~ Chapter 5 ~ Dude! I'm outta ideas!
"Wow, my best friend is actually getting married. That's so cool!" Ali yelped as soon as Lily walked in the door, sometime around dawn.
(A/N: Hehehe. . .what WERE they doing in that car?? Hehehee, j/k)
"Yeah," Lily said, grinning, showing off the ring on her finger.
"You are sooo lucky!"
"To have a guy like me, right?" James interjected, walking into the room.
Lily kissed him gently. "'Course."
Ali smiled. She was really and truly happy for Lily and James. Sirius walked in.
"Well, Remus is gone," he said gleefully.
"Where?" Ali asked.
"He's gone to Hogwarts. School's over in about a week, he'll stay at a hotel in Hogsmeade 'til then. He wants to see Sierra and he wants to tell her the news. We'll have to go down there in about 4 days to see her graduation anyways."
"So it's just us for a week, huh?" James asked.
"Yup!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Oh my gosh, we SO have to plan for the wedding! Ok, so, like, Lils, we're going to have to get down to Diagon Alley right away and choose your dress. . ." Ali was talking rather rapidly, pushing Lily into the next room and shutting the door. Lily only had time to shoot James and Sirius a dazed look before she dissapeared into the room.
"So, our wittle Prongise is getting married, eh?" Sirius teased. "I remember when we first got you two together. . ."
"Oh, give me a break," James groaned, but he laughed and clapped Sirius on the shoulder. "Thanks man."
"For what?"
"For just. . .being my friend. We wouldn't be getting married if it wasn't for you or Ali or Remus or Sierra. You guys made all the difference," James said quietly.
"What are friends for?" Sirius said back, hugging his best friend.
(A/N: I am sooooooooooooooooo frikin lazzzzyyyy so I'm not going to write in Sierra's graduation. We're speeding up time now. . .so there's gonna be a lot of jumps.)
*~*
A few weeks later. . .
"So, when's the date for this thing?" Petunia asked over the phone. Lily had called her big sister, trying to forget all their past differences. She was her sister after all, and, regardless of how Petunia treated her, Lily still loved her. Or show she thought.
"It's in exactly two months. August 27," Lily said patiently.
"Oh. Well, I'll have to see if I can come. I'll have to ask Vernon, you know, my husband-"
"You have a husband?" Lily asked in disbeief.
"'Course I do!" Petunia snapped. "We got married last year."
"Oh. Ok. . ." Lily tried not to let this sentence sting her. "How come I didn't know about it?" she asked catiously.
"Because! OBVIOUSLY, I didn't want you to know about it!"
"But I'm your sister!" Lily argued.
"Unfortunately, yes!" Petunia countered. "Sorry, but my husband AND ME, don't like to consort with. . .freaks of your nature. We like NORMAL lives, thank you very much."
Lily breathed out hard. "All right, well, if you'd still like to come-"
"Maybe, I said! I'll have to see if I can fit 'freaks' in my calandar!" Petunia yelled.
"Fine. Whatever. Just show up or not. I don't even care if you come anymore. You do know Mum and Dad would have wanted us to get along better, and I always tried to, but nooooo. That's the last time I ask you do to anything!" Lily said hotly, slamming the reciever down.
"Horrible. . .cruel. . .snobby brat. . ." Lily was muttering when James walked into the room.
"What's wrong?" he asked, carelessly wrapping his arms around her and kissing her neck.
"Petunia," Lily fumed. "Is that little brat giving you a hard time again? Just leave her alone, Lils, don't invite her. She's not worth it."
"I already did invite her! Let me go!" she said, fighting her way out of James's arms.
James looked startled at her fiery temper.
"We've got a lot to do before this wedding!" Lily snapped, shoving a bunch of papers into a file folder. "I'm trying to go to work, find a place for us to live, plan our wedding and invite everyone in two months! You're not even helping! I have a huge article to write for the Prophet, and I'm going to be late for work if I don't leave now!"
Lily started to walk out the door, but James stuck a hand out and shut it.
"Get out of the way, Potter!" Lily yelled. James glared at her and backed down.
"What's your problem, Lils?" he asked severely. "You never call me Potter anymore. You're not leaving 'til we solve this problem. And I AM helping, what are you talking about? Two months for this is perfect timing, quit worrying!"
"You don't worry about anything, ever! James, grow-up! This is the real world, and if you want to get married, you've got to know what you're doing- "
"I DO know what I'm doing!" James shouted.
"No, it doesn't seem like you do!" Lily screamed back.
"So what are you saying? You- you don't want to marry me anymore? Is that what's going on here?" James yelled.
"I didn't say that!" Lily bellowed.
"I don't ask you to do anything around here you know!" James howled. "It's not like I ask you to do much!"
"Not ask me to do much?" Lily shouted defensively. "Pff, you asked me to marry you, didn't you?!"
James immediately dropped his angry pose.
Lily glared at him once more, and them stormed out of the house, slamming the door behind her.
"Ouch," James said weakly.
His fiancee's words had stung. Obviously, it seemed as though the wedding was off.
Fights. Break-ups. Make-ups.
"Not this again," James moaned.
(A/N: I'm sorry!! As one a few readers have already pointed out, I never do anything easily. You know me!! There HAS to be SOME kind of twist!!!! Welp, read more later!)
