A/N: Time for the reunion of the decade. Prepare for feels, my friends. You knew it was coming.
James was relaxing on one of the clouds, staring into the empty sky over his head. As usual, he was thinking about Harry.
"Imagine, Lils," he said, "we would be dealing with raising an angsty teenager right now."
Lily laughed, but there was sadness at its edges. "I'd love to have the chance."
Their newest neighbor, Cedric Diggory, was sitting some distance away, staring off into space. James wondered what he was thinking about. "I think it's getting to be about spring down there now," he commented.
James nodded. "That sounds about right. We know Christmas passed a while ago, because Harry had that party with his club..."
Cedric made a face. James grinned, amused to see the handsome young man blushing. "Hey, there are plenty of worse people Cho could've chosen to move on to," James pointed out. Cedric shrugged. "I s'pose, but they're sort of falling apart anyway."
James grinned. "Who knows, Harry might find he has a thing for redheads like his father," he joked, glancing at Lily. She grinned and shook her head.
"The castle's bursting with Weasleys, and yet there's only one girl! I mean, what are the chances?" James continued.
Cedric stood up and walked over to Lily and James. "I don't know her all that well, but she seems nice enough. A Chaser, right?"
"It's the best Quidditch position," said James with a wink. Lily laughed. "Let's not get ahead of ourselves, James. Harry has plenty of life left to find his 'soulmate'."
"Hopefully, anyway," Cedric said darkly. "His life's been crazy enough, I honestly wasn't too surprised when he ended up in the tournament."
"At least the Order is back together," Lily noted. "I'm not sure how much Sirius likes being stuck in his old house, but at least he and Remus are doing better. Relatively," she added.
Suddenly, a figure seemed to appear in the distance. It looked as if it was falling through some kind of silvery curtain that had appeared in midair. Whoever it was, they stood in front of the curtain thing, looking around in confusion.
"Is that someone else who..?" Cedric asked.
"It's gotta be," James replied slowly. "But who..."
He started walking towards the distant figure, trying to figure out if it was someone he knew. As he got closer, he was able to discern that whoever it was was a man, probably his age. Then he got close enough to see the face, and he froze.
James' eyes stung behind his glasses and his mouth fell open, splitting his face with a grin. It couldn't be...there was no way...but it was!
It was Sirius, he was here, he was actually here, and James didn't have to say a word; they ran towards each other and met in the middle in a fierce, brotherly embrace. Lily was James' soulmate, but Sirius was his brother, his other half. His years in Azkaban were gone; he looked exactly the same as he had the last time they had seen each other alive. "Sirius—mate—how?" James asked.
Sirius looked at him, tears shining in his laughing eyes. "Well, Prongs, I've never been happier to be dead."
James laughed, and then Sirius joined in, and somehow neither one of them could stop. It was just like it used to be; and even though he'd had Lily with him, James was suddenly realizing how empty he'd felt for fourteen long years. Now if only Remus was here too...but he had a life to live. Harry needed him. He might have a chance at being happy again.
Lily ran up to them, her green eyes wide with happy shock and her long red hair blowing behind her. "Sirius!" she exclaimed.
"Well, if it isn't the lovely Lily-pad," Sirius said with a grin. "Happy to see you again, too... though it's a shame I can't call you Evans anymore."
"Sirius," Lily laughed, "We were married for a year before we ended up here. You should've had enough time to get used to it."
Sirius shrugged. "Old habits die hard. Speaking of, would you be surprised that my last words to your son were 'nice one, James'?"
"Stop it, Padfoot, I'm trying to be a strong man and not cry," James muttered.
Lily laughed, although she was definitely crying. "I won't judge."
"Good, because I gave up trying a while ago," said Sirius, and even though James knew that Harry and Remus especially must be missing him, he (somewhat selfishly) was almost too happy to care.
Lily twined her fingers with James' and swung an arm around Sirius' shoulders. "Padfoot and Prongs are together again," she pronounced.
