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A/N: Thanks for all the reviews – Greatly appreciated!! – Hope you like this chapter?
The wedding will be coming next (probably have it done in 4-5 days)
1.1.1.1 PRE-WEDDING SURPRISES
Friday morning found the four teenagers stood in front of the fire in the sitting room at Archers Lodge. Mrs Potter was smiling at them and middling with James's collar on his robes.
"Mum" was enough for her to stop and look up into the red face of her son.
"Oh sorry James" she said smiling at him "You know what I'm like"
Smiling at his mother he thought I can't believe she is still doing this…Its not like I 4 or anything but said "Its alright…no need to worry" and he hugged her.
Lily hugged Aggy and whispered "You will be fine"
Aggy whispered back "That's easy for you to say" and hugged her friend tight.
Finally they were all ready to leave having done the round of hugs and goodbyes. Aggy and Remus went first and Lily had to laugh at the look on Aggy's face just before she whirled away.
Taking a step towards the fireplace Lily turned back and moved closer to Mrs Potter. Putting her arms around the older women Lily hugged her tight and was please when the embrace was returned.
Stepping back towards the fireplace she said "Bye…see you in a minute James" and was gone.
James hugged his mother once more "Bye mum…see you soon" and he too was gone whirling through the floo network towards Jeanne's mothers house.
*****
Stepping out of the fire James lightly brushed the soot from his robes and saw Lily being released from a hug by an older lady, straightening up he noticed the three women had turned to look at him.
With the famous Potter smile on his face he said "Hello" and was rewarded with bright smiles from them. Lily rolled her eyes at him and chuckled quietly at James's tactics to win favour with the two other women.
Jeanne laughed at the expression on her mother's face and said "Hello James…nice to see you again"
James stepped forward and kissed her on the cheek saying "Thank you for inviting me" and he turned his attention to the older women.
"Hello it is a pleasure to meet you…I'm James Potter" and he offered his hand to the older women.
Jeanne's mother smiled at the charming young man "I must say it is very nice to meet you…I'm Jeanne's mother…Please call me Doris" and she took the outstretched hand. Taking hold of her hand James raised it to his lips and kissed it lightly causing the older women to giggle.
Lily was now laughing and moved over to James, nudging him she said "James"
Laughing Jeanne said "Everybody is in the kitchen…come on and say hello to them." Jeanne led them through the house and into a large kitchen. Stood in the kitchen were her brother and two of his old school friends and their families.
Lily smiled and walked towards the tall red head that was leaning against the sink. As she got closer to him he simply opened his arms and she walked into his tight embrace, leaning against his chest and hugged him. Stepping back from him she stood on tip toe kissing him on the cheek saying "Hello Rowan"
"Hello beautiful little Lily flower" and he smiled at her. Looking around the side of his sister Rowan reached his hand towards James saying "Nice to see you again James"
Shaking the hand James tried to smile and said "Hello Rowan"
Lily went over to hug and kiss Philip hello.
Then she noticed a sheepish looking Robert Laney raising from his seat at the table and Lily remembered he was the only one of them who had not seen her since the unfortunate chastity charm incident. Raising her eyebrows at him she caught a glimpse of the others smirking.
Lily walked towards him and putting her arms around him she hugged him tight "Hello Robert…Don't sweat it…You're all forgiven"
At hearing this he squose her tight and kissed her forehead.
Stepping away from him she smiled as she saw his wife Amelia holding on to a riddling bundle in her arms. Lily squealed at the sight of her new 'niece'. Robert smiled at Lily and moved to take his daughter out of his wife's arms so that she could hug Lily. With out further ado Lily moved over to Robert and taking the baby out of his arms she said "Hello Sarah"
While Lily was busy cooing over the baby Robert shook hands with James and introduced him to his wife.
Jeanne's mum busied herself making tea for everyone.
Lily offered James a chair and then sat herself down in his lap still holding baby Sarah. Lily chuckled at the look on Rowan's face hitting him on the arms saying "Oh stop that" causing him to glare at her.
"So when is Richard coming?" but no answer was needed as they heard a shout from the other room and the kitchen door burst open as the small figure of Miranda Makin ran into the room. Lily quickly handed Sarah back to Amelia and got up off James's lap.
