At 2:58 Sirius got out his Floo Powder and traveled to James house.
He stepped out of the fire and looked around. The place looked spotless
clean. This was a bigger deal than Sirius thought if James was cleaning
his house this good.
"Sirius?" came a voice from the kitchen.
"Yes, the great Sirius Black has arrived to rescue the poor frog in the pod," Sirius replied. Sometimes he called James that to annoy him.
James walked out of the kitchen and came over to Sirius. "Please not now. Tomorrow, okay Padfoot? If I haven't locked myself in my room by then because Lily said no," he said seriously.
"Relax, okay? I'm telling you, she'll say yes!" responded Sirius. "And I could easily get into your room because who is the best Unlock Charm performer?"
James smiled. "Thanks buddy."
"No problem. So… what else needs to be done?"
James turned around and faced the living room. "Well, the house is clean, even if I'm not. But you're not going to help with that. You can help me practice the plans and my lines," he said thoughtfully.
"You haven't memorized them yet?" Sirius asked.
"Kinda…" James answered slowly.
"While you're in the shower I'll write it down and then once you get out I'll start reading it to you until you can act like you haven't done this and you don't sound like a dork, got that?" said Sirius. James nodded and they walked down the hall to his bedroom.
"Uh… say… 'Lily, we have been together for… uh… a very long time and- er… you're all I ever wanted and… um… I love you so much and…. So… will you marry me?' Does that sound good?" said James.
"Take out the ers, uhs, and ums?"
"Yeah."
"Then it sounds great. I'll copy that down while you're in the shower and then we can really get to work," replied Sirius. He looked for some parchment and once he found a piece and a quill he wrote down what James just said.
He heard the water stop and a glass shower door open. "Ready?" Sirius called from the bed to the bathroom.
"Yeah," answered James.
"Ok… repeat after me, 'Lily, we have been together for a very long time.' Got that?" said Sirius.
"Lily, we have… uh… been together for a very long time."
"'Lily, we have been together for a very long time.'"
"Lily… we have been together for… a very long time."
"Sound sure of yourself! Act like you're gonna win this lady's heart no matter what!"
"Lily, we have… er… been together for a… a…. very long time."
"That didn't work. Act like if you don't sound perfect she's going to hate your guts for the rest of your life!"
"Lily, we have been together for a very long time."
"Good!" complemented Sirius. "Now repeat after me, 'You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much.'"
"You're all I could- wait… that's not right. You're all I could- oops! You're all I could- again I messed up! Could you please repeat that?" James said sheepishly.
Sirius sighed and said, "'you are all I ever wanted and I love you so much.'"
"You're all I ever wanted and I love you a lot… that didn't sound right. You're all ever I- oops. You're all I ever wanted and I love you… er… a lot. That wasn't right! You're all I ever wanted and…"
"Do you want me to repeat it?"
"Please."
"'You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much.'"
"You're all I could ever want and I love you… so much."
"Ah… better… I guess. I tell you, Prongs, the way you're saying it she WILL say no! Mean it! Remember, she'll hate you if you don't do it perfect!" Sirius called through the door.
"You are all I ever wanted and I love so much… and I mean that," James recited.
"Good! And that last part, she'll like that," cheered Sirius. "Now say both at the same time. 'Lily, we have been together for a very long time. You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much… and I mean that.' She'll hate your guts if you don't do this right!"
"Lily, we have been together for a very long time. You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much… and I truly mean that," James said.
"Good job!" Sirius clapped his hands. "Now let's try the most important part. 'Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of happiness and joy for you.'"
"I never said that last sentence!"
"I gotta spice it up!"
"Fine."
"Fine. Recite it."
"Please marry me. I supply happiness- that's not right. Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of joy and happiness for us- I mean you. Please marry. I would- oops. Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of happiness and joy for you. There, is that good?" James said.
"Try them all together now," Sirius said.
