Upon A Glimpse
Chapter 38: Made in Heaven
Author: Herb3 Theherbflower
Disclaimer: I hereby state that I own nothing of J.K Rowling's. She's the mastermind behind it all. I do however state that Lyla Weasley/Winchester was of my own creation along with other original characters.
Authors Pre Note: Thank you for reviewing; Taffyrose; angel outsider; Ok so… what is done in this chapter has been planned for a long long long long time ok! So get pissed if you want to, I don't care. I planned it this way and want it to be and go this way and so yeah. Bet you cant see it coming. Or maybe you can, I've put out hints…
Cheerio for now!
Playlist: Alejandro~ Lady Gaga. Would you still love me~ Chicago. Blinded by the light~ Manfred Manns Earth Band.
Chapter Thirty- Eight: Made in Heaven
The Nest, Dorset County
England 1979
December 31st
"I still cant believe this, its just too weird."
"I know Moony, it is a bit odd…"
"Prongs he just showed up! Like that!"
"I know, but we should be happy for her. After all, its been what three almost four years since she'd last seen him? that's a long time to go without seeing a brother, let alone a twin."
"I know. Fabian is convinced that they're related somehow. Go figure."
"True. Now he can take the whole 'Uncle Fabian' thing to heart. I am happy for her though." James told Remus over his tankard of beer. "Padfoot and him seem to get along, that's something."
"True." Remus replied. "Its still just plain weird though." he pouted. "So guess who's coming over tonight?" He asked brightly. Without waiting for an answer he prattled on. "Dora. Yup. I brought her this cute little hat from Germany, she's going to love it."
"Moony. Its too late for you, you know that?"
"Shut up prongs." Remus pouted. "I cant help it."
"I know. I just love to give you a hard time about it." James took a drink of his beer. "And imagine, the 1970's are almost gone. We've seen a whole decade! And a half!"
"Prongs your nuts."
"What ever Loopy Lupin."
"Hey when are you going to ask Lily? I mean its been like a year now."
"Err…" James stammered off. "I was actually going to ask her um… later." his face grew increasingly red. "At midnight."
"Wait lemme get this one strait." Remus took another drink of his own beer. "Your planning to ask Lily Anne Evans, love of your life, to marry you on new years eve? At the stroke of midnight? And at the end of a decade? My my Prongs. aren't you the romantic type…"
"Shut up Moony." James shoved his adopted brother roughly. "You make it sound sappy."
"It is sappy you damn sap! But I think she's going to appreciate it a lot."
"You think?" James asked his friend with a worried look. "What if she says no? what if she doesn't love me like I love her anymore?"
"Prongs don't be stupid. I'm positive she is going to say yes, so don't get your knickers all in a twist."
"Now just what might you two ladies be talking about over here eh?" came a third voice from behind them. "Who're you gossiping about over here?"
"Padfoot you dope, who said that we were gossiping?" Remus asked his other adopted brother in a joking voice. "But if you really must know its you. We were over here talking about how your hair cut makes your face look old."
"And wrinkly." James added. "And please shave off the mustache, it looks just plain bad."
"Well who in the hell asked your opinion you birds?"
"See how wounded he looks Prongs? Like a cat who's milk was taken by the neighborhood dog."
"Now your comparing me… to a cat?"
"Of course. With that mustache, its hard not to." James sniggered at his brother. "No really, we were talking about Lily."
"Prongsie here is going to ask her to marry him at the stroke of midnight." Remus quipped. "Like a romantic sappy goon."
"Aww Prongs! M'so proud of you. Taking a leaf out of my book." Sirius cried swinging his arm around his brother. "So cute!" he pinched James's cheeks. "My baby's all growed up!"
"Padfoot. Get off of me!"
"Moony. Help me here…" Sirius whined at his friend with a mischievous glint in his eyes. "Help me smother Prongs in love!"
"Of course." Remus sniffed a fake sob. "Oh Prongs." he said before bear hugging his brothers. "We're just soo proud of you Prongs!"
"All growed up and living like an adult." sniffed Sirius
"I love you man!"
"I love you too!"
"it's a big love fest."
"Love…" Sirius sniffed another fake sob. "Gosh man, its like a cornucopia of love!"
"Ok…" a fourth feminine voice asked from behind them. "What the hell is going on? And what are you doing to James?"
"Lily!" Sirius chirped jumping over at her and pulling her into a hug. "M'so proud!"
"Of… what?" Lily asked stiffly while trying to get her friends arms off of her. "Black get off of me!"
"Lily!" Remus chirped at her as Sirius did and jumped over at them and bear hugged the two. "Love!"
"Are you two drunk or something?"
"Me?" Sirius pulled back. "Oh yes, quite possibly."
"I as well…" Remus told her pulling back. "So yeah…" Remus winked at her. "See you later toots." He pulled Sirius away from both her and James and disappeared.
