A/N: I had technical dificulties uploading that last chapter... If you want to read a very very good Lily/James fic, look up "Love Story 1975" by Pantaliamon. It's awesome, and I can't believe that she's going to be finishing it soon, sob. I actually know what I'm going to do with this chapter, gasp, that's a scary thought. Please do me a favor and reply, because I've had it on 20 for a long time, and I'm beginning to become depressed, haha. By the way, this is taking place 4 years after Tessa's death. They're all about 21, I suppose, but with my superb math skills, I could be wrong... Ok, 17 plus 4 is 21, so nevermind. Anyways, Remus has a girl, Lily and James are together (duh) and engaged, and Sirius and Jamie (my fave couple, lol) are together still. It's all good. Now, read away...
Disclaimer: Now all I own is Jamie. Tis sad...

Strangest Friends
Chapter 14: Dresses and Names

James was trying to recline comfortably in another plastic chair. It was far to early for his blood, 10:30, and he was very tired. It was Saturday, after all. His eyes kept on slowly shuting, but he knew better than keep them that way, for fear of Lily's wrath. "James, what about this one?" Lily asked, coming out to him in yet another wedding dress. After about the third one, they all started to look alike.
"It's beautiful," James replied.
"Do you really think so?" Lily asked him hopefully, not catching the sarcasm that was evident in his voice.
"Yep," James said, "How much?"
"Um..." Lily looked at him guiltily. "A lot."
"In that case it's ugly," James said, winking. "How much?"
"275 bucks," Lily said, looking down at it.
"Well, it's not as bad as some of the other ones," James said, looking around the mass of white that was the dress shop. "If you like that one..."
"Great!" Lily said, "but, I have to show Jamie first. Isn't she here yet?"
"No, they were supposed to be here a half an hour ago," James said, looking at his watch impatiently.
"Should we wait for them?" Lily asked James.
"If you want," James said. "Look at other dresses, just in case."
Now that you're interested, I suppose I should tell you where Jamie and Sirius happen to be...
Sirius snored yet again, jerking Jamie from her sleep.
"As loud as he is, it's a wonder I get any sleep at all," Jamie said quietly. She looked down at him. His black hair was sticking up in odd places, making him resemble James a bit. Jamie ran her fingers through his hair to smooth it out a bit, something she enjoyed doing a lot. Sirius yawned and his eyes fluttered open.
"Hey," he said. "What's up?"
"You snore to much," Jamie said, smiling at him.
"You snore too."
"No I don't!"
"Yes you do!"
"Whatever," Jamie said, setting her head on Sirius's chest.
"It's Saturday, right?" Sirius asked her.
"Mh hm," Jamie answered.
"Good," Sirius said, running his hands through Jamie's hair. "We aren't supposed to be anywhere, are we?"
"I don't think so," Jamie said, thinking.
"Ok... it feels like we're forgetting something," Sirius said, his forehead scrunched up.
"Holy shit!" Jamie said, jumping up, and grabbing the alarm clock. "We were supposed to meet James and Lily at the bridal shop a half an hour ago!"
"Damn it!" Sirius said, grabbing his wand and zapping some presentable clothes onto himself, while Jamie did the same. "Can we Apparate?" Sirius asked Jamie.
"No, the shop's in London," Jamie said, running out into the kitchen and grabbing a granola bar. "We better not do this for the wedding."
"No way," Sirius agreed, grabbing the car keys as Jamie stuffed a granola bar into his mouth. "Let's go," he said through a mouthful of granola.
They ran out into the car and sped out of the driveway.
At the bridal shop, Lily was watching out the window for them, still in the wedding dress. "Where are they?" she asked James.
"I dunno," James said, bored out of his mind.
Just then, a red Ford Mustang (A/N: my dream car...) whiped around the corner and sped to a stop in front of the shop. Sirius and Jamie ran out of the car and into the bridal shop.
"Sorry, we're late," Jamie apoligized to Lily. "Oh, Lily, that's beautiful!"
