Author's Note: Well, at least with the site down, I have some more time to catch up on writing more chapters…
Title: Love and Flashbacks
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Erm… Possibly.
Summary: Lily and James remember the events that led to their romance.
Disclaimer: As much as I'd love to own Harry Potter and its characters, I don't.
Setting: This story takes place when the Marauders are at Hogwarts.
*** = setting change
*~*= begin flashback
~*~ = end flashback
[…] = time
italics = emphasis
~The Wedding~
"Oh, you look so beautiful, Lily," Koren gushed.
The redhead smiled. "Thanks."
"Oh, this isn't fair."
"What isn't fair?"
"Sirius and I were a couple one day before you and James, and now you're getting married first."
"Hey, blame your boyfriend. It's not my fault he hasn't asked you."
Koren sighed. "Yeah, I know…" She started laughing. "Oh, it's all right. I'm perfectly happy with the way things are. Besides, after all you put James through…"
They laughed.
Charlotte came into the room.
"Char, your hair looks great," Lily remarked.
"Thank you." The twenty-year-old woman had made her long, dark hair wavy.
"Hey, what about me?" Koren demanded. She had put her hair up for the wedding, instead of leaving it down, like she usually did. (AN: If you've seen the Friends episode The One with Chandler and Monica's Wedding, it's kind of like Rachel's hair at the wedding.)
Lily chuckled. "You too, Koren."
"This is so cool," the blonde declared. "I've never been a maid of honor before."
"You've never been to a wedding before."
"Oh, right."
Charlotte laughed. The three of them had made a deal. Koren would be Lily's maid of honor, Lily would be Charlotte's, and Charlotte would be Koren's (AN: Also from Friends… Didn't mean to do that, but I didn't want the wedding to be the same as Role Reversal's…). "I can't believe you're getting married. Oh, God, and you're so young."
"Yeah, well, that's what happens when you fall in love with someone like James," Lily said, smiling (AN: Oy, sap…)
***
"Breathe. Breathe in, breathe out. Come on, James, you have to breathe." Sirius was James's best man, and right now he was performing his best man duty of getting the groom calm.
"I'm trying, but it's not working!"
"Breathing isn't working? You're worse off than I thought. Breathing is pretty much an involuntary action, Prongs."
"Oh, shut up."
Remus was sitting in a chair watching his friends, trying not to laugh. "Hey, is Peter coming?"
"No, he's busy or something."
"Okay."
Sirius plopped down into a chair. "I give up. He is just not going to be calm."
"No, Sirius. I'm fine now," James said.
"Remember how nervous you were about asking Lily to marry you?" Remus put in.
"Yeah."
*~*
[7th year]
(AN: Just so you know, this takes place between chapters 10 and 11.)
"What if she doesn't want to?"
"She will."
"But what if she doesn't?"
"She will. She loves you, James."
"Yeah, and plus, who can say no to that ring?"
"Sirius. Okay, when should I ask her?"
"That's for you to decide."
"You're not going to help me, are you?"
"Nope."
~*~
"I need to breathe again."
***
(AN: The words and stuff are boring, so I just cut to the chase.)
"You may kiss the bride."
Their friends smiled as Lily and James kissed for the first time as husband and wife.
***
"You look beautiful, Koren," Sirius said to his girlfriend, pulling her onto the dance floor.
She smiled. "So do you," she replied.
"I look beautiful?"
"Yes."
"That's different."
Koren laughed. "You know what I mean."
"Do I? You know me. I don't know a lot of things."
***
"This was so perfect," Lily said to herself.
"What was?" James asked.
"This. All of it. Everything. The wedding, the reception. There haven't been any problems."
"Well, if you ignore the fact that Sirius dropped something and crawled around under people's seats looking for it."
"That was funny. And it was bound to happen. I mean, having Sirius as your best man? Come on. Just be thankful something really big and disastrous didn't happen."
***
"Hey," Remus said to Charlotte. "Are you having a good time?"
"Yeah."
"So what do you think about having one of our own?"
"One of our own what?"
"A wedding."
Charlotte pulled away from him in shock. "What? Are you serious?"
"No, that's Mr. Black over there, but yeah."
"I can't believe this."
"Well, I know I'm not asking you properly right now. I mean, I'll get a ring and everything and ask you nicely, but I just wanted to know if you wanted to."
Charlotte smiled. "Okay. Yeah."
TO BE CONTINUED…
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