Chapter 29

"I'm leaving, Grandma!" called Lily, "I won't be back until tomorrow!"

She turned to James and grinned. "You do clean up well." James had worn a Muggle suit, and plastered his ever-wild hair down with pounds of wizards styling jell.

"May I say the same?" responded James.

Lily had worn a black long dress with sliver and gold sparkles.

"Let's go." Said Lily.

And with a crack, both Lily and James were gone.

"I love it!" exclaimed Lily, when her and James arrived around the corner to the resort by apparation, "Apparating is so awesome!"

"Oh that's right huh?" said James.

"What?"

"You just got your apparating permit. I forgot. Most of us people who just graduated got theirs last year."

Lily shook her head in mock disgust. "Everyone forgets my age. Even my own boyfriend!"

They both laughed and rounded the corner to one of the resort's gardens where they could see some people dressed up and milling around.

When they neared the group, a bug husky looking lady came up to them.

"Are you friends of the bride or the groom?" she asked.

"Umm..." said Lily, she had never been to a wedding before, so she didn't really know how to respond. "I'm Petunia's sister."

"Oh." Said the lady. "Well, I am Vernon's mother."

As Lily had no idea who this Vernon was, she had a questioning look on her face.

"You aren't very informed about this wedding are you?" asked the lady.

"Actually," spoke up James, "We weren't really informed at all about the wedding except for the day, time, and place."

"Oh." Said the lady, "Well, my son Vernon Dursley is the groom. I am Samantha Dursley, and, MARGE!" she called.

A very large and plump lady came over. Lily almost drew back when she saw her up close. The lady's face was about as big as a gorilla's, not to mention that it looked very much like one too.

"This is Marge; my daughter." Continued Samantha. "Marge, this is Petunia's sister… what was your name again?" she asked Lily.

"Lily."

"Oh yes. This is Lily, Marge. And… who are you?" she asked James.

"My name is James." James stuck out his hand, which Marge looked at for a second and then decided to ignore. James took his hand back. "I'm Lily's fiancé."

"I see." Said Samantha. "Well, I have others to attend to. Have a seat would you? The wedding should start in a couple minutes." She said as she walked away.

When her mother was gone, Marge took no time to wander off to find her friends again.

Lily started sniffling. She had had a runny nose for about a day now, and because it was evening out in a garden where it was getting quite cold, that did not help much.

"Are you okay?" asked James.

"Yes." Answered Lily. "Just fine." She giggled and whispered in James's ear, "Did you see that cow? They were both freaky!"

They started laughing.

"If those were the mother and sister of the groom, I wonder what he looks like?" giggled James.

"Okay you're giggling now James." Said Lily, "Now THAT'S scary."

James gave her a playful soft hit on the shoulder and then grabbed Lily's hand.

"Come on, let's go sit down."

They walked down a short path to see a small gazebo with about thirty chairs in front.

Lily sat down and looked at the gazebo, and then cracked up.

"What?" asked James. He looked at the gazebo and saw nothing wrong. It was actually decorated rather nice.

Between laughs and sniffles Lily was able to get out, "Up... top, cow!" she pointed up at the top of the gazebo.

James looked, and saw a cow for the weather top where a rooster was usually stationed. He burst into laughter as well.

They were both sitting there for a few minutes silently laughing, when James noticed that Lily was shivering and sniffing quite a bit. He took off his coat, and saw that it was quite chilly and that there was a slight wind blowing. Nonetheless, he placed the coat on Lily.

"You're already sick; but an hour out here in this weather for you and you could catch pneumonia."

"It's your coat James." Refused Lily. "And one sick person is better than two."

But James shook his head and refused to take it back.

"Not when it's you we're talking about."

Lily smiled and put her arms through the coat. Even though it was still a bit chilly, Lily didn't mind. "My James is finally learning some manners." She thought proudly.

Finally, the minister and the groom, (Lily and James snickered as they saw the big Vernon Dursley walk up to the alter), went up to stand before the alter.

The three groomsmen and bridesmaids then escorted themselves up to stand at either side of the alter.

Then, the bride's music came on, and the minister said, "Would everyone please rise." Everyone stood and looked down the isle for the bride.