"Wow, my best friend is actually getting married. That's so cool!" Ali yelped as soon as Lily walked in the door, sometime around dawn.
(A/N: Hehehe. . .what WERE they doing in that car?? Hehehee, j/k)
"Yeah," Lily said, grinning, showing off the ring on her finger.
"You are sooo lucky!"
"To have a guy like me, right?" James interjected, walking into the room.
Lily kissed him gently. "'Course."
Ali smiled. She was really and truly happy for Lily and James. Sirius walked in.
"Well, Remus is gone," he said gleefully.
"Where?" Ali asked.
"He's gone to Hogwarts. School's over in about a week, he'll stay at a hotel in Hogsmeade 'til then. He wants to see Sierra and he wants to tell her the news. We'll have to go down there in about 4 days to see her graduation anyways."
"So it's just us for a week, huh?" James asked.
"Yup!" Sirius exclaimed.
"Oh my gosh, we SO have to plan for the wedding! Ok, so, like, Lils, we're going to have to get down to Diagon Alley right away and choose your dress. . ." Ali was talking rather rapidly, pushing Lily into the next room and shutting the door. Lily only had time to shoot James and Sirius a dazed look before she dissapeared into the room.
"So, our wittle Prongise is getting married, eh?" Sirius teased. "I remember when we first got you two together. . ."
"Oh, give me a break," James groaned, but he laughed and clapped Sirius on the shoulder. "Thanks man."
"For what?"
"For just. . .being my friend. We wouldn't be getting married if it wasn't for you or Ali or Remus or Sierra. You guys made all the difference," James said quietly.
"What are friends for?" Sirius said back, hugging his best friend.
(A/N: I am sooooooooooooooooo frikin lazzzzyyyy so I'm not going to write in Sierra's graduation. We're speeding up time now. . .so there's gonna be a lot of jumps.)
*~*
A few weeks later. . .
"So, when's the date for this thing?" Petunia asked over the phone. Lily had called her big sister, trying to forget all their past differences. She was her sister after all, and, regardless of how Petunia treated her, Lily still loved her. Or show she thought.
"It's in exactly two months. August 27," Lily said patiently.
"Oh. Well, I'll have to see if I can come. I'll have to ask Vernon, you know, my husband-"
"You have a husband?" Lily asked in disbeief.
"'Course I do!" Petunia snapped. "We got married last year."
"Oh. Ok. . ." Lily tried not to let this sentence sting her. "How come I didn't know about it?" she asked catiously.
"Because! OBVIOUSLY, I didn't want you to know about it!"
"But I'm your sister!" Lily argued.
"Unfortunately, yes!" Petunia countered. "Sorry, but my husband AND ME, don't like to consort with. . .freaks of your nature. We like NORMAL lives, thank you very much."
Lily breathed out hard. "All right, well, if you'd still like to come-"
"Maybe, I said! I'll have to see if I can fit 'freaks' in my calandar!" Petunia yelled.
"Fine. Whatever. Just show up or not. I don't even care if you come anymore. You do know Mum and Dad would have wanted us to get along better, and I always tried to, but nooooo. That's the last time I ask you do to anything!" Lily said hotly, slamming the reciever down.
"Horrible. . .cruel. . .snobby brat. . ." Lily was muttering when James walked into the room.
"What's wrong?" he asked, carelessly wrapping his arms around her and kissing her neck.
"Petunia," Lily fumed. "Is that little brat giving you a hard time again? Just leave her alone, Lils, don't invite her. She's not worth it."
"I already did invite her! Let me go!" she said, fighting her way out of James's arms.
James looked startled at her fiery temper.
"We've got a lot to do before this wedding!" Lily snapped, shoving a bunch of papers into a file folder. "I'm trying to go to work, find a place for us to live, plan our wedding and invite everyone in two months! You're not even helping! I have a huge article to write for the Prophet, and I'm going to be late for work if I don't leave now!"
Lily started to walk out the door, but James stuck a hand out and shut it.
"Get out of the way, Potter!" Lily yelled. James glared at her and backed down.
"What's your problem, Lils?" he asked severely. "You never call me Potter anymore. You're not leaving 'til we solve this problem. And I AM helping, what are you talking about? Two months for this is perfect timing, quit worrying!"
"You don't worry about anything, ever! James, grow-up! This is the real world, and if you want to get married, you've got to know what you're doing- "
"I DO know what I'm doing!" James shouted.
"No, it doesn't seem like you do!" Lily screamed back.
"So what are you saying? You- you don't want to marry me anymore? Is that what's going on here?" James yelled.
"I didn't say that!" Lily bellowed.
"I don't ask you to do anything around here you know!" James howled. "It's not like I ask you to do much!"
"Not ask me to do much?" Lily shouted defensively. "Pff, you asked me to marry you, didn't you?!"
James immediately dropped his angry pose.
Lily glared at him once more, and them stormed out of the house, slamming the door behind her.
"Ouch," James said weakly.
His fiancee's words had stung. Obviously, it seemed as though the wedding was off.
Fights. Break-ups. Make-ups.
"Not this again," James moaned.
(A/N: I'm sorry!! As one a few readers have already pointed out, I never do anything easily. You know me!! There HAS to be SOME kind of twist!!!! Welp, read more later!)