Disclaimer: All characters here belong to J.K. Rowling.
Taking it for granted that Remus and Sirius had made their way to James' house, Lily and James started wandering in the vague direction of Lily's house.
"Hey, Lil?"
"Mm?"
"I love you."
Lily stopped, slightly surprised.
At the odd, inconvenient moment, James sometimes proclaimed his love for her, overplaying the role. Up on stage maybe, completely ignoring the script, Merlin had declared his love for a certain red haired oak tree.
Professor Buckler had almost cried in the shocked silence that the audience had greeted the scene with, shortly before said professor quit.
But now … now the scenery was perfect. It was about 10:30 now, and the streets were empty, with a snowing purple sky up above. On the whole, it had a magical quality to it that had very little to do with wizards in general, just one in particular. And his one statement, just like a charm, had raised that magic feeling and quality up at least 600 notches.
"Lil?"
She caught his hand in hers, smiling secretly, like only a woman can do.
"Lil? Can I ask you something? And you can't say no. I wont allow you to."
James started swinging their hands between them.
Lily felt a sense of foreboding, only mildly soothed by the squeeze his hand gave hers. Usually, when told that, it was a horrible thing to do. She began to wonder what he had planned.
"Lil!"
"What?" she was startled out of her reverie.
"Pay attention …" he mumbled, before going red and trailed off, looking away.
Lily was curious now, and she pulled him to a stop, looking at him. "James?"
"Lily… Marry me."
She gaped, more than a little surprised. "What?"
Indignant, and rightly so, He leaned down and promptly kissed her.
When he pulled back, she had a dreamy look in her eyes as she smiled at him dazedly. "Yes. Yes, I will!"
He grinned and danced around with her, then stopped suddenly.
"What's wrong, Jamesee?"
James frowned distractedly. "Petunia's going to be my sister-in-law."
Lily pulled a face. "But it's worth it, right?"
He smiled down at her. "Right." And kissed her again. Then pulled away.
"Now what, James?"
He frowned again. "I'm hungry."
She rolled her eyes but laughed, and any passerby would have seen a happy couple kissing under the lamplight, with snow falling down on them.
4 and a half hours later, James skipped through his front door, quietly shutting it and stamping the snow off of his boots. Then he skipped, hopped, bounced, and danced all the way upstairs, and into his bedroom, where he stopped and looked around happily, grinning foolishly.
Remus and Sirius stopped hitting each other with pillows and looked up, wondering at the expression on James' face.
"What's up?"
"Guess." Came the reply, as he flopped onto his bed, narrowly missing Remus' foot.
"You're head boy?" Sirius giggled.
A horrified expression replaced the thrilled one on James face for a second. "God forbid."
"You're marrying Lily?" Remus questioned, almost jokingly.
At this however, James stayed silent, a tell-tale blush creeping over his features.
Sirius promptly stopped giggling.
"I was just kidding…" mumbled Remus.
"She said yes, guys!"
Sirius cheered, and Remus grinned happily, along with James, who was now hugging his pillow.
After a few questions, and a few more one-syllable answers, they all stared out the window at the purple sky.
Finally, Remus spoke up. "Hey guys? It's snowing."
He was answered with James' pillow and Sirius' rolled up sweater thrown half-heartedly towards his head.
AN: Well, there ya have it. The epilogue. And, once again, I'm sorry it took so long to come out… Anyway, I'm not sure it was mushy enough, but hey … I liked it … anyway, the sequel, I'm HOPING(!!!) will be out on Saturday…we'll see how exams are doing … phooey … exams are bad .. anyway, I hope you enjoyed this, look out for the sequel, and pls review! Cheers and white ferrets!! ^^
