Wedding chapter!
James looked into the mirror, straightening his bowtie, taking a deep breath. In a few short hours he would be married to Lily Evans. He could hardly believe it. At times, he felt that perhaps they had moved a bit fast. Yes, he had known he was going to marry Lily for years, but they had only gotten together in March, and now they were getting married.
"Are you okay, Prongs?" Sirius said, walked into the room and standing next to James.
"Nervous," James said.
"You are about to get married," Sirius said, "Of course you're nervous. A couple of years ago I would never have thought this was possible."
"I always knew it would happen," James said, but with a complete lack of confidence.
"I have to admire your persistence, Prongs. It took you five years to get her, but you did in the end," Sirius said, shaking his slightly.
"And you gave up on Remus before you even began. No persistence at all," James said, shaking his head.
"What was I supposed to do? I was sure Remus would be disgusted by me, even when I found out he liked blokes," Sirius said.
"He was obvious," James said, waving his hand dismissively.
"You're the only one who noticed. Lily didn't even notice until you pointed it out to her, and Lily is a girl," Sirius said.
"I don't see what that has to do with anything, but sure," James said, frowning.
"You know, girls are more in touch with emotions or some other rubbish, I don't know," Sirius said, "Why are we talking about this? You're about to get married." James grinned, turning around to look at Sirius properly, rather than through the mirror.
"I'm getting married," James repeated with a grin, "I'm getting married to Lily Evans."
With a huge smile, Lily spun around slowly in her dress for her mother and two bridesmaids, Mary MacDonald and Marlene McKinnon.
"You look beautiful, my darling," Delilah said, stepped forward and hugging Lily, trying not to cry, "You're father would be so proud of you." Lily's smile faltered, but she nodded, and her mother let go of her. Lily looked into the mirror, staring at her reflection, hardly believing that this was happening.
Her dress was completely white, and poofy, and Lily felt somewhat like a Disney princess, not that she could say that to her friends, because Marlene didn't know was a Disney princess was, and it would cause a big discussion about Muggle culture that Lily really didn't want to discuss right now. What she wanted right now was to get married.
There was a knock on the door, and Lily called out to come in. Remus opened the door, and Lily turned around to grin at him.
"James will have fun getting you out of that dress," Remus said. Delilah looked scandalised, and Lily giggled. Mary and Marlene exchanged amused looks.
"How is James?" Lily asked.
"Well, they're waiting for you, so we should probably go," Remus said, and he walked over to stand next to Lily.
"Okay, let's go get married," Lily said with a smile. Remus placed a hand on her arm softly to stop her from stepping forward, and leant down to whisper in her ear.
"Are you absolutely sure you want me to do this? I don't have to," Remus said. Lily looked up at Remus, and nodded.
"Yes, Remus. I want you to walk me down the aisle. You're like my brother, do you not realise that?" Lily asked.
"You have a real family, Lily, I don't feel like it's my place to do this," Remus said, looking somewhat guilty. Lily pulled Remus into a hug.
"Did you not hear me? You're like my brother. You are my family," Lily said, shaking her head with amusement, "Now, come on, my stalker in shining armour awaits."
"Stalker. Apt description," Remus said, laughing, and he held out his arm, "Shall we?" Lily grinned and took his arm, and the bridal party left the bedroom.
Sirius stood up, and every head turned to him. He grinned, and, not nervous in the slightest, began his Best Man speech.
"Hi, everyone! If you don't know me, I'm Sirius Black, and you're missing out," Sirius began, winking. Remus clapped a hand to his face as Sirius continued, "I met James on the train to Hog – to school in our first year, at 11 years old," he stumbled as he remembered that Lily's family were Muggles and didn't know what Hogwarts was, "we were fast friends. I met Lily at the exact same time, and I think it's safe to say that they didn't start on good terms. In fact, Lily hated us. We weren't very bothered by her either, no offense, Lils."
"None taken," Lily said, amused.
"That all changed come third year. I was sitting in one of the train carriages with Remus and Pete, and James walked in to the carriage, fell back on to the seat, sighed and said 'I'm in love with Lily Evans and I'm going to marry her one day.' We all laughed at him," Sirius said, and everyone else laughed as well. James blushed, and Lily gave James an amused look, before leaning over and pecking him on the cheek.
"I was right," James said.
"Yes, you were. Eventually. After four and a half years of chasing after her, asking her out at least once a day and Lily refusing, you finally got the girl after showing her your 'sensitive' side. Still have no idea what that is, having never seen it myself. Lily, I'll admit I haven't always gotten along with you, but you are a wonderful woman, too good for Potter, to be completely honest. I wish the best for both of you. To James and Lily!" Sirius finished, holding up his glass.
"To James and Lily," everyone repeated, and they all took a sip of champagne, Sirius trying not to gag on it. He grinned as James and Lily shared a kiss. He really was happy for the both of them.
Remus was sitting on one of the seats to the side of the room, watching James and Lily share their first dance as husband and wife. James held Lily close, and their faces were close together, noses touching each other as they gazed lovingly at each other. He was somewhat sickened from looking at them, though he knew he and Sirius could be quite bad at times, too.
