A/N: Hi. I'm bored, so here is Chapter, what is it now...Seventeen? Cool. Okay, thanks to all y'all who've reviewed so far and please review to this chapter and let me know what you think.





Disclaimer: See Chapter One, for I have no witty disclaimer for Chapter Seventeen.





And it'll happen once again

I'll turn to a friend

Someone who understands

And sees through the master plan

But everybody's gone

And I've been here for too long

To face this on my own

Well I guess this is growing up

-Dammit, Blink 182





Chapter Seventeen

















"Well, it's almost time to get Lily," James said. He and Ally were sitting in Padfoot And Prongs' Pranks, or Triple P as they liked to call it. Remus, Sirius, and Kate were in the back taking inventory and Ally and James were out front taking care of costumers.

"What, you aren't gonna give me the hours, minutes, and seconds anymore?" Ally asked.

"I'm excited," James said, smiling. "I'm about to reveal my master plan!"

"Yeah, yeah," said Ally. "Go before you're late."

"I'll see you later, Als."

"Later, Prongs."





James fell out of the fireplace in the Evans house.

"Hello, James."

He looked up as he dusted himself off and smiled.

"Hello, Mrs. Evans, how are you today?"

"I'm quite good," said Mrs. Evans. "You?"

"Great," James answered.

"Lily is upstairs getting ready," said Mrs. Evans. "I understand that you have a big surprise for her today..."

"Oh, did Mr. E tell you?" Mrs. Evans nodded. "Yep," said James. "I'm gonna bring her to the house after we eat lunch. I'm already all moved in."

Mrs. Evans smiled.

"That's wonderful, dear."

"MOM! Where is the-oh, hello. I'm Petunia Evans, and you are...?"

"Hi, Petunia," James said. "You don't remember me? James Potter."

"Oh, you were Lillian's little friend...you're marrying her?"

"Yep."

"You deserve each other...freaks," Petunia muttered under her breath. "Nice to see you again," she said to James. "Mother, where's the iced tea mix?"

"Top shelf, left closet, dear."

Lily was ready about five minutes later.

"Hey, James!" she said, nearly tackling him to the ground.



"Jeez, Lils, I saw you two days ago!" James exclaimed, hugging her back. "I didn't think I was this lovable!"

"Yeah, yeah...where're we going for lunch?"

"Well, we're gonna hit the diner in Diagon Ally for lunch, then I have a two part surprise for you," said James.

"Cool! See you later, mom!"

"Bye, dears, have fun."





"Lunch was great!" James exclaimed as they exited the diner. "Don't you think, Lils?"

"Yeah, it was," said Lily, smiling at her fiancé. She leaned on him as they walked.

"So where are we going now?" she asked.

"To part one of your big surprise," James said in what he thought was a mysterious voice. "Actually, here we are...Padfoot and Prongs' Pranks, or just Triple P for short."

"...wait a second, that would mean that you two-"

"Yep, we bought our very own joke shop," said James.

"I don't know whether to strangle you or kiss you right now..." Lily said as they entered the shop.

"I'd vote for neither, we kinda need James here for a while and the kissing thing would just completely gross me out."

Lily smiled.

"Hey, Ally!"

"Hey, Lils, Prongs." Ally was standing behind the counter of Triple P with an amused smile on her face.

"James, how did you two buy this?" Lily asked, looking around.

"I bought it with money my parents left me when they died," James said. A single tear made it's way out of his eye. He wiped it away slowly. "The old man that sold it to us sold it pretty cheap."

"Are you okay?" Lily asked.

"Yeah," said James, "I'm fine...just still a little sad, that's all."

James and Lily spent about an hour at Triple P hanging around with Ally, Remus, Kate, and Sirius and taking care of a few costumers before James told Lily it was time for 'part two'.





"James, where the hell are we?"

"This is a little town called Godric's Hollow," James answered. "My grandparents used to live here and I've been in love with it since I was little."

"Why are we here though?" Lily questioned.

"For part two," James said. "Wow, your mind is going down the drain in your old age, isn't it?"

Lily playfully whacked James on the shoulder as they walked along, hand in hand.

A few minutes later...

"Hey, Lils, you see that house right there?" James asked, pointing to a small white house.

"Why yes, yes I do."

"D'you like it?"

"Yeah, it's a cute little house, why?" Lily asked.

James reached into his pocket and took out a key.

"Because it's yours," he said.

Lily stopped short.

"What d'you mean?" she asked.

"I mean I bought it a while back," said James. "Remember on Valentines Day when I told you I wanted to buy a little house so we can live together?" Lily nodded. "Well I wasn't kidding. I moved in yesterday and I have that somewhat steady job I was talking about...there's no way I can get canned from my own business..."

"James Potter, this is the single most responsible thing you have ever done," Lily said, a smile making it's way onto her face. "I love you so much!"

"I love you too, Lils, I really do. Come on, lemmie show you the inside."





(A/N: Aw, how sweet...LoL. Yeah. That wasn't too much, so I decided that I'll put a little tidbit on Ally in this chapter...dude, I think she's my favorite character. I really love her.)





"All done with the inventory!"

"Finally," Ally said. "It only took two days!"

"I know," said Sirius. "That dude has a lot of crap here! I don't think we'll have to put orders in for, like, two months."

"You can say that again!" Remus said, hoisting himself onto the counter.

Kate took a seat behind the counter next to Ally.

"That was too much counting for me," she said. "I'm not a numbers person."

A wild owl flew into the store, circled a few times, and dropped a letter on Ally's head before flying out of the small shop.

"Who's it for?" Kate asked.

"Me," Ally said, opening the envelope and unfolding the letter.

It read:

*Dear Ally,

I realize that you don't want me in your life anymore, so I'm going to leave. I just wanted to say goodbye...goodbye and I'm sorry. I really do regret not being there for you when you needed me the most. I'm moving to the U.S.A. If you ever need ANYTHING, please don't hesitate to come to me. I'll always be there for you, Ally, but I won't try to get you to like me anymore because it obviously annoys the shit out of you.

I hope one day we really can put this all behind us.

-Eddie*

"Who's it from, Als?" Remus was asking her for the second time.

"Yo! Major Ally, this is Ground Control, do you copy? Over." Sirius said, waving a hand in front of her face.

Ally looked up.

"Huh?"

"Als, who sent you the letter?" Remus asked again.

"Eddie," Ally said. She handed Remus the letter.

"He finally got it then? He's gonna leave you alone?"

"Yep," said Ally. She smiled. "Dinner's on me!"

















A/N: ::starts singing:: THIS IS MAJOR TOM TO GROUND CONTROL...I'M STEPPIN' THROUGH THE DOOR, AND I'M FLOATING IN A MOST PECULIAR WAY. AND THE STARS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT TODA. FOR HERE AM I SITTING IN A TIN CAN, FAR ABOVE THE WORLD. PLANET EARTH IS BLUE AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO.... Ahem...I know a lot of people probably think that smiling when your father more or less says, "I'll never come near you again." is horrible, but in this kind of circumstance, I don't think it's that bad. I'd throw a damn party if I were Ally! Anyways, please review.

-Kristin-