"Thanks! I thought so too," Lily said, looking pleased with herself.
"How much is it?" Sirius asked her.
"Cheap enough," James answered. "Now, let's buy it already."
"We have to order it, sweetie," Lily said, and walked over to a counter where a womanw as standing and started to talk to her.
"Anxious to leave, Jamesie-poo?" Sirius muttered under his breath.
"You bet your ass," James replied. "You just wait until it's your turn," he said, and looked at Jamie, who was walking around the shop, looking at dresses.
"Why do you think I haven't proposed yet?" Sirius asked him, with a sly smile.
"So, where were you, exactly?" James asked Sirius.
"In bed," Sirius said, "asleep," he added, catching James's look.
"Sure," James said.
"Shut up, Potter," Sirius said, kicking him in the leg.
"Ooh, that hurt, waah," James said.
"Now, now kiddies," Jamie said, walking past them.
"Yeah, Sirius, be nice," James said.
Sirius rolled his eyes, and walked after Jamie.
"Isn't this one pretty?" Jamie asked Sirius. She looked at the price and scoffed. "Guess not."
Sirius laughed and said, "I don't care how much it will be, as long as you're happy."
"Aw, that's sweet," Jamie said. "In other words, less than 500, right?"
"Yep," Sirius said.
"Come on, you two!" Lily called to them, back into her normal clothes.
"Is that why we had to get up? To see you in that dress?" Sirius asked her.
"Sirius," Jamie said warningly.
But Lily just laughed. "Well, pretty much, actually!"
"I have to go to work now, my dear friends and little woman," James said. "So, come on, Lil."
"James, it's Saturday," Jamie said to James.
"Shut up, I want to go..." James said under his breath, which made Jamie laugh.
"Ah, I see," Jamie said. "Let's go, Si."
"See you, soon-to-be-Potters," Sirius said, walking into the car.
"Wait!" Lily practically screamed. "I remember why I wanted you guys to come so bad! But, we have to go meet Remus at Diagon Alley."
"Ok..." Jamie said, looking across the street at the Leaky Cauldron.
"Come on!" Lily said, dragging James across the street by the hand, narrowly getting hit by a few cars.
"Right," Sirius said, walking across. "We're Jay-Walking, you know that, right?"
"Hey, don't ask me to argue with Lily," Jamie said, throwing her hands up.
"Good point," Sirius said.
When they got into Diagon Alley, they walked down into a shop where Remus worked part-time, due to his transformations. He could never keep a job down very easily, because it raised a lot of questions where he was once a month.
"Moony!" James said, when they entered Flourish and Blotts.
"Hey, guys," Remus said, putting some books onto a bookshelf. "Marcy, I'm taking my lunch right now, ok?"
"Sure, Remus," said a woman behind the counter of the bookstore. She had short black hair and brown eyes.
"What's up?" Remus asked them as he went to get his jacket.
"So, that's Marcy," Sirius said. "She's not bad looking."
"Hey!" Jamie said, punching Sirius in the gut.
"But not nearly as good looking as you," Sirius said.
"Better believe it," Jamie said, smirking.
"Yeah, that's Marcy," Remus said, smiling. "She's wonderful."
"Does she know about, well, you know," James asked.
Remus's smile disappeared off his face. "No, she doesn't."
"Oh, Remus," Lily said. "Don't worry about it."
"Thanks, Lils," Remus said. "Now, what's going on?"
"Oh yeah," Lily said and James rolled his eyes. "Guess what!" She said and jumped around slightly.
"Um... what?" Sirius asked her.
"Hee hee!" Lily said, on the verge of bursting. "I'm... pregnant!"
"No way!" Jamie said. "Oh my, God!"
"Woah, Jamesie!" Sirius said, putting James in a head-lock and ruffling his hair. "Congratulations!"
"That's great!" Remus said, smiling with sincere happiness.
"I know! Isn't it awesome!" Lily said, smiling widely.