So far today and this evening, he had made an attempt not to touch Sirius at all. They had talked, but Remus knew that others would find their relationship uncomfortable, so he stopped himself from taking Sirius' hand, or even brushing lightly against him.
He looked around the room and spotted Lily's sister, Petunia, and her husband Vernon, sitting to the side, looking around the room suspiciously. Petunia kept sending Lily dirty looks, and Remus had to wonder why they even came to the wedding.
He continued to look around the room. Lily had some Muggle family here, her aunt and uncle and their children, and James had some pure-blood relatives, and there were also some friends from Hogwarts and the Order, and this all caused some very amusing moments. He enjoyed watching some of the wizards and witches here stumbling over their words as they talked to Muggles, trying not to slip but finding it difficult. He noticed quite a lot of hands twitching towards their wands, and then quickly moving their hands away.
His eyes continued to travel around the room, and they stopped on Sirius, who was currently talking and laughing with Marlene McKinnon. Sirius caught Remus' eye and winked in his direction. Remus grinned back, and watched as Sirius excused himself from Marlene and walked across the room towards Remus. Sirius stopped in front of Remus and reached for his hand, but Remus pulled it away, shaking his head lightly.
"Come dance with me, Moony," Sirius said quietly. Remus' eyes widened, and he shook his head again. Sirius pouted, "Why not?"
"I don't want to cause a scene at James and Lily's wedding," Remus said, glancing around the room to see if anyone was listening, "You know there'll be bad reactions. Some organisations in the Muggle world classify homosexuality as a mental illness. Let's not go there."
"Muggles are mad," Sirius said, shaking his head.
"Because the Wizarding world is so accepting," Remus said, rolling his eyes.
"Moooooonyyyyyy. Come dance with me," Sirius said, a whine in his voice.
"No, Sirius," Remus said.
"It's not like we're ever going to have our own wedding to dance at. I want to dance with you, Remus. Please?" Sirius said, attempting, this time, to be more sensible. Remus looked at Sirius for a moment before he shook his head.
"Hey, what's going on here?" James asked. Remus looked to his right to see James and Lily had joined them, James' arm around Lily's waist, both of them beaming.
"Remus won't dance with me," Sirius said.
"I don't want to cause any… problems at your wedding," Remus said softly.
"Nonsense!" Lily said, "How can we possibly enjoy our wedding knowing that our friends aren't because they're worried about what others think? If people have an issue with your relationship then I don't want them here."
"I don't think you really mean that," Remus said, "Most of these people will have an issue. James' father has an issue with it."
"He's not so bad now," James said, "Look, just do it. Ignore the others. We want you to."
"Well, I can't disappoint the bride and groom," Remus said, offering a smile and standing up. Sirius grabbed Remus' hand and pulled him onto the dance floor, taking Remus in his arms.
"Are you leading, then?" Remus asked as Sirius put his hand on Remus' waist. Sirius grinned.
"I suppose so. Want to put your hand on my shoulder?" Sirius asked.
"I don't think so," Remus said, putting his hand on Sirius' waist. Sirius laughed and pulled Remus closer, making the two of them nose to nose, as they started to sway. Remus' worries about how others would react disappeared, feeling safe and wonderful in Sirius' arms. Sirius leant forward and pressed a kiss against Remus' lips, and Remus could barely hear the cry of outrage that came from the side.
"Don't take your eyes off me," Sirius muttered as they broke apart. Remus nodded, but he could hear the argument to his left.
"I will not stay here while they flaunt their perverse relationship!" Vernon yelled.
"Then leave," James replied, closing in on Vernon, pulling himself up to his full height as he looked at Vernon eye-to-eye, "No one is making you stay."
"Are you threatening me?" Vernon demanded.
"Do you really think I have the ability to win a fight against you?" James asked, a small smirk as his hand moved slowly towards his hidden wand. Vernon's eyes widened in terror, before he turned away to Petunia.
"I think we'll leave," Vernon said gruffly, taking Petunia's hand and they quickly left. Lily and James turned to the rest of the room.
"If anyone else has a problem with our friends' relationship, you can leave," Lily said loudly. There was some whispering, but if people objected they obviously decided it was best not to say anything, and everyone else remained.
Remus and Sirius were completely still, Remus still hadn't taken his eyes off Sirius as Sirius had told him to. Sirius looked angry, and Remus felt terrible. Lily's relationship with her sister was terrible at the best of times, and he felt responsible for making it worse.
"Get that guilty expression of your face, you have nothing to be guilty for," Sirius snapped. Remus nodded, but he still felt terrible. Sirius sighed, and pulled him away to the side of the room, and James and Lily moved back on to the dance floor and started dancing again. Remus and Sirius sat down, and Sirius grabbed Remus' hand, and they watched the bride and groom look lovingly into each other's eyes.
AN- James and Lily are married and everything is beautiful *sobs* And of course there had to be some drama with Remus and Sirius's relationship. Of course it was going to be Vernon.
James and Lily though I will cry forever.