DISCLAIMER: I don't own the Harry Potter characters; I'm not THAT much of a
genius! *winks*
A/N I hope you like this chapter!! I know I know the chapters are getting shorter then before, but my hands get tired easier then before, I've been working on this for like a month or something! ONE MORE REVIEW 'TIL A HUNDRED!!!!!! **Dances around the room like an idiot, scares parents** Heh, heh I 'm having a GOOD day, so I'm going to get to typing!! You know you have too much time on your hands; when you've read 97 reviews…Oh wedding bells are ringing (not James and Lily's). Sarcasm Queen; your review is my favorite!!! I just hope I can live up to how much you all liked the story so far…
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CHAPTER 27
Lily was in WAY too good a mood the next morning, and it was obvious to her friends that she was but they still had no idea why; even though they asked her a thousand times.
Around the 1001 time they asked Lily was getting ready to go to breakfast.
"Lily my dear, may I ask again, WHY are you in such a good mood? There's a reason I know there is; so will you please enlighten me?" Jimena asked with her brush in her hair.
"There is absolutely NO reason, I'm just happy and HOW can you tell?" Lily asked, wondering what she was doing differently.
"Lily if you didn't know: First I wake up to YOU singing some muggle song, and then you're skipping around the room! Then you were actually HAPPY to clean your side of the room! I was just joking and you agreed. Something's wrong with you and I'd like to know!" Sierra said finishing her little speech.
"I just got a good night's rest is all." Lily said, smiling to herself, because really she was tired as hell because she didn't get enough sleep.
"Sure Lils, sure." Jimena said and they walked to breakfast.
When they arrived at the Great Hall they sat next to the boys, and Lily made sure to throw dirty looks at Peter; but inside she was VERY pleased with what he did. Lily was in a good position for the plan, seeing as she was sitting next to James.
There plan wasn't that big of a deal; but it sure as hell was going to catch their friends off guard.
During breakfast Lily kept looking at James, and hiding a smile. And finally came her queue.
"Hey Lily did we have studying last night or what?" The three boys' mouths dropped, they were the only ones who knew what "Studying" meant to these two.
Remus, Sirius and Peter sat there staring at them while the two other girls were wondering what was going on.
"I can't wait to get studying James, are we meeting in the common room?" Lily asked as innocently as she could with out laughing.
"You know I was thinking we should start studying right here in the Great Hall." James said smirking at his friends. Sirius leaned over and explained to Sierra and Jimena the word studying to Lily and James and their mouths hung open.
"Y-You guys can't STUDY in the Great Hall!" Peter squealed in disbelief.
"Hmm, why not?" Lily asked keeping a straight face.
"The Professors are in here!"
"I thought they'd like us studying." James said pretending that he had no idea what they were talking about.
"Lily!" Sierra hissed at her friend "I thought you said nothing happened!"
"What ARE you guys talking about?" Lily asked faking confusion. Their five friends whispered for a minute and Lily and James looked at each other smiling.
"Let's get a preview of that study session." James said pulling her close and kissing her.
Their friends stopped whispering to each other and stared at their friends who they thought 'Nothing had happened' between them
Lily wrapped her arms around his neck as they deepened the kiss, only to be interrupted by Professor McGonagall, who was oddly enough smiling slightly at them.
"Miss Evans, Mister Potter, would you please show a better example and kindly stop the 'inappropriate display of affections' in public. Although I'm glad to see you two finally got together again; out of all my student you two are a perfect match." McGonagall left after Lily and James went back to eating breakfast.
"Wow, she didn't even take points!" Remus finally said staring at James and Lily who were looking quit pleased with themselves.
"I guess she's just in a good mood." Jimena said also staring at James and Lily.
"So, do you guys have something to tell us?" Sirius asked looking at them with a big grin on his face; not mad at all that his best friend didn't tell him he got a new girlfriend.
"Uh, me and Lily are going out." James said as casually as he could.
