Chapter 50
"James, we have to go." I say in a hushed voice as I am not sure how loud it will carry in this church.
"I said I was down for eloping, and then we could skip this." He said as he kissed my neck.
I gently push him back, "You are going to wrinkle your suit and don't you want to watch me walk down the aisle in this dress?"
He looks at my dress, "Ok, yes I do." He reluctantly agrees as he straightens his tie. "I will see you in a few minutes. Don't pull a runaway bride on me missy." He says as he kisses my cheek and exits through a side door.
I turn towards the mirror and fix my veil as Eva and Lina come rushing in. "Was James just in here?" Eva asked glancing around for evidence.
"No, of course not. He is out there standing with Sirius. Just like we promised."
"Honey you are a terrible liar but it is your wedding day so I forgive you. Now you look amazing and I want you to take a deep breath and stay calm." Eva said as she pulled the veil over my face.
"Eva I think you are the one who needs to stay calm. Lily and I are fine." Lina said placing her hands on Eva's shoulders.
I have the best friends in the entire world. I look at the two of them and we all share a smile, tears forming in our eyes as we try and blink them away. It was only a few months ago we had graduated. Next week Lina and Sirius move to London where they have a flat in the heart of the city and he plays his first big game. Eva and Remus are retreating to their home in the country near Dover where they are planning their small wedding in the backyard of their home and Eva get to work on more designs for her fashion line. James and I have a home in a London suburb. James is going into Auror training while I start my job as Minister of Muggle and Magical Relations.
"Lily?" I hear Lina call. "Are you ready?"
I nod yes as I stand behind Eva and Lina. Walking down that aisle and seeing the love of my life standing at the end makes me smile. Knowing that I am surrounded by the five people I love most and the only five people I need with me on that day makes my parents and James' parents not being there less heartbreaking. I know they are supporting us and I hope one day for my sister to support me as well.
I take his hands as I step up beside him.
"Beautiful." He says as he looks at me.
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"Welcome home Mrs. Potter." James says as he carries me across the threshold. He puts me down and I notice suitcases lined up by the door.
"Do we have guests?" I ask.
"Nope, those are ours."
"What so you mean?"
"We, my darling wife, are going on what you call a honeymoon."
"But we have work next week."
"Work can wait. I am taking you on a romantic holiday were we can be all by ourselves." He tells me as he puts his arms around my waist and kisses me cheek.
"Where to?"
"Italy."
"Italy!"
"Yes, we have our own villa, right by the ocean and our own private beach. Did you know the continent is famous for nude-beaches?" He says suggestively as he moves in front of me, taking my hands and pulling me towards the stairs leading up to the bedrooms.
"Is it now?"
"Yes, and since I know you only like to be naughty with me…" I playfully slap his arm as we walk up the stairs, to which he smirks at me, "I thought you would be more comfortable with your own private beach."
"Well how considerate of you."
"You married the right guy Lilykins." He says as he pulls me closer when we reach the landing. He slowly walks backwards, hanging onto me, leading me towards the bedroom.
"That I did."
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"Are you ready?" I ask the man standing across from me.
He takes my hands, "Yes. You look beautiful Angel."
"Thank you Remus. You look quite handsome yourself. I like you in suits."
"Well I think I have to give a lot of credit to the designer. She is really talented."
"I've heard that. Is she pretty?"
"Gorgeous."
"How are her parties?"
"Spectacular."
"Can she cook?"
"Oh yes, and without magic too."
"Well she sounds like quite a catch." I say smiling, he leans in close to me.
"She is amazing in bed too." He whispers, making me blush.
"Remus." I say, trying to scold but not being very successful.
"Are you two ready? You can make her blush all you want later Moony." We both turn to look at Sirius who is the officiate. Remus can be very persuasive.
"Sirius, please take this seriously, no jokes. And don't even say what you are about to say." I tell him before he can comment on the Sirius being serious pun.
"I love you both and I promise, I will have the same ounce of seriousness that I had at James and Lily's wedding."
"How reassuring."
"Didn't you hide the rings so everyone would panic? You thought it would be entertaining." James spoke up from behind Remus.
I glare at Sirius, "I promise I won't do that." He says quickly before clearing his throat and proceeding with the ceremony.
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2 Years Later
"Are you coming to give me a congratulations-on-winning-the-championship-kiss?" Sirius asked me as I came running up to him on the Quidditch field and jumping into his arms.
"Yes I am. In fact you get many kisses for winning. I am so proud of you Baby." I said as I kissed him all over his face. He held me tightly and gave me a long kiss on my lips before setting me down.
