Chapter 10- The Wedding
Lily awakened the next morning in a happy mood. She had never been in her life. Today was her wedding day!
"Wake up! Wake up! I'm getting married!" Lily screamed to no one in particular as she waltzed into the bathroom and turned the shower on hot.
"Do you have to have so loud?" Kayla groaned as she covered her head with a pillow.
"Leave her be Kay," Aria muttered groggily.
"Oh! Would someone go wake up my Mother?" Lily called out from the shower stall.
Kayla and Aria looked at each other.
"You do it," Kayla demanded.
Aria shook her head in denial. "What makes you think that I want to get up? You get her," Aria retorted before burying her face into the fluffy comfort of her pillow.
"No way. It's cold out there!" Kayla tossed back.
"But Kayla . . ." Aria whined pathetically.
"But Aria . . ." Kayla whined back.
"What?"
"Please?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"'Cuz I don't want to get up."
"So. It's only a few doors down the hall."
"Kayla. You go."
"No. I don't wanna," Kayla pouted.
"Well I'm not getting up."
"Fine! Leave me to die of sleep de . . . what's the word?" Kayla wondered, still half asleep and groggy. "Never mind," she muttered before heaving herself from the depths of the bed and went to wake up Alexandra.
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"Sirius?" James questioned as he was eating his breakfast. They had traveled from England to Ireland early this morning, and James was now eating in his room at the hotel.
"Yea?" Sirius answered before continuing stuffing his face with food.
"I'm nervous," he admitted.
Sirius looked James and swallowed. "Why?"
"Because in a few hours he's going to marry the woman of this dreams you moron," Remus informed Sirius.
"Oh. Uhh . . . What am I supposed to say Remmie?" Sirius asked.
"That I'm not going to regret this, and that in less than three and a half hours the girl that you madly fell in love with is going to marry me!" James exclaimed frantically as he got up to pace, trying to get rid of some of the extra energy that was stored up inside of him.
Sirius recited what James had just said to the best of his capabilities, but Sirius being Sirius, only remembered four words out of the whole speech. James eyed Sirius like he was a lunatic then turned a frantic, yet nervous gaze towards Remus.
"James, in three and a half hours, Lily is going to walk down an aisle full of people you know and care about and in front of God bow to be yours forever more, everything will be fine. Lily isn't going to bail on you. She loves you," Remus soothed.
James exhaled slowly, sat back down in his chair, and relaxed. "Thanks," he muttered gratefully.
Remus nodded his acknowledgement and continued to clear his plate of all food.
"I'm going to take my shower now," James announced to his friends as he got up and headed for the bathroom.
"You're clueless Sirius," Remus scolded.
"No, I'm not."
"Yes you are."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"Yes."
"No."
"No."
"Yes . . . Hey! You tricked me!" Sirius exclaimed indignantly as soon as he realized what he had just said.
Remus chuckled. "I told you so. Even you agreed with me that you are clueless. After all, aren't you always saying that you're always right?"
Sirius scowled and muttered darkly, "Not as clueless as you," barely loud enough for Remus to hear him, but Remus neverless did.
"What do you mean by that?" he asked skeptically.
"You and Aria. You two have been together longer than both myself and Kayla and James and Lily. Yet she still has no ring on her finger. You two were made for each other, yet you refuse to ask her to be your wife!" Sirius elaborated, being serious for once.
Remus looked at Sirius stunned. 'Did Sirius actually just give someone advice?' he thought, stunned. "There's a difficulty involved in it," Remus murmured, more to himself than to Sirius.
"So what? She knows and yet she still dates you, still has sex with you. Still loves you!" Sirius told him.
"I know, but I'm not sure that she would want to marry me," Remus sighed.
"Good God man, what are you blind?!" Sirius nearly yelled. "Do you think that James and I didn't have those same thoughts? I mean James was rejected once, but he still ended up with the girl. You never know until you see Remus! But in my way of thinking, I know that Aria will want to marry you. She loves you Remus."
"You really think so?" Remus asked hopefully. Sirius nodded his head, causing Remus to get this dreamy look in his blue-gray eyes. Remus ruffled his sandy blonde hair and cupped his chin with the same hand.