"Okay… Lily, we have been together for a very long time. You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much… and I mean that. Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of happiness and joy for you," recited James.
"Again."
"Lily, we have been together for a very long time. You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much… and I mean that. Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of happiness and joy for you," repeated James. He stepped out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. He walked over to his dresser and changed into silk, dark green dress robes with a formal black shirt and pants.
"What's your plans for tonight?" Sirius asked.
"I pick her up from her house at 5:45. I take her out to dinner at the Golden Gate at 6:00. Then around 8:00 we come back here and have a cup of coffee and talk. At around 8:20 I propose. If she says yes then we talk about the wedding until she wants to go back. If she says no I'll send her on her way home. Does that sound good?" answered James, trying to comb his tangled, jet-black hair.
"Yep."
"Don't you have a date too this evening?"
"Canceled."
"Why?"
"Cousins from America are coming in unexpected. They're coming down to her house to stay a night or two."
"Sorry to hear that."
"It's not your fault."
At about 5:00 Sirius left his best friend's house by Floor Powder. Once he was back in his house he flopped onto his couch and thought hard.
If he could change into any animal he wanted this would be much easier. But he couldn't. His only animal form was a big, black dog. He would need to be inside James house for the propose. And Golden Gate he would like to be inside too. Sirius could age himself while at Golden Gate making him look different… but what about his house? He couldn't do any disguise because what kind of person would let a stranger into their house when proposing to the love of their life? Not James. If Sirius kept himself hidden… that was it!
He could leave dinner while they were finishing up dessert and go to James house. Because James had a charm on his house that no one could Disapparate into it, so Sirius would have to do his powerful Unlock Charm on his door. Then he would hide somewhere and once they got home he could be hidden. He would listen and once Lily went home and James walked her out, Sirius would Disapparate to his house and then he would have heard everything!
Sirius got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen to make his dinner. It would have to be fast, because it was already 5:20 and he had 25 minutes to be ready for his plan to go into action.
He made microwaved chicken potpie and ate quickly. There was little time to get ready.
"Sirius?" came a voice from the kitchen.
"Yes, the great Sirius Black has arrived to rescue the poor frog in the pod," Sirius replied. Sometimes he called James that to annoy him.
James walked out of the kitchen and came over to Sirius. "Please not now. Tomorrow, okay Padfoot? If I haven't locked myself in my room by then because Lily said no," he said seriously.
"Relax, okay? I'm telling you, she'll say yes!" responded Sirius. "And I could easily get into your room because who is the best Unlock Charm performer?"
James smiled. "Thanks buddy."
"No problem. So… what else needs to be done?"
James turned around and faced the living room. "Well, the house is clean, even if I'm not. But you're not going to help with that. You can help me practice the plans and my lines," he said thoughtfully.
"You haven't memorized them yet?" Sirius asked.
"Kinda…" James answered slowly.
"While you're in the shower I'll write it down and then once you get out I'll start reading it to you until you can act like you haven't done this and you don't sound like a dork, got that?" said Sirius. James nodded and they walked down the hall to his bedroom.
"Uh… say… 'Lily, we have been together for… uh… a very long time and- er… you're all I ever wanted and… um… I love you so much and…. So… will you marry me?' Does that sound good?" said James.
"Take out the ers, uhs, and ums?"
"Yeah."
"Then it sounds great. I'll copy that down while you're in the shower and then we can really get to work," replied Sirius. He looked for some parchment and once he found a piece and a quill he wrote down what James just said.
He heard the water stop and a glass shower door open. "Ready?" Sirius called from the bed to the bathroom.
"Yeah," answered James.
"Ok… repeat after me, 'Lily, we have been together for a very long time.' Got that?" said Sirius.
"Lily, we have… uh… been together for a very long time."
"'Lily, we have been together for a very long time.'"
"Lily… we have been together for… a very long time."
"Sound sure of yourself! Act like you're gonna win this lady's heart no matter what!"