Sierra and Jimena looked at each other and grinned brightly. "So THAT'S why you are in such a good mood; something DID happen last night." Sierra said pleased that she'd been right.
Lily rolled her eyes. "You always have to be right, don't you?"
"Yes, it's a part of my personality that gets on everyone's nerves, especially Sirius'." Sierra said glancing at her boyfriend who did a small pout.
The rest of breakfast went by happily, talking of things they would do that day, while Lily and James had different plans then the rest; they still joined in.
When breakfast was over Lily and James excused themselves to go 'study'.
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Life was good for the most part as the next few months flew by. Lily and James were together every moment, and were easily named the cutest couple at Hogwarts. They were always kissing in the hallways, and just plan having fun together. Their arguments were few, because they were trying to live their lives as best they could while they were still living, when you know you're going to die sooner then most people, you tend to put things in a different perspective.
James turned into what Sirius called "A Pathetic Toy for Lily" as he was always around her trying to please her. Lily of course used this to her advantage, but only so much.
Lily was very content and happy; sleeping well has that effect on you.
During the month of May, Lily was sitting by the Lake leaning against James and having a pointless conversation, when they were interrupted by someone unexpected.
Robert Saratoga, looking nervous and apprehensive stood before them. This was his last year, and he had made James Quidditch Captain for next year.
"Yes Rob?" Lily asked.
"Lily, I need to talk to you…about Mindy." Robert said, wringing his hands.
"Uh, sure what's it about?" Last time Robert had asked her about Mindy, they'd ended up in a three year long relationship that was still going. They were as much a perfect couple as Lily and James.
"Can I talk to you…err…alone?" He asked again. Lily looked at James who nodded and Lily went off with Robert a little ways away from James.
"What is it? You look like your going to be sick!" Lily said noticing how pale he'd turned.
"I-I-Err, I was, um thinking, and-well-well-." Robert stuttered.
"Spit it out Robert!" Lily said getting impatient.
"Iwanaaskmindytomarryme." Robert muttered inaudibly under his breath.
"What? Something about Mindy?" Lily asked.
"I want to ask Mindy to marry me." Robert said slowly, but his voice was a little shaky.
"Oh Robert that's so great!" Lily said hugging him. "So why are you telling me?"
Robert went off into a little rant. "Mindy's Dad…well, I was thinking, since he's an Auror and all, that he might not be so happy about it, and I want to ask permission or something, or maybe I should just ask her, I thought I'd ask you since you know her so well, and you were there in the beginning and I figured, that, well-."
"Robert! Calm down." Lily said instructing him to take deep breaths. "Get to the point."
"How should I go about asking her 'the question'?"
"Well, she probably won't care how you ask her. She loves you so much she'll just want to be asked." Lily said surprised that he didn't know that himself.
"I know, but I want it to be perfect! I just don't know what to do!" Robert said tugging on his hair.
"Hmm…when was the first time you noticed you started liking her?" Lily said after a moment of brainstorming.
"Remember that summer, when I was going into fifth year, and you and Mindy came into the ice cream shop? You know that nice little place?" Lily nodded that she knew what he was talking about. "That day when we had our first decent conversation, I couldn't get her out my head after that. I remember sitting their across from her thinking how pretty she was, and then wondering what the hell was wrong with me. That was where it was."
"Propose to her there, I think she'd love it." Lily suggested.
"Lily that's PERFECT! I never would have thought of that!" Robert said grinning like a maniac and swung Lily around for a brief moment.
"Now all you have to do is set it up and ASK her." Lily said grinning at the way Robert started to turn a odd shade of green.
"Yeah- I-guess-I will do that." Robert stuttered, and they said good bye and Lily went back to James.
"What was that about?" James asked curious.
"Robert's asking Mindy to marry her, but don't tell anyone, you don't know where that information could end up."
"Really the two of them, married? I feel suddenly old."
"I can't BELIEVE they used to down right hate each other! It's kind of funny in a way."
"Yeah, remember how they used to torment each other? Ah, the good old days." James said and pulled Lily down where he was sitting.