"Ok… your friends are nuts!" Lily told her boyfriend while reaching out to hug him. "Both loony."
"I know. They're just nutters. I don't know them." James joked. "But I love them."
"You don't know them and love them?" Lily laughed. "Quite the love affair…"
"M'hmnn." James grinned. "So I brought some mistletoe…" he wiggled his eyebrows.
"Really? Who for?" she grinned back at him. "Perhaps you should charm it to specifically float over two certain peoples heads…"
"Indeed Lily love. Though as it is nearing midnight, I might have a little something for you?"
"Oh yeah? And that might be?" she asked him with a smile. "Maybe a kiss?"
"Only if your lucky."
"Prat." she shoved his shoulder in jest. "What is it?"
"Ok." James pulled back from her and pulled something out of his pocket. "Lily. I uh…." he started caught up in his words. "Um ok. So uh Lily, I know we've only been dating for like a year or so… but in that um short year, which it was cause it seemed to fly by way fast but um… ok so um, I know its only been a year and I have loved that year and I uhh well I love you… so um what I'm trying to say… not that this is erm very easy cause its like not and um well…" James ran his nervous hand through his hair and scratched his head. "I was wondering if…" he kneeled down in front of her and opened the little red velvet box that he'd pulled out of his pocket. "Will you Lily Anne Evans, Marry me?"
Lily stood there for a moment just looking down at James as if she were a fish ready to jump into water. Then a split second later her face grew into a large bright grin and flung her self down at him in a hug. Lily kissed him and pulled back laughing.
"Of course you prat! Why wouldn't I?"
"Well um… I dunno… but yay!" James cheered and pulled up to stand on her feet before swinging her around in a circle happily. "I love you Lily." he grinned at her.
"I know James. And I love you too." They kissed again. James pulled back with a smirk. "Now bout that mistletoe…"
…scene…change…
The Nest, Dorset Country
England
December 31st 1979 23:56
Music was wafting about the room comfortably. Everyone that had shown up at the nest for the big New Years eve party looked lively. People drifted around the room happily, drinking and being merry. James had just asked Lily to marry him; Sirius and Remus were both drunk and singing bad versions of Led Zeppelin songs; Lyla and her brother were talking while eating the cake that Alice and Frank had brought over for the party; Frank and Alice themselves were snogging on the sofa; Fabian was getting stoned over next to the fire; and I was sitting sullenly in a chair by the window. Now I don't exactly like being sullen but… I'm sad. Sad because Severus is dead, because I'm not nor was I ever in love with him. I thought I was though, that's what makes everything worse. Apparently I wasn't, just as he always said. I sighed and took a long drink out of my firewhiskey. Maybe this was just how it had to be and plus… I cant deny that I've been having feelings of some sort. I mean they scare me but… at the same time they excite me. I looked up to see James and Lily grinning over at me with mischievous glints in they're eyes. I raised by brow and shook my head. Nutters. How my brother attracted nutters I'll never know. But at least they were the good sort of nutters. And on the flip side. I liked them.
"Hey Reg!" Fabian called over at me as he walked over. "Wanna toke up?"
I rolled my eyes. Pot head. This house is full with pot heads. Well most of them excluding James and Frank. "Fab? Do you have to?"
His face faltered a bit.
"It makes it easier." he sighed and sat down on the corner of the chair I was sitting in. "Makes the pain a little less sharp."
"Aww Fab, M'sorry." I muttered feeling guilty. "I didn't mean to make you sad man." I placed my hand on his shoulder comfortingly. "Sure I'll toke up with you."
"Here." he handed me the pipe and lighter. "Trust me."
"Sure." I rolled my eyes again and smoked. I broke out coughing. "Damn. that's hard on the lungs."
"How do you feel?" He grinned at me, his auburn hair floating around his face handsomely. "Better huh?"
"Yeah…" I trailed off. "I've just been real sad lately."
"I know. You loved him didn't you?" he asked with a small smile.
"Nah. Just thought that I did. It makes it worse though, lemme tell ya." I sighed. "What about you? You still really miss your brother huh? that's how come you've been stoned for the last month for huh?"
"Yeah." he sighed leaning back on the chairs arm. "I'll get through it though."
"Of course. If you ever need someone, I'm right here."
"Thanks." he smiled at me.
It was hard not to reach out to him, because I wanted to. Everything inside of me was screaming that I should.
"Two minutes everyone!" Clover yelled at us all excitedly. "Alice! Frank! Can you wait two minutes or not?"
"Yes." Alice exclaimed happily. "We can wait."
"Well well well…" Sirius grinned at me. "Looks like there is something floating in the air."