As Miranda spied Lily she yelled "Lily" and flung herself into the awaiting arms. Lily picked the small child up, holding her in a tight embrace kissing her.
Richard Making and his wife Grace stepped into the kitchen, both kissed Lily who was still holding their daughter and then moved on to greet the rest of their friends.
It wasn't long before calm returned to the kitchen and everyone was again squashed around the table chatting.
Doris sat down at the head of the table and said, "Right let's sort out the arrangement's for tonight and tomorrow." Waiting for everyone to look at her she continued "Ok the bridal party are going to stay here…All the boy's are to go over to Philip's house"
James shifted uncomfortably in his chair causing Lily to look at him. James leaning in closer to her and whispered "Lily does she mean me as well?" Lily shrugged at him.
The plans for the wedding were discussed at length and soon it was time for lunch. Doris had decided that they would eat outside, as there were so many of them. Lily and James had been outside a while playing with Miranda and were pleased to see lunch appear.
As lunch got under way there were a few surprised faces as Miranda clambered onto James's knee to eat.
Richard made to get up saying "Come on Miranda leave James alone"
But he was cut short as James said "It's OK I don't mind." James helped himself to some sandwiches for him and Miranda. Most shocking to her parents was the fact that the mischievous little girl sat still for the whole of lunch and ate the sandwiches that James had given her.
Slowly the afternoon wore on the friends sitting outside; the boy's playing with Miranda in the garden and the girls chatting about the wedding.
*****
Standing in the doorway Jeanne's mum watched the group for a while before going out to tell them it was time for the boy's to get going.
James stood nervously next to Lily wondering what was going to happen to him. Looking up at him Lily smiled and taking a step towards him she slipped her hand into his and whispered "It will be all right James don't worry" but all she got in response was a nod.
Richard walked over to Lily and James and said "Come on James…Time to go"
James felt Lily squeeze his hand, he turned and smiled at her "Bye…see you tomorrow…I hope" with that he bent down and kissed her before turning to go with Richard.
******
Stepping out of the fireplace James was surprised to note that they were in what were obviously Philip's flat and not his parent's house.
Seeing the look Rowan whispered to him "Phil's parent's were killed last year" and James nodded at the older man.
Philip showed them were to put their luggage. James perched nervously on the sofa.
Richard sat down next to him, feeling a bit sorry for the boy "So James I was glad to see you guys won the house cup"
James relaxed slightly "Yeah…The decider was a hard game" James decided not to mention Lily getting hurt, he couldn't remember if she had told them or not. "No surprises that Lily has made a huge difference to the team"
"She is one hell of a chaser but your not bad yourself you know…I wouldn't be surprised if your not approached by a professional team" Richard added
Smiling James said "Thanks…but I think one professional Quidditch player is enough" and he just managed to stop himself from saying 'in the family'
Philip came out of the kitchen with a tray of butter beer and snacks. At the same time Rowan appeared from one of the bedrooms and joined the other three in the sitting room.
Most of the evening was spent taking Quidditch much to James's relief. There was only one dodgy moment when Rowan asked what they had got up to for the last two weeks while the girls were at his house.
Lay in bed that night James was very relieved to have survived and was extremely grateful to Richard Makin.
******
At Jeanne's house the girl's remained outside after the boy's left. Dinner was a noisy affair as Miranda's mischievous nature returned and caused havoc at the table.
Finally having had enough Grace swooped her child up into her arms and proclaimed "Bed time little lady…You have a big day tomorrow" and excusing herself from the table and went inside to sort out the four year old.
While Grace was upstairs putting Miranda to bed the other three women tidied the table away. By the time Grace came back down she was ready for a nice cool butter beer turning to face Jeanne she said, "You must be mad letting that little demon be a flower girl"
The others laughed at the exasperated look on Grace's face. The four women sat chatting about what they had all been up too for the last few weeks.
A wicked look in her eye Amelia smiled at Lily "So Lily…dish the dirt" noticing the confused look on Lily's face she said "Tell us about James…You know…How you got together? And so on"
All eyes on her Lily grimaced at the three faces now staring at her shrugging at them and said "Well James and I go to Hogwart's together…were both Gryffindor's and Prefects"
Grace chuckled "Lily we haven't seen you in ages…You turn up with one dishy looking wizard and that's all you tell us"
Seeing three sets of raised eyebrows Lily laughed "All right what do you want to know?"