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Lily was the only one Robert had told about proposing to Mindy, and he kept her up to date with what was what.
So he decided to ask her on a Saturday, and he got permission from Dumbledore to go to Diagon Alley with Mindy, so the Dumbledore found out about his plan.
The day came up quicker then Robert wanted and not soon enough for Lily who kept grinning at Mindy whenever she saw her and Mindy was suspecting something.
Lily was getting antsy waiting for them to come back, she finally told Jimena and Sierra who were equally as excited as her.
"WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET HERE?!" Lily shrieked. "I can't take this waiting!"
She, Jimena and Sierra sat in the common room and Lily was pacing around, getting VERY impatient.
"Calm down Lils, they've only been gone a few hours; it might mean a good thing, not bad." Jimena said trying to sooth Lily's nerves.
They waited fifteen more minutes and finally someone came in through the portal Lily fell out of her seat in excitement and was disappointed by who she saw from her spot on the floor.
"Oh, it's only you." Lily mumbled at James.
"What do you mean, only ME?" James said faking hurt, and came over and picked Lily up from the floor.
"Lily's waiting for Mindy and Robert to come back." Sierra supplied.
"Oh today's THE day, is it?" James asked confirming what he already knew.
James occupied Lily's mind for a while, and improved her mood a lot, until finally Mindy came into the room followed by Robert.
Lily looked at their faces and was unable to tell how it had gone. The two of them plopped on the couch across James and Lily.
Lily watched them intently looking for any expression, 'Why aren't they saying anything?!' Lily thought nervously. She had been so sure Mindy would say yes, but now she wasn't sure.
Lily finally gave Robert a look that clearly said how she felt which was 'What-the-hell-happened? Did-she-say-yes!?'
Finally she got an answer:
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A/N Muhahaha! I felt like leaving it, I'm not sure how THIS is going to end up at the moment. I'm not sure, yes or no? Hmm, tune in next week for- wait this isn't my once a week talk show is it? Hmm, well I have the next chapter up soon!
*~Sierra~*
A/N I hope you like this chapter!! I know I know the chapters are getting shorter then before, but my hands get tired easier then before, I've been working on this for like a month or something! ONE MORE REVIEW 'TIL A HUNDRED!!!!!! **Dances around the room like an idiot, scares parents** Heh, heh I 'm having a GOOD day, so I'm going to get to typing!! You know you have too much time on your hands; when you've read 97 reviews…Oh wedding bells are ringing (not James and Lily's). Sarcasm Queen; your review is my favorite!!! I just hope I can live up to how much you all liked the story so far…
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CHAPTER 27
Lily was in WAY too good a mood the next morning, and it was obvious to her friends that she was but they still had no idea why; even though they asked her a thousand times.
Around the 1001 time they asked Lily was getting ready to go to breakfast.
"Lily my dear, may I ask again, WHY are you in such a good mood? There's a reason I know there is; so will you please enlighten me?" Jimena asked with her brush in her hair.
"There is absolutely NO reason, I'm just happy and HOW can you tell?" Lily asked, wondering what she was doing differently.
"Lily if you didn't know: First I wake up to YOU singing some muggle song, and then you're skipping around the room! Then you were actually HAPPY to clean your side of the room! I was just joking and you agreed. Something's wrong with you and I'd like to know!" Sierra said finishing her little speech.
"I just got a good night's rest is all." Lily said, smiling to herself, because really she was tired as hell because she didn't get enough sleep.
"Sure Lils, sure." Jimena said and they walked to breakfast.
When they arrived at the Great Hall they sat next to the boys, and Lily made sure to throw dirty looks at Peter; but inside she was VERY pleased with what he did. Lily was in a good position for the plan, seeing as she was sitting next to James.
There plan wasn't that big of a deal; but it sure as hell was going to catch their friends off guard.
During breakfast Lily kept looking at James, and hiding a smile. And finally came her queue.
