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A/N: Again, big thanx to all who reviewed. Just to tell y'all, I am sooooo happy that I'm on two people's favorites lists. Yea me! I'll probably look over suggestions and maybe change things when I'm completely done with the story, so don't feel like your suggestions are being ignored, 'cause they aren't. And sorry if I'm not updating fast enough, I've really got a lot to do with everything I'm involved in. So. let's not keep you waiting any longer. Here's the story.

June 4th: The Wedding Day

Lily woke up on the morning of June 4th with a feeling of dread inside her. To day was her wedding day, but it wasn't a happy occasion. She was marrying, in her opinion, the biggest jerk on the face of the earth. She buried her head in her pillow, trying to will herself back to sleep so that she wouldn't have to face the day.

Lily heard her mother come up the stairs. "Lily? Are you awake yet?" Rose called as she came into Lily's bare room. Almost all of Lily's things had been moved to the apartment where Lily and James were going to live.

"Yes Mum. I just got up," Lily replied from her pillow.

"Well hurry and get up. It's 7:30 already. Nataliye, Kaithlynn, and you all have hair and make-up appointments at 9:00. We need to hurry if we're going to make it to London in time."

"All right. I'm getting up. I *am*," Lily said as she threw back the covers. She got up and pulled on a pair of loose pants and a T-shirt. Her mother had already gone out and started the car. Lily groaned and started downstairs. She wished that time would stop so she wouldn't have to go to her wedding.

As she got into the car, her mother turned toward her. "Nervous, dear?" she asked.

"A little," replied Lily. *Although not for the reason you think,* Lily thought to herself.

"That's normal, dear. It's just pre-wedding jitters," her mother said. After that, the car ride was spent mostly in silence, with Lily staring out the window.

They arrived at the hairdresser in London. When they walked in, they saw Anna and Kaithlynn Potter, and Nataliye waiting for them.

"Oh good," Anna said. "Now we can get started. Who wants to go first?"

"Definitely not me," said Lily. "I need to get some coffee. I'll be back in a minute."

"All right then. Nataliye, how about you first?"

As the beauticians started working on Nataliye, Lily slipped out the door to go get her coffee. As she walked down the street, she remembered that she was supposed to be the happy bride. Which meant that she had to endure everything with a smile and try not to blow up at anybody.

It took 15 minutes for Lily to get her coffee. After that, she headed back to the hairdressers. When she walked in, she noticed that the beauticians had already done a terrific job an Nataliye's hair. It was up in a French twist with some hair hanging over the top that was being curled.

Lily sat down in a chair and kept watching the beauticians work on Nataliye's hair while sipping her coffee. After Nataliye's hair was curled, little violet flowers were placed all around in her hair. It took a while to arrange the flowers to the beauticians' liking. After they had gotten her hair done, they went to work on Nataliye's make-up. That took about a half-hour, so by the time they were finished with Nataliye, it was already 10:15. Then it was Kaithlynn's turn. They arranged her hair and make-up the same way Nataliye's was, and with Kaithlynn's black hair, it looked great. By then it was 11:30.

Finally, it was Lily's turn. They tackled her hair first. They curled the red tresses into tight spiral curls. Then they pinned it up with several curls hanging loose. The ones pinned up were not completely pinned down. (A/N: Did that make any sense?) They were kind of loosely, but securely pinned up. Instead of purple flowers in Lily's hair, white ones were placed in it. Then Lily's makeup was started. Silver eye-shadow, silver-tinged mascara, and black eyeliner were used to enhance Lily's eyes. Lily's nails were painted, and blush was put on her cheeks. All this took until 1:00. Then, she bought a tube of lipstick to use after lunch.

After they paid and left, Anna, Kaithlynn, and Nataliye disapparated and Lily and her mother drove to a Muggle restaurant for some lunch. After they fininshed eating, with Lily hardly eating anything, they drove to the wedding chapel. They arrived there at 1:30 to find flowers all around and Anna, Kaithlynn, and Nataliye trying to put them where they belonged. Lily's father, Wesley, and James' father, Karl, were standing around, looking lost.

Lily and her mother started helping out with the flowers. Lily was in the middle of arranging a bunch of flowers near the front of the chapel when Kaithlynn came running up to her.

"Lily! It's 2:00! We've only got and hour to get ready!"

"What! I didn't think it was that late!" Lily exclaimed. She, Kaithlynn, and Nataliye went into the dressing room while Anna and Rose went to go get changed somewhere else.

First, Nataliye and Kaithlynn got ready. They pulled on their dresses and shoes. Then they helped Lily get ready. Lily sat down at a table with a mirror to apply her lipstick. All the getting dresses on and checking hair and makeup took until 2:30.

"Hey Lily? Quick question," Nataliye started. "Where are the bouquets at?"

"They're right he-," Lily said as she pointed beside her. "Or not," she finished lamely.

"Oh great! Now we've lost the bouquets!" (A/N: Oh no! Whatever will they do?) Kaithlynn exclaimed.

"We'll go out and look for them, Lily. You stay here remember, it's bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding," Nataliye said, passing Lily. Lily smiled slightly at that. *Bad luck? I'm really not worried about bad luck. Isn't entering into a loveless marriage bad luck enough?* Lily thought as she sat staring at her reflection.

After 15 minutes, Kaithlynn and Nataliye came back with three bouquets. They had just sorted out who's was who's when Kaithlynn said, "Oh Lily, James arrived at about 2:30 with Sirius and Remus."

Lily managed to give another small smile. Lily couldn't help but wish that James hadn't shown up at all. That he had decided to back out at the last minute.

The time passed all too quickly for Lily. She kept hoping time would slow down so that she wouldn't have to go through with the wedding.

Lily's mother and father came in. "Lily, it's time. Everyone is ready," Wesley said.

"Okay," Lily replied, drawing in a breath to calm herself. After everyone was in their places and Nataliye and Kaithlynn had started out, Lily had time for one last though before the bridal march started. *Well, time to go meet my doom.*



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