It was Jeanne's turn to grin evilly saying "So how are you doing with the chastity charm?" At this Lily blushed and Jeanne said "You've broke the charm" and Lily nodded.
Amelia interrupted "Hang on I'm a bit confused here…What chastity charm?"
The next twenty minutes were taken up with Lily relaying the story of what happened at Christmas, Jeanne's house at Easter and finally the removal of the charm at James's house.
Both Grace and Amelia were shocked at their husband's behaviour and neither could believe they had not been told. Something Lily figured they would pay for tomorrow after the wedding.
Grace looked at Lily and said "Lily if you need any help…You know you only need to ask" pausing for a second and looking at the two older women "You know with birth control or anything"
Lily sat looking at them for a moment, she had know the three of them for a long time, Richard had been going out with Grace since sixth year and the other two couples had been together since their seventh year at Hogwart's.
Smiling she said "I'm fine…Last summer Aggy's mum gave us the 'birth control' chat and gave us each on of these" Lily lifted her chain from her robes and flashed the charm at them. "Plus James and I haven't had sex yet"
"But I thought you said you had got rid of the charm" Amelia asked
Blushing slightly Lily said "We have but we decided it wasn't the right time" pulling a face she said "Not in James's parent's house anyway"
They all smiled at her and Jeanne thought I wonder what they will make of the sleeping arrangements at the hotel tomorrow night but she said nothing that was going to be a surprise that even Philip didn't know about.
As night set in the air turned chilly and they decided to call it a night, especially as Doris would no doubt have them all up at the crack of dawn tomorrow.
Lying in bed Lily's mind wandered to James and she hoped he was all right and her 'Brother's' had been nice to him. Drifting onto sleep Lily remembered the safe warm feeling of sleeping in James's arms.
*****
A/N: End of another chapter – hope you enjoyed. Philip & Jeanne's wedding will be next.
Thanks for reading – don't forget to click the button and let me know what you think – always open to suggestion.
Thanks
Madame Padfoot
A/N: Thanks for all the reviews – Greatly appreciated!! – Hope you like this chapter?
The wedding will be coming next (probably have it done in 4-5 days)
1.1.1.1 PRE-WEDDING SURPRISES
Friday morning found the four teenagers stood in front of the fire in the sitting room at Archers Lodge. Mrs Potter was smiling at them and middling with James's collar on his robes.
"Mum" was enough for her to stop and look up into the red face of her son.
"Oh sorry James" she said smiling at him "You know what I'm like"
Smiling at his mother he thought I can't believe she is still doing this…Its not like I 4 or anything but said "Its alright…no need to worry" and he hugged her.
Lily hugged Aggy and whispered "You will be fine"
Aggy whispered back "That's easy for you to say" and hugged her friend tight.
Finally they were all ready to leave having done the round of hugs and goodbyes. Aggy and Remus went first and Lily had to laugh at the look on Aggy's face just before she whirled away.
Taking a step towards the fireplace Lily turned back and moved closer to Mrs Potter. Putting her arms around the older women Lily hugged her tight and was please when the embrace was returned.
Stepping back towards the fireplace she said "Bye…see you in a minute James" and was gone.
James hugged his mother once more "Bye mum…see you soon" and he too was gone whirling through the floo network towards Jeanne's mothers house.
*****
Stepping out of the fire James lightly brushed the soot from his robes and saw Lily being released from a hug by an older lady, straightening up he noticed the three women had turned to look at him.
With the famous Potter smile on his face he said "Hello" and was rewarded with bright smiles from them. Lily rolled her eyes at him and chuckled quietly at James's tactics to win favour with the two other women.
Jeanne laughed at the expression on her mother's face and said "Hello James…nice to see you again"
James stepped forward and kissed her on the cheek saying "Thank you for inviting me" and he turned his attention to the older women.
"Hello it is a pleasure to meet you…I'm James Potter" and he offered his hand to the older women.
Jeanne's mother smiled at the charming young man "I must say it is very nice to meet you…I'm Jeanne's mother…Please call me Doris" and she took the outstretched hand. Taking hold of her hand James raised it to his lips and kissed it lightly causing the older women to giggle.