"Hey Lily did we have studying last night or what?" The three boys' mouths dropped, they were the only ones who knew what "Studying" meant to these two.
Remus, Sirius and Peter sat there staring at them while the two other girls were wondering what was going on.
"I can't wait to get studying James, are we meeting in the common room?" Lily asked as innocently as she could with out laughing.
"You know I was thinking we should start studying right here in the Great Hall." James said smirking at his friends. Sirius leaned over and explained to Sierra and Jimena the word studying to Lily and James and their mouths hung open.
"Y-You guys can't STUDY in the Great Hall!" Peter squealed in disbelief.
"Hmm, why not?" Lily asked keeping a straight face.
"The Professors are in here!"
"I thought they'd like us studying." James said pretending that he had no idea what they were talking about.
"Lily!" Sierra hissed at her friend "I thought you said nothing happened!"
"What ARE you guys talking about?" Lily asked faking confusion. Their five friends whispered for a minute and Lily and James looked at each other smiling.
"Let's get a preview of that study session." James said pulling her close and kissing her.
Their friends stopped whispering to each other and stared at their friends who they thought 'Nothing had happened' between them
Lily wrapped her arms around his neck as they deepened the kiss, only to be interrupted by Professor McGonagall, who was oddly enough smiling slightly at them.
"Miss Evans, Mister Potter, would you please show a better example and kindly stop the 'inappropriate display of affections' in public. Although I'm glad to see you two finally got together again; out of all my student you two are a perfect match." McGonagall left after Lily and James went back to eating breakfast.
"Wow, she didn't even take points!" Remus finally said staring at James and Lily who were looking quit pleased with themselves.
"I guess she's just in a good mood." Jimena said also staring at James and Lily.
"So, do you guys have something to tell us?" Sirius asked looking at them with a big grin on his face; not mad at all that his best friend didn't tell him he got a new girlfriend.
"Uh, me and Lily are going out." James said as casually as he could.
Sierra and Jimena looked at each other and grinned brightly. "So THAT'S why you are in such a good mood; something DID happen last night." Sierra said pleased that she'd been right.
Lily rolled her eyes. "You always have to be right, don't you?"
"Yes, it's a part of my personality that gets on everyone's nerves, especially Sirius'." Sierra said glancing at her boyfriend who did a small pout.
The rest of breakfast went by happily, talking of things they would do that day, while Lily and James had different plans then the rest; they still joined in.
When breakfast was over Lily and James excused themselves to go 'study'.
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Life was good for the most part as the next few months flew by. Lily and James were together every moment, and were easily named the cutest couple at Hogwarts. They were always kissing in the hallways, and just plan having fun together. Their arguments were few, because they were trying to live their lives as best they could while they were still living, when you know you're going to die sooner then most people, you tend to put things in a different perspective.
James turned into what Sirius called "A Pathetic Toy for Lily" as he was always around her trying to please her. Lily of course used this to her advantage, but only so much.
Lily was very content and happy; sleeping well has that effect on you.
During the month of May, Lily was sitting by the Lake leaning against James and having a pointless conversation, when they were interrupted by someone unexpected.
Robert Saratoga, looking nervous and apprehensive stood before them. This was his last year, and he had made James Quidditch Captain for next year.
"Yes Rob?" Lily asked.
"Lily, I need to talk to you…about Mindy." Robert said, wringing his hands.
"Uh, sure what's it about?" Last time Robert had asked her about Mindy, they'd ended up in a three year long relationship that was still going. They were as much a perfect couple as Lily and James.
"Can I talk to you…err…alone?" He asked again. Lily looked at James who nodded and Lily went off with Robert a little ways away from James.
"What is it? You look like your going to be sick!" Lily said noticing how pale he'd turned.
"I-I-Err, I was, um thinking, and-well-well-." Robert stuttered.
"Spit it out Robert!" Lily said getting impatient.
"Iwanaaskmindytomarryme." Robert muttered inaudibly under his breath.
"What? Something about Mindy?" Lily asked.