"I have a surprise for you." He tells me and conjures a blanket for us to sit on.
"I have a surprise for you too!" I tell him as I sit down.
"Can I go first?"
"Yes." I grin, "But Sirius, this is your big win I should be the one giving you a present and there is a party at the pub near our flat. I told James, Remus, Eva and Lily to meet us there."
"Catalina, love, just be still for one second please."
I stop fidgeting and thinking about meeting our friends and look around me. There are sparkling lights everywhere and suddenly it hits me. "Oh my." I breathe.
"I love you more than anything in this world and the next. I wish I had asked you to be my girlfriend sooner than I did but I plan to make up for that lost time of me being an idiot every day for the rest of our lives." He moves so he is situated on one knee.
"You're not an idiot." I say softly as tears started to form in my eyes and I grab on to his hand to keep me steady. "I love you too."
"Catalina, my best friend, my partner in crime, me biggest fan and the love of my life will you marry me?"
I nod my head, "Yes." I say as tears roll down my cheeks, "Yes of course I will." He slides the ring onto my finger and pulls me close to him kissing me long and hard.
"Who knew all it took was a proposal to make you cry." He said as he wiped the tears from my face.
"Happy tears, I promise." I laugh.
"Lina, what was your surprise?" He asked as he kissed my cheek.
"Uh, well, there is another reason why I am suddenly Miss. Emotions. I'm pregnant. We are going to have a baby. You're going to be a Dad."
He stares at me for a second, letting is all sink in before he pulls me close again and hugs me tight. We fall backwards so he is on top of me and he is kissing me over and over again.
"This is the best night of my life." He says.
"Mine too. I am so happy Sirius, I am so excited."
"I love you so much."
"I love you too."
"Lina?"
"Yes?"
"Am I squishing the baby?"
"What?"
"Laying on you, am I like hurting the baby?"
I let out a small laugh, "No Sirius"
"Good, because I plan to stay like this for a while." He says as he starts to kiss my neck, "Feel good?"
"Yes, but we still have to meet the others."
"Forget them."
"Sirius!"
"Well they are not carrying my future child, so I don't really care if they wait all night for us; I am going to keep kissing you for hours. You good with that?"
"Oh yes, I have no intention of moving for at least another hour or two."
"That is why I am marrying you. Or at least one of the reasons."
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"James! Can you make sure to grab that toy broom Harry likes so much, he and Michael love to race around."
"Got it! Are you almost ready?"
"Yes!" I called from upstairs. "Hi my baby boy, how are you?" I say to my beautiful son as I pick him up from his crib.
"Mama." He squeals with excitement.
"We are going to Auntie Lina's and Uncle Sirius's today. You and Michael can race around on your brooms, Daddy bought you."
"Broom!"
"Lils, you got everything ok?" James says coming into the room, "let me take that." He says as he grabs the diaper bag from my shoulder. "The doctor said you should take it easy and not lift heavy items."
"He doesn't know what he is talking about, I am perfectly capable to carry a diaper bag."
"The guy with the medical degree does not know what a pregnant woman in her seventh month should and should not be carrying?"
I glare at him, "James."
"I just want you to be careful, please. For me?" He kisses me on my lips.
"Ok, I promise I will let you do more things."
"Thank you. Now let's go or we will be late and Eva has the whole party planned. Are you looking forward to seeing your girlfriend again champ?" He asks Harry as he ruffles his hair.
"James, they are only 2."
"So? If I had met you when I was 2 I would have known instantly you were the girl for me."
"Well you must have been one intellectually advanced two year old."
"That's right, Harry takes after me in the brains department." He says as he winks at me. He takes Harry and starts walking towards the stairs.
"Madeline is very pretty. Oh imagine how cute their kids will be!" I gush, my hormones taking over.
James turns to me on the stairs, "Slow down there Lilykins, I said nothing about kids of our kids."
"And how nice would their wedding day be? Little Harry in a tux. He is going to be so handsome."
"Well he won't be little when he gets married, and thinking about our son getting married is freaking me out a bit love."
"You are the one who said they are destined to be together because of some two-year old love connection."
"Maybe I jumped the gun on that one." He said as he continued down the stairs.
"Maybe." I said as I took Harry back into my arms once I made it down the stairs.
"Maybe their kid will marry Michael."
"Like Eva would let her daughter marry Sirius's son."
"Stranger things have happened."
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"Harry, are you sure you have everything?" I asked for probably the hundredth time.
"Yes mom, can I go now?" My son rolled his eyes, and my eleven year old daughter Clara nodded.