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"Lily will you sit still long enough to let this nice young lady to do her job? Please?" and exasperated Alexandra Evans moaned as she watched her only child (A/N: 'member that Petunia isn't really an Evans'. Everything was explained in 'Entranced'.) fidget as the poor hairdresser tried to curl Lily's mass of Auburn hair.
"Sorry," Lily smiled sheepishly and tried to sit still. Which happened to be for only three minutes.
"Lily!" was shouted from five irritated mouths – her mothers and James', along with Kayla, Aria, and Gabriella's.
Lily smiled sheepishly once again, and managed to sit still for another ten minutes while the hairdresser finished curling the thick mass of hair into soft ringlets that would fall around her face beautifully.
"Was I really that bad?" Lily asked after the hairdresser sighed with relief and exited the room.
"Yes," Kayla smirked.
"Now we need to somehow wriggle you into that wonderful dress of yours," Tiffany Potter smiled.
"Oh, God help me," Kayla pleaded.
"I think that Kayla can managed perfectly," Lily replied sweetly. Too sweetly for Kayla's mind. "If you would Pouncy?" Lily smiled charmingly with the same tone.
Kayla groaned and levered herself out of the chair that she had flopped in earlier. "Like I have a choice," she commented good-naturedly as she ushered Lily into the bedroom where the dress had been set out to rid itself of all the wrinkles that it might have gotten.
"Nope!" Lily chirped in a happy mood.
Kayla rolled her eyes heavenward and fleetingly wondered if she was going to act this way on her wedding day. 'God I hope not,' Kayla inwardly groaned.
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"Stop fidgeting James!" Sirius hissed as he walked up the outside steps of the old cathedral that Lily picked along with James, Kyle and Remus having already arrived ahead of them.
"How can I fidget while I'm walking?" James snapped, and immediately apologized. He'd be the first one to admit that he was scared as hell that Lily wouldn't be there. He was terrified!
"That's okay man. Just think, in a few months you get to do this all with me!" Sirius grinned.
"God help me. You'll be worse off than I am!" James cried as they headed towards the chamber in which James was supposed to wait in. It was true, with Sirius, when he's nervous, he babbled . . . and babbled and babbled, and he also just has to touch everything.
"Pay back Jamise dearest," Sirius smiled evilly, showing off his straight, pearly white teeth.
"The ties are here, right?" James suddenly asked, just to make sure that they did actually have ties to go with the midnight black suits, moon blue waistcoats and white oxford shirts. "Yes, they're here," Sirius reassured.
Spotting the thin strips of moon blue silk as soon as James entered the chamber he sighed with relief. They were here. James walked over to the table that they laid on and picked one up. He then walked over to a waist high mirror and put it on.
"Hey, James, the Minister told me that you need to be out in three minutes," Remus announced as he walked into the plain looking room, followed by Kyle.
James mutely nodded his head and finished his tie. "Put yours on," he instructed with a nod towards the stack of ties and headed towards the door. "I'll see you all out there," was all that he said before he walked out of the door with a deep breath.
James walked through the corridors until he came to the part of the cathedral that they were using and almost gasped. The long aisle was decorated with a long velvet looking carpet, a light baby blue color running down the middle of the carpet, and a bright white color adorning the sides. Bouquets of white roses rimmed with blue on the tips and white lily's were situated on each pew end, and there was an arch way in the front of the room that was filled with flowers – white and what had to have been charmed silver flowers. To the right side of the arch way three candles stood on a candelabras two were white, thin and lit, while the middle one was red, thick and unlit. James then looked up as the corner of his eye caught movement, and almost gasped again. Hundreds of water fairies danced along the ceiling, creating a shimmering water look.
All in all, the room looked magnificent.
"Ah, Mr. Potter, it's a pleasure to see you once again," the old Minister smiled as he drew up besides James. "Yes, it does seem as if your future wife wanted a romantic setting doesn't it?" he asked with a chuckle.
