly walked down the grass and stopped at the brick lamp post that sectioned off the property.

"Prongs, wait!"

I whipped around and found Peter trotting after me. "What do you want?" I sneered.

He stopped and gave a few quick breaths. "Remus told me to follow you and make sure you didn't do anything else that was foolish."

I rolled my eyes. Remus could be so… so… well that didn't matter anyway. "Well, I won't," I told him, "So you can go now."

"Well, all right, I will," Peter said, "But first I need to catch my breath." He stopped and put his hands on his knees and took in a few deep breaths.

I gave a small laugh at Peter. He always seemed to not have a clue what was going on. I gave another chuckle and he looked up at me. I started to laugh now, and I didn't know why. He smiled too, and began to join me. I was laughing hysterically now, and I couldn't stop myself. Peter joined me, full-fledged as well and we erupted like volcanoes spilling with laughter for I'd say a few whole ten minutes. Once settled down I stood back trying to clear my head and wrap my mind around the situation.

"What do I do?" I asked Peter, despite my knowing he probably couldn't come up with a good answer.

"Well, do you love her?" he asked simply.

I looked at him and answer welled up inside of me. "Yes," I breathed.

"Well, tell her," he said. I stared at him. Since when had he become so wise? "Well, I guess I'll leave you to your thoughts," he said awkwardly standing up to leave. "Good luck, mate," he said patting me on the back.

"Hey Wormtail," I called after him. He turned around to look at me. "Thanks," I told him sincerely.

He looked back at me and gave a small grin accompanied along with a nod and continued to walk away.

And that's where I sit now, as I retell this story and of my predicament. I'm sitting here thinking about Lily. Will she forgive me? Will she return all the feelings I have for her? Will she love me?

And what about Sirius? Do I forgive him? Do I apologize for hitting him? And Lia. What about her role in this? What will Lily do when she is faced with confronting her best friend?

I sit here and I wonder how Lily must be feeling right now. What is she thinking? Is she crying? Is she thinking about me? Or is she thinking about Sirius? Is she mad at me? Does she still want to marry him? What will happen to all the guests who will be arriving in a couple of hours? What about the wedding tomorrow? And all the decorations?

And most importantly, what am I supposed to do?