"Just one more hug please" I pleaded wrapping my arms around them both.
"Every year." My thirteen year old son mumbled as he returned the hug.
"Me too mama." My youngest daughter said running into us.
"Potter group hug!" James called out as he joined us too, squishing four year old Melanie into us.
"Ok, I think you guys have embarrassed us enough. Can we go see our friends now?" Harry asked pulling out of the hug.
"Yes, Harry go find Michael and Madeline." James said.
"Clara, you are going to have the best time at Hogwarts. And you can write to us anytime. And Daddy and I will come and visit you whenever you want ok?" I turned my attention to Clara who looked a bit nervous.
"Thank you." She said as she pulled us back in for a hug.
"Clara!" Lina's and Sirius's daughter Rosa yelled as she came running up, pulling Eva's and Remus's daughter Angelika by the arm. The three girls hugged each other.
"You girls have fun and be good." Eva said as her and Remus came up behind them, Remus carrying their baby boy Tyler.
"Where are Padfoot and Lina?" James asked.
"Michael was trying to sneak something on board." Eva said as casually.
"We will Mama, are you ready Clara, we want to find a good seat." Angelika said.
"Bye mom, Bye dad. Bye Melanie." Clara said as she kissed her sister on the top of her head.
"By girls!" we all called as they boarded the train. Lina and Sirius came up.
"All the kids on?" Sirius asked.
"Nope, I'm still here!" Melanie said.
"Ah, yes how could I have forgotten." Sirius said looking down and swinging Melanie up on his shoulders, "Well I am glad I still have a few more years before you go off to school."
"Will you make another treasure map for me Uncle Sirius?"
"Of course, and now that the other rascals are gone, you get to have all the candy."
"Yay!"
"And then when she is all hyped up on sugar you are going to bring her home." James said.
"Well of course, you're the one with the huge backyard for her to run around in."
"Shall we all go out for dinner?" Eva suggested as we all made our way out of the station after the train had pulled away.
"Sounds perfect." I say as I take Tyler and give him a kiss on the cheek.
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"Melanie please be careful! Harry, watch your sister!" I call out to the kids in the yard.
"Lilykins, they are fine." James insists as he pulls me onto his lap.
It is late afternoon and we are all gathered at mine and James's house. Sixteen year olds Harry, Michael and Madeline, and seven year old Melanie are all on brooms racing around the yard. Fourteen year olds Clara, Rosa and Angelika are sitting on a blanket not far from us, with books, magazines and nail polish spread out all around them. Three year old Tyler is looking up in awe at the kids on the brooms and sitting still as the girls paint his toenails various colours. Remus and Eva and Lina sit in chairs next to James and I, while Sirius come walking over, after playing Quidditch with the kids for a bit. He sits on the ground in front of 5 month pregnant Lina.
"How are you feeling love?"
"Very well, thank you." She responds.
"Are you sure you are not going to find out what gender you are having?" Eva asks.
"Yes Eva. But I think it will be a boy." Lina says confidently.
"Regardless, I hope they like Quidditch because we need to expand our team. Rosa won't even try out." Sirius says.
"She has other interests Sirius." Lina said.
"Like boys."
"And?"
"I was a boy her age once; do I need to remind you how I was?"
"No." Eva said and we all laughed.
"What about you Lily?" Remus asked.
I was nine months pregnant, due next week. "We are having a boy. Haven't picked out the name yet."
"I have." James said.
"And I told you we are not naming our child Seeker. Or any other name associated with Quidditch."
"What! That is a great idea!" Sirius exclaimed.
"No." I said.
"Alright, I guess we will have to choose something else." James said.
"You may want to hurry up." Remus suggested.
They all turned their attention to their children.
"Look at our family." Eva said softly.
"Who would have ever thought we would be sitting here all together one day." I said leaning my head against James.
"I did. I've told you a thousand times we were meant to be together." James wrapped his arms around me and held me tight. I laughed. "Yes you did."
"We are the luckiest people." Lina spoke.
The six of them sat in silence as they watched their children play and bond. Their little family had grown exponentially and they remained forever a family. The no longer considered themselves orphans, they had adopted each other and their children had adopted them. A new generation of pranksters, Quidditch stars, scholars, and lifelong friends was emerging and they were happy to sit and watch from their cozy spot, close together, forever.
So, this story took me a very long time to finish. I want to thank all readers, the ones who have just started and those who have been here since the beginning. Thank You! Now I can finally hit that complete button. Although I hate to say goodbye to these characters as I have come to love them as much as the characters in J.K.'s Harry Potter. Thank you!
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