A/N: Insomnia...





Disclaimer: ::takes out gun and points it at her head:: ::Kristina runs to author's house and wrestles gun from author so she can find out what happens at the end of the story, then returns home:: ::author sighs:: Fine. See Chapter One then.





Life.

Hope.

Truth.

Trust.

Faith.

Pride.

Love.

Lust.

Pain.

Hate.

Lies.

Guilt.

Laugh.

Cry.

Live.

Die.

Some friends become enemies

Some friends become your family

Make the best with what your given

This ain't dyin'

This is livin'!

-Movin' On, Good Charlotte





Chapter Twelve

















"Remus! REMUS!"

Remus ran at full speed into Ally's bedroom, thinking something was wrong.

"What? What's wrong?" he asked, skidding to a hault.

"Read this!" Ally said, handing him a letter.

*Dear Ally and Moony,

GUESS WHAT...I proposed to Lily and she said 'yes'! I'm SO happy!

I went out to dinner with her and her parents and her and her mom left me at the table with her dad. So he asked me all the usual questions and I told him about the house and the shop and he said he likes me a lot. So I say to him, I said, 'I need to ask you something.' and he says, he said, 'Shoot'. So I told him that I love Lily a lot and I bought the house for us to live in and stuff like that and I said to him, I said I want to marry Lily and he tells me that he can't wait for the wedding! To sum it up, her parents are cool with it!

JAMES IS A LOVESICK PUPPY!

Sirius! Stop!

LOVESICK PUPPY! LOVESICK PU

There, I tied him up and locked him in the closet. Maybe he's right, maybe I am a lovesick puppy...BUT I'M GLAD TO BE ONE! Oh shit! I didn't know Padfoot's double jointed! I got to go run from him.

Later!

-James*

"He did it?" Remus said, astonished.

"I can't believe he actually had the balls to ask her to marry him," said Ally. "I thought for sure he'd chicken out last minute! He had a backup gift and *everything*!"

"Me too!" Remus said. "And that's crazy! Good for them, though."

Ally smiled and pulled Remus down onto her bed so that he was sitting next to her.

"I love you," she said.

"You don't even have to say it anymore," Remus said. "I know...I just know..."

She pulled him into a kiss.





"IT'S CHRISTMAS! JAMES, WAKE UP! IT'S CHRISTMAS!"

"Sirius," James groaned into his pillow, "didn't you learn anything from Halloween when Ally nearly castrated you?"

"NOPE!"

James just gave in, knowing that his friend wouldn't give up until he got up. So he sat up and put his glasses on.

"Happy?"

"Very!"

(A/N: Okay, going through EVERYONE'S gifts will be pointless and a waste of both my time and yours. So, I'm just gonna do what the couples got each other...)

Sirius tore the paper off of the gift from Kate. "Nice!" It was a fourteen carrot gold chain. He put it around his neck. "Check this out, James. Fourteen carrots..."

"Very nice, Padfoot," James said as he ripped the paper off of the present that Lily sent him. The wrapping paper could have been classified as confetti. He was excited to say the least. He laughed when he read the card. *I know that Robyn is the second love of your life, so here's something for her and you.* Lily had bought him guitar strings, picks, a new strap, a songbook, different colored ink, and a nice quill to go with it.





Jenny didn't have a boyfriend.





Peter doesn't matter...and he doesn't have a girlfriend.





Kate took Sirius' gift from under the tree before any other. She tore off the wrapping paper and gasped. "This is beautiful..." she mumbled to herself. Sirius had given her a diary that had a gold trim around every page and her name engraved on the front, and their date-November First-on the back. To go along with it, he gave her a bottle of ink that changes colors as you write and a beautiful eagle feather quill.





We all know that Lily got an engagement ring. It had a white-gold band and a single diamond on it.





"Ready for your gift?" Ally asked Remus, handing him a wrapped box.

"Should I have a reason to prepare?" Remus asked, smiling.

"Not really, it's not great..."

Remus ripped the paper off. It was a pair of red on black DCs.

"Wow, Als, thanks!" Remus said, hugging her. "These are the ones I showed you in the catalogue."

"Yep."

"You ready for yours?"

"Yep! Lemmie have it!"

He handed her a light, wrapped package.

She unwrapped it...it was a photo album.

"Open it," Remus said.

She did.

The first page was labeled 'Before The Marauders'. It held all baby pictures and other childhood photos of James, Ally, Remus, and Sirius. (A/N: I hate you, Peter!) There was a great one of James sucking on his big toe. The next section was labeled 'First Year'. That was all pictures from their first year and that summer. The next was 'Second Year', then 'Third Year', and so on...

"Re, this is great!" Ally said quietly, looking at a recent picture taken of the Marauders playing at the Halloween dance. "Thank you."

"It expands," Remus said. "If you fill up the last page, another will appear. And there's a feather weight charm, so it won't get heavy."

"This is better than great, Re," Ally said, closing it and placing it on the couch beside her. "Thank you."

Remus smiled.

"No problem."

She kissed him on the lips.

"EW! Get a room!" Bobby yelled.

Everyone laughed.

















A/N: I know this one is short, but what the hell else am I supposed to put in? I hope you enjoyed it, whether you did or not I would REALLY appreciate a review because they make me feel all warm inside! LoL. Anyways, I have one thing to ask you...if you have ANY extra time, could you possibly r/r my other fics?

I'd Do Anything (that one is the one the goes before this one, so if you didn't read it, PLEASE DO! :-D) ~Complete~ One Chapter

The Story for lack of a better title ~Complete~ Seventeen Chapters

I Have No Title ~Complete~ Eleven Chapters

The Last Lupin ~In Progress~

A Ficlet Without A Title ~Complete~ One Chapter

More Than One Shot, A One Shot Fic ~Complete~ One Chapter

I'm also gonna post a sequel to I Have No Title called I Still Have No Title, so look out for that.

Thanks a bunch!

-Kristin-