I raised my eyebrow through my haze to see a little piece of green shrubbery dangling over mine and Fab's heads. I felt my throat go dry and took another swig of my whiskey. Oh boy…
"What Padfoot are you talking abou…t…" Clover asked looking up. A huge grin cracked on her face. "Well now Reg, what do you do in a situation such as this…"
"I uhh…." I looked up again. "I don't know…"
"What about you Fabian? Any ideas?" Lily asked with a smile.
"Well yeah." Fabian grinned. "If he's up for it."
My stomach somersaulted did he mean it? Well of course he meant it, probably wouldn't say if he didn't but…I…
"Well Regulus?" Lyla's brother Fred asked with a matching grin. "What'll it be?"
"Uhh… I mean sure…"
"Good, cause we've got ten… nine… eight…" Sirius started to count down. "Clover get your pretty little arse over here!"
"Are you sure?" he asked the smile still painted on his handsome face.
"I am."
"Five… four… three… two… one!"
As cheesy as this is, we kissed at the stroke of midnight. It was like magic it was. His lips on mine. And in my gut, this time I knew that this was only the first of many.
…scene…change…
The Nest, Dorset County
England
January 1980
I giggled as I rolled over off of Sirius, with a big ass grin on my face. He blew on my ear and I giggled more. I sat up quickly and reached down to tickle his bare feet that were hidden under the covers. He started to giggle himself at that point, kicking around the bed trying to loose me. I climbed back up and planted a big fat wet on right on his lips before flipping back over and standing up and stretching. "Your made in heaven, you know that?" I asked turning around to face him. "One could say the same thing about you love." he responded. I started to giggle again as he pulled me back into the bed. He reached for my thighs that he knew were ticklish and began his piece of the war. I laughed and shook him off of me before wrestling with him and pinning him down on the bed. I kissed his nose and again flipped over to stand up.
"Ugh! We were having fun! Where are you going?" he whined in that voice that made my knees turn to jello. "You know if you come back to bed I might do that this with my tongue…"
"Don't be gross Padfoot!" she picked up a pillow that was littered on the floor and chucked it at him. "But that does sound good…" I trailed off. Really good. "But I've got a kid to check on Padfoot. Buck up man! I'll be back in a bit." I rolled my eyes and pulled on an old shirt of his and left the room. The house was dark, and since Fred and Remus were both bunking in the living room I tried to move very quietly. I tip toed past the sofa where Fred was and smiled, my brother was here! I had just made it past the room where Regulus and Fabian were, doing probably something note worthy, when Fred called out.
"Lyla! What are you doing up so damn late?"
"Checking on Frank." I told him quietly walking back over towards him. "Why are you up so late?"
"Giggling woke me up."
I felt my face heat up. Good god am I glad that there isn't any light on.
"Well go back to sleep."
"Can I come with you to check on Frank?" he asked very chipper. That dope always was a chipper one, even in the mornings… "Please?"
"Of course." I told him before walking back over towards the nursery. He followed.
Frank was sound asleep when we walked into the nursery. I tiptoed over to the crib and looked down at him. He was so cute! With his cute little baby face resting on the blanket Gran had knitted for him. His little stuffed rabbit tucked in with him. He was getting bigger, nearly four months old. It was insane how much I loved that little guy, he is my world.
"Aww." Fred chimed from behind me. "He's so cute! How in the world did you fall in love, get married and have a kid?"
"Just worked itself out that way I guess. Though I've got to say, three years ago if you told me that I'd go back in time, loose Frank, fall in love with Sirius Black, get pregnant and then married I'd tell you that you needed to go and seek professional help." I grinned over at him. "But I am happy the way things turned out. Not too happy about loosing Frank, but happy none the less with life at the moment."
"Yeah…" he sighed. "Wait… you got pregnant before you got married?" he raised his eyebrow at me. "You didn't tell me that one…"
"Oh posh. Don't get so defensive. It happened the way it happened."
"You don't plan on coming back do you?" he asked me sadly. "Da's going to be sad."
"I know." I nodded feeling my throat restrict. "But this is how it is. How it has to be. You will tell him that I love him when you go back right?"
"Of course." he laughed. "But I cant imagine life without you."
"You idiot! I'll be there. Just older. Much. And plus, I'm told that there will be a duplicate of me. Or that's what a little birdie told me."
"Your crazy sis. But I love you anyways." he wrapped his arms around me. "Its going to be weird."
"Yeah…"
At that moment Frank woke up with a wail, he was hungry.
"So if you don't want to see me breast feeding I'd back out now."
"Breast what?" he asked confused. Idiot. "Oh oh! Um yeah see you in the morning." he kissed my cheek. "Love ya."
…scene…change…
Authors Note: So there is chapter thirty eight.
Next chapter: it's a beautiful day. James and Lily Highlights as well as some Frank Alice ones.
Cheers for now!
7 July 10
~theherbflower
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