Lily was now laughing and moved over to James, nudging him she said "James"
Laughing Jeanne said "Everybody is in the kitchen…come on and say hello to them." Jeanne led them through the house and into a large kitchen. Stood in the kitchen were her brother and two of his old school friends and their families.
Lily smiled and walked towards the tall red head that was leaning against the sink. As she got closer to him he simply opened his arms and she walked into his tight embrace, leaning against his chest and hugged him. Stepping back from him she stood on tip toe kissing him on the cheek saying "Hello Rowan"
"Hello beautiful little Lily flower" and he smiled at her. Looking around the side of his sister Rowan reached his hand towards James saying "Nice to see you again James"
Shaking the hand James tried to smile and said "Hello Rowan"
Lily went over to hug and kiss Philip hello.
Then she noticed a sheepish looking Robert Laney raising from his seat at the table and Lily remembered he was the only one of them who had not seen her since the unfortunate chastity charm incident. Raising her eyebrows at him she caught a glimpse of the others smirking.
Lily walked towards him and putting her arms around him she hugged him tight "Hello Robert…Don't sweat it…You're all forgiven"
At hearing this he squose her tight and kissed her forehead.
Stepping away from him she smiled as she saw his wife Amelia holding on to a riddling bundle in her arms. Lily squealed at the sight of her new 'niece'. Robert smiled at Lily and moved to take his daughter out of his wife's arms so that she could hug Lily. With out further ado Lily moved over to Robert and taking the baby out of his arms she said "Hello Sarah"
While Lily was busy cooing over the baby Robert shook hands with James and introduced him to his wife.
Jeanne's mum busied herself making tea for everyone.
Lily offered James a chair and then sat herself down in his lap still holding baby Sarah. Lily chuckled at the look on Rowan's face hitting him on the arms saying "Oh stop that" causing him to glare at her.
"So when is Richard coming?" but no answer was needed as they heard a shout from the other room and the kitchen door burst open as the small figure of Miranda Makin ran into the room. Lily quickly handed Sarah back to Amelia and got up off James's lap.
As Miranda spied Lily she yelled "Lily" and flung herself into the awaiting arms. Lily picked the small child up, holding her in a tight embrace kissing her.
Richard Making and his wife Grace stepped into the kitchen, both kissed Lily who was still holding their daughter and then moved on to greet the rest of their friends.
It wasn't long before calm returned to the kitchen and everyone was again squashed around the table chatting.
Doris sat down at the head of the table and said, "Right let's sort out the arrangement's for tonight and tomorrow." Waiting for everyone to look at her she continued "Ok the bridal party are going to stay here…All the boy's are to go over to Philip's house"
James shifted uncomfortably in his chair causing Lily to look at him. James leaning in closer to her and whispered "Lily does she mean me as well?" Lily shrugged at him.
The plans for the wedding were discussed at length and soon it was time for lunch. Doris had decided that they would eat outside, as there were so many of them. Lily and James had been outside a while playing with Miranda and were pleased to see lunch appear.
As lunch got under way there were a few surprised faces as Miranda clambered onto James's knee to eat.
Richard made to get up saying "Come on Miranda leave James alone"
But he was cut short as James said "It's OK I don't mind." James helped himself to some sandwiches for him and Miranda. Most shocking to her parents was the fact that the mischievous little girl sat still for the whole of lunch and ate the sandwiches that James had given her.
Slowly the afternoon wore on the friends sitting outside; the boy's playing with Miranda in the garden and the girls chatting about the wedding.
*****
Standing in the doorway Jeanne's mum watched the group for a while before going out to tell them it was time for the boy's to get going.
James stood nervously next to Lily wondering what was going to happen to him. Looking up at him Lily smiled and taking a step towards him she slipped her hand into his and whispered "It will be all right James don't worry" but all she got in response was a nod.
Richard walked over to Lily and James and said "Come on James…Time to go"
James felt Lily squeeze his hand, he turned and smiled at her "Bye…see you tomorrow…I hope" with that he bent down and kissed her before turning to go with Richard.
******
Stepping out of the fireplace James was surprised to note that they were in what were obviously Philip's flat and not his parent's house.
