August 4th, 1978, 11:38pm, a bar in Bristol
Sirius
"I am NOT drink!"
"You mean drunk."
"Yes! Wait, no!"
"You are very drunk, love."
"I am not think as you drunk I am."
"Point proven," James said in a sigh.
Sirius chuckled to himself as he watched the exchange. Remus snorted softly beside him. Lily wriggled out of James's arms and darted back to the bar.
"Another round of shots, good sir!" she called, maybe a bit too loudly.
"I'm a girl," said the bartender.
"Oops! Sorry. You're very pretty, you know."
"I'm not giving you free drinks."
"I don't care! James! James, come be rich!"
"Lils, for the last time, I am not rich. My parents are rich. I'm a temp."
"I still don't care!" Lily flung her arms around James's neck and shoved her hands into his mop of curls, making it an even worse mess.
"I spent so long fixing his hair!" Sirius sighed.
"I have an excellent idea," Lily said.
"We should go home?" James suggested.
"No!" Remus moaned softly. Sirius grinned at him.
"You're fucking adorable," Lily declared to Remus. Remus beamed back at her. "But no! That is not my idea!"
"What is your idea, then?" James sighed.
"You and me should get married."
Sirius's eyebrows shot up and Remus opened his eyes. James stood there with an open mouth, looking at a spot just above Lily's head.
"I was not expecting that," James muttered.
Lily pressed a kiss to his mouth and jumped away from him, back to the bartender who was pouring shots.
"We're getting married!" Lily announced to the entire bar. The entire bar cheered; Sirius let out a whoop because of peer pressure.
"I haven't even said yes yet!"
"You will, you've been in love with me for 8 years."
"Well, yes, but this isn't fair!"
"Why not?" Lily demanded, swaying a little where she stood. "What's not fair?"
"Because - well - Sirius!"
"What?" Sirius and Lily said simultaneously.
James darted over to where Remus and Sirius were sitting; rather, where Remus was sitting on Sirius. "Gimme the thing!"
Confused, Sirius asked: "What thing?"
"You know, the thing!"
James raised his eyebrows, giving Sirius a pleading gesture. Sirius frowned for a second, then James pointed at his left hand and mouthed something.
"I can't read lips," Sirius said in answer.
"Ring!" James hissed. In the background, Lily started talking about floral arrangements with the bartender. Sirius frowned harder, then gasped.
"Oh that thing!"
He dug around in his pocket for a second, then pulled out a small bag, which he held out to James, who snatched it and darted away.
"Remind me why you were carrying the engagement ring?" Remus mumbled.
"Because James was liable to lose it," Sirius answered.
"Then why didn't I have it?"
"Because you're liable to forget to carry it everywhere while James made up his mind on how to pop the question."
"Fair point," Remus mumbled back.
"... but if I do have lilies, it would severely piss off my sister, and anything that pissed off my sister is good with me," Lily said.
"Lily!" James called.
"Yes, dear?" Lily answered: she turned around and stumbled into a stool. James grabbed her hands to steady her.
"The reason that this isn't fair is because I had a plan," said James.
"What," Lily said, her face blanking.
James lowered himself to one knee. "Lily," he began.
Lily let out an incomprehensible squeal.
"I have been in love with you for 8 years," he said.
Lily squealed again, bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet.
"And I expect that I'll be in love with you for the next 80 years, in fact, until the end of time," said James, completely calm while Lily grinned stupidly and bounced up and down, which Sirius thought was quite impressive. James took the ring out of the small bag that had been its home for nearly a month and held it up to her. "So if you'll have me, will you marry me?"
"Yes!" Lily squeaked, almost inaudible. "Yes, yes, yesyesyesyes!"
Sirius and Remus whooped and clapped along with the rest of the bar while James put the ring on Lily's hand. The bartender wiped away a tear.
"We're actually getting married!" Lily squealed.
"Excellent idea," Remus murmured. "Yknow, we should do that one day."
"Did you just propose to me?" Sirius asked.
"No," Remus yawned. "That was just a suggestion.
Sirius kissed his forehead. "I'll keep that in mind."