James smiled at the old man and informed him, "She always wanted a wedding that someone would just come in and know had magic in it somewhere. This is her dream."
The Minister smiled and drew James up towards the alter with him. Within minutes after James took his spot, the organ pipes began to sing, announcing the beginning of the ceremony.
First Sirius and Kayla came out and walked down the aisle, and separated at the steps, Sirius standing on the right next to James, and Kayla standing on the left, lightly holding a bouquet of bold red, moon blue and white flowers. Remus and Aria, and then Kyle and Gabriella followed them.
Next, little Ashley walked down the aisle, scattering bold red, white and moon blue flower petals in her wake. She smiled up at James as she stood silently behind Gabriella, and then, everyone stood up, and the wedding march began.
Slowly, Lily walked from behind the door alone, not wanting anyone there to give her away, and James' breath caught in his lungs. She looked radiant in her ivory dress, it clung to her upper body like second skin, and her hands were gracefully loose around the stems of her white lilies and roses, the veil was barely visible is was so thin, and it was attached to a shimmering crown that looked to be studded with sapphires and diamonds, and her face. Her face was alight with a happy glow, and everyone was transfixed. She looked like an angel with her auburn hair falling in gentle ringlets around her face, her eyes were shimmering with unshed tears, and there seemed to be this glow around her that made her look . . . utterly stunning.
Lily smiled softly as she finally reached James, and he lightly shook his head as he grabbed her hand to lace it through his arm, and he walked up the rest of the steps with her.
"Dearly beloved, we gather here today . . ."
Lily soon took the offered ring from Kayla's hand, and began reciting her speech that she had wrote. She and James had decided on doing their own vows for their wedding.
"James, I've loved you before I even knew what love was, and after all that we've been through in our relationship, we managed to survive it all, and end up here, pledging our lives to each other, for eternity, and I find that there is nothing else that I could wish for. You're everything and more to me James. You're my other half, you're the second part of my soul, you're my life," her voice rang out, loud, clear, and precise as she gazed lovingly into James' blue- blue eyes and slowly slid her ring onto his finger. "I love you now and for always, and I'll be here for you, through it all," she ended.
James smiled, took the ring that Sirius was holding and lifted a hand to run it delicately down her cheek, causing all of the women in the building to sigh at the romance of it all. "Lily, I could never in my wildest dreams describe what you mean to me. I know, that without you, my life would have no meaning, that I wouldn't know what love is, that I would have no reason to live. You are the reason that I was born. You and I, we were made for each other. You're the other half of me. I wish that I could put into words the intensity of what I feel for you, but I find that there isn't enough paper in the world to do so. You are the only woman whom I have ever thought about wanting to spend the rest of my life with, and I do. Every second of it with you if it's possible. I want to learn your secrets, joke with you, love you, be in love with you, be your protector, to be yours, for the rest of my existence. I love you," he spoke out in a clear voice, smiling into Lily's bright green eyes, as he very slowly slipped the gold ban onto her finger to join her engagement ring.
Lily and James were half aware of the sniffing and sniveling of the ladies present, but was more occupied with trying not to fall into each other's embraces instead. They weren't even paying attention to the priest. That is at least until he announced, "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss your beautiful bride," he told James in his clear Irish voice.
James grinned and lifted his hands to lift Lily's veil and push it back behind her head. "I love you," he whispered as he lowered his head to kiss his wife for the very first time. The kiss was sweet, yet short. And yet, it still held all of their passion and want inside of the one small brush of lips.
As a couple, they turned and faced the crowd as Mr. and Mrs. James William Potter for the first time ever. The newly weds dashed towards the carriage that would transport them to the reception room, and the whole way their, silently gazed into each other's eyes in amazement and love.
They were finally married, and now nothing could stand in their way.
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Authors Note:
I cried so badly while I was writing this chapter. I tried to make it as romantic as I could, so I hope that you guys liked my efforts! LoL . . . and I'm sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter out. I had so many different ideas for how this wedding should be that I could probably plan twenty of them without thinking. Providing that you're a magical person that is. LoL.
Well, please review. I really want to know what you guys thought of this chapter.
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