Seeing the look Rowan whispered to him "Phil's parent's were killed last year" and James nodded at the older man.
Philip showed them were to put their luggage. James perched nervously on the sofa.
Richard sat down next to him, feeling a bit sorry for the boy "So James I was glad to see you guys won the house cup"
James relaxed slightly "Yeah…The decider was a hard game" James decided not to mention Lily getting hurt, he couldn't remember if she had told them or not. "No surprises that Lily has made a huge difference to the team"
"She is one hell of a chaser but your not bad yourself you know…I wouldn't be surprised if your not approached by a professional team" Richard added
Smiling James said "Thanks…but I think one professional Quidditch player is enough" and he just managed to stop himself from saying 'in the family'
Philip came out of the kitchen with a tray of butter beer and snacks. At the same time Rowan appeared from one of the bedrooms and joined the other three in the sitting room.
Most of the evening was spent taking Quidditch much to James's relief. There was only one dodgy moment when Rowan asked what they had got up to for the last two weeks while the girls were at his house.
Lay in bed that night James was very relieved to have survived and was extremely grateful to Richard Makin.
******
At Jeanne's house the girl's remained outside after the boy's left. Dinner was a noisy affair as Miranda's mischievous nature returned and caused havoc at the table.
Finally having had enough Grace swooped her child up into her arms and proclaimed "Bed time little lady…You have a big day tomorrow" and excusing herself from the table and went inside to sort out the four year old.
While Grace was upstairs putting Miranda to bed the other three women tidied the table away. By the time Grace came back down she was ready for a nice cool butter beer turning to face Jeanne she said, "You must be mad letting that little demon be a flower girl"
The others laughed at the exasperated look on Grace's face. The four women sat chatting about what they had all been up too for the last few weeks.
A wicked look in her eye Amelia smiled at Lily "So Lily…dish the dirt" noticing the confused look on Lily's face she said "Tell us about James…You know…How you got together? And so on"
All eyes on her Lily grimaced at the three faces now staring at her shrugging at them and said "Well James and I go to Hogwart's together…were both Gryffindor's and Prefects"
Grace chuckled "Lily we haven't seen you in ages…You turn up with one dishy looking wizard and that's all you tell us"
Seeing three sets of raised eyebrows Lily laughed "All right what do you want to know?"
It was Jeanne's turn to grin evilly saying "So how are you doing with the chastity charm?" At this Lily blushed and Jeanne said "You've broke the charm" and Lily nodded.
Amelia interrupted "Hang on I'm a bit confused here…What chastity charm?"
The next twenty minutes were taken up with Lily relaying the story of what happened at Christmas, Jeanne's house at Easter and finally the removal of the charm at James's house.
Both Grace and Amelia were shocked at their husband's behaviour and neither could believe they had not been told. Something Lily figured they would pay for tomorrow after the wedding.
Grace looked at Lily and said "Lily if you need any help…You know you only need to ask" pausing for a second and looking at the two older women "You know with birth control or anything"
Lily sat looking at them for a moment, she had know the three of them for a long time, Richard had been going out with Grace since sixth year and the other two couples had been together since their seventh year at Hogwart's.
Smiling she said "I'm fine…Last summer Aggy's mum gave us the 'birth control' chat and gave us each on of these" Lily lifted her chain from her robes and flashed the charm at them. "Plus James and I haven't had sex yet"
"But I thought you said you had got rid of the charm" Amelia asked
Blushing slightly Lily said "We have but we decided it wasn't the right time" pulling a face she said "Not in James's parent's house anyway"
They all smiled at her and Jeanne thought I wonder what they will make of the sleeping arrangements at the hotel tomorrow night but she said nothing that was going to be a surprise that even Philip didn't know about.
As night set in the air turned chilly and they decided to call it a night, especially as Doris would no doubt have them all up at the crack of dawn tomorrow.
Lying in bed Lily's mind wandered to James and she hoped he was all right and her 'Brother's' had been nice to him. Drifting onto sleep Lily remembered the safe warm feeling of sleeping in James's arms.
*****
A/N: End of another chapter – hope you enjoyed. Philip & Jeanne's wedding will be next.
Thanks for reading – don't forget to click the button and let me know what you think – always open to suggestion.
Thanks
Madame Padfoot