"What are you going to name her?" Jamie asked.
"Her? It's going to be a boy," James said, recovering from Sirius's headlock. "And HE is going to look just like his daddy."
"Well, I pity him," Sirius joked. "What are you going to name HIM then?"
"We don't know yet," Lily said. "I like Fredrick, but James didn't. He's leaning towards a James Junior, but I just hate how that sounds. We just aren't sure yet!"
"We're so happy for you," Jamie said to Lily.
"Congrats," Remus said to the happy couple. "But, I have to go back to work, talk to you all later, ok?"
"See you, Moony," Sirius said.
"We were wondering," Lily said slowly. "If you two would accept being named the baby's godparents. You know, if you want to, that it."
"Really?" Jamie asked, her eyes wide.
"Of course!" Sirius said, smiling wider than ever.
"Good," James said, "because we would have anyway!"
"Well, we must be going," Sirius said, bowing low to the engaged couple.
"See you later!" Jamie said, and they left Diagon Alley, hand in hand.

It was later that night, and Sirius was flipping through the channels on the TV (a Muggle object Sirius HAD to have), very quickly, I might add, and Jamie was reading a book.
"It's a wonder that they can get people on the moon," Sirius said, "but Muggles have no way of getting rid of half the junk on TV."
Jamie laughed appreciativly as he stopped on a local news program
"It's going to be a cold one tonight, folks, so bundle up! Back to you, Jenny!" said the weatherman.
"Thanks, Troy. On a grim note, there was a bomb explosion at the London Mall earlier today, and there are many injured and a few dead. Among the ones dead, is a man with a strange marking on his wrist, which makes police think that it was a cult's doing," Jenny said.
There was a picture of the man's wrist, and it was plain to Wizards that it was the Dark Mark. A shiver went up Jamie's spine.
"I can't believe he's going after innocent people now," Jamie said. "Will he ever get tired of killing?"
"I doubt it," Sirius said, turning off the television and throwing the remote onto the ground. "Argh, now I have a headache."
"Aw, poor baby," Jamie said, setting her book aside.
Sirius crawled across the floor over to where she was sitting in her beanbag-chair. He set his chin on her knees. "I'm so depressed, waah..."
"That sounds like something James would say," Jamie said and laughed.
"Oh no!" Sirius said, "I'm losing my touch!"
"I guess so!" Jamie said, laughing harder.
"You're in a giggley mood," Sirius said, standing up.
Jamie merely nodded.
"Come here," Sirius said, and jerked her up to him. "Hey, there."
Jamie stopped laughing and looked up into his eyes. They were full of gaity, laughter, and dancing.
Sirius leaned down and kissed her. She smiled, sort of, and kissed him back. Then Sirius ruined the moment by tickling her.
Jamie shreiked and ducked down and ran into the kitchen and Sirius followed her. Then she apparated into the bathroom and locked the door. She breathed a sigh of relief before Sirius appeared in there. She ran into the kitchen again where Sirius cornered her and began to tickle her until she was out of breath from laughing so hard.
"I'm going to bed, g'night!" Sirius said and apparated into their bedroom, leaving Jamie gasping for air in the kitchen.
Sirius rolled over and woke up. It was 1:35 AM. He felt around on the other side of trhe bed, but Jamie wasn't there. He sighed and got out of bed. Sirius walked down the hall and into the living room. He looked at Jamie and smiled. She must have put on her pajamas, but never went up to bed. She was wearing a big sweatshirt and flannal shorts. She had black slippers on. In her lap was her book and her head was leaned against the beanbag-chair she was almost always sitting in.
Sirius took her book and put her bookmark in where she was reading. He then leaned forward and scooped Jamie up in his arms. Her head rolled onto his chest. He slowlt walked up the stairs and into their bedroom. He laid her in the bed and swept her hair off of her face.
Sirius walked around to the otehr side of the bed and climbed in. He fell asleep almost instantly.