"Lily, we have… er… been together for a… a…. very long time."
"That didn't work. Act like if you don't sound perfect she's going to hate your guts for the rest of your life!"
"Lily, we have been together for a very long time."
"Good!" complemented Sirius. "Now repeat after me, 'You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much.'"
"You're all I could- wait… that's not right. You're all I could- oops! You're all I could- again I messed up! Could you please repeat that?" James said sheepishly.
Sirius sighed and said, "'you are all I ever wanted and I love you so much.'"
"You're all I ever wanted and I love you a lot… that didn't sound right. You're all ever I- oops. You're all I ever wanted and I love you… er… a lot. That wasn't right! You're all I ever wanted and…"
"Do you want me to repeat it?"
"Please."
"'You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much.'"
"You're all I could ever want and I love you… so much."
"Ah… better… I guess. I tell you, Prongs, the way you're saying it she WILL say no! Mean it! Remember, she'll hate you if you don't do it perfect!" Sirius called through the door.
"You are all I ever wanted and I love so much… and I mean that," James recited.
"Good! And that last part, she'll like that," cheered Sirius. "Now say both at the same time. 'Lily, we have been together for a very long time. You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much… and I mean that.' She'll hate your guts if you don't do this right!"
"Lily, we have been together for a very long time. You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much… and I truly mean that," James said.
"Good job!" Sirius clapped his hands. "Now let's try the most important part. 'Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of happiness and joy for you.'"
"I never said that last sentence!"
"I gotta spice it up!"
"Fine."
"Fine. Recite it."
"Please marry me. I supply happiness- that's not right. Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of joy and happiness for us- I mean you. Please marry. I would- oops. Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of happiness and joy for you. There, is that good?" James said.
"Try them all together now," Sirius said.
"Okay… Lily, we have been together for a very long time. You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much… and I mean that. Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of happiness and joy for you," recited James.
"Again."
"Lily, we have been together for a very long time. You are all I ever wanted and I love you so much… and I mean that. Please marry me. I would supply a lifetime of happiness and joy for you," repeated James. He stepped out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. He walked over to his dresser and changed into silk, dark green dress robes with a formal black shirt and pants.
"What's your plans for tonight?" Sirius asked.
"I pick her up from her house at 5:45. I take her out to dinner at the Golden Gate at 6:00. Then around 8:00 we come back here and have a cup of coffee and talk. At around 8:20 I propose. If she says yes then we talk about the wedding until she wants to go back. If she says no I'll send her on her way home. Does that sound good?" answered James, trying to comb his tangled, jet-black hair.
"Yep."
"Don't you have a date too this evening?"
"Canceled."
"Why?"
"Cousins from America are coming in unexpected. They're coming down to her house to stay a night or two."
"Sorry to hear that."
"It's not your fault."
At about 5:00 Sirius left his best friend's house by Floor Powder. Once he was back in his house he flopped onto his couch and thought hard.
If he could change into any animal he wanted this would be much easier. But he couldn't. His only animal form was a big, black dog. He would need to be inside James house for the propose. And Golden Gate he would like to be inside too. Sirius could age himself while at Golden Gate making him look different… but what about his house? He couldn't do any disguise because what kind of person would let a stranger into their house when proposing to the love of their life? Not James. If Sirius kept himself hidden… that was it!
He could leave dinner while they were finishing up dessert and go to James house. Because James had a charm on his house that no one could Disapparate into it, so Sirius would have to do his powerful Unlock Charm on his door. Then he would hide somewhere and once they got home he could be hidden. He would listen and once Lily went home and James walked her out, Sirius would Disapparate to his house and then he would have heard everything!
Sirius got up from the couch and walked into the kitchen to make his dinner. It would have to be fast, because it was already 5:20 and he had 25 minutes to be ready for his plan to go into action.
He made microwaved chicken potpie and ate quickly. There was little time to get ready.