"I want to ask Mindy to marry me." Robert said slowly, but his voice was a little shaky.
"Oh Robert that's so great!" Lily said hugging him. "So why are you telling me?"
Robert went off into a little rant. "Mindy's Dad…well, I was thinking, since he's an Auror and all, that he might not be so happy about it, and I want to ask permission or something, or maybe I should just ask her, I thought I'd ask you since you know her so well, and you were there in the beginning and I figured, that, well-."
"Robert! Calm down." Lily said instructing him to take deep breaths. "Get to the point."
"How should I go about asking her 'the question'?"
"Well, she probably won't care how you ask her. She loves you so much she'll just want to be asked." Lily said surprised that he didn't know that himself.
"I know, but I want it to be perfect! I just don't know what to do!" Robert said tugging on his hair.
"Hmm…when was the first time you noticed you started liking her?" Lily said after a moment of brainstorming.
"Remember that summer, when I was going into fifth year, and you and Mindy came into the ice cream shop? You know that nice little place?" Lily nodded that she knew what he was talking about. "That day when we had our first decent conversation, I couldn't get her out my head after that. I remember sitting their across from her thinking how pretty she was, and then wondering what the hell was wrong with me. That was where it was."
"Propose to her there, I think she'd love it." Lily suggested.
"Lily that's PERFECT! I never would have thought of that!" Robert said grinning like a maniac and swung Lily around for a brief moment.
"Now all you have to do is set it up and ASK her." Lily said grinning at the way Robert started to turn a odd shade of green.
"Yeah- I-guess-I will do that." Robert stuttered, and they said good bye and Lily went back to James.
"What was that about?" James asked curious.
"Robert's asking Mindy to marry her, but don't tell anyone, you don't know where that information could end up."
"Really the two of them, married? I feel suddenly old."
"I can't BELIEVE they used to down right hate each other! It's kind of funny in a way."
"Yeah, remember how they used to torment each other? Ah, the good old days." James said and pulled Lily down where he was sitting.
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Lily was the only one Robert had told about proposing to Mindy, and he kept her up to date with what was what.
So he decided to ask her on a Saturday, and he got permission from Dumbledore to go to Diagon Alley with Mindy, so the Dumbledore found out about his plan.
The day came up quicker then Robert wanted and not soon enough for Lily who kept grinning at Mindy whenever she saw her and Mindy was suspecting something.
Lily was getting antsy waiting for them to come back, she finally told Jimena and Sierra who were equally as excited as her.
"WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO GET HERE?!" Lily shrieked. "I can't take this waiting!"
She, Jimena and Sierra sat in the common room and Lily was pacing around, getting VERY impatient.
"Calm down Lils, they've only been gone a few hours; it might mean a good thing, not bad." Jimena said trying to sooth Lily's nerves.
They waited fifteen more minutes and finally someone came in through the portal Lily fell out of her seat in excitement and was disappointed by who she saw from her spot on the floor.
"Oh, it's only you." Lily mumbled at James.
"What do you mean, only ME?" James said faking hurt, and came over and picked Lily up from the floor.
"Lily's waiting for Mindy and Robert to come back." Sierra supplied.
"Oh today's THE day, is it?" James asked confirming what he already knew.
James occupied Lily's mind for a while, and improved her mood a lot, until finally Mindy came into the room followed by Robert.
Lily looked at their faces and was unable to tell how it had gone. The two of them plopped on the couch across James and Lily.
Lily watched them intently looking for any expression, 'Why aren't they saying anything?!' Lily thought nervously. She had been so sure Mindy would say yes, but now she wasn't sure.
Lily finally gave Robert a look that clearly said how she felt which was 'What-the-hell-happened? Did-she-say-yes!?'
Finally she got an answer:
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A/N Muhahaha! I felt like leaving it, I'm not sure how THIS is going to end up at the moment. I'm not sure, yes or no? Hmm, tune in next week for- wait this isn't my once a week talk show is it? Hmm, well I have the next chapter up soon!
*~Sierra~*